New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-01
CITY ITEMS

VI Il 4S&Akys
MovISo DAr.-In Old England at thls 6iithesome
Of the yesr-on the day ach there ushers in
tie delightful middle spring tidewho does not know
with what poetic feeling young aud old uie to gather
the fragrant ealy flowers and hail and crown the cbo
ssb Queen O. the May In New England, per Contra,
whose blesker climate keeps back later the
sunshine and blossoms of Spring and where much nat
nal enthusiasm finds vent in patriotic tumut, "the
fret OF May ia training day." The ffs and drum re-
soupd from sunrise to sunset and the OF tbs sss
celebrate the approach Summer 10 genuine Yankee
style. What moving " the New Fog landers have to
do was well over north ago. The fret Of April
cnnmepced the landlords year in the Pdritan States
With us Row different and how much to be dreaded
iris advent Ct the most smiling daughter Of the year
For to-day o,cun the animal shaking and tuning of
the metropolitan Kaleidoscope; to-day nine tenths Of
the citys denizens pack mp their traps, mount-so to
sTeak-be fsmily cart, and rush, far and wildly
poteble from the last twelve months locations to day,
obedience to some felt but unde6nable law, Smith
End jones exchange tencments not because the one
house the other ia better suited to either bat because
the lila eae already bears, in bis badly built high
Ienteo oonice, great that be IS ready TO fly to
any Others that he knows not Of The first day of the
.toi 10 tcIfci uLu Icr.AcuSS III SiOsN
city; but IN this mammoth restless chaugefal town Of
Nes-Yuk, where few Broadway storekeepeTs occupy
store fer than three year, if they kesp
solvent for That length Of tme in tris city Of care and
sorrow to all but the capitalist to AL who ore diivenby
the sIeat TIDES Of buiiness ard cbaucen this growing
mass Of human dwellings where the conservative
man Of monsy, comfortably settled for life as he sup
potes in lis retired and aistocratic Avenue mansion,
l. b<ro,
advancing glacier Of tradesmen's shops-in this unique
colossal, American city, the first Of May is more Of
nuisance than in any other port of the whole wide
world. When is the good time coming for all this
fckleneas to cease7 When will the Yankee learn to
choose eme, aud Go his best to cling t., tl Real
estate coy that this year viii witness less "mov
ire" than its predecessors Perhaps it is the con-
Increment Of a mors conservative era.
The LAST ScESE OF ALL Yesterday from morn.
ing ill right, the red flag of II H. Leeds & Co., huog
from the entrance to the stately Huson street msuson
70 lately occupied by WIN. T. Burton Prince of Come
disps Going within the house, a curious crowd was
seen moving from parlor to parlor; gazir with
interest ct The pap'ipgs collected with the rare taste of
their laie owner, ttill hanging the walls. More
;nroneel about the auc.ioneer bidding rapidly for the
various hcu.eholi articles Put up at verdae. Nothing
but tie carpets fuILue table ware and other goods
of Domestic utility were offered The paintings, in
clu6Dg goms by famous Transatlantic and American
artists and the large aud ehocey selected library, are
rsserved for separate SALE Bat the scene yesterday
was the final closing up of the residence, where the
actor and msn Of ase 20 long lived 10 DWELL Its dis
possession Of tho ht relic it held to mark his cheerful
mtmcry. How Tine brings about re7enges Here
was Mrs Toodles busy and eager to buy remupera:ing
herse)f or tie fan often o aimed at her expense by
mskpg more famous bargsin than ever in The ye'y
lalls Of her tormenttr. And here was Mr.. Toodles,
wonderfully sober for once; forgetting to scod
bis wife, iii the grim satisfaction experienced at seeing
the effects Of bis great caiica'urist brought to the
block, one by one until not door plate left
to mark the Burton domicile. THUS was played ths
"lsst scepe CT all "Ai4s, poor Y0rcs Where
be your sibes now your eaabols your songs
your flakes Of meTriment that wont TO set the
people in q roar ?"