New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-07

strong supply iCr TINS season OF TIE year.
J. Wesley Greene. who ia deeply interested in the
ouettion of Prison Reform, called yesterday
and GAYS Re will give one or two lectures the sub
sct Of Prison Discipline" without charge to the
public if be can obtain tbe nae Of hsll for that pur
pote without being compelled TO pay for out Of his
own pocket. He views our SAFE Prison System as
the prolific Of the great increase of crime amoog
ia, arising from the contsmirs.ing Influence which
constantly surrounds TIE convcts in their forced $3.50
citation III each other. IA,tead Of being ref'rned,
the co1ycts are discharged from those pisons worse
than when they entered them II there is any wsy to
prevent tois let Us beN II, by all means. We hope
that Mr. Greene will have the mme dia'e tender Of one
of our pu bic balls a the earliest practical mo-
mept note left for him at this Office viii be promp-
ly attended to.
UIsroRICA LECTURES The Rev. John Lord will
deliver ,hort course Of siI lectures 10 Clinton Hall,
commencing this evening, which will be continued on
Successive Mondays and Thursdays, at O'Clock.
Suti,cts; Co.umous-Msritime Discoveries; NJ
cbael Angelo Revival of Art" Gslileo-~Sclence;
"Bscon-PhiI osopby;" &" Rctelieu-Absolutisn
"Cromwell-Co Constitutional Freedom
FEARFUL RUSAwAY AccIDEsr.-0n Tuesday after
noon pair Of horses attached to OF Young sstsses
having been left standing unfastened at the corner
Of Avenue c and Tenth street, TOOK fright aud Dashed
down 70 .be GIeeppoint ferry, through the open ferry
gates, and plunged into the East River, where they
were drowned before assistance could be rendered
The omnibus was subsequently recovered.
RIoT on Staten IsLAsD.-A not broke ont on
Staten lie on Tuesday among the lsbcrers employed
on the railroad row being constructed from Wander
derbt Lsrdirg across TO the south side, who OBJ
itcted to working more than ten hours a day
Ire contractors required them TO labor eleven
hours and they resolved tina. they would not do
neither would they allow others to supply their places.
In this predcamsnt the contractors applied to the
Police Commission ere for assistance, and Sergeant
BreyooIt and eleven men were sent down. The
strikers, numbering a force Of 60 men, gave them
warm reception. German lsborer who attempted TO
90 to work under police protection w.s very badly
beaten The polcs arrested three of the ringeaders,
but succeeded in locking up only one, named
Brady the others beirg rescued. Justice Garrison
committed the prisoner for trial. Subsequently the
rioters were driven away and pesceablydisposedlabo
ers set to work. The police returned to town on
Wednesday morning.
PRoGRIss OF THE AMERICAN band OF HoPE, OR
JryIsILE TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATIONS. - Anoog the
numerous meetings held in the Cities OF Nev-York and
Brooklyn, a most interesting one was held in the
.chcol.room Of the Presbyterian Church, Thirteenth
street, on Tuetdsy, when . Band Of Hope was
organized, ard the meeting addressed by the Rev. L.
Hawes Of Lorg I.lsnd, and Jsnathan Revsll, esq,
Secretary Of the American Band Of Hope.
ATr1isIy NIw-YoRK Henry Brand, veil to-
do farmer from Texas, his way to Europe. whittier
be travelled 10 collect money which hsd fallen
due BY the d.cs.se Of relative has very low opin
ion Of NewYoik, ss he expressed himself yesterday At
the City H,ll Police Court. On bis arrival on Tues
day. he was pounced upon at the cars by several run
ners one Of whom led hi n TO hotel where he bought
fask Of water or g., under the impression that it
was gin. he ubsequently went to q ticket Office and
paid 81 for ykst TO Bremen, and received instead
a ticket for Liverpool worth &lS; WAS rowed to the
vessel in boat by three men, who extorted $40 by
tbrest nirg throw him overheard If he did not psy
IT, which he concluded TO DO on surveying the rough
Of the water and strength Of the bos.men, and
was taken all the way down to the Marrow, before the
poentous fact that be was going 70 Liverpool instead
Of Bremen burst upon bis understanding. He alleges
that the operators al worked hand in hand from the
runner TO the boN ding house the ginsbop, and even
the drsymsn who conveyed his baggsge from one place
to ar other Issiah Ssovsr the person recognized as
the ticket agert arrested, and settled the matter
st once BY giving him the ticket be desired. Slower
is becoming more than ordinarily notorious, being az
rested, on an average, thee or four times week
GEocrRs' AID OTHER bills. Anna NJ. Furiongi
miper at No. % Clinton place before the City
Hall Police Court yesterday and complained Of being
annoyed exceedingly by the daily visits at her door Of
8 rcksty gig, having inscribed in large letters upon
It's cover, "GIooers' b lis, Tailors Bills and Store
Bile collected by Henderson & Co., With woe
begope and hdeous lit lie nag in front, and ssucy man
mi iie, who claims payment in . peremp'ory manner
Tor debt owed by Mr.. n. ]. Furopg to Williams,
Stephens, Williams s Co. Mrs. Farong alleges tia.
she owes money 10 that firm, that not being her
name. She told her unweleoue daily visitor 90, and
requested him to stay away but De persisted in regu-
lNy making bis Gale, collecting jeerirg crowd 10 the
nsighborhood by the ghosy appearance Of me rigging
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