New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-15
CITY ITEMS.
" The weather thickened yesterday
into a'muggy, slumpy, slack, dragging, disconsO
late sort of a day.

late sort OF day.
MOVEMENTS IN REAL ESTATE. The
fremont Temperance House, in Broadway, has
lately been sold for 100000, and is to be reno.
deled Messrs Buckley & Coffin have purchased
the New England Hotel on the corner of Broad.
way and Thames-st, and design erecting large
store on the lot. They paid $4,000 for the pre-
misses. The property on the corner Of Park.place
and Churchst, running through to Murray st., has
lately changed hands, the purchaser paying
large amount for the property. 1t has belonged to
the Hoyt family for many years. -Four houses in
Warrenst. have lately been purchased, with the
design of turning them into stores. Among the
four are the residences of Mr.. Hoffman and Simeon
Draper. The large building on the corner Of
Broad-st. and Broadway, known as the Stuyves-
ant Institute, and occupied as the Medical De.
partment of the University, has recently been
sold, and larger and more imposing edifce is to
be Immediately erected on Fourteenth.st, near Ir-
ving-place. It's dimensions will be about 80 by
100 feet. We understand that it is to be built of
granite, in the massive Egyptian style, and will
form one of the most magnificent and imposing
structures in the City. The plans are now in
preparation, and will soon be matured. A few
days since sale was effected of ninety-six lots
of the Boerum property in Brooklyn, adjoining
the WILLIAMSBURG line, which brought one hun
dred and fifteen thousand dollars. This tract en-
braces some four or five hundred lots, and is pro.
baby the largest unimproved tract lying within
two miles of the City Hall. Several smaller par.
GELS of the same farm have been purchased for
immediate improvement.
New LINE OF Messrs.
Westervelt & Mackay have made a contract for
the immediate construction of a steamship of
about !, 900 tuns for the New-York and Virginia
Steamship Company, designed as the FIRST Of
line to run between this City and Norfolk, Rich
mond &c. She will be 2lO feet in length 80 in
breadth, and Is in DEPTH or similar in dimensions
to the steamship Louisiana recently built by the
same gentlemen for the Gulf trade She will be
furnished with two sde-lever marine engines
which have already been contracted for at the
Morgan Iron Works. 1t is in contemplation to
construct another steamship, of similar dimen-
sions, for the same line, at the earliest day pracsi
cable.
WAsHINGToN's BIRTHDAY. - The ar
rangements for the celebration of the Birthday of
Washington are being made on quite an exten-
sive scale The Committee of the Common Coun
Gil have held frequent sessions for the purpose of
making the necessary arrangements for the com
memoration on the part of the City Authorities
They have decided to have military and civic
procession but the line of march has not yet been
fixed upon At noon, the whole line will pay
the honor Of marching salute to the Mayor aud
r. r 81. Hall OF
which. the Military will be dismissed. The Ma
tional flag will be displayed at sunrise on the
iag.staff at the Battery, and on all public build
lngs and the coors will be saluted by the Artille
~ on the Battery at sunrise, noon, and sunset
The Committee will also recommend to citizens
generally to suspend their ordinary avocatons
close their places Of business and join in the cele
bration In the evening there will be displayed IN
front of the City Hall large transparency OF
Washington, and ten smaller transparencies
above, with the names of the battles fought during
the Revolutionary struggle. The Hall, and other
public buildings in the Park, will be illuminated,
rockets sent up, and colored fires displayed from
the balcony of the Hall The following Military
Companies have already reported themselves as
intending to take part in the celebration Four
companies of American Rihemen attached TO the
First Regiment, Col Ryer; four companies OF
Continentals attached to the Second, Eleventh
and Twelfth Regiments eight companies and a
troop of the Washington Grey Regiment Colonel
Devoe Washington Artillery; four companies oil
the Seventh Regiment, National Guards, and the
Light Guard, Capt. Vincent, will parade in over
coats. The following Volunteer and Target Com
panies have reported; The Chatham Guard; Grot
to Guard; Protector Guard, Engine Co. 22l
Franklin Guard Liberty Guard; Wisebourne
Guard Star Volunteers Brennan Guard Adams
Light Guard Center Guard, and two companies
of American Light Guard. In addition to these
number of the Brooklyn companies are expected
to unite with their brethren in this City. The Or
der of United Americans will turn out very strong,
and after the procession they will proceed TO
Trpler Hall. where an Grafton will be delivered.
The Civic procession is to be under the direction
of Henry Storms, Esq.
EV@ The Omnibus war continues with
undated vigor on the part Of the Mayor. Three
more of Ryerson K Berthe drivers were yester-
day arrested and taken before Justice McGrath.-
In a short time this war will become famous. and
insure the remembrance of Mayor Kingsland'G
administration at least for year after it shall
cease to have an existence.
New CHURcH.-A new Church, for a
Dutch Reformed congregation, is soon to be erect
ed in Twenty-ninth st, near Broadway.
p Among the projected improvements
is the building Of Railroad from Harlem to the
! Iisb Rr;dse This would no doubt be paving
operation.
The HUTCHINSON FAMILY.--We learn
hat the Hutchinson Family will revisit City in weeE
or two and give smother series OF Concerts The Broad
way Tabernacle has been engaged, and the first Concer