The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-12
Superior Court.

Superior Court.
Before Chief Justice Oakley.
JANuARy IL John Thompson ps, Moses Y. Beach, at
newspaper, in August is47 III damages are laid st
$40 600 Plaintfs counsel, briefly stated the Case.
He .aid the action was brought against the defendants
~ editors and propretors Of the Newspaper for
libel published in that paper on the 18th Of August
lS4 and As partners they were ssveray liable for It's
publication The etuaton Of the plaintiff, az editor
of the Bank Nois Reporter, had attracted to him a
considerable share Of the notice Of defe ndants in
concern having come to an result In Feb
ruary, 1S47. IL was quite natural that such paper
Is the Bank Note Reporter was to the Mes:rs Beach,
at that time most undesirable stumbling block and
1t 10 very evident they thought for the msevoeace
of the publication OF which complain has
observation. About this time the defendants pub.
lished series Of attacks the plaintiff, none Of
which he thought worthy Of his notice. taking advan
thorizsd to make any statement they thought would
suit their purpose In regard to him. Here counsel
then about to be tried crmiDay and II found guilty
his term OF imprisonment would be for long period,
80; that he had been held to heavy bail, and taat
commencement Of the proceedings against him,
been visited by large number Of olergymen,
him. In contequence Of tho hardness Of his
heart, and his long residence In Wall street.
Mr Tho1o,on of having committsd Stsss. Sp,.o"
offence aud being held TO bail In large sum, was ono
which he felt IL his duty to bring before court OF
tunity Of proving the truth of the statement they
made there were any foundation for such charges
prove them To show the wealth Of the defendant,
and heir ability to to any verdict that might
be given against them, the council read an extract
etance. that place under government had been
offered to the defendants or one of them; but they
to perfsrm-,hsir yearly income from the Sun news
paper than double that Of the President, and
sns, mad s t an to buy Up the New Jersey
state that The did not know what defence they in
tended to up they put the plea of the issue
record which only put the truth OF the libel in
ISSUE and the amount Of damages which the plaintiff
ought to recover. After counsel had finished his
cent the court adjourned further proceedings TO to
morrow this morning
.gmerose FISCHER -; John De IS,,s-Thn was an
The amount claimed by plaintiff was $50 40. The
defendant acknowledged $40 to be due and set up a.
q defence that that rendered to plxintG. The
jury found verdict for plaintiff for sos.
Before Judge Vapderpoel.
a. acton to recover $500 for goods sod and delivered
The cause is defended by Mr.. Horner ON the ground
that the good. In question, which was lot ofiron
with which he Horner, had NO and that plain
ti1s must have been aware Of the fact Adjourned.
The RIOT AT BuFFALo-There was a gathering
OF armed men In our streets early this morning,
giving portsnt that something out Of the usual
quires learned that the sheriff Of the county had
last evening, issued orders for calling out the indie.
pendent companies Of the oeh regiment for the p1r-
canal AT nine O'Clock, about 200 men were under
arms, in front Of the Court House, comprising the
Jefferson Guards the Harrison renadiers the Steuben
Guards, and the National Guards Lieut. Col Vaughan
some two or three hunded irishnsn came over here
from the Weand Canal and commenced work the
enlarged canal. After working awhile, last Monday
work entirely. Nothing was done Wednesday but
on Thursday the contractors other aborers
soon after CONNIE noing BY tho Irish rom csnsds. On
Friday the same thing repeated There plenty
Of ish and German laborers, who reside here who
aid shis 10 ell they earn In the shsrt days In o
ground but they ars forcibly prevented by those
man Of one Of tho contractors, with two Irishnsn,
went upon the works to lot OF some water to prevent
In the ne on, ., these s
was severely bruised, and had Of bis broken.
Other acts Of violence upon those who wished to work.
were committed. After endeavorng to put . stop to
these riotous BY civil means the sheriff In
consultation with the Mayor decided last evening
ipgy, under which the 65th regiment assembled this
morning Iii reported that those from tho Welsnd Co.
na armed with muskets and pitch forks and are pre-
ted might be coson IL IL to be hoped that the laws
will be vndcsted and that stop will be put to farther
to CITY to the laws and to Irish and Ger
man laberers, that the lswlessness Of those coming
from ABROAD en0uid De reDuked, even by fhe strong
of military force the civil Is found inadequate.
The military after being provided with ball cartridges
&c. marched down to the white lead factory in the Vi
ointy Of the disturbances to be in readiness should
their services be needed In tho meantime the police
force with posse Of special constabes busy In
making farther arrests Two arrests were made the
there several hundred Irshmsn assembled, aud
considerable excitement prevailing yet attempt at
foroible resistance or rescue made. One Of the
prisoners escaped when the cotton factory, but
was recaptured after q short but exciting race The
deputy sheriff and the regular oonstab proceeded
the execution Of their duty with great fsressness al
Though surrounded by an infsmmable multitude.
Thus matters stoed up to IL o'clock What will be
the upshot Of the matter, cannot yet determine.
We think however from the manifested by
the rioters that they will not dare attempt any ress
lance to the police force so long at least, the mill
tsry are in the field Buffalo Express, Jan. 8.
A DREADFUL AFFAIR occurred on Friday n ght
week at Jessup's Mill, near Carpenters Landing,
between two young men named Hiram Burt and
John Carol as finale to drunken slegbng fro
lie. 1t appears that the boys, after their return at
late hour at night, got into quarrel, both beng
IN liquor. Their noise aw0ke some OF the family,
who on coming down stairs saw Burt dragging Car
rol out of the kitchen into a shed, where he was
left. A great quantity Of blood was found on the
kitchen floor In the morning. Some inquiry being
made during the day, he was traced across the
garden to the mill dam. On Sunday boat was
procured, when the body was found in SIX or seven
feet water. The back OF the head was broken IN,
p,ucI hrui sod md he w,ao fherxx INN