New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-26

"a, Up TowS rar,y net N the cospeI o. VI fN'
.Cbrr,h ir Vourth avenue, near Twentieth street
20 we're about 30 persons present Very h'he eN-
p,o+. and the following ticket was elected without |
.o,.tion, 10 i'll the vacancies occisiored by Tx |
.,ed terms Of the three Trustees
,cnjamn Benson, reelected.
-se eley Brown, reelected
iphn p Farley in pluce Of Ben sm.n Leder.
30 unexpued terms were Recognized, a. the Tfus-
sicc;od by tho down tOwners claim still TO hold
90. so shall probably hear more from the dis
ante IN he liv courts.
VLc Hon. Fran. is F. Blair jr., Member ot Congress
,, frou the Ist District of Missouri, s IN ,own, -
Metropolitan Hotel.
NnoIIoS or FIR. Gowns >roSER.-Mr. Chs7es
Dolgsll having resigned his Office Of Fire Cewml'-
ne -ter servi ng 10 ths. capacity for ffteep months
IA general st t,s1scton The representative OF the
,c%-lork Fire Department met last evening in Fire
.r-u- Hall 70 e.-:. su,c,ssJr 5Ohn a. Bscher, esq
,.ded, aad zee members were present. The nom
,ees we're ndres Graft Of Engn Comp any No. Il,
OK Lssr, me- of ENEue Conoany No 90, and Alien
. Jehe e, -4se,stan Fl sileer. The bAlo;s resulted
follows:
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M & tdat~ was 0Cier"t CIV 'IS-s'o y r4tc N''' III
,oneT TO serve for three years and Line months, The
,nanatr OF Mr.. McDjcsll!s term a Committee
ae s1pcin,-d . draft res Juor- expressive of the
gre, Of tbe Department at Mr.. McDoug4l' re- gn1-
on and the Board adjourned
Xrw.yopg VoLrxTvERs "A meeting of the rem.
a,t OF this Regiment met last evening - co'npe'e
h,1 arrangements for toe celebration OF the ann.ver
.ory Of the Surrender oi the CITY of Mexico.
MsiGr Dykcmsn, Tie President OF the VOlunteer
,ssociatop having sent IN communication thai he
ris SICK, Lieut.. Peel called to the chair, and
-.Jgeat Beatty, of Company X, elected Secretary
70 TEN. Lieut.. Peel stated that the Appropriation
ksd sy them from the Common COuoc for the
urposes Of the anniversary OF the Surrender Of the
Ity Of Mexico, vas defeated by the 70 Of
FIVE of the members of the Board Of Aldermen.
sergeant Farrell Of Company ], from the Committee
& arrangements, stated that Maj Gen. Sandford had
,Idered that salute he fired Oo the morning of the
18th Of September and that Che Adjutant General had
lender ed 20 the corps the necessary equipments. Ma
',r Gsret Dykeman was then unanimously elected to
,Omnsnd the rtcrgabized Volunteers with power to
elect his commissioned sni nOncommssoned officers.
The Volunteers then resolved to turn out the morn
0g Of the 18th, in citizens dress (f their uniforms
ould lot be compotedl, when they wiide escorted
iy one Of our crack uniform companies.
YorSG MES's CHRrsrrAs AssOcIATIoy-The regu-
lar monthly meeting Of this Association was held in
lie Chapel Of the Uriyersty last evening. Nj 5
w Stebbins, the President, in the chair Mr Cephis
ErsiDad read ali essay which was praissworthy
folt. The meeting was afterw ards addressed by
@r. Tnoe. :. PycOtt Of Boston, who suggested sOme
plsns of action stat ng the course which
he Bofton Association had pursued with signal sue
oess. Mr.. Mccormick then read extracts of cores
fsndence fiom Liverpool, LcndoD Belfast and Glas-
COW il Great Britain he also stated that assoc atoms
lad been formed u Minnesota, Saplcto1, and the
Hartford Society had been reorganized. After some
rther busl OF mis- cellaneous kind the dox )ogy
MAR sung an! the meeting adjourned.
PORTER HoUsE Observation-Disclosures Ar
RAY AT HARLEM-A terri bic affair occurred a. the
prnshopoi one John Myers, corner OF Fourth avenue
and One. undredandseventeen,h street, Harlem,
bout 10 o'clock on Sunday evening. party Of men,
rottly !aborers, among whom was Daniel Williams,
clored man, had met there and nbbed to q con-
derabe extent At length Williams invited one J,hn
ioman Irish labO-er, to take glass of grog with
~, but the lster Indignantly declined ard remarked
o. gO's ard insulting manner that he did no, a.so
ste with "Nggers.' An angry alteration bet yeen
e TWO was The consequence aud terrniuaed by Cor
an, charged, committing assault upon his col
ent aud suffering from the violence he ID received,
TO his residence near by, ard se1ing old scythe
TUNED 10 the grog sh ,p and commenced assault
ION German by way of retaliation Tae s,ythe was |
.eded with great vigor, aud in few moments G,r |
Lad received eight dreadful and dangerous |
oCnds On the head one on the shoulder ard others |
the arm and leg Gormln fell bleeding profusely |
IN h. numerous wounds, whereupOn Williams
asteued home ard locked himself in.
Tne cry of murder raised which brought Ser
ant McClusker, Of the Twelfth Ward Police, to the
,cf. He conveyed German INTO the bouse and called
jhy yscan to dress his wounds. He then proceeded
search for Williams and calling at his house
u the negro who he and what he wanted
williams at first refused to open the door but soon
eded and az the officer wss about 10 enter in the
.'riormance of his duty, Williams charged brought
uwn the scythe, or rather bushhoOk upon the right
nd Of the official cutting terrible ash and nearly
verirg the thumb. The Sergeant called for
Up, which brought his brother, Sergeant NJ 'Clasker
distance, Williams csptured and taken to the
:'stion House. lie subsequently srraigned be-
Justice Bogart of the Yorkyille Police Cur and
examin alton transferred the Tombs for greater
cuIity. German conveyed TO Bellevue Hospital
here he lies in critical situation. II is thought
nposs5le for him TO recover. This unfor uuate and
oody occurrence has caused great excitement in
4Iem
festerdsy afternoon, Coroner COnnery im?anneled a
dry Of si1, and took the autcmortem examination OF
,.ornan, tie prlsUrer David Williams, being present
Sta.1- ~ 20 f,llo