New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-12


aim Of the Society TO indulge the genius Of s members
vho are practices. gardeners in the structure Of every
Kind of dora device We congratulate the Society and
! the public upon this eminent success, and Monday
shall publish the awards Of the leading Committees.
n That compound compromise figure
/ IN front Of Tamnany Hall Is much puzzle to the
masses as Nebuchsdnezzars image 20 the dreaming
king With the legs and feet Of Revolutionary soldier
the military smalclothes the ballroom coat thirty years
out Of fashion, sword for what one knows) and
! head snd face which the shrewdest physiognomy
fails 10 find name for, it Is enigma Of no common
order The general opinion Of il s that the il
made up Of the remains Of the slauehtsrsd-s leg Of
Cas- one OF Buchanan, the body half Douglas and the
other moiety Marcy, with of Lane aud the
other from Butler forefnger extended TO represent
Dcknsons vote, &c, &c. and all the face Of
Pierce in min zled establishment and indignation at the
fortune Of the nomination and the misfortune Of his
moDgrel company
THE "OLD MILL" IN NEwPoRT.-We
learn to great and surprise that this veneer
able and interesting relic, about which so much good
wit wisdom and speculation have been employed Is in
danger of sharing the fate of the Coliseum and other
more famous ruins and disappearing into hcusercnts,
under the ruthless hammer Of the auctioneer In the
fret place end of naughty boys in the second In fact
the Mil Lot is offered for sale for house lots, and
will be so disposed Of IT, before the lat OF August next
the town Of Newport the many influential friends Of
the Old Mir do not come forward aud rescue IL for
omenade garden, public ground Of some kind Is
this not an appeal to whatever love Of interesting relics
OF antiquity Is be found in public Is it possible
that citizens of Newport will consent that the most
interesting object upon their Island shall disappear
VIII the hrong Of strangers TO whom Newport IL
summer home rally to the of this quain and in
teresting memorial We noticed last year the erudite
and genial account Of the Old Mil, by Mr. Brooks, OF
Newport and his was but of score of interesting
speculaoDs concerning it, One Of Longfslows mos
stirring poems celebrates its mystery Arc we so lost
to antiquarian intereet-arc Indifferent. 10 the few
relics that remain u.s. TO suffer the Old M' lot TO
be transformed into house lots We hope the
strangers in Newport whose interest it is that this shou
not take place. will hold meeting the Old
MIL
The Big TENT.-There was another per-
feet jam last night at this pavilion. The meeting
opened with prayer by Mr. Towne, after which w. II.
Van Wagner occupied hour and quarter in forci-
bic, argumentatiye and dgnifed address, much to the
interest of the immense audience manifested by re-
peated applause Mr.. r. n Ravens then addressed the
meeting, and although the evening was advanced the
earnest and logical address of this gentleman re-
ceived and spplauded with that warmth that gave full
evidence of the interest excited in this glorious cause
Singing interpreted throughout the exercises much
to the pleasure of those present On Sunday there will
be three services at lOl2 NJ and at 3s and ~ PM
REGATTA.-The boat-race at Whitehall,
for Silver Cup which had been twice postponed ac
count of the inclemency of The weather. OF yester
day. Fnday) under favorable circumstances and with
great eclat The distance rowed was five and half
mles being fl ON a sake.boat off the Battery around
Bedloes Island and back to the point of starting The
competitors Thomas Ryan, Hugh Burns, alias Rap
pahannock and James Waldron. Ryan the winner
In 80 minutes and seconds; Wsldron second best
The prize cup of elegant design and finish, and
was gotten up for the occasion by Mr. Charles Thomas
of Whitehall one of the champions aquatic sports
The winning boat was the Lady Suffolk, also owned by
Mr. Thomas, and is as celebrated in Its way as the
noble animal after which named having won many
races and passed over the same dtancein rough wealth
or in 32l9 minutes.
~ The new steamboat Francis Skiddy,
to run as day boat between this City and Albany, will
be three hundred and twenty five feet long, with other
dimensions in proportion, of 200 tuns, with accommo-
dations for 1900 passengers Yet her draft are as
ured will be so light that she at all times pass the
Overslaugh without detention She has four boilers,
with seventy inch cylinder Her cabin arrangements,
we understand upon scale of great magnihcence.
Her first trip will be made on or before the 2li Of this
month and the present intention is to put the fare at
fifty cents The table dhOte will be abolished and bill
of fare will be substituted, with terms affixed, from
which can make their selections OF ed5ies
II ..Ioo rOnnlgn
the stctest puncuay in the time of starting, and that
no landing named in the bl shall ever be passed The
Francis skddy will lie at the sectional Try dock near
Pike.st today Capt Stone, formerly of the fsvori'e
boat Aida, is to take command
New STFAMBoAT.-The Steamboat Ar
row. which was partially burnt a, Nyack Rockand Co,
in December last, has been rebuilt under the personal
superintendence OF Capt Isaac P. Smith, and was
launched at that place on Wednesday last The new
boat eco feet long % feet wide being some ~ feet
longer than before and Of unusually light draft OF wa
ter She will be fitted up in the most magnificent style
and in point of speed Is expected to excel any boat oil
her class now afoat She will be placed upon the route
in few weeks and run in connection with the steamer
Isasc p Smith This little boat always tAvorte,
no pairs should be spared to make her equal her
former reputation.
ARRIvALs.--We notice among the ar
rivals at the Irving House Hon. Henry s. Randall Sec
retary Of State, Albany Hon A. w. BGel, Michigan
Gov. r. Mcclellan, de- Gen. J. NJ Warren, Ala Hon.
Jno N T. Jerome, Baltimore; Hon. Cave Johnson, Ten
ne.see Col Bliss Washington; Hon. L. b. Peck, Yer
mont; DR.. Wheaton, L. :. A.
HoN. HAMILTON FIsH.-The National |
Ialgacr says that Hon. Hamilton Fish, United st4tes
Senator from New York. has been detained from his seat
in the Senate for some days by indispositon
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