New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-18
CITY ITEMS.

CITY ITEMS.
SAILING OF A STEAM FLEET.-Five of
our splendid ocean steamers will sail to-day, as fol-
lows:
For Lirerpool-The new steam-propeller Pioneer,
Capt Asa Eldrdge rom the foot OF Vestryst., North
River, at IL O'clock on her first voyage.
For Southampton and Bremen--The steamship
Washington G. w. Floyd, Commander, lat II o'clock,
from pier No. 3.
For Ha,re-The steamship Humboldt, ID. Lines,
Commander at IL O'Clock, from pier No. A.
For Charleston, s. THE steamship Marion, NJ
Berry, Commander, at O'Clock, from pier No. 4.
For Savannah Ga-The steamship Alabama, c. d.
Ludlow, Commander, at O'Clock, from pier No. 4.
PosTPoNEMENT OF THE TAN SALE
Assistant AID Sands, last evening, presented reso
luton in the Board of Assistants, with preamble.
alludng to the present state Of money affairs, and
pOstpOnng the sale for unpaid Taxes Tor sig, adver
used for 18th November TO 18th April next. The re-
solution was adopted.
CELEBRATION OF FRANKLIN's BIRTHDAY.
The NewYork Typographical Society Will hold
meeting this evening, at the Printers Free Library
and Reading Room. 300 Broadway, for the purpose
of appointing Committee to carry into effect the
next celebration of the birthday of Benjamin rank
In
PRINTERS UNoN-A regular meeting of
this Society will be held at Fountain Hall, No l49
Bowery, this evening, at u O'Clock.
BLASTING OPERATIONS AT POT Rock
Yesterday afternoon the ferry-boat Manhattan left
Whitehall with some fifty persons on board, three
or -four ladies among the number,) who had been in
vited TO witness the blasting operations upon Pot
Rock at Hurl Gate. The boat arrived upon the
ground at about 3 O'clock and shortly after boat
containing the galvanic battery and another having
on board the powder canisters, were rowed from the
Long Island shore over the point of operations.
Several persons on board the steamer who wished
to get nearer view, and others from the Shore oc
cupled two or three other boats an the vicinity But
a short time elapsed before one Of the caniSters,
containing 100 pounds of powder, let down to
the surface Of the rockhe wire Of the battery was
atiac hedthe boats rowed oil to a safe distance
and. upon the signal being gwen, sound like
the Smothercd report of a cannon was heard and
the water over the spot suddenly rose broad
white columns II a huge fountain had shot mp It's
mag nlhcent jet from the bosom OF the deep-expand
ing, as II sank down, INTO a broad circle OF foam
which entirely disappeared the next minute, leaving
the waters unrliiied as before. TINS was repeated
twice, the cansters each time being charged with
the same amount If powder, and with results which
did not materially differ from those of the first eX
plOSlon. The persons on board the boat gave eX
preston 10 then satisfaction In cheers as eacn blast
rent the rocks below and sent up its snowy column OF
water The rock being OF the KIND known 10 geolO-
gists as gnelSS. and very hard the wonder Is that
powder laid upon Its surface should rend 1t into
fragments There was depth OF about twenty-five
feet of wafer over the rock, The TIDE being nearly
full. We were informed that nine feet OF the rock
III perpendicular hight, had been cut away, and that
Us surface row measures eighty feet IN length by for
~ IN breadth.
The blasting beng concluded, the men on board
one of the boats fshed up large fragment OF the
debris weighing 400 or 500 pounds, and, having
fastened line 20 1t, 1t was dragged 10 the steamer
on board of which II was drawn with considerable
enthusiasm, the persons on board crowdlng around
II With as much lnteres, as If 1t had been some rare
work of art dug out of Pompel OF Herculaneum
Some broke OF specimens, and others picked out
the minute muscles from the crevceS TO preserve as
memorials of the place aud The event
WAYS Reef. sOuih-t aSt of the Pot. toward the
Long Island shore, is being drilled with view to
h.asing three holes. eight inches III diameter, hav-
ing been sunk INTO 1t 10 the depth of SIX or eight
ieet The design is 10 remove ,ne reef the depth OF
some twenty feet below low-water mark
PUBLIC SCHOOL ExAMINArIoN.--The
semi annual examination OF Public School No. :, in
CiryS,ie-St., was held before Presiden, Tnmbe and
other Trustees Of the Public School Society yesier
day The exercises IN the Girls department evinced
thorough discipline and faihfulneSs IN the teachers
employed Miss Bunker. The Principal. Is tho
rough scholar and one OF the teachers Of the Ssur-
dav Pubic School Normal School, held in Trustees
Hall. The attendance was 2s1 with i've teachers.
In the Bows department., Mr.. Reno Principal, WIN
four assistants and attendance OF 20 boys, pass
ed a very credable examination, the classes IN
arithmetic being very forward. No. Is one OF the
best managed of the Public SchoosaS Il Is underline
immediate care of Mr.. Tnmole himself, VINO seems
10 take great lntereSt IN us success. There were
large number OF certificates gwen out and some eS-
cellent specimens OF drawing Whiting, &c, on The
tables
u The Fair loses nothing of It's al
traction, but is daily crowded. Its location n 50
healthy spot the inrgorailng air from our delight
ful bay and the enchanting weather all combine most
favorahly IN It's behalf. We understand that the
pupils of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum VIII visit the
Fair to-day from A VI. 10 l2 NJ and also, that Mon
sieur Mailleieet viii make three submarine exple-
SENS on Diamond Reef, on Monday next S u. NJ.
of le5 barrels OF powder each. This operation NAV
De safely and fayOra5ly viewed from Castle Garden.
FIFTH WARD Temperance ALLIANCE
meeting Of citizens Of the Fifth Ward Was held
last evening. at No ALB Broadway, for the purpose
of forming a Temperance Alliance for tina, Ward.
VIM. Burroughs Jr., was called to the Chair. and D.