New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-18
CITY ITEMS.

1 CITY ITEMS.
JEANNE RxrNoLDsos, the Scottish vocalist, respect
fully announces that Thursday she will. With the
assistaIce of Mtsers. Mcintyre and Mtchson, give
Concert In the Suyvesabt Lecture Room for the pur.
pore OF introducing several beautiful and original
j sorts.
We call the attention of the public TO the Anuiver.
1 Buy cf be Hudson River Industrial School. this
evening, at the Twenty hrd st Presbyterian Church.
between Seventh and Eighth avs. We understand
seme good speeches are expected from Mr Cuyler
Ard DIR. Cox, and others. This School has done a
good work.
RARE Books AT BAsGs's.-The prices Of Monday
we're scarcely sustained yesterday at the auction
rooms Of Bangs. two volume Life of Nelson, no w.
ever, brought CO. The Works Of the Rev. George
Crabbe els; and "The Tire Boxes Of Cronicles
wbyohe John Carton gathered with great diligence"
black letter Of $780, %; Dibdns "Reminiscences -
tls; Baileys Dictionary, fol-, containing all sorts
Of technical and provincial terms and English PROV
sbs with tbose of similar Specification 10 other Ian
euoges IS 80; "Elegias de Yarones Ilusres de las
Indias' by Casellanos, S.; Colden's "Hs.ory of
the Five Indian Nations Of Canada 81 rs; $50
"lect Letters Of Columbus svo., So so; Mather's
Magnolia brought the very high price of sec;
The Crisis, To the People Of England and America,
to be continued Weekly during the present Bloody
Civil War in America, from Jan, 1775, to Oct,
T" l776,' en-; FslconeIs Voyages" l2mo., 81 50,
and Evans's " Analysis Of General Map of the
Middle British Colonies in America with a large
Colored Map, printed by H. Franklin & ID. Hall, s..
Books which sold very low were much plentier. A
splendid folio edition of " Clarendon's History in
wells, wesit at 60 The fret work Of DR. Clarke, the
traveller, Suppressed by him and very scarce, brought
50 cenis Crousszs "Cre atise on the Art Of raok-
"hg," highly spoken Of in Gibbons Autobiography,
OIL the Works Of st Cyprian," fol. So 25; Daya's
"IIstoly Of the Civil Wars Of France" si the
,py translation of "Dels Voiles Traves," 81;
Doms,'s "Civil Law" 81 so; History of the
"velorous ard wittie Knight Errsnt, ID IN Qaixote
1892 SO; Florio's Moral, Poitcke and Milltar'e
"Dscourses," Of Montague, printed in the sacae
rear. 81 so; "Works of Machiavel,' complete
a. so; Clavigero's His'ory of Mexico, vote,
ousrto g. 25; Life and Speeches Of Henry Cay"
a, 50. Cobbetts years Residence In the United
/" State" Sc 5O-about year ago copy sold n-tde
800 r,sca for 90; Cortezs "Third Letter to the
@K,po Of Spain" Nurembursh 1924, 81 So Cor
utezs Fourth Letter" Spanish so cents Religious
,,oots were not appreciated; Claude on the Conpo-
"
"a. tnocked eff at 81 cents to the publisher OF
Com,e and Feuerbacb; the "Spiritua Works OF
nF.nelou. brought but 81 So while the next book
.vrv an ut.y one, "Faublas, sold for SO; History
nof the Devil with many OF his adventures, 10
rents. Touson's folio of Dancsns Cesir," brought
100 while the next book, Dupuiss Origne de tous
ale. Cultes. u vols with an Atlas, copy OF which
not very long since sold ia France at $50 francs
and which is as yet transatlantic, brought but %
cents per volume.
A TOUCHING IScIDEST.-A lady relates TO US the
following: As she was passing along Eighth st, on
Saturday, she cav deicate-lo oking young woman
naming out from basement with basket IN her
hand containing few articles Of needleTork, which
II seems sbe was try ing to sell from door to door, She
was in tears and was heard to exclaim in low voice.
FMust / starve'' The lady accosted her kindly, and
perceived she the very picture Of distress. Though
10y and rather senteel in appearance, yet wearing
cguntenance that told but too well she furnishing
S0 food She said, in subst snce, that she was mar
NED, had one child, was Eoglsh and heretofore had
lived comfortably her husband having had good en-
Payment; bat now he had none; starvation was
staring THIN in the face. She had resorted to the
needle to keep them alive and had made those little
articles. and was trying to sell them; but with poor
fuects None could tell the distress she felt in being
ieFulsed or in being cheapened down in her prices.
One lady, in carriage, had offered her ten cents for
apiece Of work, the materials Of which were worth
eighteen pence. She looL ed the lady in the face she
SAID, While her heart sunk within her. She entered
ofe house where table was Get with food. She
iOrged for some Of il, and hoped it would be offered
her, but II was not che ventured to ask FIR some,
but was refused 10y the domestics, no doubt She
had mad and heard of suflerngs, but never dreamed
asy were such realities he found them. The lady
nslra'ng This, gave the poor woman some change,
nut took nothing from her basket to ninish her little
foek Of goods. There is q reward for So ,h as give
70 NE needy. Let not thoee, then, who occupy In
wing mansions give too much authority to their SER
Sann 70 repel the applicant from the door, They
may thereby thrust away Angels unswares.'
TNiAfPLEs AND BAsAsAs.-The schooner White
M'!A arrived at this port on Monday afternoon with
NE ist cargo Of Mstsnzas fruit this season. 1t con-
sss Of twenfyteven hundred bananas, fifty dozen
!aeepples and eleven baskets Of tomatoes. We
sain kon Capt. Morrow thst there will be very
Au crop Of pineapples at Matansas, but the season
.~ osen rather backward. The prices Of pneapples
E'day ere tis and si2 so per hundred. Some Of
,1' trnat srs large and 6ne-looking There have
&seo small quantities OF Baraces and Havana ba.