New-York daily tribune., 1857-09-26

bb..,. ago stuaoied large degree OF attention by
ta'es I.,s;as of its dill and the elegance OF it, sp-
TIE pefseo
peGsDcs'
.,,os OF A FIRE CosPASY.-EDgineC Company
~ this city, will return from Hartford this
~, when they will be received. with music ana
~ S+mons.ra iors by come thirty companies, ana
'sst,d TO ,beir quarters. The companies will form
y T.i,d avenue and ~enty sixth street at O'Clock
and march down to Thirteenth street ana
EY.I,,h ..vs,ue, Twelfth-street and Broadway 70
rv...,sr.xtre,t, down Park Row TO Fulton street,
and dsrnise.
-. L.. hasn introduced into Grand street yestcr-
'....,o.,, quite crowd collected there to see
' "! !. sr;ne themselves down between carts and
wv ~ :. ~ vehicle resembling a childs wagon in
- Al other respects the propelling power,
80 - -, no. the customary " Irish grl Of tender
~..,, bx another machine known as the high pres
.u,s eaxse The precise power was not ascerta'ned,
-. i.sgipe two-tom eat would be about the right
sts.sspsst With great presence Of mind The engineer
vaared n and out or put on the brakes, whenevera
dsy seemed disposed to assert the right OF way. we
have not head that anything was run over, though
he deficiency of q whistle made that appalling con-
tneescy probable. II in other respects the expert
usnt proved o. successful the next thing may be an
sdyestisesneA Of Low-Pressure Saiety-Vale Patent
Brake Baby Wagons.
E.,lv vesserdsy morning Of the policemen Of tue
Fourth Ward noticed woman steal up the steps Of
house ca hs beat and leave basket against the door,
.ter which 81 % rang the bell and hurried away. He
proceeded to make inquiries into the contents of the
iskst, whereupon fine plump child Of four months
| ;l.nIf spd hah hv
q bis anDs he rushed down Roosevelt street in pur
nit Of the uasaturd mother. Half dozen nigbtcaps
Osrged from the neighborng windows and thought it
| vp case of abduction. Then the guardian of the
ubHc peace caught glimpse of the mother dssp-
caring into . bakers shop, two blocks of, and
houted after her strenuously. The juvenile breaker
aths came psace added his voice to the hubbub and
ars small boys, seeing opening for their talents,
cisd fire" Coming up to the shop, the policeman
,d baby entered, ard caught the unnatural mother in
d. oct Of buying loaf Of bread. Unnatural mother
boLed startled Baby made overturqs to be taken
INTO the maternal arms. Policeman invited the wo-
nan to come alopg Necessarily she asked why?
Policeman You'd zee why Amt you ashamed OF
Yourself 70 dssert your bfsrt in this here way
hink you'll be sent up for few days. so, come on
Unnatural mother: "You're a fool Hasn't wo-
nan right to leave her baby at her own door
,biIe she goes after bread Get out with you" 10
nther sr III settled state Of mind the policeman went
hack With the mother and child TO the steps aforesaid
a found the father at the door in great agitation
Tho loss of his offspring. The mother was night
uur.s who took her baby with her, and used the
bake. to make him more portable. The policeman
.oped, With hearty mslediction on children who
ssy out oil night, and hereafter babies in his part of
the Fourth Ward will receive attention whatever.
GUARANTEE STEAMTUa seized FOR SMUGGLING.-
The QusrastiDe stesmtug Robert G. Smith, for some
uSnths psst engaged tugging vessels at Quarantine
va seized ct noon Friday by the Custom House
sces static ned at Quarantine, for having, a. is 81
kfed, brought away q lot Of cigass from the Mary
Alec, from Havana, now lying at the lower an
Aorsge. 1t is said that es many Havana cigars as
nad be slowed in the water casks were taken from
De vessel. The Commissioners of Health last Spring
used resolution to employ tug for the use o.
ae Health officer which would also have the prvi-
sss of doiog tuggiDg her own account a. Quaran-
ne. Until about three weeks since this tug was in
Suge Of Capt. Peter w. Rolf, George w. Daley
I'd another person. At the present time Rolf was gu
aged In some other capacity on board, and when the
| ,ssel was seized che was understood to be uuder
1 ss command of Walter Shultz, Pilot. These two
sa were tab on up to the Custom House on the ar
wal Of the tug at Whitehall, al three O'Clock, and
Police officers Washington, Ryer and Qaeeney,
n,ioned on board of her on charge. The crew OF
w or FIVE men seemed TO know nothing Of the affair
he smuggipg 10 said to have occurred on Thursday.
ne Robert c. Smith has been privileged craft at
Quarantine during the Summer but her former Quar-
,ctns officers 0nd hands dsclalm any such neiatous
practices smuggling.
MoKxY SAyEp.-It seems that Mrs. Birch wife OF
Hr. 'Jsmes Birch of Fall River, Mass, President
sf the California Stage Company, who was among tue
Nst passengers Of the Central America-was not lett
destitute by the death of her husband. Mr.. Birch
had seat on in the Illinois, the steamer which pre-
seded the Central America, $60 900 in gold bars for
which he also remitted draft payable To the order of
his wife, On Wednesday last Mrs. Birch sent the bars
to the Assay Office in this city TO be refined aud
stamped.
TIE PRosPLcr or RAISING THE CEsrRAL AMERICA.
Some papers have been giving currency to reports
hat the Boston Submarine Amor Company had pro-
posed TO the Underwriters to rsse the Central America
nd save her treasure. The mate gives her position
sA,h she went down, lat 80 i5, Ion. 7So Is. From
hat point to the nearest land Cape Rousu) 10 95
saes, and the soaDdpss show 600 fsthoIs of water.
From these facts the sbsurdy of attempting 10 raise
& vessel or hsr tressu must be apparent.
4 We commend the following narrative, which we ex-
ne. from The Boston Post, TO the attention Of those
sev.York ladies who take seat in Q car without so
much q saying "Thsnk you," to the gentleman who
rlssh
"A LADY, suppose she was a lady, for she wore
sesatIful clothes-got into car which complete