New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-27


mcnced At sciock with singing By the sabbath school
.cholarA Banner and. Bible presentations folsved
and the whole concluded By addresses from shrce
Indians Of the Oneida tribe md Prof MAssison ofNrw
York
ueefingloom has been provided Cor the two hua-
dred German families in the city and cosstaeessas
amour, Of money was raised .; The meeting toward
the support Of Missionary for their espccA, s6ih
cstop.
Secular Obserssees-Marching in the mud 70 nssse
mutfed BY the fog. one meas OF "enjoyias' Ne
day Adozen or more companies were aioAt ofwhicA
we noticed:
The Mansfield Guard. Capt r. T. Aeby. (nsmei After
Henry s. Mansfield. prominent member Of the Fro
peraEtmenf) went on q tsrgc; excursion 10 Mount
Prospect to contend for the following twelve
prizes W.; ist prize. presented by II g. Msus6cla
Esq, splendid hdies broach-won By Lieut.. William
J. Coey, !r. ID prize. muskes-won by John VIII
hanson ID prize, Q silver gob,ss--wou by sidney
Smith. 4,h prize, large heavy s,la penen-von BY
ID. Murray. ah prize, gold peneii-won by John
Keefe, Esq. Cab prize, i've dollar gold p:sce-woa
BY ii 4. Roome. eth prize Eve dollar gold piece
won by Orderly Sergeant w. H. Rose. Esq. 9Th prize
a ha,--wcn by p. o'Bren oh prize, has-woa
BY j. G. Scott. 10th prize. splendid wrcs,h-won By
c. b. Loweni. llth prize, splendid segar csas-
wen by James karr, Esq. 18th prize. hss-won
by Charles Bogart VILLAGES band accompanied the
Gusris their excursion.
Tie Lindsay Blues. the Excelsior Guards the Lewis
Guards the Mellen Guards the George White Guards.
the Bevsu Guards. the Dan. Donovan Guards. the
Swsr,z Light Guards &c. were also out.
leading feature was the three or four companies
of Fantasticas, the Fourth Ward Chowier Gasrd the
Goldfish Dragons &c, who succeeded in mskng them
selves the laughing stock Of the town
The employees of the various Express Companies
"hitched teams" and got up horses wsyon process
sion of gres, length. drove to Strykcrs Bay dcvoarsd
a splendid dinner and returned about dark.
During the day and evening there more than the
ordinary amount Of drunkenness, and the principal
streets badly infested by the Keeling and brswins
vsgabonds whose appeics had overcome their reason
and rendered them disgraccful to themselves and
rious annoyance to others
In the evening, the various places Of amusement
were jsmmed more than full and the day finally closed
without accident misfortune. far we can iesra
drunkenness always excepted.
The FIRsr-It is stated that the irst Vol
un,eer Military Company ever formed in thu City. Wa
ofmcmbers Of Columbian Fire Engine Co No. IA, who,
on Christmas day, 1885 parsded under Capt A. jim
merson, and went to WILLIAMSBURG q target ex-
cursicn.
CosrExPrIBLE HumBUo.-For stage pro-
pretor to double the price of fare in his vehicles %
Sunday when those least able to pay most desire 10
ride Is bad enough at any time; but doubling the price
on holiday and keeping the people ignorant Of the
fact until they fairly in the stage, Is sort Of mean
ness that ought to be rebuked by Withholding patron
sge from such man forever thereafter.
ARREST or GANBLERs.-A young Bosfonias
Fleseed-A young man, named John s. Learock. -
years Of sSe whose father carries smelling cstab
lishment in Boston, arrived In this City last We'd
nesdsy week, with s375 In hs possession, which No
instructed by his father to appropriate to the pur
chase of iron. &c The young man put up at rorenccs
Hotel where he had been but few hours, when he We
accosted by nun named Thos. White stool piyeos
Cor a gang of gsmblers, who after gaining his conf
dence and ascertsinng what amount OF money no had
with him. invited him to take stroll about town. Tho
frat call they made the house No 10 McrcerSt
where after drinking New Jersey Champagne, they
commenced playing cards with two gamblers. named
Hiram Pearce and Jas. Meade who managed to win the
young mans gold, watch and chain, worth eloo. Fed.
ing deeply his lose young Lcarock left the place. re-
solving again TO visit one Of the kind the noxt
evening however he was induced by White to call u
Billiard Saloon, kept over a public house known -
the Arbor ut No. $50 Broadway. and while there. was
led to gambling above The Saloon. whore he
Induced by gang Of black legs to hazard at cards the
money with which he had been entrusted by his father
He LEFT the place that night minus $3.50 On the follow
ing night hoping to retrieve his loss and by the solicit
,ation of some Of his made friends he agsia
visited No. 1872 Broadway, where he neecsd out Of
his last dollar After rejecting for days what
course pursue he finally concluded 10 apply 10 JUS
tee Stuart for redress, and Saturday last he ap
pesred before that magistrate and made afidsvit
setting forth the particulars above stated warrant
was then Issued for the arrest Of eight individuals.
named VIM Jepson alias Boston, VIM. Page Hiram
Pesrce Jas Burtof, Daniel Hill, David Talman, Stut
terng Jake and Jas Meade Tallman and I'LL are the
keepers of the gambling shop the Arbor. Ser.
sean, Taylor Of the Ninth Ward Police, and onieer
Elder Of the Lower Police Court succeeded In arrest
ing Jepson alias Boston, and Page, both of whom wsre
taken before Justice Stuart, and locked up. Hiram
Pesrce was arrested by Officer Atkinson. Of ths Ninth
Ward but got away from him before he arrived ct the
Station Houfe The rest have not been arrested, but
will probably be brought In during the course Of today
Young Lesrock the complainant was phced In custody
Of an officer In order that he may be forthcoming whom
called upon to testify.
RExARKABLE CArAsrRoPHE.-On Friday
Last main gas pipe Ia Broomest opposite the house
Of L. d. Clayton No. 49, broke In some manner. and
the escape of gas was so great - to force W wsy
through the vault into the lower part Of the house. md
nearly TO unfit the servants for the performance ofthss
duties The family, snpposing IL to proceed from ates
sions that were being made In the neishborhoeds
thought 1t would soon pass away. About dark that
evening coal being wanted Mr. Clayton. fearful Of any
csreessness ON the the servant took In hs hard
small lantern with an oil lamp burning and preceded
the girl TO the vault He entered In advance, and when
shout three steps down. the whole volume OF ga1. WIN
which the place was filed. gnited, exploding with
report like that Of the heaviest artillery 30 tremen
dous was the conclusion that three doors one outde
aid TWO many feet within the dwelling were torn from
their hinges and thrown upon the basement hosr NJ.
CLAYTON was unconscious until be found hmsel N Tho