New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-06
CITY ITEMS.

SELLING oUT A FAST MAS-Henry III. Leeds,
Yesterday morning, hung out his red flag at No. 81
East Twent y-secoId street, over the door Of very
snug brown-sone English basement house, lately
cuped by Wall street note broker, who has taken
up his residence IN greystOne house in Centre street;
charged it is said, with being very good penman-
so good indeed that lie could write his neighbours
name better than the owner could write it himself.
The announcement that the household effects of Chas.
Il. Huntington were to be sold at auction attracted
the nost dense crowd that have gathered
around the last remains OF millionare's household
goods when about to be passed under the auctoneers
hammer. The great attraction not the desire to
buy, but to see how the lions den was fitted up.
Unless they took look before the commencement Of
the SALE they certain did not much, ard
e 10 say that those who bid upon the carpets could
not tel a single color closely were they covered
with feet, hid by sweeping skirts, which were there
in full expansion We doubt not good many hoops
will need repairing before the skirts make another
spread. Anticipating jam, we took occasion to look
in early in the morning. before hoops and skirts were
ostir, in hopes that we could find enough to make
stir in certain circles when should print what we
saw. Really we were unfortunate in our adventure.
We found nothing more eItravagant than we have
seen before a hundred times. The house was
anu as
wealthy gentlemans house should be-noth-
ing more. There was, perhaps a little
cess in articles of bronze and small Panan marble
ornaments; though these may have been put in TO
fill up the sale. The most extravagant furnishing
was in the basement where every desirable article to
facilitate cooking and servants work was provided.
The dining room, also, had ample provision of
table furniture Including handsome set Of plate, and
a safe in which TO lock up. This room, which il on
the main floor in the rear is only large enough TO seat
a good large family. The other part of the floor Is
occupied by the main hall and stairway, and q small
ptonOom and buffers pantry. The parors are in
what the country people would call the chamber-that
is up one fight of stairs filling the whole width Oft
house (which is not over 30 feet front and rear, with
center paror open to the stairway connecting the two,
so as to make so GO feet long. There was
unless it was in fine bookcase well filed with vol
umes that appeared to be kept more for show than
use The upper 70 oms were furnished with everything
that the most retired occupants of sitting-rooms or
bedrooms could desire; and it did excite our regret
to think how rudely these sacred precincts of family
were broken into by crowd Of eager curiosity-hunt
cir, who were, perhaps, gloatDg over the fall of
feow-msn rather than thinking of the sad fate OF the
wife so suddenly and unexp, ctedy driven from such
home II moved us to Sorrow as hour after hour, the
auctoneer's hammer fell upon these goods, and his
voice cried out the many names of the purchasers to
think how widely all these home-comforts will be scat
tered to-day and how dcsolate will be the home of the
Oh forye