New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-06

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"a tbe pece,,ty there for maintaining sObe such
,sepcv az his to rescue from imprisonment and
,h me tbe pumerous victims OF perjury.
But horrible corroboraiOn of the vllaiay vhioh
dourishes even in The very courtroom was detected
last week, and il has created profound sensation
IN the community. One Freeth, foreigner, sorre
months ago encountered another named Smith with
whom be was at variance. He Smith riding in
an omnbus On observing Freeth, the former got
out Of The omnibus 10 avoid his enemy. Ffeeth
chased him some distance into neighboring tavern,
and ki.led him by deliberately firing teyer.l balla
into him from u revolver. Smith made no resist
ance during the attack II was in fact a dellbe-
rately premedtated murder, sure 20 send i's perpe
traitor 10 the gsllows. Bu. few days ago the trial
came on. The vebire being exhausted the judge
ordered the Deputy. Sheriff 10 summon more
Jurors from the body Of the county and the
Jury being completed, the trial went on
and resulted In q verdict Of manslsughter
On hearing this verdict, Judge Ludlow expressed
himself in the strongest terms Of disapprObatioa.
1t was so directly in the teeth Of the evidence, that
suspicion was excited inquiry lowed, and the
fact was made evident that the jury had be packed
for the purpose Of acquittiDg the prisoner. The
Deputy. Sheriff instead OF gong 70 the body OF the
county as specially ordered by the Court, had de-
lberaeIy violated the order, and took several jurors
from the courtroom, who belonged 10 the vile set
who are constantly looking out for job. One Of
these was Rusk, policeman, whose name was sug-
gested to the Deputy. That officer was accord
ingly cent TO jail for contempt Of Court, and the
policeman forthwith resigned. The Court nov
threatens 10 dispense with the services OF the
Sheriff altogether, and to have jurors summoned
hereafter by officers Of ts own appointment. Judge
Ludlow is new fuDctiOnary, only few months on
the bench yet he announces that ne has discovered
some 7C0 bills of Indictment for election frauds
b;.h 70 bova iod
shoulder -htters and bullies have gone unwhipt
iustce-thc same fraternity of scOundrels that you
have around Tammany Hail. But they are the
chosen upbolders Of the Democracy here as they
are there taken into the police, put into the Board
of Health, and invariably rewarded by Office as the
fruit of their rufflanlsm. The next election for
Mayor will be followed BY tremendous stampede
among them.
The iourneymen shoemakers here have been
threatening strike for higher prices, though the
trade is not remarkably active. These strikes have
been formidable things in other days, as the shoe
manufacture among Us IS a very important business.
Poor fellows they work hard, aud earn but little,
while employers are doing somewhat better under
the great fall in leather. Potatoes have been pouring
in from the West in large quantities, and prices
have sunk to 20 cents per bushel for common quail
tiles, and 80 for the best, by wholesale. Yet our
streets are more crowded with beggars than for
many years. The ship-yards are abandoned to
idlcDess, and no building is going on except at
at the Navy Yard. Churches continue open
day and evening for preaching, exhortatiOn and
PRAYER, and the revival has so far extended that
some of the fire companies have resolved to
open their halls for daily prayer meetings. 1t is
possible the criminal statistics of the city may be
fayOrably Influenced by this mighty awakening but
the revelations daily made in court are extremely
unpromising. Over 5000 paupers are IN the Aims
house, beng several hundred more than ever known,
most of whom are foreigners. Trade of all descrp-
tions moves but suggishly, yet fine day will crowd
Chestnut street with gorgeous equpages, while the
sidewalks become musical with the rustling Of silks
and crinolne. But the fashionable shops are no
loUger jammed with purchasers, even on credit
The mortal check Of the panic has penetrated even
to that circle whose whole business it has hereto.
fore been to spend money or to runin debt. Where,
how and when are all these social dislocatiOns to
end Such is our condition at the opening of what
in bygone days was thought and felt to be the hap
pest day of all the glad new year.