New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-07-24
From the New York American
m. Rrondway Omnibuses

rlih how little tIbupic tne Chdn2e CON oo 'A~
few OF them arc properly managed-ihe greater
nun,;,r are conducted with degree of reckless
oess .reIessncss and ind ference 10 the comfort
and safety OF the passengers which call Tor PfotnPt
correction at the hands Of our City Rulers. beinS
in urgent haste to meet an engagement, you man
an omnibus which is going right up, az OF
" right down, Sir as the case may be; havlhg
first Intercepted the driver strictly whether ne -
really in earnest, and being answered WIN uie
most solemn asseveratlsns that such Is as SIN
cere intention, you take your seat. Al 'he heAr
block YOU are suddenly stcpped-and supposhig
that new passenger IS coming, you WAL pa
iientiy some moments, when you discover toa'
Inc driver is amusing himself with LOOKING up
and around in every direcuon.-North, SOUTH
East and West,-to discover II possible, IN the
remote distance, some person TO whom he may
communicate his desire that he should 1de, by
teIegraphic signs. You pull the string indig-
naptv. and are answered with Gone moment
S;r:D you wait another minute, and then re-
peated pull puts you again IN motion, nut II Is
ONLY that the same farce may be enacted at eacn
succeeding corner, until the complement OF pas
sengers is obtained, which means eight when
there is ONLY room for six on a side, or Six on
seat. which but comfortably accommodates four !;
or until some other Buss, which started half an
hour later, is heard railing behind, when the
driver whips up into broken. backed gaAop, and
dashes onward like beggar on horseback. The
fan Of the race is occasionally interrupted oy run
ming into Doctors gig or light pleasure-caE-
riaye, or coming bolt against iamPpost or &
bvdrant, hurting luckless bo1-passenger upon
the payements, or crushing some innocent little
girl, laughing on her way 10 school.
If these amusements-for such they appear to
he 10 the drivers-in addition to the fright given
10 all the old ladies and gentlemen who may be
about crossing the street as you pass, do not Ia
duce you precpitately to resign your seat, you at
least reach your destination long after the time
vou nroposed. and inclined to VOW that you will
never again enter an omnibus when IN haste
and never, for any consideration, expose the lives
of your children in such break.neck vehicles
:. In the name Of Humanity and of Order, lei a
s,on he mt al once to such disgraccful manage
rnent-and let not the passenger feel, when he
enters an omnibus, that he is no longer under the
protection of the law, but at the tender mercy OF
a self.wiled driver.
The omnibuses should BE- obliged TO start at
regular times-pursue steady course-never
stopping except To take in or let out passengers
The rule of stopping on the right hand or on the
left, according TO the pulling of the string once
or twice, should be observed in them also that
no driver can land lady ankle deep IN the mud
in the middle of the street. All racing should be
strictly forbidden under penalty for each offence
For all accidcnts-ler careless driving, the pro-
prietor and driver should be made responsible !;
and all rude behaviour, on the part oil the drivers
should be mad matter OF complaint and punish
men;: and in this way, these vehicles, now the
most dangerous in the world, may become sale
and proper--cven for our wives and daughters:
.Nt,o- Yor.. July IL. 1874 W l.
IMPORTS AND ExroRrs-HI6n AND Low DU-
rJEs.-The State Sentinel OF last week contained
two tables Of figures to prove that under fow du
ties we export more and import less than under
h,rh du;ics bnt what is singular, the tables APP
olv only 10 our trade ,cifh Great Britain. We
nave not room today TO give the tables, and to
show ut length the cheat for which they are de-
signed. Those of one year will illustrate the
whole Take that of 1887, for instance, in which
we are told that the imports in that year from
Great Britain were $50 2S9 ,567; our exports to
the same were SCI, III, 79l-showing a bulance
in our favor Of near nine millions OF dollars
We'll, what was the aggregate Of our imports and
exports To and from all the world, Great Britain
included, that year7 1t twas as follows: Imports,
Sl4O. 9S9,2I7; Exports, Sll1,ql9. 376-making
a balance of more than TwENTY-THREE MILLIONS
AGAINST US. Now look al the cheat. The Ed
tors instance Great Britain, when they know that
nine renths Of the value of our exports to that
country is in Cotton, which Great Britain must
hass fi0n as, and were our duties one thousand
per cent it would not affect the matter one grain.
From 1890 to 1910, as appears from official ia
bIes noyS before us, we imported, in round mum
bers, little rising TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY
FIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS worth Of articles moro
than we exported in the same time.
Lowell Journal.
A RECEprIoS.-Our fellow citizen, Mr. William
Norris, senior of tho firm of the Messrs. Norris.
Locomotive engine manufacturers returned last
week FROM professional tour through Europe =
A friend informs us 81 pleasing circumstance
occurring at the scene Of lis ordinary business =
The uorkmen ofthe factory, about three hundred
and fifty in number, hearing of Mr.. Norrs's ar
rival, set to and put oyery thing IN PRIME order
about the establishment. They procured flags
and cverpreens, with which the extenG:ve walls
and the cupola were decorated, and watch was
appointed 10 keep looEcat for his approach
Hearty cheers greeted his appearance, and, as
our informant states, the foreman welcomed
him in neat little speech on behalf of the whole
body. Mr. Norris, quite taken by surprise, re.
sponded to their salutaton. We mention TINS
incident as illustrative of the warm feelings of
confidence and regard existing between MIR. Norris
and the large number of the men In his employ
mcnt The compliment as due to his uniform
hberality and consderate attention to their proper
requirements The spontaneous marks OF respect
with which they hailed his return are rebuketo