New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-23
CITY ITEMS

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CITY ITEMS.
A WHOLESOME VERDICT The case Of Elizabeth
Jennings vs. the Thirc-sv. Railroad Company, was
tried yesterday in the Brooklyn Circuit, before Judge
Rockwell The plaintiff is a colored lady, .ea cher
in ore of the public schools and the orgsnist in one
Of the churches in this City, She got upon one OF the
Company g cars lat summer on the Sabbath, % ride
TO church. The conductor finally undertook TO get
her Off first alleging TIE car full, and when that
wes shown to be false he pretended the other pas
sergers were dipleased at her presence but as she
saw nothing OF that, and insisted on her rights, he
took hold Of her by force TO expel her She resisted
they 90, her down on the platform tanned her bon
ret, soied her dress, and injured her person Qaite
crowd gathered around but she efrectusly resisted,
end they were not able to get her of. Finally, after
the car had gone further, they got the aid OF
policeman and succeeded in getting her from the Ar
She instructed her attorneys Messrs. Culver, Parker
ard Arthur, to prosecute the Company, together
with the driver and conductor. The two latter inter
posed no defense, the Company took issue, and tho
cause was Yesterday brought to trial Judge Rock
well gave very clear and able charge iDstructing
the Jury tha, the Company liable for the acts Of
their agents, whether committed csrelessly and neg
gently or wllfully and Aliciously That they were
CANNON carriers and az such bound to carry all re-
spectable persons; that colored persons sober. ne
L,hored and free from disease, had the same rights
ar Others snd could neither be excluded by any rHIes
ofhe Company, nor By force or violence and in case
Of such expulsion or exclusion, the Company WAS
liable.
The plaintiff claimed $500 in her comp Amt, and
nsorry of the Jury were for giving her the full
amount; but others maintained some peculiar notions
as to eolored peoples rights and they fnay agreed
on 1926 on which the Court added ten per cent be-
sides the costs.
Railroads, steamboats, omlibuses, and ferry bosts
will be admonisbed from this, to he rights OF re-
spectsbIe coortd people II ia high time the tights
of this clss- Of citizens were ascertaned. and hst
should be known whether they to be thrust from
our public conveysnces while German or irish
women with a qu srter of mutton Load OF Goldfish
can be admitted.
ACADEMY OF MusIc-IrALI,S OPERA To night
VerGis celebrated Rgoletto will be performed, for
the ,hi.d time 10 America Signor Brgnoii the tenor
engaged by Srako -ch arrived in the Bsltic IL is
rumor,d he will mske hii debut, next week, a. the
Academy.
Nzw-ENGLGSD YoUNG MEN's ASSOCIATIONS Lee
TURts The last Of the first annual course of lectures
will be delivered ths evening, at Clinton Hail. Astor
place. by the Rev. Samuel Osgood. Subject, &" rne
"True Americana Lecture for the Times."
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETT.-An interest
ing paper .i be read before this Soci7ty at the Neg
York University, this evening at o'clock. Subject:
TIE Dead Sea- and the Recon. Discoveries 10 tina,
region, by the Rev Joseph Thompson, of the
Tabernacle. Admission free
THE REVELATIONS OF ScIEScE.-Dr. j. + Sood-
gaze delivered lecture hs subject before the Me
chanics Institute, last evening. Ii was curious as
well a. instructive grouping OF scientific facts, with
their applications to everyday life, "a revealed by
natural philosophy chemistry AID the other branches
/, was well cslcusted stimulate the younger men,
bes Of the Institute, particularly to renewed use Of
their excellent scientific library, and the other adyan
tsges afforded them.
We learn from The Albany Argus that Gideon j.
Tucker Esq. formerly OF the editors and propr e.
tors Of at paper is about to assume the editorial
chair of The National Democrat, Of this City, Mr..
Burr its present editor, retiring.
The NEw SIAIIoS- House ~ TIE SIXTH w ARD.
The new Police Station House in the Sixth Ward is
completed, and yesterday the Police of the Sixth
Ward took posse ssion OF the building II by far
the NOS, eoumodious and conveniently arranged
building of the kind in the City II forty feet front
by ,x,y fee, in depth, and three stories high Toe
cellar is appropriated TO tw) large lodglDgrooms,
tueIve cells a room to be used as dead house and
a coal ROOM The cell coors are of iron, graed Inc
passages are wide and the appearances are that this
depsrtmeut will be well ventilated, and quite ~ COM
Portable az cell. ought to De.
The front part OF the first feor is the office OF the
House a, the side Of which fronting upon the
street Is the private sitting room Of the Captain ad-
;o;,iny which is a sleeping.room for he USE The
Of N. r.t floor is divided into two rooms-one
Tor the Firs, and TIE other for the Second Lieutenant
also. large sitting room for the Policemen Inc
,ecopd and third stories are Appropriated Tor 'he 'c
cormodstion OF the Policemen. There are four isrge
.,.epip, -roous-one for each section Of men Inc
huilcirg is supplied with water and gas throughout,
and is in every respect adapted to comfort and con-
ve,iepee. Ii has been neatly and nicely iurnshed
throughout The Police force Of the Sixth Ward con-
.i,,. Of Joseph Downing, Captain; Alonzo Bingham
Eir,t Lieutenant, Peter Ferty, Second Lieutenant
and sfty-seven Policemen. Their new station House
:; s;1. and sccommod .tons is much the best one IN
the City.
ns meeting OF the American Musical Fund So
ee,y the folio wing were elected the Board Of Govern
uept for the ytsr Is55-is5s:
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