The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-09-03
The Aston Place Ui0s-rriais q she As-
ouse0.

The Aston Place Ni0s-rriais u she As-
cused.
The September term of the Court Of Sessions
\ this city promises 10 be one OF the most import
ant and interesting that has been held for
many years past. In addition TO the TRIALS of the
Asne rous parties who have been indicted by the
Grsnd Jury for bringing about the not at the
Astor Place theatre, which resulted in the death
sftwenty five persons aud the wounding Of great
many more, several important libel cases will, in
all probability, be adjudicated, as well as an IN
finite variety Of pety-arcenies, burglaries, maini-
'rgs, woundings, and false pretence cases. The
petit jury that have been summoned for tins term
wil therefore, have their hands full; and We doubt
very much whether they will be able TO get
through all the business that Is before them, before
the term shall have ended.
Among the first that will be called for
trial at this term, which commences this day,
Will, we understand, be those OF The Aston Place
Voters of the rioters who excited the mob On the
melancholy night of the tenth Of May last to at
tack the Italian Opera House, and assail the mi
ktary. Those trials have been anxiously waited
fer by the public; and the district attorney owes II
10 himself, TO the friends and relatives OF those
who were shot down on that occasion, as well as
10 the whole community, to make searching IN
vestigatiOn into the matter, and to proceed with
as much CELEBRITY as Is consistent with the ends OF
justice, and with the trial OF the accu ed parties.
The Recorder, from motives of delicacy. will not
we understand, preside on the bench during those
trials, which are expected TO commence this morn
ing ncr would 1t perhaps be becoming in hum 10
Do 50, for he was at the scene OF the slaughter,
in his official capacity, and exerted himself IN pre-
serving the peace the night referred to. Judge
Daily will take his place-end from the character
Of tie charge which he delivered 10 the Grand
jury, when that body were about to take the SUBJ
yect into their consideration, we satisfied that,
60 far at leas, he Is concerned, the law will be
vindicaied, and even and exact justice melted out
90 the accused
II we are not much mistaken, there will be
some very strange Developments made during the
progress of these acknowledgement affecting
a. well the city authorities tiroughIwhose want OF
prudence where prudence would have been Of
avail. and through whose tnidity and weakness,
where energy and determination would have pre-
vented any riot, the Iamen,ablc and deplorable
mstToDhe, the deaths OF twenty-five citizens and
the wounding OF great many more, were caused.
They succeeded in etaving off those trials tor
a long time, with the hope of eventually being able
10 s,ile them entirely; bat the public Indignantly
denounced all such attempts, and demanded that
che TRIALS should be proceeded with. The conduct
Of the few upper ten who Issued the Mucready
card, and their distributing tickets gratuitousy 10
individuals pledged TO so to the theatre and sustain
Macready, as well Us the rowdyism and rufiisnism
Of those who melted The mob and induced them,
by example and encouragement TO assail the thea
TIRE and the military, will all, we hope, be exposed
10 the gaze of the world. We are informed on
good authority that OF those persons deliberate
~ prepared hmnself for the occason--that he
changed his apparel on the evening in question,
with the view Of Disgusting himself, and likewise
armed himself with two pistols aud a short sword,
no doubt with the premedtated design of using
them and avoiding detection. All these matters,
we hope, will be fully and clearly exposed to the
public eye. We assume TO be people governed
by laws of our own making. II these laws, which
every we'll disposed citizen has an interest in man-
taining, have been broken, ct those who set them
at nouaht, and who, m connection with the inefi-
siency of the city authorities, directly brought on
that melancholy catastrophe be punished as those
laws direct. When all the testimony shall have
been elected and the verdict of The jury rendered
the supreme tribunal of public opinion will after
wards pass Its judgment on all concerned.
In another point Of view these TRIALS are Of the
Utmost importance That was the first time that
the military bad bc,n called upon to fire ball car
uidgcson the c.tizcnsto take life in preserving the
peace of the community. We owe II to posterity,
therefore, well TO the present generation that
she investigation should be comprehensive and
80 clear possible, that future may ors, magis-
uaes, and other municipal digniaries may know
the ground Oh which they tread. Ia case OF a repe-
h,on Of any such disturbances. and so that their
duties may be clearly and ds6ai;ely dehned.
We shall report these tuals fully, from day TO
day, in the columns Of the Herald, for the bsnefi
oil our readers.