New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-10
CITY ITEMS.

ing MI Ebngs miraculous expenditure Of s26 900 for
street cleaning. That il, are bound to believe it
nsexpeDded because ii drawn from the treasury,
AID, &c Mr. Ebling Is hones man. there is doubt
ii was honestly expeI ded. But the wonderful thing
SEQ yesterday wss great number Of little heaps Of
MANI ve piled up in the Bowery and other streets
lust az though honestly intended to be ,uled
avny M bit of it It viii be suffered TO lay until
the heaps are scattered by the wheels and hoofs and
wind and then more little heaps will be raked up, snf
more men will be paid for work they never did, and
more hoofs and wheels vii scatter the dirt again.
And this is the frs sight ef anything that looks Ike
STRENGTHENING that Gotham hss seen for UsthS, eI-
cept the removal Of ice froz Broadway, n1stly on
prvste account. Meantime there are many s.reets
that more nearly resemble a sloTenly farmers barn
yard in the Spring Of the year. thGs they do the high
ways Of any decent Christian people on earth. 10
many streets this 10th day of April, 1856, the ice
and garbage, stable manure and cosl ashes lie in
ples three or four feet thick. We 80 poor mser-
able substitutes for men in Sixth street yesterday
making feeble effot to uncover one Of these mouu-
tain Iles so as to give the fair chance to render
putrd what is now preserved in ioe In osaer streets
the dust is doing daily damage than all e Street
Commissioners stealings for whole year. This IS
what the people pay for.
The Councilmen last evening passed the ordinance
on cleaning streets TO third reading concurred with
the Aldermen to remove the Commissioners OF Em-
grafton from Castle Garden, ard passed an ordinance
making it unlawful to sell the veal Of calves which
weigh, when dressed, less than so pounds.
Lyc1uREs OF THE NEw-YORK YoUsG MEMS CHRrs-
TIAs Accommodate. Gregory NJ Worabet OF Bey'
rout Syria will give Of three lectures at Hope
Chapel, the first being this evening. Subject:
Syria its former grandeur, its fall and its present con-
dtion Mr.. Wortabet is the Of an Armenian
Bishop who was the first to join the Protestant
nent in Syria and brother Of the first native Protes
tent ordained pastor, now lsboring at Hasbeyia.
SUBSTANTIAL RELIEr.-The Ladies Society of the
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum return their sincere
thanks to the Young Men's Catholic Association and
acknowledge the receipt of sl,762 So. Also 10 Mr..
Burrows for his kind donation to the same.
ARREST OF Bors CHARGED WITH FsRGISG BANK
CHEcKs.-Sergt. Darby Of the Tenth Ward Police yes
terday arrested three boys named Carpenter Mapes,
Lewis Gray, and Theodore ClSfk, alias Losee, on
charge Of forgery, preferred by hessrs Taylor g.
jackson merchants, doing business on the corner of
Elizabeth and Hester streets. 1t appears that the
boy Mapes was in the employ Of Messys T. g. j., who
had frequently sent him to the Citizens Bank to de-
post MOI ey and also to draw funds out checks.
On the Tb ult. the lad appeared at the bank with a
check for $50 signed by his employers; aud, though
the paying teller little suspicious Of the sigma
ture the answers given by the boy to his interoga-
tones were 20 prompt and satisfactory, that ne
presented four other forged checks, amounting
in all to $40, and received the mosey for each.
On the discovery Of the forgery he was arrested when
be at implicated the other two boys, one OF
- hoa rnaAt tuna ~ he 0heck Ia
further states that be has received but little Of the
money, as CLARK, and another boy not yet arrested,
met him on the corner of Houston street and the Bow
ely Just amer he had got the first check cashed, and
told him that if he refused give them the most Of
the money, they would have him sent to State Prison
The truth of bis statement remains to be proved The
boy Clark has been out of the Tombs only few
weeks. He was arrested, with an elder brother, for
grand larceny and the latter Is now Ia state Pr son.
Mapes had always proved faithful u his employers
until be committed these forgeries. He Is very re-
specially connected The prisoners were all commit
tee by Justice Brennan for examination.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT WIN. Lamb, lad
ten years OF age whose parents reside in TTentyDnth
street between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, died
Yesterday, at the New-York Hospital, from injuries
received at 6 o'clock p. on Tuesday by being run
over in Tenth avenue near Twenty ninth street. by
car on the Hudson River Railroad Ii appears that
the boy jumped upon the car white it was IN motion,
and soon after while attempting to get of, fell before
the wheels, and was fatally crushed by them before
the car could be stopped. He was Immediately con-
veyed TO the Hospital where he died as above stated.
No blame is attached either TO the driver conductor
of the car. An inquest will be held upon the body
to-day.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A PoLIcEMAs.-A T. Corey,
Policeman Of the Twenty first Patrol District, died
suddenly yesterday morning at his residence in the
Twenty first Wald. Some months ago he was struck
upon the head with q stone thrown by rowdy; the
blow caused great pain, and affected his mind at
times, anti his death. On Monday afternoon, while
sitting in the Police Station, he was taken suddenly
with ft and was conveyed to his residence, where
he remained until death. Mr.. Corey has been for
maIy years attached to the Department, and WAS
much esteemed and efficient officer.
ATTEMPTED SUIcIDE.-James Jackson residing at
No Broone suicide yesterday by bleeding
He was discovered with deep cash his from which
the blood flowed rapidly and Dr. Waterman was called IN anu
bound the wound Trouble caused b. his wife
ate said Undue ed him u attempt s destruction
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