New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-27

~ iHS pSiDy oIttth oi cPIlDS goHuy
ptrmested the atmosphere yesterday, giving morn
Ing o. benign refreshmtnt bu. before night, the CO.
quettish caprice of tickle arch overspread the sky
with lurid clouds. which threatened to dsrken the
City with another stormv Saturday
tB The Alpine scenery presented by the
pavement in Broadway above Duane-st. is worth a
visit but We would caution any one of tender
nerves lot to attempt to ride over it, Such al pro-
ceedDg is positively shocking. and might result in
broken bones in which is lucky that the Hos
pital is at hand. This pavement is one Of several
specimens OF new kind introduced by the Loco
Aldermen for the purpose Of trying the strength Of
stages, harness and horse-fesh. Probably some Of
the never-to. bereeected Fathers desire to 60 into
the omnibus business in 1852 and are using this
pavement for the purpose of worrying stage propre-
tors down to low price for their property. The
idea is good one-for the Aldermen but for the
bodily safety and mental tranquility of the people,
we hope they will postpone further experiment until
next year.
Mn. EMERsoN's LEcTURE.-The lecture
tonight in Hope Chapel on Worship" completes
the course by Mr.. R. w. Emerson, which has been
listened to with such rare desh. by intelligent and
splendors like the CLEAN of an Oriental scimitar,
and phrases whose sonorous sweetness long leave
their lingering echoes the ear, compose the
wizard eloquence with which this magic master OF
words holds his spell-bound hearers. new era in
mental experience commences with those who listen
to Mr. Emerson for the first time.
t. If anything could disgrace the
majority of the present Common Council, the
condition Of the Thirdav. from about Fortieth
Fifteth-st would do it but the age of miracles
has passed, and the tea drinking Aldermen may
rest easy. Unfortunately, the Nineteenth Ward is
not repre- seRted in the Common Council, or we
should have something to urge upon the attention Of
IS Alderman. We have penned paragraph with
especial reference to the ups and downs OF Broad
way pavemeLts. but had we been cognizant Of the
dreadful slough OF despond in the Thrdav., Broad
way would have gone scot free Half mile Of mud
six inches deep pitfalls bottomless and number
less foundered horses and stranded vehicles ours
ing drivers and railing passengers wrecked vehicles,
worn-out patience, and srumbling unintermitted
characterize the unrepreseIted region of the Nine
eenth Ward. We hear that some CONTRACTOR, clam
orous for extras is at the bottom of this nuisance.
when he ought to be at the bottom of his ditch II
s about time to order new election, so that this
suffering portion of this suffering City may have
voice in the Common Council, and so make noise,
although relief may not come of it.
tY There should be little wonder that
the Policemen of the Fifth Ward are IN danger Of
defamation by typhus fever There is filth enough Ia
the streets within three hundred yards Of the Station
House to poison whole city for instance, in West
Broadway bet veen Anthony and Thomas. sts, is
gutter as much worse than a cssspool as can be
imagined and 1t is certainly at the peril OF his life
that any policeman with stomach less sensitive
lhan hog, can parade the beat The entire swarm
of teadrinkiDe, tobacco putting Loco FOco Alder
men, who have thrust the nseves into every depart
msnt of the City Government seizng upon the func.
lions OF the Mayor the City Inspector the Controller,
The Chief of Police, in fact every officer and public
servant from the Chief Magistrate down to the night
scsvepgen-this entire brood of Reformers ought to
compelled to reside ia the block on West Broad
way above indicated, until they should see the ne
ces,ity of making some move TO protect the people
from approaching pestilence.
BRACKETT's GROUP OF THE SHiPwRECKED
MOTHER AND CHLD-We are glad TO announce that
this group Of ststuary in whose commentators all
the competent critics Of Boston have united, will be
opened to the public Iext week. We hearprivately
of its surprising excellence, and the publis ed letter
of Horatio Greenough regarding 1t, 10 which we ad
vented e days since, is sufficient proof OF the es
timation in which the most cultivated artists hold
it. Due notice will be given of the opening.
The LAYING House. ID. ID. Howard,
ESQ has resolved to go back to the old prices, for
board, at his magnificent Hotel, from the first OF
April Lext. He has tried the experiment of charging
81 50 day, and has had full house at that price
In the full tide OF prosperity be goes back - the
round cum OF 81.
NEw-YoRK CRY DIREcToRy, 1S52-3.-
The Office Of the City Directory has been removed
from No. SO Liberty.st. to No. l6l oadway, where
subscribers and advertisers who have not been
called upon should leave their names The busi-
ness will be continued as formerly, under the name
of Doggstt & Rode, the family Of the late Mr. Dog
eett retaining al interest, and the Directory being
compiled, as for many years past, by Charles r.
Rode. We hope to find the Directory for this year
far better than any heretofore issued.
TERRIBLE CATAsTRoPHE-LOss OF LIFE.
About O'Clock yesterday afternoon most a2pall.
ing catastrophe happened on the East River at Hell
Gate, in connection with the submarine operations
Of Mons. Maillsfert, of whose lsbors our readers
have been duly apprised Mons. NJ. with Two
boats in one of which he had three men and In the
other himself and brother inlaw, was at work upon
the Frying Pan" and, as usual, was taking sdvan-
tase of the slack water at high tide to make several
blasts He usually makes four at tide, and had
already made one in attempting the second the &C.
eident happened, to explain which we must detail
the process OF blasting Each charge is large can
ster containing l25 lbs of powder Several Of these
canisters are taken in boat, and one at time they
are let down upon the rock When one Is let down,
Mons. NJ comes up with his boat, takes the end o.
LONG wire which is fixed in the canister, and rows
off, paving out the wire as he goes. The other ooa'
also rows off, When both boats are sixty or seventy
feet distant from the place where the powder was
sunk, Mons. NJ. touches the end OF the wire to the
pole of powerful galvanic battery which he keeps