New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-08-07
CITY ITEMS.

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United and concentrated effort in behalf Of Public
order Street Cleanliness and Private Deeency mas'
be made BY Press and Police 70 Danish the insurer
able segsr from streets and public promenades-
The nuisance has reached such length As 10 De PTora1
I'd into the face Of every cicnnyminded pedestrian IN
Broadway on the Battery in public meetings ana even
in Omnibuses AMI the way TO the b-ihs'"Aere ae7
are offended and choked with the disgusting and poison
Gus fumes Of burnt tobacco. It is rank AMER
can fact, which ought no longer - be concealed N
sweetseouted wrapper and disguised under aishsound
ing name thar the Tobacco Nuisance j. the second great
Peculiar Institution Of the United Stafes-and one which
has even stronger odor Of nationality about il than the
other more extensively -discussed popularity. We
may and fume the Cockney scrib5ers' and tel
as many bitter truths about them plesse-out
whole tribe perpe,r,,ed upon ~ so much -canda
as is accomplished by every public smoker and che"ef
every tweniyour hours Of his existence and the pens
Of All COckneydom said any thing OF US nall so 0
ter as the flavor Of our halfchewed quids.
Why not this sbomnable national vice be reform
ed-ths heavy disgrace this foul stain which lies closer
upon than reputation and has absolutely stamped US
throughout Chrs,endon with perhaps neaceable stg
OF dirt and vusirsm How is il possible that the
ambitious, emulatvc dashing rich and extensively edu
Gated young Of this great Republican Metropolis
dare to persist in Ibis nefaoui practice Do they ever
walk abroad with their sister. cousins or nearer and
dearer female fend.i and if go are not their conscence
shocked into activity by every suppressed hem and
gasp and ouch elected from their delicate throats by
nv
which the scgar nions convert thewesi side Of Broad
way
! We have always felt kind Of inexpressi5c admira
ton for the Negro Dandy being the plus aira Of
the large and diversified Fop family and until he took
to smoking he certainly stood preeminent Scoring
the nasness inousache and eschewlng the insufer
able sarty of wearing his hat O. side he took far
higher ground than the majority Of his white brethren.
and could afford to look down with contempt upon his
mere imiiaors in the Dandy perfes-ion But when, in
an evil hour he was seduced embrace the Segsr oil
MS superiority exhaled in smoke and the Negro Dandy
now walks Broadway or the Battery putting away at his
R,gaa or Dos Aigos and attracting more attention
than the mere Angosaxon exquisite with his moustachs
stepped IN the vile odor Of an Imperial
| ~ The Board Of Assistants last night concur
red in the amendment to the Police Ordinance passodby
the other Board This amendment requires the Police
Offices 10 be kept open from A. M.to7 ?. NJ. from April
TO September, and 70 6 from October to March-snd
makes the various District Head Quarters and Office Of
the Chief Of Police portion of the City Prison, for the
detention of prisoners till examination. 1t also makes
the Office the Chief of Police part Of the Mayors Of
fce &c..A resolution also concurrod in for re-
paving Broad and New streets to correspond 10 the new
eradngs The resolution to not accept the resignation
of James II Cook, AlmsTIouse Commissioner, and to
request him 10 withdraw il was concurrcd in.
OMNIBUS DRIyERs-It has become easy with Us
all TO censure the poor Omnibus drivers all occasions
and so regularly is this done that they feel like pro
scrbed class and Il would be natural II they should band
together protection and revenge There are no doubt
cases in which improper persons are emIl yed rs dr.
vers but these are very A. cross, unskllful or
careless driver ia found on, and put in Coventry by
his fows-who all have great deal at esgrif On corps
and stand up stouily Tor the honor Of the Whip But
drivers are frequently subjected 10 wrong and gross I'M
position by passengers. Sometimes man with two or
three children will ride mile or two and then insist
upon escaping by paying solitary sixpcnce- Sofnr-
times ladies discover the end Of their route that they
have nothing less than five dollar bl-which, being
very uncurrent money. at one per cent discount would
cave the poor driver cent for the adys fare and h-
own trouble Gentlemen often have nothing but bank
bills. and hard ones AZ that, We saw, night or two
since who had such precious bad lot ofone dol
lar that the puzzled driver was at last glad TO take
a Planfeld so you thar the Omnibus drivers have
rights and wrongs ups and downs as wei as the rest Of
the world
~ We saw a case OF honesty yesterday sur
passing that Of the Brooklyn Omnibusdrver who re-
stored the lady her lost purse. poor boy III Grand
street crying five cent piece he bad ust los
aud which carman had picked mp. Hearing the boy
cry. the asked him what wss the matter I've
/ lost my money-boo-oo-hoo q bubbercd the boy What
was Il "a Eve pence Inquired the honest man. fe-
hes. sir said the boy There then said the man. while
glow OF real pleasure up his broad brown face a. he
put the coin into the urchns hand there's your mo-
ney don't cry The boy took the money-pui his niger
to hi. nosa "a Cofee-mi, and exclaimed a. he hoped
away Well ciat YOU little er the greenesi SEEN
you pick up that sinner 2
! tTrM C9uHror. the Tenor of the French Opera
this City died suddenly yesterday morning at
o'clock lie has been III ever since and before nls ar
rival here but had exerted himself to keep up Once or
twice the performances at the heaire have been su'
pended changed account OF the state OF MS nesth
but until yesterday morning danger TO lie was appre
hended. NJ C0urot was hne artist and an estiinaoe
man He leaves wife f,he talented rna Donna OF the
troupe stephan CQeurlOLl QUIZ We ',.'f'' "' NN--4'"
The performances the Company have been suspended
until Friday evening when LIS H4gHenois VII be gwen
for the nrst time.
~ TIE Americoa Republican tells story Of a
coslposor in that Office who set 9y7 ems Of solid min
ion type in "a hours We afraid we shall lose thai
Hat sooner than We had anticipated
- The Harmonic Attachment to the Piano IN
vented by Mr.. Walker promises 70 supersede every
thing previously discovered for sottsning and soothing
the briancy Of the Piano One Of Chickering's innita
Die Instruments furnished with Harmonic Attachment
may be at Firth Hall and Ponds corner OF Broad
way and Park Place The Harmonic tones are those eS-
qu!si,e beIks vibrations for which Ole Bull so cee-
braied the Violin Produced the Piano they have
fine effect.
CRIMES AND CAsrALrns--A hitherto respecta-
bic citizen Of Brooklyn named David Cough has been
arrested on a charge of d-gracefu and unnameable
crime. The case viii 90 before the Grand Jury Abou'
months ago an old man about seventy years ofsse
named WALTERS was brutsly assaulted and beaten by