New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-26
sEW-YORk TRIBUNE.
CITY ITEMS.

THI RAIE YEsrLRDsY-0ur weather Predic
tion Of 5atutday morning was falGed in every par
ticolsr. The rain commenced shortly alter mid
night, Increasing towards the morning, TIL the
GreRobing torrents bsasiOg against the window
psnss woke US at dawn. From that time till an
hour past noon, the gale ragged with unremitted
fury. The streets were flooded, and when the sun
came out again in the afternoon, the cobblestones
ghtensd with wonderful cleanliness We trust
our herelicsl cOtemporares, who have hitherto de-
MED us all weather faculty, will hereafter give us
fitting credit. To illustrate further our thorough
acquaintance with this subject, we now predict
that we shall have more weather beiors the end o.
the week.
RLTuRsis0 TRAyEL-Snce the Fancy Ball at
Ssfstog 6-the grand iableaa which closes the
comedy Of Life at the SprDgs-is over, The tide oil
fashionable travel begins to set hthergard. People
arc coming down from the mountains, out oil the
forests and away from falls lakes, sulphar-water
and Irritation, to pick up the thread Of City life
where it was dropped at the approach Of the dog
days Some of the watering places will PTolong
their season fox another week, but the eliminating
point has been pssssd-tbe foam and sparkle are
fast melting away, and the lately brilliant bauotS
will soon be stale aod deserted Most Of theguests
will no doub. be glad to get back to the inlePend
ence and comfort Of their City homes, though the
many Who have been soberiy aud san.ioy spending
the season in their quiet country retreats cannos
10 easily lose the feeling Of green fields, or cease
70 inhsle, in memory the fragrant air OF the inland
woods and meadows.
Ho, HEsRY CLAY DISSATISFACTION dESr
CLAY passed through this city on Saturday morn
;ns. on his return to Warrington, having ietE New
port In Friday nights boat.
s,RAcUsE 'USIoS DEaocRArIc' STATE CeSvRN-
r,oS-JoBs VAS BURN has been chosen by the
Democracy If the Thirteenth Assembly District
Fifteenth Ward TO the State Convention OF the
18th September
The primary elections to-day in Wards :, aud
4will turn principally on the sectional compo
siton Of the Delegates TO Syracuse. Ii the foice
do ,he;r duty no disturbance will he likely to oscar
and our citizens will be guaranteed in their rights
"DrsocRArIc REPuBLIcAs GENERAL Con-
nirrKrp--This sugoss boiy meets for perms
men, organic alton to MORO evening provided the
Looos of the fighting Wards shall have settedther
differences at the day elections this afternoon
which are open from ls Nj TO P. n. too early an
bour for the "short oys' and their oosdj usor' 10
6sure TO advantage in the stealing OF the oauos
boxes and beating the opposition
Mr. V. strshan, the TEN porary Chairman oil the
= General Committee, has appointed the following
members of the Committee Inspectors otthe " ards
vhere the vacancies exist. Messrs Wiiiism u
neeks. r.. d. Marshall and A. d. Renton, Inspect
"A
wright VIM Vanesu and John Y. Savage, Jr. for
the Eighth Ward. Messrs. Daniel Geary, VIM
n. Bolton aud Hiram Engles, for the Fourteenth
Ward.
Ne,srs Daniel Gssry, Robert arclay sud Geo.
q. Mitchell have been received as Delegates from
the Sixteenth Ward in place Of Aessrs. Murray
olmstead and Gardner.
An the faithful attached to either OF the many
wipgs Of Il party, are expected to rally TINS ai1er'
noon in tbs Second Ward, at StoneaUs, Falsonst.
near Nassau; Eighth do ChOrchills SPrins-st. BE-
tween Laurens and Thompson and OF the -Four.
teensh do, at Tuomey's Fourteenth Ward Demo
cratic Headquarters, 220 Grand-ss corner OF EhEs'
beth. for the election Of Coma ittees nominsy, bat
five are to take the former primary elections in
these Wards ss examples, Hsticutiag and like ao'
compartments may be expected. The Globe
argos the Opponents Of 4" WilmOt Provisoism snd
stAer isras," and all those favorable 70 The "old
kshloped Democratic Platform" not to forget 81 the
tay And the hour" Hunkerism is in danger from
he onslaushts Of the wicked Barnburners and In
iOstia Reiormers, who have been tryiag 10 engrafs
heir progressive democratic notions into the creed
II the party. 1. would puzzle the shsrpest Loco
sohIicisA to snur0ersse al the plsnks OF the "old
Suhioned Democratic Platform" a. the discussion
the Slavery question North and South, pro aud
~op appears to be the only test principle just now
DR.. w. A. Walters has been deputed to the
Syracuse Convention, Of the llsh septic nber. from
the lxth Assembly Bissict Eleventh Ward
The Third Assembly District Of this city sends
henry J Allen; and the Tenth District. Charles
oConnor, 70 the Syracuse Convention
TIE PAcDic-The steamship Pacific, Cant.
ME-, sailed at noon on Saturday for Liverpool
taxing oss between 80 and 100 passengers and a
considerable amount ofspecie. Among the pssseo.
gers we're Lord Bishop Spencer and Arohdesoon
Smith, both Of Jamacs, with their families; Baron
ylnchs and Count Salem, Of Germany; Joseph L.
fhite, Gen. James /. Jones. Capt Wm. B. Lou,
N. Steam Packet Gu. General soperiptepden,
sIiest. p. Dayton, U. e-N