New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-17
CITY ITEMS.


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CITY ITEMS.
| The Mount Vernon festival at the Academy Of Mu-
SIC is goii promiiDgly, hear, under tins able
management Of Mr.. Henri Wiscf, the Rowing Dip
lomatit," WHO has been engas ed by Mr.. UIman 70
attend TO the affair during his absence in Boston. We
the ladies cf the Mount VerDon Association who
lave pnt Themselves into the hands of Messrs Ullman
eLd Wkof may receive oil the pscuniary recompease
TO Which their admirable spirit Of devotion to the good
they have undertaken 80 largely entities them
We believe they to have half the net profits of
the festival after paying the rent Of the house and
other expenses, tie remainder going to Mr. Ulimau.
BuRToS's THrATER.-Tonight occurs the benefit
Of Little Cordelia HoHnrd,' the lid actress. An
excellent bill is offered and little Cordeia will person
ate Eva in "Unclc Toms Cabin and appear in
little drama csllsd "a Page in History"
THE AsYivEEs.RY OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE
Jas. r. Brady, esq, gave excellent lecture last
evening on the American Nation before the little
coere OF the American Institute in the great hall of
the Cooper Institute. TIE leading idea of it was that
there here recognition of realities which had
never existed in any other nation and fro n it he
prophesied for far and brisnt future.
POLICE CoMMIssIoHERs--The Board met in secret
sssson yesterday all the nbers present. After sd
iournment the Clerk stated that the only business
transacted of a public nature the promotion of
Theo Bumstead VIM II. Aldice, and J. T. Wright
om the ranks to sergeants. Gen. Nye did not resign.
OssISISG AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL AS
socr,rIoV-On Saturday, the lth inst, meeting of
zen inrr sted was held in Sing Sing, and Committee
upon organization appointed, to repor TO meeting to
be held at MoDuffies Hotel Saturday, Dec ls, ~
o'clock to form an association under the 40 we title.
Tie meeting will be open TO ali who take an interest in
the subject.
SALE OF PAINTINGs Henry II. Leeds & Co auc-
tioneers cold over 100 paintings yesterday, for an
segregste Of $1,000 Coles Late Sunset brought
s2ij; TIE Cherry Ga,heIers, by Psssmore Of London,
$95; Lake View, by T. Doughty, $40; Sunrise iu
the Alps by j. N. OFT of Munich, s5I; Winter in
Holland by Kruseu ann of tho Hague, 800; a Farm
near ShCre Surrey, by George Cole Of London, 500;
Tire Corn Field, and Gipsy Camp, by WIN. Shayer,
SEN, respectively $40 and $780, Terrace Scene ny
| T,llemans. $l35; The Interrupted Tetes-Tete by
V,rbeezen, sl35 Female Head, by Ccrens of Ant
werp, s67 So View in Eppng Forest, by Henry
Shaver, $lSj; Children with Birds Nest. by Hsary
| DIcns Of Brussels $l95; The Star Of Evening, by
! Guiio Scfmidt, $500 1hs Young MINSTREL, by Van
Hume $3.50; American Forest, by d. Huntingdon,
sl70. Other pictures brought sums varying from $50
f. $50. The bidding was spiriIed throughout.
TaE FAr.CATTLE SBow.-The managers Of she
fist cattle show at the Ts,tetssll stables in Sixth
sveuue, were not jolly yesterday. We showed
| no the show Yesterday a. truthfuy we know how.
We stated that there were thirty head Of fat cs;ile
there and hst sixteen belonged to one man, ani four
TO another and that they from the cattle market
| wher We had given them hsndsome potice We
also stated that there thirtyfve fat hogs very
fine oEes they ico, which belonged to drove IL
the hog market foot of Fortieth street. TGese
worth looking a.. bat not hundreth part as vel!
worth a visit as the droves every day in the Forfeit
street sale pens which form the most extensive and
best iitted.rp market place for swine in the world
We stated Of the sheep show that it comprised
ore. We correct tie record: There are nov foar
| Thee is also an addition TO the fowl department.
There is rot an additicn TO The number Of visitors
We do not think there half dozen paying oue-
| prese nt and we do not think there will b, money
enough taken at the door TO pay the attendance upon
the stock to shy rothng of the feed. OF course the
cash for the premiums will come ont Of the s. Ne
Treasury, and of course everything exhibited viii get
prize to pay the owners FOX "hsping out the show
which is good what there is Of it, and if enough 10 a.
ac, the attention Of curiostyhunters, it VIII attract
them, snd if lot, not We simply report things as We
find them.
Bot row here is serious question for the Institute
Managers, the public aai the Stre Treasury. II i'
this: II the rlansgers inc-pble OF such mansSe-
uert as will get up cs,tle show tbst the public all
pa.rcrss sufficient to pay expenses, is worth ~bie
for the American Institute, ss tire when It has to
borrow money to pay salaries, to sxpend $1,000 or
So upon fat ,tte show that the fsrrers will not
show at, nor the public go to sss Isit not psyi1s
too dear for the whistle for the State to uaish funts
10 sustain cattle shows that the pubic Will not
It's al very well 10 talk about getting up tat cattle
shows equal TO the Smth6ed shows in London. But
II the people in the country do not to bring their
snaIs here TO be seem and the people of tae city do
not care to 70 10 see them why should the American
Institute axe the attempt every year to induce them
TO doso, when they must if thcy feel a: al, feel eaA'
gFired at their waut of succt Ss
REV ASD DrsrIrrrlos.-During the rain storm on
Wednesday hight Officer Tyler the Eighth Precinct,
.ouId maD apl his sife wandering through Tie
tr cts in stat. OF otoxosoD, and apparently de''i-
tLte. 7lsy lad witl tbeca tao cli.d:on Que sri