New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-09


in The Academy.
NEw-YoRK CRICKET CLUB DIssER The members
Of this Club and their friends coee the cricket season
th. ev, Ming with their annual dinner at Richardson
& MeIeods corner Of Pearl street an Maiden lane.
TESTIMONIAL TO Col. DURYEE.-The service OF
plate subscribed for by The merchants of New York,
for Col Duryee when he retired from the Colonelcy OF
The Seventh Regiment. has been completed by Tiffany
at Whose store it may be for II few day+ The
principal piece il large salver weighing one hundref
snd fGy ounces Of standard silver, aud beautifully
oDamented. In the center, surrounding the iuscrp-
ton is wreath, Peace and Commerce embracing the
northern regions and tropics, represented by the
fir tree and troyi al fruits The edge Is a carved
xrsaih, with shields bearing the coat of arms of the
Colonel, the Regiment and the State. TIE tgs are
engraved to represent the National, Regmental and
state nags In the center IL the following n-crip,ion
ITO Colonel A. puryee bis testimonial presented by bis
uss and Of The valuable services rendered BY the seventh
Reenent National Qua duns the eleven years be CON
suc,d II. Newly OH, 1859"
Then there are two ola--ve silver pitchers weighing
one burdr,d and hTi, five ouuce', ard Of capacity
Of one gsl on each, snd handsomely decorated with
fags and other military drvic-si Elk silver eob'eIs
aeighps ii, hry oapces, which also fusy engraved
,haped isnksrd and stapd, weighing twentyeisht
oDpces alec richly embellsbei.
The co.i OF u CENTRE service is 81 800 This SUN
was procured by voluntary doD.i"n OF e.s than
fifty doilars epcn Obtained from ms mer hsn'e Of New
York, al the sugg- stion of Royal Poeip-, e.q
Titan, aso has on exhibition richly ornsmen'ed
,slver the moot elegant work Of produ ;ed in
Ids country. In tie center il engraved copy Of
Rosa R"nheur', H"rs- Far" which is f0ely execd-
ed tie igkr ami babe being accurately represented,
rbe nioet Official: par Of engr sving on silver.
BY THE PERsIA-Amons the passengers by the
Il. amer Persia, which arrived yesterday were Mr.
L. Oluted Archit. CT and Superintendent of Central
Park; Mr.. +. g Young of ths city, aud Miss Nc
lntosh, the sel-bnowD authore-s.
PRESENTATION OF A BAsSER Last evening"
| bAlner was presebted TO the original Brewers and
Cooper Gusrd Capt. Krers, by their lady friends At
tie Metropolitan Rooals The presentation was made
by Mhs Josephine Schaefer bshafo of TIE ladies' 1t
| was embroidered by hr Francis Klein.
MIL1rARY-Tne first meeting Of the pew organiza-
ton bpow as Company f. 9th Regiment was held ast
evening in the Armory OF the State Guard, No 4sl
Broadway. Capt. Arerbary in the chair Remarks
were by Lint. CopPinger relative TO The haiter
ing Irogree. the Company had alr~ady made, having
iorier containing 81 Danes including commissioned
olie.rs. Under date of the lst int. Adjutaat-G
TcwnseDd issued orders for the organization OF this
Company Of Artillery To be designated IA Company E.
| The comm i-i nd officers follows: Cap. Wm.
| Al, rbury, FIRST Lent. John b. CoppiDger, Sc ond
II. w. Ed =. Sanderson, bird Lieut. John hseks. jr
| The 9Th Regiment, under command Of Col. Van
| Buren,, vas Started few months ago through the
exeriioDs Of Lieut.. Coppinger formerly Of the City
| Guard, and bu nbers five companies, A. b. {.
d. and L. Companies A. B. and G.. were formerly
! known as tie Cry Guard. State Guard, and swi-s
Guard. From the rapid progress the Regiment has
already made, snd the per-eyering energy ~iln which
It's interests pressed forward it lie evident that
distant day it will occupy proIninsnr position
smong the military organizations of our city.
| JoHs HAscocK.-0n TUESDAY evening lecture
VA delivered in the Athenaum before the Brooklyn
Library Association by the Hon +. q. Parker Of ~
ton. H's suhje was John Hancock" The lecturer
irestsd his theme with considerable ability, and WA
fiegusbtly aTplsuded. There appreaistiys and
nuDe-ons audience, notwithstanding the inclemency
tie weather.
ALLEGED MURDERER ARREsrED.-ofieer Freeman
Of the CRY Hall Police Tuesiay last arrested nan
nansed Henry Percival Caprou, alias Henry Wells
who ia socared Of having been eonceraei il the murde
| Of Burnn Arnold, in Kent County, Rhode Leland, On
Friday night, Mny q, 1859. Dir. Arnold was a well
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