New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-13

! winch tneIe Is no appeal even 10 the general term
he cODtepded that this Court was bound to see that
the law had been really passed as i, p,lrporlei, or
0therwSe. II The Court decied az INST the mOuOn
10 harm could be done, Is The matter might be RENE
dleo IN Few months by proper law n No decided
IN favor OF the motion, and com nlssiOncrs are ap-
ponieo, the owners are onufciy without remedy on
appeal
MIR Dawes, on behalf Of the motion. IN reply. con
tended that the Court could moi 50 behind tHc GER
ilhcale as 10 the clause complained Of rs being
stricken out, 1t properly 50 It was uncons;Itil-
uOnal. as II provided for the appointment ~ two
OF the commissioners by tue owners and thls Court
has held that the appointment OF Commissioners,
under the Cor siituiion is vested solely N this Court
TO this Judge b. remarked that the words are that
the two Commissioners should be appointed by the
Court, on The nomination OF the owners. Mr.. ID
said that was the same thing Mr.. u. also stated
that the clause Was ordered 10 be struck out before
the law passed 10 a final reading and ought to have
been 80. The argument will be continued by tx
Judge Jones, on the same side. next Saturday.
Man KILLED By A PoIIcEMAN.-Between
II and o'clock on Friday morning, an unknown man
killed at the corner OF Mulberry and Chath lm ss
by police officer Meehan. of the sixth Ward the cir
cumsidnces, as sworn 10 before the COrORer'S Jury
al the inquest, which was held on Saturday, are as
follows: The deceased who was intoxicated at the
time while IN Muloery--t. accOsted OilcerS Nee
han and Gallagher, and requested 70 be shown the
way to Courtanots St. The officers directed him 10
go 10 Chatham-s and then Turn Othe night. He went
on "A short distance when he sat down AMI began to
make noise. The officers told hun he must move
of when ne got up and sad that he had STICK he
would beat both OF them. lie then turned upon Of
fceT Meehan and endcayOred to stab him with a
knife The officer stepped aside and struck aim with
his club on the THIS blow, II appears. did not
cause him to drop his knife, and he again attempted
to stab the officer. when the latter struck him upon
the side OF the head with his club, knocking him
senSeleSs upon the sidewalk. tie was plckedup ana
taken to the StatiOnhouse where he received medi.
cal attendance al the hands O Dr. simmons, but all
efforts 10 restore him 10 sensioly proved unayali-
ing, and he died on Friday afternoon The Jury,
after hearing the testimony, rendered the following
verdict VIZ that the deceased came TO his death by
a blow on the head inflicted by policeman Meenan
in Selfdefense, while IN the discharge OF his duty.
The deceased naive Of ireland, about 40 years
of age he was feet 5 or inches in hight, stout
made, coarse features thin sandy hair, and small
sandy whiskers. He dressed IN dark gray pants,
blue overalls, blue striped cotton shirt, red wooden
undeIshiIt with small brown stripes, black cloth
vest, and coarse boots.
MYsTERIous.-On Friday morning, about
Q or 10 o'clock the dead body of a woman was dis
covered in the woods adjoining West Farms, in
Westchester County, which was in a very advanced
state of decomposition, and appeared to nave been IN
that situation about two months. No marks OF any
kind could be distinguished wheTewlth to Identity
her or TO show that any acts of violence had been
committed on her. Evidences were nevertheless
dscoverable of her having been eRcienfe Tor a long
time previous TO dissolution No one present at the
time had any knowledge of the individual, and no
circumstances could be cited that might lead To her
history. trace ont the origin of the event Cor
oneI's Jury was summoned, and, after the examlna-
ton a verdict was rendered of Death from some
unknown cause II was the prevailing Impression,
however that she had resorted to that place for the
purpose OF parurhon. and had there dledn her lone
ana helpless condition.
Struck WITH SLUNG SHOT.-On Sat
urday night Thomas Meehan, OF No 80 Mulberry-st,
was struck ~ the pavement with slung- shot by
some person who escaped arrest. His wounds were
dressed ny Dr.. Simmons of Elm St. after when ne
was taken to his residence
RAILROAD AcClDENr.-A collision of a
somewhat serious nature occurred at SufernS, on
the Newly ork and Erie Railroad az about O'Clock.
Yesterday morning II appears that TRAM irelghted
with fat cattle. for the Newly ork market was de-
talrod at SuflemS beyond the usual time, when an
other tram OF cars, also frelehted with live stock
bound IN the same direction, came along without
noticing the first train in time to prevent collision
Michael CrOan, young man and brakeman on the
rear tram, was caught between the two cars and had
his leg broken No one else on the cars was badly
injured Nine of the cars attached to the train are
considerably bruised and materially damaged Gro
Ian brought to this City and placed IN the Hos
pltal.
Ma. ITEMS When will our Uncle Sam
uel learn to do things other people do them Now
have spent some minutes in the vain attempt TO
make one OF his free stamps stick, and have finally
succeeded with wafer to fasten II. BY the way,
have twenty cents worth OF his old Postage free
stamps which he repudiaeS. Do you know of any
who Will buy them without recourse will sell
them cheap. DRY DOCK.
CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY James
Valley an hsh barrlster, boarding at the Golden
Fleece public house at the corner Of Cedar and
Greenwch-stS., assaulted at an early hour yes
terday morning by several persons, who robbed nun
of three soverelgDs. 1t appears that Mr.. tallely
was a few moments before the assault, standing AZ
the front door of the Golden Fleece endeayonng to
rt hQuSP but not succeeding, Owing 10 the
lateness of the hour he was about turning away Tor
the purpose Of seeking lodging elsewhere, when
he was accosted bv two men who offered TO $40"
him place In the nelghbOrhooi where he could OBJ
tam lodging. He followed these men into drinking
house near by, where he was requested to treat the
company. He declined dong this when he was
seized BY one of them who held HIM while fellow
named James Morrison aiidS Conklin robbed him Of
his money Mr. Y. at this moment made consider
able noise when officers kellam, Anderson and Hill
of the First Ward, being near, rushed IN and cap
tured several who were present. They were locked
up IN the Station House for the night, and yesterday
morning they we're taken before Justice Lothrop,
who discharged all Of them except Morrison and
John Lobbatt, the keeper of the place, who were
committed for examination
CoURT CALENDAR THIS DdV.-CoMMoN
PLEAs-Part Nos. 52l 533, 900 7O3, 735, 49, 739,
74l 745 "A, 40, Isl, 753, 49, 757: Part Il-Nos.
69s 7o4 7os, "a, TO- rs, 100, 722, 79l, ao, 2o 100,
49, 73i 73f, 73s, 740
superior Court, Circuit and General Term Su.
preme, already published
ASSAULT UPON FEMALE.-A woman
named Grace Gerathy residing at No Sc Mulberry-st.
was taken to the Sixth Ward Police Station on Sa-
tuIday night, III state OF lnsensloty having been
struck upon the head with billet Of wood by some
person unknown. DR.. Coral dressed the wound and
restored her to consciousness.
FURTHER ARRESTS BY THE POLIcE.-A
man named James IIannell was arrested on Satur-
day charged with stealing about SIS worth OF cloth
ING from the premises OF No Safest. He was held
by Justice Osborne for examination.
One Conrad zimmerman was yesterday arrested,
CHARGED with fnrlously driving ms team through the
streets OF tie Thirteenth Ward IN violation OF CITY
Ordnance He was taken before Justice Mountfors
for disposal.
Rus ovER.-A man by the name of Pat
rick Libet was run over Saturday evening, at the
corner Of Whitehall and Pearl streets, by stage.