New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-20
CITY ITEMS.


bsDgiIg like The ghoet II departed cloud over the
City, and shutting Us ~ithiu little ~orii Of our w
TIE suns rays felt Juneish; and the lazy, dcowsy,
bslf-xesry seDsaticn Indigenous to Sleepy Hollo~,
al generally known as the Spring Fever" spresd
Ike en- epioenic There was beli-liks clsarnees 10
the sphere thst the slightest sounds ware a.
most painfully distinct and the ear becs ns weary with
benipg, the eye with seeing. aud the brain ~tb
thinking until body Infected With fseliog
Of lassitbde Lib that which follows inpr udent inda-
esDce 10 hot bathing The air vas shftog and un ger
tain, swsyibg hi'her and th her q, though II, too,
bad csugh, the prevailing ioleness At nigh, there
w,s sou4e rain here, and few flashes of lightning,
too far away for us to hear the thaoder.
The Book SALE.-At Bsngs's, yesterday sfern Don
prices were rather low; l., ::N,ues Civil Wars
of Frsrce black letter, 1897. brought only
81 81; Lanes Arabian Nights WAS Knocked
down at sla so; The Library OF Useful
knowledge, ls vols., $50 IS; a very dne copy Of
Drachenbmchs Livy vols o.; Locke'- Works, 3
folios, 50; Ned Wsrd's London Spy IS; B,ch.s, his
lsmentable trsge dies Of the Fall of Princes black
letter folio Of 1853, 90; Works Of Mscbiavel, 50;
Memoirs of herself by Marguite de vaois Of Soale
Demory brought the igaoble sum Of %; G,rvase
Markhsm's Works Cd Rarsl Affairs 81 so; fret edi-
tions Of six Of Messengers Ps3s, o. IS Zach; Michael
Angeles Last Judgment, l6 engrsyings, bound In
folio, 81 rs; Micbsels C ,mmentaries the Laws Of
Mosts So Todd's Milton SO; Millions Prose w )rks,
2 vols fol, o. 60; Monuaucon's Antiquity Ef-
plaired s32 80; Movers Historical Dict ,nsry,
FieDcb, $50; app ali di Nurstori, 50; New.on's MI
ten, 3 vols., 4to, &c IS; DIR. White Kennels Bbo.
tbecs Americana Prim rdis, 81 50, La Hoatsn's New
Voysee 10 A0erica, O.; Joute,'s LAST Voyage Of La
Sale, IS so; Lasson's New Voyage to Carolina,
IS So Lass Of the STATE Of New York, 2 vols fol-,
Hugh Game, N Y, l7ss $40; L=s,aroots Histoire
DC la Nonvele Frances, l7ls, 90 so; Linpas 81
ciety's Report the Sea Serpent sa Parli. nen.,ry
Debate, from l743 to 1913 100 vols, els; Ms,thers
Magnslia 1902, EN- copy of The sans edition sold
On Tuesday at eco Increase; Msthsr's Brief History
OF The War with the Indians s7 Micbsui's
North American sylvia s45 National Gazette,
1877, 81; Osorio's Continuation of LIS Aranc aus,
fol 1885 81 rs; TIE Description of a new World
called the Bszng World written by the thrice noble,
us'rious aud ex client Princssse, the Duchess Of
New Cattle, Of which the ffst psrt 10 ron ,ntica,
thu second philosophical and the third is merely
fancy, or az l call it, fantasticsl" 80 rs The best
books did lot sell nearly as we'll as on Wednesday.
PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION -I09 BOOK Publishers
Of New. York have formed Themselves int, Society
for Ihe transaction Of such business connected With
"the interests Of The trade as may come before II"
al for the cultivation Of social intercourse smopg
"the hade" The name Of the Society is the New
"York Book Publishers Association" and, under
the COZ sttution, ADOPTED but publishers Of
books will be eligible to ubership.
Such TN Association, properly constituted and con.
Quoted, may be productive Of much advantage
Heretofore Publisbe have had but fe~ opportunities
for any regular interchange OF We've ia regard to the
import and honorable business which they pursue,
or for the cultivation of those friendly sentiments and
social epi,ies which contribute to the harmon'as
and crsdi,sole management of the different Interests
i, volved in the business The officers elected at the
fret meeting Of the Association as folio W; Presi
dent, w. II. Appleton; vice-PresiIent, A s. Barnes;
Treasurer, o. p. woodford; Secretary, G. p. Pot
nam; Directors, Chas Scribner, Jas. Swords, II.
Ii Lamport.
The meetings are I, be bed on the second Tuesday
Of each month aud it is proposed to have rooms for
the collection and preservation Of useful information
connected with advertising mediums, aud other 81,
te,s Of interest to Publishers.
The high respectabiity Of the gentlemen already
M, mters warrants the belief that this Association
will be worthy of the cordial support OF every gen.
tleman in the Trsde.
LITERARY UNION The NeTYork City Litsrary
Union hsve just issued circular, laying before the
mercantile public of New York the claims OF an Edo
oa,ons Ins tuition which is designed TO be one OF the
most d omil ent features Of our popular educational
sy stem.
The Literary Society lie 10 bs the basis OF 'he move
uept and 1t 10 prop sed TO form General Uaion
having b. .nches 10 every County in the Safe 50 IS
to facilitate the delivery ia every to vn OF serial ec'
trres, which can Low be Supported only by an en-
dowed Professionally, and which are given only 10
our higher institutions Of learning The proposed
le ,ures TO be Of practical character, manly upon
Scientific, Historical Philosophical, Mechanical anu
Aericu tursl subjects.
MIR Douglas Lsfiogwell hes been emp Tered 10
obtain and coect subscriptions FROM the merchants oil
II ia City and Others Who may be wllnyt' contribute
toward furtherng tie designs and purposes oil the
Union.
The S1RrEr.SwErpISG MACHINES THE folio wing
is tie statement of three days woik, Aprii TO- anu
ls of the mechanics sweepers. First w ara GUY ~
moved, 600 loads; esbes, 22S; Second ara, o''' ''
losds sshes 200; Fourth Ward ART 4oo iosa'' :'u.,
$50; Si1th Ward, dirt $40 loads, ashes zooi IL ."
2,67s loads. sn;,.
Mr.. ]. W. Bennett, Superintendent ior om''n'
seckeI Co., the owners of toeee new oroo@' repre-
rents he f,nowiDg streets " being in very o'o coz
ti,iop, and requiring paving: GranFica, wsso'ns-
ton. west Cedar, albany, Rector, Norris fosme''
Roosevelt. Oak, North William, Whiism' oh'ef'
Baxter, Resde, Pearl and Front -.
The kllo wing have been cleaned; GreenScn'
West, Washington, Whitehall, Bridge, ,mss' NOR
ris Rector Trinity place. lin thst ps'e about wv