New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-23
CITY ITEMS.


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The storm on Tuesday night was toerably heavy
porth of the city; the thunder was ths heaviest that
has been heard this Summer In Westchester County,
and the lightning was sharp and long continued The
greater part of the shower fell between Ii and IL
o'clock washing the roads severely and occasionally
covering the rail tracks with sand and gravel. Near
Pavlng's, &c miles up the Harlem Railway, culvert
was carried away, which prevented the Dover Plaos
train from coming down on time, very much to the
disappointment of good many people, for there are
good many people travelling that road this season.
more Judge from appearances, than in any previous
season. and all of late have been well pleased with
the improved condition of things that they should not
erumble at such little appointment as they met
Yesterday, from the unavoidable effect of a sudden
and severe Storm. With the exception of the damage
to roads, the rain was highly beneficial to all the re-
gion.
BULLS HEAD.-There was no Improvement yester-
dsy in the beefcate market, upon the condition OF
things as noted under this head yesterday In fact il
was generally considered worse for owners Of cattle
than it was upon the opening day, and it was only by
good deal of exetion in fact by forcing sales, that
the brokers' were able close out all the stock before
night Indeed late in the afternoon there sew
eral hundred buocks still in the sale-pens. The
port of the market shows 1875 head the supply of
the week. over 900 of which were in the sae-pens on
Tuesday and Wednesday at Forty-fourth street IL is
no wonder that the price of bullocks is low with
5000 head week, and that continuously. We have
lately bought very good roastingpeces of beef of
butcher who we know always kills good bulocks at
ten cents pound. We paid sixteen to eighteen cents
Co. srob n;.caa thraa vaara aoo
Horace Greeley, j. B. Varnum, A. S. Paddock,
a delegate from Nebraska to the Republican National
Convention, and other we-known friends of tbs
Republican cause will address tbs Central Cam.
paign Club this evening at No. 722 Broadway. As
the State ticket will be fully made up to day, the
meeting will be in the nature of ratification; aud
from this time forth the Club will take more active
part in the campaign. The officers, to any of whom
communications relating to the party may be addressed
to the headquarters, Simeon Draper, President.
Francis G. Young and A. c. Hills, Secretaries George
Opdyks, Treasurer; David Dudley Field, Chairman
Executive Committee
An APPEAL FOR THE STRIPED JAcXETs.-Twelve
hundred poor fellows on whom has fallen the States
uniform of striped trowsers and jackets, are no
camted within the stone walls and iron doors of the
prison at Sing Sing. The larger part of these are
young men, under thirty years, who now suffering
their first sentence and repentng their first crime.
Hundreds of them have good-natured intelligent hon.
estookpg faces showing fewer features of the rogue
than many man 10 that never seen inside Stases
prison. Their crimes, IN great majority of instances
have grown out of an over glass of wine rather than
any cool forethougbt Of knavery. Bot now that the
criminals sre safely housed against further oppOrtun
ties Of wropg-doiOg, their human feelings need to be
met with human sympathes their minds need to re.
cerve culture ike other mems minds; their hearts need
TO be touched like other human hearts.
II any person would like to do them kindness there
is now an opportunity. The poor fellows spend their
week days under the eyes of their tasknssters indus
trousiy at work in quarry, factory, or furnace Bot
eve man has only stipulated amount of work to do
which when he has done, his whole days work is
done; and he is allowed the remaining hours of day
light If there be any, for his own leisure. Many of
these intelligent become skilful at their trades
that they win for themselves two or three hours Of
spare time every afternoon, which they are eager to
spend the pages of some attractive book fitted 10
begue the WEAKNESS Of their imprisonment. But the
library of the Prison contains hardly books enough TO
furnish an ordinary Sunday school; and these are
dngy volumes that have gone the rounds Of the Prison.
out from one cell into another uni the board covers
of some of them are worn thin by hard use. Two
thirds of the convicts hungerng and thirsng for
something pew to read. Many of the young men
who never felt the need Of books before they knew
what to pass the long solitary Sunday afternoons
in the unbroken lonenest Of their cells-now look
forward to Sunday the drearest day Of all the week
for which they would rather exchange the stone
quarry or the ironfoundJy. Ought not book be
given to every man who is wilhog to read 2
Now, if the reader of these lmes has any books on
bis shelves which he can afford spare for the psners
will he take the trouble to send them to the venerable
Father Luckey chaplain in the Prison at Sing Sing or
to Abraham Bel the well known agent of the Prison
Association at No. Is Center street. New York, or to
the writer at the office Of The Indepexdext, No. 5
Beekman street For any suitable books-including,
for instance, history, biography elementary science,
the better class Of felton, and practical unsectarian
religious works-the giver will receive the thanks of
hundreds Of solitary men to whom book 10 the only
visitor except the alor that is allowed to enter their
cells. THEODORE TiLroY.
POLICE CosMIssIoSERs.-At the meeting Of this
Board yesterday patrolman MeCary of the
Twenty.Fhst Ward was dismissed from the
department on charge of being found asleep
upon bis post. A resolution was adopted
directing the Superintendent TO report whether Captain
Squires and Sergeant Liia q. the Eleventh Precinct
improperly ntertered at the late Republican primaries
Previous TO the meeting of the Board the case of Capt
seaman, late OF the Fourth Wsrd, who u charged