New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-24

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v,sf1 or TBy SEcRETARY or WARTO THE FORrs.--
Cav FoJd Secretary Of wsr arrived in this city OF
Tpureosy evening aud yesterday morning. in comp''S
vfb Gen Scott and staff Gen Totem. Major Bsrnsro
srd Lisat McFurstop started q. 10 O'clock on 's''
10 For. Richmond. TIE v4rous frrs 10 and abost t'o
b.bor WI, he ystee by the secrst,Iy Of War for the
purpose Of examinog uto their cold' ioo aoo % "'o
tain ,b,, ;cn,ovsmen.s can be made for the bettei
protection Of the harbor.
Dr.1p or PsomrSrsr CITIZEN john H. HICKS
Of ore of the esIis-t amnes oelohshg "
the Soc;ety Of Friends in this city, and h'nseh 'of
ves. prominent Derchsn', Died az his fes'oeoco
in U,,cr place, on Wednesday evening, ot c'nsump-
sop. He was very highly esteemed both IN s'cie'y
and on Change.
Nos, RUTFIArIss - AsorHER MAN FATALLY
Rr.TIs.-Informstion was received at the Coroner
Office ye..e,day afternoon tha. Edward Riley, who
lived IN he rear of house No 259 West Thry-secood
street hSa died from the effects Of violence recently
inflicted upon him by gang of unknown io~ues
The deceased was passing through oiVer sloc'' Ut
,oms other portion Of the Fourth Ward, a iew ngaIs
ago, when he was set upon by seVera! persons ~ao
heat and kicked hm most cruelty about the face, head
spd breast, He msneged b get home, but afcsrward
,sxer l. the house sean, and continuedto fs gradu
v ND 10 the hour of bis DEATH which took place late
oo THURSDAY. An inquest will be held or the body TO-
dsy aud in the time strenuous efforts are bsing
made to ferret out and arrest the guilty partes
A CasE OF CHnD-MURDER.-An inquest was held
BY Coroner Hills a. the EignteeOth Precinct Police
Station, on tie remains Of N ,le infant which was
4 49, 49, NJ, Eat no
frat street, occupied by Mr. James Diusmore. Eliza
Howard, the supposed mother Of tue Guild, had been
domestic in the ia niy Of Mr. Dinsnore. Last Mon
Gay week che was taken SICK and n answer TO ques
tons as to the cause of her illness, Eliza stated tast
she had severe attack of disrrhea sod desired Mrs.
Dirsmore to send fer a DOCTOR This was done, and
when the physician arrived Enza repeated what she
bad previously said concerning her indsposton aud
stated that ste then felt aiuch better After keeping
her bed or ly fer few hours Eliza dressed herself,
and per orrned ber regular duties about the house till
the morning of the Goth n.ant, she left aod did
cot return again. Here whereabouts is at present
known. DR.. Beach made post mor1en exsminaton
of tie booy, ard testified that the child was born
alive. The,e evidence 20 SHOW the fact but it
is believed that the domestic in question: after giving
birth TO the child, threw it into snk. The jdsy
rendered verdict of death "by suGocatios We fur
"tner believe that the deceased taroxn info the
privy vault by its mother, Elzs Hoaar3." war
raut has been issued for the arrest of toe accused an
placed in the hands of an officer for execution.
The RIcLsT DEATH OF MR. OMAHoSY For
nearly week past Coroner Connery has had under
nyesg gaton be circu stances attending tae death Of
James o MaoOny, late of No II Catharne street, who
sas fourd in the bottom Of the dock foot of Market
street. Easi River. The evidences Of DR.. Fnoell who
made a post tmortem examirat,on was taken come
days ago. No marks of violence worth mentioning
were found On the body aud toe doctor was fully satls
fed that death was caused by drowning Tue Coroner
and jury it sppesrs however, we're not satisfied as 20
OMshoDy's s death FROM the doctors examlnalon, aad
have continued the investigation from day to day TIL
cot particle Of evidence could obt1 1iaed Toe
testimony accumulated threw no light upon tle matter
at issue, aud yesterday the i'qatst was coucluied
TIE verdict which is foloss, des not seem to be
substsrtiattd by the testimony
=" rhst James o O'MahOny, the deceased, came 70 bis
death at the hands Cf psrsoa persoos unknowa
10 the Jury by being robbed first of his watco and
subsequently thrown into the Esst River, At judd 8
Whari, THURSDAY mornitg, October 10, io'''
PAssIEG 4 COUNTERPART CHEcK.-A respectable
looking man named George Atwood was arrested yes
.erday By Officer Stokey of the Iodependeut Police,
charged with passing forged check upon John N.
Germ 1t appears that At good went into tue bazaar
No. 5I3 Broadway, kept by Joan N. Gsnn, and rep
resented himself ss Caps. Williamson of the ship
Maria. and stated that ne wanted 10 purchase some
goods The clerk showed him ABOUT the store, ard
Mr. Atwood alias Capt. Williamson, purchased several
articles amounting in vsae to sic, In payment of
which he rendered check purportiug to have been
drawn b, Mr. Moses raylOr The folio wing is a C )pY
Of the check:
NKW-Yoag. Oct. le, 1857.
/: THE PARK BANK;
Pa to ship Maria Cepf williamson or bearer
two hundred sbo fifty dollars - -
sa0 MOSES TAYLOR.