The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-01-31
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BALTIMORE UNITED FIGE
Observation-Disclosures OF OFFIcERs.--Last night
being the last Monday in January, the annual
meeting for the election of officers of the Baltimore
United Fire Department took place in the room in
the third story of tie old City Hall.
The meeting was organized by calling Mendez /.
Cohen, Esq, to the chair; Mr. James Young, Sec
retary.
As the first business in order the Secretary called
the roll, all the companies being represented except
the Vigilant and Watchman. delegates from
these companies afterwards appeared at the meet
ing.
The President then announced the object of the
meeting-the election of officers for the ensuing
year-snd the Department at once proceeded to bal
lot, which resulted as follows:
President, Il. W. Levering, of the Union; first
Vice-President, S. NJ. Evans, of the DepTord;
second Vice-President, G. N. Oliver, of the Monu-
mental; third Vice President, J. II. Tucker, of the
Western Hose; Treasurer, Hugh Bolton, of the In
dependent; Secretary, James Young, of the Frank
lin.
The several companies then handed to the Secre-
tary, the names of the members elected to serve on
the select committee.
Hugh Bolton, Esq, Treasurer, read his report
for the past year, from which it appears that at the
last annual meeting there was balance on hand
of S2S1.27; received since that time S145; total,
S42627. There has been expended during that
time S266, leaving balance of Sl60.27. The re-
port examined by committee, pronounced
correct and adopted.
Mr.. Nichols, of the Mount Vernon, moved that
the Ene imposed last year on the rankin FIRE
Company, amounting to 1884, be remitted.
Mr.. Simmons, of the Pioneer, moved to amend
by including the Mechanical, First Baltimore and
Vigilant.
The amendment was lost. The vote was then
taken on the original motion, and it was rejected
Yeas T. nays, II, divided g.
The salary of Secretary fixed at Sl20 per
mum and that of the Janitor at S25.
The meeting, after dis 2ussing some measures of no
public interest, adjourned.
EXAMINATION BEFORE THE ITNIrRD STsrES Cow
MIssIoNER.-Ye esterday, at twelve, the negro, Ben
jamin Brown, charged with the killing of George
Crozier, had further hearing before United States
Commissioner Hanna.
Capt Trower, sworn.-Was not on board when
Crozier was killed; the gun used by the negro was
back OF the inner berth of witness cabin, from
whence the negro took it; the accused had no
business in the berth, and witness had forbidden
him to enter that apartment under any circum-
stances; the gun had been fired off during the
passage; when witness reloading the gun the
accused passed and saw the operations; was partcu-
lar to keep the gun out of the sight of the accused;
had my reasons for doing on account of the
boys former actons witness had driven the boy
out of the cabin sometime previous to the shooting
because he stole wine the accused had been acting
as cabin boy until witness drove him out.
James Burns, second mate, testifed:-Saw Brown
coming out of the cabin just after the shot was
fired; he smiling; witness said "Brown, you've
been using the Captains pistols" the accused an
swered eyes" when Brown saw that he had shot
me; hope to God they will hang me;'' after Gro
zer was lying on the deck the negro stopped down
over the body, and weeping, said, "Oh God George
didn do it on purpose, God knows didn't"
- Willis testified the same as on Friday last; he
said that Brown had told him and several others,
that he spoke to Crozier and threatened to shoot
him. but the gun went off accidentally.
Mr.. Addison said that the crime could not be less
than mansaughter, and he was strongly of the
opinion that it was murder in the first degree. He
requested the Commissioner, providing he deemed
it baable offence, to require good bail and of
sufficient amount
The boy was committed to Jail for trial in March
next.
THE jury IN THE MURDER CAsE.-As will be
seen by the report of proceedings in the Criminal
Court of yesterday, the jury in the case of Alex.
Gale, charged with the murder of James Evans,
both negroes, were discharged by the Court. The
jury went out on Thursday at 3 o'clock, and stood
at that time for murder in the first degree,
and five for murder in the second degree After
celebrating and baoting during the evening of
Thursday, the result eight for the first and four
for murder in the second degree. They remained
in this complexion until the time they were dis
charged. Mr. Robinson, the Juror who bolted on
Sunday morning, held out for murder in the second
degree.
FoR CoURr.-On Sunday night Michael Coleman,
one OF the party that made the assault Sunday
afternoon on Charles N. Myers, and who was shot
by him. arrested by one of the Eastern district
officers He was taken in his crippled condition to
the Eastean district police station, when Justice
Griffin held him to bail for Court. Coleman is not
seriously wounded.
ANOTHER ARREsT.-Y esterday officer Robert
Brooks, of the Western district, arrested on
bench-warrent young man named Edward Tully,
charged with being concerned in the robbery Of
Mr.. George Rush, by which that person is said to
have lost some 500. Tully was committed to an
swer at Court. Hiram Eckel and Wesley Gade
were previously arrested on the same charge.
FIRES.
The alarm of Fire at 1l1a o'clock on Sunday
night occasioned by the rekindling of the fire
in house on Elbow lane, in the of the Colum-
bia street Methodist Episcopal church. The flames
were extinguished without the aid of the Fire De-
partment. The whole department called out
however, by the haste of the police officers.
The alarm of fire at halfpast eight o'clock last
night, was occasioned by the burning of new
three-story house, corner of Madison avenue and
Mcmahon streets. The building was in the course
of erection and finished with the exception of
portion of the plastering. 1t owned by
gentleman in Philadelphia, and built by Jas.
M. Lester. We were not able to learn whether Mr.
Lester was insured not. The entire loss will