New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-29
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 80 1860

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rec feet aud ba high and is as lively and playful
IA kitten II gems TO be neither deforned or i'm
beetle negro as come insist yet curious specimen
of the Az species but If such description can be
comprehended sort Of cross between the two The
BRIGHTNESS Of its eye and its intelligent responses TO
the cords ard motions Of the person 10 charge at once
relieve il from the inputadon OF imbecility. Hisa
,r,io.;tv certainly. ns matter what petition in the
acoe of animal life may be allotted II by the Natural
iss.
An interesting event has just taken place III tue rep
tile depoYtrpent One OF tho lady snacondas has Just
been brought to bed Of charming famlly OF oaoy
snakes. numbering ninety Whereabouts. There are
about forty pairs of twins, with few to SCARE, ana
are a being tenderly brought up ON dainty diet OF
rats and mice.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION or BASE BALL PLAYERS
The annual meeting of this Association will be held az
the Cooper Institute Wednesday evening, the l4th
March. Applicants for admission are numerous; and
what is worthy of note from distant cities and States
Of The Union; two Clubs in particular haing from the
District of Columbia and the City of Baltimore A
delegation from the New-England Clubs will also be
in attendance. The Committee on Rules o. the Ma
tionsl Association consists Of Mesrs. d. Adams Of
the Kniekerbocker n. b. Law of the Continental T.
G.. VOORHEES, of the Empire l.. (. Wadsvorth OF the
Gotham; L. +. Jackson Of the Putnam w. A. Sears
of the Baltic +. Pidgem Of the Eckford w. Caud-
well Of the Union, and A. B. Taylcr Of the Mutual
This Committee have determined to report 10 favor of
the "hy game
STRIKE AMONG WoRKMEy UPON TIRE RoMAS CArHo-
~ To baoo
sons cutters employed upon the new Roman Catholic
Cathedral in process of erection in Fifth avenue, be-
tween Fitch and Fifty-frs streets. The strikers
number III men. The men stopped work several days
AGO and az cutting stone for the foundation s the prn-
cpsl work required the present time, there has been
an almost total cessation of labor upon the building
Tie facts cf the strike are az follows: Mr. Joyce the
contractor employed lis men. OF this number ssven-
teen were paid the regular wages of sonecutters, 81
per day and the remainder set to work a. given
price er foot, vii price, it is alleged, brought the
roceips of the latter men from seven TO ten shiings
day. Finojng the pay of each of the workmen 10
be 20 small a committee appointed to wait upon
| Mr.. Joyce, and ask an advance in the price. The
request of this committee refused and the conse-
oueuce was refusal Of all the sonecuters 10 contsune
their work An effort, it is said has been made by
Mr. JOYCE to hire other woIkmen but without success.
The price paid was 80 cents per hnea foot, ~ inches
high, and less in proportion as the hight decreased
The men demand 80 cents per superficial foot for al
ashaIs without regard 10 hight and six cents extra
for auoins. The absence Of Archbishop Hughes from
the city has led to a proloDging of the difficulty.
Immediately upon his returr the committee propose to
| Law the subject Of their grievances before hiu
!
| BOARD OF CONFERENCE.-The Board met yesterday
afternoon, but transacted no business. The members
! probably wish to gee what steps the Aldermen will
take In regard 70 the street cleaning business before
I moving further in the matter. The next meeting OF
| the Beard will be On Monday.
HARBoR OBsTRUcTIoss.-A bailast-aden lighter
sa1k several days since at the end of Pier No Eaat
River in deep water and is situated as to endanger
passing vossels. No effort has been made in any quar-
ter to se this submerged nuisance, and Ike tue other
tunken vessel nearly opposite Wall street. will prob
ably remain there until the citizens volunteer to re-
! move il. The Iarbor Commissioners have no money
to pay fer the Job and will not have any until the
Legislature give them some, amend the aw 80 a. 70
authorize them to borrow. The sum Of $1,000 is in
ouded in the tax levy for this kind Of work. but that
measuIehas not yet passed. and when it does the Com
men Council will probably wrange for months before
| mode of doing the work ia decided upon. Mean
while tie of the city is compelled to suffer
| for the benefit Of few political spectators.
| TIE LAMP Posi- LETTER-BoxEs.-It is to be re-
greted that these conveniences should not have been
made secure against piferers That they not 60 is
row q matter Of common notoTiety, and there seems
but little chance Of lettering them in therpresent FORM
Let suggest that the London plan of short columns
be tried. In that metropolis, on almost every block is
| a hollow column Of iron, about four feet in hight
inside which mail bag is hung on hooks or buttons
| On top of the column ia a porcelain plate, marked
| Post-0fice," and arrow pointing toward the
North, TO give 10 strangers idea of the general
bearings Of the city and enable them reach their
lodging-place. The letters dropped through the
sides Of the column, just below the overhsnging cap
The convenience and excellence Of this arrangement
and rs manifest superiority over ournewly naugursted
system, must be apparent and hope something like
it may be tried before any more money is spent the
now useless lamp.post boxes.
CLUBBED To DEATH-EsCAPE or THE AssAIL-
AST.-About II o'clock yesterday morning, informs-
ton YVES received at the First Ward Station HOuse, at
Trinity place, to the effect that man named Richard
Guerkin had been murdered on the afternoon previous
by DicdIck Dammann, at the saloon No. 81 WashiRg-
ton street. The Sergeant in charge of the Station
House at dispatched several officers to ascertain
tie truth of the matter Proceeding to the saloon
where the disturbance occurred, which is kept by j.
d. Causon, they learned that on Monday afternoon