New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-14

WAR R-n CAS- D,>-A ~ early hour y'sts-!sy
morning before m ..rsbe sIey.sy IL the neigbS,r
hood Of the Points" thst cminoss vehicle krowr
as Black MMis" was seen. 1t vs awaiting
psuper occupant, and IN itself was cne Of the mos
wretcbed specimens OF ts kind. Tie horse 70 which
he'd been yoked was blind spawned srd booy, ~hie
the driver loing on his seat With short pipe il bis
mouth, presented faithful picture Of dry and de-
graded humanity. Presently coffin Of the shes:
material Was borne cut fsom the sleJway and de-
posited in the hesrse, which was i'm neda.sy driven
of at scg-trot it, destination being Pottsrs Field
The ncicert was not extraordinary. Every day
psupers Gle ana are buried; bat the history OF the
n an whose removal 70 the shabby black hesrss we
had noticed vas incidentally related to u.s. and think
ing Is Of q nature to point moral, we sum 1t up
with airecess,ry bIcvity Rum had killed the man
at the age of thirty isht By birth German, aud
bypro'e sion carver in livery and wood be srrvsdin
America seven yeArs ago Highly skilled in his crAf,
be encountered difficulty in procuring remuc eratve
employ men.. For come time he worked steadily. and
was hsppy and respectable man, the husband of &C
smisble womsn and the father Of three childen-the
Oldest Rirl who must be about l. years of age
The DEM Of intempersnce, however, claimed him
for its own. He became rum drinkef years
since and never ceased TO be until the last week
OF bis existence when the warning of the priest and
the physician, whose joint attendance bad been sug-
eested by charity convinced him too late Of the mad
ness Of bis career. His wife and his two younger
children dead, and the elder sustaining miserable ex
stepce By means which the reader may better imagine
than we describe-sll these cslamies caused by hrHa
alone; the last momeots Of that mende&nt must have
been bi ter indeed most full of agony fro the reaec
cn of what he might have been had be continued in
his former decent course. For more than q month
past indebted to charitable fobearsnce and real
kindness Of heart for the roof above his head and for
s,ual food, his last breath wa. exhslsd on Wednes
day morning. and twenty.four hours sferward he was
on his way to the general gogotha of sach unfortu
nstes-the accomplishments OF his progress thither
being the mist and snox of q December morning.
Thus Stays the demon-Rum.
WASHINGTON TowTR.-The Committee on Lsnds
and Places in the Beard Of Aldermen reported last
evening in favor of the erection the Battery Of
lofty observatory by Mr.. W. Lstipg-a gentleman
famous for The high position be has attained uptown
The report contempates free grant of sufficient
area OF ground for that purpose, for period of thirty
five years Mr. Lstting and bis associates bind them
selves to raise the amount Of $780, and commence
the work within FIVE years, the grant to be null apd
void II at the end OF ten years the building Ia n1t
fully completed, then the whole concern, or what there
is Of IT, to revert to the city, This sublime edihce,
according to the plan exhibited is poygoncal in form,
one hundred feet in diameter at the base, aud six
hundred feet high The material will be glass and
iron II is proposed to digLy this lofty tower by the
name of Washington. This, then, will be the Wash
ippton Monument par excellence II is designed to
reach higher by one hundred feet than thst down at
the Capital. The report was referred back to the
Committee for verbal corrections.
PAY OF THE CENSUS MARsHALs-The Census Mar
.hals it would seem g most determined body OF
men in pushing their claims for services rendered in
taking the late The deductions made by the
Board Of Supervisors 10 their bills as original, pre-
sen.ed and the payments received upon the same IS
thus reduced have not served TO satisfy them Of the
business Of the amounts as severaly aoJudicated.
Payment of the amounts cut off from Their original
bills is accordingly proposed and preliminary action
being taken to secure such result The inklog OF
such intent developed before meeting hold yes
terday afternoon Of the Committee County Offices
of the Board of Supervisors, to whom these bills were
primarily referred Petitions were submitted from
nearly all whose claims had been passed upon asking
payments of the balance between their original bills
and the sums allowed them. The Committee
nounced no determination Of the action they should
take upon the petitions. TIE aggregate sum thus
asked for will reach nearly one fifth Of the entire
original amount Of the bills.
How IS THIS Among the Reports concurred
in by the Board of Aldermen last night we notice
vote to pay somebody for ammunition used on
"Washipgton's Birthday, the Fourth of July and So
Patricks Day" If this is not mis- AXE Of tbs re.
porter it is an oversight the part OF the Aide men.
What have we TO do with the firing Of guns in honor
of st. Patrick This should be explained.
NILE RAcHEL.-A correspondent writes TO US from
Charleston, S. c.: mile Rachel did not depart for
Havana in the steamer of the 9th, she intended.
"She does not now expect to set out until the 10Th.
Her health il almost entirely restored, and she will
perhaps, give one representation here Of Adr'enHe
Lees uvrenr before leaving
Frank Hampton, whose father Wade Hampton Of
South CaroEns) was at one time the owner Of more
slaves than any other person in be Countrywide roll
of his chattels numbering Eve thoussnd-w@
married on Wednesday night to Sarah Strong Baxter.
daughter Of George Baxter Of this city. grand
fashionable party was given, which was the towns
talk all Gay yesterday.
We are Indebted to the proprietors OF The ADi0s
for copy Of Herrings fine animal picture, the " Thres
Members of tie Temperance Society" engraved by
Richie. This beautiful plate Is The Adi0a' gft 10
its subscribers for the present year.
We learn thst Mr.. Samuel N. Sweet. the we'll
known Professor Of Elocuion has arrived 10 this city
with the intention of giving course OF popular ec'