New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-22

The Young Mems Christian Union announce tina.
Or. o. W Holmes VII deliver ri. lecture upon The
Chief End Of Mar, al Clntos Hal, on Wednesday
evening.
THH INDICTED CIR GOyERSsEsT OF lsJ1.-Mr.
joseph Buti, the District Attorney, has commenced
proceedings 70 recover tie amounts of the recogni-
zarces forfeited b. the defendants in this Gaze on Mon
day. Yesterday 81 iujements were entered up IN the
County Clerk Office, AMI executions were issued TO
the Sheriff.
FArNFr-' CiUs-The-e was meeting Of The
American Institute Farmers Club yesterday, the
whole Of which was 3 voted to the discussion OF the
question OF the national value Of the Chinese sugar
cane the most OF tie tine being taken up in the read
ing Of 'cng,ly paper ~ H. 5. Olcott- Proi. Nash,
Prof Maps, ard others also spoke upon tie same
subject, but nothing new or particularly important
was elected more than has already been published in
TIE TRIBUNE 70 prose the national Importance OF
this plant, which the people have already satisfied
the nselves upon, without any recsssity Of making,
printing, reading any more long talks upon tue
subject.
PROTESTANT HuF-ORPs,S AsrLry.-The twenty
third anniversary OF this Socety will be held at Ae
Asylum No. : Tenth street, Wednesday evening,
al 81 O'Clock. Interesting exercises by the children
may be expected and addresses by the Rev d.. Prime
and the Rev. Asa d. Smith, d. d.
NEW L,.b RorrE TO BosIOs.-On Thursday the
rev land Boston Will be opened for business.
The lines composing this route are the Nowlorh and
New. Haven, New-IIsveu and NewLordon, New
London and Storpgton just completed, Stonington
and Providence, and Providence and Boston. I. ia
believed by the Managers the passage by this route
can lie made in half an hour less time than by The line
via Springfield.
Il viii lie seer by reference to our advertising col
unns that Prof Porter Of Yale College Lectures this
evening at the Cooper Institute. Subject "The Wa
ter We Drink, with experiments.
PA>Ic rs PUBLIc ScHooL.-About l0i o'clock
yesterday morning. terrible panic va, produced in
the female department Of Public School No. B. corner
Of Grove and Hudson streets in consequence of por
ton of the plaster falling from the ceiling. The chill
dren under the impression that the building was about
falling became painfully frightened and, leaping from
their seats jumped decks and rushed toward the
door. The alarm spread through the building, and it
was only owing to the good management OF the teach
ers that catastrophe similar to the one in Greenwich
avenue was prevented. A fire has taken place in this
building once or twice, the remembrance Of which
probably increased the fright of the scholars
THE NEwBURGH MURDER MYSTERY oF lSj7-
TIE mystery To RE- SoLvED.--It is stated that the
propretors Of the Newburgh papers have received
Information which renders il probable that the mystic
rious murder committed near that place will he
unraveed. Our readers will remember that the muir
der was that of beautiful young woman, found dead
in field in the outskirts Of the town, who had evil
IDENTIFY been Invested of her clothing, and clothed in
another suit, before che consigned to the place
where her body was discovered
TIVE LKAsF or IHE WILLIvssuKer rrrH..-.-
The leases Of the ferries to William5burgh were to
have been sold yesterday, and large number OF spec
ulaors were present but the controllers i'll health pre-
venting his personal attendance, he concluded to post
pore the sale unit. Jan. 90. Mr. Haws, the new Con
iroer will thus have the disposal Of the leases. He
will no doubt give the matter th,t careful attention
which lie importance requires. II he does what the
people WILLIAMSBURG expect OF him, no will bind
the new essees to put decent boats upon the ferries
and run them with sufficient frequency to accommo
date tie public As the ferries are now managed
they are disgrace to the city. The boats, almost
witoou, exception, are mean, dingy, slow, and dirty
tube that ought long ago to have been dscarded and
the accommodation for passengers at either end OF the
routes are insufficient and repulsive in the extreme
The people Of Willsmsbureh have borne with this
state Of things long enough, and now demand amend
ment They are quite willing to pay fair rate OF ief
race provided they receive adequate accommodation
A, the hest one cannot now cross the Peck-slp Ferry
in the daytime under twenty minutes or half an hour
longer time than is required to come from Staten
Island TO Whitehall-and after 10 p. III. belated
citizens have TO wait from forty to fifty minutes for
boats to or from Peck-sp. The consequence lie that
real estate in Willsnsbursh has deprecated TO
runous extent rents merely nominal business Ian
suishes and If the present runous ferry management
Taste much longer prOpeity-owners in the Burgh must
become bankrupt. Ii Mr.. Havs can avert this disas-
ter By judcous regard for the interests OF the city
Of New-lork and her suburbs the public will expect
him TO do 80. Let him bind the new essses, whoever
they NAV be- to place new bosts on the ferry and run
them a. often as may he necessary during the day, and
q, least every twenty minutes during the night re-
quire that new and commodous ferry houses be erected
at each end o. the routes and all viii be well; then
with ample supply Of pure water, July equal to the
Croton and railroad raversng he center Of the city,
there is hardly doubt that the population Of VII
Hamsburgh would be doubled within the Lex five
years.
/ DIFFICULTY ABOUT THE HACK B.DGE.-Yester-
day i've or Elk hackmen were brought before the
Mayor for refusing to wear the badge at the stand in
Broadway sloug the Park. They construed the orii-
nance to suit themselves, claiming that it was only
when they soliciting passerg gers at steamboats, or
railroad depots that they wer. required to exhibit the
badge-that on the Broadwsy stand there was no
need Of Their wearing il. The Mayor decided against
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