New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-03
CITY ITEMS.

SNow.-The weather grew milder and more dull
on Saturday, as evening approached, and yester-
day morning showed as the earth muffled in her
white winter robe of elder down. The snow con-
tinued to fall till about noon, by which time there
was scarcely enough for sleighing. III the after
noon the temperature grew milder and thaw set
in but the evening again braced up the air, froze
the watery sidewalks and revived our visions Of
bells and buifaloes.
JENNY LIND.-On the 2lst of January Jenny
Lind attended grand ball given in her honor by
Count de Penaluer. The next day she was to
visit the coffee and sugar plantations near Matan-
xss in company with Mr.. Barnum aud daughter,
a, the guests of G. w. Brnkerhoff, Esq. Apart
ments have been engaged at the Verandah In
New. Orleans for Jenny Lind and party, when
place they expect to reach about the Sd OF req
ruary. She will give ten or twelve concerts In
New Orleans, then proceed to st. Louis and Cln'
cipnati. and return to this city about the lst or
10th of April Castle Garden has been engaged
and will be fitted up in elegant style before that
period. The accessories, orchestra, &c. Will be
more extensive and brilliant than heretofore, and
the concert will be on a much more grand and i'm
posing sc ale than any heretofore given in America,
or in fact in the world
Signor Salvi, the great tenor, has been engaged
by Mr. B arnum 70 assist in Jenny Lind's grand
concerts in this City. 1t is understood that Mr..
Barnum pays him $1,000 per week and all ex'
penses.
FIREs-The dwelling of Mr. Woodbury. Lang
don, in Astor.place, was discovered to be on fire
H. ,sao
from the ceiling in the back parlOr. The fremen
were promptly on the spot, and by their exer-
tions succeeded in saving the elegant mansion
from much damage.
The house Ga Ridge st. was slightly damaged
by fire on Friday evening A little girl years
old named Fanny Upsinham, was badly burned.
The premises of Mr.. Edwin Fisher. IS Var.
ickst. was damaged to the amount Of $500 by
FIRE on Friday night.
The stable in the rear of 81 Bridgest. was
slightly damaged by Ere on Saturday night.
The dwelling 7Ol Broadway was also slightly
damaged by fire yesterday morning.
The carpet weaving shop Of Richard b. Clark,
in Seventeenth.st. near First v was damaged to
the value Of $50 by FIRE on Saturday evening.
RACE GREELKY delivers a lecture in Clinton Hall,
corner of Beekman and Nassau SITS. for the benefit
Of JoHY O'DoNKELI, who suffered a years i'm
prisonment rather than to testify against SMITH
O'BRlEN. He is poor and needs assistance. He
was patriot, and refused to be an iniormer.
LECTURES on ARr-The third Lecture upon
Art by PARK GOODWIN, Esq is necessarily post
Poned from this evening, on account OF the regu-
lar monthly meeting of Artists. Ample notice
will be given of the time and place of is oc.
canence
THE SHIRT MARERs.-rhe Carpenters' Asso-
citation Of which J. D Hennessy is President, have
given their room (l79 Woosterstl up to the To-
dustrial Congress Committee for public meet.
ing the Shirt Sewers on this Monday evening,
Feb 3 to assist in organising society similar to
shAt OF the Straw and Pamela Sewers. The
friends OF Labor are invited TO attend, and the
Straw and Pamela Sewers, and other ladies'.
" The MIRROR or FASHION" by GENIO c.
SseTr. l46 Broadway, for February, gives an au.
thentic bulletin Of the latest movements in Tai.
lOr dom, illustrated by several highly artistic
plates and diagrams which have never been sur
passed in adaptation to their purpose. Mr.. scorr,
enOOus Of the fame Of b, illustrious namesake.
also ire ats his readers 10 various historical Inn.
asinstve aud philosophical treatises, by which be
rapidly establishing position in the world Of
letters equal to that which by common consent
ne holds 10 the Art sartoria