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free the Evening JV'-J purchased from the general fund, and always pay only at the an.e rate as the in the first 7 wards whose prope.ty will not be I directly enhanred in value by th. local.onof the Wnnhliifftoii Park. AND TH RECENT, PUBLIC MEETINGS. Parkf Why should ihe law r-lie. in interest, carefully omit to provide for es- -BROOKLYN.

Tussdav, Jan. 1. Professor Hume's Lee. lures on h.Minitry and Nstural Philosophy, in Ihe basement of Ihe Institute. Free lo all tha youth who are readeis of the Youth's Libisry, and to subscribers to Ihe Institute.

Wmknksdav, Jan. Tenth Annual Pall of the Drooklyn Kmeiuld Benevolent Association, at the Freeman's Hall, corner of Columbia and Annty streets, WKiiNitsnAr, Jan, 19. Nntutal History society, of the Brooklyn Institute. I think.old Man and many perhaps have known Tlioo wert a politic urn in thy dayj Tbe eyes with sight-khades are o'ergrow n. Thy hair turned grey.

Vn," Mid that aged father, I've watched the ministry go in and eat, And shouted for any caue hut I ran gather Not now sufficient strt ngth te ahout I benefits to ba derived by owners lll'suit'S'Q of blocks of ground fronting on Ihe streets ami avenues who do not happen to be also owners within the boundaries that carefully ex i. m.nt in nronortion to th under city control. A monument or an ooser-vatory may possibly be erected hereafter at or near that spot, 'It embraces the most splendid view on all Long Island Sandy Honk and the ocean are plainly seen In the south west the two cities the New Jersey shore and banks the East River and soma small Islands are in view. Brooklyn is vary wealthy, and thereat some existing evidences of public spirit which do us honor. We are the founders of a great city and if we incur a dtit for lasting and indispensa.

ble improvements we do that which will confer health and happiness to future generations' and call forth their gratitude. 1. 1 uur 1 1 viii i amnlint of SUrh benefit as the City rharUr pro NitiliiiK ol tltffi Mv-iiiiislilp. And yet the cause seems dearer I My little grandchild who kub found ky So musical that I am proud Co bear her, Reads out aloud to me. With a sweet kin she saitb, The type is very like it was of yore IKOM Et'HOt-K.

vides, their own estates near the proposed Park' i those disinterested advocates for thit g'at public improvement answer this question to tha i. satisfaction of the friends or the pars in iu. And yet it seems chang'd-with my last breath seven wards. Well has it been said 'those who Vitm Saturday Gasutr. THE GREEN MOUNTAIN GIRL.

'Twas a beautiful spot where the- fitm covered cot of the mountain Mood in the edgn of the orcsml. The rtf foi-esl-bird's Roirf; ex-hcwd all the day loo, ami the mountain stream played in the edgr of the shad whr the graceful young (awn cropt the herbage at dawn from th wide-spreading lawn. 'Twas a beautiful spot 'twas a beautiful col; and surely there ne'er was a maiden more fair, nor a maiden more rare, than maid that dvelt there. Shall I picture this maid of the greenwood snd glade, as she was in the day when Allen' held sway, while his iron-nerved men were the pride of the glen Site was neither too tnll, too short, or too small, nor so light and so airy an trm form of a fairy. But the pride of the glade was the rony -cheeked maid, with eyes quite as blue as the summer's sky hue, and the tresses of brown floating gracefully down, and nestling below on a of snow.

She could warble and sing like the songsters of spring: she could spin and could reap could ride the gay steed at the top of his speed, and had sported a trifle with her father's rifle. And this bouncing young maid of the evergreen shade was chaste and refined, and she had such a mind as you sel Ha? nig taken part the recent meet.ng ol Cilixenu iaopposition-nolto T-rk, the unjust principle of assessment on which tt IS sought to siakethis great public improvement, and perceiving that at the meeting held on the 13th ir.st. an attempt was mad. to increase ths misapprehension existing on the subject, allow me, Messrs. Editors.not but under a responsible signature, to endeavor to correct some misstatementsand place the subject lair-ly before the tax-payers and other inhabitants of this city.

I have no private interest in the matter to bias my mind, and no end to promote but the general welfare. I belong to no clique that, for selfish ends, proposes loob-struct the march of improvement, or any that seeks to amass wealth at the expense of their neighbors or fellow-citizens. My sympathies, aU, aie on the side of the common people the great mass of citizens-and against all attempts to exempt the rich from bearing their full share ol public burdens. within, and also without Ihe boun 1 lit rpert titan be welcome to any door. Old man.

thou sarcst well rRIUI AMkUICA. Caledonia Jan IA Jan lit) Cambria Feb 1 Britannia Frb 16 Hermann Feb 20 New York Feb 21 I'd Union Mar 21 lli-rmann Apl 20 Unio Apl 21 I' ii ion Nov 24 Dec 23 I'ec 20 Cambria Jan I New York Ian ii'4 Hiberniu Feb 4 Washington Feb 13 1'iiion Feb 21 Hermann Mar 13 Missouri Mar 21 For Ilostou i Y. dariei, will thus dispose of their lands within, From Newspapers the world last ruction borrows at the full estimated value, less twelve anil one half ner cent on that value for the benefit con ferred upon their lands without, however large the quantity, although such benefits may exceed From Mexico. PiTKSsBi'sa. Jan.

14, 1818. Your Pony Express brings New-Orleans papers of the 8th, which anuounces the arrival of the frigate Saratoga at Pen sacola on the 6th inst. with advices from Vera Crux to the 27th. She brings fuller though no later advices from Mexico. The rumor that the present Congress had dis an hundred fold, and omitting altogether to as aess that ptr-centae on the owners of lands fronting on the Park, who are not owners within, and consummating a most obvious injustice solved is con hrmed.

The new Congress was to assemble in January. Ilrookljii Anlroiiwiiiii-Kl Olsofrv a tor). IT A Lecture by Professor GRAY, on Com-xts, will be delivered in the Chapel the Female Academy, Joralemon-street, on NONDAY evening the 17th at 7 o'clock. Addresses will also be delivered by the Rev. Mr.

FARLEY, and Rev. Mr. SPEAR, with reference to the contemplated Observatory. Admission Free. JOSEPH RIPLEY, Chairman of Committee ol Arrangements.

Jan. 1 148. 2t Truly, like the Arabian Tales, (bey tell Ol'joya and torrawi. 'Tw pleasant rare," So Byron said, see one's name in print." Ask the pale bankrupts, broken-hearted poor, If tiff admire its tint. Vet here's a list of such, Had.lled within a corner.

They have tamed Good oil perchance in toiling late and much Without reward returned. In all thy reading. Didst never fancy that the ink looked pale la sock a list a if 'twere an upbraiding tell the tale I 'Tit aa idea A nd yet kindly one, worthy a king Our fancy is the magical Medea That will strange phantoms bring. Here's a poor fool, Who hath round wit enough to rob his master Priests offer him a short commandment rale, And Law, a prison plaster. Didst never sigh When sorb, a thief has trod the heavy wheel, And think, he who hath gold enough to buy The rumor was current that the of the Mexican Government repaired to Queretaro, after having an interview with Mr dom will find among the gay maids of haughtier grades.

The projectors of both the recent pumic minings profess to be favorable to opening Wash-ington Park on Fort Greene. In the resolut ions had the honor to submit at the meeting on the 4th and which were unanimously adopted, it wss expressly stated that we are in favor of all improvements that embelli.ll the city," and that we approve of the location of Washington Park." With what propriety then did the Trist, and it is supposed they have had a con A lover she had who would have been glad to capture her heart by his scheming art. O'Handy his name, a dandy by lame, ference with the supreme government on the subject of peace. This was but rumor. Nothing definite is known of the decision come to in such conference, if held.

Most of the American troops now in the Cap who, though wrinkled and parched, was A Family Paper! THE IIROOKM'IV SATI'RDAV III? whiskered and starched, -and displayed quite against all It is not denied that the opening of Washington Park will be a great public improvement, and that all the tax payers in the city should contribute in due proportion to the benefits received, to this magnificent undertaking. The tax payers of the first seven wards should pay their full proportion, and they will cheerfully do it. Why should not the tax payrrs in the 8th and 0th wards, do the same Look at the miip of the city, and it will be seen that portioni of those wards are nearer to Fort Greene, than wards 1 and 8. It has been asked, how ought the expense of the opening of the Park to defiayed The answer is easily made. Let the property ol all the inhabitants be assessed by disinterested and high-minded commissioners, in proportion lo tne immediate and geneiul benpfit to be derived from the great improvement.

If a tax-payer in the 1st ward derives benefit, ss he must from an improvement that will embellish the city, promote its health, add to the general value of property, attract new inhabitants let hitu be assessed accordingly I so with the owners in the 8th and 9th wards i and so with the owners of prop citizens who attended the meeting on the 13th a rare and citified air. renolve that the meeting on the 4th was in SVell, he kndt at her feet, and began to orr-osiTios to said Park 7" Whst justification has Judge Greenwood for stating that he entreat, while her bosom beat with unmerciful heat and he told such a tale, as he thought the proposition of its opponents, merely Need never pick nor steal Here's a sad wretch, ital, are about to leave on expeditions to other places, to occupy the Capitals of the various States, It is definitively settled that the whole Republic of Mexico is to be occupied by the American forces, until those in power in Mexico, who have authority to act, make satisfactory reparation to the American Government, and agree to the propositions of peace. to change the tax Into an assessment a mm pre-tenee, intended to defeat the late Have these Who in his brother's blood has stained his hands; rviAmem showine the insincerity of 1 5" Tin, paper has now reached its list No. and has obtained large and increasing patronags. The number for January I'nh, 18 1, contains a vast variety of interesting and instructing articles; among which, is a story entitled The) Brazen Boar; also, The Wild Girl, found in I lie Woods in France) A Femalo Crusoe; Notes of a Bookworm the Local News of Brooklyn and New-York Household Market Poetry, Anecdotes, Miscellany, To be had at the office, 37 Fulton-st.

It is delivered to any part th city at 12 rents a month. jan. 14. 2t our profession 1 Do theyratuitously impeach our integrity And why do they make such deemed would not fail to make her believe that he could not deceive. While he thus knelt pleading, while thus interceding, he thought by her smiling that his words were beguiling.

But he found the conclusion a hopeless delusion for that maid was unlinking his scheming was thinking, and she thonpht in a twinkling, she'd give him a sprinkling of the well-peppered ointment of black disappointment. Ere he drew to a close she turned up her He hath the lofty privilege to stretch His neck in hempen bands. It is most tit" (So runs the language of our penal code) That man should speedily bis Maker And so it helps him oa the road. When the disciple's sword assertions in the very teeth of our protestations to the contrsry Can they feel justified in li erty immediate vicinity of the proposed Park. Aud, let the property ol tne utter oe I2th.

A message was communicated from tha President, to the House and on being read proved an answer to a call from the House for instructions to Mr. SlideU, and relative to the return of Santa Anna and Pare- belling a mass of fellow-citizens, convened at a assessed, not omy for the general benehts they will derive from the improvement in common public meeting, if they believe or even know of Lopped the Jew's ear and marred a loving creed, with the inhabitants of ihe city generally, but one or more individuals attending it who were Have ys forgotten how Christ's blessed word Reproved the deed 1 for Ms special benefit they will derive from an governed more by private than public interests I des to Mexico. It refers to Ihe reports of the Secretaries of War and Navy, accompanying immediate and immense enhancement in value of aose, as you may suppose, just as high as she chose: and scorning his prose, through Here's a sweet maiden, brave (O, that such souls would leant life's wrongs to iiicsv am. 11 tjw.ja nvvjiu mtj niuues thetf'Hrb'portyin the neighborhood of the Park IT PR- OLI.V will preach next SABBATH morning, in the First M. E.

Church, in Sands-it, Services commence at 10) o'clock. jan. I I. 2t much of which it I said has keen purchased vr ail .1 1 With blighted hopand anguish laden pleadings she broke, and thus 'twas she this message, and to his annual message, for all information he can communicate relative to Santa Anna and Paredes. The President declin spoke Hath dug her own dark grave.

held on speculation in contlemplution of this proposed improvement. It is not denied that some of the original projectors of the Park acted with perfect disinter Oh! great is your fame U'Handy your name Irom the city you came witn your And if they have proof of the insincerity of a single prominent opponent of the assessment, who professes to be in the favor the Park, would it not bt more fair, more manly, more gentlemanly to produce it than to make bald assertions, impeaching the veracity of their fellow-citizens, without adducing a shadow of proof? In the call for the meeting of the 13th, by advertisements in the Daily Newspapers, and in ed giving any information respecting Santa Anna's return to Mexico, aa incompatible with the public interest. And here are storied told Of creatures upon whom disease hath fed, Crawjing in cellars, filthy cold, Dying far waut of bread. Old mas, thou sayest well estedness, nor that some of the inhabitants of heart all in flame and you thought in the shade of a mountain or glade, to capture a the first seven wards may not be opposed to the Urwoklyn Aoou'inlioii for Improving the Condition of thr'faor. IT The Visitors of the different sections have found many families in greatwant of clothingmany children suffering, for the want of proposed assessment.

Is either is it contended The Ladies. We understand that the np- maid by pomp and parade. Oh save all your tears, your hopes and your fears, your From newspapers the world instruction borrows that all who oppose the assessment are men of the most disinterested views and feelings, oral! roar of the ladies at recent exclusion from who advocate it are speculators, and reckless the Hamilton festival has been so great, that 'ducks' and your 'dears' for some other ears. men are agreed you're a nice bird indeed 1 ruly, like the Arabian Tales, they tell Of joys and sorrows. Here stands the marriace list of the rights of others.

All, or nearly all, pro sufficient raiment to protect them from tltt inclemency of the weather. The Association has been unable to supply all the wants. 'Donations fess to be in favor of the Park, and it is probable that few, if any, will oppose it. The ques but your figure's too lean, you're too gaunt and too green and that is not all, you're Some linked to bliss and some to trouble mated; And here's the record of whom earth has miss'd, tion is not, shall we have a Park or na Pork 7 of Jra'st off clothing are mucb wanted. They but Simply this what mode of payment is most excessively tall your nose is too big you've a voice like a pig, and you wear a Deeply regretted." A row of little strangers, Who may hereafter glad aa many hearths several limited divorces are on the tapis.

The members have been obliged to promise an entire reform neit year, and as a beginning have determined to invite and tak the ladies to their exercises on Monday evenings. ITF" They are expected to commence on the ensuing Monday evening. The meetings are in the upper room of the Brooklyn Institute at the foot of the stairs of the Lecture Room. constitutional, equitable and fair Let tha question be thus met and decided. Let it be huge wig, while your upper hp seems just hand-bills posted throughout the city, were invited all persons who are opposed to the selfish policy of a few narrow-minded individuals who are seeking to prevent the accomplishment of this great and praiseworthy object," in the opening of Washington Park and in the speeches and resolutions of the meeting the large number of respectable citizens, alluded to, are virtually stigmatised as hypocrites, liars, and enemies of the best interests of the city The call" was anonymous, but responsible names shown by citations of law and irrefragable sr Doubtless cold Maltbus, fearful of its dangers, the shape of your dreams.

Now my an guments, that the proposed assessment is agrees swer you know there's the door you may ble to the City charter that it is right that the can be sent to the office, Brooklyn Institute, at any time, or the Agent will tend for them if no-tire is left with him any day between the hours of 0 A. M. and 12 M. It ia hoped that our benevolent citizens will at once send in what they can. Donations of money and provisions aha solicited.

By order of the Board. STEPHEN CROW ELL, General Agent, jan. 13. tf so tax payers of the 8th and yth wards should be afcrank from the list of births. A favored corner, That should be sacred as a rainbow's hues; And sacred 'tis, havwg asanadoraer The Poet's muse.

Still he lingered to plead in his love and exempted that the owners ol lots near the pro posed Park should only be assessed, or but a lit his need and he boasted and told of his Interesting fact. At the recent dinner of tle more than the tax payers of the first seven titles and gold of her station in life whom wards that all that has been done and is con In bif.tvned observation the Hamilton Literary Association at the Hotel he chose for his wife. But he found 'twas 1 1 Then crowns the whole; the Lsaoino Ajti- templated to secure the location of the Park and no part of a mountain maid's heart to bear of Pops and Ormsby, in this city, the superin tendanl of the tables, (who did his duty admi rably,) was the cook of Lord Byron at Venice. payment therefor, i just, fair, legal andhonora ble, and all will acquiesce but hot till tiikn. insult and wrong from an eye or a tongue Brooklyn City Hospital.

ft? The Annual Election of Trustees will be It is said that the intended Montague Park That maid could not brook such word and A Mentor that gives wisdom to a nation, At least a particle 1 Cnto what system grows Politically, whatsoe'er our choice, The Newspapers have a familiar tone, And all should hear their voice. held at the Brooklyn Female Academy, in Jor- was lost to the inhabitants of the city by the such look, and she caught down a broom that hung in the room, and hit him a blow management ol some ot the very persons who accompany the accusations made at the public meeting. I appeal, then, to the respectable men who, in their speeches and resolutions, thus assailed their neighbors and townsmen, and who thus charged upon them sinister and unworthy motives, without adducing any evidence ol the truth of their accusations, and I appeal to tha public at large, who know something, and will know more, of the truth of the matter, whether such conduct is becoming, just, and honorable. Is it said that at the meeting on the 4th the objects and acts of those who have procured an alemon on MONDAY 17th at 7 o'clock P. M.

A. A. LOW, Sec. The Steyermarkischi Musical Society gave a grand concert at the Tabernacle Friday evening, which was attended by a large and highly respectable audience. They consist o' now oppose the assessment lor the Washington Park, and that there is reason to suppose that the opposition to the assessment for the latter that made the blood flow not gracefully slow.

He lit on all four just out of the door all cov Jan. 3 2w SELECTIONS. ered with gore. Then he sprang to bis feet and considered it sweet and exceedingly To be unacquainted with the events which about twenty members, and constitute an or. chestra of great power and delightful harmony.

We observe Brooklyn is to be favored with Fashionable Hair Tuttiiifg and Kliaiiipooinfr Kiiloois. meet to beat a retreat to cover defeat, and imrm tn fOM rvliwaa karfifl VsMl Sutras Vtnvn Im tinue to live in childish ignorance for where from tne in shme anJ disgrace NO. 6 1 FULTOy -STREET, BROOKLYN. their performance on Wednesday evening next. act of the Legislature, deemed by mnny to be unrighteous, were assailed, and their conduct is the valieof human life unless memory enables us compare the events of our owu tines D7- P.

CARNES would most respectfully disappeared o'er the green and was never more seen and ever since then city dandi- is a ruse to defeat this great public improvement. I am one of those who sincerely regret the defeat of the plan to locate a Park on the Pierrepont property, between Pierrepont and Remsen-streets but am entirely ignorant of any selfish measures, if any were put forth, for the defeat of this project, and am well satisfied that a large majority of those who attended the meeting on the 4th are in favor of Pnrks wherever the health and convenience of the inhabitants require them to be located, and would pay their due proportion of the expense. If im. proper means were adopted to defeat the lorn. iy See advertisement.

severely condemned, and that the doings now inform his customers and the public generally, thatjie has refitted hit large and commodious ged men have learned to beware of the with those of ages long-gone by. Cicero. It is a noble faculty of our nature which ena The Fulton ferry boat Wyandanck and complained of were merely retaliations 1 This Green Mountain Fair. the steamer Dash, came in contact in the fog, is the answer No accusation was hade when Saloon, where he is now prepared lo trim Gen-tlemens' Hair and Whiskers in the most fash bles us to connect our thoughts, our sympathies, and our happiness with what is distant in place about 2 o'clock, Friday afternoon, knocking a PROOF COULD NOT BE ADDUCED TO SUBSTANTIATE ionable style. He would merely say that hei hole through one of the cabins of the former and or time 1 and, looking before and alter, to bold comniauien at once with our ancestors and our t.

Had the opposite side acted thus they BROOKLYN STAR, Saturday, January 15, 1S4S. tion of Montague Park, let them bt exposed, has with him three of the best Hair Dressers to otherwise injuring her. The Dash had her bow stove in. aim i ne suiuors rective tne condemnation they deserve. It is also said that the lax-payers in the 8th and 9th wards were exempted from the Tr-The price of tnii pnper it ONE CENT, pnynlile Ml Love and murder.

A man named Pyne, at assessment for Washington Park, because one of the Carritr. Person who deaire by the week or ftHntti, will live their order- acconlinc ly. Order left at the rieasant Valley in Duchess County, entered the posterity. Webster. Chronology is the grand art of 'historical arrangement.

To know that a man of distinguished eminence has lived, is to know little unless we know when he lived and who were his contemporaries. Indistinctnetts andcoufusion must always perplex that understanding in which the annals of past ages are not thus consecutively linked together. Hannah More. Office, 57 Fulton Mrret, will be gives to the Camera ia whose district the applicant la situated. ineseaays iney will be required to pay for a Park within their own limits.

This reason, besides being contrary to the city charter, is' wholly insufficient, for when the time come, for be found in the United States the delay, therefore, to which gentlemen have been heretofore subjected, he hopes in future to avoid. Constantly on hand, alarge lot of celebrated Russian Keian Soapj also, a large stock of French and English Perfumery, Fancy Soaps, Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes, etc. Just received, a large lot of superior Razors, from the best maker in Sheffield every Razor warranted fo house of Mrs. Russell and shot her with a revolving pistol, and then fled. Mrs.

Russell trr TO ADVERTISERS. Our advertising friends will died immediately. Pyne had been a suiter of a Park within the limits of those wards, it i. please wild in their favor before 1 o'clock P. M.

Thoim who advertise yearly In the city paper nre entitled to an the lady, but she rejected him on account of his would have slood justified. They acted otherwise, and therefore stand condemned as calum niatora of their neighbors and fellow-citizens. It was asserted at the meeting on the proved, that the mode of assessment, provided for by the act ef the State Legislature of April 27th, 1847, was contrary to the Charter of the City was unjust and unequal in its principle and would be oppressive in operation. It was asserted also that those most active in procuring the passage of this anomalous act had used very singular means in procuring and arranging the names of petitioners to the Legislature; that some of I hem were aldermen of the city, largely interested in the success of the procf, and had refrained from acting in opposition to the behevad the tax-payers of the first seven wards will cheerfully nay an assessment in occasion.) insertion tn the Ioko-Iiland Htak, which is Chronology may be naturally divided into intemperance and married Russell. The mur- three parts, the ancient, the middle, and the IT-'S mlLZZ rTLSSZ to the benefit received by them, si th.v nn lerer is pursued.

nwwjiB. iin w.pci liiese Ule DHL uirec- 4unlles tend, tbt the tax-payers of the 8th and Oth suit the face or no sale. Alto, the genuine Emerson Razor Strops, together with a large vari wru, yOI venom i nappen to bt those Isaac R. Goward, of New-York, the celebra A few words about Pabks On the. Com immediately interested, in a pecuniary view in the conversion of Fort Greene into a Park' shall pay for this grand undertaking, which hro- tion that can be given is, to hx on some periods or epoch as which, by being often mentioned and thought of, explained and referred to, will be at last so deeply engraven en the memory, that they will be ever ready (for reference.) Mrs.

H. ClimpOHt. ted writing master, teacher of book keeping, and professor of fifty -two branches of learning, was missioners map of Brooklyn will be seen a goodly number of Parks laid down in suitable places arrested a lew days since for swindling a young m.c. or me embellishment, conven. lence, health and scientific ety of others.

Ladies can have their chil.lrens' hair cut in the most fashionable style, by sending them to No. 61 Fulton three doors above the Atlantic Bank. N. B. Closed on Sundays.

Dec. 27. 3m and it is very desirable that these now while ground is cheap and plenty should be secured, man out of $25 (for which he promised to pro habitant, i of Brooklyn. It is said that the Ntw Soubriquet. Atan English north assessment in Common Council that the aid of either to the city, or to a district, so that the country urn, the boots being called, a shrimp vide him with a clerkship yielding a salary of $1000 a year) tried, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of 60 days.

the PRINCIPLE i wrong, it those influential men in the 8th and 9th wards had purchasers of lots round about them may know ihtir rights, and knowing dare maintain" them. of a ltd in rustic attire presented himseU. WcM, are you the boots The youth sup been sought in favor of the assessment plan un meeting of the 4th con tended against. if a Park is purchased from tha general fund, posing mo doubt that the gentleman was ip LEWIS TAPPAN. der an assurance that those wards should be exempted from the tax that the tar Coal.

A correspondent of the Herald states; mat. loal-aeaiers in the European cities deliv- I those Wards would be benefitted by the im to a joke, replied, 'No, I'm the stockings, and owned by iht oy, our common council could The gentleman not understanding the at any future time have power to dispose ol any joke, auked what he meant. part of it for a monument an observatory The steamer JTWe At Whit'hall dock on Friday their merchandise in tacit, which are car ried to the spot required. It is never dumped ed the boy, in a sort of simple I'm T. S.

I. A Tin DRUGGIST, 11 Fnlton street, Rrookljn. tT Every kind of desirable and reliable Toilet Articles for Ladies, Gentlemen, or Families and the richest and most beautiful Fancy Article, for the Toilet, in great var-ety. COLOGNE jlNl) TOILET BOTTLES of exquisite Bohemian, French and American workmanship-themost pleasant and r.fre.h,.,,. down on the side-walk.

v.iruom, in Deina foggy at the lime -a. run by the South Ferry Lt Trsn Tt' on her way from Brooklyn tttSlw York. The lr.ti.it 1. tne The long litigated claim of Mrs. General i.

on the starboard wheel house, nnshinmn. k. -j "rei 1 na oreakine a nart Gaines, to property in the city of New Orleans, amounting in value to an immense sum to se a reservoir, or any other purpose. io citizen would be wronged, because all have contributed to the purchase. If the Washington Fark is obtained, (ol which there ran be no doubt) then the present City Park, on the low ground, will be useless, and night very well be told.

But here a very nice question would arise Who are the rightful wners to receive the payment That Park was purchased by an assessment on the surrounding property and it would not be just to veral millions of dollars has been derided in the stockings, Slocking, What do you mean by stockings ha, sursaid the boy, with aa unaltered couatenance, I'm tinder boots, so I must be stockings, Arithmetical Hapmkecs. I reckon I love said a Yankee accountant to his sweetheart. How on airth, Jonathan, do yon arrive at the calculation inquired the fair one. By sianple rriJied the ready perfumes Cologne of suoerative boats Th. T.

in boats. The Transit was not much damaged r.r.W.V.'njure.d -nfortun. ber favor. provement as much as the tax-payers of Wards 1 and 2 and that the most active among those who had procured the passage of the act were largely interested in property in the vicinity of the propoied Park that would be greatly enhanced in value by the improvement, without being assessed in proportion to the benefit received Evidence can be adduced to sustain all these declarations. Space allows us to glance here at only the mut important.

The City Charter provides that all assessments for laying out squares or parks, and embellishing the same, shall be upon the owners and occupants of all the lands and premises benefitted thereby, in proportion to the amount of such The act of Ihe Legislature, above referred to, procured at tbe instance of specula- here and not surpassed, even by the German Lubin Extracts vure On "r.r,i'VW"1 Washington, Jan. 13, JSlS. jj" as-Kisa 'Si lifts us, he. will be constant! Mr. Clay attended the Supreme Court to-day, and moved the admission to practice of Mr.

'a nished at price, which are called exceedingly low-and believed, 30 per lower reaves Boston noston 19 thaniel Hoxie, of New York, a son of Joseph -ay. w. nmiim. ins m.n u-. i rn.

rive in time to benUrl i "'l mane, steamer. ry Every article U. Hosie, bis old political friend. The Court room was crowded. A large num ber of ladies attended.

re i. io i.tk- 5JARIED. in this city, on th. oa put the proceeds of sala into the general lund. Here would be a dilemma worth thinking about.

As soon as we have settled the matter about Washington Park, we shall in all probability be eit at 4 concerning another Park, oa Mount Prospect, adjoining Flatbush Avenue. This is the highest ground ia the city, unless some part of Greenwood Cemetery may possibly be higher. Mount Prospect is the only soita' le loratioa for Cutler. tWk "7 ev. D.

Mr. Webster was present, and Mr. Clay sat beta TLw OTk Eliza- rerkonec, for when I have you hanging on my arm, I guess my mi in of human happiness is complete' Cum a i. An Illinois lawyer defending a thief, wound up his spwch to the jury in hrhaif of his injured client, with the following ronsing appeal True he was rude so air our lavs- True he was rough, so air jour buuVers. But he was a child of freedom nnd his answer to the deposit and the tors who own large property in tbe vicinity of I a long time by bis side, fronting the Judges.

oe, extent a. it i. lt should not prove jt its pr.ee, will be esteemed a favor. For the trade will be suppl.ed w.tb our own manu-frcture, the Kew Ymk whou Dea -onn of city rvsiuirrirr, wuku win increase tore to ten Tus Weather. From 10 A.

M. yesterday, times its present value if their project of as- sesamnet succeeds, provides lor tie till IIP. M. the vibrations and fluctuations did not exceed two degrees, and were from 1 1 P. M.

to 4, 5, 6, 7 and o'clock this vninofn. price. Dee. 54-TnThASa th OXftm of Ike Pmri wpon lis property sT sn. a RtMtrroir, to supply the whole city with pure and wholesome water.

It i generally agreed by all who bave examined this matter, that ix.pytri, tn Ihe Jtret Semen Wards em. morning they did not exceed one degree and were ttiiltbntmt. Rain has fallen in a sprink (with a slight exception) mi pre, it It exempts tbe property of tie fz-payer, Words 9 4 9 tJtogttket. ling and there is a considerable fog. A cloooVd COMPASr, PROTECTm rw-r ff- sT.

Or tn a ANCE COXPAXr, of Hf.rd, Cn. his funeral, from bis Ui. i tC 3 HwT f. M. Hurem.1:,!, fLV atmosphere during the day yesterday.

The ftifnfu linos running Wednesday evening bave a doubt resulted from a terestrwl convulsion. la this act ia accord net nt, tB, Cfy ckjr Is this wrnwsl proportw, i. v. tyrant was, ibat Duboine was in die blight setting BaTHIno 1 never sed to think of stripping my Jeesaes, and giving liim a right down good wash, but foarr time year, onct in the spring, eoet ta Jm sum-siM-r, or 4 ia the tall, and oort in the winter. get dirty sooner tlsM others and rolicats iasved by CHARLES snvr.r Brooklyn bas, within her border, an abundant fountain of water; and there hi no spot of sufficient height for a Reservoir except as here stated.

We sunt, therefore, of necessity, secure a few acres, SMrar Yunrk't tavern, without delay, properly laid! oat and rnamrnted Ibis snay onte tba Fair Mount" of Brooklyn, like tK kila-Wtyk. This ahowld City prrpert. ih-ut. s-onnec amrwnt of benefit Why skouW the Uj, Friday morning, Jan. 14.

M. la V.wr VL T-i Agent of tbe above nam, peroMiors, i rryr" r-lton aue- Wu -us J0K 53; fiai. CT" Wear indebted to our irerrber of A s-foably, Mr. CYote fo legislative aWcumetit. ffaf P-Uk apro.fim,t that to orKfc T.

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