New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-25
CITY ITEMS.

hodsy-for this going soldering when there j. no
10 soil the elegan, uniform. Of the soders-vhen
no ugly cannon balls hopping and bounding about
among the automatically arranged pstoons throw
ing everything into disorder-vhen the meteor Ike
streaming Of the gay Tags il no, hidden in vlainous
cloud Of burnt sulphur and ssltpetre-snd when the
anlnating music Of the band is no, drowned In the
shouts Of combat and the cries Of the wounded and
dying-s truly glorious business 10 the way Of col
ders whether for holiday parade for bloody service
New York cannot be outshone and as for our military
bands they far superior 10 any others In the country
and equal to any in the world However busly
may be engaged. never hear the music Of one Of
them without feeling the bright Days gone By In
our heart and. running 70 door window. eagerly
drinking in the Joyous sounds ike avery child The turn
yesterday not very large-only i've SIX
Of finest companies composing the Fourth Brigade
but il Of the most beautiful We have ever
The variety OF the uniforms worn BY the differ
ent psnies yrankt with gay Pennants made har-
rnonious panorama upon which the eye toasted with
pleasure while the fsultless music embslmed it al
in coDgenial element No wonder that ragged little
boys and girls crowded the sidewalks and ran by the
side Of the splendid parade We felt II should
have very much liked to be among them. We cannot
help thinking however what pity it il that much
spirit eNceiient DTOalciotn
costly gold and silver lace should be expended per
fectng in the Of cutting each others throats
and splitting one another bayonets-uhen there
so many swsmps 10 be drained. dykes TO be built for
ests 10 be cut down and even streets 10 be cleaned -
However we suppose fine soldiers would be quite
shocked At the des Of turning their military advantages
to any. really useful valuable account long As
there remain people TO be killed
p,, baf hsf Ia Here roue he
the clown performance after the regular thing-snd
sure TO have good deal Of the fun and TO make al the
laugh. What troop What boundless license TO the
spirit of groesquerie In their costumes arms and nc
coutrements Here is Leather Stocking Harle
ouin-yonder Punchneo and by his side Daniel Boone.
robed and capped in wolf skins. Happy, jovia limo
cent mirihprovoking Grower Guards 90 Yours Is
the company, after all, for money Shakespeare
was right-Jacques right-the Growers are right
everybody is right Motley 5 the only wear 90
A HuNKER Row.-The Hunkers Of the Fifth
Congressional District in general and those of the
Eighth Ward in particular, engaged in general row
Yesterday afternoon. The followers Of Mike Walsh
and Mr. sckles rival candidates for the Hunker nom
nation the combatans the friends Of the former
having in order to his nomination, resolved to
attack the ballotboxes and the consequence an
eIneute OF no tr1lnE llt uINht uut
in Spring st and was carried on for some time with
yelling such as is not often heard even among the
Hunkers The of action then changed to Varics
The parties concerned hired number Of rowdes
from other wards to protect the ssnctty of the ballot
box by force Of fists and the consequence that
soon found its way from the into the street while
the parties began fght, which lasted for hour
and left its marks upon those concerned in it, In the
meantime he IN gave
and three men, named ?. Sherwood, Alexander Rey
nods and Daniel : Coles, preciptated to the
ground and severely injured. A posse OF police from
their wards arrived at the of contention, and
with aid of several citizens succeeded in bearing
the ballot box to the Station House Notwithstanding
this assault the friends of sckles found TO be in
the majority, counting the votes and Nike Walsh !.
therefore defeated number OF the combatants have
been very severely injured
OMNIBUS NUIsAScEs.-Our friends the omni-
buses know very.wel that what say about them is
for their own good and they mus, take very kindly
when we tell them that they must reform their con
duct OF evenings Commencing a, the Aston House
and o o'clock. ind the street encountered with
stages from all quarters waiting for the dsbouetaet of
the Park Thester. which never occurs sooner than
eleven Then we come to the Broadway, where
Next the soiey Library cremmed to the throat
with the lovers Of Campbels Mnstrels and the Etho
plan Opera and here the street regularly barrcaded
with omnbusos lying with their sterns to the sidewalk.
as thick as ships at an East River wharf. Another
group Of the same surrounds the door of Ne
chancs Hall where Chrstys Ministries performing
to another crowded house and frequently the Olympic
is buwsrked by line OF similar deences. Thus the
street rendered almost impossible At three or four 0
the busiest points and Broadway is left without the
usual facilities for getting up and down town. during
the greater part Of the evening Now these things
must be reformed 1t is perfectly easy to guess within
fifteen minutes when the performances At either Of
these places will be over and there not the slightest
necessity for wasting three hours and annoying
all out dOors and his wife for the purpose of making
sure OF good load
HEAVY HAUL.-Two persons name John stall |
ford and Jane Gs4ney taken into custody yester
day suspicion Of having stolen blue coored vslise
the property of Mr. John Brsdsw o. Allen in whose
service the female prisoner employed servant /
girl II appears that officer Kent of the Tenth Ward
while duty Sunday morning found the vshse on
his beat. and brought the station house. where
was found 20 contain $500 in L. : Treasury Notes
s526 in Michigan Treasury warrants deed Of 80
acres of and in the State Of Michigan, and note Of
hand for $500 besides several receipts and papers Of
no use except TO the owner on hnding Mr.. Bradsw,
be identified the vsse hi. property and stated tina;
1t had also contained s25 in gold coin which had been
taken away. The prisoners were arrested on this
charge and were remsnded for examination.
FIRE N BROADWAY About II. clock this
morning FIRE broke ont in the back building Of the
Hat Establishment OF Messrs Beebe a Co. $50 Broad
wsy from the alcohol used in the process Of stesmng
the hats becoming accidentally gnited An explosion
Immediately ensued and the room was instantly IN
blaze The fire companies were promptly the spot,
but the DANES not extnguished until the manufsc-
tory was much damaged. The stock OF hats in the
store received little injury, 50 far as We have yet
learned
FIRE.-This morning, about 1 o'clock, ire
broke on, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth sts.
west of Seventh svenne in an old wooden building
used as soap factory, but extinguished before
much DAMAGE had been done. Supposed to have been
the work Of an incendiary.
BALLOON AscESsIoS-Dr. Morrilrs ascension