Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-03-08

Spring-Oar Streets-A French Retugee-F7our
Inspection Branch Agaip- The Pacific

! Spring-Ow iSreets--A French Retitgee-F Flour
Inspection Branch Agahl-THe Pacific.
New YORK, March 4, 1856.
The old saw of March coming IN like lion,
| and going out like lamb was more than real.
/ lied by the entire of the present month March
came in like whole menagerie of carnivorous
! animals-rough, roaring, raging, showing, hail
/ ing, raining; from which we may infer that it
| will pass out like flock of sheep-yery mild,
with an occasional bleat. Our Streets before i'm
| passable, are not now even "iackassable" A
few years ago, after heavy fall of snow, the leg
islature of Massachusetts,, Tor some other State)
! having debated the propriety of removing it from
the most Travelled roads, finally concluded to drop
the subject for the present. and resume it in the
| following July. In the meantime the snow went
off, and the State put the price of its removal into
| its breeches pocket. Our corporation takes that
\ as precedent; the money is taken care of, and
the snow is allowed to disappear at its leisure
The hill Of ice in Broadway is gradually sinking,
and there is less danger to pedestrians, inasmuch
as before they sink below the knees, at the
crossings, they are arrested by the pavement
| There is never occasion lost in New York, for
influencing trade, hence, the highest piles in
streets are topped by posts, or boards, upon which
are painted in grotesque letters, polite invitations
I" to the public" to step into the opposite store,
and get goods l25 per cent below cost. A fling
is sometimes taken at the street commissioner If
there is really any such officer in this public way
While coming down to his office, in the morning,
he has the satisfaction Of seeing obituary no.
tice OF himself, and the pleasing announcement,
that his body had been buried, the night before,
under the accumulated heap Of dirt.
Frenchman, who had fed from Paris, to es-
cape the memorable coup d Etat, having resided
since that time, in one of our Southern States,
paid this city visit, last week. As soon as he
reached Broadway, he was struck with consterna-
ton, and bolted Immediately into the first door
he saw open. The inmates of the house, SUP.
posing from his frantic movements, and gesticu-
lations, that he was crazy, used every effort TO
soothe him, while they sent for policeman 10
convey him TO an asylum but, before that func-
tionary arrived, his madness appeared 10 resolve
itself into method, as he spasmodically gasped
forth, Mon Dieu, mon Dieu, yous ave one
grand revolution in zis countree-yoar street all
barricaded." Upon being assured that, what he
had seen was only the snow. and refuse matter
thrown into the middle of the street, he became
somewhat assured, and mustered up sufficient
courage 10 venture out again, under the protec-
ton OF the officer
The city is to be thrown into commissions, the
latter part Of this week, by the delivery Of lee
ture from the mouth Of Stephen A. Branch, Of
Matsel nativity notoriety or, as the spiritualists
would say, the spirit Of Departed Patriotism will
speak through the material organs Of s. A.
Branch upon the birth place Of Mntsell, the
Brandon Register, and the terrific iogs through
which that renowned champion CROPPED while
searching through the streets OF London for the
| Elephant The lecture will be an Offset to Bay
ard Taylors " Philosophy Of Travel"
The fate Of the Pacific Is as uncertain now, as
when the first report Of her delay reached u.s.
Two or three times, many-tongued rumor herald
60 CLEAN Of hope, which quiet reflection imme-
oiateiy dispelled. The last report IS by the mate
VI vessel who says, that he saw, what he sup.
poseo was, steamer Of the Collins line but,
upon close examination, his story is 50 contra
oietory as 70 lose much Of is force. No mention
Of the circumstance Is to be found on his log
oooki guy tnls nc says was wiped of the slate by
the captain before il could be transferred.
Editors throughout the Union may begin 10
look up Frank Leslie is about 10 present to the
public, in bis illustrated Newspaper, the like
neases Of the most celebrated newspaper editors
in the country. twill, no doubt, form perfect