New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-30
CITY ITEMS

CITY ITEMS
TIE csthss ysste,dsy wag islsttili ssi tbs even
ing. under the raiiaroe Of the fa.lorbed Geoo u.s.
g,aiously beautiful. March fuIGus the 'proverb-
CONES IN Ike Ion spd goes out like a lamb.
IS.l,s LtcrrRE.-Col Bruce lecturej last eyea-
Ig. IL Hope Ctapei. to Al audience Of abou. hun
diei, on tie rs;iopsty OF the Indians OF tie NodA
We; Territory.
HisroPICu SooIyrT.-The last Lecture OF the
.eri., was delivered before the NewYonx Historca
Sccs,y, last evening. BY the Hon Wu. c. Alexander
Of New jersey, oa the Infuescs Of LISTERS aad hb
els. culture over the Fortunes Of our Republic
Mr. MIrprrN's LECTURE .-The lecture which was
to have been delivered by the Rev. W. II. Milburn.
last evesing a, Clinton Hal, on Alexander Hamil-
.on. was postponed.
The second lecture Of the ceres "Oo the East"
urder the direction Of the American Geographical So
ciety will be delivered this evening according to .he
advertisement in another column. The lecturer will
be the Rev. WIN. M. Thomson. who has resided ia
Northern Syria for . years.
company o. ABOUT rory CnHucu anu WV o'V7
aging from IL to Is years DID, left the city yesterday
afternoon. under the charge of Mr. II. Fredgen, from
the Childrens Aid Society They neat looking
.rd happy, having had comfortable outfit. Another
large party leaves to-day from the Society under
the care of c. c. Tracy who continues his operat ons
rrosrerously in the West. or yesterday afternoons
party the greater part were boys out of employment,
and one Of them was overheard saving tina. be would
have been compelled to turn pckpOcket to keep him
sef from starving if the chance had beea lost of going
westward.
COMPARATIVE TABLE EXrESsE,-A purveyor Of .
arse boarding in this city gives us a statement
rom bis books showing the following facts in regard
TO the cos. of living in this city during the past eight
years He says:
&" Your table of comparative prices of beef cattle
reminds me that comparative view OF the cost OIL
furnishing table might be interesting. The increase
from 1850 70 1853 20 per cent from 1913 to 1901
20 per cert-making 20 per cent IN seven yesr',
this time, when the highest point was reached 4
have made this from my books, and II ia as near per
feet as such statistics can be.
Yet appears that the present rate Is is % per cent
higher than il was in 1850 and we should Judge that
the rate Of house rent full onethird higher now
than then Clothing and house.furnishirg articles
range in comparative coat with the table ex'
perses The expense of living in plain, economical
way in New-York may lie set down at about $500
lead for each member Of q snail family
TIE ALLEGED DTrICuLTf on THE SNIP Umpire
SrArE-We are assured by the owners OF tue ship
Empire State thst difficulty occurred on board that
vessel on Friday hight and that the story said to have
been told by sailor at the Fourth Precinct Station
House was manufactured out Of whole cloth, hers
being no truth in il.
POSTAGE on CITY.DEIUERr LETTERS AsDPAPpRs
To settle several disputed points about city delivery
letters we are furnished with the following letter from
tee Postmaster which We commend every person who
receives letters by the carriers to cut out and preserve
or future reference:
| Posr.OrYIcE, NEw-YoRK CITY, March %.
| To the Editor f The ". Y. Tribune.
SIR: In reply TO your inquiry about the rates OF
city postage, have to say; =
ca,rers are charged two cents, payable to the carrier
The two cent delivery postage cannot be paid by put
ting two blue stan ps the letter, with the red stamp,
| when the letter is mailed.
All cty letters dropped in the City Post Office
witt ont stamps, will be charged two cents when de-
'iyered BY carriers II such letters have two blue
stamps no charge will be made by the carrier. With
| one stamp one cent will be collected
'Iottsrs dropped in any q the letter-boIes about
] own EHL0W stamps, are emerged two cents when
Jeiyered IfIettors ;-.A.ded 10 be delivered through
the boxes in this Office have stamp, they are de
| livcIed without further change.
Letters dropped in any Il the PostOfi,e stations
are treated the same as these dropped IN the Pest
Office.
at is net required that city drop letters should bs
prepaid.
1.-THE weight Of a city delivery letter or packet is
| rot considered. Newspapers and pamphlets are
| charged one half cent EACH as a carriers fes.
ISAAC V. FOWLER, Pcsmsster"
Mr.. Fowler also says in relation to our suggestion
that carriers sometimes collect so it is charged two
cents. notwithstanding the letter has two blue stamps
- AN happy to give you what is desired. II you
know hear Of an instance where city letter IS pre-
paid by two blue stamps and fee is collected by tho
carrier please inform me- that tho guilty party may be
properly dealt with.
Persons who have complained to us about these
ovechsrges, will please govern Themselves accord
rgly and their grievances will he redressed speedily
Family Jar, AND AL ABOUT GAME oI CARDS.
"A few evenings since John Mclaughlin and snuis
O'Conne, who married sisters engaged 10 game OF
"Seyen Up or High, Low, Jack" at their resi-
deuce, No li3 Mulberry street. In consequence Of
itqrert Iotstiors their visual organs became some
what obscured, and quarrel ensued relative to the
br-,ber Of tricks one or the other had taken. Big
IIish f.ts finally turLed up "trumps' and the CON-
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