New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

rorev without interest saying at the time that he had
not the whole amount then, but would get 1t immedi'
a,ey which he did ard notified the Conml'soners" nc
covdinglv. In the meantime Mr.. Devlin had corfued
with some of his friends and concluded that under Tue
circumstances it would be exredent to revere hF Tor
,ner decision and at once notified the Commissioners oi
Police tbat his check for tie amount which they re-
ouired WAS at their service. But as Mr. Stout had al
ready passed the amount their credit they DID not re-
ouiro IL. Mr.. Dcvn compromised, however, by pay
ING tbe Shoe and Leather Bank the amount advanced
ASSr,L BALL OF THF EIGHTH WARD PIoNTIR
CLAY CluB.-The twenty.second annual ball OF the
Eighth Ward PioUeer Clay Club, in commemoraiion OF
the ratification Of the Treaty Of Client takes place thls
evening at the Apollo Rooms. large number Of dis
tinguisbed guests are expected to be present.
JryroR ExHInIrioY or THE FRrE k'.DENY.-The
Junior Exhibition Of the Fee Academy ,ook place on
Saturday evening at Irving Hall, Irving piace Every
part Of the building was crowded the audience conslst
ing chiefly Of young la6ies and gentlemen, school
teachers and other attaches Of the public school
parents interested in lucation and university students
Or. Webster presided, and beside him sat Professors
Owen, Nichols, aud Anthon. On the platform were
also the remaining Professors and the Boafd OF Ldu'
cation. The exhibition, in general, was considered
success The compositions were fair and some Of the
orators and poets were loudly aIplauded The pro-
Cramme was as follows:
PRAYER by the Rev DR. Rnnkiu. ,p.. l.
Oraion-WoTds aud Deeds ,..''''''' % hsts hoSs' ] y,
0,i i0r Rev af.ors' d Ilcs
Poem" Tomb Of Oblivion" .....'''''''''1.o. sSI.;
The Earl Of James, ra,s
uiaon. sissy ol JonfinnSN' Nathan B. Roberts
uration Advantage. Of Periodical Literature u
0,stiou" Rain and Sunshine L. Sanger
Ben,aetion.
In E" The Earl Of SrafTord' allusion was made to
mob law at the South, which called forth applause and
hisses but in general politics received very little no
tce At the close DodwoIths Band treated the au-
dionce TO melange Of college airs during which Dix
ie Land was loudly called for; it was finally given
storm prevailing outside part of the aud enee re-
mained and listened to some songs 10y tie boys.
The students Of the Free Academy have passed n
successful examination during the past two weeks.
Those ranking fins; in the senior class the follow
ing:
In the Greek language, MessIp. Elliott, Lowery,
Baneker, Mari, Thurston, HYDE, McGeorge aid
Kelly.
In Civil Engineering, MessIs. Elliott, KimbsI
Slade, Wood, Pullman, Hyde, Lowery, Mari, and
West.
In German, Messrs. Saryer, Thurston, and Pullman.
Dr. Renhod Soger lectures tonight at Clinton Hall,
subject The Worlds Highway for tho benefit of
the family of the late Geo. Schroeder Chartographerof
the society.
Timothy Titcomb treats of "SelfIIelp" tonight in
the uptown course Of Lectures, at the broadway
Tabernacle.
REPUBLICAN CESrRsL CLCn.-Tie venerable
Joseph Roxie, one of New-York's fay 1rite and re-
spected citizens, will deliver an address before tits
Club ct No "a Cooper Institute on Tuesday evening.
RrcEPrIoE OF MAYOR MAYO By THE NArIoSAL
GUARD.-The Hon. Joseph Mayo, Mayor Of Rich
mond Va. on Friday evening visited The rooms of the
Seventh Regiment, and Was warmly welcomed by lhs
military friends. He most f,ehnply eNptsfed ms
qualification at the meeting and alluded 10 his pleasant
visit 20 the city, IA response 10 call for speech ne
smoke Of the Distracted siate Of The country and oTed
it would not be ruined by the politicians. If yon
come 70 Richmond, said he. twill disarm you all
by good cheer ami hospitality. Give Virginia her
rights and she wiz be the lat 10 desert the glorious
flag of the Union" IN cOncusOn he remarked grasT-
ing the hand Of Col Lc!erts that If he had the old
Seventh H Richmond they together could settle all the
present differences without any difficulty. His re-
marks occasionally applud-d by those present,
who seemed 10 be considerably mysied TO whether
their old fend was endeavoriDg 10 make Union or
Secession speech.
HoNE FOR JUVENILE DEAF MUTEs.-From the sec
ond annual report Of the Society for the Education aud
Maintenance of Young Deaf Mutes, we learn that
al laV laeu
received thirty children Of ages varying from -four to
ten years who have received the benefit Of instruction
in the sign-lanpuage The managers have been
obliged to refuse admission TO large number Of app
cans for lack Of funds for their support and sp-
peal is made to the public for aid to these poor cn
dren of silence" The total expenses for the past year
have been 81 40 IL receipts, sl,45l-eaving bal
ance unpaid of $3.50 H. The Home is situated il
Tenth avenue, between Sixty-sec'nd and Sixty-rhrd
streets and has the following officers PIetident, Mrs
Douglass Robinson; Vice-Prcsident, Mrs w. f. viii
NEEDING; Treasurer, Mrs. David Hoyt; Secretary
Mrs. Olive M Devoe; and Board Of eight Managers
Contributions TO THE KANSAS FCgD by THE
BUTCHERS AsD DEALERS or WAsBSGTOY MlRKET.-
On Saturday last paper headed follows circu-
lated among the butchers and dealers Of Washington
Market: "Help! Help Help!-Our Kanras friends
are starving! We aIe in the midst Of plenty Shall
Washington Market turn them away No! No! We
never do" The response the substantial Donation
Of sll0 obtained in two or three hours although the
effort made at the busyest market time, and not
than one-thrd of the butchers were applied to-
We may, therefore, expect to hear again from
this quarter This is to the appeal i'll Sat
urday's TRIBUNE.