New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-26

tE The Fire Department Dan a tdo ~
tor place Open House. MONDAY evening was
highly successful affair. IRE number Of t-ksss hsd
been limited to eight hundred These were al SOL at
g EACH making the gro.s receipts 81 ooo; from Eai
deduc;ius sl 900 for expenses there renlin sJO'Jp
be added to the fund for ths benoht @! the viowi All
orphans Of deceased fremen.
AsorHER SrABBIse OcoURREsoE.-Notf far
from o'clock on Monday evening 4 man named John
Pencil was dangerously szsbed twice in me face with
knife other sharp instrument alleged 70 have been
In the hands of one John Martin with whom hs had
stercsron in porerhouse in ~enty .eventist near
Ninth The cries Of alarm and for assistance raised
BY the injured man reached the Of the Twentieth
Ward Police who hastened 70 the spo, and arrested
Martin He taken to the Station house and locked
up to await an examination by Justice McGrsth Fen
nell was sso taken TO the Police Station where he
attended by DR. Hardenbrook who carefully dressed
bis wounds. which he pronounced Of danseroq,chsr
acser No justisabe provocstion Is said WAS given
BY Pennell 10 warrant the commission Of the murder
Gus assault The resort to knives s,d other deadly
weapons q means Of revenge appear 70 be fearflIy
on the increase.
FATAL AocIpEsT.-About O'Clock yester-
day morning au Irish lad is years Of age. named Ell
ward Mclaughlin, in the employ OF Thos H,yt Co,
manufacturers Of tobacco at the Of Front and
Dover sts while engaged IN eedingth rollers became
entangled in belt and drawn against enc Of the
beams of the building. striking his head with great
violence, and dislocatng his neck. The machinery
Inedis.ely stopped but the I'D died in few
ments after being extrcsted His rernsins taken
TO the house No Is Dovers where Coroner 0,nnell
held an inquest upon them. The jury rendereda YER
dict Of accidental death 20 which they added that
blame TO be attached any person connected with
the establishment The funds necessary for interrns
the deceased respectfully were furnished By Mr. Hoy
" The funeral Of JUNIus Smith, LID,
took place yesterday at Astoria. He was bora in Ply
mouth Conn on Cd Oct. 1750, graduated at Yale Col
iege in 1902 q classnste and law student Itch
feld with the late Hon John Calhoun under the in
stIucons OF the celebrated jurt Judge Reeve Finish
ing his studies he commenced practice the bar win
considerable success at New Haven until 1905, when he
was called to pursue claim against the British Govern
meDt in the Admiralty Court of London for large
amount upon the successful termination Of which he
dete mined upon locating ia London. where he entered
upon commercial pursuits with this country conducting
aprosperous business ,r many years until overwheimoi
with one of those revusioDs which sweep over the
commercial world Following up his msrcantile pur suit
we nd him in the year 1882 engaged in the project OF
endeovorng TO secure the navigation Of the Atlantic
Ocean with steamships gsinst the opposition abuse
end derisiCn OF the multude-ior almost BODY be-
hcved il improbable but himsef-he published pros
peotus pressing the enterprise upon the public mind
until the year 1896 when he succeeded in e-tabihiny
company with Board Of Directors under the ttl9 VI
the British and American Steam Navigation Co This
being done contract made for building steamer
OF 200 uns. and after much difficulty, Arising from ths
failure OF the contracting enginecr-hy which the snip
was DELAYED over Is mOnhs-the ship British q Ieen
VS. completed During this delay and Disappointment
DR.. Smith not inactive. but impressed with the
feasibility of his project and the necessity Of giving
surance to the public mind urged upon the Board Of
Directors the great advantage Of sending
to DC chartered for the purpose which done by
sending out the small steamer Sirius in the spriny of 1888
Finding hinseli oied in anticipated advantage from this
project, he sbandonedthe commercial arena and turned
his attention 10 what had always been of pure
enJoyment-agrcultnrsl puIsuts-in pursuance Of
which he aimed 10 introduce the culture of the Tea
plant which enterprise he gagged in when he
ceved an assault and fracture Of the skull from which
he never recoyed AT tie age Of ~ he has been gathered
bone His strongest traits of character great
ergy OF purpose indouitable perseverance, remark.
able regard for the feelings of others kind and gener
Gus manner, and an open hearted hospitality.