New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-05
CITY ITEMS.

CITY ITEMS.
COMMON CoUNCIL.-Both branches of
| the City Council were in session until a late hour
last night By law their quarterly session closes
the 4th day Of June. The official proceedings of
of yesterdays session will appear in our evening
edition.
RAILROADS. Board of Assistants,
last evening" agreed to the amendments OF the other
Board IN favor of constructing Railroads in the Sixth
and Eighth avs Report in favor OF Railroad on
Second-av has been presented, and motion was
made last evening TO take up and adopt the Report,
but the motion was considered premature, and lost
WIDENING OF BREKMAN-sr.-The Board
OF Assistants concurred last evening for the widening
of this street.
The TWENTIETH WARD.-The Board of
Assistants last evening concuned to divide the Six
teenth Ward so as to form the Sixteenth and Tween
| ueth Wards.
ANNUAL MEETING or THE Y. Y. STATE
| TEMPERANCE SocIErY-By an advertisement IN an
other column it will be that the Anniversary of
the New-York State Temperance Society is to be
held at Syracuse on the 10th and Goth nss. We hope
INC call Will DE tcSpOllutu W ny
| Of the cause in every portion of the State.
~ BETTINI sings this evening at the
Opera in Lucia with BosIo Our readers will not for
get that the Havana critics declared themselves sat
isfed with BRTTIN as SAWS successor in EdgardO.
This evening Will test the justice Of their decision,
and the more distinctly as we have latterly heard
SALvI sufficiently to understand him, his voice and
style OF Boso we are already sure, and have in
another column expressed our opinion of her IN some
detail.
~ We understand that all the German
! Glee Clubs in the United States are to meet in
Musical Convention at Baltimore on Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday ofnext week, on which occasion
they will be the guests OF the German citizens there
II is the intention of the Clubs to proceed to Wash
incton and serenade the President, which movement
we regard as very characteristic and beautiful tri-
butte to the highcs, official parsonage Of their adopted
country.
IN" This evening, at the Lecture Room
of the Society Library Mr.. Mcintyre, OF whose bal
| lad singing we have seen haterng accounts, VIII
| give a concert of Scottish songs. We notice upon
| his programme some of the universal and immortal
| favorites: Aud Robin Groy John Anderson my Jo
| Green gro,e the Rashes, o and Roys W1e If Ad'
| raHoch We commend the Concert to the attention
| Of our readers.
4 New PARK.-The Committee of the
Board of Aldermen to whom was referred Mayor
Kinesland's message proposing 10 purchase and lay
! out New Park, made Report on Thursday even
ING. It's IN favor Of purchasing the tract of wood
land containing about one hundred and sixty acres
living between Sxty-fourth and Seventy hth sis eI-
| ri tn River
II is also in faver of peiitonng the Legislature TO
appoint Board of Commissioners 10 take charge OF
| said Park in favor Of authorizing the Mayor and
Controller TO negotiate for the further purchase OF
the property from the MesSrS. Jones and Schermer-
| horn and in favor of making application to the Leg
slature at its next session for power 10 fund the
amount to be paid for sand plot OF land lhe sum Of
$4,000 annually TO be paid by taxation, with the IN
terest thereon not TO exceed I'VE per cent nil the
| whole sum be paid.
A New WARD.-The Law Committee OF
| The Board Of Aldermen made report on Tuesday
evening in favor of dividing the Sixteenth Ward INTO
! two parts The new Ward Is 70 be called the INen-
teth and Will comprise all that portion OF the CITY
extending from point on the Hudson River easterly
10 the center line of Invent -Slxth-st and running
thence along the center line Of said street TO Broad
|
| way TO Sixth-avenue, thence through Slxth-avenue
70 the center Of FortiethSt. 20 the Hudson RIVER
| and thence to the place OF beginning.
ANOTHER RAILROAD PRoJEcT.-The spe-
cial committee Of the Board Of Aldermen, 10 whom
was referred the grants for Railroads through the
sixth and Eighth avenues which had passed the
Board OF Assistants, made report on TueSdsy eve
ming. The report proposes new set Of men and 4
new route The committee propose 10 give to GER
tain parties permission to lay rails IN the following
! streets viz: commencing Al point az the nterSec-
non Of West Broadway and Chambers-St., through
| Chambers 70 Church-Street, through Church 10
| canslStrest through Canal to Wooster street
! with A single track through Wooster ara Fourth
streets 10 Sixth-avenue, and through SUtaVenue 70
I Harlem with a double track also 10 lay single
track in Canalstreet, from WooSter-Street 70 WeSt
broadway TO connect with the Elghth-avenue Rall-
| Tosd also 10 lay a double track for Railroad IN
The following streets viz nom point al the inter-
! section Of ChambeTS-Sireet ana west bFoAI"ay,
| along West Broadway 10 Canal-Streei, down tahai
| 10 Vudson along HudSOn-Street and ElghtnaVehue
10 MONT al or near FIityhrStStreet, and tha1 SAID
Railroad be continued through Eighih-ayenue 10
Uarlem River wherever required by the Com'
mon Council, and soon and as last as
Ss;5 avenue is graded, upon certain Stipuiatons
| and conditions which are annexed IN the reports
The resolutions further provide that the tracks Are %
he laid under the direction Of tha street