New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-22
YourHs' TEMPERANCE MEETINs.--An-

other Prize Address Temperance Meeting win take
place at the Tabernacle "Wednesday evening, April
%; which occasion number Of addresses win be
delivered by the youth on the following subject viz:
How shsl TIE rising generation protect themselves
against the daily Increasing and destructive influence Of
Alcoholic Drinks. The youth who shall produce the
four best original addresses the above subject will
each be presented with library The exercises win be
Interpreted with Vocal and Instrumental Solos and
Semi Choruses, by class Of Masters and Misses from
Prof L. A. Benismin's Musical Academy The Young
ladies win present splendid copy of the Bible 10 Hon
T. L. Snow token OF tteir high regard for his bors
in the of Temperance ; to whom address viii
be delivered in their behalf by lad, and Mr.. snow
will reply.
A MAN OF BUsINEss.-A correspondent
informs us that Mr. Asa Parker, who keeps tire Tenn
perance grocery at No. "a Broomest has been mar
ried but six years during the IS, FIVE Of which his wife
has presented him our pairs Of twins In all eight chill
dren our boys and four girls) TIE lat pair bora on
the Goth inst Mr. Parker sells Alcoholic beverages
yet frds employment in his business for fourteen clerks
none Of whon Rave reason to complain of want of
work. But the vital matter which meant from tho
outset to make prominent Is tte fact tat Mr. p Ia
most extensive and liberal Advertiser our columns
will frequently attest His eminent success affords .
mint W young fftn Jurt commencing ne WHICH hcy
should be careful to heed By following wisely and
carefully In his footsteps they may very generally be
equally hlest-with custom, mean, not chldrcn.
These last are separate concern altogether
PosTpoNEp.-The Forty-sixth Anniver-
sary of the Orphan Asylum Society, which to have
been celebrated yesterday at the Apollo Rooms Broad
way postponed in consequence of the unfavorsble
state of the weather the first fair day. The Asylum,
which is situated on the Bloomingdaleroad, con-
tains upward of hundred and sixtyive children.
who ere provided for in mental well physical
dowments and at a suitable age are bound apprentices
to various trades. Among the persons who assembled
in the rooms in anticipation of the celebration, were
many some young and others in a advanced Pc
Rod of fe who the that has crowned their
industrial efforts to the fostering bestowed upon
them in their early days at this Asylum.
~ The slave-hunters are on the track
of another man, according to The Express, and
already issued for the seizure OF the audacoss
criminal who has had the temerity to cross Mason 4
Dxons line for the enjoyment of :" life, liberty and the
pursuitof happiness"
BROADWAY DUST AND MUD. - The
Board of Aldermen, after three months of cogtation,
have concluded to direct the sweeping of Broadway
three times week during the summer, and allowing
the jewellers the street to have the pavement
sprnkled in front of their premises at their ex
pense. Everybody knows just how much this will
amount to. A year ago the Aldermen undertook to
have Broadway swept every morning, but 1t was not
done once week Just so it will be now; once week
In fair weather and possibly once month In stormy
seasons is all that shall ever get In London and In
Paris there difficulty In having tho streets swept
not careiesoy brushed but swept cean-eu0y morning
before sunrise. VIII it eyer be SO heref
FLYING SPEED.-The down express train
on the Harlem Road having got behind time on Satur-
day. the engineer knowing that the track was clear,
put the steam on the "iron horse" He ran one hum
drcd and three miles In hours and ten minutes In
GLIDING three stops to take In wood and water Deduct
ing ten minutes for the time lost In the three stops,
makes the average of the running time mile In ono
minute and seventeen seconds This Is travelling quito
fast enough Thirty miles hour was, and we believe
is now considered fast travelling; but when one gets
over nearly double that distance in the same tune, H
might with proprety be called flying
EXEMPT FIREMEN.-The Exempt Fire
men held fter quarterly meeting at the Firemans Hall
OIL Monday evening resolution was offered BY
to make arrangements for the celebration of the coming
Anniversary the 18th June. Amended BY Mr.. Mills.
for them to hire carriages for aged members &C.;
unal imously carried. The Chairman read some rem.
niscences of the Fremen of 1915 and closed by making
some very appropriate remarks upon Daniel F. Pentx.
an old and valued Fireman Of the First District lately
deceased The meeting then adjourned
PROTEsTANT EPISCOPAL Mission So
Getty FOR sEAMENThe annual report of this Society
shows receipts for the year, sl,l4l expenditures,
s4l75 Connected with the mission two chapels-
that of Our Savior, and the Holy Comforter In tho
former the number of baptsms had, within the year.
been infants 81 adults combinations, admitted
to the communion, 10 marriages, % funerals, IL.
They had distributed 800 bound volumes, and twenty
thousand pages of tracts upward Of two hundred b.
bes end three hundred prayer books In that part OF
the HOLY Comforter, the infant baptisms had been 81
and the adult, combinations, llof these eight had
been seamen and two seamens wives admitted to the
communion IL, dour sesmen) and the present number
of communicates 60 marriages performed within
the year l6 fuDerals g. and divine services In
GLIDING those at the Home" were 24 Bibles distrb-
uted, 1863; prayer books, ls3 printed trscts, 4osw
over established independent Of these two churches,
missionary at large" from whose labors they calcu-
lated on cheering results.
COMBAT IN CoURT.-In the Marine Court,
on the trial of cause between Henry Moss, Jr, and
David Brown, John d. sardy was examined a. w.t.
ness and Henry G. Genet, Esq, was counsel for tho
plaintiff The witness thought the counsel for the
plaintiff reflected too severely on his testimony and after
the case closed but In the presence OF the Court
sardy came toward the counsel and stated that no
did not come there to be insuted and used such Ian
ouage ms the counsel deemed offensive. Mr.. Gene6
then struck ssrdy blow, which responded 20 by
the latter and fight ensued and continued until they
were separated by the officers. The Court summoned
the parties before him. to show why they should
not be punished for criminal contempt The offend.
ing parties showed mitigating circumstances, and
expressed their regret at the occurrence The Judge
commented with severity upon the indulgence OF
such acts In the presence of Court OF Justice and I'M
posed fine OF 80 each Of the offending pa{tes-
sardy and Genett-sndt they were thereupon discharged