New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-11
CITY ITEMS.

| OR ~ THE CousTRr.-What sweet sound these
/ few little words have for City children As We took
our last Sunday walk through the dirty streets ani
lanes where children most do congregate, could no
help thinking how happy it would make each Of those
little squads, or each Of the Ragged Schools If some
kind-heared man should appear among them and say,
! Tomorrow will take you all out in the country
1 How they would run about among the shrubs and
trees picking flower here, and rare leaf or branch
Of plants there; or how they would search through
whole acre OF grass If one chance strawberry was
/ found. How they would run up the hills and scram-
bic to the highest peak of rocks; or dive down into
tie deepest dells, where some cascading stream
overarched b. dark bushes. How the boys would
build dams in the brook, and how the girls would
chase butterflies along the banks; or run here and
there after blue vioets and yellow buttercups and
thousand other things that gladden. the hearts of I'M
restrained childhood out in the country
We have often been out with City children upon
Excursions They are to them excursions of hellth
and happiness. When dinner-tme arrives they bring
out their stores of food and spread it upon the grass
where half sitting half reclining they enjoy their din
ners far beyond any eaten from china plates
and mahogany tables.
Who ever mingled in such q scene, or looked upon
such group of happy children without ceiling that
not only promoted health of body, but health of mind
Parents guardians teachers, friends of the poor:
have you thought yet how you to spend the great
national holiday that is close upon US, what last
ing evils may be fixed in the minds of your children
bv the scenes they will wituess in the City on the
Fourth Of July and how easily you can avert it aud
give them day of happiness out in the country
What if all the money that viii be than
wasted in burning Chinese crackers were expended in
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real happiness they would experience, and how much
more like rational beings should we appear when we
returned at evening full of joy and thankfulness than
we slall when we retire amid the smoke and dirt of
such Fourth of July as have had every year for
q long time past in this City!
Gu, in the country, thon let go aud take the chill
dren and teach them to love Nature in all its gorgeous
glory and in songs of JOY sing praise to Natures God
IMPnovEYFyTs.-Upon the new street recently
opened through Columbia College Grounds Mr.. Wilson
G.. Hunt, one of the Oldest merchants of New-York,
is about erecting fino warehouse which, in point Of
elegance and substantiabily, will equal any of the
structures raised in the Third Ward during the past
year. The building will be five stories in hight and
present fronts Of white marble, one hundred feet on
Park-place and foryfve and half feet Churchst.
Ile fOuU0atOn Is OF tOUu IndrOnIN Jun III
the piers of brick resting large stones feet
square The walls will be ready to receive the
first tier of beams The basement ceiling will be l2
feet in hight the first story ceiling, IA feet inches
second story Il feet inches and the remaining stJ
res between II feet and l2 feet in hight The first story
on each street will present fronts of iron, with windows
and doors of heavy plate glass and Badgers shutters
The beams on tho various doors will be supported by
hoa Mora continual one
above the other to top of the structure Spacious
hoisways will be arranged on both streets commune
eating with the various floors above the first story and
also dummies for the purpose of conveying goods into
the lower part Of the building. Instead Of the sky
light generally constructed for lighting the rears of
bu dipgs an open space will be left in the of this
structure on the southwest corner feet by 25. The
counting rooms will be on the first floor southwest
corner. communicating with the store and also with
Church-st The building will be well lighted and vent
lated, having on Park-pace, above the first story,
forty-four windows and Church 81. twenty-iour
windows. On the first story the former street. there
will be six large doors and five windows, and
on the latter street four doors and two Window.
The exterior of the building will es before stated, beof
pure white marble and perfectly plain, presenting no
decoration excepting the neatly sculptured brackets
supporting the window cornces or caps. The interior
of the structure will be finished in neat and plain
STYLE The marble of which this building will be con-
sructed is now being quarried in Massachusetts,. It
is of fine grain and susceptible of high polish making
il the more desirable for building purposes, dust
and dirt will not 20 readily adhere TO it. The work is
progressing rapidly and the building will probably DO
ready for occupancy late in the fall. In connection
with this improvement, we may state that arrange
ments are now being consummated for the building OF
another large warehouse this ground, ffty-seven
feet in width BY one hundred and sixty two feet In
DEPTH The total cost of these two warehouses, when
completed, will be over sl65,O
A yerv large meeting of the friends of Temperance
was held last evening at the Botanic Hall, No. IS
East Broadway Ira Buchanan, Jr., presiding. Elo-
quent addresses the present crisis and the necessity
of action were made by Messrs C. C. Leigh, Isaac j.
Oliver. and Hewitt. great deal of enthusiasm was
manifested on the subject of the proposed Peoples
Demonstration TO take place the 25th in the Park
The meeting adjourned to the Tenth Ward mass meet
ing at Allenst. Presbyterian Church this evening.
REoPESIsG OF Burrows THEATEK.-This evening
Burton's Tbcater will be reopenee for the summer
season by Messrs Eddy and Chanfrau Mr. Holland
and Miss Albertine are eng aged for the season.
UNCLE Tons CABN.-This popular drama will be
played at the National Tbeater this week. with Mr..
and Mrs. Howard and little Cordeia Howard in their
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