New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-07

lNe lion. Jobn n. DlA last Weth SOU Ills CVuuHy
seat comprising about 20 acres of land, on Manursng
Island, in the Sound, for $25 O0O to Mr.. A. Thomp
son of Wall street. NewYork, who is expected to take
possession on the 10th inst.
Among the passengers by the steamer Indiana,
which sailed Wednesday were the Rev. DR.. Black,
from the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church, and Bishop WIN. Mast of the Episcopalan
Church, delegates to the Evangelical Conference to be
convened in Berlin, Prussia, on September 9.
EXCURSION OF THE ST. NICHOLAS ASSOCIATION
The second annual cOtillioA excursion of the St.
Nicholas Association took placs on Tuesday night.
It was announced as " moonlight excursion" but
unfortunately for the participants, the almanac
weather prophets did not prove reliable, and the
moon was excluded from view by dark portentious
clouds The steamer Ocean Wave, lying at Che foot
of Robinson street. and the barge Superior, lying at
the foot of Amos street. chartered for the Occa
ssn At nine o'clock the time appointed for starting
the Committee deemed it advisable 10 postpone the
excursion, but the company assembled at Amos
street universally in favor of proceeding without
regard to the weather. ard accordingly about 10ocock
they got under way. The upper deck of the barge
was neatly fitted up and brilliantly lighted, for the
occupancy Vi tDOsc poie III thoN"Neot o"~ sno
music was furnished by Robertons band. The main
deck was fitted up into saloon and supper room,
where an excellent supper was served up. The com
pany was select, the invitations having been
limited, and extended only to the friends Of the mem
bers of the Associa'ion consequently every thing
connected with the affair was conducted with the
same decorum as in the best regulated ballroom The
floor was under the management Of Messrs. j. M
Montgomery Jacob r. Duvall, VIM. C. AIare aud
Geo. W. Horton The excursonists proceeded up
the North River. Shortly after leaving drenching
rain set in which continued until mCrning without at
al! dampng the ardor of the peasure-seekers who
continued to trip the light fantastic toe until their
return at four o'clock a. m. very commendable
feature was the prohibition Of the sale ofliquor.
A Baby as thing is SUI generis. 1t is the worlds
beginning over again. 1t is the Adam-the Eve. 1t
is the prophet of life. II is worth nothng-it is worth
everything. 1t is empirest is hstory-tis the future
it is the past 1t is all systems of philosophy, all
echemes of action, all human possibilities 1t is the
central idea of religious ncarnations. And then there
is the mother she shines too in all the creeds and his
tories But babies TO realize the truth of our phios.
ophy. must be real babies. Wood, rag, or India
her babies will not answer Besides for practical and
sentimental purposes they must not be borrowed.
Especially must not the old royal process Of borrowing
a baby to keep up succession be followed in our
country. But baby has been borrowed On the royal
psn--to keep up herancc and acquire property and
consequence Did ever a baby-not excepting those
in the mytholegee-the Hercules andt the Cupid, make
suc, noise in this world as that borrowed baby for
Mrs. Cunningham Its first squall resounds through
the empyrean. II has been set to the music Of the
teegrsphc wires-those far-reaching chords of the
tuneful Apollo-and its tiny squeal echoes from the
granite hills of w-Hampshire to the slopes Of the
Pacific, and all those places with Spanish names now in
the beaL of the American eagle. Sweet little hum
bug! Lovely miniature of practical jocosity! Con-
densed swndlcilng Oh how they have abused thee
To max thee the innocent Of such trick-and
worst Of all. trick discovered! What compensation
can be offered for such wrong? Who beside the
legal ard medical gentlemen has seen that baby
What organs has it Has Fowler examined its head
Has it the bump of acquistiveness' Has it that OF
secretiveness Is it good baby at night Does its
mother know the liberties taken with it? Has it had
ifs Dsruerreotype taken? Would it look well on the
imperial Photographic Style Would not fac-simile
Of that baby done in wax and placed 10 Barnum's
Museum draw Could no. such baby afford go'd
subject for a popular lecturer?
We pause for reply
AFAsr BORA boy named John McCarty. residing
with his father in Water street, was arrested on
charge of grand larceny Wednesday, and committed
for examination by Justice Wood of the Essex Market
Police Court. His father, who was the complainant,
stated that he had saved up from his earnings, IL 900
in gold, which he had kept in trunk. Two or three
days SINCE he looked the money, and was aston
ished to find that the s., 900 had dwinded down to
$500, and upon nqurng into the matter, fouod that
his son John had been sporting rather extensively oil
late and had got through with the 500 since January
last, with the exception of one douboon. Yesterday,