American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-08-28
CITY INTELLIGENCE

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person of Lloyd Onion, city Waterman, be-
longing to the Middle District. Four of our
most notorious roudies, Francis Stier, Thomas
/ Moody, Edward Gould, and Dudley Laheur,
are the parties charged with the assault They
were creating great noise in the neighborhood
| by their rlotouS conduct, and ere spoken to
/ by the Waterman, who requested them to
! cease and go quietly to their homes, otherwise
/ he should be compelled in the discharge of his
! duty, to call for assistance, and convey them
/ to the watch house. Instead of taking the adj
VICE of the Waterman, they Immediately fell
I upon and assaulted him in the most desperate
manner, leaving him for dead upon the pave
ment. One of them (supposed to be Laheur}
struck him several blows upon the head with a
heavy iron ball, wrapped up in handkerchief
/ The unfortunate man was conveyed 10 his resi-
dence in Constitution street, where the best
I medical aid was soon III attendance. 1t was at
/ first supposed that he could not survive; but
we are pleased to learn that the wounds, al
/ though very severe, are not considered of
/ fatal character The accused party were all
arrested before morning, by party Of watch
men headed by Lieut. Austin, who deserves
much credit for the promptness with which he
acted upon the occasion. Ster, in order to
escape from his pursuers, took refuge on the
by accident or design, got down the chimney,
where he became SO tightly wedsed, that he
was glad to call loudly for assistance. 1t was
with no little difficulty that he was taken out,
as he was i'll such tight place" that he
could neither move up nor down. A large
! portion Of the bricks in the chimney were re-
moved, by which hole was made large
enough to admit of his egress Lafeur was
arrested in bed at the house of his chere annie,
/ in Low street, about O'Clock yesterday morn
4 ing. The other two were captured in the
Meadow. After they had assaulted the watch
man, they proceeded to tavern near the Bel
air Market, kept by man named Stcver and
while there, without the least provocation, as
saulted John Price, by beating him over the
head with chairs. Mr.. Price made no ress-
lance, but got quietly out OF the way as soon
as possible. The parties were all examined
Yesterday morning before Justice Belt, and
1 fully committed to take their trials for an as
sault with intent 10 kill.
FUe. The alarm of fire yesterday morning
about O'Clock, was caused by the burning of
the grocery store of Mr. Joshua Niblet at the
corner of Howard and Pratt SITS. The house
was nearly consumed. Mr. Niblet had an in
surance of $500 i'll the Firemen's Office, which
is supposed will cover the loss The fremen
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rected efforts saved the surrounding property.
| The German Yagers. This fine company eff
/ citizen soldiers, under the command of Captain
/ Elterman, will leave this evening at s o'clock,
/ in the Union Line of Steamboats, for Philadel-
pha They will number about thirty rifles,
aud will be accompanied by Voandt's Brass
! Band. They will return home in the 0 o'clock
boat on Saturday afternoon. We wish them a
/ pleasant and agreeable time.
/ Baltimore City Court. This court was in ses-
sion short time yesterday morning for the
! purpose of trying whether William Matthews,
a free colored man now confined in the Mary
land Hospital was lunatc and Il pauper. A
jury was empannelled and sworn, who, upon
the evidence OF DR.. Baxley, rendered in few
minutes verdict Of insanity. The court or
dered him TO be sent to the Aims House at the
expense of the city.
Case for Court. Elizabeth Stoker (colored, J
charged with assautlng and beating Jane
Hobbs, was arrested yesterday by officer Ray,
aud released on security to appear at court BY
Justice Miller
Assaults. VIM. Cook, for assaulting and
beating Frederick Cchen, was Yesterday arrest
at Court by Justice McAlst r. Jos. Sheepe,
arrested by officer Stocket and in default Of
security committed to Jail to appear at Court by
Justice Miller. Adam Deems, for assaulting
and beating Elizabeth Shipey, was arrested by
officer Pampmllion and released on security to
appear at Court by John Showacrc, Esq.
Bad Husband. Thomas Elliott, for assault
ing and beating his wife, was arrested yester-
day by officer Joshua Myers and released on
security to appear at Court b. Justice Meal
lister.
Fell Overheard. A small German boy, about
10 years of age, fell from the County Wharf
into the river, yesterday afternoon, and would
| inevitably have drowned, bat for the timely as.
sstance of gentleman, who, without ever
taking off his coat, plunged into the water and
brought him in safety to the wharf We re-
gret we could not learn the gentleman's name.
Fatal Accident OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road. We learn that a gentleman named
Hackett, Conductor of burthen train on the
| Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, was acciden-
tally killed yesterday afternoon by being crush
ed between two cars. The accident occurred
about II miles from the city.
Teacher Of Public School. We learn that Mrs.
Harriet Medcalf, was, at meeting of the
| Commissioners of Public Schools held on Tues
day evening last, elected Principal of School
No Is, recently erected at the corner of Light
and Cross SITS. Mrs. M. is well qualified for the
duties of the responsible station.
.NarroW Escape. A boy named John Kline,
aged about ID years, fell yesterday afternoon
from the roof two story Eouse in Shakespeare
street, Fells Point, to the pavement below,
and remarkable to say, suffered no other injury
than the breaking of an arm. DR.. Dashield
was Immediately in attendance, and set the
broken limb.