New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-02
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HESRY CLAY AT THE BooKsELLERs Tan,
sALE-Tbe Bookseller Trade Sale, eontinuI,,
10 this City through the whole Of the past veeL
and reaching for It's termination nearly or quite .,
the close OF the present one, has been carried a,
throughout with much spirit. The attendance hu
been large Of booksellers from oil the Norshs,p
and Middle States, and prices-for all books a,
staple values-bave been fully sustained, III.
amount produced by the sale Of one invoice alone
that of Messrs Harper-having been estimated,
we learn, as reaching largely over thirty thoussad
dollars.
Late on Monday evening some copies OF N,
Clsy's speeches found their way to the auction.
GERS desk-an edition which, having been pub.
lished some time in the first quarter Of the prs
sent century, lacked something Of the quality Of
completeness, great many Of Mr.. Clsy's gres.
est speeches not being there. az 1t was most
natural they should not be, the book having been
made before the speeches were. For q few mo.
ments nobody spoke. They were copies Of which
no one present seemed to have any intention 10
possess himself booksellers not liking old edi.
tions-and for q time the continuous, nevereni-
ing flow of buying and selling, 80 uninterrupted
for 80 many days and nights preceding, seemeda
have died away. Such paper said Ticknor d
Boston, who scorns anything short Of snow.whi.s
satin; "Miserably printed" said Appleton q
New.York, in whore mind the book was obvious
ly suffering immensely by a comparison with his
own fine editions; "And so incomplete" urged
Hart OF Philadelphia" who rejoces in pardon
able vanity as to the excellence in this regard Of
the publications which issue from his own presG
But delay of sixty seconds Is embarrassing to
the holders of q sale, where every hour has an
hour and a halls amount of work allotted to Il
and the auctioneers bland countenance began 10
assume for the first time a shade OF vexasiOs.
"Bid, gentlemen" said he, time presses
"sive me bid -" anything you please "-"any
thing" but nobody said anything, nor bid any.
thing. ave need said Murphy Of Baltimore
"better editions Of Mr.. Clay than that for the VI
braries of Mary land" and then there was another
silence in the Trade Sale for the space Of hafa
minute. "But, gentlemen, urged the auction
eer, growing slightly frantic, and plying bis ham.
mer with desperate energy, "the sale munp
ON -" give me something -" anything what
ever" What will you give me for Mr. Clay"
"Give for him. said Taylor Of Washington. IL
will give three cheers for him at any time" "Aad
l." said half dozen others. agreed" said
dozen and half "Try ii" said a hundred and
half; and so three hearty cheers 6t Clay d
Kentucky rssounded through the room, and the
Trade Sale went on swimminely.
THE ERIE RAILRoAD.-The construction o.
this work will be completed by the 18th Of shh
month, and by the LIST OF May the iron horse that
quaffs the waters Of the Hudson in the cary
morning will nightfall bis tolls upon The
far distant shores of Lake Erie. In anticipatim
OF the opening of the road the Directors Of the
Company have made arrangements to ticket pas
sepgers and check baggage through to Chicago
Detroit, Cleveland, Toledo and other places on
the Lake. On the arrival Of the trains, the
of the Detroit lne-the Empire, Saratoga or Ala
bama of the Cleveland or Toledo line. will be 10
readiness to convey passengers directly through
to those places. TbS steamers Albany, Diamond
and Fashion will Also form a line between Dun
kirk and Cleveland, landing at the intermedisls
ports. These steamers are all firstclass vessel1
are fast sailers and have superior scconmoda
tious. When these arrangements are completed
it 10 intended to convey passengers from this City
to DuDkirk in sixteen hours, might line eighteen
hours;) to Cleveland In twenty-six OR twenty
seven hours to Detroit in thirty six hours 70
Cincinnati in forty hours, and to Chicago In sr'y'
eight to fifty hours.
The benefits which these arrangements WI
confer upon the travelling community cannot
estimated, and the Company are entitled TO grsa
credit for the enterprise they have exhibited. w
feel confident that their efforts to accommodis
the public will meet with liberal reward.
T A FIRE broke out last night In the clotnns
store OF VIM. Il. Grant, II City Halslune
was soon extinguished, though considerable a..
sge was done by the water poured into the oaHs
ing
MAN KILLED ON TIE HARLEM RAILROAD
Monday evening, sbou. O'Clock. q man name.
James Mcshean was run over BY the treiea
train ON the Harlem Railroad, at Fordham. h'
h,a beer on A visit to his brother at 81 'oo.'
College, and desiring to return to Aorrissn'.
undertook to jump on the train {" IL VI" oae1's
M to the Fordhan station. The rear car s'fa,,
him and knocked him down. and before he CO.'S
Be extricsied the wheels passed over his eodr
e.n.ins his death ia abort time lie W"
years ofsge.
r=r Nv reference 10 oar advertising cclamnss
usll be seen that change has been made 10 y
bocr q departure oftas trains on the as''s !"
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