New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-12

d'spp'cba,on, and .skire that he should not under
auy circumstances be permitted 20 see her sgain.
Wells set, his presen, a few days, which consisted
Of small work -bcx, made q the eornelian stone ani
letter telling when he would call sgsiu The letter
ani box rturnei by the ladies to Mr. Coope ,nd
when Wells called again be told he could not see
her and that hi- present and letter had been returned
He demanded Jane as hs affiapccd, and said she was
Of age and rot under her fathers control, AMI he
would have her ard they with difficulty 90, nd of him
for the time On his retain he sent queer letter to
Nj Coope demanding Il the box should be returned
TO Jane or him. aid he be permitted TO ,isi, her until
she ready to leave with him, svowiug hs engage
merit 70 her, &c.
The day following the recep; Of this letter the father
and daughter took the box 70 return to Wells and
once more demonstrate with him for such conduct.
They met lin their way through the village of
Astoria while in their carriage stopped, and hailed
him, and offered TO retgrn his box aud talk TO him
there, which he would not listen to he said then, but
invited them down to his house, where il seems, he
lived entirely alone taking his meals elsewhere They
went down 10 his house in a few minutes H. appointed,
and when arrived there they say he closed and locked
the door on them ard commenced abusing the dsu ghter
in vile language tor her Interference in his plans To
floor at him. when he stepped up and struck her with
his hands 10 her face then the old man stepped up to
protect the daughter and the parties got into scufie.
Mr. Coope says he Knocked down 6rst, and Wells
aimed gun at him, when they had tussle that,
and finally Wells seemed TO be pretty well beaten and
brused up, Notwithstanding he swears he weighs 2lO
pounds ard is over six feet high.
Out OF this affray grew all these suits and COMPLAINTS
and Weiss suit was finished "Wednesday when the
jury after an absence of about twerty minutes gave
verdict for defendants. This it is thought will end
the whole affair and of the most singular aud
citing that figured in Queens County. The
Courtroom and streets were daily and nightly crowded
for they had evening sessions.
NEW CouRI RooMs.-Thc rooms for the
Of the United States Courts and the District Attor
news, Commissioners and Msfshals offices, IN Bur
tons old theatre, will be completed. Tue court
rooms not large, but sufficiently commodious
for the business Of the courts. The United States
Circuit Court will be in session in the the
23d inst, to which day ii has adjourned.
PURCHASING TWO FUR Cars WITH \ Boots
CHEcK.-A day or two ago well-dressed AMI geLtle-
manly looking went to the large frstcass board
inghouse Nc - Fourteenth street and engaged
and board at an exorditan price, On Wednesday,
upon eong out the individual told the servants that
he should have things sent there that night and
requested that they might be taken Of. During
the of that evening he went irto large fur
store and examined some fur caps, from which he
selected two, worth si60, aud directed them to be
sent 10 his lodgings. He then hastened home, and
soon after tho porter arrived with the articles He
was shown up to a finely furnished room where he
delivered the goods and received cueok for the
amount which the individual sat down and drew out
The porter hardly out of sight before the swnder
tucked the two fur caps under his arm and decsmped
The check was on the following day presented at the
bark, and found to be worthless.
WRoNGING SEANsrRYss.-Yesterday morning.
woman, who gave her Mrs. Mary McMan-
nus, and said she resided No. 2l5 East Th,ry6fth
street. called upon the Mayor and stated under oath
that she had engaged to make three dozen shirts at
five shllings a Dozen for firm doing business in
Warren street, for which she had to leave -
riiy. On returning the work properly fnshed, they
refused not only to pay her for her work but TO pay
her shilling due her, per her pass-book, and
also refused to refund her the money she had deposited
as security alleging that the work not satsiact Dry
to them. The Mayor issued summons to Mr. Stsarns,
of the firm, to appear before hiIn, which he did
and paid the amount OF the poor womaEs claim.
ATTFMPT TO Pass COUSrFRFErr MONET.--On
Wednesday evening inform alton received at the
Twenty ysecond Precinct Police station that several in.
dyiduals were engaged in circulating 81 counterfeit
bills purportiDg to be issues Of the Railroad Bank,
Lowell, Mass, among shopkeepers and others in that
district Capt. Coulter sent Sergeant Murphy to search
for the operators in "queer,' and the latter
rested one James Ryan, apanter by trade, james
having offered Of the bll to different per-
the Eighth avenue. At ea-h place he wa. in
formed that the bill was worthless but nevertheless he
persisted in his attempt to get rid of the trash. Sub
sequently Sergeant Hall apprehended one John Miller
for attempting to pass the kind of bills. Miller
had got rid of a counterfeit 80 bill on the Granite
Bank. During the night the prisoners identified
by several persons TO whom they had offered the bills
Justice Kelly yesterday morning locked them up in
default OF 81 900 bail, for trial.
The MuLHEARs ALLEGED PERJURY CAsE.-The
examination in the above case was concluded yester
day. before Justice Welsh, at the City Hall Police
Court
Ex-Judge S.uar', on behalf Of the defense, claimed
that there had been particular laid upon the fact
by the prosecution that the girl in ber sdence, had
to the date that the alleged homicide had been
committed on the 9th Of September and that the aii-
davt taken before Justice Connolly stated that il
the 10Th Of September. IL u clerical error, aud
could be proved such by the evidence of Col Sewer,
Of the counsel for the deterse The common rule