New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-08
CITY ITEMS.

| Of the President on Tuesday. ne WIS "iur
importance o. the occasion, and ~as prosn ID p'opA
persona on the arrival Of the President al TIE
~ ,iyh, even have said to the President as Louis XIV
/, reported 10 hare said 10 one OF his eoSfnef'
.l,ro., made me wait" For sometime before the
steamboat reached the wharf he was dseerned ~ tnose
ON board the President among the rest walking up and
down with all proper anxiety psniod upon ais eoan's
nance.
.o the bost was fastened 10 the wharf and greater
81 IN. passenger. were d,gorged the highest ofeer
Known under our laws and his principal sPpoinee Ia
h, ctv were seen 10 approach each other-the Pres.
den; one step the Collectors t"o-'Ae eaea o"e''
h,rs and hold !, hard or according to the HomeEe ex
pre..ou style more suited TO the subject 'ney mixed
hand, and we believe they did not mix Sny ihing else.
After the manipulation was al properly ha''heo' 'ne
p,.. ut was dumped into hack and forwarded TO the
A.,or House where be was most eourIeou,ly received
M s,etsou he breskassed and departed thence IS
he b.s arrived unstenied save BY his own suite
,u,b. form, and ceremonies ths, the Office was sup
- :, ,souire had been exhibited bis previous ar
v.-pe;,her the municipal authorities nor the citizens
seemed TO think repetition OF them was neees5
| when Mr.. Polk comes among US as private eiufen'
-, =. sr,i,lss 70 receive. and we have Go doubt
will receive TIE welcome Of gentleman. But we 'ru"
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consideration that We must deny the prison.
~ The Eighth Of July. which today VIII pro-
baby be remarkable for heat q, least In THIS auoe
has nevertheless cut figure in history Il IS the snni
verssry of the pensnce done In ll7i by Henry II Of
England for the murder of that naughty churcnmsn
Thomss Beckett. On this dsy 3lf years ago disd
Ariosto the Italian poet of chivary To-day makes up
hfty wears since Edmund Burke departed from this
world into other and invisible sphere Of action On this
day too one hundred and ihrtyeighi yea nee took
,lsc. the hattie Of Pultows when Charles JfSweden
displaying All the energy and fertility OF his character
fought the Russians at great dissdvsntsge and was
badly beaten. so much for the Psst-"e have
notion however thsiby and By history will have some
thing better to record for every day in the year than
the pensnces of supersuous andn;rgung Kings or the
battles of bu.headed Meanwhile for day the
chief business 10 TO keep cool
u THAppEus PHELPs, Esq. who wss for many
years prominent public sprted citizen and an enter
ur.ng and successful merchant Of this City, died yes
,erday morning at his residence, corner Of Grsuerey
Park and Twentieth.st He was native Of Connects
cut born in l7sl-came to NewYork about $50 or -
and established the well known mercantile house Of
Howard & Phelps-was ardent advocste OF Free
Trade doctrnes-and with Mr. :. Allen and others ex
ered himself in 1851 to exchange special charters oi
the system of tree banking. One OF Mr. Phepss daugn
,ers espou.ed Stevens T. Mason. the first Governor o.
the State Of Michigan since deceased and he has LETT
large family circle and numerous friends and relatives
who will deeply lament their loss His remains VIII be
Inferred to morrow al p. NJ
; QUERY FOR LoAFERs.-Flour is down to 81
dollar. and this being tho case it Is question WORTHY
IN
ler. nut In loaf We also suggest for Mrs Parting
tons special consideration this other not less aosuus
. problem why do bakers, as class, exhibit suci
promp, and Jealous faith in rise in Flour and suen hn
: and prolonged skepticsm as to decline
u HEALTH OF THE CuY.-By the City Inspector
report Il appears that for the week ending last ss
g day the number OF deaths in the city was $40 oeng
smsI increase upon the preceding week OF these ~
only were natives of this country lJj were ehiidfe
n under Ave being forty per cent of tho whos shs
the sale of Distlery Milk" be stopped or continued
) OrERA-Moses in Egypt has now been pc
formed for two nights rather Indifferent, houses oce
. stoned no doubt by the state OF the weather as tn
music Is exceedingly attractive and tho piece employ
Is more Of the best artists Of the company than any oth'
= which has been produced. The performance has, Q
the whole been credi,abe and perhaps as perfect
have any right TO expect We have, however found
ID reason in it to change the estimate OF the various men
beers of the corps which have already expressed
They have generally evnced the same powers and
same deficiencies which have before had occasion
ID notice and OF which may possibly take an early
m portunity to give brief though more complete anay
D. than has yet appeared such analysis seeming to
BE required by the state of musical culture In this COZ
lie munity.
The mos, prominent part In this Opera, that Of mo''
sustained BY Signor Novell the principal odsso Oh
ID Company who has displayed In II more power oo
be vocal and dramatic than We had attributed 10 nj
re though In the latter respect bis performance IN emo
entitled him to a respectable rank He has an excelle
voice and uses 1t with genuine and correct feeliI
which is saving great deal. His style is however
from perfect he does not familiar with the b
in school Of and must fail to satisfy the taste oil
A. truly cultivated Contrast for instance his rectats
with that of Benedict, and you will understand
~, faults Sig EoYellis notes seem to have no ounn
q, they are indefinite fringed II were, while every In
h. nation from the lips Of Bendet however delicate,
he outlines as distinct as thoso Of mvble statue The
90 has all the crspness of frozen snow, while the other
3D. Ike football 10 snow partly melted.
p There are some funny things In the Mos< as CIV
~ on the stage Of these sbsurdtes ia the wsy
which the miracle Of the burning bush and the eot
and thunders amid which the tables Of the law w
ns given on sinai are all depicted BY one little stage r
mimic bush stands side Of the scene, whose cen
is pulled away to show bit of oiled canvass with c.
3D. die behind II snd piece OF paste board IN front cut
ne the shape of an old fashioned double ravestone to
led resent the two tables Up this conrivsnee Sig Nov
all boldly marches and exucses the paste board, ST
to which the bush shuts up again and the candle put
cb To cay nothing Of the propriey of representing 81
events on the stage ALL we suggest that such rdi
ER ous affair as hs, have described might be dspen
sss with to advantage.
led LgsAsoS SPRIS6s.-This oldfashioned resort
sensible people for aid and comfort 10 warm wesu
Dr. IL truly In good order for those who desire TO set Az
nat from the dust and heat Of the City Mr. Hull, the
stand by Is there ready and willing" to serve
Of the good folks who will give him call Thewrter
8 jus, taken one Of those baths which 50 full OF cool
on braeng luxury that be withhold the express
m, of his honest conviction that place In this coun,r
Two 10 be compared with this beautiful interior
ear. those who are seeking pleasure and health from
geo busy scenes Of the City. good table, eles