New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-12
CITY ITEMS.
RANGE OF THE THERMOMETER AT
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1858. IAN. Moon. SPIN SPIN.
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EsrERrAIsMEsTs.-The Lecture Of the
Popular Series tonight will be given by Prof
KorpPEN late of the OTTOMAN College, Athens. He
will speak of " Mohammed and the Saracenc Empire,
and the influence of Isamism upon the Middle Ages."
The Lecture will be full of interest and will doubtless,
be the of attracting very full house.
Prof TAyLER LEWIS will deliver lecture before
the Young Mems Christian Association upon the Six
Days Of Creation"
Dr. McVIcKAR, President OF the Hahnemann Acade
my of Medicine will deliver his Inaugural Address to-
night.
EueEYIo LArrLLA will deliver a lecture upon Archi-
lecture.
A grand Temperance meeting will be held, a, which
p T. BAnNuM and others will speak.
Prof WHITNEY gives his Rhetorical Entertainment
at Staten leland, at the stapeton Lyceum.
At NIBI o's the Opera will be THE Daughter Of the
Regiment" in which Madame sontsg was so eminenty
successful on Monday night.
At the BROADWAY, comedy, ballet farce and panto
mime embracing " Love Law and Physie," " Graida
or the Danseuse in Spain" Popping the Question"
and Monsieur Dcschalumeaux."
At wALLAcK's the excellent comedy "Old Heads
and Young Hearts" with Blake, Laura Keene and
Company Also High Life Below Stairs"
ence always do there) and Paris and London"
AT BARNrM's tom Thumb" and The Forty
Thieves" day and evening.
At HELIKRs, witchcrait revived, Magic, Second
Sight, &c.
AT woop's, Negro Melodies, Dances. Comicalities,
&c, &c.
AT METROPOLITAN HALL the Exhibition Of the Nj.
croscope, with lecture.
A, BANvARp's. the scenery'of Palestine faithfully
portrayed.
At RIsIKYs the surroundings of the River Thames,
London, &c.
At the Circus, horsemanshp, feats of strength,
fun &c.
( No DAMAeE.-The Beard of Assistants did
nothing last night worth especial remark.
The ALpERMEN-But little was done a.
Yesterdays session The resolution to present ,es-
timonial to Mr. Mount for saving lives at the Bowery
fire adopted.
tR Lieut.. GEo w MAY, late of the U. s
Army, will lecture on Friday evening next, the 18th
in the Society Library LectureRoom. Subject OF Lee
ture-The unpublished "reminiscences of the campaign
In Northern Mexico, under Gen. Taylor
ron ls53-Ihis Committee met at the Broadway
House last evening and organized temporarily on mo
ton Of George P. Nelson, who nominated Robert J.
Haws of the Tenth Ward as Chairman pro ten.i Hon
William g Gregory, of the Fourteenth Ward, and
George ?. Nelson, Of the Ninth Ward were then ap-
pointed Secretaries pro ten. With the exception Of
the Twentieth Ward the list in The Tribune yesterday
wa. substantially adopted few vacancies were also
J "a. t-s.... -, oof
the Eighth Ward Daniel Herriek that Of William T.
Ms>Srell In the Eleventh Ward and Nessrs Acton and
Inks vacancies in the Fifteenth Ward.
The two sets Of Delegates from the Twentieth Wsrd
set forth their claims through their spokesmen
each side having hearing OF an hour. Finally, the
Committee came TO the conclusion send the CLAIM
ants back end TO order new eectioh-Robert Smith
James Kelly and Gopher Mills. to act as Inspectors
ard TO name time for new Primary Election Inc
Committee then adjourned to the first Tuesday IL
February The calling Of a new election seems Il
satisfy both parties in the Twentieth Ward /. appear
BY hearing they had subsequently with the lnspee
tors who have not vet designated the time for hoidn.
the new election for Delegates to General and an
Committees.
R,uRoAp ExrESsIos.-The track OF th'
Sixth ard Eighth sv Railroads has been extended an
the cars commenced yesterday TO run over the ne'
sections They run through Collegeplsce to Barclay
Ct, up Barclsy-st to Church and back through GnuTe
and Chamberssts to the late terminus Of the com
mencement of Yves, Broadway. The business Of ines
reads is constantly and rapidly increasing, ana sau
,ioual cars will be put in use for the accommodation
passengers
CuoRrc ESoIyE.-An association OF genlIe
men have recently built new Caloric Engine unse
the direction and plans of Mr.. Phineas Bennett LIZ
,prpe ha. been in operation for short me past "a
Is lbs. of power has already been obtained and ~
Bennett thinks ii viii be practicable to WORK W"