New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-24
CITY ITEMS.

"CrY WIDE.AwAxEs."-At Q meeting Of Thu
Club, held at No. 61S Broad way on Wednesday even
inc the following officers were elected A. N. CONN
President; A. C. Hills, w. Boies, X. 4. Jefreys
Vice. sfidents; j. Soils Rterband, Secretary; B. A.
Bunce. treasurer; j. w. Steward Corresponding
Secretary; Capt. s. A. Bunce, Marshall. Rssolu-
tons were adopted indorsing the nominations Of
the Syracuse Convention. The Club now numbers
100 members. The uext meeting will be held on Tues
day evening next
CENTRAL REPyBLIcAs WIDE-AwAgE COMMITTEE.
AT meeting Of this Committee on Monday evening
last, at No Glib broadway, delegates from majority
OF the Wards w~e present, and the following officers
were elected: s. b. butcher, presidents; A. M Coffin
w. Warner, Vice-Presidentsf j. Soils Ritterband
Secretary; s. A. Bunce, Treasurer A, Rutherford,
Corresponding Secretary.
ILLNESS OF Mr.. FowLER.-The Courier DIES Rtats
Unis says: "a passenger by the Ghaker City, from
Havana, announces that ex-Postmsster Fowler was
suffering from severe attack of fever the departure
Of the steamer"
POLICE CoaMIssIoNERs.-At the meeting Of this
Board, yesterday the complaints against Sergeant
Carey Of the Eighteenth Ward Sergeant Fitzgerald1
the Fourth Ward, were dismissed. The matter OF
complaint against several Brooklyn officers was referred
to the General Superintendent with directions TO in
vestigate an reprimand. Mr.. Bowen was absent.
CHARITIES AND CoRREcTIoNs.-There was no meet
ing of this Board yesterday. The twenty six assist
antpbyfcians in the various hospitals have heretofore
been appointed on the recommendation Of the head
physicians, but the Commissioners Of Charities and
Correction have introduced new system in this re-
spect They believe that the present method is liable
to abuse and that it gives opportunity for system
of favortsm injurious to the hospital practice. They
have accordingly advertised for proposals. and will re-
ceve sealed applications in which persons DESTROYS Of
obtaningthe places expected to state their claims
and give their recommendations. From these appca-
tons the Board will make selections.
CRY LETTER DIsPATcH.-Whata blessing it would
be to have city dispatch 60 managed that might
knop that letter deposited therein would, in certain
number of minutes thereafter positively reach its des
tination. How great the convenience to every bust
ness man; how important to every deniz IN of great
city, whose time is of so much value. For the same
reasons Il at such an institution would be blessing and
hailed with universal satisfaction the thing located
in the City of New-York, and falsely called City Dis
patch, is nuisance. On Thursday of last week, a
gentleman deposited letter containing small remit
lance in one of the boxes in the Bowery, addressed
to The TRIBUNE Office. Yesterday, just one week
afterward reached US. OscIlatng between the box
in the Bowery, The TRIBUNE Office and the Post
Office in search of information concerning the letter.
the gentleman had, in the Interim wasted about days
time when his object in using the dispatch had been to
saye time.
The New DALs OF THE CRY HALL CLocK.-It
will be recoleced that the first set of glass dals i'm
ported for the City Hall clock shattered into frag
ments in transhpment. Another set was Immediately
ordered from Europe, as no plates of glass large
enough for the purpose manufactured in this couu
try. During the interim, dals Of wood such az are
commonly used for tower clocks have answered very
well in telling the time before nighfall, but the Office
of announcing the hour of night Of the chief du
ties of the city clock they could not fulfill Yesterday,
Mr.. Hotchkiss, with body of workmen, commenced
taking down the old and substituting the new dial
plates and it is expected that they will be inserted and
gas fixtures arranged as to go into operation the
early part of next week. AS it is not likely that many
of those who will daily consult these dias will ever
have an opportunity for close inspection, brief de-
scription of them may not be amiss. They are man.
ufactured of French plate glass; each six feet three
in thickness.
The gass ground on both sides, thus obscurng the
lights behind, and ut the same time presenting an
illuminated surface. The mineral gilt letters are
about foot in length in accordance with the proper
tions usually observed taking up onethrd Of the dis
lance from the periphery of the circle to its center
The same hand will be used as are on the old dials.
They are made of wood, 80 that they may be at the
came time light and large enough to be conspicuous
The minute hand is little than three feet in
length and the hour hand about ten inches shorter
The cost of the dial plates was $780, and the contract
of making and putting up the clock and dials was
sw arded to Spery & Co. for $4,000. The works OF
the clock are twenty feet below the dals, and are
arranged with compsnsatng rod that variations OF
temperature do not affect their operations Ia keeping
true time The pendulum rod is fifteen feet in length,
and yibrates once in two seconds. Mr.. Hotchkiss,
who has charge of the clock says that nothing had
been done to il, except winding it, which 10 required
once in sevsn days, for more than six weeks, and
that Yesterday, when the ball on the Custom House
dropped for - O'clock the band on the dial marked the
exact hour.
RECOVERY OF STOLEN GOODs-ARREsT OF THIEVES
AND REcEIvERs.-On Wednesday night Officers Lyons
and Pike, of the Seventh Ward, three young men
convey case Of goods into the grocery store No. ~
Hamilton street. kept by William Hessey Thinking