, 1861-10-08

The October term Of the Recorders Court
commenced yesterday morning, court opening
at len O'Clock. The Grand Jury panel was
filled, three excuses only having been accept"
Cd, viz: B. F. Carver, On the ground that he
WIS practitioner at law; Michael Kehce, q.
=. officer, and James s, Dole, thrown from his
buggy OF Saturday.
The Grand Jury retired, after being instract.
cd by the Court IS fol,ows:
TEE CHARGE.
Gentleman # tie Grond Jury: You know
3eur duties, but there are one or TWO points
70 which would call your especial attention.
A Criminal Court has various branches the
Judge, Grand Jury, Prosecuting Attorney and
eael1G.
The G1a1d Jury have the most delicate duty
to perform, because they desl with the Ib.r-
ties azd character Of taetr fellow citizens. It
Is certainly NO trjaing matter to be indicted
By that body aud brought to trial, and while
you should be especially careful to allow no
guilty man to Escape, at the game time you
should look to it that no person eeeks to In
dict smother through malice. Neither the
anything to do with the facts which may
come before you for investigation. Should
the Judge Of this. Court approach
J6n to inf1ue1ee your proceedings you ahou1d
should you treat any other such instance.
| You would know that such person had one
| Of two opinions Of you: either that you lack
| I'd iptegIlty OF intelligence. You alone are to
| decide upon the case without extraneoua aid.
| Various parties have their friends whom they
may dislike to have indicted, and others have
enemies whom they would like to indict.
You mntt be governed solely by the evidence
There Is one Gaze, If IT turn out to be true,
which you ought carefully to examine You
can DO no one any harm. No honest man
| fp1Fa fHTfEffrAtinn The Ia rFharn
the employers Of men who steal from them
endeayor to obtain money from the thief to
cover 1t up, and aFe paid to prevent Psosecu
aor. a man IN etorc who steals from his
eTS e%pSgsE SSss ought TO Be punished T he takes
ployer e1torts one hundred dollars from him
nv promising not to prcsecute, the clerk ought
% !:.ss os asmaEoed and the employer sent to The
Iknow nothing Of the nature of the csses
to come before you. Investigate fairly and
diligently. ! am glad to see 50 many Of vou
WHO have other business than tfnyIne hexe,
and yc1 may be assured we DO not want yon
to stay Eeze any lorger than is pccessary.
At the close Of the charge tho court set the
venire for petit jury and the calling Of the
civil ooekst at two O'Clock The AFTERNOON
session was consumed in the dispositson q,
the 1a1ttr.
, THE COMMON CoUSCH REPoRT.-The pro
, | cee5ipgs Of the Common Council last evening
t published in another column, will be found te
, peseeea unusual interest. Among other i'm
po1tant measures passed, were the conf1ma
tions Of the assessments for repairing Monroe
North Wells aud Lake streets, which will b
. hailed with unqualified delight By the enttr'
, public. The reports concerning school lands
:, Tie ectcol furd, and the Comptroller War'
t 1nyes.ig alton, are also Of considerable import
= arce.
= DEx DocK--Mesers. Chaplin s. Fox At
constructing mammoth dry dock for Doc
3 ~tttte d Olcott, the well-known sh1pH1ighta
;. ecrcertrg On the South Branch, bet1ee,
'e Harrison ind Polk sereets. The excayaho,
= is nias'5 finished and IN readiness for the tim
lbe.s.