New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-02


Yesterday very strong gale from the ~est and north
IVES, blew steaoiy sl day and night Tne h.rbor
snd river navigation was very ugh bu. no seriou;
osusge came TO our notice.
LECTURES on PHREsoLoGr-M Fowler az
tourc,s coDrse Of popular lectures this interest
2 scieIce, TO commence next Thunday evening, in
Bleecier Buildings
A NAGSFIcysr SERVICE OF SILVER. - Messrs.
Tiffany & Co, Of Broadway, have jus. completed
maj Difcent service Of liver for the merchants of
San Frs,csco, who deeign presenting the "a ne 10
Banker Of that place token Of respect AMI tie
The service numbers %. pieces and d, signed by
Moore. Every piece, even TO the castor bot es
lie Of solid silver. the VIII g set occupying seven black
walnut three feet high by sixteen inches deep,
vevetlIed TIE center piece is twenty -four inches
high and fifteen inches in dian e'er at the top weigh
II $50 ounces The base is rnsDented in the gothic
style, with neGslioDs OF in the California dig
GU &C. and three bears in relief resting on the feet.
sun oundng the pedestal four figures represent
ing the Sea-. Tne bowl on top Is ioed vita gold.
The punch bowl stac ds eleven inchts high is fifteen
inches in diameter, and weighs $50 ounces. 1t is
very richly chased with medalions Of CALIFORNIA; life,
mounted with Bears heads for handles, aud
mounted with massive silver coil Tee Salyer,
three in number, represent on the borders, an OAK
wreath in relief, the handles being composed of
twisted branches. TIE ceIters are richly engraved,
each presenting seven scenes Of Life in California.
Esch falver upon The backs Of four grizzly bears
Upon the various other pieces are over two hundred
different scenes of the ohequered lite 10 California,
beautifully chased. The covers are mounted viii
animals of that region, among them, the Bear,
Antelope, Goat, Cayote, and on the base of many
pieces are the implements used in the dggings, such
as the bowl pcls and shoves The pedesias OF sever
81 of the sler pieces correct representations Of
the great Caliiorns tree. The cost OF the whole SER
vice about 81 600. The fj lowing is list OF vari-
Gus articles-iie set:
certer.piecs sidepieces to match, fru. stands,
Q soup tuteeOs 2 sauce-tureens with stands veg
etsble dishes with covers, gravy boats, 2oyster-
dishes, punch. bowl, ice .lls for wine, l2 cham
payne goble's, liquor stands, large waiter 100 ln-
ches loug email walters Us inches each in hig1t,
IL soup plates, pie.0ishes, crumb brush and l
crumb.disb, cssors with bottles of silver, salt
cellars 4 mustard pots, celery-yises, | dozen
finger bowls, pickle dishes, ice-dishes, dozen
apkin rings, large water-pltchers, hower-
vase / Etagere, large candelabra for eighteen
lghts, 2 csrd-rocevers, chsmber-candlesh;k s,
. cigsr-staI de- taper stands, cissrlamp tooth
pick staudsa cigar-ash STANDS, ! table bell
pairs snuffers and trays toist-racks, bread
Laske's 2 cake baskets, ~ esq cups, bat
ter.dshes l cork screw. dozen nut-cracksrs,
bottle stands, collee urn, tea urn, coifee-po
3 tea pOts, sugar bowls, sop bowls, 2 cream
pitchers, . dozen tablespoons, dozen table forks,
oozen desert forks, cozen desert spoons, dozen
tea spoons, / dozen egg spoons, 4 salt spoons,
Dustsro spoons, butter knives, oyster lsdles,
soup.laoles, crazy ladies' l punch lide, pie
knives. cake knives, gravy-spoons, ish knives.
We are assured by Messrs. Cole Il Williamson
that the complaint ade to the Mayor, aud reported
in The TRIBUNE Of March o. alleging at they have
cold diseased pork in Washington Market, or know
Of iis being sold is totally unfountod aud was proved
70 be 60 on examination as to the facts of the cse by
the Clerk Of the Market.
ExcURsIos-r Tomkins Blues, Capt. Bes'on,
will make an excursion on Tuesday to Easton Penn
by way Of the NewJersey Contra Railroad. They
leave at about A. III.
Miss Anre c. Lynch was married on Saturday TO
Vincenzo Boiis, late of Sardinia.
ARREST OF SwINDLERs.-On Saturday, morning
John Kirkpatrick and John Murphy, hou'e-Painters,
cane TO this City from Newark, on business. Whls
in Chatham ct, near Frenohs hotel they yentured
into the store of mock -auconeer, who was Offering
a gold watch for sale TO the highest bidder. Kirk
patrck was in want OF watch, and the one presented
seemed to offer good chance for bargain. lie bid
twelve dollsrs ard the article was knocked do Fn to
him. Not having sufficient money to pay for his pur'
chase. be went away and obtained it. de returned
TO the store shortly at erward and being invited to the
back room paid bis twelve dollars before he received
the watch. Immediately after paying the money, one
NJ the Peter Funks came into the room, and said to
the nurcbaser. That watch amt worth dollar l
bouebt one iust like il, and il wa good for Dothng
"vou had better take good one for forty dollars"
The watch was then taken by some one in the store
and the auctioreer told kirkpatrick that he could
have better watch by payin him twelty-eght dol
lars more. This he refused to do. FladDg
that the ether watch had disappeared he de-
,nspded his moDey. The auctioneer would not
comfy. and Kirk patrick proceeded to the City
Hall. and made a complaint 70 the Mayor
The case was referred to Justice Osborn, who took
the afdsvits of Kirk patrick aud bis friend An OH
Ger was forthwith dispatched TO the mock-auc'ion
store In few minutes be returned with ChaTlss
Tsppan and Alonzo Waterman 10 custody. Ihe
n,;.orers were very anxious to restore the money
after they found that the matter had reached the
Civ Hall They went to Mayor Wood, and rspPsu
aid il was all q misunderstanding. The Mayor
xoud not listen to them but told them that Justice
Osborn would attend to it. The latter gave the alc-
tioners TO understand that the Mayor had intiGaed
his intention to punish these offeOses. Mr. Kirk
psck wa. required TO give security for his appear
apee against the alleged swindlsrs. The mock
.uctioreers were held to bail in FIVE hundred dollars
each.
Al OrrrR TO REFoRx PRosrrTuTE.-A lady re-
siding in Fairfax County Virginia, has written let
ter TO Mayor Wood, in which she offers to take one
of the fran females lately arrested in the streets aud
..t,m her She desires the girl to be sent 10 herssf