New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-24

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shsv that slost.y before ocook on Sunday moran
Mss. WAkela-t w..h & yong cnLH va' IT Der bed
room OF one 0: tie upPe- ace.s-her husband oeins
tj-ent a. the time The babe beng restless sle arose
TO strike light aai while in tie aot OF hLlrs tue hua
amp, i explc led AID &c. .re = le- c!oihes 4nuA'
~ 20 sA.ng u .ne flames without alarming the otteF
inmates C tie hcuse, NJ. h,kehsit roed on the
/ Hoor. Tie noise th1s caused svoke Mrs. NiAsm',
then asleep je,ow who !eapei from bed and opened
the door leading ntc The hal. A, LAT moment hrs'
WhkehaI. came u5I.Dg down s,a..s VITA her clothes
a.. in blaze All, f.aItc with fright and pam rlshed
tarough the open door, eIcla;miue, Mrs. lAiams'
" for Gods sake, DO something for me- MY l.
ams leaped ont cf bed, and, seizng Qrii, threw II
the roor woman who then ran to the outer DOOR
and when abou. 10 go INTO the street sauk to the moor
from exhaustion The Eye was then eXnguished, brit
not til she was terribly burned al ever her oody'
Temporary al was Afforded by the attending physi-
cians but the unfortunate wcman expired TIVE We hours
after the occurrence The Juyy rendered verdict OF
Accidental death" The deceased was N years OF
age, and a rative ot Neg-YorA Mr.. Williams lad
bis hands severely burned in attempting to save the
life Of hs neishbor.
THF L.TF ATTTNPT TO Ron TIE MAILS
J. Edwin Jackson, the man WHO attempted to rob
Adam Peck. the mail agent, last week is in the
custody OF the United States Marshal who holds
him under a warrant issued by United States Com
missioner Morton. II was expected tlat Mr.. Peek
would have arrived here from Cincinnati last even
ing. but information was received at the UnitedStaes
District Attorney Office Yesterday that he was ILL.,
and would not he here til this evening.
CHARGE OF RoBBERY-AS ALLEGED ATTENPT Al
BLAcKMAILISG AND CONTINENT FOR PERJURY.-
Two Jews, named Samuel Preiss aud Philip Moses,
living respeo eotivey al Nos. 2ll and 2O3 Division street
and both natives of Poland came before the Mayor
SATURDAY last and made complaint charging Mr. VIM.
Never, respectable wholesale merchant tailor, doing
business at No. 81 Broadway, with inve!gling one
Of them PRESS, into dark room in the rear Of the
premises, on the day previous Friday on the pre-
tense Of having ,omcthng important 20 tel him. and
afterwards knocking him down and taking possession
of his watch worth s25 while he was in a senseless
condition. Tie Mayor sent the papers 70 Justice
Welsh, before whom an examination took place yes.
terday, Meyers having been arrested. Philip Moses
was sworn and testified that lie saw Officer ChoweH
Of the Eighth Precinct bring bis friend Prei's out of
& pawnbrckers shop at No. 50 Canal street, and
Never, following kicking and striking the prisoner
no less than twenty mes, on the way through Divis
ion and Chatham streets to Chambers street The
cause Of this cruel treatment Press said was the
assumption that he had pawned several coats at that
shop. which had been given him to make
Officers Cholwell and Keys were present at the eI-
animation and testified that not single blow was
struck by Meyers at the time referred to-
Priess and Moses, who at this stage manifested con-
siderable uneasness, and desire to have the case
dismi: sed were then arraigned for perjury, with the
intention of eXtoi;.ng money.
Mr. Meyers was placed upon the stand and testified
that some time since he had given Press two coatt
TO make, and that lie lPreiss) had pawned them as
No. SO Canal street; that he met PRESS in Broadway
on Friday, called him into his office went with him
to the pawnbrokers shop referred to, and thence to
Messrs. Jennings 4 Wheeler's establishment in
Chambers street where the coats We're found with
bill of $40 36 pawnbrokers dues upon them, and that
the watch was voluntarily left as compensation Mr..
Meyers also testified that he struck Preiss.
Both Prei,s and Moses were then placed in charge
of an officer and in default of 81 600 bail each, were
committed to the City Prison for trial on the charge
ofpeIjury.
Messrs Breusing & Co., No 7Ol Broadway, have
published nice edition of the words italian and
Engish of the opera, The Martyrs" to be played
for the first time in this city tomorrow night al the
Academy.
ATTEMPTED BrRGLARY.-Wm. III. Kmba who is
said TO have been Sabbath.School teacher recently
in Trinity Church, was taken before Justice Quack-
enbush yesterday, charged by William L. Wilson, a
student in the Theological Seminary in Ninth avenue
with attempted burglary. Itappears that on Satur-
day night he went to Wilson's room, and knocked at
the door Mr.. Wilion, who was within, did not make
/ rl.nt tha in. kpyi in ~
lock. unlocked the door, and entered. Wilson mme.
diatey colared him, when he said that he wished to
see Professor Finch The .ianitor was called, and he
and Wilson took the stranger toward the Professors
room; but in going thther tie fellow broke away
and ran into the street, where after sharp chase,
he was recaptured. Some skeleton keys being found
upon his person. he was committed in default OF 500
bail Kmba !. about Y years of age, and is said to
have been ON visiting terms with the professors.
Since lie ha been in the habit of going to the Semi
nary many articles have been missed from the roo rs
Of the students. The accused Is native Of Proyi-
dence, Rhode Island.
A Bold BURCLAR.-The residence OF O6icerW Weith,
Nc. 81 Tenth street. was entered yesterday after
noon By one-eyed youth, who lays claim to the cog
nomen Of John Smith. The officer happened to be at
home, asleep, of duty, melt thief and awoke Just in
time 20 apprehend the vagabond as he was leaving
the premises. Upon taking him to the Seventeenth
Ward Station-House he was identified by Mr.. Doro-
thea Demmorley, Of No. sos Fourth street, as the
individual who lad entered her dwelling by means of
fs-e keys, half an hour before, and carried of her
husband, silver watch and Sunday coat The watch
and two skeleton keys found upon the prisoner.
Justice Steers committed him for trial.
As ASCENT PioKPocKET.-As Mrs. Cordelia Had
den and her daughter entering of the stages
At the Fulton fery, yesterday afternoon, an elderly