New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-09
CITY ITEMS.


cue. The coasori OF ihs Advance, seat 4; by VI.
! GIuneu. m search of sr Joan FrahSlin arT7ed
hsse O. Tuesday morning AMI IS now =, TIE Nl'y
| Yard The Rescue pared vHh the ADVANCE about
thee hundred miles OF Case are we4i.-or. since
thar tine no incident las occurred worthy Of specil
remark We gather 10 further incidents 81 tle TX
recIsIon additional to those Obtained from Lieu
! tenant DeHavsa of the Adrian ?. Captain GrthtA
enierf4ns tie same hypothesis, as 20 t1e fite oil II
/ John Franklin, with Lieut.. DeHayen, and some Ga
/ the officers OF the British EVpedluon-nSmey Inn
he IS hemnsd II by The ice al point to wien 'Aese
expeditions have not yet oeen able % peneiraie Inc
Rescue appears IN much better condition, than her
| consort Her rigging IN tolerably good oTder' ana
her hull al sound, except portion Of the oAi-
Sarhs The officers and crew, though suffering
quite IS much as their companions in the Advance
| re nevertheless now looking well Most OF 'heh
have left the vessel and gone 20 VISIT their families
and friends. The Rescue has on board ioCE hSl'u-
maux dogs They are said to be capital bear hunters
and such are invaluable companions 10 the
/ Greenlander There are also on board some hAH
dozen Kyacks lishing boats and great variety OF
other cunosites Of rare interest 20 the scientihc
! world
THIRD WARD.-We learn that the OppO-
s;ion Nominating Committee have named CMEB :.
Butts, proprietor of Buts's Hotel IN Murray-st' as
their candidate for Alderman. Although the election
Of M 3 cannot be locked for, We are glad to see
that the party have done themselves the honor TO In
dictate their preference for worthy and popular citi-
zen il is more than We had expected, considering
the stories which were current few days since but
then It is never late to repent, and If the Third
Ward Opposition mean TO take fair and honorable
ground, We shall be the last to discourage them,
peciaIly since the field for improvement Is so extern
sive and the time so short
SIXTH AND EIGHTH-AvENUE RAILROADS.
We have stated that the Sixihavonue Road Com
pany VIII probably soon proceed-the Elyhth-avenue
Company We now learn, Will also proceed as soon
IS possible. but some little hardness 1t Is sad.
is manifested By persons in the company who
consider their present business likely TO be injured by
road Messrs Pet,igrew and sherman. however,
and some Others. who are among the leading and
most active parties in It, are all ready and there Is
al abundance Of means togo on. The contracts viii
probably soon be entered into.
PARK At The HIGH BRiDGE.-At the sug-
gcson ofthe Controller that The space VIII be wanted
ov and BY for the use OF the Croton Department the
Board OF Assistant Aldermen adopted report. on
/ Tuesday evening last, N favor of laying out
Park at the west end of the High Bridge being the
TWO blocks between The Tenlh-ay. and Harlem River
ana One Hundred and Seventy second and One Hun
drod aid seventy-ioUrthsis.
MONTHLY MEETING OF THE \Ew- ORK
IlsroRcM sociErY.-On Tuesday evening the reg
uar monthly meeting Of tins Society held az the
rooms IN the University. Rev. THoVA, De WITT,
DID, in the Char
After the reading OF the minutes o(the last meet
ing, Dr. Robinson made a brief statement IN regard
10 certain steps 20 secure correspondents 1t several
points In Europe and behilfoi the Domestic Cor
responding Secretary, Who WAS absent, read a COM
mnication rom Hon. Amos Kendall, IN answer TO
that familiar question. VINO killed TCcumsol
The communication contained the results OF Nr. |
kcndllrs inquiries, huf furnished no new facts. and
lc Gle question open between col x. NJ Johnson |
Anst Of valuable donations aud contributions to
the Library was th,n red by the Librarian.
\ communicated rom W. b. +. French, author OF |
the Historical Collections OF Louisiana, IN relation
Ia The documentary records OF Louisiana history IN
Paris, and other European Libraries, VAS also read |
! hy Mr.. Moore The tlrd volume OF the LOUISIANA |
| uaucrs lsln press and VIII be soon published.
i Report IRON The Executive Committee was read |
Tie Committee submitted the names OF the follow
! MI, new member, VINO were declared UNANIMOUSLY /
! olcctct
con- oe9aq M.a,5a--Ccorge l. C,gg7y 4 OREGON,
D .f
/ p DE. Howard Caay, ai9et; ibeIi, Rev T. YER
naiso d D .FransAn tuihl, I'D.
An interesting paper on t1e Ccfifd'oh ana s,ghiu'
/ cation a. the ln4lan names Of rivers and lakes,
heiy p Tire state Of Ne~-l ors, 40, then read al
1.r. Moore. the Librarian, read d paper prepared |
by Wr Nm. l.. TAYLOR. OF tue City Post Office, on
ne History 81 tne Post Once IN tne CITY OF New
/ York
/ Jhe address took a view Of the importance inter
Ct and value OF some mode OF letter and 'per
/ transportation for the use Of the people Inc mag
Tlmde az relations affected socially and CONNER !
ca!lv tic interest felt in the recep; OF intelligence,
AID thc value OF the malls a. vehicles u great pup
IN We cannot pretend to follow the address through
lis long detail OF dates aid figures, and saa mention
J only A iew OF the points introduced IN this paper
tmong The carrier records OF the postal arrange
meIts ol IhIs country may De mentioned me pet0n
/ a. 4 number OF citizens q Boston 10 the DeHtfai |
Court Gated May %, 49,, wherein 1t Is represented
! TIA, The undersigned, beng made sensible Oy
many instances OF the loss OF letters "nicA have
! hcen dropued at the doors OF cltlZcnS, and being
! greatly damnI6ed thereby, &c our prayer !, thl
| Tour Honorable House viii depute some person to
isko The care OF and distribute letters TO those 10
whom they belong, and they suppose Col Kay 10 Dc
! a III man Tor tins business
I ,,sils between New-A orA and Boston The first
re ar mai arrangements between these TWO cities
/ Was made on the l6ih December, l6'2 ~hen the
mail, were 10 90 monthly 20 Boston ana back again.
Tne mail began 10 run Oh the lst OF January, 1913
Nv Aw AL patents Tor land required Terry masters ~
/ carry r0.tmtn ACROSS rivers hee. In 1850 an
oTer was gwen HAT letters should he delivered at
me Custom House. In l.l0 the general postage sys
trr OF Great Britain and Ireland and Nofth-Amecd
M, esfatl she'd and the American department was
Irtfrsted To a Deputy In 1913 Benjamin Franklin
became tie Deputy, about which time the salary Was
/ one thCu. and dollars per anuum
| After ne establishment Of the mails, they were
c.rr,ed between New-l OK and Boston once a FORT
r,eht S.Nbrook WAS the halfway house between
ne Two cites and i was expected that the carriers
yoult reach 50 bIoOA AWAY Saturday night,
J change burdens. and return home In 1872 mails
we're introduced INTO Virginia. In l1sj packets were
| 10 CRY INC mails to England once d month In
i-sg here were 5 Post Offices III this county u
I le,o, 600.
/ Ny BeclCe was The first Postmaster ~ NeS-NorS
/ after the Revolutionary ~aT. In 1900 the net
/ amount ol postages received was sass -.
! The Address projected 70 recoun, some rcminis-