New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-31

| -, Location on or near ScgunSs Point
ucno be quite too their populated d'tricis. III
w. can c able to successfully nego.
Wv - IIook opposition viii subsde in every
" "a ,t.v will have q location against which
I.t,.;o.I obieciious have yet been made Sandy
IT. r. :. ,,oted on By everybody who knows anything
af,he srbie,t ~ peculiarly fitted by nature for sruc
| .,res of the kird contemplated. A neck Of land
s,,etch.s out into he broad and perfectly leo
lated from the main land with beautiful anchorage
Ground in the immediate vicinity where water can 10
he'd for any vessels draught Sandy Hook viii cost
large sum- the principal of which will be the building
of break water but when it is completed port 10
the Uniied States compare with New York il the
perfection Of her arrangements for Quarantine pur
poses rs she has about the bcs. sanitary regula
tons for the health Of her population.
FERRY IMPROyEAESTs.--The Staten Island Ferry
Company have just completed the improvements at
their ferry landing at Whitehall. BY taking large
space Of the wharf they have been enabled to build
additional rooms which comprise in all four pas.
senGer and three baggage storerooms, with an office
for the Company. These rooms, most Of them, are
% feet to 30 feet square. The improvements cost
nearly $4,000. They are running every hour,
four boats daily except Ssndays, when they ran FIVE.
Staten Islander Huncbbsck AID Sylph. One Of these
boats is used but occasionally. The Southfeld is
new boat, and will accommodate four thousand pas
sepgers, the Josephine three thousand, &c. Five
hundred life-preservers beard the boats with
stuffed cushions in the cabins, and life-bost each.
The ferry was formerly leased by Commodore Van.
derb at 81 900 per aunum. The Staten Island Ferry
Company have had the ferry nearly three years. on
lease Of ten years from May l, 1855, at $500. Iu
provements have been made at al the Staten Island
sndsgs. That at Quarantine will cost nearly g., 600.
The boats have carried, on pleasant Sundays, from
600 10 900 passengers. new boat costs $50 Oo0
The Ferry Company all the water right and laud
of various depths excepting Quarantine inclosurs
from Vsnderbilt's landing to New-Brishton Yhe
night arrangement of the boats does not pay, but alto
gether the Company Is doing well. II takes forty
minutes to make a round trip to all the landings. Phe
Josephine is the fastest boat, but is obliged to turn
when she goes out of the Slip. The SouthGeld Is
slower, but built go that she work either way.
How WITNESSES ARE SPIRITED AWAY FROM CoURT
BY TONES LAwYERs.-lIenry Becker, German, be-
longing to place called Carpenters Lock, near
Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, during q temporary
soiourn in this city, Thursday evening last by way
of diversion, attended the German Theater in Avenue
A. II was late when the dramatic entertainment ter
minated and he was unable to obtain admission to his
lodgings corner of Essex aud Houston streets, ac
count of the door being locked and the family all sound
asleep. He therefore concluded TO put up at a
hotel i'll CORTLAND street for the night. On
his way down town hc wandered through Reade
street, and his attention attracted to the
store No. % Reade, near Church street,
where some cigar boxes exhibited in the window.
LIZ t.
young man to be abroad and in such locality, he
went into the place to purchase cigar. Helping him
self to cigar, he rendered dollar bill in payment,
and received IS cents, thus paying % cents for tho
fragrant Havana" Feeling rather suspicious of the
company he had fallen intothere being several young
girls in the room back Of the storehe said nothing
about the price, being DESTROYS Of making speedy
exit The keeper of the store, toleraby good looking
woman named Mary Graham, as he alleged, inter-
cepted him by standiug in front of the door and
| fondling him in gentle, though unbecomng manner
lie finally got clear of the woman, who had invited
him to see the g,s which he also declined and made
his way into the street. Upon reaching the pavement
an feeling in his pockets he discoveredthat his porte
monnaie containing about 80 in bank notes and gold
| COIN had been stolen from him. He was about to
return home, but was prevented by the loss of his
! money.
On Friday afternoon, Becker appeared at the First
District Police Court and related the substance of the
above to the magistrate in order TO have the guilty
| party arrested and punished.
Justice Osborn Issued warrant aud placed it in the
hands of Officer Latta who forthwith proceeded to the
store and took the woman in custody and conveyed
| her to the CouIt.
| MARY Graham was soon surrounded by Tombs law.
yers, but despite their arguments she was committed
| for trial in default of 1900 bail. young lawyer,
late accession to the Tombs group ROW appeared as
counsel, and asked for examination into the COM
plant The Justice, however declined going into the
case lust then, and told him that he would give him
an examination before the Court of Special Sessions IN
| the morning. The complainant was then notified to
| appear before the Court, and it was necessary to
bring the trial on thus speedily, because Becker was
| a stranger and wished to return home.
| On Saturday morning Becker came to the Court OF
Sessions and took seat among the spectators. He
had not been there long before the young Tomb prac
tor er referred to got him to leave the room. One OF
the clerks saw the movement and suspectpg that the
intention of the counsel for the woman was to get the
| witness out Of the way, went after him. lie found
Becker passing out Of the vestbule of the HaVS OF
| Justice, and asked him where he going Becker
replied that the lawyer had told him that the case
would not be called on till O'Clock in the afternoon
and he did not want to stay there till that time.
The Clerk told Becker that there would be no Court
at that hour and that was the ohed of the lawyer
| 10 clear him out go that he could not testify. He
therefore brought the stranger back into the Court aud
placed him among other witnesses there. Tho case
was finally called when the Clerk related to Justices
| Osborn and Wood the conduct of the lawyer. The
| for,nAr rraostrate severely commented upon such