New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-26
CITY ITEMS


pr,sUy.p-The Cattle market this week which
cosed Yesterday in Poyfourth street, may be counted
ohou so COO more favorable 70 drovers than the pre-
- -. tho, ia AN increase on the average Of a.
hood or over half cent pound net The best
",n.. - cs,,s sod Yesterday full well, perhaps bet
,bev did mon the opening day, bringing flu
10 cents net pound; but the lo"es' s,""'' "'o
=. oood dsr nd owing, probably, to the remarkably
warm January weather now PrevanDg' o0"' ', W."
cattle brokers thought this cass OF catue eso'mea
Wednesday afternoon all that they gsineo Oh ~'y
over the prices of last week. and for while business
looked 20 extremely dull that there was ~
all the cattle would not be sold but at O'Clock we
noticed the yards were nearly all clear. Inc s,o'e
anx;etv now with drov.rs, is 10 know whether tney
CON derend mon this little advance TO hold good for
week or two to come. After all, the advance 70 only
recoverv Of the decline of last week. since real good
bnocks for the retail markets worth III cents ~se
. nound. and 40 they have been all along the past
weeks. The number of bullocss received TINS "ees
O6 head less than the previous week, which rae
,ion over 90 per cent Of the whole NUMBER and sui
espt IN account for all the advance that VIII b~ toano
noticed in the report and quotations Of prcss tn
market.
Tuy Cry PARKs-Tbe expense OF keeping ana
mproyipe the public Parks in this city, iof the year
mast "a reported TO the Street Commissioner oy mr..
Ton, Byrnes the Superintendent, was S|,"o'; VI
rb,cb amount little more than half was devosed 70
Tompkins Square, though the Improvements I'D 4A.
Park are not yet quite completed A TASTY So"e a"~
iron fence has been erected around it. the Tagging nae
been taken M and replaced where necessary grass ana
tin otby seed have been sown, pnyet piAh'eu anu
voupg and thrifty trees set out Gntters ana oi'Ae
md
are vet 70 be but and railing is to be put arouha .no
fountain. Madison Square looks dilapldA'ed' i"e
wooden fence around it is rotten and decayng, con'-
ualy recurring REPAIRS and the Square, In conseqosn0e
looks very little like the one which q Flora "e'
s.y might be expected to choose Tor ner melanc"oy
propenades. Lines of tagging and an IRON renee are
wanted. Union Park looks neat and coy, and the
fountain never fails The Washington Parade oroono
olso seens 10 be in good condition number oflrge
trees in this Park were broken down and destroyed
heavy storms last Summer. The fairy little fields
facing Dr. Typg's Church, the East and West stuy-
yesnt Parks though almost deserted except on sunny
days maintain az inviting and cheerful an aspect as
adv other Parks in the CRY. The City Hall Park m
some pars ia muddy, in ohers dapdated, and presents
sbabbness of appear ance in keeping with the seedy
politicians that lounge about in it. The parade ground
in front Of the Hall was elevated last Fall by filling IN
foundery ashes and mud since then, has been less
p]entiful. The Controller and Street Commissioner
have closed up the Beekman street breach with IN
eomely little wooden posts, and the question s now
pendine neither Beck street shall be extended or
not The Bowling Green, do xn town, is closed, ono
its fountain frozen up and bat Immigrants nov
RI sort to that dirty and posome dumping ground TIA
once beautiful and muchfrequented Battery.
CHANGES IN THE CRY INSPECTORS OFFIcE.-Ar.
| Daniel f. Deleyan City Inspector, has appointed
Mesgs. Oliver s. Hubbard, Henry b. Cnppen, Jonss
n. PHILIPPE and John c. Fsher-friends of Mr. Wood
inspectors aud Seaers of Weights and Measures, in
the place of equally sound Democrats, removed. A
very radical change, il is rumored, is contemplated in
the Health Department, ere long, by which fair
share of the oaves ano fishes of Office will be distributed
among the Mozart Democrats. Similar changes are
talked of in other Departments of the City Govern
ment.
BAsDKAsTER AT GoyERsoR's IsLAsD.-hr. Charles
Rehm the we'll known solo cornet player, has received
the appointment OF Bandmaster the Garrison at Gov
ernor's leland, vice Bloomfield resigned. Mr.. Rehm
conducted Dodworths Germsna Band for the last five
years. He also held prominent place in the orchestra
of Laura Keenes Theater.
DR.. Foy is delivering course Of lectures on Health
at the Cooper In tue. The fourth Of the series s 10
be given this evening The subject is the Heart and
Lungs We commend the lecture to public attention.
NOMINATION. THE CHEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE
DEPARrsEST.-On Friday evening, the Boards Of
Engineer RI and Foremen of the NewYork Fire Depart
ment will meet at FIremens Hall, Mercer street. to
put in nomination candidates for the Office OF Chief
Engineer. The election will take place Tuesday,
the 9TH Of February.
DIR. L. G. Holland lectures this evening, at Clinton
Hail. Subject: Goethe.
CAMPAIGN MOVEMENTS NINETEENTH WAND
In addition the permanent Association Of that ward
large and respectable portion Of the Republicans met
on Tuesday evening at Weightmeurs, No. 10 Third
avenue, north of Forty ninth street. and organized
Campaign Club for that ward, by electing Edward
Dayton President; Adolf Levinger, John Kress, Wm.
II. Mason, and Freedom S. Luckey, Vice Presidents;
Ezekiel S. Lockwood, Treasurer Nicholas Baboock,
jr., and r. +. Baieman, Secretaries, and Samuel j.
Lewis Sergeant-at-A Arms. An Executive Committee
will be elected at the place on Monday evening
next.
A NEW DoDeE.-Some of the pawnbrokers have re-
Gently started game by which TO vetimiSe spec-
ulators in tickets for articles pledged 1t appears they
get aceomplice pledge galvanized watches worth
about s5the kind sold by " Peter Funk" suctioneers
for s35 or $40, would appear on the ticket, but
actually giving on them but the trifng amount of IS