New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-15

| of a slight alteration in the assessment.
The citizens of Harlem and there about
are to hold meeting this evening to take such steps
a. may be deemed necessary to secure better accom-
modations from the Harlem Railroad.
The large painting, by Paul Delaroche,
OF Napoleon after the Battle Of Waterloo, which
has been exhibited for the las. two years in Europe
to half million of people, will shortly be open
| to our citizens At Sruyvesant Institute.
The Opera of La Gdzzd Ladra will
| be produced In English at Brougham's Lyceum to-
morrow evening, with Madame de Marguerisses a.
| the heroine.
The Common Council will meet at the
usual hour this afternoon.
1t seems that two or three of the acct
dents which have lately occurred on the Ere Rail,
road were occaaoAed by the breaking of rails and
that such rails were Of American iron. The Com
pany, IN consequence Of these accidents have re-
solved to take all the American iron and replace
it with stronger article. There is about ten miles
Oft.
The Lecture on the true and false ideas
Of q Gentleman, to be given tomorrow evening at
the Tabernacle by Rev. Theodore Parker, promises
TO be as interesting As any that have preceded It,
Mr.. PaIkors independence OF style AMI character
will doubtless be brought into action, and we pre-.
sume many of those that are called gentlemen viii
be shown clearly that they have ne legitimate claim
TO the appellaton.
Those queer little people the Aztecs
have received the present Of a beautiful gold
watch from his Honor, Mayor Kin gsand, who seems
great crowd of visitors on Saturday, and those
| who wish to see them to the best advantage will
havs a much better opportunity to-day, when the
| thToDg will not be so dense.
The Cuban Expedition case was con-
tined on Saturday Capt. Wilson was further exam
aInined and crossexamiDed, but said nothing OF i'm
portance. John B Bazen testified to the arrange
ments for taking some men from Amboy of to YES
sci at the Southwest Spit but the Captain OF the
sloop SO engaged suspected something wrong, and
| sent witness TO the Custom House; thereby The
leIA txoI AVID hon 70 paFfh ArnhA
| O'Sulllyan, BURNETT and Capt. lie sis were co5ni.
zant of the engagement of the soop The case viii
| be continued to-day.
"A German named Maurice A. Isaar
was yesterday arrested by Constable Josephs of the
| Fourth Ward, charged by Christian Emile wine '
merchant at No 100 Frontst with frauduently OBJ
| tanning from him champagne to the value of $75.
This man. 1t is alleged, has for some time past been
engaged quite extensively In defraudng our mer-
chants by his representations OF means and to
pay. His plan IL, 10 call upon some wholesale dealer
and order bill Of goods for which he agrees to pay
| cash. He presents his card bearing upon it his
name and the number of office which he pretends
he keeps, and then leaves the store In the course
| Of an hour or two a carman appears at the store
with written order for the delivery OF the goods,
ard the BILL and directions to call at the number de-
sgnased on the card for the money. The property
| is generally delivered and clerk dispatched to the
| Office for the money but he fails to find the office,
and the cart with the goods upon 1t Is driven off, no
one knows where In this or a similar manner, this
genius has dcfrauded Messrs. Trejels Baneras Of
No. Il6 all st. out of $a27 worth Of cigars, Messs
| Young & Boorman, of No. AZ William. st, 1900
worth Of cigars and Mr.. Tabanzo, OF No. AZ Stone
ST., OF 100 bags OF coffee 1t is altogether probable
that he has operated in this for some time and
that other complaints will be made ag ainst him. He
| was taken before Justice Osborn and committed to
prison.
"A female named Margaret McCafferly
was found on Saturday morning, living upon the
suffering from the effects Of overdose Of lauda-
num, which she had taken for the purpose Of seltde
struction. She was taken to the Eleventh Ward
| Police Station, where medical aid was procured.
Officer Vredenburg, of the Twentieth
| Ward, while attempting to put down disturbance
| which occurred in his Ward on Saturday evening,
attacked by fellow calling himself John Friel,
| who pointed a gun loaded with powder aad ball at
| The officer finally succeeded In getting the piece
| into his possession and in capturing the man, who
was held to bail in $500 for trial.
The investigation in the case of for
| gerry on the Bank OF America continued
Saturday last but no new facts OF interest we're ell
cited The general impression is, that other par.
ties not yet arrested, ave at the bottom of the for
| gerry and that Horace B. Pike, the individual whs
presented the check at the Bank, was unacqnainsed
with its character ans received 1t in good faish
| "A descent was made yesterday after
| noon by the Sixth Ward Police upon the premises
| OF one Shukaski, No. 30 Muloerry-st when the
officers captured twelve Germans, the most OF wnom
| they detected in gambling with cards Tor money
Several packs Of cards sad the bank were seized BY
| the officers. The prisoners were taken before JUS
tce Osborne and held for exaInin alton.
| - On Saturday afternoon, poor woman
named Margaret Barber, residing at No Is Cross-st,
called at Ganter's Hotel, No 47 Fulton s. for the
purpose of begging cold yIctuals, when large
watch dog flew at her with great ierocy, and selz-
ing her by the face, DIT OF her cheeks entirely
through After some difficulty the dog was secured,
and the sufferer was conveyed to the ~ Y Hospital.
| Last evening, about 8! o'clock, fire
broke out in the basement of No. l2l Waer-st oc.
eupied by HeyeI Snyder as dining saloon: Iae
| harnes were extiDguished before much damage o.
cured.
| On Friday evening, man named John
Maloy an Irishman by BIRTH while 1t is alleged, ne
was under the influence OF intoxicating drink oess
and throtted his wife Mary to such an extent that,
from the injuries inflicted, the unfortunate woman
| died in about hour. 1t seems that Maoy and his
! wife occupied room in the building No. 2i2 East
Thirteenthst. and had two children, the Oldest o.
tween two and three years OF age and the youngest
an infant the breast They were apparently poor,
and unable to pay the rent Of the little tenement they
| occupied, and the landlord contemplated turning
| them out Saturday morning by process oil law
| Whether this distress was sccasloned IN conse-
Quence Of intemperance, we cannot say DaI on m
day afternoon both husband and wife appear to have
| INDUCED themselves In intoxicating drink, and
| quarrel ensued between them. From high words
they got to blows, and by repeated kicks and straDs-
| hing inflicted by the husband, the vile received an
| ibiury which caused her death. An alarm was m
! s,antly given, and the Police Of the Seventeenth
| Ward were called, who found the wife stretched
on the floor hfeess, her hair and garments In great
| disorder and her two little children weeping BY her
| side The wTetched husband and father, VINO IN his
passion created evidently BY spurious liquor, nad
| lust taken the life of his wife, made no effort to
escape, but looked on the dreadful picture 10
logged manner, apparently hot reslizing the .'ai
| position he had placed himself in Officers Mansaeld
and Brown tsok the murderer into custody and con-
veved him to the Station house, to await the finding
| of the CoToners Jury.
| On Saturday afternoon, Coroner Ives ned an ia.
quest ON the body, and the following testimony was
| elected:
Cafharine Garry. sworn-Says she resides with her
husband at No. 242 East 18th st IN the same house
| with deceased about O'Clock on Friday evening,
went into the room OF the deceased saw her hus'
| band there was attracted to the room on hearing