New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-28

'sSden The ssuose TWAS BY Burton and Broashsa
XIV S'is5. isI:. qas:.; 81, ap,m..,
Fcoo~y" Is the evening, The YoaHs WIDOW" ssd Double
Ts, w"ssseTos crscu. corner sirtbav and Thirty.
wooDs NIssIssLs No ~ BI %. 9. o., s,o.,..
/ BIEvARUs HoLr L.sD No $40 Broadway
| The weather yesterday warm cloudy and sho-ery;
the ram commencing early the day and lasting inermt
emily until midnight There two or three very VIC
lent showers and streets very superiority cleaned
| ELpu TowssEsD, Esq, Of the best known and
ss,eemed Of our merchants died Sunday At his house
in Union square The deceased rss disng pushed for his
scumen snd libsrsi,y in promoting objs'ts Of public
utility There is hardly ascheme OF general value such
roads snd canals origin ling in this City for upwards OF
FORTY years that he has not taken primary and promi
nert psrt in With half d.zen others h. Obtained the
charter and took up the stock of the New Raj road
Company at its formation. At the tins of tbs late ca4s-
trorbe on that road of which ne director being in.
di,posed his malady much heightened by the excite
ent he underwent hereupoD for he possessed generous
,ympsthec character the last degree The prosecution
of the Erie Railroad arrested for want Of msans at the
time of the general money panic but hr. Townsend
sepped forward to aid IT, Ia Dir. Lymans speech made
On the opening Of that road the Aston House NAV "a
1851 this tribute TO Mr. Townsend appears: 1t was nv
aduty Ia place the sections each end 1der conts
but this could be- done without money Extensive
nsury.ys were to bs made by engineers In this cr,, o
H.
"took an active part Ne aided in raising that money
Oils influence with the stockholders in this city praduceI
"the do sired result There great iubt in h-ir mind
twheber tho Legislature would not repeal the law and
neither they should not, after ALL lose tsir money Al
atbough there very rich in the Company whose
"ht,ress and duty to sustNn it, they would have
allowed it to expire, had it not been for him have
knoEu him to put his hand deep IN his pockets and
"to borrow money of his friends to take up the accent
f.l. a up1 ifz r.If
public spirit aad generous effort do not kno~ how
could have obtained the necessary required to pre
pare tue work for contract
Tins 80, cfo acknowledgment of Mr.. Lyman as regard.
Mr. spirited beraly, only describes, it IN MANY
other cases, in has habtud career Although stock.
holder aud director in numerous Companies, he never re-
fused to listen to new positions sud the last evidence Of
his acumen WAS the interest be took in the Mexican OCEAN
Mail and aand Company by vhich the rout, TO ,frnis
is shortened SIX to ten days. Cairo the embryo capital AT
the junction Of the Mississippi and Ono has long bsen the
object of his substantial support.
MIR Townsend commenced bushes. in lsO7 in hi, Ci,v
lie was until within very short time partner of the
house of Nevins Townsend & Co. Besides his ioternal
Improvement transactions he one OF three who bu,,
the Atlantic Dock, which cost nearly million Of dollar,
He WAS also largely interested in tctures and was
the owner Of large cotton mill a. SOUTH BROOKLYN which
went into operation short time before his death He Was
psriculry noted for his amenty of manners aud
tremty benevolen aud charitable lie was-a leading
member of the Unitarian Church. Of which his sen in .y
Rev Mr. Bellows, is Pastor. Mr.. Townsend was sixty
seven esrs old at his death but appeared much younger
He left four children.
Sienor Msrn has had three fingers and large portion of
the palm of his right hand smputed in consequence Of the
gun shot wound received few days since When wound
cd b. was pushing aside bushes with the gun and
had his right hand partially before the muzze when il vent
of
FREMrN's FIsHINo ExcCRsIoN-Yesterda morning
he ms mbers Of Protection Engine Company No in Fra
dress proceeded in three of Kendas double stages
each drawn by six horres u Sleeps Head Bay on grand
fishing and chowder excursion. They had a good time
and eoyt their aunt exceedingly At Bay they nut
up the Cosigsn House. where an excellent entertain
ment served up by the host After spending the day
in the most satisfactory manner their hilary no wise
dsmped by the RAIN they returned in the evening
with ,h and good humor On their return, at the invita-
teD of the prcpnetors they plrtook of neat supper at
Udtl s. Iltohcocks Saloon, No. Sprucest and then
sepsited
AccIDEST ON THE NEW JERSEY ROAD.-As the 2 O'Clock
train from Philadelphia yesterday, ns over the
Rsncecos Creek the locomotive sganst mAn knock
ing him down and wounding him th, be will probably
die He not seen by the Engineer in tins to save him.
but the train Immediately backed aud the wounded
man taken to Darlington. He was evidently lab.rsr
having on only his sbus aud trousers.
THE CoNNIssIoNgRs OF PoLCE This Board consisting
OF His Honor the Mayor. Judge Beebe and Recorder
Tloo held Court Of Inquiry the City Hall Saturday
afternoon for the hearing Of charges against Policemen on
Che complaint OF their Captains and others involving neg
lect of duty for the part One case of VIC
lson Of the rules of the Police Department another of
chicken poisoning and Their Of personal assault in the
sleeping Of the Staon-house of the sixb ps,r,l
District
solomon Wertheimer, officer Of the First Ward ans.
pended by the Chief Of Police for having obtained val
rant sgainst man who hSd committed an a..sul, un,n
him without the consent Of the Mayor Chief coatr NV To
the 9th section Of the Police Regulations vas defended by
Ex.Reoorder TAlmsdge, who denounced the section As
violation Of the rights Of man, Illegal and absurd in its
nature.
Justice Osborn who granted the warrant in answer to
Judge Beeee said be did not consider police rules bind
ing on police justices.
Ascend charge against the officer postponed til
next Court day in consequence Ofhs witnesses being
In attendance.
The case Of Capt Haptn of the First Ward charged
with dischsging spiisOner, arrested on warrant &C.
report OF which We gave last week. was on the sppca-
eon OF the Captain postponed also be wishing the two
complaints against him to be tried In the same sitting
W. CaSn and ID. Crssson both Of the Sixth Ward were