New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-24

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he Rrarhcaon OF owning the reaao, Of your second Let
ter dared 7th inst the address o our aayor-b n.
inclosure-Messrs James King & sons certld.,e of
deposit No S. for another g. OO Ia aid Of the
sufferers by the late frs-and in the name of the Relief
| COMMITTEE, thank you for the prnmpttude which ba,
Induced 80 Immediate tr nsmissiou Of thls and tho
previous portion of the generous contributions which
you Inform US are now being collected in your City.
| have the honor 10 be
| - Yours, very respectfully
(sgnedD BENZ. HOLMES.
| Chairman Elk. Com. Relief Association
Alta meeting held at the Boston Merchants Exch,nse
on Thu'day, 10 devise means for the relief of the
sufferers by the fire In Montreal Rev Mr. Condor from
that city, stated that ten eleven hundred houses
destroyed and ten Thousand persons made houseess-
of whom three thousand are entirely dependent upon
| the Relief Association
"a The gentleman who complains of the
offensive presence Of defunct dog before HE door, ia
informed that If he presumes 10 remove the carbon he
will be prosecuted Somebody has got contract for
doing such things and he don't e1de with dogs until
they get over their bad odor. Further particulars may
be learned of the Aldermen who abolished the Office of
Health Wardens.
II Temperance in the Big Tent, on
sixthstreet IL exciting interest each night aud
VIII withert doubt do as long these meetings are
continued. The tent Is most comfortable place for
SUMMER gatherings, as 1t can be fully ventilated
EIGHTEENTH WARD.-Van Wagner and
his Big Tent will be located 10 this Ward the beginning
OF LEX, week Due notice of lie location and other par
tculars will be given hereafter Let the meeting, be
IS they have been in other Wards overa1wing ones
and good work may be done Ia thi' glOriou, cause.
H. WI
Temperance Alliance has b. organized, and has taken
the field IN favor of the Maine Law. publ, meeting
will be held next Sunday evening at O'clock 10 tn
NJ Z. Church, Ia Forty -thirdst near Eighth av dis.
course may be expected from Rev J. Welslager.
The LATE SUPPOSED POISONING CASE.
On Tuesday last we noticed the sudden death of
Mrs. Eliza J. Scarlet of No. 100 West Tairty.frst-st,
which, 1t rumored, was caused by being poisoned
while a visit to her son-tnsw Mr. DAILY, at Troy
The taking Of testimony In the matter deferred
until yesterday, for the purpose Of aording Prof Law
renee Reid an opportunity to anayse the contents of
the stomach and other parts of the body of the de-
ceased. That gentleman yesterday reported that be
had not succeeded In detecting any poison Tne
then given to the Jgry who rendered verdict of
Death from Inflammation Of the CASTRO intestinal mu-
cous membrane" Mr.. Day, who had been arrested,
was then honorably discharged from custody.
ANOTHER ALDERMANIC DISCHARGE
Bet ween the hours of IL and 12 clock Thursday
night man named VIM. Swanton arrested bys |
policeman of the Seventh Ward and taken to the Sta
ton House, charged with being drunk aud dsorderly.
Soon afterwar5, AID Tweed appeared aud ordered |
his discharge, nstructng him 70 appear before Justice
Wood at : O'Clock on the following morning.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-On yesterday
Ing about l0l2 O'CLOCK horse took fright In the neigh
borhood Of Cansst, and with terrific speed down
VaIck st., Ia the direction Of 81. Johns Park The
rider lost all control the animal which dashed with
he utmost violence against the iron railing of the house
No. 1879 Frsnkn.st. The shock great to dis.
odge large iron post and the stone wsrk In which 1t
TODD The horse fell and rolled over the man. The
after carried into the above house. from which he
vas afterward conveyed to the Hospital.
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE.-A
emale, named Ruth Ann Lynch, while partially de
anged yesterday afternoon, jumped into the dock foo,
If Ca,harinest She rescued from dro wing W
ONE dock builders whow at work. and taken 10 the
City Prison. when she placed In the care of DR..
cOvil.
A man, named Michael Kane, attempted
o drown himself, Thursday night, by jumping Int
me of the East River Docks He was rescued by Off
er Wortbimer, of the First Ward, and taken to tn
Station house He assigned no reason for the attempt
lpon his life.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-Yesterday morn
ng, about o'clock fire broke out In the large build.
IF AZ IN
,oores Litde as sash, blind and door msnusctory,
w. P. Baker, machibist, and John Clark maker of
,rinters' furniture. Owing to the large qusntity of
light material In the premises, the fire spread from sto
y to story with great rspdity and 10 little time the
whole building was one macs of fame This building
vas soon destroyed, and no human exerton could pre-
rent the flames from communicating TO the dwelling
house Ia front of the lower part occupied by Mr..
Mooref and the upper part by Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor
md family. So rapid was the progress of the flames,
hat Mrs. Taylor and family had barely time escape
with their lives This building closely adiolned the
house that Ii could not be saved from destruction
The adjoining building, No. A. occupied by Smith &
Brown s grocery, John Gardner scroltsawyer and
VIM Bennett, fountsn-maker. also took Gre and with
Its conents entirely destroyed, despite the great
exertions of the frsmen to save Il
The of house No 40 occupied In the lower part
by George Snyder, grocer and the upper part by fam
lies was considerably damaged by fire. The building
No 46 upied by parties for manufacturing
purposes greatly damaged. No. a. occupied By A.
W. Edmonds, tailor, and others, badly Injured,
was also house No. 50.
The bakery Of Mr.. Kllsn, and the botanic medicine
store OF DR. Hunt the opposite side the stree,
Amos, set on FIRE by heat and only saved by
keeping We. sheets In front ottbem.
TIE front and rear house, No. AZ we're owned, by
Mrs T. Taylor together with the machinery, con'is;ug
ofa stssnepgne &C. In the sash and blind factory Her
loss of property Is roughly estimated at from $1,000
SlOOOo-wbieh Is only covered By Insurance to the
snonnt of s3OOA Messrs Moores & Llttles loss Is