New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-21
CITY ITEMS.

IL When are we 10 have something de-
finite abou, the promised or al least proposed tes-
,,Do,iaI IN CvoRgE STEERS, the enterprfsing young
Ameucan shlp builder who was the actual originator
and maker of the wonderful Yacht America Com
stevens and all the chief men, concerned IN oe!hS
carried out Of sight Of British competition on efa'
"a which they never contributed rAiHih nave oeeu
6ted ard toasted and had their healtns drunk IN
lordly STYLE and now beg leave to inquire ""o'i'
or the Growing Yacht fanciers do not CONSIDER some
sort Of recognition due 20 the man 10 whom lhey ana
the naon are IND ebted for the late splendid tuihpn
Map OF NEw-Y oRK A new map OF ms
City and Of Brooklyn, has been issued by Geo D.
Ives. No IS Spruce street, which gives uis'iio'
and n,ellIglhe view OF the Localities OF Ne"'i ON
and It's vicinity, IN style which musi be very saas
fac,oxy both to citizens and strangers II is on
large scale, elegantly engraved, and wei mounted
for convenient use. Every public office and hotel
should be provided with Of these indispensable
guides to The town.
WESTWARD TRAvEL.-The Hudson Rlv-
er Railroad Company and the Central Line Of Rail
roads from Albany TO Buffalo have made an arrange.
ment for tIcketing passengers through to Science
,ady. Syracuse, Rochester Utica and Buffalo
for this purpose Will leave Chambersst at 81 A. NJ
I2I and p. Nj. The United States mail is now car
ned on this road.
~ The Mariners Family Industrial
Society propose to mold Fair in aid Of their cause
during the latter part OF November Donations IN cash.
refreshments, articles for sale and materials for
such articles will be very gratefully received at the
soceiy's store, No. 322 Pearist. IL is hoped that
ladies Of leisure, who desire the welfare OF the
sailors family Will kindly ard III preparing for the
occasion.
WAR STEAMER COMPLETED. The war
steamer Edgar recently built by Mr. Erkford Webb
at Green Point by order of the Mexican Govern
meni. was launched from the dock at the foot OF
Tenth-si, where she has been coppering, Saturday
afternoon Her trial trip takes place to-day, and it is
probable she viii sail for her destination abou. the
18th inst. She registers 300 suns.
SlyTY-NINTH REGIMENT y \. ). NJ
Brigader General Even Will meet the officers of the
new Regiment, lately organized and to be attached,o
his Brigade, at the Mercer House on Thursday even
ing next, at o'clock, to furnish the officers with
their commissions.
~ SUBS" must be in that bissful con-
diton where otis folly to be wise, If he don't know
that Wall.st " bull" is who constantly endea-
vors TO increase the prices of stocks, and that the
bears" of tina, famous locality are those who rs
constantly labor to depress the same prices.
EgT King-street" defends the With
Ward Police in the matter of the Cahthumplan
Band but his plea is too long to suit our columns.
He insists that the Police Of that Ward are the best
in the City. May It be even so forever
"a A meeting Of British residents in-
tending to take part in the dinner to be given to Mr.
Henry Grinnell and the officers Of the recent Arctic
Expedition is to be held at the Office Of the British
Consulate on Wednesday, at noon.
u Persons who cant find the |. 5. City
Post boxe, VIII please inquire the reason At the Post
Office, not the Tribune Office.
10 Father Mathew preached farewell
sermon Sunday in ST. Mary's Church, wherein he
inculcated his great principle of Temperance. He
sand
Fourteen years have elapsed since | first erected
the pure and spotiess banner OF Temperance III my
own beloved country. My counrymen, always rea
dy to follow viTtuous impulses, fOcked around the
standard, and the highways were literally crowded
with muItitudes coming to my residence to enroll
themselves III the Temperance Association, so that
IN The course OF TX years upwards of I'VE millions
Of my countrymen had taken at my hands the all
saving Tempe france Pledge Glorious was the change
that ollOwed-cnme and vice disappeared, and the
change IN their inners remarkable their
change from the use OF intoxicating drinks The
JaIls all empty, and even the great Richmond
In Dublin was entirely closed. This happy state OF
things continued for several years, and Ireland once
more might be entitled the " Island of Saints" Oh,
happy state Of things which should never have been
interrupted, and which should have lasted forever
but the devil began 10 exert his helIsh power, and
some had fallen.
He was happy IN being able to assert that millions
NAV still be found faithful TO their solemn engage
ment. The principal falling of had been among |
emigrans who had abandoned Ireland for this great
republic deluded by Satan they believed that they
would not be able TO endure the hardshlps of the |
voyage without strong drink, and receiving perms- |
sion from weak and too indulgent persons TO make !
use OF H. continued TO avail themselves of the OPP
portunity thus afforded after their arrival Many |
pledge-breakers attribute their present poverty and
degradation TO this fatal cause Before commenced
this great Temperance movement lntemperance !
swept all before IT, and young and old, high and low,
were borne along by the rushing tide Of evil had |
many difficulties 10 encOunterthe existing customs
and h4blts-the opposition OF interested persons, |
ready to pour upon flood of calumny | felt /
mighty pressure from without TO prevent my com
menclDg, but felt mighty pressure from within. !
| 90 not say that taking VINE IL sin, but this as
seTt from tins sacred char, that such indulgence
Is always attended with danger. No one Is born
drunkaTd, vet them ever where from |
whence do they come Not from heaven, for ST. |
Paul SAYS, no drunkard shall enter the kingdom of
heaven not from hell, for us addnantlne gates
once closed VIII never again open to permit the /
drlnkdrGS egress Oh. no, virtue shall never
be contaminated by his presence Let him that /
standeth take care lest ne fall have invited many
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