New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-06
CITY ITEMS

sigrins ourselves 20 clean sweep OF wing oitcils
wherever they could be reached, By tae incoming
BoaIds Of Aldermen and Assistants, &c confess 10
little establishment At the remarkable Of Aid.
Tieman, the delegate from the Rural District known
as the T~elfth Ward As soon a. the Board met
after recess, AZ. T. rose with handful Of papers
ard astonished even his own party BY the boltness
81 rapidly OF his reforms" Ii was a miniature
corp dstaf projected with the skill o. another Ma
poleOA The Little, and executed as blindly bT the
Loco majority as that OF Louis by the army.
First the member from the Rural District resolved
that all the acts Of the late Common Council during
The preSen, month were illega, and void. and en-
joined the be ads of departments from carrying out
sLy laws or orders passed within that period. This
modest " legal opinion Of course the sense"
OF the party, and It went straight through and
sent 10 the other Board for concurrence
The gentleman from the Rural District then made
a dash at Washington Market. by resolution which
fcrSids the Commissioner Of Repairs and Supplies
from signing any contracts for rebuilding. This
was also carried BY party yete
Having upset two days legislation and knocked
down the Market! the Rural repre- Sentatiye made Al
attack Oh the Russ Pavement, with resO ution to
prevent the laying Of any more of 1t IN Broadway.
This was rather too much of good thing even his
party were surprised, and some of them began to
hitch about uneasily, wondering where this raid
would end Some suggestions were made to refer
.he matter, bat Mr. Tieman anxious TO fix the
ihiEg a. once. Up to this time The four Whig men,
beers had remained very quiet. simply voting - No"
the resolutions passed but the reckless folly Of
the Rural member Tow became so apparent that
AID Stultevant quietly called attention to the fact
;hlt certsiu contracts had been made for this pave
meut. ard whether stopped OF not, the City would
be obliged TO pay the uitermost farthlng. He
thought 1t would be as well to pay and take the
pay ent as to pay at the end of suit for damages
without the pavement. motion 20 refer the mat
ten to Committee was then carried.
Altoe ether the Eew Council has begun brayely.
There is no telling how much more they would have
done If the Wing Aldermen had not told them that
the repeal of ordinances by these simple resolutions
VAS amere farce that all the laws which they had
50 smsitly resolved" into oblivion, were still In
tact and ia full force Ii IS natural for new schol-
to study. too fast, but they learn better,
ard perhaps little reflection will convince the re.
preventative OF the Rural District that his razZia
would have been much more effective if it had
been more mOdestly executed.
TOKeN or RES pECr.-Thc members Of
the late Board OF Assistant Aldermen presented on
Saturday evening, 20 the Clerk of that body, Rich
ard Scott, Esq., token of their esteem AMI ap-
probation Of his services, superb Silver Tea set,
with appropriate inscriptions. The presentation took
place in the Governors Room. Mr.. scott retres
rom Office with the respect and esteem of the mem
bsrs of that Board Of both parties aud Of all those
who know HIM.
WHO GENERAL COMMITTEES FOR 1852. -
This Committee meets for organization at the
Broadway House, this evening We present the
coItesliDg deieg a:es from the Seventh Ward
Serentb Wa;d-Morgan Morgans, John B. Webb,
Joseph Hoxie, jacob s. Baker William II Arthur.
Canteston's-Zophsr Mills, Joseph NJ Price, Gorham
p. TAYLOR, Daniel l.. Pettec Hemaa Boyd.
DEMocRATIc REPUBLICAN GENERAL Conf
urrrEE-LaSt night Tammaay Hall was Gro ~Jed
with Opposition politicians, interested in the organi
eaton Of the General Committee Of 1852, and the
setien en-: Of the contested seats Tn; meeting of
lie Committee was held in the basement, and it re-
NAMED in session up to IL =. NJ, when the discus
sion Of the contes! in the Ninett enth Ward was
stopped by notion to adjourn TO Wednesday
evening, which was carried. FREDERICK l.. WI.
TEE, Of the Sixth Ward, acted as Chairman pro tenn
Secrei aries, A. ). VosbuTgh, Sixtee nth Ward, and
C. cambridge Smith Seventeenth Ward.
The XVIII Ward was contested and after some
discussion, Augustus Schell, Abraham I. Hillyer,
and William L. 4lcIatyre, were received az dele
gstes over Lucius Robinson, Charles D. Mead, G..
w. Boughton, By 1ira roce vote.
Some complain: was made of the unfairness At
the Primary Election IN the XVI,a Ward and the
tucked headed BY William {. Seaman, was admitted
without any serious coatest. over that headed b.
Charles Lent.
The XVIIih Ward was not contested
\ great portion of the evening WAS occupied with
the Eighteenih Ward contest. Tx Mayor Morris
and Mr. Shepard were the speakers Finally
Messrs Lorenzo B. Shepard, Robert Kelly and John
Kinsly were admitted by vote Of "a TO II for
Messis. Robert II. Morris. Ulysses ID. French and
Jemes Cruise The rascares peTpetfa.ed at many
Of the primary elections fairly s.ckened many OF the
honest Delegates sud quite number retired at an
early hour.
OPPOSITION YOUNG MEN's GENERAL
COMMITTEE The Committee for 1852 meets this
evening 81 Tammany Han for organization The
hesrii and settlement of the contests, suppose
will occupy tie whole evening, and the scenes on
the Ola Mems Committee last evening De reenacted
tV Rev. DR.. Baird, Foreign Secretary
OF the American snd Foreign Christian Union, has
recently returned from an extensive tour through
Hungary, Italy, France and other countries of Eu-
tope visiting the Protestant Churches and the lead
Ing men interested in the spread OF Protestant truth
and freedom lie has some most interesting state
meuts tc make, and Will repcr. IN idll 20 a meeting
% be held at The Tabernacle this (Tuesday evening.
~ A concert vii. be given at the Stuy-
vessrt Inssute tonight aid OF the Church Of the
Holy Apostles, Ninth-ay., corner Of Twenty.
siahth-st. Several pupils from the Institution for
tte Bllnd Il sssistin the exercises
THE GREAT METROPOLIS for 1852, Just