New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-28
CITY ITEMS

PAY HkRE.--"Pay Here is stuck up certain
little recepicles Of loose change ii some Of our ciy
omn;buses and it is all vey well for those who under-
stand how to do it. For those who do not it de-
cded take-in Here is ali Illustration. kentucky
feId of oup who though lot stranger 10 III city,
ia little green in relation TO these psyooxes got che
day, for the first tine into Omnibus provided with
tsks-in box aid the way he was taken In ID caution
TO strapger9. He sh4ll tell his own story:
Seeing the words Pay Here put dime for my fare,
and down Of hopper made Of saa and thse
Il stuck and there stuck looked willis snIoo'y Tor
my hsdms in change eIns Of course chat some eu.onate
performance would By and BY the driver
pulled string; there little kerehaO anu away went my
dno Of sight. Presently two ladies' entered and thought
Of the diver waiting oI them to settled before he
gave change. One OF them hsod.d quarter OF
dols; upfor her used that had done Is
before about putting into the trap that c.ushs ay
when ladies' remarked: Hand it Ia the driven
wis, though, l. does that Pay Here mean, hen' Pres
emily the driver pokod his ugly m through the hole with tho
chsnge quarter which took ,no banding Is back to
lady often dope before Ia city omn"u--- ~h-u she
said very .oh pleasant voics-that it sounded so TO me
being babeo- Please put the chsnge In the ooxP 10 OF
course did Hooked a. with eye and opening the
without thukinr the fatal aud final disappearance Of
dime down the little coins into the gasshopper and as
the weight heavy for the drivers conscience be suddenly
pulled his and they went Jingns down into some
dk al urhonaabs recess below There three Of
tic fare Of bch would be oG cents but he COMPOUNDED boz
had swsoved hiryEve The ladies looked little confused
and looked ile looked - ali as felt. Presently
they began 10 sosh aud uot wishing ~ myself laughed st.
turned ms head driver Then for the
printed Of the re that supports ths roof r~
very eeinS words effect ha; should pu; the exact
charge in the bon end hsdut the .Ksc change to put TO-
might pas, my money the driver and change for thai
purpose. Exactly Sad 70 nysM noEnoE that (. 10
late. have money there aud not satisfied
with that have vonoe.red my 10 put The money OF
se ladies in .he place; and they are laughing 1t
don, blame them. laugh ny.e II only # hi.
infer, o. box aud out will be- lwh out In III. big woods
o. So pnied the that stop. progress 'nd
pulled pretty hard for felt hard just then A went
tossed quarter into the lap q Of the ladies' and ooted:
Rad away though had not travelled half the dtncs
wanted 60 walked the other miles cooy rehecus
that Rad thirty for my rdefor which had two
pretty laugh-hey ,nghed grean Kebtucki.a end
had learned the meaning Of Pay Here and exactly what exc.
change means"
LAMP. Posi- LETTKR-BoxEs.-Ofnc Jourdan of the
Sixth Precinct yesterday arrested little streetsweeper,
named Jane Ann Mcclure, who was detected IN the
set of taking l'tters out of the lamppost leerbox ct
the corner Of White street and Broadway. The box
was nearly full at the time and the child having q
very email hand, abe to pick out several. She
was locked up in the Sixth Ward Staton-House for the
night, and will be taken before Justice Connolly for
examination this morning.
THE BURTos WILL CAsE-The Surrogate yestor-
day issusd new citation to the widow aud son Of
VIM. f. Burton, deceased, in England, roturnsble
April 10.
THB INV Resident PHYsIcIAs.-Dr. Lou5 A.
Sayes, the newly appointed Resident Physician, tax
ing the place Of Dr. William Rockwell was sworn
into Office yesterday, and Immediately took charge Of
the duties Of his Office.
The ScAYEsGERs--Aboul two hundred men have
been discharged by the City Inspector since the
tract for street cleaning has been given to Mr.. Smith
Some of these have been reengaged by Mr.. Smith.
great many Of them about the Office Of the City
Inspector during yesterday, in state Of considerable
excitement Mr. Smith has begun to remove the aches
and is making preparatory arrangements for street
renovation in general
MISSIONARIES SAMED.-The Rev. Solomon Carpen-
ter, ID. d.. who returned from Shanghae about year
since, with his wife and Chinese teacher after a
idence there Of about twelve years. sailed in the ~ Is.
Palmer The Oath inst for the scene Of his former
laborS Dr. Carpenter was graduate of Brown Uni
versity, Providence K. L. and is connected with the
Seventh-Day Baptist denomination.
COLraBh COLLEGE LAW ScHooL.-Wiam Curtis
Noyes esq, will deliver the second lecture of series
before the law sudsnts at No q LafAyee-place this
evening, at u o'clock. Subject Criminal Jurispru-
dence in America before the Revolution" These lee
lures are open to the pubic.
Auction SALES or THE STEAMSHIPS ILLINOIS AND
Mosrs TArLoE.-These ships were sold on the Goth
inst at tho Merchants Exchange, but the purchaser
having failed to comply with the terms of sale, they
were resold yesterday at O'Clock by Messrs. Butler,
Schultz Mathews, auctoneers realizing as follows
Illinois bought by G. Vanderbilt ............s $4,000
Moses Taylor, bought by c. Vanderblt...... 5000
At the previous sale the Illinois brought 100000,
and the Moses Taylor $lO2, 900. There were num-
Der OF spectators present, but only one bid was