Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-04-11


Two or three years ago, when so called "Mocei Az.
istsn in consequences of the pdeoency OF tneir eAu
bitions ware occasionally arrested and Juggeu, Veo-
able grey headed and respected citizens ana meMDets
Of churches we're frequently taken up WIN Onsn W
serve as witnesses The recollection OF those fcsrs
struck terror to great part OF the large ~
Friday evening and demonstration tor Euan
the door made as soon as ths polcemon ~.
to the stage. But brave and DARING genius moIe
knowing than the rest, called out "Wnac ye 'onuO !
this is part of the show these are the 1fdga5 J"-
drS - Strange to say. these words mad the eneco ol
momentarily stopping the rush for me door tnsrepy
prob ably preventing loss of life. When the curtain
came down however and The screams OF the women
on being arrested, were heard, the audience quicA
DISAPPEARED from the premises. Au parVles ehsaEeu
in the performances arrested. and IN Tue SANE
state found conveyed Ia carriages TO the Esse4 er
ket Court where our Modern Paris was sfEog N
u-gement waiting the arrival of the beauties AZ
ter a strict and close private examination IN "hcu
he was assisted by the amable District Attorney, Dc
dispatched an officer for the street walking dreFses
and bonnes of the Hebes which in the hurry Of we
arrest and to spoil the effect Of the trcgrGn a.
lec had been left behind and at later hour Of the
evening he discharged them, retaining only the pro
prietor. who was also admitted to bail yesterday.
THE WmL1AMsBURGH ALDERMEN IN
TROUBLE When the good people of Williamsburgn
designated their local legislators last November IL s
fair to presume that they had not the slightest idea q
the valuable aid they were to receive IN tne common
Council IN the brilliant efrts Of an Aaeriasn rom
the bret ward But the iates ordained tnaL ~ iea'
hslght should not be hid under bushel rms wor. w
thy sage of the kingdom - on last wednesday nignb
somewhat sstonished his listeners by revivipg the
long agitated, and by come supposed dead quesunn,
whether or not ealtpotre would expode =" !ne
gentleman who had not sepu for five years" INSIST
ed upon it that It would, and mistake. He i1eg It
would and that should settle the question win NM
anyhow ~ Another astounding piece Of information
which this Soon gave to the Board-without charge,
free gratB for Notwithstanding the session. was to the
effect that Long Island, and particularly the king
DOM was supplied with water entirely from the e3nd
hills of Connecticut /" Sir" said the astute repre-
sentative he hercey looked at his meek President
Sir there is no water Long Island-to Connecti-
cut are indebted for our water This sir. is the
way get It, The water in Connecticut sinks through
the se there and paeing under the Sound which d.
vides this lovely island from the rest of creation, 1t
wells up in the future Stste Yes, sir the water of
Connecticut wells up In our springs To her are we
Indebted for this glorious element It is not tndtgt-
60 the sic Of Wllliamsbursh az some ot the gen
tenen here suppose The water here, SIR, notiye 70
the siie salt Naturally Long Island has no fresn
water. No, sir" Would it not be well for the Com
missioners OF the Croton Department to institute
ssres Of experiments and " there be noteaSages
in the bottoms of the reservoirs Who knows but
that the water they csmpain of as being wasted may
trickle through the sis and well up in the king
dom 1.-THE worthy Aldermen during bis "sleepless"
cogitations would but arrive at positivo affirmation
as to the verify Of this theory, more important
question than the explosion Of salt.petre might be
satisfactorily got rid Of viz the waste OF Gne Oroton
Altogether the lights Of the Williamsburgh Common
Council are not to be put out by salt or fresh water,
either. Small comfort, that. for their constituents
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHr-On Monday last,
young man of rather genteel appearance. giving
his name IS William II, Burder, was brought before
Justice Bleakley, of the Jefferson Police Court,
charged by Captain Hanuegan, who arrested hiu,
with having deserted his wife, to whom he bad been
married but three days The cts Of the case as
lated by the better half Of the defendant are little
romantic. It about six mouths ago the de-
tendant called at intelligence ofics In Broadway
| and peroeiyngthere gil Of prepossessDg appear
auce, engaged her for the purpose, he stated, Of
| waiting upon his mother who was q widow. On their
way home he invited her into an ice cream saloon,
| when he told her that the story about his mother
all pretsuce, and that being completely fascinated
| with her appearance, be bad used that expedient
to induce her to come with him He stated that he
was Southern gentleman of large wealth, and as q
proof Of it he pulled out of his pocket large amount
! of money which he showed her Through these rep
resentaons and the assistance Of large doses of fat
terry, he succeeded in inducing the girl to marry him
which she immediately did. This was about the
middle Of the week and things went on swimmiDgly
until the following Saturday, when, having borrowed
a shirt from his landady, the Southern gentlemen
/ sloped TO parts unknown. Since then he has not
been in New York until last week, when having
turned his wife made the complaint above stated,
and be was arrested Justice Bleakley committed
him to prison to answer the charge.
A BELLIGERENr GRocER.-On Monday
afternoon, John Lsss grocer, doing business at the
corner of Tenth street and Avenue G , was brought
before Justice Mountford charged with having com
mittsd murderous assault on two stage drivers
ed Dwight smith and james Leonard by shooting at
them. The drivers It appeared, had gone into Lass
store end commsnced wrestling together and making
noise. This annoyed Lass, and they not taking any
notice of his frequent orders to them to deHist
leave the store he took down rx barrelied revolver
and before they succeeded in getting away, he fired
five Of the barrels in quick succession at them One
of th@ balls took effect in Leonard's thigh severely
wcunding him. and several of them whi2zed by the
ear of Smith, who, however, escaped unhurt large
crowd immediately collected, and pbysician being
sent for, the ball extracted wher Leonard pro-
ceeded to make complaint before Justice ouutford,
where to his astonishmen he found Lass before him
giving bis version Of the story and endeavoriDg to in
tsrest the Justice After hearing both sides Of the
question, the magistrate looked Lass up for further
| examination, which came off next day and resulted
in Lass' being held to bail in $500 to answer the
| charge.
| LATE ACCIDENT ON THE HARLEE RAIL
ROAD -Terdict of the Jury The nqueft on the body
of Wm. Spence, killed by the celhsion OF the 17th
| ult on the Harlem Railroad, and the investigation
into the cause OF such collision to q close on
Thursday night The jury were engaged nine hours
iu endaavoring to agree to verdict After stating
the immediate Of the death Of the deceased the
jury recapitulate at great length the which led
to the collision full particulars Of which appeared ia
this paper Immediately after the acci ent winds up
/ the verdict with the folowing-"And with regsrd to
the question whether the said Railroad Company are
OK net accessory to the said death this jury do
declare that, afterapassDg whole day together they
believe 1t TO b. impossible that they should come to
an agreement upon said question"