New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-04

| Ttrfu2 Oh tlI eftlF DtaCk Idi. cOF-T-t
with Grape, he held grS fully between the FIRE aai
dexter fingers His right hand lodg-a in his hear
! partially coicealed fnU aight. His drrss-cnsi afl
| pants were black, quite worn and greasy. 4 pzr O.!
| old Congress-gsiiers, which be had las feet hal
been black on,e, bat their je;'y magnincen hsf
| departed. 4 colossal sock, also sobbre, encirclet
biz neck. His strt wEs myth, at least iis positive
existence was unknown 10 the exierns vision.
Neither cuffs bosom or collar were in sigh. His cos'
steves pinned tightly about his ~rst, his coat
butioned up closely 10 his neck a-d reached
above toe bss- OF his stock. Thresdbare nor bare
! threads Of linen dared show themselves anywhere
| about the person If the counsel
Judge-Is this in ividua your counsel, Ar. Harley
Hurley-Yes, yer Honor didn't pay him nine shl
Iin-divil hap my ltss-for to eefend me.
! Counsel fnterTup'ingD-Nine shllliDss; you name
| that as 90 a retainer ov Goose
Hurley-I name tbat's all yes Il get amy how -
Counsel loudl, Say, Sir, its time for you to know
| that as client you should address the Court only
| through your counsel 10 thu Court:) Sir, have
| the honor of introducing meself-Mr. Fitz Gerald
| O'Gshagan, Attorney and Couhsellor-at-Law. Ny
| client here. Mr. Dennis Hurley, a paceable cilzen,
ready for to through me 10 the daJolI.
cal charges which desig in min have brought sgslnst
| him, feeling within bis breast - Here Mr.. OGa-
hagan Bit his client blow in his bread basket
Hurley Oh, h h.
O'Gabsgan 10 Hurley)-Keep your mouth shut,
why don't you: ITO the Court feein', said lore,
widthn bis heart the proud consciousness OF his entire
innocence OF amy charges which his acc1aers could
care for 10 bring against him. ..
O1DCer llulcDeT, WHO huIitl, voc
ness He stated hat on Thursday evening a oFd Of
about two hundred persons consisting of men and
boys were collected at the intersection of two streets
within his beat. Hurley was standing IN the crowd
using threatening language relative 70 the pro )oed
substitution Of the STRENGTHENING mschiDe IN place OF
aIual labor, calling upon the aborg men 10 forci-
bly, prevent their use. The crowd oostrucvd The 'l1e
walk anO citizens were compelled IN passing 10 wa,s
around into the street. Several OF ttr party being IN
Oxicateo he feared tia, disturbance might arise,
and b. ordered the crowd 70 leave Most of the per-
sons complied with hi, osder, but Haley seemed de
ernined not 10 end quite violet IN Ms language
toward him. and finally when he felt Il 70 be his duty
to arrest him Hurley showed signs of fgh so much 40
that il with siderable difficulty that he brought
BIN 10 the StaiioI-House. Mr q Gahagan cross
questioned the officer not little but no further facts
Of any importance were eliciteo.
The Court-ATe there any witnesses for the -eisnse
O'GShagau-For the de6use no, Sir. think, ay
the Coot phase there ia want CT amy, for 80 far as
| cen see there hasn't been anything proven which
goes for to show that my client has conducted himself
in amy way unbecomDg to dacint and orlher-lovin
citizen, sir
The Cont inteTuptingb-Is it your wish to argue
the oase Sir
OGahrgan--It would be a sthrange procedure on
my part, Sir, whin retained a. have been BY client
TO conduct his defuse, did / fail to do my july as a
Professional Emphatically, sir, intnd for to
raise my voice before this Coort in defense of this
much-inured man. Did / not do 30, sir, should do
il justice to my own spontaneous feelings thar are
gusbin up vidthn my heart. Sir my client here, whin
exercsin Biz rights guaranteed by the Constitution the
palladium Of our liberties, is tux up by this crature of
the law. And for dom what / Il 'ell ye what. 1t
was because he chose for TO and up in the public
sthrees and 10 lift his voice and spake in Trumpet
tones in behalf of aborn' Iis. And that's oiinse
against the law is it WIN amy man be pertndIn for
a second that it is Will he for hour, even. No,
Sir, thousand times no, Sir, be would not IL spakes
voumes for my client, that lie could penethr Ie the
designs Of min and see what they was tnukin for to
do He knows, Sir, aud you know, SIR, and know,
Sir, nod every little boy aud glrl who hears the
lavf
Court, that there is diabohcal conspiracy in the world
among those who have power, for TO crush down la.
BORN min. Even now, Sir, we behold that spirit of
oppression taking tangible form. And what's that
form III tell ye what it il. It's the sthreet s~eepn'
machine. Wid that, Sir, they are thryin TO ride
over tie pfoethrato forms Of the Godhke
street-swetpers. And see what they are practically
asserin by their acts. Sir, they asse tin than
nsnimate human invention when has ma yther bowels
OF compassion sowl to save shall do that same
work VII oh thousands of prOsfhrate min who have
both bowels and eOwls dom wid SUI success
and satisfaction And who is It that's trya' fcr to
do this m tell you who il is Fernando Wood IS
wan Of thin. And WHO'S Fernando Wood II tell
you who Fernando Wood is. Hes rlch man. Aud
how did lie get his money Every tie boy add girl
in this cad tell YOU how Fernando Wool got me-
money. He cot his money, Sir, from poor MN ani
now he st wants for 10 put his patent leather heel on
their cks and stamp them deeper in the dust than
lefore.
this Courtroom a sceae of political controversy
the Coor for dom so. l will detain your Honor but
moment longer and that is for to say tbs My eieot
was don his iuty philarth ropst when he was
ties living in the shetts az amt the oppfeS
sion OF labor Sir the fate OF my client rests .Sid you
An innocent life, the partner III bus bosom aud the
mother of his unprotected orphan children ~ain IN
the grocery the corner uiteiing unnumheed pray
ers that iustice may be tempered wild mercy, end that
Diuuis Hurley be once mole before his sanctihed
Judce-Mr. Hurley shall have to hold yoi to bail
in the sum Of $500 for your good behavior Tor SIX
months.
A former employer of Dennis who happened to be in
the room signed the bond and both client and counsel
left the courroOm.
JEFFERSON MARKET.
Mr. Anthony 0'Donnell, man whose shaggy coun-
tenance be,okened great frnness, had been found
uIk. His outer garment, shirt, disclosed through
various vacancies an under-ehIt which seemed to
have been red in ancient time-not antediluvan,
however for it showed no signs of ever having been
washed. The original scarlet was so immensely dirty
that it looked like some dngy royal purple. Mr..
Anthony 0'Donnell gave very satisfactory evidence
Of royal descent. When he was asked where he
bought hs liquor, be answered That he did Mt buy II
at all Kings generally do MT buy Their liquor. he
said il was given TO him by whom he met 10 the
street.-the did not know his name; kings generally
do Mt know the of the people who furnish them
| their grOg. Mr.. ODonne was asked how the man
came TO give il 10 bin; Mr. 0DOunell supposed that
the man had too much; kings generally suppose that
tote have too much. The Justice thought that that
| man was the first who ever had too much. blr.
| ODOlne was himself living contradiction OF the
Judicial remarks; kings generally are. Mr.. Donreu,
however. very iaih 10 swear; he seemed 10 nave
great fear Of PERJURY and this cast some doubt on the
question Of his royalty. SO the Justice fined hun So
Mr. O'Donn,n did not pay bis hue-kings never do
| but be went night roy ally to prison.
Michael Henry had preIensions TO royalty. He
used 10 live up in Twelfh-st, but Low he liver in the