The New York herald., 1850-04-25

Trial OF ONK-EYEp THOMPSON IN BRoouYS-
DoUBTFuL PRoeREss-The trial of this distinguish
ed gentleman before the criminal court at Brooklyn,
ie set down for to-day, but doubt if the hero in
the dock will 60 on with the investigation, il he
can get poetponement from the Judge, on any pre-
tence or on any consideration. lie and his friends
behind the curtain are hardly yet ready for Brook
ln jury. Thompson will, most probably, about
twenty-three and half minutes after nine o'clock
this morning, get psodigiously sick, and be utterly
unfit 10 conduct his cause; he will then probably
appeal TO the sympathy of the Court for postpone
meDt until medicine sets Kim on his legs again, and
the study Of criminal law shall have prepared him
for his trial. Thompson and his friends think the
Brooklyn courts and juries green as their own
grass growing in the by-streets, and that they are
by no means 80 learned, 20 ingenious, 30 phloso-
phical, 20 enigmatcal as the lowest genius of the
stool pigeon coteries on this side the East river.
The second trial Of the Drurys was recently post
poned on this side the water, and that will be
thought pregnant example for the aIniabe court
Of Brooklyn, in its simplicity, TO initiate and follow
suit, according to Hoyle. One-Eyed Thompson
calculates TO mystify and hoodwink the District At
torney Of Brooklyn, with the greatest ease. So
the One-Eye says, and 80 he looks.
Well, if il is 10 be postponed, be it 1t cannot
be put of till the first week on this side of the day
Of Judgment; it must come up some time, and
when that time comes, il will bring up, in all its
length and breadth, and variety, developement
Of all the character history, genius, achievements,
confederacies and friends Of One-Eyed Thompson.
In the Of the last few years, five or six in
dictments have been found against Thompson, but
he has always contrived to get his neck out of the
moose hitherto One of his associates was tried,
convicted and sentenced to the State prison for two
years, while Thompson himself conducted his own
cause and was acquitted. The other FIVE indict-
ments disappeared in some mysterious way, with
the disappearance of the last comet. His great
talents. however, and profound genius were never
discovered to the world until he was taken up as a
hero by George Wilkes and Marcus Tulus Cicero
Stanley They have given more celebrity to his
deeds and genius than even Homer gave TO the
achievements of Achilles and the Trojan heroes.
-4fropos, while talking Of Thompson and stool
pigeon matters, we would refer our readers to our
police columns for a curious deveopement Of re-
maj ksbe robbery of jewelry, to the amount OF
about Sl2,00O which was recently perpetrated in
Baltimore, and which is generally believed to have
been planned and carried into execution by some
Of the parties who were made famous in the recen,
robbery Of the government jewels, and the trial OF
one Of the robbers in that affair The stool-pigeon
business has been increasing much of late, surpasss
ing even the days of Bill Wiley, and we beg leave
10 ask Marcus Tuus Cicero Stanley TO post of to
Baltimore, and George Wilkes to prepare for a
splendid developement. We know all the particu-
lars. BE quick