New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-20
II It appears from the sudden blockade

w IL appears HUN tuC Suitch oiVSNeu9
and tearing up Of Broadway above Whitestre thsw9
TO have the ridiculous. expensive and comparatively
worthless Perrine Pave nent put down, whether TIE
people Ike The hrst ,rial OF the thing sassa
everybody Of It's worhlcssncss AMI how conirsc, sor
more OF Il got through the Common Coveeif
is Of wonder but the sudden move nent Of yss-
terdsy to indicate that some Of the Allernsa
have more than passing interest In the matter. CO
perhaps the has been frightened by the threat
ened forfeiture Of his fat job on ground of breach
of contract Well, there Is consolation left he
Aldermen will soon reach the bottom Of the pahl,
purse aud then there viii be cessation In the stream
of Expenditures least while the Common Council asd
contractors lobbying at Albany for the crcaA Of
new loans and the leyying Of and heavier taxea
HVan Wagner's meetings at the " Big
Tent continue TO be very interesting Mr.. v spoke
last evening with power and followed by two geo.
uemen one from Ohio, whose did not leasa
These meetings to be continued.
PREFsENTArIoN or CoLoRs.--A very
handsome stand of colors was presented yesterday
morning to the Second REGIMENT First Division Of tho
New-York State Militia by the Mayor behalf Of ths
Corporation The presentation took place In fro1t Of
the City Hail. in presence Of ths Second Regiment and
large number of spectators. The coors are made Of
very rich blue and crimson silk aud have the Of
the State tastefulIy embroidered in the centre,
which is the following inscription Presented BY tho
Corporation Of the City of NewYork to the Second
Regiment First Division of the NewYork State MiriA'
ACCIDENT on THE HARLEM RAILROAD.
About IA o'clock yesterday morning, as the up ex-
press train of cars the Harlem Railroad were sp.
preaching Fordham COW was discovered lying across
the track and before the speed of the train could Do
checked it passed over the animal. One Of the as
seugers named Patrick Lynch, drover, who was
standing upon the platform of one oil the cars, was
thrown of and had one of his legs badly fractured Hc
was brought to this City and placed In the New York
Hospital Another passenger was also thrown of, but
escaped with slight injury. No further damsge ofcoa
sequence sustained.
~ Within the last day or two, Alder
man Thomas J. Barr of the Sixth Ward has retased
nearly fifty applications of persons to sell liquor in his
Ward on the good ground that the applicants not
persons Of sufficiently good character To be entrusted
with the sale of Intoxicating drinks This course 10
very commendable In the Alderman from the Bloody
SIXTH and it is hoped that will be initiated by others
of the City Fathers.
~ The enquiry into the expediency" Of
law to prevent the driving of cattle through the Streets
which occupied the City Fathers for two years. and tho
timid proposition of law which delicately put
forth some weeks ago "ssep the sleep that knows no
waking Droves of cattle promenade Broadway 40
usual and expects that 1t will be otherwsc
Y The Europa sailed at noon yesterday
with 1913 passengers and 500 775in specie Among her
passengers are Signor Bettin and wife Robt Bunch
British Vice Consul Mr. Sibbern, of the Swedish Le
cation; Moses Maynard, Jr., Bearer OF Dispatches
and Feargus Connor, the celebrated Chartist
" We hear complaints OF delay ia
publishing maps of the Fire Districts. The new
arrangement made time last autumn, and the
maps should have been ready in week after.
II The agent of the Etna (Utica) In
surance Company informs that the Company had but
one policy Qor $4,000 the sugar house Of Mr. SwiG.
u The gravel walk across the Park in
front OF the City Hall is to be widened for the
mediation of the military, TO the extent OF sixty feet from
the center Of the broad stone step
DETAILS OF DIRr.-The following table
is from the report OF the Stree. Commissioner Ia refer
ence to removal of dirt since the LIST OF January