New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-21

difference Perhaps the walls are aie browaer the
benches littie MORE haGsntyea the tout tzse1k like
tne elhIaster OF the First Consul Hide grand
gloomy snd peculiar The stove funnel, IL should be
observed, was, possbly in honor Of last y ued up
and security fastened with brand string The
bricks, which al remote serod for ned the hearth
have ccme 70 be- like sngels Wits few ADD far be-
tween, so that now In the wild waste Of bOwy hpor,
the solid land looms up Ike leland 10 the Archipelago
Time, somebody ese, has Ia good degree, stripped
the plastering from TIE ceiling as
"FTom Tartar. skull they strip the Resh
Or peel hg when the fruit fresh"
Il ought perhaps, 10 be mentioned too, that small
edihce belonging b the establishment consecraed
10 scientific purpose after changing It's po.ion often
81 an ambitious politician has at length found rest
the ind ward side Of the schoohouse immediate and
fragrant contact with window, which darkens where
In the summer particularly, il is not destined
Ike Grsys unseen flower,
ITO Vaste its sweetness on the desert air ~
Aside from these slight variations, all things since the
fathers fell s,leep continue they were from the be.
ginning"
There is one other extrsct which we cannot refrain
from making, in which comparison is drawn between
two tsachers In the school the teaching the
summer and the other the winter term. The school
in District No. 7-teachers, Miss Locke and Mr.
Sanborn-of whom the Committee thus speak:
"Mss Locke had 30 different scholars; Mr. Sanborn
had &c. Mise Locse's intellectual qualifications were
very good Mr. Sanborp's were by no means deficient
Miss Locke was gentle and at the tine firm; Mr.
Delng tJraLn0us IN his exacd0ns
OF obedience was as easy as an antiquated slipper.
Miss Locke made her pupils sing Mr. Ssnb1 rn did not
make his dance Mics Locke was careful 10 keep the
and clean Mr. Sanborn was content 10 let IL
go dirty. With Mrs Locke the scholars studied hard
mot OF the time; with Mr. Sanborn they whispered
bard all the time. In looking upon the exercises,
conducted by Miss Locke at examination we were
favorsby impressed with the stiffness which prevailed
Ia listening to the dssonant hubbub Of Mr.. Ssnboras
young disciples thought of what old poet has said
"The earth and planets in their course
Mrye elO gxrfh gila fnrra.
Makes racket by full
Mics Lockes children made rapid progress I'D the
hill Of science Mr. sanborns slid down the same bill
In word, Miss Locke kept good schoo-Mr. San
born kept no school at all
The above merely specimens Of the sort of soft
sswder with which the aforesaid Committee of Exeter
have done their whitewashng for 1852.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENTAL man,
name unknown run over by the way train on the
New York and New Haven Railroad last evening. q
short distance above Wiiamss Bridge He was struck
the head by the cowcstcher and the scalp torn en-
trely Off He brough, to this City, and conveyed
10 the Hospital
LAYING A CORNER SToNE.-The cere-
moDy Of laying the stone Of the Home for the
Widows Of Seamen which is being erected in the i'm.
mediate vicinity Of the Sailors Retreat on staten
Island at The lower landing, occurred Saturday last
commencing at o'clock NJ. This building is being |
erected by the Mariners Family Industrial Society, |
composed Of ladies, counselled and aided by an ad
vsory Committee, consisting of Lsmser saydam. Esq.,
Capt c. II Marshall, and others. The mercantile in
terest OF New York Is interested In this benevolent en-
terprie The exercises we're opened by prayer by
Rev. Mr.. Stewart, of the Baptist Bethel, New York
John b. Graham, Esq. Of Brooklyn, Chairman of the
Building Committee, read the report Of that COMMITTEE
giving the plan of the building, &c The Home is to be
ffx uafvf taaf In
lower story will be Of brown stone, aud the reminder
brick I,s estimated cost IL $1,000 The contractors
are Fredk Glover, carpenter; joel Brown, mason;
Andrew a. Johnson, stone cutters Peter Milne plumb.
er; John Reed, rooer. John j. Glover i. the archi.
tect The Building Committee consists of John B.
Graham Esq, Chairman; Lambert suydam. III;
Chairman of the Board of Advisers; Crsalns Russell
Stureis, N. Briggs and Samuel G~~'es.
The box placed ia the corner stone by John b.
Graham Esq, Rev. Dr. Hodge, OF Brooklyn, oronoqnc'
ing the Holy Trinity 1t contains copy OF the Holy
Bible the eight Annual Reports of the Mariners Indus
trial Society, from 1874 to 1852 inclusive, copy of
The Tribune, Courtr and Enquirer, Herald, Tines,
Chronicle independent ObsGrer, and AdoocGs and
Guardian. Also, several coins of the date of 1872
The principal address for the occasion delivered
nv Rey Or Hodge who portrayed toe lite OF the sea
dangerous that widows multiplied nOr whose com.
fort ard support in their m.fortu9e and age pro-
the speaker in his youth enabled him to do justice the
picture Of the perls of the sea
Rev. Mr.. Chase contrasted the efforts and sympathy
of this day for the and his family with that
which existed thirty wears agO-whcn comparatively,
nothing doing He delivered very effective
speech.
Rev Mr. Stewart gave interesting personal reml-
piscences of the sesnans lite-in which he has had
years Of experience.
Rev Mr. Remington also delivered an interesting ad-
dress.
Capt n Briggs set forth the number and character of
the benevolent institutions now In existence for the
benefit of seataring men, their wives and children
Al the close Of these exercises, the doxology was
sung Those present then partoOk OF bountitu clla
ton prepared for them by the President of the Board
of Trustees Of the Seaman's Fund and Retreat the
Retreat near by Through Capt Hart It's Superintendent
Much praise due 10 the ladies for getting this
task which has been accomplished princ.
paly through their energetic benevolence.
SUB. MARINE BLASTING ON THE Rocks
AT THE GArE-To Walter r. Jones, Esq, President of
the Life Sapins BeaerOLeH AssOetation-DEAR SIR The
operations were resumed at the Gate, on
Saturday the l2ih inst, when the firing recommended
on Ways Reef Since then thirty eight charges have
been fred on that rock, and hope will be reduced
TO fifteen feet mean low water before the close of next
week.
The firing on Ways Reef is from a battery of ten
pairs of plates placed the metal float moored that
rect As many nine charges have been fired during
cipele tide Next week the tide will serve In tue af
ternoon and persons DESTROYS of witnessing the opera
lion of submarine blasting will have good opporuui
~ at every high tide tina, In daylight The steam"
er Astoria leaves the pier foot of Bsekmant for
the Gate at 9 A. NJ, anu Az p. NJ, every day, AID
stages via Green Point leave the Fulton Ferry, Brook
IN side every hour for the Gate aud there is also
line of stages running from the City Hall TO Hell Gate
Ferry every fifteen mlnutes.
AS soon as Ways Reef is broken down, "Shell Drake
Rock" will be Tired upon until 1t Is reduced 10 fifteen
feet below mean low water After that, Frying Pam
very dangerous rock 10 mid channel and In rapid and
DEF water will be attacked and the firing continued
that rock until il is reduced to the same depth as POI
Rock namely, twenty and half feet below mean low
water
As soon as the rocks here mentioned shall have been
reduced 10 depths respectively stated above opera
tons, by Messrs Maileiert and De Raasof will be
commenced on Diamond Reef, situate between Gov
ernois Island and the Battery This Is large rock in