New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-11

the benefit Of this affair The offer was received with
thspks and arrangements will soon be made for the
lecture.
Liberal BEsEFIcESoE.-The Church of the
Purtsns DR. Cheevers) recently contributed nearly
81 800 to the American Tract Society in plato collsc.
ton; and the amount has since been considerably in.
creased by voluntary offerings. gentleman in this
City handed check for 900 one of the officers of
the Society unsolicited as an expression Of interest in
lite beneh-ent enterprises and Of gratitude for worldly
prosperity. Another citizen sent the Treasurer do
nation OF 5000 anonymously, and lady gave check
for s250to aid In quidatng the Societys debt There
Is more than occasion for multiplying these instances
OF Christian iberaty the present scale of operations
is to be sustained, and the necessary expansion at
| tempted.
HEAVY FALSE PRETESsE CAsE.-Oficer
Elder of the Lower Police Court yesterday arrested
man named John H. Chase, on q warran. issued by
Justice Stuart in which he stands charged upon the
complaint Of Mr.. o. Thrill Of No ga Broadway, with
having by trick and device obtained from him the sum
$1,000 Itappears that few days since he called
upon Mr. T., with whom he had been acquainted for
come time and stated that he had received an offer to
be taken into firm, doing Wholesale grocery basi.
nees in Duapest, near Westst upon condition that he
could find person who would advance the sum OF
$1,000 for him. and become himself specia partner
BY putting into the concern additional 10000 He
further stated that he had found such a man in Mr.
Franklin Mead, of Boston. On Tuesday of last week
he again called upon Mr. T and stated that the papers
were ready to sign and had been for some two or
three days, but that Mr. Mead had not come on from
Boston, though he was hourly expected and in conse.
quence thereofth firm apprehensve that the ar
rangernent mil CHIT fall through He then asked as ia
vor Of the complainant that he would loan him $4,000
for fifteen or twenty minutes in order that the papers
might be legally signed and the business arranged forth
with-that as soon that had been done the mosey
should be immediate returned, and when Mr. Mead
returned from Boston he would actually pay thai
amount into the firm and all would be right
The complainant at first hesitated making the loan,
but finally concluded do So and sent his boy with the
money to the office of Mr. Lameroux No. s City Hall.
place the attorney for the accused The lad handed
the money to the accused but when the papers which
had been prepared by his counsel read they were
found 70 be of different character from the ayreement
which had been made previously, and the firm refused
to sign IT, The complainant waited for some time for
the return Of his boy with the money but he not ap.
pearng proceeded to the Office of Lameroux. where
he the parties, but before he had time to speak
about his money the accused and bis attorney left and
lowed by complainant, who asked the accused for his
$4,000 The latter replied, MY lawyer advises me
that cannot give it up" After other converse
ton the parties agreed to return to Mr. Lamcroux's Of
fee, where the money transferred from the pos.
session Of the accused 10 that of his attorney who inn
medntey deposited in the Chatham Bank but on the
following day, becoming satisfied that it really belonged
to the complainant he returned it all with the exception
Of between 500 and $500 which he KEEP. back, as he
said to pay expenses Of suit in his client the ac
cused) should bring against him for delivering up
the money without his consent The complainant now
prefers q charge against the accused Of obtaining the
money by trick and device for the purpose of deaudng
him of it, The accused taken before Justice Stuart
and locked up to await examination.
IscREAsE OF THE SALARY OF THE CHEF OF
PoLrcE.-In the Board of Aldermen last evening AID
Oakley offered resolution FIX the salary of the Chief
Of Police at So 500 the to take effect the lst
of January 1852 Aid Sturteysnt moved that the saa.
ny be $4,000 and he in favor of this taking effect
the lst Of January next instead of from the date pro-
posed which lost. Aid s. said he was in favor of
increasing the Chiefs salary from 81 GOO to $4,000 for
he thought his duties arduous, acting, he
informed in the capacity OF Mayor, and taking part in
most matters-he in fact "chief cook and bottle
washer" The Chief of Police, he remarked, although
not considered the head of department. was really So
After some other discussion the resolution to tx the
salary at So 800 was adopted resolution to increase
the salary of the Chiefs Clerk was also adopted.
~ Rev. l.. NJ. Pease, Superintendent of
the Five Points House of Industry acknowledges the
receipt of the following donations since Dec. l. I'm
known, 80; A Friend So Visitors, 81 80 A Friend
2Jc. Friend 50; Mrs. J. J. Aston, $50; A. r. NJ
50 Phelps & Csrley, 81; H. Phelps, 81 NJ Dc For
est 81 Edgar Hoyt soc. Dr. J. s Smith 81 Mrs
Golden, by Mrs Harvey. $40 Mrs. Harvey, 80 L. H.
Pignolct, e. 50; A. NJ Chesbrough 50; C. B. An
drews, $40; S. Babcock, 3 pieces print. In his last
acknowledgment instead of reading J. 6. Crane for
j. H. Swift, il should be J. c. Crane by J. H. Swift
500; and from the Hardware Merchants it should
have been $50 81 instead of so 81 Donations, de
signod for the work in which Rev L. NJ Pease is
gagged mny be sent to his address No. Little Water
Ct, Five Points.
Donations TO THE ORD BREwERY.-The
following sums have been received since the last re-
port From james LOOMS, Of Cszenova n Y. through
VIM b. Skidmore, 81 Donations from Rev. J b. Hay-
any, N Y, So Cash from Rev John Lucky, for contr
buttons received by him. $50 received from Mrs Deu,
collected by Mrs Godine-From Schureman Halstci.
$50; from other friends SOS John Martin Thirticth
! ST. Church SEQ Collected by Mrs. J. Cornell-From
! DR. Kisstm, $40. Total $50.
~ A very beautiful silver vase was pre-
scented 10 Past Grand Master Oscar Coles the
sion of the Quarterly Session Of the Grand Lodge Of
Free and Accepted MasonS of the State of New.iork
held at Clinton Hail. on Tuesday evening last. The
vase wac designed in a chasie and beautiful STYLE
bearing upon ts surface the various Masonic emblem
and suitable inscription. The presentation made
by Deputy Grand Master Evans in behalf of the Fra
terniiy and received in very eloquent manner by
the recipient F. G. NJ. Coles the presiding officer
ofthe Grand Lodge during the past Masonic year and