New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-14
CITY ITEMS
The weather continues cool and delightful win no
further immsdiate promise Of rain.

further immediate promise OF ram
SAruRS.-This bsaRiiful object, with us muiuP'o
rings. equatorial be., and octave OF satellites, is
now visible in Tie eastern quarter of the heavens,
after nine O'Clock. P. VI any clear evening. The
telescope e1hib the eye is southern pole JUST
rsznr the main division between the brighter rings,
,bfs ia north pole concealed behind the opposite
.actop Of i,s circular attendant It is not far from
its max mum annulaT separation. Every evening X
rises about four minutes earlier.
cvrvpp,rroS OF TIVE CAPTURE OF TUE Cry Of
urxtco-A meeting Of officers who served in either
,ba recuar or volunteer corps of the United States
,r,v ,ho, invaded the Mexican Republic was held at
,be Astor House Tuesday evening, TO make arrange
,nsrts for eommemorating the anniversary OF the
o,.-.roo NJ the American forces into the City
:, w.,;oo under General Sco.t. Among those
present were Colonel, Ramsay Burnett, K. Wheat
and James; Majors Fsnsworth and kimbal; Cap
,.irs Graf,on and Lewis, and Lieutcnants Sweeney
and Gaines. Committee was appointed TO make
ARRANGEMENTS for the public dinner at which MAJOR
General Scott is TO be invited to preside; and It WAS
.. reso we'd. thst Committee OF five be sPponted to
9, take the necessary steps toward perecnng an or
" 0auizatou of the officers of the several regiments
" who served in the war with Mexico; the said or
" gan;zaton 10 have an annual reunion in the City OF
,.New-York on the lfh Of September
IroroR TRr,Ls.-Tnese trials for selling liquor
without license the penalty Tor which Ii 80 tor ea'"
glass CT liquor sold, were commenced before Judge
Mech Of the Third District Court, about the lst oil
August last and ths then under prosecution resulted
in the conviction OF the offenders AMI the nniction oil
the penalty. Since then large number ct Others
have been instituted and off for t1a before the
same Judge and Jury On the 18th lust. The iHends
Of Temperance are determined aud active aud de-
sign to use every effort TO put stop 10 the traffic N
the Ninth Ward the only one in which licenses nave
been wholly refused. Too much praise cannot be
awarded to the Justice for the able and impartial
manner in which be discharged his duties and he Will
be triumpbantly sustained in the good opinion oi all
law-abiding citizens.
R,Tr or LrNBER Iosr-A large raft Of lumber
which left New York on Friday afternoon, in tow Of
a steamer. commenced breaking mp as il passed
through Hurlgaie, and the steamer made q harbor
and the raft was reconstructed, it was supposed
securely but in the storm OF Saturday il again began
10 separate and when the steamboat arrived at Con-
necticut River only three sticks Of timber remained
attached The raft consisted Of 800 sticks, and ws
valued at from sl5 900 to ego, 900.
Nol-That il a very short word IL has 4 very
short meaning sometimes. II often blasts fond
anticipations; il may change the whole tenor OF
a life. In matrimonial matters il would be bet
ter that il should be oener said than it s for many
of that eek sometimes say No when they mean
YES and should the shorter word when they do not
One Sunday evening not many nights ago, the Rev.
Mr. Thompson performed marriage ceremony at the
Tebernacle-botb parties said YEs st the proper time
and the reverend gentleman said Amen.
IL want you To perform the same thing for me,
said wel-dressed, youngsh man to Mr.. Thompson
when r.
"Now-right off-to-night."
Cant you put il of a little 1t will make it
rather late"
"No-the lady says now or never, aud am very
anxious. viii yougoP
Yes where is it =
"Cose by-Jnly few steps west OF the Park. We
are all ready, and will not detan you but tow
minutes your way home"
Mr.. T. went to the place, which was n respectable
boarding g-hOuse, and everything evnced decorum
The lady-young ahd pretty, neatly dressed, and alto
gotber desirable partner for the geniiemen-was
presented and short prayer, usual upon such oc-
casions, offered, and then hands joined.
'You, With fall sense of tbo obligations you
assume do PROMISE here in the presence Of God and
these WITNESSES yon will take this woman, whose
right hand you clasp in yours, TO be -FOUR lawful
welded wife, and such yon win love aud cherish
her forever"
81 do"
And You, Miss, on your part, will yOu take this
man to be your lawful, welded husband r.
"NOw
We have heard in times past when showers were
fashionable some pretty heavy elaps of thunder; but
none that ever raitled about the tympanum Of that
bridegroom was qite 80 loud that stunning little
monosyDabe.
"No, never will said she most emphatically,
and walked away proudly to her seat, leaving her
alnIosthus band looking and probably feeling just the
least trihe in the world foolish.
Mr.. Thompson remonstrated-not 10 induce her 10
change that No for Yes but for trAing with him in
solemn duty of bis calling, and asked for eKpla-
nation.
O. meant no disresPect to you, sir, TO trihe with
your duty or the solemn obligation you we're called
upon to ratify bu had no other way to vindicste
my character. | to the city poor sewing girl.
worked for this man. lie made proposals Of mar
rage to me- but from other circumstances doubted
his sincerity, and left his employment and went back
TO the country for while. When | returned, I
found the door Of my former boarding house closed
against me- and this lady, whom had esteemed as
hind friend, cold and quite indsposed to renew my
acquaintance and | insisted upon knowing the
reason. learned that this had blickened my
character denied his proposals of marriage aud said
was-no matter what | said to the lady, 'let me
come back, and 1 will prove my innocence. VIII
you believe what say, if be will now marry me ?