New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-26

the stationery books and printed blanks used by the
Edmund Jones Co. The items all In the bill which
certified bat the prices Of the items were mot cs.rse o., in
City and County the Controller regulating the prices ser the
bills certified have been In the habit Of certifying all on'
Tor TINS Court for the last seven years
THE GREAT NORTHERN AvEsUE.-One OF the
grandest improvements connected with the cy-one OF
far less cost but of almost equal importance with the
Central Park and one without which that will lack one
grand feature ia contemplated, and no time should
be Lost in it's execution. The bridge the Har-
lem River at McCombs dam shortly to be completed
by which convenient opening will be gained to the
country for travellers Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and
Eighth avenues snd all the central part of the city.
From all the region around the Central Park it will be
the natural opening, and one very much needed But
as il is now il will only open into labyrinth of mar
row, crooked lanes complete network Of old-fash-
toned county farmhouse roads; pleasant drives
enough for those entirely familiar with
them but very perplexing to stranger, and not at
ractiye to the citizen who desires to make drive or
horseback ride of dozen miles straight away from
the city.
The great improvement contemplated is to open an
avenue hundred feet wide from the new bridge to
Tuckabo ten or twelve miles in length, where it would
ntersect an excellent road the west side of the
Bronx, running up that valley toward, and making an
almost straight route, from Central Park to White
Plains. This would become one of the most fashion,
able because the most pleasant drives in the vicinity
of New-York; and such a as cannot now be found
in any direction II would far exceed any OF the
drives ON Long Island or in New-Jersey,
because the country Is not 80 level;
it would afford diversified scenery attractive and pleas
ant to the traveller at all times, and would always be
peculiarly interesting to strangers.
The proposed route will cross the Croton acqueduct
near the fine residence of Col. Lewis G. Morris and
along his lawn, necessarily cutting OF a strip some 50
feet wide next to the present road, and 30 along near
several Of the beautiful country residences in that
neighborhood, sometimes following an old road, and
sometimes located upon much beergound; its general
direction is straight though not rgdy 80, as it will be
laid correspond with the make of the land and
avoid high grades yet rising occasionally 80 as to give
the traveller view Of the Palisades on the one hand,
and Long Island Sound on the other. IL will
pass 10 the west of all the little villages along the Har
lem Railroad but afford them all convenient access to
il by roads Of mile in length, and would
be the route by which their inhabitants would drive to
the city, and by which they would be reached by city
visitors who desired to make such drive into the
country. AT present the only route for the people Of
any of these places TO drive into town is down dusty
road with very unineresting surroundings and across
the old Harlem Bridge at Third avenue, and from there
both Second and Third avenues are occupied by city
railroads, and Fourth avenue Is impossible for car
rages 30 that the only comfortable outlet from the
city northward up the Bloomingdae road, and across
Kingsbrdge and 80 on toward Yonkers
If anybody doubts the need of the people of New
York for such outlet e have indicated, let him
visit the Kings Bridge road any pleasant day in Sum
mer, when there is good seighing in Winter and he
will be readily convinced that gate is not
enough pass all who like to drive out, to say nothing
of the crowd that would come in ii there was good
way.
Let us then by all means urge forward the opening
of the great Northern avenue" II cannot be done
day too for the benefit of town and country. Both
equally interesed-both will be equally benefited
NEGROES IN NEw-YoRR.-The last census shows
colsred population of 10 s3 in this city, which is de-
crease in ten years Of 2,9is Tie total number OF
foreign birth is $40 born in slave States principally
Virginia and Maryland, l,j0s born in free States,
1898 The number of children attending school within
the year was ,3s number Of persons over 20 years
Of age, who cannot read and write leo. Out Of the
1881 colored persons in the city, 1861 under
twenty and there are 90 twenty years Of age.
The number of families in the same population is ,2O9
About one-half live in three wardshe Fifth, Eighth
and Fourteenth. The Eighth Ward contains no less
than 2Gs5. Out Of the 10000 and over, only 50 are
returned as owners Of real estate. Tho value Of all
real estate owned by NECROSIS pa, down at s3j6b5
The highest value OF real estate owned by single IN
diyidual is 100000 He is half white gave his occupa
ton as that Of waiter, and said ne born in
Massachusetts. Another mulatto, cook, says he is
worth $4,000. Thomas Downing well known 70
lovers Of good oysters refused to the value Of bis
property on the ground that the Government at Wash
ngton did not regard him person. and thatpropery
could not own property. The total value Of personal
estate is stated at s2l37S5. In all Of intermar
rage between blacks and whites, it s found that the
wife is whe-none being returned Of white man
marrying black woman. OF the thirty-two white
women whose husbands are black, eighteen were born
in Ireland, five in New-York three in England two
in Scotland one in Virginia. in Delaware, one in
Rhode Island, and one at sea There are, however,
5000 mulatoes in this city, ninetenths of whom
are the elicit offspring Of white men and black
The returns also show that there are thirty
Indians residing in the city.
Police COMMISSIONERS. The following persons,
appointed by the Board of Police took the oath Of office
yesterday as paromen, and.were assigned to different
Wards:
samuel ROthcld. Sixth Ward Jome, Britt Fifth Mark r.
Daniel Murray Twentieth; John pesch Twelfth yonn ;
ward T.. Burbank Sixth Thoms, Mccormick Third Robert
W Thompson Twenty ,bi,5 VIM 9Cerol Twsntieth John
man. Third; James Ostes Filh John Hill, Firth James r.