New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-06
CITY ITEMS.

6THE WHIe PRIMARY ELrrIoSs-AcTros or rHK
JoIsT EXECUTIVE CoMHlTTE CoSFIRsED.-The
Wbig General Committee ssembled last evening at
the Broadway House. and oonfrmed the action OF the
joint Executive Committee % Monday evening with
regard to the fixing of the tine for holding the Pri
mary elections for the choicof Delegates to the Wing
State Convention, to be be at Syracuse, Sept. 20.
Tuesday, Sept. 10, from thi hours Of to 8 O'Clock
A. NJ, was the time agreed Yon, and these elections
are to be under the superirndence Of three Of the
Wing Inspectors elected to at the next general
election except in the Severn Ward. A motion to re
consider the action of the Jdrt Executive Committee
with reference to the Seventh Ward, where there are
two Ward Committees whsteach of the Ward Com
mitees is requested to appo one Inspector, and DR..
Ives Of the Nineteenth Wards appointed the part
of the Broadway House Committees, was lost by
vote of 35 to 35 Two persOn are to be elected from
each Ward to the Whig Sac Convention, one to
serye-ss delegate and the okr as alternate, except
in the First and Second Ward composing let Assem-
bly, Districts Third and Si1ihWards, composing lid
Assembly District; Twelfth, nineteenth and Twenty
second Wards, comprising 9Th Assembly District;
Eighteenth and Twenty -frsl Kards composing the
XVIII Assembly District; SSteenth and Twentieth
Wards, composing XIyth Aambly Districts each of
which Wards shall choose fv delegates to meet in
Assembly District Convention which Conventions
shall choose delegate at lsze except the Xth AS
sembly District The Distrd Conventions will meet
ON the l4th inst, al o'cloa p. M; Ist Assembly
District to meet at No. q Anos-st.i lid Assembly
District 20 meet at Albany HNse; Xth Assembly Dis
,trict to meet ct George B. orrs; XVIth Assembly
District TO meet at Thompses Hail. XIyth Assem-
bly, Distric, to meet at Eutz House.
The SECOND TICKET SALI-Slr Leeds offered at
auction, yesterday, at Castle tarden, the seats for
the second appearance of Grs and Marie. The at
tendance was meager and ia enthusiasm of no
account, the bidding being so'and spiritless. After
some dwelling the first ticke6as knocked down to
"Mr. Spencer" Nobody XIV Mr. Spencer; but
the real buyer is supposed tol the same "Coutts"
that purchased the $3.50 seat orday last thus con-
frmiDg the adage " Cest premiere place qua
<'Coutts.'" Two or three ses were sold for pre-
mums ro aching from IS to $50, and then the bid
ding fell of to dollar, and frh that to shilling
The average premiums may he reached 37l cents.
A large proportion of the seatsmained unsoid.
T.. C. Benedict, President ofhe Board of Educa-
iion came home in the Paci6cafter pleasant tour
in Europe whereby bis healilwas completely re-
stored.
J. Phillips Phoenix is Sepuruag in London He
wil probably return next month
FATAL ACCIDENT IN PopHKtEPsIE.--On Men
day afternoon as boy nnma Macy, aud son of
the late Judge Barculo, wee playing around the
academy during recess, on hrning a corner, their
heads came in collision with seh violence as to rup-
ture blood vessel and cnusek death of young Bar
hn oil, how
home insensible. The deoeai boy was some IA
years Of age at the time of heeatb.
REsIeNATIoS.-We are soy to learn that Mr..
Ridgeway, who has been for sne four or FIVE years
or more actively engaged as assistant to the United
States Disuiet-AttOrDey hasssigned his situation.
Mr. H. has been uniforInh accommodating and
courteous to inc press aford every facility for in
formation. Independent of Is he is exceedingly
capable in fulfilling the dutesf the Office. and has
earned by bis gentemanly beng. the good will, we
believe of every person hang business with the
establishment. The low salasysttached to the office,
we understand, is the cause offs changing his stus-
ton in hopes of moro lucrafe one in private pur-
suits. From our knowledge dpubHo men, we can
not but think his retirement IN be loss to the
eabic. We hope it may truly tOve source Of gain
thm.
poIIrABLE.-The receipts dshe steamboat Isaac
psae' on Friday evening, wee as follows:
Be1dsssnered and fifty passensesr 81 each ....sto
Eres Nd state rooms s''.......-............... 51
'''''''.'''''''''''' 's......."...ss'' SSS
Tohi.
OILS. ,h., ss earned in elevehours, at an outlay
trip were ny. slowing that i clear profits of the
Maohattan lsn $4,000. On hudsy evening the
load Of frcgb, ,Snesny with ss passengers, aud a
'oo'eo NJ tca7o.
South Dover. !. m nNpp'~a few days ago at
plOyed in that place Csbou, sme men were EN-
keopsie for the purpose Of MA. Sles east Of Pough
The train was sot and a. marble quarry.
soon as expected. ANA, - ), y not going of so
went forward with al,,.. ne Of Eiwin Mary
der. for the purpose Of ~; ~A''e full of guDpow-