New-York daily tribune., 1849-10-25
WHOLE NO. 266t.
CITY ITEMS.

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soav1.'-cn' IN Europe hsvs driven TO our shores
sudden ard unparalleled srs,ion nearly al Of whcrr
sre reduced T. extremely m.sger means Of susslst
enca. But srHculsr'y cf Germans q th, true Tnou
ssnas Nno were compromised IN the hlsh crime Of
struggle for freedom. hsve left lsna wsers .lmos.
he la' hope o. liberty gone for the shores Of The
New World. Here stsy Hnd freedom In abundance
Sat freedom without bresd 10 shadow without q .as
stance Tney rarely isck the disposition to earn their
living but soorins under the double dlssdvsntss. Of
susnsers 70 ihe lsni and strangers TO the language
sner fsclires for obtaining employment poor Ia
deed Yet who thinks Of the probability thst their
wives sud itte onrs sSlveing with cold and isn,
frcm hunger. IN damp cellar or rekety garrett
Wac v.slss them inquiries their wants snd exerts him
,ei Tor their benef We fear their only friend 10 ths
ubiquitous phsntom-Nobody Not slone the pe.
a.try the uneducsied and hereditsrly miserable are
among ne. bui uen whose s,sncirg and talents should
command friends s1y~hers Take tns following en-
srpls.. from the note book OF Rev c. II. Dcerns, OF
,he German Mission Church In Avenue C..
One gentleman Srriysd mere few months ago hav
ins occupied IN Germany station similar 20 that
OF Supreme Judge lie has vile with nve children,
and no means for taelr support Hs ~i being thrown
IRON stsis Of sus into the deepes, poverty, took
&, to heart that she become dersnscd ard 10 DOs In
the Luns;lc Asylum.
Another OF literary fame In his own country on s,.
count OF the political movements 10 Germany had 20
es,e snd h- arrived here. hoping By his literary IT,
oors to supper, h. family consisting OF wife. mother.
insw and ;aree children but o. far ne has failed, and
os we On account Of their stusuon, seem sso often
10 De on the brink OF despair.
merch ant from the southern part Of Germany, be.
Ing there Ia good circumstances involved Ia those poll.
teal movements, had to dee, 70 escape arrest ard
now. without means for the support Of his wife and
QUE child. they from early In ihe morning tl late
In the evening picking WOOL earning perhsps eighteen
snt three quarters 20 twenty cents day
Another from hs northern part OF Germany, keeping
there Poet Ofoc and sctius - agent for insurance
Offices. was ruined oy the revolutionary movements
Tie here with wife and three children. and had
ing no other employment, he mskes match boxes, re-
ceiying eight cents tor twelve dozen, and how much
q, this rate, he is able to esru may be essy imagined
His Vi'e. few days ago, came % me- entresting me,
with tears In her eyes tor help. They hsd brought al
Ihst they could possibly spare 10 the pswnoroker
nothing t but their beds, and on account OF the
approaching winter snd the poor little children, she
| iniresied me to save them.
Another young couple. both having better days
.-vt the whole Of the past winter on straw bed, with
single thin qul!l Tor their covering and only pillow
Tor bo Ia % Icy their heads upon. They withou
bed,esd u lie chairs stove that which they hsc
being borrowed and taken away again by the owner
and trey would BE- so now II some aid had not beer
provided for them
We trust the mere recital OF these cases will stis "
the humanity Il no. the PRIDE OF citizens who
Europe paint such instances these to their slaves
specimen, Of life In the chosen land CT Liberty lie
I not be- said that the ulen who shared largely o
our sympslhy while the ocean found ,ha, sym
patby brilliant bu, cold and like the moon, growing
IA ger and more orbiddng the nearer they approach
IT, go
THr STEAMER PAcIFIc.-The magnificent stesm-
vessel Pacific" bull, for + Colr' lying a, the foot
-. r,f,. hetp al
zoo horse power each and Manufactured sy Lsr Tbis
vessel /. 800 tee, long and 90 feet wide. Over e5o0Oa
hare been e1 pended in copperng her Her burden Il
500 tons she s the largest steamer 10 the world
NJ psn. or money have been spared her, snd wher
.aost she viii be me monarch steamer Of the ocean.
SHIP CoNsrELLArIos.-This uoble ship, Capt
Luce, arrived on Tuesday afternoon at Quarantine
bringing 40 passengers and If we except the number
on her previous passage when she brought sos we be
eve u the largest number Of passengers ever land
ed from single vessel At this port |. Is remsraabl,
circumstance ths, the only deaths board were, on,
from disease OF the heart Of spoplexy, and one Of
an inlsnt Capt Luce Is strict dsciplinsrsn and In
sisted on cleanliness The Surgeon, Or. Geo. c. Black
ma1, Ia, been unuring In hls efforts to promote the
hasth and comfort Of the psssengers On the prsvi-
Gus voysge there between hf,y and sixty severe
case. Of Cholera on board, yet only siH died.
TELEGRAPH WRIrIsG-Mr Johnson Of Owego.
Is exhibiting sithe Merchants Exchange, now spps.
raiu. tor communicating by telegraph ltuses shot, or
the dropping of shot 10 make marks indentstions
signs on white sheet Vi paper M Johnson uses
the common motive power Of electricity to drop his
shot but when the shot dropped another very si-
ue arrangement makes with them ,he mark on psper.
These shot return In revolving wheel, aud thirty a
them maze all the signs necessary The machine 10
patented.
Ylgg AREAssEsESrs- new Hose Company,
% De known Hose Company No. a. 10 TO BE- organ
zet and viii hsye the house now occupied by Engine
Company No a. which will remove TO their house
n Murrsy..t A lew Hose Company, No. a., will be
orespized snd located 81 the Of Thirty tth st
sai Third avenue.
NARROW ESCAPE rKOM DRowsIsG.-Yester-
day afternoon At the Quarantine, a. the steersse pas
sen sers were going from the ship Constellation, from
Liverpool 10 barge 10 be brought to this City the
plank that they were passing on 70 the barge broke,
and one Of them. Miss Ellen Barrett fell between the
ship and barge. Mr.. Paul Cornell. vas alongside the
.hip AZ the ins Ia small boat, and reached the pare
u.r in time to save her she sinking by thrust
10 h. arm up 10 the shoulder TO rescn her IL was
lons tine After she got on bosri the 'hi9 before
she wAs brought 10 life.
sulclDrl srArlos- s-HOusL.-Yestsrday morn.
os about o'clock womsn named Caroline Bowman
and Der daughter applied for and we're furnished with
oS sps. In the Station House Of the Third Ward Rob
n.oa 81 There nothing peculiar 10 their action
20 excite attention and further notice was taken Of
them A, IN. usual hour for turning out the odgers
Mr. Burnett. the doorman, proceeded 10 that duty,
and found ID Mrs Bowman hsd committed suicide By
cutting her throat with knife. Gao must have done
the deed soon after coming In, as her body "" quite
eo1 The Coroner was notified, and will hold an ir-
quest.
THE REYUoEEs-The Portuguese Refugees leff
Albany on Monday for Buffalo. While In Albany sfO
xs. collected for their benefit and they left 10 nns
spirits.
By,cH W.RgAsr AERtsr.-A negro, named
c-,.r s.iler wss arrested 10 Brooklyn yesterday on
=, ,bArx, Of seduction. he ~" taken up the North
River 20 Red Hook.
sosoot. .HousEs-The Gi05e says ooc oil the
49,, Wsrd -cnool houses Ia the cry 10 now being
-.',.s !, r xentsth st between Frst and Second
',s. r,f, 50 feet front And rear Dy ~ feet deep
- al ave stories high Tns 1r., story Ia 20 30