New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-03

not Bryant say to him
"Thou brine'at the hope OF those calm skies.
And thai soft time OF sunny showers,
When the wide bloom on earth that lee,
Seems OF brighter world than GUS"
A NEW FORM OF JUVENILE VILLASY.-On
Thursday evening the following note was pre-.
scented at the City Post Office, by a boy unknown
to the clerks:
TRIBUNE OFFICE. Feb. 9th, 1851.
sR: You will please give the Bearer the Letters in
Box and obhge J. II. MATTHEWS.
p. o., Y.
PS-He has brought back letter, which you will please
put in Col Webbs Box.
Mr.. Newbould, the clerk, promptly refused to
deliver the letters on such authority whereupon'
the boy took the note and left. In about half an
hour he returned, with the Postscript added, as
above, and letter directed to COL Webb. This
time Mr.. Newbould retained the note and will
also retain the young rascal il he attempts to
play similar trick.
PICTURE OF THE RoUssETs.-Sarony has just
finished very large photographic illustration Of
the Roussets in the popular ballet OF " Catarlna'
which is now drawing crowds to Niblos. 1t Is
one of the most elegant and snowy specimens OF
the art which has been produced in this City:
1t is printed in three coors and contains portraits
of the four sisters in their most characteristic
dances. Middle Teresne in the Cracovienne,
Caroline and Adelaide in the Polka and La Man
ola, and as the central picture the four in an ex'
ouisite group from "Catarina." The Roussets are
decidedly the most graceful and pleasing dancers
we have seen for some years. Their movements
are animated with spirit of grace, which har-
monies and refnes all parts of their performance.
Many of their groupings in the ballet might also
have been drawn by the pencil Of Guido.
OUR CHINA FLEET.-During the week three
vessels have arrived at this port from China, max
ing the must r0nlerl.~Lle P~ss~oos record The
Natchez, Capt Duryee, from Hong Kong, in 1O2
DAYS; the Zone, Capt. Baxter, from Shanghai in
lO5 DAYS from Shanghai, and the HISTORIAN, Capt
Bliss, from Shanghai in lO4 days. The latter yes
sci brought l,4oO tuns of Teas, besides other val
uables. She made the run from the line inside OF
eighteen days. The average length of voyage
from China but few years since, was from five
to six months
THE FIRST STRAwBERRIEs-Mr. John Taylor,
the confectioner, on Friday sent US porcelain
she'll containing avery few, but ripe and fragrant
strawberries, bedded on their own green leaves.
This is the first time strawberries have reached
our city in February, and what was most remark
able, they came from the North, Instead of the
South. They were from the garden OF Mr.. W. L.
Strong, in Brighton, Mass.
BURGLARS OF TAsTE.-A contemporary tells OF
some burglars, who on Sunday evening last en-
tered the house OF gentleman OF high literary
attainments, and took with them when they lett
six overcoats, a silver napkin.ring and-a Canary
bird, leaving the cage but taking the seed Tnls
shows refined musical taste where we should
least suspect its existence
A FALSE ALAM.-The alarm of fire st l, P 81,
on Saturday. was occssioned by the taking fire Of
one of the chimnies Of the Astor House No dam
age to the building or adjoining property
DELEGATES TO THE GREAT ExHIBITIoN.-rhe
Mechanics Institute has appointed Hon. Zadock
Pratt John H. Bovine, and Horace Greeley dele
gates from the Institute to the Great Exhibition,
to be held in London.
Java AND THE JAyANEsE.-The lecture on this
subject was delivered by DR.. Bettner at Hope
Chapel on Thursday evening to highly respecta-
BILE audience. A general description was given
of the Island, the manners and customs modes oil
living, travelling, &c, and specimens OF the beau
tiful and sonorous Javanese dialect Many OF the
native customs and amusements are peculiar ana
illustrations of them afforded much entertainments
The lecturer gave an account Of some remarkable
fruits such az the maDgusteen and the dorian, the
former well known as the most pleasant fruit IN
the world. The latter is little known; 1t isa
nulov fruit. with rough coat or covering, very
sgrsssble in taste but extremely repulsive IN
o3or' The swallow which produces the e4iole
nest is found in this island, aud also the Cassa-
wary large bird about the size oil an ostrich out
more bulky. 1t has natural helmet on It's heSo'
short wings, and is very fleet Of foot ls Is 90,
mesticased with difficulty, keeping up its WIG
habits and is dangerous from terrible slue AicA
which il gives with its feet.
The Coffee shrub is not a native put was "a,
troduced The amount ofcofee annually exported
NAV be estimated at seventy or eighty muhohs
OF pounds chiefly in Dutch bottoms The price y
greatly HANGED by the extortious OF the Daten
Government II the monopoly in this article ana
in the spices could be removed they might all Do
furnished at one.half Of the present rates IN the
New York market. A good deal OF valuable and
interesting information in regard TO Eastern HE
was given in this lecture. Dr.. Bettner will give
his concluding lecture on Wednesday evening at
the same place, on China and the Chinese, with
view Of Canton, and information concerning the
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