New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-03
CITY ITEMS.

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transition state between tenemeots. This creates
great demand for carts and double price for carriage,
| ~ immense losses from ding everything in hurry
a,d confpsjon No; one in hundred thinks it nece5
so,v 10 take any trouble TO pack their goods, and 80
thew are tumbed helter skelter upon the carts, and
soa;n upop the sidewalk n piles in the rooms tili
snv ree6ed article is almost nexIicabe OF course,
uany very many valuable articles are lost, broken,
ached or otht rwise Injured. Such s May Day Ia
| N,wYork and the Iumber Of families who change
their resderces that day is almost beyond belief 70
those who live in cities not cursed with this absurdty
| of doing all the moving upon one day. III that hap
pens 10 be a rainy day, as it did happsn in the
evening this May-Dsy msny loads of choice furniture
get wet in the street. All night long the rain poured
down in torrents and all the morning Of the second,
| while the atmosphere was not only damp, but emily
enough to make overcOats and thick shawls very
comfortable, AMI it was very uncomfortable to think
| that when most wanted they were in some unknown
locality perhaps in the bottom OF trunk, at the bot
tom of pile that would take Hercules to remove.
Then the houses were dirty, damp and cold--no
fire. no dinner and hard push for supper, beds in
order, aid ybody tired to death-almoet-with
May moving. Thark fortune, there is no chance for
such another day till the year 1856 has gone the way
of all its predecessors.
SACRED CoycERr-Carl Bergmanns eighth Con-
cert will take place tomorrow evening at the CITY As
semby Rooms The programme VIII embrace a rlum
phal Symphony by Hugo Uhich; Overture to Men
dessohn's "Athalia" Choruses by the Arion Society,"
&c.
We call the attention of readers to the fact that
the Benefit Of Mile Sarah Felix takes place at Niblos,
this evening. The plays will all be in French, which
offers TN unusual ratification to the lovers of that
language and Of good acting among our native popu
alton.
The Captain of the steamer Alma, which forms part
Of the line between this City and Eavre, enter
tanned party of gentlemen at dinner board that
vessel last ev, niDg 1t was private party, and we,
perhaps violate the propety the occasion in speak
ing of it; but the dinner one OF uncommon ex-
celence and the affair in every way most agreea
be- The company separated at a late hour. The
Ama sails to-day, with full complement of passen-
gers.
Nessrs r. l.. L. A. Stuart, the wellknown sugar
refners and candy makers who prosecute on the cor
ner Of Hudson and Chambers streets, business
which we believe was commenced in that vicinity,
half century sgo, by their father, now deceased,
have given up the Candy business to seven OF their
enployts who have been employed in their establish
ment from eighteen up to ortytwo years respectively
and who will prosecute it on the same premises under
the firm Of Ridley & Co. The Messrs. Stuarts VIII
hereafter devote their energies to Sugar kenning
alone. BY note from Q member OF the new nrm,
learn that the Messs. Stuarts make present OUT
right to their late employfs and future SUCCESSORS Oh
the good WILL fixtures, stock hand, and everything
pertaining 70 their Candy business-property worth
not less than q 900. AS the head of the new firm has
Al III - .,k E.r ~
ysars, while another member has been business man
sgtr for eighteen years, may fairly trust that the
quality Of the product will not sufer deterioration
The Messs Stuarts, we believe, parted company
with The TRIBUNE because of its Soci lisu." We
take pleasure, theref,re, that we heartily commend
hdr Socialism, and trust it may become cont asou'
We are confident that the quality of neither morals
rOr candy will thereby suffer.
DIR. CLARKsoS T. COLLINS, for several years phy-
sician in our city, has opened an Institution or tne
Cure Of Chronic Diseases at Great harrington Mass,
and is commended to public confidence and patronage
BY DIS. Mott, Francis, Grscom, IL. Green, Cox, &C.
He proposes 10 combine the comforts and lu1unes of
tie most refined society" with baths, gymnasium
pure air, and medical treatment. We can heartily
recommend to invalid. the Berkshire mountain AIR as
source alike of health and enjoyment
NEw WING OF TIE BELIEVE HosPrAL-lne
new north wing Of the Bellevue Hospital was formaiy
opened Thursday afternoon by the President oil the
Board Of Ten Governors and was given in charge oi
the Medical Staff This wing has been construct
ed at expense of about ESQ., 600 II built oil stone
THREE stories in hight, hundred and fifty feet In
length ard fifty depth. The old ediee IS 70 undergo
extensive alterations 1t will be raised one story,
rooted with slate provided with 'entlators and heat
ing apparatus aud thoroughly repaired. The cos, OF
the proposed improvements Is not far from $4,000.
The entire building, as enlarged, will accommodate
about thirteen hundred patients The Hospital could
not formerly receive more than seven hundred
RAILRoAD MIA lew Railroad MAJ, showng
the depots and stations the different Padrosds ot
tie United States is Issued by Ensign, Bridsman
flaming, in a variety Of forms, suited for easy reie
renee. It will he found great ccuvt nience to travel
Creditors OF p. I. Banum notified by his Com
missioners in Bridgeport, Ct, that Monday next ,ne
9Th inst, is the date limited by them for the
ton OF their claims.
meeting Of the New-York Law lnsliu.s
held imme diately after the special mee'1s
in relation to the death OF the Hon. osuen '''''
who was one Of tie Vice-Presi'en'