New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-13
MATTERS THE MAJORS OFFICE.

MATTERS At THE MAJORS OFFICE.
REpoRroRIAL RuNPus-Quite an excitement was
created in the Mayors Office yesterday by an alter
cation between two reporters-one belonging to The
Express ard the other to The Times 1t seems th At
the sleepess and omnipresent City Department Of
The Times had not discovered the very considerable
fact that the Mayors Offics has an Emigr ant
Departments Department which, under the csre OF
two estimable gentlemen, Messrs. Bell & Senior,
trsnsacts large amount OF business, and from whose
records the columns of The TRIBUNE have been fire.
quenty enriched. The reporter of The Express OBJ
tanned in this Department, on Saturday, the story OF
Rheibhardt which appeared in The TRIBUNE ofyester-
day. The ponderous reporter of The Times, sup
ported by the super. amiable and grandiloquent chief
of the city department Of that paper as sort OF
CORPS de reserre, commenced crushing onslaught on
the unucky wight of The Express, who had pre-:
suned to pick up an item without consulting the signs
of The Times. He brought against him the terrible
accusation of hiding papers in pigeon-holes after he
had copied them 90 that other reporters, meaning his
bpness of The Times could not get them; and after
a heavy caunonading Of this sort, poured upon his
lueklers head volley Of most unamisble ePithets,
which we have too much regard for poseness to re-
peat. The Express man, instead Of being annhil'
ated by the whitening words Of his over sha owing
antagonist, and sinking through some convenient
knot hole into oblivion, a. 1t evidently was his duty
to have been and doae, actually had the audscity
to show fght-to declare that the leonine
or rather the taurine representative OF The Times
yas in plain words liar. This last f.tering sub
stantve was qualified by an elegant partcipial adj
iupct which we prefer to ignore. Taurus suggested
that /. was fortunate that Tie Express man was In
the Mayors Office, and indeed, from the paving OF
the ground and the believing that ensued the plen'
,iful blue coats and yellow buttons afforded but
Sigh, sense Of security. But The Erpre" man had
screwed his courage up to the sticking point he could
have met Coli .th his heart suddenly grew as big as
that Of the l,meoted Jack the Gant-Kiler; he flung
ont the braysdo that ho was willing to go out OF the
MAYORS Office The mette Of Taurus someShst
abaied, suddenly, strangely, most unsccounssbly. IL
would have been said Of Spanish bull, under slmi-
lar circumstances that he sullen, and he would
have died an gnomnious death by dogs. Blu. fortu-
na,ely for the progress of civilization, the Mayors
Office is not an arena for the fsvorite pash ne OF
Spain. So. instead of being baited by any dogs oil
The Erpress he the taurine, nov become the bovine
repre- sentative Of The Times, went to the Mayor and
laid the easus bei before the emb 'diment OF the CITY,
1t ia TO be understood that the corps de re'erre before
referred TO had followed his iron msn-hs raus-dar-
ing the greater portion Of this refreshing sea-
,or. The talic phrase Is to be understood,
however, mentally alone physically, the word 'h,dow
would be decidedly more appropriate. The City, In
ia corporate capacity could afford but ltsIe balm to
the wounded dignity of the irste reaor.er-but little
satisfaction to the offended smartnees of the some
that irse subeditor. The City, 10 its corporate
csnac;,y. said something about being impartial and
something about every reporter having chance.
The Express man gave bis explanation ana every
bodv vas Obliged to be content herewith. The DO
vine became still more bovine his principal relieved
himself By an infection upon the Mayors PnVa1e
Secretary who had until now with great difhcuify
controlled bis rsibles. But the AchlIean wra'h of
The Erpre. man was not so easily queled. IL was
several minutes before that subsided. At last re-
,orers resumed their duties clerks recovered control
Of their facial muscles, and The Times man, having
thus been made acquainted with the existence OF the
Emigr ant Department and having caught glimpse
Of The smisble Sergeant Bell, the presiding genius
thereof belhgerently moved of, eIclaiming, IN the
words OF Gsnem
For this Belle, sake. you II ind that I'm Ed hitter
THr SINS OF DrrcH GRocEa.-A Dutch grocer
il complained of for selling liquor on the Sabbath
for obsructng the street With large grocer wagon;
for permitting nuissnces to be committed against SAID
wagon in front of the houses the opposite side OF
the eet; for having two large coal boxes placed so
that when ton of coal put in or hafpeck retail
ed, people passing receive the dust; for having
very high BARRIERS pole erected, which is dangerous
a. Il could not be sunk deep enough to make s nrm,
on account Of the sewer--its only support now 10
large wooden shed or awning, which ob'tucs the
pasgh. from the croeswsk where the cars pass very
fast on descending grade making it very dangerous
to the public passing at night Manifold are the suns
Of the Dutch grocer at the corner Of Msdison and On
versts-
NICARAGUA TIckIr SwispLI.-A countrymsn
from Vermont, dep,ses Inst be came to the cfy on
Saturday, with intention Of going to Cailiona Oy
the Nicaragua route. BE, In company W'tn se'es !,
of his friends went to house in CsEihe-st he ana
bin friends were taksa BY tbs keeper Of he hsuse and
. runner, to Ne. IL Broadway, which their LANDLORD
,.id was the regular ofssssss ths Eesrssss line A
large, ssost maa, wiA back vhiaks~ vs. iansdaosa
nd n