Litchfield enquirer., 1860-05-03
osr New York correspon4enee-

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 NEW YORK, Moving Day., 1860.
 DEAR EDITOR: You are doubtless aware that It IS the custom of churchmen, especially tbs clergy to head their letters with the title of thr " calendar day." This being "hiah dov, in the calendar days of New Workers, have given the proper title, deeming it needless to add, May ist' "ell' well, it is "mocing day," in good earnest never in my experience has there beer such complete, perfect, epidemic, moyins.ma. mia. From Bulls Head to the Battery. the ci,v IS in perfect hubbub the sidewalks are piled With all sorts of household property" from the rlch carved rosewood suite of the parlors, to the four post bedstead" of the attic. China and block tin, wash tubs and Parian statuarv. pots. kettles' ewers basins, mirrors, lounges, bedsteads and butter carpets and crinoline, dresses and dresse';s, eatables and embroideries, and SO on., through the alphabet in one conglomerate mass.
 Talk Of the confusion of Babel, why. Babel was an elysium in comparison to our New York of to-day.
 Wel the "goods" are out of the houses. and. m-the street. What next? They must Dc moved to the new house" of course. (sotao roce ten chances to one, the aforesaid new house is in such an abominable condition that the last oc. cupants could not live in it,) and Pat with his :" help" have undertaken to do the job. First. some old pieces of carpet are spread on the bot tom of the dray then, mattrass, then, bu- reau or bedstead with sofa, chairs, etc., etc., the chinks filled in with smaller wares, such as trunks filled to bursting, a few bundles, and for safety(0 the family portraits are carefully laid ace down) on the top of the load and the cart moves ofG But, somehow, by the time it reaches it's dcsti- nation the chairs get loose, and the furniture generally all Gin heap leg or chair per. versely works it's way through the nose of paser familias the gliding is nearly rubbed off tho frame, the best bureau gets amfuly scrdtcled, and the marble top of the centre table, broken quite in two. Thus it goes on, and by the time the family get into their new quarters their fur niture is nearly ruined, crockery quite so, pie lures ditto, and if they owned any mirrors when they started they have nothing but frames left. But the women ,cW more and when she will, she will, and there's the end on't'
 This year, however the moving is not con. fined to the women folk. The staid old mer- chants of Liberty, Cedar and Pine streets. seem perfectly possessed to get "up town,' and up they go. Union Square, formerly the residence of some of the most wealthy and aristocratic families, is doomed, and will soon be square of " shops" as they call them in Europe We call them siores here.
 The Messrs. Duncan have hired No. Union place, and will move their family groceries there. as soon as the building is ready The splendid mansion of the Pennimans is to be occupied by M, ssrs. F. V. Haughwout & Co.,, who are to open a JIunch of their establishment not having room enough where they now are. One would think from the perfect wilderness of iron col umns composing the outer walls of their magni- fcent establishment, that the building would hold crockery enough to fill every table in the land. But, this is grem country" The Ap- pletons, also, are moving into the new and splen- did store of marble near Broome street. Surely, there must be profit in book publishing if not in book-mahing(9) The splendid palace q can use no other word) erected by Ball, Black < Co. is fast approaching completion, and will proba- ply be open to the public by the lst of July Then what a feast for the eyes, jewels of gold and apples of silver" But, beware, 0 young man! don't go there with any body that wears crnoline, especially if she has any claim on your generosity for it will necesstate .fast as cer- tainly as the sun shines.
 By the way, dear editor, you cau see the sun rise, up in old Ltchfeld, cant you won't ask if you ever do, but do envy you that you can. We are penned in with marble, brick and iron, while you are free to look upon the woods and flowers; re must look straight up, to see the sky; to you it is an eternal arch of beauty; sce are moving, bustling jostlng, rushing on, while you, in peace and quiet, can see the budding beauties of the spring, with e none to molest, or make you afraid"
 But it is time to stop. You shall hear from me again soon. BETA.