New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-20
CITY ITEMS.

Tx CoUNcIL.-By some un,ccouutabl-
accident report OF las, nights proceedings OF tA-
Board Of Aldermen failed to reach US. We uaier.
stand tina, nothing Of importance iranspred the ses.
SION being mainly for the purpose % acting uo,a
some OF the dongS OF the Assistants. The Domlna.
ton OF Ma,sen Was not spoken Of his fsiea.s were
absent. with one or two exceptions. The Board As
we understand adjourned un,al The 6rSi Moaiay "A
September
IL BAsBlERE.--Ne are 1t last 70 have
ne Barrier II Scale 10 night Al Castle Gariea. II
has been IN preparation Tor DAYS past. anttaaS.
who heard the Tehcarsa. Yesterday pronounce 4 tae
finest Opera OF the season. Rosnls rch. gushing 81,
ubcTani melodies are always welcome, and never
more - than after a long spell OF Doaizctti 4 Rs-.
iicrs haImonizcs With ones gayesi summer moi.
and Is not likely 20 pail by repetition BgRrucc,.
MARErzEK makes her first appearance tins sea>sa.,a
the part of RosRl S,LyI Is the Airsna. Baor,,,
Is the Fgaro. and MAIN the Don Baa.s The
opera Will undoubtedly Re better gwen than ever be
fore in this city, since the SSlt Of the famous Ga-,,
troupe
The Ngw-YoRK SLAYER -Our readers
vii recollect few weeks since. TIA, we announced
the issuing OF a warrant. by Justice IN Williams
burg on the application OF Rev vi. Jocclm AndE
ID Culver ESQ. for The arrest and detention Of the
brig Hanover, beng fitted up At that place undet
very suspicious circumstances. The officers, how
ever. getting wind OF the warrant. hol>ted san and
LETT the same dav. before the vessel was atiachci
Some of the press IN this CIV. and one especial,
having IN charge the STATE OF the Union denounced
the complain, and proceedings an iiurutation On
the vessel and her owners. as "humbug," hoax"
go - 49,. b a.
sci fitted up for lawful purposes. and Was 90 run
from Cuba 70 Spain. The brig went directly 10
Cuba Late news from tha, island, however, put "A
different shade on the character of the vessel. and
now We learn from a rccer, number OF the same
paper that sand brig Hanover is advertised to ma
few days from CardenaS TO the Coast of Africa and
the same Journal adds. Eve are sorD 10 say The en-.
cums,ances about herare very suspicious" We IN.
derstand that the that took her out to Cuba for
her owners have returned. HAD the process beea
promptly and efficiently served doubt ths SLAYER
would have been arrested. and some DEVELOPMENT,
brought 10 light. Who would have thought a SLAYER
could have been got up, fitted and sent Oh open
day IN the harbor OF NewNork
MILITARY EXCURSION The Union Guard,
Of Newark, Capt HigginSon, Will visit Bridgeport.
I.
An. and take the steamboat In New.Nork Al .
O'Clock On their arrival at Bridgeport Committee
of that place Will conduct them To quarters assigned
them and IN The evening they viii attend bali At
Bamums Hotel The next morning will be devoted
TO large, practice. and m the afternoon they viii re
turn to their homes. They will Dee attended b, The
Newark Brass Band On the evening previous
,wedne sdayl a Gag Will be presented to the Compa-
L. h..
peanng in full uniform
~ The leading Daguerrlans of this City
are now organizing an Association to be composed
exclusively OF photographers, which shall have Tor
Its object the advancement of the DagueneOtype ln
Its members are TO contribute certain fees and due,
for the purpose of raising fund, which % De ap-
propna,ed to the announcement and purchase Of al
discoveries and Improvements connected with pho
Biography and these are 10 be held and shared IN
common by the members OF the society AMI no
others.
u Yesterday, the first experimental TIP
was made with the little rotary steamboat called the
Rotary Experiment, which proved quite successful
and entirely satisfactory 10 the proprietor and pro.
Jector OF the boat, MI Ebenezer Barrows. Toward
the latter par, of her crossings in the East and Norh
Rivers however, a slight difficulty occurred from
one of the pumps falling 10 work properly which
caused her to waste considerable quantity Of steam
from her Lsrboard side, but not much to exhaust
the supply. or even disable her pcrceptbly She Is
but IS ftct long, wide feet draught OF water AMI
can carry 20 or 80 persons The engine very small
and compact. occupying a space of bus % by 10
inches The stcam-chest or chamber Is but inches
inches over and OF AN inch deep, equal to about
cubic inches The wheels are Al feet IN diameter,
with 10 floats or buckets and driven at the rate
of 50 or more revolutions per minute The power
H. applied simultaneously on two sides, and from is
constant and steady force aperfectly uniform motion
Is produced. the vessels momentum Ia not lost, and
consequently more effective result r. caused by
the same amount of power. The capacity of the
engine is $50 lbs pressure to the square inch but AZ
no time during the trip was there over 80 lbs witt
this she ran against easy tdeway at the rate Of
over eight miles per hour. Patents forthe invention
have been procured IN the United states, Grel1
Britain France and Belgium.
FoR CALIFoRSIA.-Thep propeller steam
ship Lafayette, Capt. Stoddard, leaves pier No
North River at O'Clock this afternoon, Tor Chisres.
touching at Kingston, jamaica, % land freight AMI
passengers.
A New CLIPPER. The splendid Clip.
per.ship Snow Squat arrived here yest,riay she
was built by Lyman & RICHARDSON at Portland Me,
and is a beautiful specimen Of naval Architecture
She measures l59 feet from stem 10 stern l72 over
ALL 81 feet beam and II feet hold, f2 tuns. The
frame IS Of oak, with Southern pine deck frame and
throughout heavily tlmbered, and fastened AMI
strengthened with white oak knees to an extern. that
seems superhuous, and Is sheathed With yellow
metal Her lower mast l. 3 feet lower yard %
topmast 40 feet topsa! yard 81 topzsIlant mast ,;
ward 43 royal mast Il do yard 81 sky-sall mas,
A y.,d "a bouSprlt out braid "a uD boom for tao