New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-31
CITY ITEMS.


A SOAKING RAIS.-For months, we have not had,
until that Of Sunday night and Monday morning.
soaking rain, extending widely over the country. We
have bad in the city some heavy showers. That OF
last Thursday barely laid the dust north OF the Harlem
River although fell in torrents on the lower part OF
the city, Connecticut and the lower counties OF New
York have suffered sadly in of the crops by the
long drouth, which has hardly been broken in some
localities in all July, and but slightly in june Pota-
toes have been H. uIed most perhaps, of any cop,
though corn the point of failure for lack of
m ,isture to set the ears. We have many hills of
potatoes with only two tubers large enough to
eat and the vines drying up. Such will not recover
Some Of the later sorts will make moderate crop Up
to this tme the pickle crop, which is an important one
near the city has obstipately refused to give any
promise This rain will revive the hopes of planters
So it will of those Who have sown buckwheat AND
tnrpip- The seed of the latter which, according to
the old saw,
Sow your turnip., wet or dry,
On the 2stb Of july"
was scattered in dust like an ashheap, will now vege
tate particularly as the rain ha, been followed by
hot damp atmosphere Best of ALL perhaps, is the
rain upon tie pastures an moved fields, which had
turned brown and almost worthless fof gsziog. To
all farmers it is most acceptable rain and' most of
them would have been thankful to see Il eotinae two
or three days. Such rain 10 still needed TO revive dry
wells, springs, and brooks.
The NATIosAL HORSE SHow.-The fourth national
exhibition of Horses will he held this year at Spring
field Mass from the 18th to the 9TH of September, in
Ham den Park, the railroad station. The show
is always attended by crowds of the most respectable
men and women of New England making it sort of
{" harvest home gala day. and this year, as the har-
vest has been bouu iful one, the attendance will
probably be larger than ever before L. is conducted
by Board of Trustees composed Of some Of the first
men of the town. an assurance to strangers that moth
ing of horse Jockey influence is permitted. 1t is fair
that picBpockets and gamblers should have due notice
that depuaiion of detectives from Boston and New
York will them at the cars on their arrival If they
choose to attend and advise their immediate departure
which advice, if not accepted will be followed vita an
invitation to spend few days in free lodgings
CRY MoRrALITY.-Tho City Inspectors report for
the past week gives total of 504 deaths, being an in
crease of the week previous, but decrease OF
H. from the corresponding week OF last year. OF
these - were mep; so women; ITO boys; and ISL
girls. OF deaths from acute disease, there were by
cholera fanum, 100; scarlet fever, %; diarfhea, IL;
dysentery, 9; inflammation of lungs, 81 congestion
Of tie lrain g. small pox s; Group Sad teething each
g. apoplexy, typhoid fever, inflammation of the
bowels and of the stomach each s. end bronchitis, a.
Chronic diseases Consumption, o.; marasmus, IN
fan,ile Al droPsy in the bead l6 debility l3 drop'y
S. heart, disease Of s. aud cancer A. Deaths from
casualties II; old age, s. delrium tremens, suicide
l. Classified as to disease-there were of the stomach,
bowels and other digestive organs, 21i lungs throat
&c. 81; brain and nerves, sc; uncertain seat and gen.
eral fevers As; skn, &c, and eruptive feSers 80
heart and blood vessels, 10; 20 were from violent
csuses. Classified ~h respect to age there were
under year. $50; TO g &c; 2 to 5, 81 to 10, TO-
10 to H. q II to Is, 3; Is to IL, q IL TO 20 81 ~
to o. -; % to 80 81 30to TO- 49, 40 to So %; so
to co. 49, GO to 10 3D. 20 to 80 TO- 80 to &c. A. 80 to
l00 9 OF these ga natives Of the United STATES
II of Ireland; 81 of Germany; Of England; OF
Scotland; of France and Poland each; Of Belgium L;
al d unknown. There ere 65deatbs III the public
institutions Of which 20 were at Bellevue Hospital
and Ii at the Aims House, Blsekwells Island.
ToMPKISs SQUARE.-Complains are made that this
Square, 80 lately laid out and beautfed stands in need
of protection from roughs rowdie and night prowl-
ers chiefly boys who battle in the basin OF the oun-
tain, trample down the grass, and maliciously bark
the trees. lie tHectJ 10 uOUUtJ Wouii Oc A
an example were made of come Of these Nandas-
The Hon. o. S. Ferry, NJ. c. from Conn, an able
and ecquen, speaker will deliver an address ut Suy-
vesant Institute this evening at o'clock, before the
Young Mems Republican Union. Mr. A. j, SpOonsr
of Brooklyn will also speak. Republicans and all
interested are urgently invited to attend.
THE yIsIISG KSIGHTs.-TGe Knights Templar
of Washington Commandery, Washington, ID. c.,
under command of Sir knight Schwarzmann, left for
home yesterday afternoon, after enjoying pleasant
yis and reunion Of three days with their brethren in
in New.York. The strangers escorted to the
boat by the united Communicates Of New-York and
| Brooklyn.
TIM STBEE1s.-City Inspector Deayan in his regu'
laons directs the Street Inspectors to give particular
attention to the prompt removal Of ashes and garbage
and IT, compel the ashcatmen to 80 through their diS
trc,s twice each day. The cutters OF streets coh'Ai
ing a large number Of tenement houses mus. DC
cleaned and kept Clean and when required spinAieu
with lime" Thsse regulations are timely, END SHOULD
! be theoretically enforced.