New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-01

EsTERT.ISNEsTs.-Paul Julien snnoupces in our col
this morning his Concert in aid Of the Fire Depart
men Fund II will be given at the Tabernacle Weines-
dhy evening. and doubt that the house viii be
crowded to ovcrhowing. He will be assisted by Mailme
Walce Bouchele Mle. Behercnd Mr.. Nash Mr.. Bris-
tow, Mr.. Coburn, and full orchestra.
Mons Julien announces hs Farewell Concerts at Castle
Garden for ten nights only the 18th inst
The programme for the reopenng OF the Worlds Fair
| appears in another column.
Ss Julia Deans very successful engagement q. the
Broadway coscd Saturday night This evening Barney
Williams and wife commence with Shsndy Mcguire,
In and Out Of Place" and Barney the Baron. They
| will play through the week.
| AZ Walacks the comedy OF - Hearts at Fault
and d" Fortune Froic' will be given tonight now
comedy is promised during the week II Is called " Mar
ried and Unlnarried" Mr. Walack is advertised for
! Monday next, IN a Shaksperian character
At Burton's The Tempest will be played through the
| week.
At the National. Uncle Toms Cabin" oil the week,
| usual.
Al the Bowery great variety Of the melO-drsmatic
| PLAYS peculiar that tEcator.
At Barnum's Museum the great feature will be the
spring Exhibition of Singing Birds and Flowers under the
auspices Of the Horticultural Society The usual lecture
room entertainments will Be given afternoon aud evening
among thom 1n entirely Local COmedictta, adapted
expressly for this Museum from the German Of kotzebue
by Col J. T. Du Sole Of th. City, and called The Part
| ton suit, Or In And Out.
The programmes for the week of the Minsrels, Pano
oramGs &C.. will be found the frat page OF to-lays
| paper.
The Harmonic Society and grand orchestra, to the
number of between three and four hundred in ALL will per-
form the music 10 the Prize ode and aoluah Choras
at the Crystal Palace celebration, Thursday Their re-
hoarsal has been changed to Dodwors Hall, next
door above Grace Church and there will be two grand
rcearsals there ono tonight OF o'clock, and the other
| Wednesday afternoon. at q O'Clock precisely
| TorsY -TuRyr DN.-lf the full meaning OF this term
never was realized BY that class Of persons who nhab
some of the old home eads in the country where they
were born have owa II, and where they expect to
die let them this cy the first day of May, An
10 Do,nni lsO0 and oil the fractions up this present
1854 This is iopsyurvy day in Now-iork Everything
upside down. We should not be Mt all surprised to find
several individuals in the position peculiar to everything
else to-day in this city If any other place on earth has
day set apart by law fer turning everything topsyurvy
We have never ad of 1t in history. No other place We
believe hGs day set apart by law for the termination of
all leases for the turning Of all tenants ont door, aud
going in mas into the in pusu; Of homes
Go ont reader, just you get your breakfast
if got yourself and look at the grand
universal dcluge Of pots, pans stoves tables, chairs bar
|
mirrors ind everything else that ever was in house pour
ING out into tho streets one after another regardless of their
own agoness that of anybody head that happens to
| he in the way.
Go through dozen streets and see Nev-York May
moving, and if you do not acknowledge that we have
rightly nnmed it TopsyTurvy Day will give it new
name when VIC write Of the killed and wounded
| Of this great annual battle.
| CoMNoy CoUNoIL-Noy SessoH.-Both branches OF the
Council will the May session this evening The
Bond of Aldermen viii render it's meetings more tedious
ard alorios the members clerks reporters and all con-
cclncd by adopting o clock the hour OF meeting 1t
IL hoped however, that the Aldermen will reconsider their
vote 10 meet at O'Clock, and substitute oclock-an
| bour which would apIear to suit most of them much
| better than any other. Were it not for the con-
stant ard usccss attempts at spccchmakns by Ger
| tain Aldermen. the business OF each meeting could
conveniently be dispatched in two hours There do not
appear be many subjects of public interest for consdera
ton during this term Yet there is the Ofal contract br-l-
| noss a!so the Russ 4 Reid pavement job, and the
building of a City Hall still on the list of uniin-
| irhed business. The Board of Councnen hsyo fol-
lowed the footsteps OF the old corrupt Common Coun
cil and thrown suspicion their highly dgnhcd body
| bv voting to pay William Il. Reynolds his fun claim
about 500 cO removing dead dogs and cats and other
olsl fro,n he City. This is for years operations
Conro, Fnec exposed the enormo Of this contract in
IN sbc message TO the Board OF Aldermen last session.
"a ,r,p,, ,tFr, WAS made against ts being received
e.d Even Mr. rtslen; in the Chair, who ia a great
dxocste Of this contract seemed reluctant about present
ing but notwithstanding all the mpcdimen,s thrown in its
ov tle document was partly read nn fully published tho
following dav in TIE TRIBUNE. Should the Board OF AZ
d,mcn concur in this payment Of SEQ 900, when there are
many W would be clad 10 do the job for 5000 with the
meeting large from the proceeds
f IL soi ,f olal &c this branch of the Reform Com
mon ,acl will bring an odium upon itsell which the
,nll, . not expect. This subject lies on the table.
Tho I.s Reid matter is another OF those contracts
b;cb rcrer,d the late Common Council conspcuousy
,,, and the Board Of Councilmen, who seem TO admire
,b cou, If their predecessors, have also agreed with
,bci- I,slron in regard this subject RUS \ keid
contracted 70 pave Chaham-si and the Bowery at price
min - tax-ravers and the Controller IS well as others
, tle contract invalid, and after some litigation
fo1 roy the sum due the contractors IN January last
u, ,hy would agree upon the rocep; Of such CLAIM 10
r,crdcr the contract This was done ~ the Con'rcners
iiIsp, IN the protection of the City Treasury against
suds sipears be openly disresare by the Counch-
won who have cndc.y ored embarrass HIM by he re-
,sa q. comply with the agreement which nc mus Hiouo ~
relieve the City of a financial burden kuss a hed "P-
,.sr IN have placed themselves in -ngular position
They are said 10 have agreed solemns 10 1hro" up 'hc
contract, md did throw up and now ihey come Win
lohbx force abou. the City Hall and ASK the common
Cunc1 NOT to accept of it, their acton ID -znihs an
.mor, IN renquish their job only rHfe 10 OBTAIN
,b;r claim o January from the Controller Inc council
, have accommodated them with posi'o re'hsai anu
AID Drake and Brown of the Board oi Aldermen
rtol also in favor of the but AID blu' hi' iaue
rie and po;ned report sganst the refusal aiu N 'a'o'
the contract rs there contractors who can
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