New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-07

g II hesl,L. lad etne 20 board with family living
r, a, Fe.dbam that be WAS tbeu on his way to make
t,rs.i,t and had got OF boad OF tn. octock IN
B..,o, Express train from the city. ard that on the
,,ri, resci ing Fordhsm station he spcapg fro the
D s,forrp OF the car but a. ii rs supposed, failed to
clear himself. and wss consequently thro~n about
,hry 'eet with great violeic against the switch.
splitting hi, head of4l and scattering hs brains 10 s
directions The melancholy event 50 effected his In
valid wife thn, ZONE doubts were entertaoed of her
recovery The dec. ssed occupied situation As book
keeper at salary OF 81 100 per snnum, aud had also
fancy store carried Oh for hin in Hudson street.
ASSAULT BY An EIGHTH AyYSUE RAILROAD CON-
DuoToR-On Friday ID ,rnirg about 10 O'Clock, IS car
No. Of the Eighth avenue Company was p.ssiug up
town, the conductor iorcbly sjected man from the
car, ard while twss in motion violently pushed him
hcm the platform to the street. The man, who resides
in Forty seventh street. Ninth avenue had Of
his temples severely fractured. He was carried into
Can pbls drug store at Twenty eighth street, aud biz
would dressed ~ DR. Nichols. This rude treatment
OF passengers is no rare occurrence on the Eighth
avenue cara, and ought to be looked after in the right
quarter.
DANGEROUS SPORT On Friday morning. az shout
u clock, bile the gentleman occupying the second
floor OF the house No. 235 West Twenty eighth street
wss pacing his front roOm leaden bule, penetrated
q T. ick WIDOW shutter and entered the apartment.
Had the shot been fired but few minutes sooner,
while some persons stood ct the window, the conse
ouepces would h.ve be serious AZ it Is, however,
i, must Ape ar an outrage to take such liberties With
the cee braion Of the Fourth 1t is to be hoped tina.
common sebse will prompt those fond of firing guns
and pistols to have special regard for The safety Of
bun al life.
WELCOME TO THE Rev. HIGHLAND GARSErT.-A
etpg OF cocred citizens and others was held on Fri
day eve nipg in the Rev. DIR. Pennington's Church,
corner OF Prince and Marion streets to welcome to his
native land the Rev. Henry Eghlaod Girnett, who
had been absent six year, in the West lodies. Mr. j.
j z, ulja was called to the chair. Alter some appro-
priare remarks By the President, in which be pad
high compliment to Mr. Garnet, and expressed the
joys which his old friends felt at his return. MIR. Gar
nett responded A feet that he alluded to was, thai
some twenty years previous, meeting OF colored citi-
2ens had been held in New York az which resolutions
we're pass ed that coored citizens woud never join
y the celebration Of the Fourth Of July so long as
Slavery existed in America. He regretted to see that
the people were not firm in that resolution. He cen
sid4reo the present. the time to be one in which the
(oor-d people felt Northern States could secure their
rights. He suggested the appointment OF Committee
to take the Necessary steps to alter the laws OF the
State that colored citizens could be accorded the right
Of sufft age The Coum2tee was subsequently ap'
POINTED. After remarks by Messrs. NoTr and POWER
the meeting adjourned.
TIE LATE PoIsIsISG CAsE.-Poceman johnson
Of the Eighth Ward, arrested, on Friday last, Will
liam G,gg snd Benjamin b. Nichols, as being the
two men alleged to have been concerned In the
poisoprg of Mrs. Price, a. No. 63 King street.
They were taken before Mrs. p, who though unable
to speak CO usequepce Of her mouth and throat be-
rg dresdfuy buried from the effects Of the arsenic,
identified them by signs and gestures Us being the par
ties who made her take the poison, and who previously
took her to lawyer Office in Canal street for tne
purtose of sjgppg some papers which would ebttie
Der TO receive Lgacy Of 500, left her by her hus
brbd, lately deceased in California. Some papers
found on the persons of the two men were Identified
by SIrs Price belonging to her and one Of them ad
tt ing papers in his possessoa which belonged
t. her
The accused are both young men, and appear re-
spectabe. Grigg says he is lawyer. aud Nichols
repestu ts himself being travelling clerk. Coroner
Com err, has the matter 10 charge and Will inves'i-
gate further in regard to it as soon as Mrs. Price Is
able to speak.
THE SuPPosED POISONING CASE IN KING STREET,
The invt stigaton relative to the Of Mrs. Price,
who was supposed have been poisoned by two young
hwy e,s nam. VIM. Gregg and Berj B. Nch'ls, was
resumed yesterday; but iom the evidence of DIR. Fin
nell DO zed the contents of her stomach, 1t ap-
pesrs that no poison administered to her. The
dug was tartar emetic and there not sufficient
auaItity given her to have caused death, even had
not be en- removed from the stomach. The young men
we're therefore honorably discharged. Mrs. Price
is still sps echless, but out of danger.
The LATE HOMICIDE AT FoRr WASHINGTON -
The inquest upon the body Of Geo Bster, late coach
man of Mr. John H. Hopkins Of Fort Washington, was
co, tinued Of Ca,msnsv'e Saturday, and concluded
The testimony Of Mr. Jas F. Wenmsn OF No. 2 King
st, of this city, YVES taken and showed that he was
the person who struck deceased upon the head with
club Mr.. Wenman, it appears, was on visit at the
house of Mr.. Stewart nearly opposite the residence
of Mr.. Hopkins, and seeing the deceased drunk and
crszy, sid endeav0iiIg to fight and Kill every one
within his reach he and Chas OConner, etq, of this
city, who was also there rushed out of the house to
secure him and prevent his doing further violence
Deceased had at this time, brick in his hand and
was about to throw it at them, when witness
struck him with the stick and he fell Witness
called for a rope to tie him, not thinking