New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-17

Shall the laws be Obeyed, or shall we have an
arcby, riot, murder, robbery and arson7 Shall the
process of the Courts be respected, or is Mr. Fer
nando WoOd-intrenched in the City Hall, and
backed by regiment of his creatures, whose
services the citizens of NewYork will be called on
to pay for-to set himself up as superior to the
Judiciary as well as the Legislature Is this
desperate political gambler bent ons occurring his re-
election TO the Mayoralty, to be held accountable
for his acts, or may he with impunity defy the au.
thority of Judges, and maltreat officers bearing
their mandates Have the people any power, or
can Mr. Wood spit upon their representatives, and
break the heads of their agents with impunity'
Yesterday a regularly authorized officer pre-
scented himself at the Mayors Office with the war
rant of the Superior Court for the arrest of the
MAJOR BY the orders of that individual he was
forciby expelled, without being allowed to serve
bis process. Supported by a small body of the
Metropolitan Police, he returned to the City Hall.
He and the force with him were then assailed by
throDg of rufiians without the Hall and by body
of Mr. Woods Police from within, and driven
back, several Metropolitan policemen being injured
by the assaiants-one or two of them so severely
that their recovery is doubtful Mr.. Wood having
hus produced riot, and caused blood
shed in the attempt to prevent the service
upon himself of civil process from the
Superior Court, the Intervention Of the military be-
came necessary, aud the Seventh Regiment soon
made their appearance in front Of the City Hall
The presence of this formidable body put an end to
Mr. Woods disposition to resist the process of the
Courts; and Coroner Perry now served upon him
Judge Hoffman's warrant, with which he had be-
fore been extruded from the City Hall, at the cost
of riot and, We fear of the loss of life, and with
the danger Of widespread disturbance and destruc
ton. On this warrant Mr.. Wood gave bail in the
sum of s., 600. A criminal process issued BY the
Recorder on the charge of melting riot was also
next served upon him by the Sheriff. followed ay
writ Of habeas corpus, issued by Judge Russell,
which removed him from the tribunal of the Re-
corder until the writ of habeas corpus shall be de-
cided. A second warrant issued by the Recorder
for Woods arrest on the charge ID resisting civil
process was not served, but is TO be served this
morning at 10 o'clock. Meanwhile nine regiments
the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh,
Twelfth, Fifty.6fth and Seyenty-frst) are under
arms to preserve tranquility, and sustain the
Courts in the enforcement Of the laws. The force
is ample for the purpose. We presume Mr.. Wood,
who is now quietly in the custody of the Sheriff
will not agan sent on foot riot to resist any civil
or criminal process which may be issued.
in the light Of the facts We have detailed no
comments are required upon the Proclamation
which Mr. Wood has issued to the people Of the city
1t is given in another column, and amid all the
characteristic erontery of its fasehoods the reader
will easily detect the sense Of defeat which pre-
dominates in its composition. To judge by this
document, one might suppose that Wood yesterday
intended not only to put down the Metropolitan
Police, but to subdue all the Courts, and make him
self the sole ruler Of the city He is disappointed.
His riot proved sadly inadequate, and the day
which he began in defiance and in battle, he ended
in the custody Of the Sheriff, and with the city ua-