New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-18


spite of all their efforts persists in making only scky
growth just it does farms around the barn and
other places overchar ged with heterogeneous manure and
lacking in phosphate saline and csrbonacous fertili-
zers.
Every few weeks through the Summer these little
plas of green throw mp rank growth of grass,
~hich when mown leaves for awhile coarse insight
ly stutbe, instead Of a smooth lawnlike verdure 1t
would be far pleasanter, far the pleasures OF
park concerned to have these spots set with lawn
grass pleasant TO look upon and suitable for park
As all of these old spots of open ground called parks in
the lower part of the city conducted they are
nusances and the sooner they are built up the better
unless their character be entirely changed. We
have doubt that money enough has been spent upon
tbis old CyHall Park for the last years to have
made it beautiful, ornamental garden Instead Of
that the people reap all the profit that they do reap
from the city haying.
WALKING AGAINST TINE" The Highland Maid
yesterday commenced, at No. 600 Broadway, the
somewhat unfeminne task of walking sixty consecu-
tive hours without rest. Precisely at IL o'clock, in
dngy hall, where the light of heaven burglariously
enters in ftful CLEANS where the floor is damp with
Juicy sawdust where the smell is moldy, and the gen.
ea appearance gloomy in the presence Of three ques
tienabe specimens of the genus homo, this beautiful
maiden, all forlorn,' started upon her wearsome
Journey The platform on which she walks is slightly
elevated from the floor and in passing its entire length
the lady takes precisely twenty-five steps. The
Highland Maid" is very pretty and youthfu-lookng
erson is dressed in Highland costume, and carries
light cane in her hand. Her dress is pleasing to look
at consisting Of light bodice. with brevity of
plaid skirts on her head she wears jaunty cap with
several feahery appendages from underneath which
copous supply of glossy, rngles gracefully play
about her face and neck the necessary scarf decorated
with the usual rosette, envelopes her shoulders; her
limbs, which might be better shaped possibly worse,
are encased in hesh-colored tights, over whc,
drawn pair of stockings, which by on
intimate terms with her skirts these latter articles
have decided stand-outish prediction, but whether
this is obtained by of starch or hoops did not
appear. Her eountenance is indicative of soul in
repose giving her melancholy expression, by
10 means in keeping with her gaudy costume.
She walks very slowly from end of her contracted
platform to the other with about the energy that
person might be expected to display in walking to
bis own funeral Taken altogether, the funerea walk,
the melancholy countenance the dngy hall, the dark
light, the juicy sawdust and the scarcity of specta-
tOIr, tue 10 HOl hN'ly 'h't p"'
rather makes a person feel as if he was promenading
with the Highland Maid" in the basement of damp
graveyard.
We undertook to find ont something about the
" Maid" and finally discovered man who said . he
managed her" land she woman The insane reck-
essess of this assertion made regard his statements
somewhat skeptically; but, nevertheless, we give them
for what they worth He says that the " Maid
has already walked once against time in Troy-the
land of Bencia-and on that occasion succeeded in
walking sixty-two consecutive hours thereby winning
500. From this we conclude that the " Maid Is
sportsman In the present effort she il only interested
to the extent of the price of admission 5 cents she
having no bets on the result which fact must either be
a lack of confidence in herself but, being oman,
that rs impossble, or shortness of funds, which is
highly probable. We were informed that she was
Z" only nineteen years old;' but when we asked her
real name her manager stated that she chose to
call herself " The Highland Maid" but if we would
ask her she could give such az she felt in
cined. Believing that could invent as good
name as the bonny lass herself we did not trouble
her with impairment questions. When we left the
deadly lively scene, she was walking angudly to and
fro, seeming to have no other ambition in the world
than to keep moving on. She expects to finish her
labors at ~ o'clock on Saturday night.
TIE CRY CHAMBERLAIs.-The Mayor officially
notified all the Heads of Departments on Thursday
morning not TO recognize Mr.. A. V. Stont as City
Chamberlain. The following correspondence has taken
place between him and the Deputy Controller:
MAroR's OFFICE, NEv-YORK, May Il, 1860
WILLIAM Z. WARKES, esq, Deputy Controller.
SIR Andrew V. Stout having been removed from
The office Of City Chamberlain you are hereby dsisa g