New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-16

nth stone and fractured bis skull. He then ran oil
And escaped. The young man was attended BY DIR.
GLOVE, and afferwsrd taken toshs residence
Patrick Hogan, q lad II years Of age, while standing
upon the corner Of Moris and Wsshpgton.sts, al 10
O'Clock Saturday evening was assalei BY an un,
hrcvn rowdy who cut severe cash 10 his thr9a. anu
then fed. The boy found by the Police and TAKEN
70 the First Ward Station house, where the wound wa'
Creased by Dr. De Forrest after which the lad was re-
moved to his residence, No. 81 Wsshngton'st.
AssAULT.-One James Willis assaulted
Jehn Phiips. of No 90 Mercerst, with glass bottle
nfictipe severe scalp wound and knocking Phillips
sepseless Wills, who 10 known as "Hawkey was
arrested and Justice Stewart held him to ball In the
sum Of $1,000, In default Of which he was committed
10 prifon
An ACCIDENTAL man named Henry
Bump WIS ured on Saturday morning while stwork
upon the buildings going up on the corner OF william ana
Ann ts He work In the fourth story when brick
fell frem the fifth story and struck him upon the head,
and be fell 10 the ground He picked up In an In
sensible condition and conveyed to the City Hospital
His recovery 10 doubtful.
ARREsT.-A man charged with stealing
&45 and watch from j. Florence arrested saiur-
day morning by officer Payne Of the Eighth Ward Inc
prisoner had purchased ticket for passage 10 Ireland
be was taken before Justice Stuart and examined Inc
watch and portion of the money was recovered.
RoBBEp.-As the Bay State was start
Tor Boston Saturday AFTERNOON, --..st
board has his pocket picked Of sl2o SeEeia su.p'
cous persons coming on shore a. Ine oo.. " w 800
the officers started for them when tney ran anu "o,o
pursued. Three OF them were ~ ,ba nosses.on Of
The one found In Wall st. purse, blue and red'
coptsipipg $50 gold piece, s. bill OF the State Bank
Of Sockets Uarbor and 81 Of the Ocean Bank OF
StonipQtop Conn. He also had pocket book In his
poss essioD, in which were shin pasters and oroKen
bank bills wrapped around paper so as 70 give the APP
pearance of a large sum OF money. They were all
lorke cd m
escaped detection.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.-A young man
named Thomas Kelly arrested by Officer Ritter, Of
the Fifth Ward, charged with asaultlng John Bahaney
seoored man. residing at No. IL Thomas st. with In
tent TO take his life The parties. it appears met at
eating saloon in West Broadway, where the deceased
drew butcher knife and attempted to plunge II into the
heart Of pahaney, who, however warded OIL the blow
with bis ARM and received cnt upon IT, Kelly
was taken before Justice Bogart and locked up for trial
LUNATIC TAKEN.-A lunatic, named
John d. Smith, who had escaped from the Asylum on
Backwells Island, by swimming the East River on Fri
day pieht was recaptured at early hour en- Satur
day morning by the Police of the EighteenthlWard,
while he was wandering In the Thirdav
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-On Saturday
morning. owing to a switch being turned tho wrong
way at Forty Secondst, on the Harlem Railroad, the
train due at the Twenty Seventh st. Depot at ga O'clock
was thrown Of the track None of the passengers
injured, but they all walked down to Twenty Seventh
st. The engineer jumped from the locomotive when
he discovered the difficulty.
To the Ehto, of Tie Nele- York Tr5nne.
In the report of the meeting of the Aca-
deny of Medicine O. the 18th inst the confession was
made, without dissent, in discussion the Summer
Complaint of Infants, that it clear that the pro-
feeson kaeD NOTHING about The disease and that We
learn nothing from the living OF the dead This
10 a repetition of the admission made by DR.. Fran
chs, on taking the chair of of the Academy in lsi-
Now, while the right of the Academy to confess gno.
for itsef Is not denied, II may well be doubted
whether 1t can be allowed to confess for Others medi'
cal friend in the Eghth-av. who hes had great ex- |
perepce in this usually fatal malady for two years
past declares that he has not lost By it, except
where 1t had had been already docored to death by
the Anopahic practice" One suggestion arises, as "a
matter of plain common sense. 1t 10 this since the
profession publicly avows its ignorance of the disease
would il not be better TO let the poor little creatures
alone instead of tormenting them by experiments,
which there such good to
the Editor Of The Herald himself medical reformer
and publisher of this confession, did NOT draw more
particular attention to IT, to put the public their
guard. JE.s.
SUPREME CoURT.-Judgc Mitchell held
Especial term on Saturday forenoon but there
decisions.
MARINE COURT-BefOre Judge Lynch
Ray a1gRee Of Lee, sgt. Wells g. LicinsstoR-
Against owners of Express Line to recover value of
clothing delivered to party at Albany, contrarytO
agreement 1t 10 alleged without the money having been
first psd, already referred to.
The Court In deciding the case stated tina. the tes
mlny OF Lee was to be relied on the plaintiff has fully
established his right to recover the amount OF the bill
The Express Line undertook 10 collect, and the only
difficulty rests In the discordan testimony of Van Vee
who says there were no Instructions the label la
son to the collecting OF the money yet admits that
he called on Wood for the payment OF the bill after the
delivery Of the goods This together with the fact that
the letters C. o. d. (Which Lvingst proves means TO
uQ Lake H.
1t was delivered to Express Line seems to me 10 decide
the queston-thereore there must be Judgment for |
plaintiff for amount claimed (s41 with nterest and
costs
Jane Amtrm0n agt Ouen MdIkelcs and John Doe |
Preceding before Jury of 81, to inquire whether
PENDANTS had unawullv possessed themselves of prem.
tses belonging TO plaintiff The proceeding Is against
Matthews and German named Frederick Brown, lat.
ter sued a. John Doe
Mira A. claims to own tract OF land uptown between
Filth al Sixthav and to hold under grant original
" made 10 her ancestors by Dutch settler previous to
New York being ceded In 1914 to the English She |
says she In possession for upwards OF tive last
past but that defendants in the beginning of April last
took possession without permission, Of about 20 lots Of
the property fenced them in, erected shsnty, and
commenced raising crops-and when her agent ordered
them of they resisted and drove him away.
The statute not permitting the plaintiff title to
be brought In question, and only requiring the Illegally
OF the procee din of defendant to be shown there was
no defense offered except that plaintiff had similar sui,
In this Court not long since, and obtained Judgment:
but the record OF the judgment not being forthcoming
and that sut embracing but part of the claim plaintiff
was not precluded from the suit
The Juryltound an inquislton In favor Of palna-de
PENDANTS have till Tuesday next TO the inqutsi.
don--whch II not done the Court, under the stayute
will Issue its warrant to dispossess the defendants
j. d. Norris assignee Of Noe Norris agt ESbert Scud.
de-To recover for laying sidewalk In front of two
buildings erected by Mr. 3 In Fourteenthst corner
Eighth av., some years since The work was done BY
Noel n who assigned TO plaintiff lie employed |
by MI Meade the contractor in building but 1t al.
legged Mr.. s. promised to pay him when the work should
be finished
The defense 10 that the owner paid Mr. Meade In full
The latter testified that he had paid Mr. for the flag.
sng In reply II stated there were other trasnac.
tons between Messrs NJ and NJ that balance is still
due latter and that there instructions 10 apply
the money to any particular account and he had Right
TO apply 10 to another account
The Court said that in he rights of third
parties In equity, might be injured by permIttng the