The New York herald., 1850-06-25

The TRRRIBIE TRAsKpY N VERMONT, IN Cou1r
OF JUsrIcE-The startling intelligence which we
published exclusively yesterday, describing hor.
rible attempt made by the celebrated Bristol Bill to
assassinate q public officer in court of justice,
has produced great sensation in this community,
and particularly in the region OF the Tombs. Our
intelligence came from the highest authorities in
Vermont One of them is gentleman Of the bar,
who reported for us the proceedings on the recent
trials Of Bristol Bill and Meadows and the other is
one of the eminent officers of the court itself
Such a bloody scene-occurring 80 suddenly in the
midst of a quiet court of justice, 10 peaceable
American neIghborhood- more the tragic
doings Of the dark ages, than of Christian and
civilized community. We have further intelligence
through our correspondents, that Mr. Davis, the
State Attorney, will hardly live, and that Bristol
Bill has avowed his determination to commit
suicide, in some way or form. rather than be con-
fined in the State prison for ten years, in his prime
of life, away from his handsome wife, Margaret
O'Connor. II is probable that an account of more
bloody doings may be expected from that quarter,
and we should not be at all surprised to hear that
the criminal had attempted to take his own life, by
dashing his brains out against any pillar, post, or
other hard substance, within his reach, and that
Margaret O'Connor followed his example,
The extraordinary perpetration of such deed
has created great deal of inquiry as to the history
p culiarities, and character and personal appear
ance, of Bristol Bill. Who is he = What is his
history? Who were his associatesi In what
school did he take his degrees in villanyl We
have the best reasons for believing that Bristol
Bill is graduate Of the stool pigeon college Of
New York. We may receive to-day or tomorrow,
aa NE inf fill Al
quarter in Vermont, Of the BIRTH hfe history, Deeds
doings rascality, and former associates of Bristol
Bill and Meadows; and as soon as it comes to
hand we will give it to our rsaders. We have
some reason for believing that this account Of this
extraordinary felon's life, will throw 4 sing
light over recent proceedings in this neighbor-
hood, heretofore well known as the Drury mystic
ries-the attempt to take the life Of Thomas
Warner and his wife by torpedo, and the various
matters which have grown out of those proceed
ngs, both in this city and in Brooklyn, during the
few months past. Thomas Warner, George
Wilkes, One-Eyed Thompson, Marcus Tullius
Cicero Stanley, and several other persons, will all
be more or less connected with this curious history
and will have assigned to them, with dramatic ac-
curacy, the different parts which they have taken,
and the several positions which they have occu-
pied, durng'the progress Of the recent extraordi-
nary events to which we refer. Before Bristol
Bill, the bloody actor in the Vermont tragedy, get
into the hands Of the public authorities in the
East, he was associated for some time with One
Eyed Thompson in this neighborhood, engaged in
the same practices and conspiracies with him, and
also was an agent, TO a very considerable
extent, in certain operations projected, set on
foot, and attempted to be carried out, by George
Wilkes, in reference TO the torpedo and other
mysteries in this metropolis. In fact, Bristol Bill
according 10 The best authority, to have been
an sgeni, or pupil, of the great New York Stool
Pigeon School or College, in many Of their most
important doings.
We have no wish or desire to do any injustice
or injury TO any one Of the individuals named but
this extraordinary drama has much startled the
public mind, that it is right sndproper, for the ends
of public justice that the several parties and the
positions which they have occupied, should be
rightly understood and properly appreciated by the
public generally Of this city. The first attempt at
blood, in these mysteries, was in the torX do ex-
plotion. II was not tuccessful. The se econd, as
we have seen in Vermont, is more horrible, more
fsn:s.e; and we are afraid that worse even will
follow, either here or elsewhere. Murder, forge
~, perjury-all the crimes Of the calendar-seem,
under sroolpigeon auspices, TO have accumulated
recently, and to have been set agoing and set on
foot with singular premedit alton and design, and
with much coolness and philosophy as you
would set in operation an ordinary mill for the ma
nufacture Of flour, cotton, cloth, or any other
vendible commodity.