New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-13
CITY ITEMS.


of this city appear TO be doomed to endure dirty streets
now and forever. One Of the planest provisions OF
the Hackley contract that which requires every street
in the city to be swept at least once week. aid one Oh
the paines facts aufes the people Is, that during
the two months for which Hackley has drawn pay he
has failed to clean many Of the streets even once much
less eight times. The is dirty beyond endurance
Founess flies in the air. filth reeks in the cutters, and
dusty denominations cover every person and every
thing with pail Of corruption. The contract which
Fernando Wood went without his dinner, in bis fever
ish impotence to perfect before justice could have time
to tie his hands, has never been, nor will it ever be
carried out The streets stink with iong-accumuated
dirt. which has not, and probably never will be re-
moved, while venal officers falsely certify that the
work has been done, the contract fulfilled and
the contractor puts bis hands deep into the Treasury
for bis il-gotten gains The Hackley swinde is be-
coming 30 barefaced that people begin to inquire more
closely into the circumstances attending its passage
1t is well known that the Board OF Aldermen never
dared to take up the resolutions of investigation passed
bv the Coupcilmen nor have the latter ventured to
make Mountioy account for the $4,000 which some
body did not get 1t is in evidence, believe that
on the morning of the day ON which the iniquty was
accomplished, a prominent Director OF Mechanics
Bank drew 900 in bills from the bank. AS that gen.
tleman had business relations with MIR. Hackley, 1t
would be ing to inquire whether he paid that
money out for the street cleaning contract and If 10,
to whoml
dad BoDr FoUsD.-About o'clock, on Thursday
afternoon az Mr. Isaac Dodge, and his little nephew,
were ishing in the Bronx River near Wilamsbridge,
they discovered something lying on the bottom, near
the bank almost covered with sand and mud, which,
on a closer examination proved to be human body.
The Coroner being sent for, it was drawn ont and
identified as that of an insane person by the name OF
John ID. Austin, for the recovery of which there ap-
reared about two months SINCE in the city papers, an
advertisement offering reward OF 500. About this
time his hat being found in the river lodged against
log and his shirt lying up the bank not far from
the spot where the body lay led bis friends to believe
that be was drowned in the vicinity that be persisted
from tho cold in the woods. He was genteely and
fully dressed excepting hs bat and shirt, with his I'M
der and overcoat buttoned up his chin the collar Of
the latter turned over his ears
In his pockets were found gold watch, chain,
couple Of lockets, pure containing $50 In Boston
bank bils and about 81 in silver also handkerchief
and card Oh both Of which appeared bis name. The
probability L. that he was drowned TO the spot
where the body discovered; whether accidentally
or purpossly may be inferred from two or three cir
cunsances In the frs; place, the body lay In but two
or three feet Of water and the river at the deepest
Save in few holes or during freshet, will not ex-
coed five feet. And again, before entering the water,
be removed his shirt and adjusted all his clothes, with
the exception Of his suspender, which were LEFT hang
ing down. Although the body was somewhat bloated
from being in the 80 long, still, the features ap
pesred quite Natural.
MlsoR CIR IrEss-That Spring is coming those
barometers, the Broadway shop windows, sbundantly
testify, even if these fine Spring days were not to be
relied upon. week OF two since strawberries in
Taylors window were labelled IS cents apiece" In
dsy or two they fen m a. per bssket then to and
now they sold at the exceedingly 10" price OF 70
cents per basket. few weeks hence and they will 20
begging for purchasers at the cents. The steam
ship Great Eastern to sail from this port for Liver
pool on the 25th Of May next Flags Were flying
from the City Hall and all the public buildings, and tue
shipping in the bay gsyly decorated yesterday in
honor Of the birthday OF Henry Clay. Alderman
B,oe will launch the mud scow South Carolina to-day
from bis yard at Greenpoint- The South Caro-
lima is the first vessel Of the street
cleaning feet ordered by Hackley Co...
Tomorrow the Methodist Church in Eighteenth
street of which the Rev. NJ DC. Crawford Is pastor
will be reopened. The church has been undergoing
extensive repairs and Its appearance has been greatly
improved An interesting revival has been in progress
for some time past and large and valuable sccessons
have been made TO the church. The foythird ami
yersary of " The Society for Promoting the Gospel
Among Seamen in the Port of New.York," will held
at the Cooper Union, on Mon1ay evening next. Ad-
dresses may be expected from the Rev. r. ID. Hitch
cock, ID. D.. the Rev. Charles j. Jones, Capt Samuel
Elliott, and several seamen. The Rev. Mr.. Wal
worth has left Troy n. Y, where he has been pastor
Of St. Peters Church. and joined the order of st. Paul
the Apostle Ffyninth street. in this city, Before
Father Waworth left Troy, the congregation of st.
Peters Church presentedhin with elegant gold watch
valued at $275 q token Of their esteem for him..
Speaking of the late Joe Tay ors affairs The Dtspatch
says: "Taylors liabilities at the time of his death
amounted to somewhere about $50 900, and never
heard Of any Of his creditors getting frhing on their
claims. 1t is quite evident that somebody got the ben
eft of Taylor's gigantic financial operations. We
recoect being in the Street Commissioner Office on
the day of Taylors DEATH when we heard one Of bis
friends lamentng the difficulty in which he would be
involved by the death Of Taylor. He said he on
Taylors notes for over $4,000 After the personal
effects Of the late Street Commissioner had been ap
praised al examined under the direction of the Surro
gaie this paper was again heard Of This man
has since that time been considered rich From being
common aborer at 81 day, he has risen to the dig
nifty of large operator in real estate. Truly there is
an unwritten history in this Taylor affair.
MARSHAL RYsDERs.-As far as we recollect, not
OF the large number of vessels seized by the Mar
sbA upon alleged suspicion that they were fitting out
for the slave-irade has been subsequently condemned