New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-31
CITY ITEMS.

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confessed that Tede.co and her troupe have not ans
~ered fa.udiou. ante psuons, although in the genera
they have been <el received The truth e that sun
mer i bad time for such dsnre. The Water 20
banquet. snd operas PERFORM. very much the sane
friendly Office according % Byron the ught % dl~
sr. and women-.howing them in better Eight The
voices Of the singers Ike the thetier iisef lack vcni
alton and the whole thing drass isngudy snd heavily.
Ike ife oui-ot doors The tenor sometimes after look
.ns At ons high note tor moment IN dismay paced
with cool sarug leaving It 10 the orchestra The
poor ciaronet-a umid man-sao hAs the same notes
with the OF accidents would wsit 70 catch
the first vibration Of the voce-which did no, come
and then picking himself up with sdicrou' gravity the
discounted clsronet would ss.mper on 70 osertaSe
his companions and resume bis place in the line Car
anti d. Via usually earsfal snd correct. skipped al
Of step. her up and down stairs passages
and even Tedesco'. sensitive velvet and then re-
laxed into the hum drum .pPerine.. Of every day
schneiderian membrane Then the music Of Norma
has nearly all 10 be transposedii having been written
for full soprano while Tede.co i, not snd ought not
to try be anything but the best the Con
iinent A. to NoveH be was 90 ever the frn, .nasx-
be unimpsssioned srtst-swsys correct, often dign.
ied sud impressive but never trying to come the
OF Italian gpa ,ia We have ever heard In this country
SrRErT ARcHirEcTURE.-Brosdwa IS undergo
ing transformation which will illustrate some new
ideas Of architecture connected with secular build
ing The old dognsfism about soldity oftront breadth
Of support mas.iveness OF structure and all the other
established proprieies the Gothic and Norman style.
OF srchtectsrs-the attempt TO initiate and psrsphrss
which has orusmented our Island with Of the
most srotssque csricatures ever condensed In free,
stone from Tie brain OF folly-must inevitably dssp
psar The introduction OF iron for columns snd sup.
porters bslustrsdes, and pediments and entire
walls will work total revolution 10 practical architec
ture so graceful and fragile In appearance yet caps
Die Of such immense and yet uncaculsied endu.
rance few gsily ruted and wreathed columns, rising
here and there ike fower-stems known and tel o.
b. abundant foundation for the weghtiest fabuo
that the Ingenuity OF pile upon their
,ny shoulders And In the very audacity Of the
ilspr0porion between means and end lies feel.
Ing OF triumph, which is the very poetry OF ply.
.ics-Ior heaven sake Mr. Compositor don omit the
ana D-tle glory Of economy and utility. surround
ng the Practical with A halo which transforms rs
toughest esort 70 the likeness Of the Ideal Think tor
moment how In a lev years, by means OF the intro
dlcton q iron into house architecture the humbest cit
zen may build himsefa perfect little palace. poised on
exquisite Cornihisn columns, the classic acanthus
wreaihng with true Grecisn grace around their CAPT
tails and the light ringing front divided iestooned
panels crowned with holdings Of the divnest forms
OF art Win not ,hi. be better than the shed antics
and cellar the damp ant drcary and desoate the
filthy crime provoking holes and corners,-nto which
desparing Hsotisn IL content 70 is marrowless
bonesi
We love to step tho rubbish heaps OF building In
Broadwsy-it every step thus taken brought
u. nesrer to a. city Of palsces
IT. man named Lawrence Mccoy wa.
killed yesterday ming, about II o'clock, In the
.hip.ysrd Of W II Webb He At work with a
number OF lsborers n erecting stsgrg around ship
when piece OF timber iel and struck him on the
head and scros. the back lie was taken home imme-
distely and died in about IS minutes
" We understand that no less than thirty
four FIRE CINE. have recently been built now
building In ih. city the Of from three TO nine
hundred dollars each. Among the places for which
they are intended. are Hartford New Haven, Green.
Vile. New London. sheboygsD. FisherVille, II Wa
terbury Conn Jamsics l.. l. Syracuse. New. Orleans.
Baton Rouge, Hudson, ~ Newourgh, Bridgeport,
Mstsnzas and Detroit
| ~ A correspondent calls attention to dis
graceful occurrence which took place recently on board
the Quarantine boat Staten Islander. in which man
was attacked by several Of the and severely beat
CD The victim saved from being killed or Al least
from being manned for life, BY the Interference Of one
of the passengers whose conduct informant
was Of the most praiseworthy character
n g. ~ in
Fourth avenue, under the pastoral charge Of Rev. Mr.
Southland was .od at public suction this morning The
total value Of the property, we understand was about
=, 900, and sold FOR something Ike $500.
| GIVE "a CROss.wALKs NJ. Items While
Mr. Rus. /. laying down so excellent pssemen. for
omnbusses carts and other carriages why does be not
s.o make smooth foOtealks the streets In place
of those he takesupi At Maiden lane and Cortland g.
the long smooth, thick stones Of the iootwak -cro''
| Broadway are better than the rough, small ones
put DO xn 10 the new pavement and n not 90 lasting
theu sby not have large stones Of the new knd,
cut smooth for the purpose How much ID TO De paid
per square foot superficial measure for the ne" pave
nenti and how much additional would u cost ior GOOD
| footwsks across Broadway
ROBBERY OS Board SrEANBoAT-An old
offender named Horsto Deforest aiken into cu.io-
| dy Thcrsday charged With having stolen from hr
Charles Wise wallet containing sl9 10 bills purse
with .3 10 dimes and gold lever watch valued a. 10
Mr. Wis. was coming from stoulngton on board ne
steamer Vanderbilt and having secured berth 10. ~,
placed the above property In biz nat a. the head Of IN
bed and laid down The partition between MS BERN
and The next one being Open and toe accused being ne
innate ~ tie berth, suspicion tel a; once upon
| him Upon being conveyed y the enieis once .
splendid jevery sett consisting o. blue pear Dise1
et with earrings. breast pin, and anger ros - n4en
va. found upon him. He vas locked up % a"Ai'
| further examination
| FELLTRox WIsDOw.-On Thursday rnornint
.bout o'clock man named Edward Roland fell from
| the fourth story Of the Rouse No II Z nst II Ap
oess be had been sleeping near the Nrdor ne 1oof
beng nearly level With tns window sii, and, fo.ns
over ne Eel OUT striking the cellar sieps O;efs %
and McCla,key picked n.m up and caused as convey
snce % the City Hospital where be now Les In cri
| cal state.
| FEILr~AFir.-Nr George Barr fell down IN
A. 10 Fuiton.t on Wednesday night soOgt o'clock,
- rediat1ly conveyed . The station House y
49,, n I can anc Wlthof Of the Second Ward Who
INT for ne attendance u Or Mcdonald When con
vaescent he was cent home
H0Rss AsrzAr-A bay horse vas iound %
We.t.t near Washington Market O "e1ne sday nisn
xt,hout suv osten.ole owner, and wa taken posses
| .iop of by Capt Williams Of the Third Ward
| SrosE FOUSD OPEs.--Tne large cap and fancy
fur store Of King ssnuels In Peerst vas disco Fefro
unsecured on Wednesday nlsht y orcer va--gnrf O'
tss second Ward who found the Keys On the mzniel
4 rfacs made