New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-26
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boker by their ludcrous appearance be NJ attirea
IN the aS ends Of some theatrical wardrobe and armed
with brcon1s old broken swords, butchers save &c
The TARGET was fastened into old swcsrt drawn BY
donkey about the size Of goat, and being covered
with piece Of carpeing bic ears were only visible
wreath wos staehed TO the target composed Of a
bsrr.lhoop; In the center wS dried codih, and the
whole was oruamented with onions, t1rnips sweet po-
htocs, &c When the Company arrived a; Coentie's
Sip, they make halt in order 70 contend for Tic
prizes. The first prize was TIE shadow Of pig about
four weeks old which was on exhibition IN the donkey
cart The manner Of coptending for the prize was by
being bliIdfoded armed with brace-aad bit marching
sp to the target and boring hole the center a.
they could guess
tY The friends OF the German Baptis'
Church in Avenue A. held Donation party ye'eiu"y'
Cor the benefit Of the pastor We understand ]iA' n
was well attended.
crgn.v ecuooI. MISSIONARY AssocIATIoH.-
IT, you,.s,r,h Anniversary Of the New York Baptist
Sunday School Missionary Association was celebrated
,,., evening at the Baptist Church, in Laghtsf.
The exercises we're opened by Rev. c. =. smith.
,,s,o, of.he Church after which Rev H. Eddy o5sr-
ed PRAYER. The Corresponding Secretary hr. Rich
ard Mccormick, Jr, read abstract from the Ann'
Al Repor which forth that the year first closing had
been one of progress with OF the oJganizators con-
,tu,ipg this Assoc iaton that the dement's which The
Mission Societies have been erected to war agsst arc
,spdlv Gaining ground, and fsstening their wifherng
blight upon our fellow beings and corrupdas society
on every side, especially in this great city thst IN
frehtfu degree do be crimes Of her peope rise a.
black cloud but by the aid Of Cod the Socetes com
HI "A faithfully
.asaiped by the few who are devoted the services
of their Eaiter are enabled to prevent the complete
suoca,ion and snnbilstion of ell spPcrtainng to rgb
,eou,pess within lie bounds This Association s com
poeed Of juvenile Missionary Societies connected with
,he Sunday Schools Of the Baptist Churches ofGle City,
and n liz members are expected 20 assst 10 the cause
of Mis- ions Meetings are held and addresses delivered
and collections made for the good OF the The
monies collected during the past year have been die
posed Of in various ways-nuch has been donated 10
the prong stion of the Word Of Life in land
and considerable portion to the Missions Of other
elmcs In the early part Of the year. the Association
placed missionary upon the barren woste known as
the City Of New York. and the Societies very cordially
came TO his support and his labors believed TO have
been of essential service lie has practically and ac
ceptaby carried out the much talked OF experiment c.
street preaching and Missionary has brought the
influences orelgon strongly to bear upon many points
which have hitherto been almost entirely untouched.
Gambling profanity and drunkenness have been daily
fcbSked; the wretched and abandoned have been
eounseled and kindly pointed 10 Him who taketh away
the sins of the world and lie hoped that hundreds of
the dobaed whom laboreT has couDselled will yet
prove useful to society," and heirs to glorious immor
tally
The amour, collected and disbursed during the past
year was 81 400 %.
Rev Mr. f. L Magoon then addressed the children
Of the Sunday School connected with the Laightst.
Church and the adult portion OF the audience was adj
dressed by Rev A. d. Gillette After the singing Of a
hymn by the children, collection was taken up aud
che meeting dsmissed with sbenedicton by the pastor
ef the Church.
Church or THE Holy CR0ss.--The laying
of the cornerstsne Of this Church took place yester
day afternoon ia Forty .secondst, near Eighth sv.
The Address delivered by Archbishop Hughes.
The ceremony of laying the stone was conducted by
sishop wheolsn, Of Wheeling, assisted by Rev. F.
Kruti, Of PG, Rev Ambrose Buckmeyer, Rev. Mr..
Lutz, and Rev. MIR. Currsn. tin box, in which was
deposited Latin document giving the year in which
this church erected, the of the President Of
the United States and the Governor Of this State
geher with other secular information also portrait
Of Pope Plus, copies Of the New.Y0rk daily papers,
TIE irish American and several Boston papers, were
deposited in cavity made in the stone During the
ceremony of the laying of the collection
Iaken up for the purpose of assisting in the com
pletion of the church which resulted in obtaining Sl25
G9 The building Is to be In the form of cross aud is
to extend 90 feet each way, with dome in the center
There s also to be basement story II feet in hi ht to
aa "A too1 Law, e
sons were present to witness the ceremonies We
have not space TO give reporters sketch Of the
Arohbishop's sermon.
Nrw-YoRx Cry TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE
Ths Association held IL annual meeting ON Welpes-
day evening aNo 46l Broadway, for the purpose OF
olectine officers ior the en,uing year
The meeting having been called order by the Pres
dent Z. c. Leigh, the proceedings were opened with
prayer BY Hon Thomas NJ Woodruff. TIE names OF
the pelogtes rom The several Wards were then called
and tac.. credentials exanned; after which the FOL
lowing report Of the Executive Committee was read
by the Corresponding Secretary, Mr., c. J. Warren:
In presenting this our second Annual Reporiwe invite
friends TO unite in proper expression Of graft
tudc 70 God, who las kindly watched through
The year. and brought together at this Anniversary
We assemble to give thanks for the past to lay new
plane Cor the future and TO aiop, vigorous measures
gain the great purposes Of the allowance
The continuance and increase of the already over.
whelning evils of iniemperance constitute the neces
sy Of continued aninereased Efforts Tor their removal
The awful nature aud alarming extent Of their evils
need not be detailed 1t is enough 10 say in general
that among the annual ravsges Of in this city there
sre hny murders and attempts al murder Eve haadred
violent OF sudden deaths twenty thousand men and
women sent TO prison, for crimes of every name and
hue and more thn one million dollars added TO our
taxes. In addition 10 all this there are now
In Bellevue Hospital 476
In the Iunafic Asylum $50
In the Ahns House 03O
In the Penite ntiary l52
Children Rsndss Island. as
TOTAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --..-.-..-..-- .iSIS
ofthese 42Ta al least four thousand their Crime