New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-08

hungry as when be entered. 10 save trouoie, IL IN
now proposed to Danish them all from the squares
Beside tke trouble of feeding them, praceced men
&llege that since the squirrels took possession Oh
the squares all nsectivOrous birds have left them
and that worms have so multiplied in consequence
as 10 make the rapid destruction OF the trees nevi'
able. beside extending the contagiou 70 al ether
shade-trees in the city, Whether the squirrels Ba'e
any new tale to set up in reply TO ttis tisga"Vu,
know not but my private opinion is Vhat tHeY nius'
40. Now. could readily introduce some poetry,
tinged with proper pathos Tor Vhe c'oaS'o" Du~"i"
spare you this time
ing tbe citys prosperity First, all the bogus ln-
| surance Companies are TO he s9uelched 10 give
you an idea of the extent TO which the bogus game
| has been carried on, you must know that within
three wears fifteen Insurance Companies have failed
| in this city, leaving those whs insured In them
against fire and marine losses, 20 collect 81, 900
rs ts,.y best can 1t is estimated that weak and
tc,teTnC companies, not actually exploded are TAX
itp premiums on risks amounting to $500, 0Oo,
while the insured are utteryignorant as to what inc
Seans of these companies consist Of blg hre would
upset half dozen ef them. Yet there is no law
| TO compel them to show their condition. 1t is now
proposed to bring them up to the mark. foregh
| companies will be prohibited from doing business
through correspondents, the latter to be fned SIOO
for every application forwarded TO tue ONCE ana 10
do business here, they must have capital OF S2oV
1 GOU invested IN Inlb ihOh OVhn Al.
Wheeler of North Carolina, whose chattles walked
off one day by aid of Passmore Williamson, has
petitioned that s., COO he paid him for the same
But it is believed he will have liberty to withdraw
and try again, if he chooses. bill has been read
in the House compelling banks throughout the State
to pay two per cent on the amount OF deposits, ana
! another to tax the stock brokers IN proportion 10
the business they do requiring each to show how
much he does.
The German printers last week, to the number of
$780, struck for higher wages, and quit work. They
are now about joining the Union, despOtic con-
bination of the trade which rules most of the Offices
with rod of iron debating and enforcing the most
humiGatng conditions on employers, ieaylng them
at oil times ect TO the most capricious vexations.
| The Mayor mentions some curious facts IN his
late message. la 81 years preceding the establish
nent of Fire Detective, the convictions for arson
did not average one per annum; yet during the TWO
years and halt that that officer has been at work
among incendaries, he has had SO convictions for
that crime. The presumption is strong that hun
dreds of incendary scOundrels have heretofore
: robbeIes with mpunty. We now have
10 steam and 81 hand engines, with 1924 mem
| bers-mOre engines and men than arc needed.
The grain-trade of this port for three years past
-four last year fell off $4,000 barrels; of wheat,
"a 600 bushels and of corn, 412,0 600 bushels, less
| than in 1858
model of what is called steam recprOcating
stairway, the invention OF an architect mere, Is now
on exhibition at the Franklin Institute, 1t is meant
to save legs in running up the stairs of lofty hotels
and warehouses, and works on plan totally differ
| ent from all Tmer cOntrivances. The elevating
power, instead Of being above, is down IN the cellar
The new stairway is series of chambers extending
from top to bottom of the building, and ascends and
descends by means of screws operated by ma
chinery in the cellar. These screws efectualy
prevent all risk from a sudden fall, while they se-
cure sufficiently rapid ascent and descent. The
, model works to charm, and goes far to convince
one that the invention is good.
The Grand jury in the Quarter Sessions have just
$ acted on 799 bilH. They say that rum is at the
bottom of great proportion of them and that there
are 1880 licensed drinking houses with as many
!, more not licensed.
Our School of Design for Women is doing well.
y 1t is now an Incorporated permanency of seven
t years standing, well filed with pupils whose designs
for carpets hOorclOths, wallpaper, and prints, are
readily purchased by manufacturers. Drawing and
wOod-engTavDg are brilliantly executed by several
ladies. 1t well make many women quite independ-
ent.
Money grows easier, and business brightens as the
season advances The hotel registers show that
merchants from the South and Southwest are
coming in even more numerOusly than formerly.
They are surprised to find that we are still their
friends, and discover that their home organs have
been teaching ialsehoOd and treason. We skall do
full share of business for the season, as these
buyers repudiate the cry Of non-intercOurse as
sham from the beginning