New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-29

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day
Bo,rn or Co SctLaES.-ln consequence "i the
wacr cccbr.'iou in Brooklyn yesterday. there vas
no quorum in the Board Of Counciunen. Al ro.l-call
one u.cmher-Mr. Ottar-ou-an,weret 20 b. name.
and the Board WIS adjourned 70 next Monday, at
o'ciock P.
DryyrR To- rHE SANITARY CoSyESrIoS.--Tle
Common Courcl ID inner 10 the Quarantine AMI SAN
tsry Convention will be given t,-Hgat. instead OK
Saturday night fr- arranged II j. at the Metro
poiitsu Hotel, at O'Clock
JruIcI,L DyL,Ys.--D, ferrirg the passing Of ,en-
rerces 10 m. lat dsv of the term upon seltackGpw-
edged or convicted oTeui-s. i au-ace at the Court
If General Sessions and ic int be- used as" cInak to
cover Judicial de!iuqUeuo' About Two months az"
Peter D1nius ua- terribly beaten a. Gpn'er'"n
Hotel u Chatham street n which pIare be was bar
keeper. because he bad heritated To open the bar
room al clock sunday morning &" SOME hall
drunken roughs vino sought An entrance. The oeaf-
ing wa done 10y Il not"rious fellow, named Jerry
Donovan nf the Four'l Ward, who from loo; *
pcriruce n similar exploits. was enabled To- d" the
iub thoroughly. Poor Denung, ssh" wa a. the
tine aud now invalid was removed &" bis room
in an nsensih.e condition snI as- th,I" confined Tor
several days.
Donovan Wa apprehendcd -oou after the a~1ault,
and taken e. the Fourth Precinct Police Station. But
be wa Ne; permitted to remain there long. Ill.
fri.ud--such a, he have hosts ui trrrd--uoverei
about in all directions To secure his release. The
manned ard hulf-.cu.elo,, Deuning wa unP"rtnued
at hi- bedside 10 let mp Jerry, and finally,
partly through natural If fer, -" doubt, he
permitted u statement 10 20 forth that he uad no
cbuge to make against his s,saiant. Armed with
this hi- freud- mportuncd nearly every police mags-
ir,te in the county order rhe prisoner dismissal;
but none II them saw III 10 d" 80. FnAUy. Recorder
Barnard va appealed 20, AMI by h.s order Donovan
wa- released. and served the next night rs Secretary
to political meeting a. Tammany Hall. Tie conir'
afergard apolo.iz-d Tor the net by saying t1at the
fact, Of the had been mi-reprr-rnied tn him ard
that if he bad been aware OF the desperate nature "i
the s-sau'- %. would not have ni'ito Donovan
rr',a--.
Next dey. However, Derniug .,w ut 10 nrk- r.
formal charge against Donovan before Justice " i-h.
who thercupon i--l-I a warrant for ms r.-srra-t.
This warrant not executed for several dhy-. ani
then no, without considerable diicuty-the accused
continuing to keep ont Of the way He finally ap-
peared witt bondruau, and gave bail 20 answer a.
the Court 81 Special Sessions. from which, by the
prisoner solicitation II subsequently transferred
to the Genera Sessions, where the matter reitet for
MANY weeks o. Thursday la-t. Donovan wa At
length erreigu,i and pleaded guilty to a-auit aul
battery. wh,rcup0n the Recorder remarked tia lie
would -erteice him on the ne1t Saturday.
Tho next Saturday cane many sentences .sre
pa.sed famonr them one en- Policeman Duly of a
fine of 81 and twenty days IA the City Prison for
doing hat the Police Commissioner decided he had
right to do-u,pg bis club at fight, but the name Of
Jerry Donovan not called o. II L were, M men
tion Of it Wa made in the newspaper reports Of the
procced'rgs published on the two subsequent days.
Certain II j. that Donovan il at large. and the
Cou,t before which he,wss srragned hs- adjourned
for the term.
This il not a solitary ca.e.
Recorder Barnard. in his address to the Grand
jury last December. remarked In reference {" the
frsqacn, csses Of assault which have Of late 20
" nuch di-graced the ciiy"-we quote from the pub
l,h-d report" he recommended the Grand Jury To
use their utmost vigilance in indc;ng the offender
For hi- part he the Recorierl was determined to
mi III, city II ,he aians who made Sighting at all
time. and place. one Of Their constant habit-.'
How doe he DO it
O'Clock yesterday morning crie, were heard issuing
from the house NJ is3 ItA IT., between Avenue Is
AND { and a bright light shOue through the blind 81
the -eeond story. Tie leighbors wsrs aroused AMI
the rirmcn we're -oon On the spot, and tner numalr
efforts accelerated b. the fact tAat young lazy va
IN flames. tn. hr, va srbd Izt with t.n.ng dan
a.e, but ..L.rlb.r sigit pre-eu,ed tseitAo cAdued
and bur ~ body of the young woman. The apart
neuts were occupied BY low lazy, Ais. Holnes.
ard her NO Il. dlyn Sll ~.,h lvr boarding yodns
adv. named Matilda sagye-. Mrs. Ilolmes va
startled about o'clock by screams, and running into
the bedroom All I" ming hers, ssw NJ Sawyer coming
.-,m the back parlor toward aeF, mass oi aaHes.
Nj. ;. laid 10 MIR. Ho.m,., tlroW quil; on me,
which size lid, but -le Immediately sunk O. the dDor
a, the bedroom entrance. Tire fire burned through
tie coli loftrr aol can got Ugh. clothes, Sc.
has .irg IN the ruun Suerr CAS- tAe Two ctriE D. the
tsIes Tsrdcri1g e irpGsibe 10 reach the yoan,
lsGy sui tine children bang r,.cu-l By The moihs-
ky m.rl... NJ. Io.n-,. u rs .n; 20 .ag;aer tLs
fame about Nj "a YER bad -- fee, s-is- hands
I'D te,. considerably bcllet. I."u tLs iirf t12- ~
tie room ~ the back Pc .sr .0uni tu. hult car
Nth the .port and bart,e buut ID, 10 is supposed
that niss : undertook q. r. r. nld lsTP, While
E.l.-d tAa, d. -1plodcd. , Ler e"tue- on iire, that
n rrurns fur .--i-tanc- sb. i1a,- ,n. i4sne when,
suf5eatiBz her ,i- -shk r1aag-'-l. and Aeno" mt
r.r dsaih. Wien taken oai. sic nosned sudiD.y
.r.e ~ fzc, 1nl tu.u i, brceme net. Sh- was
siout =. y,a.s e sse, Gai po--e--od high rncrs!
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