New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-12

mission Of The tenant in possession, 10 look az tho
premises. re finds handsome two-light hill chan.
deHer in the lower hail. and a slightly less expensive
one in the ball above, very fine four-light chan.
iefer with an ebundatte o. brass gingerbread work
in the front parlor and match in the back par
lor and If the house deep one another of the same
pattern the center, and times half dozen side
Helis And 20 al over the house, IL kitchen dining
room, sitting.room psrlors, halls bedrooms, from
cellar to attic the house entrayagany provided with
pas-bumer. Perhaps the " householder is a woman
women do love gas-light, and rarely think of the
bk-and seeing the fXngs al very fashionable,
,be is suited and at agrees to take the house and
refers Tie landlord to my husband at his office"
The husband ssys, in to the landlords note,
al! r;cht-nake the lease; and the house is taken
Nothing Is said and nothing ia thought Of those NOR
allie fxfarcs, til moving day"
So on that day, while the husband is engaged at his
business, the wife moves into "our new home to
Which the husband s expected to find his way at
nigh-"after dinner" SO he does and finds the wife,
"trcd to death" sunk down amid pile Of confusion
wore cobfounied of carpets and crookery books and
b-dsteads, bundles of bedding and beds unbundled
the whole dimy Illuminated by tsllow candle
stuck in a black bottle.
"Why, how is this p,
"Oh dear they have moved the gas fixtures. |
thought they"
"Were fixtures, but found them mOvabes7 Well,
we are in a fix. II is a downright swinde. Why didn't
the landlord tell u.s.
Simply, we suppose, because he would SOY, " 1t is
not at all in our way
The tenant, however, soon finds it Is the way of
landlords to let houses without gas fixtures and that
the filters who called in to refx them very
much the way just at this busy time, and that the
cash to ~ for very plain set Is "deuced hard to
come at just now" and consequently, there IS q
deuced amount of grumbling.
For all this and the unpleasant sensations cOnse
ouent, there is remedy. Make a note of it.
The first of February IS close at hand, when houses
begin to be taken for the next year. Let every aker
be careful to ascertain whether the fixtures fixtures
or movables And let the Legislature, if it ever gets
organized, pas law requiring the landlord of every
house provided with gasppes provide gasburners,
unless il is explicitly stated at the time OF the letting
tia, the incoming tenant shall furnish them at his own
expense and ut the same time let the law state that
all gas companies shall furnish their meters, and
shall not charge their customers most usurious inter-
est for their use. 1t is kind of swinding against
which the mass of people should be protected by law,
since in this case il is clearly shown by their own light
that Corporations have no souls
Miss f. l.. Williams, the Welsh Nightingale, will
give Il musical entertainment at Mozart Hall on Thurs
day evening of this week. Beside several we'll
known and favorite songs, she will sing two new bal
lads written by Sam Lover.
lecture by o. A. BrowDson, LII. d., is announced
for this evening at the Academy Of Music. The sub
ject is, Objections to the Roman Catholic Church."
and VIII present IN opportunity r0r tho Vigorous
lemics of the lecturer which he will doubtless in
an effective manner.
BALL or THE YoUsG MEsS DEMOCRATIC UNION
CLuB.-The sixth annual ball of the Young Mems
Democratic Union Club took place last night, at the
City Assembly Rooms The heavy and frequent rains
during the day and evening considered untayo:
able for large attendance yet despite this the spa
cious ballroom was filled with select company OF
ladies and gentlemen, who danced the night away.
D,dworth furnished the music. Speeches dis
pensed with at the supper much to the qualification OF
the dancers. The entertainment was in every way
creditabe to the Committee under whose auspices it
was gottenup
Nrw-YoRK GAs-LIGHT CoaPAsY. - The annual
election for thirteen Directors of this Company for the
ensuing year was held yesterday and resulted in the
choice of the following named gentlemen: VIM. W.
Fox John j. Palmer, Joseph Kernochan, Najah Tay-
lor, Joseph Walker Thomas w. PeGrSal, John W.
Livingston, j. Phillips Phoenix, Guy Richards, Edward
j. Woosey, Joseph Sampson, Lindley NJ. Hoffman,
VIM A. Hadden.
The NEW UsITED STATES DIsTEIcr-ATroRsEY.-
On Monday morning Theodore Sedgwick, esq, ap-
peared before Judge Bette, in the United States Dis
trct Court and made proof Of bis appointment by the
President as United States Disrict-Attoney for the
Southern District Of New-York, and his confirmation
by the Senate:
Mr. Sedgwck then took the following oath of office:
Tint rh sdppo sed ss ssns dS' Tnsa
United Ss.es for the Southern District Of New York 10
o" Court this aH ID 4; 4 'i bfFrs a a: s'
We are requested to state that there is devotional
meeting held at the rooms Of the New-York Young |
Mems Christian Association, No. 80 Waverly place,
every Wednesday evening, at 81 o'clock and on Sab
bath afternoons, at 5 O'Clock. The regular monthly
meetings are held on the fourth Monday evening of
eaoh month: and the reading -rooms open to |
strangers.
ILLNESS OF FIREMAN HUsT.-We learn that the |
editor of The Merchants Magazine is dangerously ILL.,
James 4. Whiting, esq, has been engaged by Mr..
Sweeney, District Attorney, to attend to the most
urgent cases on the Criminal Calendar of the Court |
Of Sessions during his absence.
The LATE DIR. r. U. JoHssros.-A special meeting |
Of the Eew-York Academy of Medicine was held IN
the chapel of the University Saturday afternoon for
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