New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-11

in both Departments were very neat.
The Male Department OF this School will BE- Of.
aminod Monday morning next The Supeup.
| tcndent Will ViSi. Wand school No g. corner u
| FIrsi-ay. ana NinIh-st., tomorrow.
MEDAL To HENRY CLAY.-PropOsals are
solicited by Committee OF Gentlemen IN this ca,
/ for a design for the reverse OF medal which IN.
friends Of Mr. Clay have resolved on presenting q,
/ him. as testimonial OF his services 10 the nation At
various crisis IN Its affair." The medal IS TO BE- II
gold. bearing on one side the bust Of Nj Clay, an
on the other. design appropriate 20 Is object Yor
this design I reward OF s250 IS offered TO the Sue
cessful competing artist. There arc 20 be las sub
scrbers, each OF whom contributes s25. Beside the
gold medal $50 bronze medals 10 be struck from
the same die one for each Of the subscribers, AMI
the residue 10 he placed At the disposal OF Mr. Ca,
Afler this limited number shall have been struck the
die is to be broken The designs to be submitted
previously to the i,h Of July next The cos, OF The
medal together with the bronze medals, will b
$4,000 II Is intended 10 inclOse the gold medal Ia
SILVER case. engraved with view OF Ashland
VARIETIES or DREss We noticed thres
varieties OF dress among the ladies' who promenade
Broadway Yesterday afternoon. There was On, per.
specimen, but still dress that appeared convenient
and seryiceabe for outdoor wear About half Of
the remaining ladies wore sweeping skirts, whcA
touched the pavement behind and seemed propelled
along BY some invisible force. for no feet were
ible some OF the Skirts-choicc silk and Lawn
fabrics-had gathered quite collection OF dust aai
straws as their edges upplcd along the hagsto
We were not before aware that so large proper.
ton Of the New-York ladies were blessed with larg.
and misshapen feet, for can cosceiye other
purpose in these skirts than - conceal deiormiJ
of this kind The other ladies showed at least that
they had feet--snd some OF them very pretty ones
Their dresses were OK reasonable length, and not
only more convenient but more truly graceful than
the dragging skirts. Perhaps II this medium hal
not been exceeded, the Turkish dress would never
have been proposed for one extreme suggests iAe
opposite.
I,EcTuRE-A lecture on the Ethics and
Fsthetics of Dress with reference to the proposed
new costume, Will be delivered tonight, The lee.
turer, We understand, Is Mr. Hosmer, a SUDDEN,
aud Teacher OF Morals and Health, as he signs
himself
One OF THE LUMPS-Mr. +. d. Prem
iice. who has iusi arrived from California, called on
1
not larger than one or two specimens We have
before. is vet remarkably pure and beautiful Il
weighs 50 ounces, and would bring, when coined,
about 81 900, but its actual value IS considerably
higher on account Of the premium belonging TO big
humps II was dug up IN the Sonora dggIngs, by a
lucky miner early IN the Spring. Il - shaped some
thing ike a saddle and measures five or SIX inches
m length sprnkled here and there with specks Of
white quartz though its weight and color prove 10
be a nearly pure mass OF the genuine metal. Mr.
Prentice intends shortly taking 1t to the Worlds
FAIR IN the meantime It may be seen at No. lgs
Broadway.
The NORTH ACKNOWLEDGMENT are
rapidly filling up the complement OF the steamship
North America, which is preparing to start from saH
City on the nth for the Worlds FAIR. She sails dl
rect to Galway Ireland, expecting to make the pass
age in eight days Her passengers will be delivered
in Liverpool for $40 each The North AMERICAS
nearly new, having made no more than four trps@
Chagres, which were among the most speedy pass
ages between the two ports.
10 There was boat race on Saturday,
between two Club boats leach twenty siI feet long,
the Erin go Bragh" and the " Uncas." The match
for sjO-distance nine miles The race onby
the Erin go Bragh,' she coming in about mile
ahead Of her competitor. The winning boat was
rowed of Thomas Edward, William and Patrick
Egan and Edward Cahill. her maker.
CoLoRED HoME.-The eleventh annlyer-
sary OF this Institution VIII be duly commemorate
on Thursday next. Addresses viii be delivered by
several eminent clerNmen
SHIP LAUNcH.-Mr Isaac c. Smith will
tomorrow launch from his yard, at IIoboken, aeliP
per ship, to be called the Yankee Doodle" The
aunch Will take place between and O'Clock
Cry FAnMIse.-The City Fathers are
gathering IN their grass crop from the different Paris
This Is the second crop this season.
PINE APPLES IN ABUNDANcE.-Ihe toll
loving vessels arrived at this port yesterday The
schooner Sarah Capt. Mckinney, from Nassau
with 1900 dozen pine apples the schooner Iofm1
Capt. Johnson, also arrived from Elethun VIII
400 dozen pine apples the schooner Exceed hon
Green Turtle Key, also brought $500 dozen pine aP
pies The fruit brought is said to be in eEceiea
condition, exceeding in size and favor any cropm
the past five years.
PROTESTANT Episcopal CHURCH-lm
10th day of this month Will be celebrated by Tnnhi
Church as the Anniversary Of the granting OF 'ns
act Of incorporation Of the Society for the Propa
CATION OF the Gospel in Foreign Parts" by WiliAa
the Third, Of England, m 1901. There will be III
service at the Church, and Address by Rev d.
McFicksr
y The NEw-YoRK AcADEMY or EOr
CATION Will meet IN the Chapel Of the y. y. Uniyf
sIty this evening. at n O'Clock. \ lecture on ts
History and Pathological Relations Of the EngiA
Language, Will be delivered by Mr. VI. b. Andcf'oa
recently Profcssor.oi Rhetoric n Wateryle GO
ege and now Editor Of the Ntlr- York Recora7'
this City.