New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-09

McClusky, residing at No SO Ridge ct while lean
ing out OF an upper window OF his house, about "a
O'Clock on Sunday evening. beard report Of fire.
arms, and at the same moment discovered that a
oulut had plowed furrow through bis scalp. The
blood soon commenced TO flow very rapidly, aud 4
surgeon was called 10 dress tse wound. Search
was then made tr the perpetra.or Of the foul deed,
put IN vain: From the direction the ball appears
70 have come from, the person who fred it must
have been on level with Mr. AcClusky. Had il
passed trihe lower, the object Of the assassin
would have been accomplished. Mr. Nee. was
hot aware Of having enemies no we're desirous OF
taxing bis life, nor has he ever heard Of threats
having been made agsi0st him. The police are on
The look out for the villain.
ATTEMPT AT ARsOS-Oficer Cullum, of the
sixth Ward, yesterday arrested man named Jo-
seph Rockford, on a charge Of arson preferred
against him by Stephen Parrish OF IL Elmst who
makes affidavit that be sa the accused deliberate
~ holding lighted candle 70 q quaatity OF bed
clothes on which bis wife, Mary Rockford, was
then lying. He says that in attempting 10 Gre the
ped clothes the candle went out, and that Rock
ford relighted it and again made the attempt He
was locked up By Justice La.hrop for examination.
CHARGE OF BURGLART-A man named judah
Alddleman was taken into custody yesterday by
officer MagDes Of the Lower Police charged with
having on the night Of the 9th Of May last broken
into the house of Harman Krall, $50 Greenwic
and stolen thereirom gold watch, chain, and other
property to the value Of $500. The watch he soon
after sod to n man named Hartman Marks, residing
at ll3 Wslkerst for els. He was committed by
Justice Lathrop in default Of 81 900 bail for exsm
nation.
DEATH By Cos6EsTIos OF THE BRAIs.-An
Inquest was held yesterday, at Jefferson Market
Prison, upon the body OF Michael l.. Leis, native
If af Uh0 found Dy
officer Taylo Tor Of the Ninth w ard sitting on stoop,
apparently very i'll. The officer caused him to be
conveyed 10 the Prison. where DR.. ID. Il. Stearns
attended him until he died The Jury rendered q
verdict Of death by congestion Of the brain. $50 81
mostly in German gold, was found on his person,
and az none of bis friends appeared, the body was
sent 10 Potter's Field.
Az ACT OF WArToS RAscALITT.-On going
into Trinity Church the morning after the Fourth OF
July, the Sexton found bullet upon the stone hoor
1t had been fired from the Of the Church through
the painted window over the Altar. The pertora-
tion is through the upper part the "Apha," which
is nearly at the top Of the window, and which was
no doubt the point aimed at by the brutal marks
man. But we do not know why We should Insult
the brute creature by so aenominating il for GER
tainy we never heard of beast being guilty OF an
act so wsnton and so savage. Express
RoBBIEG MONEY DRAwER-Julius Brick was
arrested by the Second Ward Police. A few days
since Brick and another thief went to the store Of
Mr.. Cook e, in Fulton-st and while one amused the
girl in attendance Brick stole $40 from the TILL
The girl had, however, TAX such note OF him that
the Police knew where 10 find him.
BREAKIYG WIEDows-Frederick Wood, Geo.
Cheeseborough and Samuel Spencer were caught
breaking several windows in Fulton St at an early
hour yesterday morning After desperate resist
snce in which they threatened to take the lives OF
their csptors they were arrested and brought To
the Second Ward station house.
STEALING PIcTUREs-Philip Flanagan and Ste
phen Borgar, boys, were arrested, charged with
stealing IS dsguerreotype plates, valued at s25 /;
held for examination.
SHor.-Last evening Thomas McCluskey, resid-
ing at SO Ridge ct. wrs shot at while looking out OF
the window. The bullet just grszed the scalp, bat
did no serious injury
RoBBERY-Daniel Jones wn arrested for rob.
berry Of boots and shoes, committed in November
last. He was detected from having pair Of the
shoes on his feet
GRAND LARcEsr.-Sarah Bovine alias Julia
johnson and Sarah Fletcher, stole q gold watch
worth 500 from John McKinner.
THROWING STosEs-Michael May and four other
young rowdes were arrested in the Seventeenth
Ward for throwing stones at fire company.