New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-23
CiD Items.

City Items.
! RUM.HoLEs-Last evening about nine o'clock,
in passing the corner Of East Broadway and Pikes we
were attracted the door of GROCERY by the loud and
earnest entreates of a wife 1nplorng her husband
leave the rumioe abe designated it, and repair to his
home and family. East Broadway is one of our most
respectable streets. The store alluded to was
well lighted up. 1t Sunday evening and the pro-
prietor of the house In all probability is considered
highly spectacle man, probably Alderman ofthe Ward
At all events he has license sell gros any poor
who raise six cents though his children are
thereby deprived OF bread OF the poor woman
was distrrber Of the peace and the landlord had only
to hand her overt the Wachman and he could retain
and arbo the husband until his last penny expend
ed and then kick him of the door drunken rms
cal. VIII it always be thus
EE Major Simonson, of Staten Island, yesterday
took the first shad caught in the hsrbor this
II There was an alarm of fire last night about g
o'clock The only damage reported to US was black
eye and bloody face by collision of hss in street
fight in Chaiham.st- near Duane.
~ Rev Mr. Mackay OF Connecticut preached
Yesterday afternoon Grace Church. and In the even
ing at ST. Pauls His discourse was highly approved,
and he gives evidence of Of usefulness and de-
/ served celebrity.
FARMERS CLUB OF THE AMERICAN Institute
This Club meets morrow tuesday at IL O'Clock in
the Institute room, lst floor. Subjects-prunng and
keeping cattle particularly cows An exchange OF seeds
CRAFTS and cuttings will take place. About one month
will elapse before the of grating will be
is recommended that all the Clubs in our country avail
themselves of this in collecting and distributing
gratis A Simultaneous movement will, it is believed,
conduce greatly the increase Of the choice fruit OF our
country. six varieties of choice seedlings from
Cincinnati were distributed at the last meeting About
100 members attended The CRAFTS were sought with the
greatest avidty.
BOOKSELLERS TRADE SALE.-The semi annual
sale of Books Stationery sc. to the trade commences
this morning at the sales room of BANGS RICHARDS
PIArT in Broadway. weesR that Booksellers are in
attendance from most ofthe Ces in the Union and from
hssty glance the catalogue we should think that the
present will be as important sale has taken place for
years
RELIEF TO THE SH1PwREoKED.-The Journal of
Commerce contains plan for saving the lives and pro-
perty of vessels wrecked on coast which it seems
to us is deserving of attention 1t is proposed to build
two telegraph static ma on the Jersey shore, and place
surf boats having the improved lfeboat principles Of
buoyancy some miles apart-a ak pound signal gun
rockets like those successfully used the seacoass
of Europe to throw small lines on board OF wrecks
Each station house to be provided with men, vehlces
horses fuel whale lines, hswsers, sc. &c. and the
houses to be fully manned for six months In the year,
and safely kept through the Summer months. 1t Is es
mated that less than $1,000 will build station furnish
complete and maintain and pay the for six months
u A Fair grand and novel scale is to take
place Nibos during the present week-the proceeds
/ to be for the benefit of the Poor.
EY Judsons new Hotel 81 Broadway, opened
Friday. and comfortably filled with guests
All the Hotels are extremely busy,
THE RIVER NAvIGATIoN.-The Columbia goes
up this evening at o'clock. The ST. Nicholas leaves
this morning but the Day. Lines not yet organized.
1t is likely that the Hendrix Hudson will go up to.mor.
row or next day. The Freight Boats begin to arrive
The steamboat Oliver Ellsworth left Albany Satur
day morning and arrived here yesterday with elk large
tow boats aIdeeply laden with produce.
! n Thomas Flynn, Esq. lectures on Temper
ance az the Tabernacle this evening
Ey'The launch of the Columbia is postponed to
Thursday morning at o'clock-foot of seventhst E.
e The packet-shp Arc0le. comman ded by
Capt Eveleigh arrived Gibraltar her first outward
passage Marseiles in the short space of twenty days.
| ~ The Forty third Semi annual Book Trade.
Sale commences this evening the auction of
Bangs Richards & Patt
GERMAN SoCIETY.-The annual dinner of the Ger
man Society will be given Wednesday, the 25th inst
OF the Astor House.
II There a crowded tea party at Niblos on
Friday evening the proceeds of which to be devoted
to the poor Among the novelties of the occasion
sparkling little newspaper called The Nightbloomng
| Cereus'
70 Upward of 1000 tons OF white gravel have
been shipped from this city London since the 18th of
September last 1t Is taken from the beach at Long
Island and used beautfy the parks and gardens Of
! London.
e We learn that the $500 promised to Inman
for his portrait of Mayor Harper has not been paid
APEEP AT THE sCoSrIsGEScIEs.'-In turning
over the pages ofthe Comptroer's Report glanced,
en- passaEt the County Contingencies where we
found the people charged thus; For gloves for the
members of the Common Council, $50 which so horri-
fed US tina, we shut the book quickly would
Pandora's box. Eightytwo dollars for gloves Whew