New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-18

Hdle Jenrs Lind also The uupreced enteiS i1gs san
realized from The tenens Ball NJ the a. tof oPA a
and the amount paid by the different oreisp INSURANCE
Are1ces yrbo lave promptly complied with at require
menS OF tie lsM passed by The Legislature Inc "Io
invested Fuud lie Department al he present pSfoI
consists m TIE aggregate OF hifytFo ta'1-Alo rig
dred sg Sly dollars, ofNNlcl sGloun asr 'isaLu s' i
hundred and thirty I'VE dollars and twenty-five ceGt Is
held in trust Tie whoie amount IS invested as 'oAo"s
viz ffy-yw thousand ST. hundred d0efs Is IoAAe On
bond and moTizse on good P'oducye res tsts1e qua nc
balance two hundred ai MY dollars = u ~, SOFA " AK
Il Auhaian BaLs.
Dollars SD Twenty 1--WE tents tlvsstsi t1s tIe oeHe' u
the widow and orphans o. David RRymer; one thousand
dollars for The widow and orphan cl.dfea OF sIes >
Wells; two thousand G0aaFs Tor lhe "doF all oI pa21
children OF George Kerr; and The sum Of TWO thousand
hundred dollars for the willow and orphA2 children al
Es A.e ohn l. GAyTe Array eietril 10 MHC sl1
amounts have been subscribed by benevolent individuals
ard Associations The { oEEmon Council AID Members o
Ire Department the interest Of WITCH Is i0r NE exclusive
benefit Of tie willows and orphans, during tteI Eldow
hood ard minority OF the chdren but eveutn2y reTeFts
20 the permanent Fuud OF the Department The Treasurer
reported or hard year balance OF two thousand aud
eish.y-eeyeu dollars and eigbyaye cents since whch
period he has received lie sum OF Nv thousand four
hundred snd f dolnrs and cents (which includes
several bends paid 10 ana Cancelled making II the agr
rnle the sum OF twenty b, thousand hundred and
thirty coars an ninety cents; out Of which have
wood shoes Ineral expenses donations sick and
hled F;rer,en and for Widows pnusions-the
thousand hundred and seveutyjhree dollars ard six
cents Invested thirteen thousand and invested. 6ye
Thousand dollars leaving balance deposited IN he Butch
ers and Drovers Bark the credi. OF the FIRE Depart
eighry6ye cents To those uuacQua!ntec with the TACT hi
the annual expenditures amount 70 more than Ten thousand
dollars the Permanent Fund would appear to afford ample
means Int of the Departments but when IS re
rleulbered that the whole annually derived there
rom only about three thousand dollars Il VIII not be
considered strange thai the trustees Recommend ulceasns
exeroue part OF the friends and members OF the De-
partmen continue the good work OF obtaining donations
from The charsby disposed. The pensions alone pad 10
the Widows Than 500U dollars per annun. which
s irrespective OF large paid for shoes and WOOD and
coal and other conn gencies mus; be recoected also
that although the Permanent Fund has been increased this
year. has the result OF combination of circumsau
which may perhaps no! occur again; and also that this
IS he FIRST time Tor several years past that ANYTHING has
been added that und-the whole income OF the Depart
~ expenditures
In me last Report had the qualification facknowledg
ing the beraly Hon Mydert an Setback, OF this City
in presenting the Department WIN Two free ocnoAsnips
The Newly University The Trustees again refer TO
IT, for the purpose OF calling attention TO the feet that by
the conditions the gilt Two pupils must be pacef upon
the Scholarships during The present legr The Trustees
take especial pleasure Il referring 10 the liberal nation OF
three thou sand dons TO the Funds ot,he De-
partmeut, received fom NJ lie Jenny Lind. The oblga-
tons which lhe FremeR OF The Guy are placed By
this generous ana accomplished sHy, nave otel areauy
appropriately expressed by tue Department Distinguished
above all others Of her and time for the success that
has atIeuded The exercise oil heT russohai aents she
has obtained wider and more enduring fame by assooia
ting her with the pity that feels Tor the nstorunes of
others. and The openhanded geneEosy WIN "mcI' sac
gives the poor widow and the orphan tightening up
htirda,k pathway OF life by the warm sunshine of her ex'
pansive beDevolence.
Itis subject OF congramlaion that Of the
calm for heavy pendimres by the Trustees IN the pre-
vUus year has existed since the date OF their last Re-
port No scourge Ike Choera has uluPlcd the apptt
cations for relief but the claims upon the Fund have been,
nevertheless numerous and urgent and many Of them
OF character well adapted 10 awaken the warmest sympd
thes together with the sncercst regret whenever
pason has been Instituted between The number of those
entitled assistance and The adequate means placed Ut the
disposal of the Trustees for that purpose
Government IN pursuance OF enlightened policy,
awards its lands gratucs and pensions to the wife
children OF the Soldier Who slain IN battle, or who from
disease contracted In the service disabled for a But
what provision gde for the widow orphans o! the
Fireman who falls the discharge Of his duty, whose
health has been undermined by frequent IN escu
ing the opertv OF his fellow citizens We are Tar from
supposng Tint The policy applied the one case should be
extended TO the oiher yet what Government cannot the
benevolent among us can do.
How few in this great Metropolis aware that 23l
less than 6i0 Children receive the aid OF
the charity OF this Departmental charity which has dis,
rbuted It's foundation upwards OF Three hundred
Thousand Dollars and which IS yet entirely dependant
upon voluntary contributions, with the exception OF me TAX
imposed the Legislature upon the Foreign Insurance
CUmpunes and recently transferred from the STATE Fund
the Fire Department II united and continuous effort
upon The part OF all the riedds of the Fire Department
Put FORTH awaken public attention 10 tie condition OF It's
Charitable fundtO the number OF merlorious individuals
depending, and who must hereafter depend upon IN
for relei-O the fact, That not solar OF lts
principal has been wasted distracted or misappled
should have occasion, we are sure 10 acKhoW!edge
with gautude that the gifts and requests OF the chafoy
die pos had enabled the Trustees 10 afford assistance III
some good degree commensurate wlfh me cMus upo'
tnem- and would bespared ne reheclon ua' inc urges
contribution vel made 10 lie Funds has been received IRON
one who is strang among Us mud upon whom the De
oaItent had no claim but the claim charity
ton Of the finances OF the Department. and OF the opera
the Board during The past year The suit OF Jere
Peter Titus Adam ?. Periz and Jonas n. Philips eH-
pire a. the annual meeting 1t w therefore be necessary
for TWO wears u place OF Samuel Barsow ESQ resigned
All Of which l. respectfully submitted by order OF tie
Board Of Trustees JOHN COGElt Jun President
JAMES kgllN Secfemty.
New-York, ,tll November. 65i
The Treasurer A1uua Report ~os ihen read and On
moiou approved