New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-18
their services Early in the evening the NstrOpot.,,
were sPPor'iOhed of to the various Wards for day-
THE STREET COMMISSIONERS oFY,cy

were appor,ioned of to the various Yards for d.
THE STREET COMMISSIONERS oFy,cv
Mr.. Devlin and the Clerks in the Street Con-.
'oners Office continued q, their desks during vets.
day; but very little business was trsn.sc,sA n.
tween thirty and forty Of the Mayors force, al A.,
with their locusts, guarded the entrance and s.,w
in expectation that Mr. Conover would emf ,,var.s
take the ofice by assault. During the afterooo, ~.
widest rumors were shoat. Now the nex. =.
brought by some breattless messenger ths, ,Ao.
sand Meiropoltans marching up Centre .,,., !.
storm the Hall Of records and forthwith the err,
would rush frenticay toward the spot, then the A.,
preach Of target company set the word fyip, ,,,,
mouth TO mouth that the military were coming An.
other desperate rush Was the result and 80 X va. an
through the afternoon. Il is needless TO obssry, ~,
the assault was not ma lie. Nothing alarming -,
spired; the Office was closed and the pOEoe i.,,
guard over i, through the hight.
THE SOLDIERS IN WAITING.
The Fifth Regiment, composed of Germans, AL
numbering about 500 strong, under Col Schw,,,.
valdez stationed, portion in Bsyar Stree, u.,,
the Bowery, and the balance at Pythagoras Han !,
Canal street Those at the former place wers la,,
uncomfortable from the fact that their commander -
fused to allow them 10 indulge in their avor,e bev.
erage. At Pythagoras Hall matters went on RI.
more TO their satisfaction, and they were ndugrs =
lager and various games of amusement.
A portion of the Second Brigade, quartersd NH.
First Division Armory, were relieved st p M bytAs
balance Of the brigade. Other companies were "a.
toned in various localities in the city, ready to nsch
at a moments notice. Last night 600 men remaires
at their quarters to check any outbreak which nigh.
take place. Happily, their services wen not required
CONDITION or THE WOUNDED.
We have as far as possible obtained tae cOnd6os 4
the wounded aud happy to learn that none ofiAsn
are dead although all sorts Of rumors have been sao.
through the day;
Officer LEIGHTON Of the Eighth Precinct Me,rOpOl.
itan Police, who was severely injured by the Wood
force yesterday, is considered in fair way Of n.
covery.
Officer BrRLIsoN Of the Ninth Precinct Me,DpS.
tan Police is also believed to be doing well; bu,
Officer FrRGvsoN of the same Precinct it Il feared,
will not recover.
Officer CRoFur Of the Seventeenth Precinct Me.r.
poitan Police, is likewise very low indeed Hscss
is quite discouraeing to his friends.
We Learn that Officer SwEEzzY of the Third Netlo-
potan Police Precinct is much better this morning,
and that there is good prospect Of his ultimate re.
covery.
Officer STEPHEN G.. SMITH however, Of the Fifth
Precinct, is in very precarous situation, with bat III.
tie hope Of his surviving His skull is badly fractured
and this morning he was delirious.
HELP FOR THE WOUNDED POLICEMEN.
Coroner Perry sends us the following
NOTICE.
The undersigned, one Of the Acting Coroners Of the
CITY and County OF New-lOrk being called upon YES
terday to serve warrant of aires. under the authority
of the Superior Court, and being resisted in hs
frst attempt, he made demand ard promptly received
assistance from posse Of the Metropolitan Police,
and while proceeding 10 execute the process the
so assisting were set upon and beaten bya gang Of
lawless rufans assisted by the Municipal Police, some
Of them so that there is out little hope of their
cry. Tie subscriber would earnestly urge the neces
~ upon the lawabiding citizens ofassisng 70 relieve
the men 80 injured in the discharge OF their duty 10
assisting TO enforce the laws, most of them being
destitute circumstances, with families depending upoa
them for their daily bread.
ANY contributions left at THs TRIBUNE office, Tie
Times or The Courier and Enquirer Offices, will bs
promptly applied. +. w. PEKSf.
NeE, Yc,k June II, 1857.
COUNCILMAN HUGHES.
We are assured by Mr. Hnghes that he did not en-
age in the fight the City Hall steps, Tuesday
afternoon that he did not strike any person, snd that
lie is decidedly opposed to all violence.
THIRTEENTH WARD POLICE.
To the Editor If The y. Y Tribune
We were highly pleased this morning to see tho
Thirteenth Ward Metropolitan Police platoon num-
bering some fortysix men, headed by our old friend,
the "Old Temperance Preacher" Edward Falconer.
This is indication that there is prospect Of our
being relieved from the rule of old Alcohol which has
so long dsgraced The Thirteenth Ward and thwarted
all our efforts for moral and political regeneration.
Your, respectfully, TEMPERANCE AND REFORM
THE WRIT OF HABEAs CONTRADICTIONS
BEFORE THE CITY JUDGE-THR DECISION POST.
PONED.
Immediately after the opening Of the Cosr OF ses-
sions yesterday morning. Mr.. Han stated to the CoaH
be had no business in readiness for to-day, aud that
the jury might be discharged till tomorrow, and Aey
we're accordingly discharged. .tl
EI.Jsdge Dean, counsel for Mayor Wood, IN tho
matter of the habeas corpus allowed by Judge RuF
eel, in the Mayors behalf yesterday afternoon r's'
and presented his petition for the granting Of the writ
We give below copy Of the petition as follows
To tie Hon. A. d. Russell, City Judge Of Tie Guy
" ker- York: The petition Of Gilbert Dean shows
that Fernando Wood is restrained Of bis hbenyy
Capt. WalliDg or the Sheriff OF New-York, sni NAV
be is not committed detained by virtue OF any pro-
cess issued by any Court of the United States OF By
any Judge thereof; nor is he committed or detaned
by virtue Of the final judgment or decree Of any com
pttent tribunal of civil criminal jurisdiction, or ~
virtue Of any execution fsued upon such judgnelt@
decree that the cause or pretense Of such rnPlon-
mept according TO the best Of the knowledge and ne
lief Of your petitioner is that the Recorder Of ms
City Of New-York has issued warrant charging tsn
one Daniel ID. Conover has made complaint agsin"
your petitioner, Charles Turner, and John W, bs is
nett for melting riot in said city the 18th and los
Of June instant and for assaulting the said Conoya
Your petitioner further shows that said Wood Is ne
ayor Of the City Of New-York, aud was on ssd i0o
Of June and that all acts done by him were as hs's
wit Of babeas CORPUS issue directed 10 the ~
Sheriff, commanding him to have the body Of ssa
Fernando Wood forthwith before your Honor
Dated the 10th day Of June, ls17. u ph~