Daily Alta California, Volume 9, Number 107, 6 August 1857 — CITY ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

CITY ITEMS.

Thb Foroert Case."— In the case of the forged check for $2,100. for which the | money vu pud by Bather & Church on Tuesday moming, as reported in yesterday's f paper, \tiie police have been'; rery tactile, and .left not a stone unturned that might afford a clue to the guilty party. Officer Besse made out a list of all the persons named Cohn, (the name to whose order the check was payable, and in which it was endorsed), which he , could hear of in the city, and proceeded to make inquiries and examinations, but without any great hope or show of success. About eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, however, he heard of a person by the name of Solomon Cohn, a coat renorater, who was not included in his list." Following up the information, he received, step by step, the officer ascertained that Cohn . resided ! in . a ! lodging house on Pacific street, near Battery ; he went to the place, called Cohn out under pretence of speaking to him. and then led him to the express office of Wells, Fargo & Co., through whom the letter containing the check had been received, and by whom it was paid over, j The employe in the letter department at once recognized Cohn as the man to whom he had given the letter, although Cohn had disguised himself and changed his appearance by sharing off his whUkcrs. Cohn was then taken before the Teller of the Banking House for identification. The Teller could not identify him with certainty, but a gentleman who was in the bank at the time recognized him, and remembered having seen him sign and present the check, and saw it paid. ' :-.-;is v Upon this evidence Cohn was brought to the station house and locked up. A search warrant was then taken out, and his rooms and furniture closely examined. He has a wife and three children. He says he came down from Grass Valley about three weeks ago,, with his wife and family, and intended to leave for Callao on a sailing vessel, some days ago, but something occurred, and they were detained. They then concluded to leave on the steamer of yesterday, and he purchased a ticket for his wife and a man named Solomon ; they were to pass as man and wife ; Cohn was to pass as their brother. The ticket for the steamer was found in Cohn's pocket. The money for the ticket for Mrs. Cohn was refunded, as we are informed. It is also stated that Solomon left on the last steamer. Cohn tells several contradictory stories: He says he shaved oiF his whiskers early on Tuesday night ; she says he did not shave them off until late in the afternoon. ' Cohn, of course, denies all knowledge of the affair. He layi he cannot write English at all, but signs his name in Hebrew. Evidence has been found of his HTiting, however, and it is said to resemble the endorsement upon the check paid. Thus far, the affair looks rather dark against Cohn. A Mud Bath. — Emile Baudrie, alias Henry Brodermie, vu tried for stealing a yawl boat belonging to Messrs. Furcell and Dennis, which was lying alongside of a pile-driver at Vallejo street wharf; the boat was afterwards found adrift near the schooner Anna R. Forbes, at Steuart street. Capt. Myers testified that on Sunday evening about 8 o'clock, he found the cabin of the schooner broken open, and a number of articles were gone. Upon looking around he saw defendant in a small boat, pushing away from the schooner, and trying to hide his boat and himself by sculling it under the wharf. Capt. Myers gave chase, and the defendant jumped out of the boat into the water, leaving the boat adrift. Capt. Myers picked the boat up, and found his missing property in it. The boat was identified as the property of Purcell & Dennis. Officer Lankerman stated that he heard the noise and cry of police, and went to see what was the matter. He saw the defendant jump overboard and try to hide. The officer started in pursuit ; Emile dived into the mud, where he "stuck," and was arrested. Mr. Zabrukie, counsel for defendant, thought that there was nothing to warrant a conviction, and asked for a discharge. Judge Coon thought differently ; he considered that the fact of defendant's jumping overboard and trying to escape, was strongly against him. Defendant's counsel suggested that the man might have been engaged in the pleasant and healthful exercise of bathing, and only attempted to secrete himself for modesty's sake, when he found the officer was looking at him. Judge Coon smiled incredulously, when he remembered that the testimony was that the mud was so deep the man stuck fast in it. Defendant was ordered to appear for sentence. " Xow I Lay Me Down to Sleep." — Officer Clark, in going his nightly rounds, heard a cry of police, and rushing to the spot from whence the sound came, he found a crowd of China women huddled together on the side-walk, in the classic neighborhood of Jackson and Dupont streets, their wide robes fluttering sort o" loose in the night air ; upon inquiring the cause of the hubbub, he was told that " a melican man hab two dollar gib— one sleep— him want sleep all night no good." The officer thereupon made search and found an hombre stowed away in one of the bunks, trying his best to get two dollars' worth cf sleep ; he contended that he had paid for his lodging and wanted it ; Clark told him he had better go ; after a time, and considerable more pow-wowing and chowchowing, the parties apparently came to an amicable adjustment of their difficulties, and bidding them good night, the officer withdrew ; before he had proceeded far, however, be heard the cries for Police louder and more clamorous than ever ; upon returning to the place, he found the crowd again assembled, and demanding that the pertinacious sleeper should be instantly removed, for they wanted to put three China women in the bed. The officer, in order to quiet them, directed the man to leave, and then arrested one of the women named Ah Kin, who was convicted in the Police Court yesterday, and fined $10, which she paid. Desperate — A Case fob the Coroner. — Yesterday morning, a number of boys were playing in the street, near the corner of Powell and Jackson streets, and one of them, the son of Captain Anderson, who resides in the neighborhood, discovered a package, tied to the fence. Upon opening it, he found an old rusty razor, and the following letter, written in a clumsy hand, upon a scrap of dirty paper : ' •• San Francisco, August 4, 1857. "Srm : — who every redes this letter They Will see by it That i have kill 3 persones With this Razor one of them i kill 3 years agoe one abought 15 monts, and one 3 monts agoe all of them in this city — i kill them all for monny i am 32 years old, i have Live Long a nuff — i was borne in England, lire there till I was 15 years old then I went to Boston Left Boston in 1853 and come here i have had hard times lately so i made up my mind to kill myself — l am goin Down to the Dock and kill myself With a Pistol— Look out for my Boddy : Tell Pete Burnes he is a lofcr and theff — no more — i am going to the Dcvil — all wright They call me Irish Mike." It would be well for the Coroner to keep a good « look out for Mike's Boddy"— for there is reason to believe that he has stabbed himself to the heart with a carrot, and thrown his body overboard. Meeting op I'olicf.mek. — Last evening, at 6 o'clock, the officers and members of the city Police Department held a meeting in the Police Court-rooni, for the purpose of inquiring into and considering the late order passed by the Board of Supervisors in relation to the salary of policemen, and especially to consider the decision of the President of the Board (Mr. Burr), who refuses to permit the officers to take out licenses for parties, as a means of obtaining the full value of their scrip, unless they (the police officers) pay the 10 per cent, additional, as required by the order referred to. Capt. John Hill was appointed Chairman, and officer Richard P. Robinson, Secretaay. The President stated the object of the meeting, after which officer Cameron made a few remarks, and submitted a preamble and s nies of resolutions for the consideration of the meeting, j On motion, Capt. Donnellan, and officers Moore, Cameron, Robinson and Quackenbuih, were appointed a committee to inquire into the matter of the order as .stated, and ascertain the effect of its working upon the salaries of the Police Department, and report the same at their meeting, to be held at the same place this evening. Grand Larceny. — A man named Frederick Krowze, was arrested yesterday by officer Nixon, on a charge of grand larceny, preferred against him by a man named Andrew Dengler. It appears that on the 21st of July, Dengler was in a lager bier saloon kept by the man Krowze, on the corner of • Eeamy and Sacramento streets, and being very drunk, he gave his watch, worth (150, in charge of the proprietor for safe-keep-ing. The next morning he demanded it, but was coolly informed that on the night before the saloon had teen broken into, and the watch and other articles of value had been stolen. Female Euvehtriak. — Mary Smith started out yesterday on horsback, in company with two gentlemen ; they rode about for some time, and at last went to the Willows. Mary, being rather a bold rider, clapped spurs to her Bucaphalus and the first thing she knew she was planted in the sand, thrown high and dry; nothing daunted, however, she mounted again, and the trio started for home. As they came along Kearny street they struck up a sort of off-hand scrub race, and came dashing along Kearny street at a furious rate. Officer Me Cormick arrested her and brought her to the station house, where she left $20 for her appearance. - Apr rat.— The case of. Charles Curt and Henry Drryfons for fighting upon Washington street, was called up yesterday. The counsel, for defendant, stated that the parties were desirous of compromising the case. His Honor would not consent to a settlement until he had heard the case. Officer Smith, who arrested them, made an affidavit upon which a warrant was issued, and they were tried. The officer testified ' that Drey fons struck Curry several times, and when they were separated by him, Drryfons again made at Curry and struck him while in custody of the officer. Curry was discharged, and Dreyfona ordered for sentence. ' Served Him Right. — Isaac Temple was charged with an assault and battery upon a a pedler, who had quarrelled with Mrs. Temple and kicked her and pushed her baby against the stove. 1 When the f act* of the case were rerealed to the Court, Judge Coon discharged the defender,' and intimated that the pedlers were a nuisance, and upon certain - occasions where they had annoyed his family, he would have been tempted, if he had been at home, to hare done just as the defendant did. > ■•■ «... «. . -i Fines Ixpohed.— Wiliiam* Brown, $A; John Green. $5; -Manuel Cruz, $5; John ' Herman, $16; Henry Blossom, $16; Ah Kin,' disturbing the peace. fiO; J. C. Wilson and A. Lagne. lighting, $20 each; John Dwyer, $20, for - the fun of breaking a window in a Chinese house; L. Straun, assault, $10; P. Nolan, drunk and disorderly, $5; James McCollam, assault I and

battery, $20; . Jacob Leiptiger, assault and battery, #40; ' George Smith, assault and battery, $20; John Tomer, aawult and battery, $20. * ■Police Cockt.— The calendar of yesterday contained the names of twenty-two new ease* and twenty-four continued one* ; considering the number ' and variety of the charges, there was less of interest than usual. There were but three drunks, each of which was instructed to pay $5, and "go and sin no more." At one o'clock the Court took a recess, after which his Honor Judge Coon, being slightly indisposed,' did not resume the session, but ordered an adjournment until 10 A.M. to-day. I ' % T. A Good Mot*.— The Son* and Daughters of Temperance hare opened an office in their hall, 142 Washington street, for the purpose of furnishing those who may require them, capable and faithful domestics, laborers, clerks, porters, and indeed help of any description. No charge is made to either the employer or employee, and in all case* the persona applying to them for employment, must be a member of their Order. An advertisement on the subject will be found on the fourth page. : :, ■ I Thb Boy Dubkix.— Young Durkin, the incorrigible and inveterate thief, was again caught yesterday, in the act of robbing the till of a store on Sansome street, belonging to Barnard Curran ; when found, Durkin had jurt opened the drawer and secured a portion of the money. He asserts that the older boys drive him to steal and forced him to enter the store, jHe is certainly a most confirmed young rascal, and although but 10 years of age, he exhibits all the cunning and calculation of an old thief. Old Silts. — John Herman and Henry Blossom, two jolly Jack tars, found themselves •• half seas over" on Pacific street, and being -t the; vein," they turned to and heaved a broadside of dry knocks into each other, fore and aft. Officers Gayton and Walsh, not being posted i in the ways of seafaring men, made a haul and caught them both. Judge Coon let them off with a fine of fls each. . . Not thb Ma*. — Among the list of " drunks" tried before Judge Coon, on the 3d instant, and published in the AUa of the 4th, appears the name of A. J. Moses: It so happens that there are two persons of that name in the city ; and, to prevent error, we would state that the person to whom the item refers, is not Mr. A. J. Moses, late IT. S. weigher and measurer in the Custom House. BEVEXtTE. — The Police Court is a great paying institution. The amount of fines paid yesterday was $135, making $460 since the first of the month. " Verily, the dog-days are upon us, and Judge Coon will " give every dog his day."

:—:: — : : : The Late Accidbht at Redwood Citt. — We have received a communication detailing the circumstances connected with the recent accident at the above place, whereby John Tracy tv killed. Our correspondent give* the names of the Coroner's jury who condemn the course of the practising physician in attendance, in ordering the injured man conveyed to San Francisco immediately after the accident. The invalid died before reaching this city, waa buried at the Mission Dolores ; afterterwards disinterred, and on the following day (August 4th) Coroner Smith held an inquest over the body at the " Abbey," in San Mateo county. Our correspondent furthermore states that in consequence of the neglect of several witnesses to appear, and the mysterious manner of the whole transactions in regard to his death and interment, the Grand Jury will have to investigate the matter, which course is also urged by the relations of the deceased. Mr. Tracy was esteemed for his many good qualities, and his demise has cast a gloom over his many relations and friends. Couxtbt Theatricals. — The Metropolitan Troupe performed at the Weaverville Theatre, on Saturday and Sunday nights. The company is small, but represented as being a very good one. La Petite Lotta and Miss Arabella are the principal attractions. They are now performing at the towns along Trinity. The Sager Dramatic Troupe are playing at Vrcka. J. \V. Thoman and Julia Pelby have become connected with the troupe. Campbell's Troupe are playing at the Colton Theatre, Yreka. Wirsen, the snake-charmer, is also giving exhibitions at that place. - TJ. S. Navt — From the 'Washington correspondence of the Sacramento Union, we learn that the Navy Department is ordering every vessel to sea which can possibly be pressed into service. The East India squadron is being largely increased because of the Chinese war. Additions are also being made to the Pacific and Home squadrons. So many steamships being put in commission at the same time has caused a demand for engineers which cannot be supplied. The Engineer in Chief of the Department informs me that he is now in need of live engineers, six assistant engineers, eight second assistants and ten third assistants. Famiit in Distkess. — Mrs. Bullock, with her three children, living on P street, two doors below Second, is in a destitute condition. We are told the family had nothing to eat for nearly two days. Her husband is imprisoned for murder, and all the could earn by washing has been expended to secure him counsel and comforts in prison. The ladies of Sacramento will recognize the faithful wife, clinging to her companion, even in his guilt and misfortune, and they will not let her and her children starve, because the hand that should have fed and protected them is in a felon's chains. — Sacramento Age. OriCKsiLTEH Mixe. — The Mountain Messenger is informed that a rich quicksilver mine has been discovered between Indian and Grizzly Valleys in Plumas county. Report says that immense quantities of cinnabar have been found on the surface and is being worked to good advantage. What per centage the sulphurct will yield is not yet known, but it will undoubtedly pay for working. Novel Mail Matter. — Says an Eastern exchange : Last week, two young alligators were received at the poet office at Charlotte, K. C, having been sent from Smithville, N. C, through the mail bags. This is the first instance of transporting alligators through the mail we believe. They were in a box, with stamps attached to pay the postage. New» by wat or Philadelphia. — The Philadelphia Ledger is informed that hundreds of tons of gold bearing quartz rock, are now stored in warehouses in San Francisco, to be shipped to New York as ballast in returning ships. The quartz is to be dissolved in water, and the gold precipitated, after Harding' s new method. Shasta aicd Weaver Waoon Road. — According to the survey of Henry Hart, the entire distance from Weaver Greek to the Tower House is twenty-four and a half miles. The estimated cost of the wagon road is $22,352 46, which is to be twelve feet wide, with places for passing, in sight of each other, and never more t uan a onc hundred and seventy-five yards apart. . • _ , Colored I'icxic. — The black residents of Sacramento held a picnic on the banks of the river above that city, on the 3d, in commemoration of the emancipation of their brethren in the West India Islands, which event occurred in 1838." • -■ - Bio Block. — A block of granite, measuring thirteen feet in length, four and a half in width, and sixteen inches in thickness, and weighing over six tons, was lately cut out of the Folsom Quarry. - — «-^^»- ■ ■■ - ■- Drowned.— On the 25th ultimo, a German named Conrad Sebert, aged 24 years, was drowned while bathing in the North Fork of the American river, opposite Horse Shoe Bar. Sacramento Watir Works. — The revenue of the Sacramento Water Works, for the month of July, amounted to $6,985 16. Gold Discoveries. — Rich discoveries of gold have recently been made in New Sharon, Maine - ' ' m. Temperance. — Jacob Carter has been lecturing on] temperance,, to crowded audiences, in Weaverville. Petaluma is being paved with cobbles.

O«n«* Meeting Irftat ■»•■!»* — Vlajl. -. ImSM t«. D«B>«eracjr. W The German Journal— the German Democratic organ— yesterday morning, contained a call for a meeting of German*, to be held in the Twelfth District Court room, for r the purpose of giving instructions to the German members of the Democratic Legislative and County Conventions as to the proper course to be pursued by them there. The call seemed to assume that those German delegates represented "the Germans" of San Francisco. ! jt g~m. ?,3 ifjf 7¥ ] This assumption gave much offence among that class, a large proportion of whom, as it is well known, have been frimds of the VigUance Committee, : and ■ supporters of "the People's ticket. The Court room was crowded, and two- thirds of those 'present were strongly opposed to the Democratic county ticket. .'.The political feeling run high, and a tremendous uproar, and some most amusing scenes ensued. The meeting was organized by the election of Dr. Regensburger, President ; Messrs. Van Berger, Bichel, Beythien, Schmobt, Jander, MuUenbeckcr and B. Ransch, Vice Presidents ; and I. Kellcrsberger, Secretary. It is said that the majority of these officers— including the President — are in favor of the People's ticket. ■ Mr.' Bleyman spoke in favor of the People's ticket ; against the Democratic party and conventions; against the ballot-box stuffing and political rascality which had prevailed in that party, and against certain Germans, officeholders and office-seekers, whom he charged with trying, by trickery and deception, to hold themselves out as representatives of the German population, while they endorsed the Democratic county ticket. Dr. Loehr, editor of the German Democrat— independent paper — followed in the same strain. There was much disorder during both these speeches, and cheers, hisses, hooting, whistling, questions.cross-questions, hand clapping, stamp* n , and so forth. ■ Mr. Bleyman rose again and appealed to the meeting to give these German office-seekers a lesson. Would the Germans vote the Democratic county ticket, and thus lend their countenance to such scoundrels as the Vigilance Committee had sent away r Would they endorse a District Attorney who had, " geskwarcht," or whatever the Americans called it, all the indictments against his political friends. [Laughter, cheers, howling, yelling.] Several gentlemen followed, in opposition, amid great confusion and uproar. When quiet was restored the following resolutions were passed by a large majority : - • Hesolved, That the Germans present at this meeting, protest against every attempt, by such means, to stuff a number of candidates upon a ticket u-i the choice of the German population, whose choice they are not. Hesolved, That they protest against secret meetings, wherein delegates, whom they dislike, are to be sent to represent them in conventions — against the influence of corrupt office-holders and office-seekers in conventions, and against their intrigues ; and they see no compliment to the Germans in the nomination of such men to office, but only a disgrace. Resolved, That they are satisfied that the only way to put an end to these evils, is to vote the People's ticket. When the Americans of all parties see that these politicians have deceived them by pretending to have influence with the German population, they will be driven out of office, and the evil will have an end. Resolved, That in the local elections we shall recognize no party nominations, and we call upon the Germans who wish well to the People's ticket, and who have been elected to the Democratic County Convention, to resign their positions, and give their reasons for so doing. Resolved. That these resolutions be published in the Alia California, Bulletin, and German Democrat. Thereupon, the meeting adjourned. After the friends of the People's ticket had gone, the remaining Democrats held a meeting, resolved that the German delegates in the Democratic County Convention should withdraw, if the nominees were not honest and capable, and report the reasons for their withdrawal to a mass meeting. Tiiovas Hood, Jr. — The New York correspondent of the Sacramento Union says that the author of the humorous and satirical poem which first appeared in Harper's weekly paper, and entitled " Nothing to Wear," is William A. Butler, a young lawyer of New York, and son of Hon. B. F. Butler, formerly U. S. Attorney General. A Qabdex Spot. — Large parties from Sacramento are constantly visiting the garden of Mr. Hooker, on the Sacramento river, where an abundance of luscious fruit is to be had, almott for the asking. ■ Thb Last or Walkbe's Troops.— At last accounts the IT. S. supply-ship Release, was about sailing from Aspinwall with the balance of Walker's men who still remained on board the Roanoke. . American Partt.— A. P. Catlin, Chairman of the American State Central Committee, calls upon his party to organize clubs in every precinct throughout the State.