New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-24

ETY. held last evening az the NJ Z Church in Jane
st. Considering the nclsInency Of the weather there
was quite large number Of lsie. and Gentlemen pres
ent The meeting opened with prayer by Rev q
| A. Corey and singing by the Choir alsr which the
President Of the Locety stter making apology for
the unavoidable absence Of Rev. Dr. Loansberry (vao
Wa also announced 10 speak.) introduced Rev 5. A.
Corey. who made short but very effective sid,ess
Mr. Lee then resd the Constitution OF the Society,
which is
The enforcement OF existing laws against the sale Of
| hauor en- the Sabbath.
| al places where LIQUOR Is sold.
a The prevention Of bribery, and all Illegal money
conrrbution. BY candidates for oce in order to pro-
| mote their elections. "A
The enactment and due execution OF Just snd sum
Gent laws 10 prchhi: the sale Of intoxicating liquors a.
s The ee,stien to Office Of just able and worthy men
| who viii aid in securing these results.
| Mr. John r Cough then introduced and spoke
10 considerable length in his usual eloquent manner
TIE meeting was concluded by singing and benedic:ion
| By Rev Mr. Gordon.
- The funeral sermon of Henry Gibson
and others in the Sxthst Baptist Church. the 9lst
inst was delivered BY the Pastor Of the Church, Rev
c. Billings Smith, not by Benz P. Rhodes, stated By
our reporter.
" This day will be continued the Corpors-
ton Sale of Real Estate the property being wharves
and piers Sale to commence at IL o'clock.
" Appeal is made by some of his friends
| on behalf of George Hsydock. ex.woodsswyer, and
now Temperance Lecturer His friends would do
him and themselves justice by nquring into and re-
| lieving his present necessities.
CLosE OF NAvIeArios.-The North River
steamboats, have nearly all been laid up for the winter.
and we are informed that there are boats running
above Kingston in consequence OF the river having
frozen over and the ice being too strong for the boats
to make any progress.
MONSTER HoG-Messrs. Marshall & Son, of
Washington Market. had exhibition yesterday Fat
hog. weighing dressed l,0o5 pounds This hog was
raised by Mr. j. Decker, of Columbia Co, N. Y, and
was eighteen months old when killed.
~ Maj. Gen Scott has been in town for
two or three days He has been staying at the College
place Hotel.
~ The Christmas vacation Of Columbia
College commenced yesterday, and will continue until
the Sd OF January, 1883
~ Mark H. Newman, for several years
welknown publisher and bookseller of this City, died
on Thursday evening He in the nth year Of his
! age.
SUDDEN DEATH or GERMAN CoUSr.-
! Otto Kmnlg German Count was found yesterday
morning in Chambers in a suffering condition, and
was conveyed to the store of Mr. Bunker, near BY,
where he soon after died. The Coroner was notified
and held an inquest upon the body when Dr.. Liden
made post examination, and found that death
was caused by hemorrhsge of the lungs, and verdict
to that effect was rendered by the Jury The deceased
had been living in Scohare, Montgomery Co. and had
jus, arrived in this City. lie had baggage with him.
which was taken to the shakspere Hotel He had been
d.nhered by hs father for fighting against the King
ofPrussia in the FIostein
OPERA Music FOR THE PARLoR.-We
have before several pieces from La Fsr0riia,
arranged for paror use with the Italian French and
English texts, selected by HenryC Watson. These,
understand, the pioneers of complete series OF
French and Italian Operas, arranged for the paror.
The pieces before are No l. Spiris0 GsRiH;
No 9, Una yegius with the Duo; No. 5, FRO zero,
Duo for soprano and bass. They published by
WIN. Hall 81 Son.
u Charles Frederick Anderson, Architect,
rates US soundy for stating that the Work House
Building Blackwells leland was designed by Jamos
Renwick and Gays that he-Charles Frederick A
made the design for said building which accepted
"beforeI knew that such man was in existence as
James Renwick."
The LATE SHOOTING CASE IN The FOURTH
WARD-CoAoNER's IseUEsr.-At5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon the Coroner held inquest upon the body
~ vbo ahoIa 0aicl on the
morning OF Tuesday last while in the porter house OF
John Martin, No. 345 Waterst
The evidence adduced was substantially the same as
the narration Of the circumstances gwen In edition
Of Wednesday last The deceased, with six of his
quantances was sitting the time Of the occurrence
around in the porter house Of Martin two OF
them had loaded pistols in their pockets which, after
being shown to the rect, repocketed. The con-
ve.eon then turned pistols and while il was going
on Martin the keeper of the house, behind the
bar exploding percussion caps on the nipples OF ak
b6rreed revolver which belonged to himself Sudden
ly an explosion took place the light extnguhed
and the deceased received large bullet in the left
side his face and fell to the aoor dead. Ii was sup
posed that il discharged from the revolver in the
hands Of Martin, but upon comparing the bullet found
by DR. Lidell who made post mortem examination
OF the body the head of the deceased with the tubes
Of the revolver it was evident that il could have
come from that. When the lamp was reighted a
sbglebarreled pistol belonging to John Donohue, one
Of the company. found lying upon the door and
the ball found fitted the barrel OF this pistol Neither
Of the Witnesses examined could however, say that
he fred the fatal shot but owing TO the fact Of his
having been known 10 have the pistol In his pos
possession but a few moments before, together with
bis position the stove relative to that Of the deceased
and the direction the ball took entered the head,
the jury led believe .ha. il was in his hands
when the fatal shot fred. After the testimony was
all in the Coroner briefly charged the Jury VINO. after
short consultation rendered the following verdict;
THAT Charles Lyons to his death in Consequence
Of wound in the head caused by the discharge OF
pistol while in the hands Of John DOnohue The Jury
further ssy that was owing TO the cupable careless