New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-16

obtain any redress he made complaint before Justice
Connolly, who issued bis warrant and the accused was
arrested. The case is stll under examination.
GAsBLERs.-0 Davidson and Godfrey of the
Eighth Precinct. while patroling their bes, Sunday
ught were attracted by iood talking and angry discus
sons IN the saoon sorner Of Spring and Wsshingtop
streets ant suspectng the character Of the psce they
entered and found Theodore Smith, the proprietor and
eight young fellows, engaged in gambling. The whole
Of them were arrested and locked up.
CHARGr OF EHroRrIsG MosEr TO OssrRrcr THE
Course or PUBLIC JrsTIcT.-Thee Germans, named
Conrad Muller, Go,tiieb Diegel and Henry Schlecht
were examined before Recorder Barnard yesterday
afternoon, charged with conspirng to extort money
or, as il is populsrly termed eveying black mail
upon several persons complained of for selling policies
and -tpulsng, for consideration, to absent them
selyes as witnesses in the cases. The complaint in
this case was msde by Mr.. William Ashnsn, and
though the evidence quite protrscted running into
q macs of tedious detail yet the case chiefly turned
upon one fact in the evidence of Francis King for the
people who testified that on Wednesday evening last
he was at the house of Diegel, No. 29S RivingtOn
street when Muller proposed, in the presence of Die
gel for the sum of 500 As of which he agreed to give to
animation of the complaint against one Mr.. Lehman,
charged with selling policies Other evidence was in-
troduced, showing willingness of the parties to
accept smaller sums for abseptng themselves from
testfying against Mr.. Kent, Mrs. Snyder, and
others, charged with policy-desng, aud that there
WAS a conspiracy between the Germans to this end
frst in hunting out complaints against policy men and
aiterward holding themselves ready, for q conside-
III, ,h,a, oa1 inf tha
appeared from the testimony to be the leader OF the
three and was shown to have induced the other two
to enter policy chops to obtain testimony against policy
venders for these mercenary purposes The case Tor the
people was conducted by w. jackson, and that for the
defense by VIM. II. Browne. The evidence being
closed the Recorder decided to hold all three Of the
parties ordering Muller, the leader to give bail in
the sum of sl 00O and the Others in the sum OF 500
each.
FERRY CAsUALrIES.-Margsre Colt, resident OF
Brooklyn, while attempting to jump on board one of
the Fulton Ferry boats Sunday night, after the boat
had started from the BRIDGE missed her footing and
fell into the water In falling she struck her forehead
against the boa. and received a severe bruse. The
Second Ward Police and deckhands rescued her from
drowning
corner of Grand aud Elm streets while going on board
another of the Fulton Ferry-boats made msstep and
bad her foot crushed between the boat and bridge.
She was taken to the Hospital.
THE LATE SHOOTING CASUALTY N CANAL STREET.
Mark johnson, the bar.keeper in Horizons saloon,
No. 3SS Canal street, who accidentally shot exAlder-
man Isaac II. Smith, Of No. % Beach street, through
the arm on Sunday night yesterday morning taken
before Justice Connolly, and committed to PRISON for
examination No other developments than those pub
shed in yesterdays TRIBUNE have appeared. Mr..
Smith was so feeble during yesterday to be unable
to appear at Court Horton the proprietor of the
saloon, has been apprehended charge OF keeping
disordery house and resort for prostitutes and thieves
This is the same place where Mr. Harry Hamilton
lost his life some months ago. and it to be hoped that
the police will make an effort to break up the estab-
lishment.
ROBBISG WONAS IN THE STRgEr.--A young ruff
fan giving his name as Michael Sweeny was arrested
about II O'Clock on Sunday night, charged with a.
saulting Miss Ann Williams in Centre street,
Canal and robbipg her of - in silver The screams of
the young woman brought the police 30 the spot and
the candidate for State Prison honors arrested
Justice Connolly before whom the accused subse
ination.
ARREST or LEwD WoaEs.-During Sunday night
Officers Wilson and Flynn, of the Sixth Precinct,
rested the following named street walkers low pros
whom they found loang about the streets,
atDg disturbance and greatly annoying respectable
persons: Jane Riley Cathsrine Wilson, Rose Nc
Gowan, Ann Bergen, Catharne Hawkins and Ann
Riley. The girls were locked up in the Sixth Precinct
House for the remainder of the night, and yes
terdsy morning taken before Justice Connolly, who
sent them to the Woik-House Blackwels Island, for
three months.
SHoP-LIFTERs.-Saturday afternoon, two very de-
Gently attired caught in the act of shop
lifting in two stores in Grand street, and taken TO the
Essex Market Police Court before Justice Steers, who
committed them to prison for examination One OF the
women, Ellen Murphy, was caught in the store OF
Francis Cronin Of No. 26j Grand street, while in the
act Of secreting under her cloak 81 yards of poplin
The other woman, who gave her name as Catharne
Hamilton, while in the store of Brown in the same
street, detected in the act of putting deane dress
pattern in travelling basket. little while before the
women were seen together in Grand street, and the
police set them down as old shop-liftsrs.
REAL Es1A1E.-The following sales Of Real Estate
were made yesterday at the Merchants Exchange, BY
A. j. Bleecker Son Co.:
Three story brick House and Lot No & Edrdse so'So
The two fourory brick Houses and Lots NO. ~ brooHs
Lo. southeast 5thsy and lthst (35txl1l'.' iIO
Let Oh 9TH sv., sdoning above (l55ixV l%o
fAdyertisemept. =,
Couldn't HAVE BELIEVED 1T Never would
have inasined t-Such beauty such hnsh such eIerA.
eu could al have been crowded into piece ns INTO
the drama of TIE BRIDE A. EVEssG aia"Ins sssry