New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-15
FInE DEPARrMESr.-The ANIMAL Ma

City OF New.York was held on Monday .,.-.~
Firemsn's Hall: Mr.. Zophar MIL, havip. -
President for Eve years. declined rexlect,o, a. N
revolutions, highly complimentary to him wer.
mously passed, and q Committee of sev..
pointed to present him with Q testimonial ~ ~
and esteem for the faithful and satisfactory n.,,,.
which be had discharged the duties Of the ose.
The following officers were duly elected
Charles MeDougall, President
Robert NJ Bruce, Vicc-Prcsidcnt
John J. 1indae. Secretary
John g GIos, Treasurer
David Thesll, Collector.
Jsmes Kelly
James Y. Watkins,
The Report Of tie Trustees states tina, 4, Mn
observed that tic Trustees have expended Cor ,.r.
cbjscis-such as the purchase Of wood coal and ,A,'
and in the payment OF pensions 20 widows, occsss.
peounisry aid to the helpless and SICK and in inter-
the dead, Sc &c-the large sum Of thirteen ,hoo.,
nine hundred ard iorty.three dollars and ssveuty
cents"
While the expenditures continue thus heavy N. n
partment should be stimulated to renewed exc,s...
TO prevent the falling Of in the annual reeeip n.
pension list Increases in numbers every yesr h..
quantities Of coal have TO be purchased and sopp,
for shares have to De made, none Of which c,, !.
dimished wiihou, causing deep dstresa
The Trustees, in acknowledging the support A.,
have received, deem il proper to state tina, thsy k,
the Fire Department has ever been regarded by ~,
fellow citizens as object OF their especial favor
The liberal bcquest of two thousand dollars IRON 4.
late james f. Boissesu has been paid to the Trs,,.
The financial condition of the Department for ii. N,
year has been highly favorable though only the .r.V
balance OF four hundred and ntty-one dollars and a
three cents Is left in the Treasury.
This benevolent Institution, contributing 20 l,rs,
as it does relieve the widows and orphans, and A.
afflicted families of fremen, well receive the sss
wishes Of all, and bountiful supply of material sa-
from the public SO to enable its Trustees TO d.pes,
bountiiuly to the benehciaries.
The WArER-sr. HOMlcIDE-CoRosER's l..
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THE Accrsgn.-ne i,
vestigation relsi to the cause of death OF VIM Bev,
who was stabbed on Saturday night last in wsters
by colorod seaman, named IIoratio Meiix and d~
soon afterward, held yesterday, by the Coroner
the Supreme Court room. The following testimon,
wac adduced;
Charles Seplens, sworn-Says, reside at Plymouth
Mass; | sm a seaman | am at present mate Of the
schooner Louisa | am acquainted with the prisoner;
have known him about years he Is hand be,re tie
tween and o'clock, left the schooner alone and
went into liquor store on Coenues.slp; the so,.
used 10 be the Hurl.Gaie Post-Ohce while there he
prisoner, Horsio MeliS, came IN we then started
compary for a walk und fetched up in collar in WI.
ter-st; / do not know the number nor who KEEP, tie
place IL was a dance cellar ! went down and o.
tanned permission for Meix to come in they sail
he could and sit between the fiddle aud tanborns
players. We stayed there few minutes say fifteen ma
utes and caring TO stay where he wanted We
went out ard thence into above the cellar on ths
bete wp Ind In driIk Ma a
and went TO cellar IN Weterst, near by kept by blind
man, big fellow whom met IN the corner store vea.
with us. He and went into the cellar ard Mex stayed
outside. The man asked why Melix did come H.
told him that he thought he was not wanted, then
and asked the bind man II he Nielx) could come down
he hestsed at first and afterwards said he could come
and told Mex what he said, and he. Mels, said 10
would not 20 down; and he did not 20. We ea the big
fellow" the cellar and Melx and went down Wa,erst
and entered another liquor shop above ground where had
something 10 dunk. We remained there Gbout hour snd
hall and drank wo or three times. Fro there went
back to tie corner store where we met the blg fellow
after went H. chaps who were in there when
went in, who came IN afterwards, struck me "a the
face ior nothing that know Of started fo the door ~
saw commencing, Melix was nearest the
door, and l told him 10 run. ran across the street
and down into cellar get clear OF the fuss ser remain
ing there hafa minute came out again, aud tsaad qaes
crowd in front of the cellar came out heard son,
body say hes stabbed, and ran to take Gaze OF hni
ssked, "where is he that is stabbed j. h. white
black ~ "be Is white man." somebody said; MelS va
then some ole present recognized me as then an WHO
was with MelX; of the crowd took bod Of me and
c1led watch" lui handled me pretty roughly 6rskv
minutes; after Policeman came aud took me 70 s
StationhOuse; have some recollection OF seeing Joa
lsheI (D0w present. somewhere, but don't know When
his couLtt looked familiar to the next day whsa
saw HIM the Station-house; don't know whetner Mem
wore shsaihsnc that night or not 4 ne ia u vas an
10 Melix cannot swear Nell was intoxicated hscm
-four times; have always found him p aceabe ma
when came out OF the cellar the deceased was m the t
of some the street; he about 80 feet fomts
corner from which MelIx and started.
John Montgomery, sworn.-I reside at No-3J7l Waere,
adj .,n laa nouee Abouf "a on
night was playing domnoes the northeast cprnra
Dover and Waerss. heard racas in the street. and
erplayipg ont my hand went into the street crcat
Dover street and went down Waer-sf. about five hous
found considerable crowd there; inquired what the ~
Ter was there were some dozen persons pressing on e
dn son OF abb, something OF that kind asked vhG
have you got in your hand % he said nothing amt tos
nothing; said 10 the crowd stand back and leave The
aene told him If he had done nothing 10 wat Ill tho
Policeman cnme nd go with him; Officer McCjars
up and took Ste phens; went to the wounded maa
was lyng pertiy on his side, the walk and asrs
carry him into grocery store two doors above whe s
lay saw the thing getting pretty serious and 90 cleared
out lest should be locked witns the deceade CO.
dcayoIed after the doctor had bound up s wounds ~
the drcseug Oh he said nothing 10 had woun ted hin
did not see MellS at all do not know the decreased.
John Fisher swom-l reside at Mrs. Villa nss tbs
south east corner Of Dover and Water sts Saturday
night was coming down Water st. toward DOsessi ss
seeing old ship-rnGte IN Overst; Thomas Madden
with he into Mrs. Evanss to get drink taee
thee four be- sides stephens aad Melx there
called for something TO drink there word.
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stsndr by the bar when they all the street
hut Madden and myself went the door; finished
my liquor and then went the door when Madden tod
a stabbed; saw no more until saw the Do
ceased ia the store where the doctor Iessed his wound
when first went 10 the door there a great oxd in IN
street, saw nothing Of Melix and Stephens after the
went out of the stores VIM. Simpson store wha
| went in; knew no one else present except Thoms
Madden.
TheMds MADDEN. swoin-I reside at the corner Of Dow
and Watersis was slightly acquainted with the deess
ed be went by the Of /" Sails y with Jch
Fisher into Mrs EyaDss store Saturday night and -
decead staIdiDg by tho store and the prisoner and "
phsns stand about alf way between the bar and do
the appeared TO me to be going out turned aroundn
get a drink when heard somebody outside say " cos
outp can't say who the person was turned around q
the deoeGsed going quickly to the door Melix e
Stephens not then in the store I went out mp
after ards and about doors below sawa crov
ssns ont, there'sa fight" kc in the mIdd,s
the street the deceased and the prson- the bn
ing hold OF the other by the collar saw the prisoner fo
the deceased aside Of the bead the prisoner fea
toward Doyerst and the deceased toward Pecssp srn
striking the decees. the prisoner let Of rim and rss
the opposite side OF Waterst then lost sight Of hn
10 he docterd snd asked him IT he hurt be 1850
ne that could understand.
Some other corroborative testimony was TAKEN sa@