New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-15
CITY ITEM s.

Ibeu clDDer-tabe ID always reauE' LUG P"' - c'oi
boiling and the food SETTLING hot and ready Tor the
hungry One of these large public dining rooms Is
located Just in from. of the Tribune Office, where there
is little triangular piece of ground formed by The
intersection Of Nassau-st. and Park-row before the
two combined begin to be Chatham ct. First, there
are two charcoal furnaces, and two large boilers filled
with ears corn the prcpretors OF which are rivals
in business and each has his separate ts6e-one OF
them is awfully black--to hold plate of salt. and
fork to serve customers with of hot corn at two
cents an ear, salt included.
Around this table at the popular hours OF ~ to /
and to :, may be seen crowd of cheap diners OF
most democratic chsractei-for they of nearly al
colos all sizes and all sorts of dresses usually worn
by both sexes in this conglomerated City This may
be considered the frst-course table. Thanking TINS
stands another table loaded with cakes that look
sweet notwithstanding they may be little dusty, and
two yesses that took though one might hold sweet
cider at penny glass, and the other smat beer at
a smaller price Beyond this il table full Of apples
and peaches, cheap at two for penny. The other
flank Of the corn tables ia occupied by two water
melon carts with large cuts, one cent apiece
Let us recspitua'e: corn, cents; cakes, cent;
peaches, cent; melon, cent cents. VINO says
tlat is not a cheap dinner ard hearty one Moth
irg is charged for use Of tsble'coth, table-furn-
tute chairs carpet. foor doors or windows house
room or ground-rent. Free as air-al are free
to walk up to the dnner-tabe and dine for two cents
or five. II is useless TO say that no hotel is better pat
rorized notwithstanding that you cannot get sand
ing.room in the Aston House, you can here; ana
though the nine hundred rooms of the st. Nicholas
a. all full there is for niue hundred moro diners
at our dining-room No matter that the Irving House
il "full as a tick - all the time " on the European
"plan," our house" is purely American. There Is
nothing like it in all the plan of Europe IL is true
that seven eighths of the patrons Of the corn and
cakes are European by BIRTH but in this way OF eating
their diners they are very know-Nothlngs they are
so American they know nothing else but eat ndthey
do il with perfect gusto. sight Of this democratic
dinner is fully equal to seeing the animals led IN
nenacerie. This is HGnage OF bipeds that must
be fed and will congregate where the dinner cheap
RACHEL As CAMILLE.-Mlle. Rachel played last
night her great character of Camille to an over
flowing house, and swept it even with fuller enthu-
siasm than on her opening evening. She is announced
to releat "ph9dra" tonight which is esteemed by
many her noblest personatoD, and will doubtless at
tract another equally numerous crowd of worshppers.
We are Happy to find that suggestion to have the
been acted on, and that Les droits de Ihom mes"
follows Phrdra. There are q few other suggestions
we shall venture 10 offer hereafter.
PARoDrs CoScERT.-The concert of this artist last
night in Brooklyn WAS perfect success. Her popu-
sry was fully sustained by large and delighted au
dience.
PosrPoSEsESr.-Madl Psrodis Concert, adver
tsod originally for to night at Niblos will take place
next Tuesday at the same place.
Miss ADA CLIFToS.-This young lady made her
first appearance any age last night a. the Nation
al Thea,er in Tobn's popular comedy of the Honey
moon." Mis- Clifton is young lady Of prepossessing
appearance, With slight but graceful form, fine OK
pressiye eycs, and countenance Of rather tragic
cast and evidently capable OF varied and effective
expression. Her voice is musical and well modu
lated, and tlerably trained. There was a large
audience, and very generous appreciation of
her maiden effort. Her conception of the char
acter OF "Jaliana was good, though rather more
quiet in some points than is usual with more eI-
perienced players, but that Is point on the
right side, for novice. Her reading was accurate,
self possessed and graceful with the slight exception
of little measured formslity ia deliveryi but that
will probably soon wear away. Take il all in all,
Miss Clifton made an excellent impression, and has
but to follow up boldly the path she has chosen 10
become good actress. She exhibited very marked
traits Of genius which, with the close study insepsrabe
from her arduous profession, ought to give her good
position. She has been under the training o! Mrs.
Maeder, Clara Fishor)
The Duke was done very well by ar. j. H. Allen,
a New.York boy, who has played for some Tins with
marked success in the Southern theaters. III, was
good but not great
Mrs CHaon viii play Julia" in Knowles " lunch
60 back" on Tuesday evening next.
The Board OF Counomen did not adjourn their last
evening session until nearly 10 o'clock. The session
was proractcd by eItcndod debates for the most part
upon unneresting topics. The resolution Of the Al
domon cutting of the carriage hire csmo up for con-
cuiTeuce. Thoro was manifest disposition 10 choke
Il or motion 10 lay the subject upon the table was
lost by ono VOC. Tho consideration Of tho matter,
however, was STAYED OIL by Councilman Jackson ob-
letting 10 lie being passed on thai night on tho ground
that Il was against tho Rules IT Order. Jackson OBJ
Ieciod nj tho suggestion OF memhor whose bill for
carriage hire is aneng tho largest OF any Of tha,
Hoard.
Ia tho 4, uu,iitoo IL tho Whole nearly ell of tho
business was transacted without tho preserve OF \
quorum. When tho committee wse there oaly
trenl, orc semhe,s Ia tho chamber. Goa Loo than
qao,em. Nevertheless. tho President ruled that Tho
nosid eair constituted b. ,voei,o Tho sepest II
Tho Chairman 81 she csmmitseo II Che Waee. and H.
dispose 81 the psre,s
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