Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-04-04
THE CITY AND SUBURBS,

SEcoNp ACT IN THE CALIFORNIA SWIM l
nr1Ne TRAGEDY. On Wednesday morning large |
number of persons who had started for San Francis
co, via Pauama in the month OF February reeuiheu
In this oitv bv the william Penn steamship. AS
the ease Of those swindled by Palmer Il Haight the
present complainants had purchased through ucSeef
at the office of A. Il. Pride & Co On arriving IN Ne~
York Peter Schmidt, OF the sWuoieu party, nla
eompaiut before Justice Lothrop stating enau on tne
18th of February he and five others had puIcnSSseo S
tickets TO San Francisco. by way oil Hsnans, oi VI w II
liam c. Barney, paying Sl75 each lhey al leIV ~"
York in the Brother Jonathan having received TICK
cts for passages from the Ishmus to san py
the Monumental City. of which steamship BARNEY
aid he WAS captain. They bad been directed on ar
rvipg at Panama to call on Zachrsson Nelson, ana
Co, but doing they were told the Monumenoal
City bad not been there for weeks that tneir tlekse
were fraudulent ones, and that Pride 20. nad NO
authoritv to issue such tickets This complaint mas
been supported by Mr. wilson one OF the party;
and about twenty Others eight OF whom were ABOUT
starting for Panama, when, fortunately tor Uneui
those who had been swindled returned and saved II
them Journey their luggage was on board tne
United States steaupsbip, aud they had only Just |
time to remove it when she sailed Mr. wilson etaVes
that there are at present the Isthmus over three
thousand persons unable to get back or want ol mo-
ney. All those poor men ere victim, OF MI bsvney
and such cheualias dindustre as he Those uutorto-
nate victims of this hell born system Of swiudling
die in large numbers weekly for want oil tne necehss
riee of life while comparatively large sums OF Ine
money are appropriated to pay for luxuries lor III
mer Height Barney and Pride. In the courae o1 tne
afternoon Pride, snd in short time aIter nHney'
were brought up before the magstrate VINO 'auenDe
lesson. we suppose by the appearance Oh Messrs
Palmer aad Hsqht required from each of them bail
to the amount of 10000, in default OF whieh my
were committed for safe keeping to the Tomos' Inc
accused party have put forward statement IN "nGn
they say that their agreement would have oeen luny
perfected but that the steamship haa proKen ooMn,
and that if the complanants had waited til sne was
set to rights they would all have been IorWaroSu "a
the meantime they would have been paid their boaro
and that in point of fact they had received e3v e"9
when they started off for New Yerk' noI "$Isns ~
Panama as per agreement with the agent Anas ms 10
vsry plausible story but 1t does noU aSlse Pa
ma who stated that all tickets issued by prlde w.
for the Monumental City were fraudulent AZ @suo
seauent period, Mr.. Pride wss bailed out oy MI
Blake of S4 Pearlstreet Strenuous efforts were al
80 made to liberate Mr. Barney but to no purpos9'
One fact cnncernnq.the Americas Consul at Panama
it is right to mention. One of the party OIL CaIoI
/ MEMS, named Samuel f. Stesrns on being tolu NJ
/ Panama that his ticket useless, went accomps
MED by number of his companions, to AK Ine ao-
Il vice of the American Consul the Consul told tnen
they ought to get their tickets protested ana ne OF
fered to do it for So each this humane oher tne
Califorpans refused to avail themselves Of at the
same time stating that in their humble OPINION tney
had been sufi siently feeced already we 40 nope
that the guilty parties will be properly Puu,sneu' ~
is hard enough to rob poor man OF ms money puV
there frauds have sent many poor victim TO an "n
| timely grave among strangers
FUGITIVE SLAVE CAsE.-Horace Preston,
| q colored man, aged 27 years, was brought before
| Commissioner Morton on Thursday, charged with be-
ing a fugitive from labor due by him to VIM Resss Of
| Baltimore Md Willian Reere Jr son Of plaintiH,
proved his right to the services of defendant who be-
came his property by right of marriage HIS ro9tner
and sisters also the property of plaintiff 1t was
sought to show for the defence that Preston had been
liberated previous to the marriage of his mistress to
plaintiff The examination was adjourned till Friday,
when it was again called up During the progress OF
the case, Mr. Jay counsel for the defendant stated
his conviction that afidavit made by Mr. BusCeed
| was rank TaNjury, whereupon Mr.. B. struck him on
the face JNdge Belts was Immediately sent for who
reproved the gentlemen for their conduct, and eaio
IL they did not respect the Commissioner, he would
break up the commission. Having maoe inuOno
anolopies the case was resumed. Mr.. Jay contendec
that without written evidence OF the Hale OF freeVol
to Mr. REESE, they could not chow he owed MN any
labor The Commissioner reserved his judgment un
iii next morning. when he decided that the plaintiff
claim to Preston had been fully proved. On this;
regular storm ensUed Prsston's wife screamed t9t
lawyers ranted part of the crowd appsuuen anu pn'
other part hissed the decision of the Commissioner
| but no attempt at rescue was made though lsrg
number Of negroes were present.
A Juror IN TRoUBLE.-Samuel j. Prop
or, a respectable-looking, midde-sged man, was OF
| Thursday brought before Justice McGrath, CHARGE
with fraud on two grocers in this city. On the 27t
of March the accused came to the store Of Mr. Gar
sten Koofman, No. 428 Tenth avenue and presentin
| him with check for $32 on the Citizens Bank re
auested that Mr. K would cash it, SIS he had not tim
to go to the Bank, stating that he had an accoun
and funds there. On this, Mr.. K. gave him $2O-al
| the money he had to spare at the time Proper
beggeo of him to send call at the Bank the follow
ing morning, and get the check cashed as he would
call for the balance The check presented By
a HOFFMAN, but he told there no such account
r there The other complainant was Mr. Jsnaes Rande
Of the firm of R2ndle s. Van Keep, No. 425 Fourth
avenue who stated that the 18th Of March, Proper
| called ct their store and purchased goods to th'
AMOUNT Of $S for which be paid with check th'
Citv Bank for $25-receviDg the difference in money
This check, the fogner one, YES rejected by th
| Bank The accused was committed to prison. Mr.
Proper st present Of the Jurors in the inveati
CATION pending before the coroner, relative to the lat
| collision the Harlem road nesr williams Bridge
L IS 10 tfnos
e | cation ia suspended He also figured coneDicuous
in the Niles conspiracy case about year since.
STRANGE CAsE.-A female emigrant, O.
GONE personal attractions went to reside tim
since, at certain house In State-st Brooklyn, where
among others, young unmarried man boarded. Oh
the heart Of this gentleman the beauty Of the yOUpl
, lady made such an impression that in & few days h
proposed marriage to neg. Hhe lady cSnssnted anS
in Sidney Place, there to hsve their happineas per
l. fected But they were doomed to disappointment al
the clergymau refusing to celebrate the ceremony il
consequences of it being Lent. The intended hushan
and wife returned home good deal creatfallen; an
after some time, the gentleman proposed that unit
the time ehould arrive when they could be marie
. they should live together husband and wife thi,
=. however, the lady would not consent to. At length
he called in the landlord, and the charge state
:, morning sent her to New York She preferred con
~ plant before magstrate and one Of the parties ha
been arrested snd committed tor examination Tn
i names of the parties concerned have not been mad
% public.
u CHARGE OF PERJURY.-Peter J. Lev
D, arrested on Monday, warrant issued by Jus
II tice McGrath wherein he stands charged with swear
l., ing falsely in certain proceedings in the Court c
. Common Pleas. The warrant issued st the in
stance of George Rice, of 50 Centresreet and other
70 who made adavts to the facts Of the which ar
follows A suit was brought, it appears in tn
above mentioned Court by George Rice and wifi
IT against Thomas Keneny and John Kirby, in course G
g which, Levy being brought up witness, swor
that the defendont did not sign a certain documen
> which the complainant states contrary to th
truth and that Levy Swore it, knowing it to be fase
and that in consequence of Levy's testimony bin
material to the issue Of the case charge of
perjury preferred before the magistrate. Whe
the officers went In search Of the accused they foun
him safely hid away under the locker of the Cnpps
IL ship Empire, bound for California and which shi
was to have sailed during he day. Levy was CON
mitted to the Tombsto await his trial.
,e CASE OF Mr.. GAGE AND THE POLICE.
If Walter R. Savage and Thomas Cramer, policeme
. and Patrick McGraw Thursd ay brougl
" before Justice Bleakey, charged with assaultng M
d Gage The particulars Of this case we gave in Ia
h weeks paper in full On being brought before Il
j., Justice, the accused parties demanded hearing b
- this denied them the ground that the time he
gone by for that and the papers were submitted f
II further action tothe grand jury. The accused pa
It ties gave bail in $500 for their appearance
Ia Aidavits have been made by all three in which th
state that age frat asssiled McGraw and on the
VI lice being called he assaulted them also To the sf
davit of Cramer is attached his mark-he it appesl
not being able to write The law requires we beie1
d that all policemen should be able read and write
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