New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-27
CITY ITEMS.

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CITY ITEMS.
Tar srosu - S.ruRDAY.-Tte rain ie" on
-.... ., -,i-n-.. ana 'i.- 1T u
,hs d.y IN. .r-r,s ~ers d-srrsed. except y w
hs... 49, .arh travellers a. necessity drove Ao'o~'
O.sss q, IL. ,iol~sc- 81 The storm its Sof~ea -H'
s,srirsru bos.s ais not leave ri yss,-rcsy 'o'Hn-
II. P.s sat. h1sc,er ~, osi bit u Is Ffe's'i- ''A'
.5s - forced - hs Il sschor til tsyhSh' tfs-sl 81
.b..enent Of the gale The Traveller ~h'eH ''i' ~
N-r-H.veu A. c'elocs saturday morniDs Us com
p-iled l. return o. - CITY. Tho Suii-iNe'' 49,
-. g. have 90 saturday afternoon also Po''goos' 81
..r,srs 4, a'e.s this nsoinias. fh- ss,srn msii
D. lis cry DID r0i anisr yesterday !" o-i Pe'
81 The sris Lird.u ~tish 10y a. snenoF usaT 'ae qi'
Tin, lr.g, rsuehor. Dat luckily received no cam
49,, .si -. driven ioul q the public DICK The bark
Psucbi,s wss bo~u Il th tine from h.f mooins'
.ss can. In contact With the same t0cs bat received
little injury
SINE damage VS. s'so done to unfinished buildings
a., v.r. p.rt. 4 the Cry and shade trees md shrub
berry were also eou.iders5ly isiured both here snd N
Broeslyn We have, however, heard Of no CONSIDERS
DE disasters
KyroRv - CRY AFFAIRs.-Oar report OF ne
proceeding. Of the meeting Of the Board 81 AssssD'
Alderman 90 Friday night noticed very oFi'ly me pen
Of the Committee on Retrenchmcut presented y -
.,.ant Aldermsn Cumming snt ordered - Q" pfiu','-
This Gchoue proposes 10 perform BY contract '~nl'
service. which err done directly y TIE Ciiy lie
following are some Of "a. features. TIE inmates OF ne
Aims Hou.e 70 be supplied With regular rsrcns oy the
lo-sst bidder snd ihs public table for the oncers 81
tbs, establishment to5e abolished they receiving s'Nel
.,,i,.s,, In money Also hat the lamps shall Be fur
II NSn
pos. 70 employ policemen crers IN The Courts And
70 s.rve subgrI Cas-. To tx 5 salary on the 'iase OF
County Clerk and pu, the emolumsnis Of the oHee into
ia, treasury Of the Corporation. To Psy the Counsel OF
the CITY salary Of - 90 syesr and TO allow him two
clerk. bu, no tees or other ernoun-n;s to give him
an o-s near that Of the Controller aud 10 require him
N do a. the legal business Of the Corporation Beside
these thrys II also proposes 10 amend the City Cn"r
The Road Of Aldermen shs b. elected, one IRON
b Ward for three years and the Board Of Assistants
an. sor each 10000 inhabitants every year thai The
Chf Of Departments elected ~ the people for three
years; that Toe Msyor cease 10 % member Of Tee
Board Of Supervisors and that DO shall have aVe'o
power over - acts ~ hs now has and nose oi 'ns
Common Council
HyRz AND sfvoRi's COsCERT.-The orchestra
which 8. to plsy at this Concert ,omouo" evening
II .
Mace Oosra House No doub, this fact will attract
many persons to the Concert otherwise moro attract
i've one than often calls together the beauty fashion and
,.,s of III. CITY All are curious hear the the artists
h,n, our Aston place msnsgers have collected for the
coming season snd part Of ther troupe s said 10
contain more accomplished musicians than the orehes
ira.
~ We understand that the Directors of the
R,.fSs 4ih,ps.a and Of the Phad>lphia Academy u
Eus 4rts have offered Mr. Kellogg the free use OF
their rooms the exhibition OF the eHquse statue ol
toe Greek Slave, by Powers now eAniolups IN 'ni'
such generous courte.y Is in the highest degree grail
yins not only the friends u the dlsuuxusnru soup
tor but 10 all lovers OF Art tOour- a I"t
rbi. in pretty striking eontras; 10 the proceeding
If the society Library ,hi. City which charges As
W. believe hundred dollars month Tor tue use oi 'i'
rsom in The fourth story aud besi3e. refuses to 81
low an Illuminated Transparency with the "oro'
Powers. Greek Slave now Exhibiting, ~ be put o'ei
the enirauce IN the evening
DEATH or MAJOR PoPHAn.-Thls venerable
gentleman died on saturday morning At bis reside nee
No ~ Wayehy place, whence his funeral was 70 'Ss
place At hsltpsst yesterday afternoon He Was y
,ss,, old the oldest commissioned officer OF tbs Uni'f
St. ADD the President OF The Society the CiDcir
natl HI. biography will /, is to be hoped, be under
+ taken By some competent hand
' TELEGRAPH PRoFITs-Ihe ErPresS says ina
the receipts on the Boston line for three months endu
sc,,en,ber l. havo exceeding this expenditures >
snount eausl 10 II per cent per upon the csi
ilsL
D. We should have supposed that the profits were % p
cent instead OF II.
n E,sy-A tire broke out about Ia o'clock on sat
4 ,day night, In the artificial lower store at No l2l WI
,. u.m,t-al the coutents were destroyed. Inc d~ei
ins mart of the house occupied By Conrad johnson
!. ,od be.sr was completely dTenched with water, an
,. they barely escaped with thslr lives daughter o.
J. Mr. who Was sick the time rescued BY the ~
b lice Of the Second Ward
DRowsED-A gentleman fell or jumped iron
4. one OF the south Ferry boats las, evening about
Z o'clock and drowned before assistance could reach him
The boat had Jus, ls the Brooklyn slip for this City
7 His nsme John Murphy
. ~ The steamer Britannia dbl not get off Al
.oou a. Anticipated Il has been found that her ia'
3 keel WAS carried away from the stem 10 a0st me pad
abox and that her keel much Injured A. to ~
: oure any feet OF Il bs tsken Of About twenty nF
' e, OF the copper hes,hins was broken On when sn'
. struek
n ~ The Gazette u Times, known here as the
4 Native organ announced on Sst1fcsy tns slsS' Va
10 DAY /, would cease 10 exist Its subscription 't Is u
n b. transferred 10 the Mirror.
p Ce- We learn with pleasure that Mr.. heiiog.
IA, appropriated ibe proceeds Of the exhibition OF POI"
b s Greek slave On "Wednesday next 10 ibe use Of IN
Inward Benevolent Association Of Ne~-Oriesns
rz5. Remember the sale Of {. NJ GRAHAM eA
,sr.ive Homestead At Harlem tomorrow. See afVer
tsement
lf AB,Lt for the Benefit Of Mr. C. = GLEssiSc Is {
% he ven A. the Seventeenth Ward House corner Of First
- AID Avenue A. this evening for which The Band Of q
Ia D. frs.te Savannah has volunteered MI CLOSING la
Ds hen rcpestedly subjected msiofanes and has claim
especially % Wing sympathy for his unFins AID seisn
" devotion 10 the cause among his German brethren "
'f b .us better way we're devised ~ AID him, oui ios
= b attend Bs j. all AID needy and worthy man By q
~ tssaius his AID the cost of tickets 4 a tribe
20 IssuEsrs-Coroner Walters held al lnques
ye,t.rdsy Al the City Hospital upon the body Of mons
In Wooley usuve VI EGG aud aged eighteen years = Q
came 70 his death BY falling from ladder N oo~fSn
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