American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-05

CGnSure MT. /. Tor seeking reureSS loh Ihe
supposed author offs infamous an attack upon
his character, we cannot believe. Had Mr..
LIS character been the worst imaginable, such
an article would have been calculated to de-
grade it still lower. The Judges explanation
of his agency in the matter, should be satisac-
tory until the reatauthor is discovered.
One fact we had nearly forgot to mention, -
the Judge, who is of the Hebrew persuasion, we
: noticed, was sworn on the Testament, with his
hat off, thing we never recollect to have seen
done before. The counsel for the defence OBJ
iected to the oath administered in that way, but
the Judge promptly replied, that he had taken
the oath according to the laws of the land, and
the approval of his conscience, which he deem
ed all that could be required. We understand
that Mr.. lsaacks, purposes returning lmmedl-
ately to Savannah where he is engaged in bus
ines, as partner of the firm of Cohen, Norris
& Co., and where the Judge also resides, with
the intention ofnsttutng suit for libel against
the Judge, for the card published over his sig
nature, in our paper of Saturday. The court,
Judges Brce and Nesbit,) having heard the
evidence in the case, fined the parties,
-lsaacks, CORDOBA, and Vodges, $50 with
costs, each, and ordered them TO be imprisoned
one week, each. Subsequently, however, on
the representation of certain facts, not admitted
in evidence, the imprisonment was taken off,
when they promptly paid their fines and were
discharged. Judge Brice in giving the judg-
ment of the court, remarked very properly,
that this was an assault different from the num-
Der of poor wretches who were brought before
the Court every SatuHay that the parties were
Of the highest responsibility, and that the in-
frnged law, therefore called for proportionate
degree of severity in its vndication. Messrs.
Pinckney, Preston, and Malcolm, conducted
the prosecution, and w. II. Norris, ESQ, the
defence, which we must add was most MASTER
| ly. MIR. James Burke, who was charged with
aiding and abetting in the assault, was dismiss
ed no charge having been preferred at court.
| 1t is proper to state that Messrs. Cardoza and
! Wedges, had no connexion with the affair what
ever, farther than that they had accompanied
Mr.. lsaacks, as his friends, and being present
at the attack, and endeaVoring to keep the
crowd from interfering, made them accessory to
the act, and were consequently equally as
guilty in the eye of the law, as the principal
A card will be found in our advertising columns,
giving a counter statement from Mr.. Isaacks,
in reply to the card of Judge D'Lyon, in our
paper of Saturday.
Fatal accident. A son of Mr.. Isaac Merchant,
/ Police Officer, named WIN. Merchant, about
Is years of age met with an accident on Sat
urday morning, by which he was instantly kill
led lie was an apprentice TO brcklayer
who is erecting the "Franklin Hail." on Lex
ington, between Moth and Davis streets, and
was at work on the building, the gable walls of
which are nearly completed. There are two
small windows in the west gable wall in one of
which small piece of plank was sitting at an
angle, hom one corner to the other but which
the youth supposed was nailed fast. He placed
his hands upon this piece, whilst in the act of
throwing piece of mortar at another person
outside, in sport, when it gave way, precipita-
ting him head-foremost out of the window, a
distance Of sixty-six feet, to the ground. In
his fall he struck small brick house some l2
feet high, in the yard and fell from thence to
the pavement, His head and left side struck,
MASKING his skull in, breaking his neck, left
arm, and one leg, and bruising and MASKING
him in a shocking manner. DR.. Jameson, and
several other physicians were soon on the spot
but he lived very few moments after the fall.
His body was conveyed to the residence of his
parents, in Franklin, a few doors west of Pine
street.
Heary Robbery Waterman Flanagan, of
the Middle District, arrested on Friday night,
about ] | O'Clock, young man named George
w. Todd, on the charge of robbng William
Matthews Of his pocket-hook containing $3.50.
1t appears that Matthews, who was discharged
and paid off from the Marine service but a few
days since, fell in company on Friday evening
with the accused and "John NIxon,n youth !
OF some notoriety in our Criminal Court. Mat
theWs, who was somewhat intoxicated, treated |
Todd and Nixon to tickets for the Theatre
After leaving the Theatre they all proceeded |
to the tavern of Mr.. Lutz, where after taking
another drink, Nixon and Todd went out
leaving Matthews alone. They had scarcely
left, when Matthews discovered his loss, and |
asked Mrs. Lutz how he should proceed to re-
cover his loss. The services of the Waterman
were Immediately procured, and Todd was AZ
rested near the house. He was taken TO the
Middle District Watch house, and committed
to Jail for his appearance at Court, by Justice
Belt. A part of a So bill, which has been iden-
tilted by Mr.. Matthews as portion of the sto-
len money, was found upon the floor of the |
Watch house in the room where the accused |
slept.
"A Curiosity Blossoms in October. We saw |
on Saturday afternoon, on Second street, in the !
rear of the yard of Gen. ]. Spear Smith, an
Apricot tree, containing many green buds, and |
several blossoms full blown. 1t is quite Gu
riosty, and this being the month of October,
we venture to assert that they are the latest of
the season. Peach trees, and other kinds of
fruit Trees we have seen in full blossom very
late in the Autumn months, but we do not re-
collect single instance Of flowers blossoming
so late as the month of October.
For Liberia We learn from the MARYLAND
State Colonization Journal, for September,
that the new barque "The Liberia Packet"
now building by Messrs. Culley, on the South
side of the Basin, will positively sail for Libe-
ria, on the 18th of November. She will be
prepared with accommodations for such emf.
grants as may be willing to go out in her. We
PROFOUND the same question as the Journal
s'Who makes the first trip in the new vessel
Nearly Run 0Osr, On Saturday evening,