New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-06

| II supposed, however, 10 nave held an interest
at the time Of bis fe,ih with two OF cr pstlers in
house kept in Broadrssy. near Tenth street. His
generous style ef living ctmbined with his profase
bberslty has 10. been favorable TO the accumulation
Of large fotone and ii is sad tuai se has len behind
him but a limited property. H,vng no children of
his OWL he has adopted at different times four or five
girk the daughters of poor parents, wi ON he has
educated, and some of whom arc now married. HIS
family, at the time of bis death, consisted of his wife
and two adopted daughters. lie had been unweu for
month past from affection Of the liver. bat had
get better, and was supposed to be fast recovering
when he was attacked on Senday morning with
apopexy, and died in two hours sfter.
FAru CAsPHEsE AccIDEsr.-Coronor OKeefs
held an inquest at leyue Hospital on ths body of
Elizabeth Disbrow. who died from the effects Of
burns received from the explosion of a eau of cam
phene. About o'clock Monday morning the de-
ceased was about to kinGle fire in a stove at her
res dence, No. $50 East Twenty.fourth street, when,
to facilitate matters, she opened the fluid can to pour
some Of tie dangerous material on the paper and
kLdpg wood Without closing the can, Mrs. Dis
brow struck match, and on touching il to the COM
bus,ble materials the fluid in the can ynited with
loud report, and set fire to her clothes. Before aid
could reach the unfortunate womap she fright
fully burned hst death ensued soue two hours after
wards. The Jury rendered verdict Of death from
burns accidentally received. Mrs. Disbrow was b
years of sge, and a native Of New-Jersey. Her re-
mains are to be taken to Shrewsbury for n.ermert.
Deceased has left hus band and several children.
SHREwD FINANCIAL OPERATIos.-On Ffiday morn
ing last, Mr.. f.. Pollock, wellknown broker, doing
business at No. 1877 Greenwich street in this city,
appeared before Justice Welsh, at the City Hall
Police Court, and preferred charge of grand larceny
agsirs It James NJ. Smith, James NJ. Dickson, and
another, whereupon warrant was issued, and placed
in the hands Of Officer Brewer, who succeeded in
arrestng the parties the same day. They were taken
before Justice Welsh, and held to bail n the of
e. 600 for their examination on Friday next.
The ground upon which the charge is founded arose
out of the following transaction the information hav
ing been CLEANED from the parties interested in the
case. The firm Of z Pollock & Co., previous 70 the
Fall of 1865 consisted of the following named persons
E. Pollock, j. F. Smith, Mr. Basfort, and Chsces II.
Pollock. At the time it is alleged, they carried the
business of buying up broken bank bills and discount
ing notes, &C. Finally Mr. Bssfori sold out h, claim
TO the firm, and went to California The same Fall,
Mr. Smith suggested to Mr. Pollock the propriety Of
purchasing tne Arllshns Ddlh VI W. u, a.
money could be made out of the operation. After
giving the matter due consideration the bank was
bought up, and which, it is said, turned out to be
rather Improbable speculation. After experiment.
ing with the Artisans Bank, it is alleged that f. Pol
lcck & Co., in connection with james NJ. Dickson,
came to the conclusion to purchase the majority of the
stock of the Weir Bank, located a. Hampton Falls,
N. II. Mr.. f. Pollock & Co., it appears, raised
A - hA ma
amount which would give him tDcksou) an equal
amount in the bauk. Some time early IN October
1858, Dickson on his own behalf and Smith in behalf
of f. Pollock & Co., went to Hampton Fails for the
special purpose of negotiating for the purchase OF the
majority Of the stock of the Weir Bank. Several
con nversatons were had with parties interested in the
bank but without coming to any detoite conclnsion
Finally, delays occurred to such an extent that Mr..
Dickson was compelled to return TO New-York, he
having nobody to attend to his business Prior to his
leaving Hampton Falls he left his q, 900 with Mr..
Smith of the Il IN of Pollock Il Co.. now one of the
defendants which together with the ~ 600 of Pollock
& Co.. would be enough to purchase the bink Subse-
quently il is alleged by Mr.. Dickson, Mr. Pollock and
his cor, Charles III. Pollock determined toform part
nershp between CT aries II. Pollock and man named
Daniel Feitner and to induce Mr. Smith to 20 into it,
and consent to the use of Dieksons money, and be-
come partner and the understanding was that T..
Pollock & Co would refund Dickson's money just as
SOC as they could discount or get It from the Weir
BaDk-E. Pollock g. Co., on behalf Of his son,
Charles II. Pollock, contributing the said sum- thus
making $4,000, taking Dickson's money. Fetner&
Co. became the purchasers Of the bank with the money
which had been furnished. Mr.. Smith, it appears,
was at that time resident business man at Hampton
Falls as is supposed for greasing the machine and
keeping il moving. The arrangement being thus
made, ID. Feitner g. Co. and +. Pollock & Co. com
menced getting discounts, and, it is now alleged, they
have discounts to the amount of $4,000 of the Weir
Bank. When f. Pollock & Co. found they could not
get the larger proportion of the stock, they became
doubtful whether or not il would be profitable to them
They then from all accounts proposed to Smith that
Dickson should be compelled to look to him Smith
for bis money, saying to him: Now you Smith are
irresponsible, and Feitner don't know what has been
done between ne, and you received the money from
him Dicksonl he must look to you for it, aud when
we close up with the bank, whatever is coming Of
this & 900 Of Dcksons, will pay over to you, aud
you can pay Dickson put It in your pocket, as you
please
Smith, it appears, refused to be party in cheating
Dickson out of bis money which +. Pollock 81 Co.
had really had. Thus matters remained for short
time, when some time since Mr. Dickson made an
assignment Of his claim 10 one McClOugh, who, on
Thursday last presented the account for payment at
the desk of f. Pollock Il Co., which was paid by
Smith and this for Ne the grounds of his arrest
Since the affair has become known it has created
considerable excitement among the bulls and bears
Wall street.
RUFFIAyIsN OF THE FERRIEs.--If the owners OF
the Staten Island Ferry cannot maintain order on