New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-07


Gil will meet this afternoon at the usual hour.
SIxTH-Av. RAILRoAD.-We hope, in
common with the hundred thousand citizens interested
in the matter that the earliest business Of the Common
Council this afternoon, viii be settle definitely the
route Of the sizth.ay Railroad where II ought t. 90
down Csrmine srick and Canal.sts This is the ony
reasonable and practicable route and should be Insisted
uJon By the Company. The pretext that Varickst Il
rot vide enough h all nonsense, and there Is reason
Chat the Aldermen would be willing to avow) for oP-
posing the putting down Of the rails. Perhaps the City
Fathers have made up their minds 10 srangs the whole
affair If So fear they viii succeed for they have
singular facility for crushing tae life out Of anything
that may get into their hands But If are 10 have the
Road at all let US have now, and more lodging and
dallying and skukirs with new routes.
ARMIYG ~ SELF DEFESsE.-W under
stand that the demand for revolvers boweknyes and
other deadly weapons Las been steadily and rapidly on
the Increase for few weeks past INIT; il has excited AZ
tenon and remark from nearly al who observe The eH
tensye business going at shops where suchthng are
sod Since the close Of the Mexican war there has been
no such demand for weapons IN this city The cause OF
this rush 70 the pistol mas ia found Ia the notorious and
disprsceul fact that there is 10 security for life and
to defend himself The insane demonac spirits Of
Rowdyism and Rum rule the City The Gangs OF
wretehes who acknowledge ruler but brute force,
and no law but knives and gunpowder, are completely
masters Ia some parts of the towny aud the
msgistracy and executive authority, down to
the most Insignificant stadon.House doorkseper,
stand in fear and trembling before these ruans, submit
TO their demands for money, 5erae them from prison
hush up complaints against them, aud act in just such
manner az the villains dictate
The Presidential Election Is coming on, and these
gangs will soon be supplied with money in abundance,
and no man viii be afe if he chances 10 incur their dis
pleasure They win follow him days and weeks, and
when they can sneak upon him from dark corner
towards as they are-he will be drcldlully beaten II
not killed Look at the following enumeration Of the
more prominent facts Of the last week and ii there
is not reason Tor some eectua defense than tia.
afforded by our imbeciIe police.
On Sunday evening about 9 o'clock flight occurred
in the porter.house Of Thomas Nicholson, No. 3 Null
berryst in the course Of which weapons OF every de-
scrpon were brought into play, and freely used and
number Of persons we're severely injured among others
three men named Thomas OBden, John Mallory and
Patrick Waters were so severely wounded by tire
as TO render thelr recovery extremely doubtful.
number Of the rioters arrested aud locked upto
awaithe result of heljuies inflicted upJnthe wounded
men,
man named Patrick Gill was found on Saturday
night lying on the corner OF SiXteenlhst and Frstav
with three frighiful wounds, produced by a Pickaz
upon his head-the handiwork Of party Of rowdles
who Of course, were not arrested
A female named Ann Moore was knocked down a, the
corner Of Broadway and Taidy-siNti-st. on Tdosdty
night by two ruans who attempted to violate her per-
SON. nj were inundated BY her cries, which brought
the Captain Of the Twentieth Ward Police TO her a.d
The villains escaped.
man named John B. Gryle stabbed three times
in the face and breast during alteration il the r@en
dcth Ward sunday.
man named Patrick Congdon, while going home
from party with bis wife, in the seventeenth Ward
was dangerously stabbed in the abdomen because he
dared to expostula,c with beast who insisted on in
sulting Mrs. Congdon. No arrest
man named Lawrence Mayber was found lying ia
the Seventeenth Ward Tuesday might, nearly dead
from dreadful fracture OF the skuH knocked down ~
ruilaus, "l1r fun
a riot occurred on sunday evening between two hos
tile parties of dirt carmen, which Vad in the despe
ate maimn- OF some half dozen of the com5atint5 niue
Of whom were arrested and held 10 bail.
A citizen named VIM. Fleming attacked on the
morning OF dday By party OF slort Boys. in can,
street, who ieed him to the pavement, aad nearly kill
ed him by iciug him ia the head and face with their
heavy boots. No arrest
A deadly assault committed by butcher named
ILL., upon the person Of e man named James vs.. Coop
err, in 1enh-a.cuuT, near Twenty ega,hsrreer on
Thur5dsy There IS probability o.. the H. urad mas
recovery.
one mar, named James DUMMY, was killed, and an
OF. en- named john Black, So badly wounded on san.
dag. in Weststrcet near Christopher t4at o., cannot
possibly recover The assa.iln,s were Ro5ar. .raey
ana William LonIon,. and it would appear IRON the
eyd Cdducc- on the Coroner's inquest to-, they
had uot the sc'cst reason for commcucins the a'-4c
The man Black VS. SO badly stabbed ia tae "a l1naa