The New York herald., 1866-05-01
City IntellfUence.

TIE FIRST OF MAY.-It is hardly necessary to inform
New Yorkers that to-day day usually set apart 70
be devoted to the single purpose of moving. The
metropolis gets up this morning from beds made In
houses which have been occupied for the past twelve
months and retres amid the unrest and confu
sion Of the place to be called homo during another
yean To-day people will exchange homes they trade
horses swap jack-knlves generally paying a sum-
larger smaller as the case may be, as difference
sbOot" And as is usual in bargains OF this kind some
one will wake up morning to find that he has
been Internally swnded The carmans harvee. ,r.
first Of May, also the housekeeper's .,,s, ac.ion'
all day Yesterday arguing well for tho full develop
ment Of the annual disease to-day Happy indeed are
those VINO have no portable property, for their days
shall DO long upon the earth and rents shall trouble
them In vain. And still happier those who have land
lords with hearts in their bosoms and who will not
compel them to remove come down with advance
of fifty per cent Unhappily however household goods
will accumulate the hearts of house owners will grow
cold and calous, and so long as this remains the case
people will be compelled TO submit to the hst OF May
and the moving abomnation.
FESTIVAL OF THE MONTH OF MARy.-The month Of May in
the Catholic Church is devoted to the especial honor Of
the blessed Virgin, and is termed the moth Of Mary.
In the Catholic churches throughout the city the services
Of the month will take place every evening. Hymns
dedicated TO the blessed Virgin will be sung pious
sketches from the life Of Mary Will be read and exhora
tions will be delivered by the officiating clegymen The
exercises will commence in most Of the churches at five
o'clock p. NJ except Sundays, when they will take
place Immediately after vespers In addition to the
vices or the month there viii be the benedicton of the
blessed sacrament one evening Of week, gene
rally Thursday.
FESTIVAL OF 81. PHILIP ST. JANIS ArosrLss Ia
the Catholic and Episcopal churches to-day celebrated
the festival day Of the Apostles Philip and James
The festival In the Catholic Church is double of the
second class and is publicly observed except n tho
churches and places under the patronage OF either Of
these apostles In the Episcopal Church the epistle
James l. l. and gospel John xiv !, with lhe collect Of
the day, are read and appropriate psalms and hymns
sung
STREET INSPECTOR Street Commissioner Cornell has
recently appointed Supervisor James Hayes, OF the Four
teenth ward Inspector OF Street Impro ement vice
Gilbert Platt removed. The emoluments Of the olfce
are understood to be five thousand dollars per annum
FATAL RUN OVER ACCIDENT AT fve O'Clock r. N. yes
tcrday, horse attached cart took fright Mulberry
street and down the street at high Fate Of speed
In his flight the animal knocked down a boy named
Joseph Sproulls aged twelve years. and the vehicle
passing him, he instantly killed The body
conveyed to the residence OF his parents, No 50
NJ berry street, and a coroner notified to hold an
inquest.
New AND DANGEROUS CoUSrHRrEfT Last evening couu-
tsrfe twentics the F rs National Bank OF Portland
Conn, were attempeaS be circulated throughout. the
city. They well calculated TO decrfve on arst
glance, but will not stand close inspection There
no such bank Us the one named In Connecticut