New-York daily tribune., 1845-12-25
City Items

,;h;,c, .nd Christmas q, once The City his tnofH
,r Ioots a. If tremendous bal rzasqe had been SUD
denly turned into the streets in the hight OF ts reTey
The scars and feathers of the laughing ades-tne saua
iy trimmed and luxurious cougar'skins, which eh"isp
the fairy cars tia, glide like dreams over the
snow-the ring of the merry bens-she crack o. 'Ne
ger whip, and the prancng and caracoirs OF
of sleek and wellfed steeds attached 10 tne mo''
ouis,e and graceful vehicles-a present sucn scene
rirth and glowing hiary that make II mp -
say ,.siSi to an invitation 10 so sleignroins'
Pm. beneath this flashing surge of joyous ana naPp!
life slov heath the ssonized heart OF the suerns poor
The starving children press o- food around the knees
a ,ber biverpe mother; the naddened iaher ana nus
hand without shelter for bis offspring clasps his pale
f in mute despair and calculates the chances OF rob
berv or suicide-often resolving upon the one, and,
frightened by the cries OF his hungry children from Sis
nurnose driven headlong into the other Oh we could
wiring the heart with real ard living pictures of such
iserv and desitution seem belle the noble destiny
of humanity and disprove the goodness Of omnpotence
We could take you oh comfortable reader, five
minutes walk from the crowded and brilliant throng in
Broadway, 20 the dens Of crime and starvation where
man eeems a brute woman hend, and childhood-,ne
season of JOY and siles-a wretched and bitter mock
cry without hope heart The gorgeous rainbow that
spans the whrling torrent of metropolitan life rests It's
bases on such dark depths Of misery and crime as
makes one shudder but to think OF.
SABBATH SCHOOL CELEBRATIos.-The Schooi
attached to the Sufolkst Church, near Delaney VIII
hold its Anniversary this evening The exercises VIII De
performed by the scholars and consist Of original Dia
ogues and Addresses on subjects OF much interest inter-
spersed with Solo and Dueto, and other exercises SUIT
able to the occasion To at half past Clock
ST. NICHOLAS HoTEL-This house, formerly the
Exchange Hotel in Cortland-stree has been taken by
Messrs Wemmel e. humphrey. Mr.. Du1nphrey mas
been with Mr. Howard, Of Howard's Hotel fourteen
years and Of understands his business perfectly
E We have received the first number OF the
Library of Sacred Music containing sixteen pages OF
welselected and neatly printed Sacred Music-or .
cents This number contains ten pieces 1t is pub
lished BY hpoonio e. Taylor, 80 Fulton-street
~ There were two alarms of fire yesterday al
ternoon from burning chimneys in Chambers and Rector
streets.
B DR.. Comslock yesterday gave bail before Jus
tee Drnker in 0O0 for his appearance the 9TH OF
January for examination the complaint OF Dr. Sner'
man. mo, the ozenge Doctor for perjury in Chancery
bill.
a New Catharinc Murray was
arrested yesterday in the act of passing counterfeit -
bill at the store OF j. D. Reynolds % Divisonst. man
was waiting for her outside who away as Mr. sent
for an officer She said a. one time that she received the
bill in Pepnsyvania-and subsequently that she took II
in BROOKLYN but she could give satisfactory eXpla
nation OF her possession fit she was committed As
is of n new emission, will describe it: 1t is on the
Dedham Bank Massachusetts, letter A, No 263 dated
March 4th 1874 and signed J. Smson President ana
E. Fisher Jr Cashier. The center vignette represents
female figure with scroll in hand and train oil cars un
der full head of steam in the back ground The side
vipne,es are steamboat and an eagle. The paper is
dark and the bill purports TO have been engraved by
Tappan Carpenter & Co. New,York
rES We learn that q gentleman, few evenings
since when putting letter into the Post Office observed
that the receiving box had been stopped up short Dis
,auce from the mouth, that any letters dropped in
could be easily distracted without finding their way into
the Office He observed at the time two men urk-
ing about who doubtless waiting TO complete the
operation Always look down the aperture before you
deposte your letter.
rEs They have succeeded in mounting Capt
socktons big gun upon its carriage at the Nayy-iard
It's muzzle is about s feet from the ground
tTS Mr.. Arthur Morrell attended On Tuesday al
the Mayors office in company with the friend who last
parted from him prior his mysterious disappearance
All the explanation that either Mr.. Morre or his friend
can give is that they attended the Chatham Theatre to-
gether and at U O'CLOCK Went lnto tne saoo ana soOu
by the fire. They left in few minutes both being per-
fecty sober; and when they got outside, Mr.. Morrel
offered TO accompany his friend home with his umbrella
which offer he declined He then saw Mr.. Morre cross
Chatham street rs If going his home and that was the
last he saw of him. Mr.. Morren told the Mayor that he
recoects every thing that occurred to the time when
they were standing the together but cannot re-
collect any thing that happened after that time.
T., tho Snaoia1 Saceione on Tuesday one of
the drivers of the Empire line OF omnibuses tried for
misdemeanor in obstruc the passage of rival stage
one of the Waverly line In his defence the driver al
legged that the propretors of these lines required their
drivers 10 race and that in instances drivers had
been discharged for suffering another stage pass them
He farther said that the propetors paid all fines imposed
for such breaches of the peace The Recorder ppsed
all pnr,ies that the police should have his wiling coop
Grafton in attempts put down this nuisance ana sen
,encod tho accused whose name is Lawrence TO pay
fine of S25 with promise of Blackwels Island should
the offence be repeated.
uP A stranger who took lodgings at % Catha-
on Monday night and again lodged there on
Tuesday night registering his name as Simonton cut his
throat with razor yesterday noon No cause can be
assigned for the act.
ET The free hydrant nuisance continues unaoa.
ted Some parts of the City really impossible for
whole blocks from the quantity of freezing water con-
stsny accumuatng in the cutters and oVerrunnng Tue
walks This is too bad
tT A carman fell from his cart at the corner OF
Roosevelt, and South streets yesterday afternoon ard
one of the wheels passed over his neck killing him in
s,sntly We did not learn his name.
IL 4 correspondent writes US to say that the
resolution 10 adopt Alderman Miers street-lsh'er
has not passed Board of Assistants but has only been
referred to the Committee Streets We take it FOR
granted he right and make the correction accordingly
r. Read the advertisement OF Parker's Christ
mas Ball, you who sacrifice to Terpsichore.
~ The case of Harper for murder, was given
to the Jury yesterday, who had not in with their
verdic, at 10! o'clock last night when the Court ad'
iourned to this morning.
IL meeting of the opponents OF Capital Pun
ishment was held in the Hail. Of Broadway and
Lispenardst. las, evening Hon. JOIN B. ScoTr in :he
Chair. Horace Greeley made Report of the N. Y Del!
esation to the U. s Convention recently held in phia
sdelpha- The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolred That committee OF two from each Ward
be appointed circulate petitions TO the Legislature in