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

and bleeding profusely. A dull razor, with which
he had attempted To take his lIfe was lying Desiae
him. DR.. f. &. Franklin was called IN ana io1hu
cash from the lobe Of the left ear to the wndpipe
dividing the external jugular vein. The wound was
dressed and the sufferer sent to Inc Luhatc Asylum
at Bloomingdale.
DARING ATTEMPT TO TAKE LIFE.-A
man named Shepard Brown, member OF hl'ary
Company. known as the " 1--we Oak volunteers,
was on "Wednesday evening last, Tor some improper
conduct ernelled from the Company by the undnl-
nous vote OF It's members. Feeling ceepy chagrIned
al his expulsion. Il deprived hum OF an opportunity
to accompany the Association on the following day
on Their annual excursion, he resolved to be re-
ycuged on Julian Harris. Captain OF the company
and accordingly at 9OclOck yesterday morning, ne
stationed himself on the corner OF Elm and Canal
SIS armed with a muSket heavily charged VITA
qunpOwGe ana shot. winch place ne knew the CON-
uany were 10 pass After waiting few minutes, the
Company hove In sight. and when opposite TO Nun, he
deliberately leyeed his musket al lhe captain
norton of the charge entered his face, wOnndlng
him very severely. though not dangerously Mlchaei
Fisher, private IN the Company, was also struck oy
the SHOT and wounded IN the arm and breast. Wnen
CAPTAIN Harms was shot he fell TO the pavement and
officer Mitchell OF the Fourteenth Ward, who was
near bv Immediately arrested Brown, who, thinking
he had killed Captain Harris SAID to the oincer, ="
have killed one son OF a b--h and meant TO nave
killed another, Now they buy a dollars worth
Of rope and hang me don't care d--n about
being hung" The injured men were taken 10 a
drug store in the neghDOrhOOd where their wounds
were dressed, after which they were conveyed TO
their respective residences-that Of Captain Harris
| being at No. l0l Lewis-st. Brown hves at NO.
| 81 CannOnst., and IS represented to be one Of
the most desperate characters IN our CITY, as ms
conduct this occasion has fully shown him to be-
lie was taken before Justice MOuntfort. and commit
ted 10 prison, (bai being refused on charge OF as
sdult and battery with intent to murder
SUDDEN DEATH.-A man named Barnard
Regain, Of very Incorporate habits dropped dead on
the corner of Sxteenih-st and Tenth-av. The body
oh fba .hOp ykn
will hold an inquest rupture Of blood vessel IN
the chest supposed to have been the cause of ms
| death.
IADvERTIsEMENT.l
~ Terms of Just praise are frequently
! exhausted upon the unequaled and SURPRISING ex-
ceence Of Roofs Daeuerreotypes now on exhlbl-
ton at Castle Garden. Their Gallery is at No. 1863
| Broadway, cor of Frankln-st.
Mad Doc SHoT.-OfIicer Haviland. of
| the Nneteeih Ward Police, yesterday morning shot
| mad dog at the corner OF foriy'four,h'st ana
Ftthav., after the animal had bitten several Other
| dogs.
Found DROWNED. - The body of
| drowned man, name unknown, picked out of the
| water of Atlantic Dock on Wednesday morning, and
taken to the Dead House, where an inquest was held
Deceased is about feet inches in helght-had on
figured pantaoons, white shirt gaier boots, and had
tied to his neckeTchlef bundle containing french
| Zne coat. He was evidently Frenchman. Yer
| dict Of the Jury-found drowned.
A PRODIGY YESTERDAY morning quite a
| deal of amusement and diversion occ 4siOned
about Whitehall, and on the South Ferry boats by
| little German boy. five or SIX years old who goes
about delivering oTatons and singing patriotic songs
| for cOpperS, and whatever other donations may DE
made To him. lie is a bright energetic little fellow,
ana when not engaged professionally IS ALWAYS look
ing out sharp for a crowd or some place where there
! Is Il prospect OF dong something. Whenever place
| of this kind rs observed, or any m1uccment is hed
| out to hun, he Immediately mounts a box, barrel,
anything that viii answer for rostfum, and for TWO
minutes or a half hour, as the occasion may require,
| holds forth to those around HIM IN most lnpas-
stoned and seemingly eloquent manner-after thls,
| If requested to Go So he ends the entertain
ment with a song. He has a sma,terng OF Eng
| lSh, but the olOcutlye and vocal performances
| are all enacted IN his own mother tongue His
! appearance Is quite noble and interesting, and
his manner bold has large, wefOTmed head,
! fiery eye, and sturdy proportions and complexion.
When little and excited IN his declarations,
all the energy and pathos OF our most most effective
orators exhibited III his cOuntenance and action,
and has fierce, intellectual eye indicates pretty well
| TO those who do not understand ms language, the
sentiments he Is expressing, while the mOdulatlouS
Of his voice, and easy ample and rather appropriate
| gestcuiationS as ne passes " from grave to gay,
rom iyely 20 severe, are seemingly consistent VITA
| the words and sentences he Is utterDg Wntn on
| the ferry boats, many ladies assembled near to an1
Cvnced "A lively interest IN the boy, 50 remark tJle
him with pieces OF money, which he SAID should be
given to his mother, Tor whom he intended to make
all the money he could. Upon being Intercepted as
TO what his mother would do with II. he very per.ly
answered that she did not do nothing with lt-she
| kept IT, Many and various were the remarks made
by the bystanders his character, capacity, &c.
Some inferred that he would be a capital fellow Tor
our public schools and academies, others, more
patriotic Il not sagaciOuS, thought that with lie
| uainme, by way OF initiating INN into the sublime
mysteries of politics, he would prove most vdua-
| bic stump orator on electoneering occasions.
| AN EsCAPE.-On Monday evening an of
fcer from Rochester arrived in the cars with three
| female conVcS IN charge, on their way to Sing Sag
He took rooms at JenknSonS Railroad House, near
depot III Albany, and on Tuesday morning of his
! birds had escaped out of a window, and flown the
| officer suspected The conn, ance OF man empoyef
| IN the vicinity. She had not been retaken at a late
| hour.
WILLIAMSBURGH ITEMS.