New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-09

STATE prison CoSTR.CIs.-Messrs. Stewart O.
Smith, who lately concluded contract with me ID.
pecors for the labor of 100 conycts al Sing Sing Pr
son to BE- employed in the manufacture of netting and
cordsce .krts have their looms and other apparatus
mcetly put up and about TO commence operations
These gentlemen have gone into the making Of skirts
under the impression that the quality the domestic
product has of late greatly deterora.ed, and that
lively demand exists for good article II such proves
to be the case they will doubtless succeed, and not,
the State will probably lose money, as it has often
done heretofore This practice Of letting convict labor
for fancy or experimental kinds Of manufacture has
always been more or less in vogue at State Prisons
and has generally resulted in loss TO the State. Within
few months past the tobacco contract at Sing Sing
was given up, as well as the stone contract, with
force of 80 men. The contractor in the latter depart
ment expended about So 900 in machinery, buildings,
&C., and still owes the State 10000 for labor
The French Extradition is approaching close.
The argument Of Mr. Spilthoorn last week was sue
ceeded by three-dsys speech from Mr.. Townshend,
in which he evnced a diligent study of the book
keeping portion Of the case. Mr.. Towhshend was
succeeded yesterday by Mr.. Fogarty in frey and
impetuous Grafton of three hours. His points were
that the letter upon which the prosecution rely, as
duplicating David, his client was not in his hand
writing that if it were, it proved no necessary
completely and that in any event there was no proof
that the Louis Marie Adoph Edcnard David, de-
scrbed in the warrant a law-student, was the
EdonardDavid, the derdnt castudent for whom
he appeared.
Ar1EyP1Ep SuIclpE.-About 9 o clock on Thursday
night an Englshman named Alfred Henry, attempt
ed suicide by jumping into the East River from pier
No I5 He was observed by officer Seger lettering
about the dock for two hours. coored man be-
longing to one ofthe vessels lying in the slip observed
Henry take papers from his pocket and destroy
them and Immediately after plunge into the river.
The officer with the assistance of some citizens,
rescued the man. and took him to the Franklin Mar
ket Station. When asked why he attempted self
destruction, he replied that he q scriyener, and
was out of employment and had no money.
GRAND LARcESIEs-Officer McNary yesterday ar
rested one Charles Prime, charge of grand lar
ceny in stealing gold watch of the value OF $40 from
John Murphy The complainant in his affidavit states
that Prime took the watch from his (Murphys pocket
while he was asleep at the Arbour, public house IN
Broadway and that one John Eddy pawned the watch
at the Office Of John White in Centre street, receiv-
ing thereon $50.
John Eddy made affidavit, setting forth that he
in the Arbour Thursday afternoon and there met
Charles Prime, who gave him the watch and asked
him to pawn it. Prime told Eddy TO get $50 on it if
possible He pawned the watch as requested, but got
only 500.
The prisoner is % years of age and was born in
Catsk, n. Y. Justice Connolly held Prime TO bail
in the sum of $780, in default Of which he was COM
mitted 10 prison.
Officer Conover yesterday apprehended one Jere-
mlah Mcdonald on charge Of grand larceny, in
stealing silver watch and gold chain valued at 500
from Martin w. Doyle of No. 81 West Broadway.
Doyle says that Mcdonald snatched the watch from
his vest pocket at the corner of Reade street and
Church; that he broke the chain attached TO the
watch and feonousy took the watch and part of the
chain, leaving piece of said chain hanging to depo-
nents vest. The accused is aged %, and born
in Pennsylvania lives in Leonard street, and his
patton is steamboatng. Justice Connolly committed
him to prison in default OF $500 bail.