New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-13

may have beea during tAe panic we nave the most
positive proof that that Gay pa We are again ex-
petdns and sppeas 10 be afraid Of the act or
as reerSs. We are a. eSPansivey expanding people.
Who shsl say there 10 danger OF collapse. however
We may eIteod our proportions. When it Is Known
that the imitation u brsced with STEEL arranged upoa
sceu,iic prncpks of ssength-srch supporting arch
There danger Of another collapse. Let it not BE-
said again that the city is not song, and its people
well guarded against all danger OF outside pressure
when the peopest leaN the better half Of thsn-are
hoopel with steel And not only the city, but all the
country, is preparing for expansion. ssd providing
against pressure BY increasing their hoops The de-
maad for them exceeds al former demsDds-the Whole
country ia determined to expand. LAST Autumn the
poor cred "a with one voice. Give Us work, or we
shall ssrve The press cried in loud voice Look at
the poor sewing girt-for lack OF employment they are
teu4Aad-the devil is always tempting the itie-and
unle-s rescued they will fall. What benevolent
word. Woman 10 womans rescue rushed forward, to
give them work and let them live. They did not
with cold charity, doing out starvation plttances
with skeleton fingers, bu, they with warm hearts
-bears that bleed for Others woes-and full purses,
and every oue ordered patent expansion skele
ton skr.
Look a, the consequences Not only is the evidence
of expansion before us, everywhere extending and
crovdng our business thoroughlsres and business men,
but il has given the poor employment. The manuac-
turers of woman of expansion are overwhelmed
with orders. The thrse hundred sewing girls employed
by one establishment could not, though aided by
all the cunning contrvances of machinery, satisfy the
demands of those benevolent ladies who determined
to prove their ability not only to expand themselves,
but also make business expand; and they have been
obliged to get more machinery, and have given en-
ploy ment TO fifty more sewing girls Yes, fifty new
hands have found work and wages in one mandatory
of hoped skirts during the last week The force now
employed there able, by the aid OF machinery to
do the work of more than two thousand hand sewers
Two thousand girls-or equivalent to that-employed
in one establishment, making the world expansive.
But this not all that expanded into activity again
from the lethsrgy that fell upon almost all industrial
smployments. Not that they have expanded but that
the employers Of those who labor FOR daily wages have
discovered that they not quite dependent upon
bank expansion as some of them in their alarm when
the banks contracted seemed to think and many who
stopped work and discharged all hands, have resumed,
either in full perhaps only so far as will in the end
be more conducive to healthy condition of all parties;
since must be conceded that in some branches OF
labor the work has been as extrsvagantly expanded
as some things we saw the other night floating over
the floor Of the great charity ball.
An IsHUmAs MoTHER.-About IL o'clock Thursday
night, Officer yanvarck Of the Eighth Precinct, while
standing near to building the corner Of Prince and
Mercer streets saw poorly clad woman coming slowly
along the former street named and stop before an ash
barrel that stood at the edge ofthe sidewalk. Aherook
ing about moment or so, and believing that she was
unobserved abe unolded her shawl and seizng by the
heels her infant which was nursing at the time, she
raised the little innocent in the air, and was about
dashing it head foremost into the ash BARREL when the
officer sprung forward and prevented the accomplish
ment of the act. The mother struggled violently with
the ofcer, Odd .s; atscuped 10 throw the cnd INTO
the barrel Assistance called, when mother and
child were conveyed to the Eighth Ward Station
House From her actions at the Staon-lSouse it was
evident that she intended to kill the child, and in con-
sequences a strict watch kept over her. Several
times during the night she feigned sleep and rolled
over on the infant with intent TO sufocate it, but
was prevented from concentrating her design by
the woman who was placed in charge of her by the
Captain. The woman gave her name as Catharine
Moore and sad that she lived at the corner OF Mott
and Prince streets and that she lost her way. She is
rather good-looking woman, with an Intellectual
cOuntenance is about - years of age and native OF
ireland. She says her husband is in New-Orleans.
The accused was yesterday morning conveyed before
Justice Quackenbush at the Jefferson Market Police
Court and committed to prison in default of $1,000
bail The child is about four months old, aud portion
Of the upper lip is eaten OF by disease.
THE LIGHT GUARD BALL.-The annual ball Of the
New-York Light Guard given at the Academy Of
Music on Thursday night. The house was admirably
decorated, and in about the style it was last
year. The ball was opened at Q O'Clock, at which
time there large company present, but as the
night advanced the crowd increased aud at midnight
dancing with any degree of comfort was impossible
The balconies and dress.ci,cle filed with ladies
and gentlemen Two bands in attendance, per-
forming, alternately, promenades and quadlnies and
fancy dances. About midnight the invited guests sat
down to a sumptuous supper laid in the green room.
Among the gentlemen present Were, Brgadier-General
Hall Bngader-Genera Spicer, Major John Broughsm,
Colonel Lslly, c. g. Gunther.. DIR. Sanger Captain
Gar and presided, and speeches made by several
members of the company. Notwithstanding the den-
sity of the crowd, every seemed highly delighted
and the affair passed of TO the satisfaction Of all
present Nearly every uniformed company attached
TO the First Division New-york State Militia had re-
presentstves present in full uniform. 1t 10 estimated
that during the evening there were over 6Oo persons
present.
SrDDFs DARN Yesterday morning about
O'Clock William Williams, man IS years Of age, en-
tered the dining saloon Of Samuel Gage, corner OF
Front and Fulton streets and seated himself IN char,
from which no almost instantly fen to the floor and ex
PRED. The Second Precinct Police were notified, and
conveyed the dead body TO the Station House. Cor
oner Gamble held an inquest, and after postmortem
axor;pat; tLo T,,yv randered n verdict of Death