The New York herald., 1851-12-28
city Intelligence.

cHRfsTMAs FEsrlvITY AT RAsDALL's ISLAND.
One Of the most beneficial consequences OF celebrating
holiday times In the good Old style" b that they serve
to deve.ope and call into action the benevolent ,ngs
Cur nature prompting men to bsrity and charity-they
cause the milk of human kindness to dow more freely
and tend to make practically recognise common
fraternity At such times rarely the request for help
uttered in vansven the most close fstsd Of the COM
munity, feeling their hard hearednsss relax and ex
periencng the truth OF that sentiment that mercy is
twice blessed-t besseth him that gives aud him that
takes" The charitable institutions Of our city have
come in for their share OF Chistmss eDjoyment The
children on Rsndals Island we're through the kndnes,
OF eoms OF citizens furnished with plentiful supply
OF Chrstmas fare including decaces which they had
long been strangers and the day brought to th.ir
little hearts JOY and merriment and shed CLEAN of su
shine over their cheerless and monotonos existence
In the midst Of their reocngs they did aot forget their
benefactors whose charity amply repaid by the
expressed BY thousand tongues several
other charitable institutions also celebrated in the
Ike nanEer the Christmas holiday provision being made
for that purpose by benevolent persons and hope
that however much fashion may change that OF such
practical philanthropy will always hold It's ground and
never be thought vr'yse
oHRISr1tAs WEATHER AND CHR IsTalAs sLTIGHlnG
The Christmas holidays have brought their ever-ex-
peeted concomitsn hard weather without which indeed
they would be deprived OF haf their glory and
sidered dell and vapd The week Jlshered in with
hard frost and such abundant fall of SNOW thst in
the afternoon Of Monday tae fas. we're dl. play
ing themselves and their handsome seyhs in Broadway
and on the next day Tuesday streets were
with the music of the merry scgh bells Not only was
cppeF-tercom exhibiting itself ia fashionabie s.eghs
covered With costly skins but the in the mil
lion was nnistered to .he propstors OF many Of Ia.
stage lines Who teok timeby the hoary fo-eock and dis
caided the sriocsiDg buses for large open seighs
lhe opportunities thus Afforded unappreciated
we might judge by the empty appearance OF those hi
ees whose owners purtook too much Of their nature
slow coaches, to admit Of any innovation aud the
contrast presented to them by the others which we're
patronized at al events by the young men
snu naidens--nany OF the latter, bersying by their
bushes that they felt the a novel post!oa be-
ing the trst time that they appeared OUTSIDE passea
gsn No wonder that they should be somewhat discom
oered considering tie killing glances leyssd az taem
by tie laIue Of Broadway and the sti no-e a,uxerous
discharges Of the the eouay DO
tefuture your men In instances gratifying
to Observe exhibition galantry on the part ofthsr
fellow travellers Of the scuins gender who their
bats as buehlsrs to shield the faces of the sts from
the more we orec ed missvss Such scenes however
repfehensble were highly amusing and regarded
mas day The Leading town were ths great
arenas for the exhibition Of ski and gsantry By the
excited asprants to the honors sleghing The man
of in his richly equpsss ana the dapoer mer
camille clerk feated beside his Desdsmona In one OF
more modest preten.ons hired for the day We'd with
eaen other in emulation to who should leave
the great city behind him and be rewarded In the smiles
OF his lady love Thus was spent Merry Chrhtmss BY
tomewhat Of tbaw during the day the frost and snow
returned with the evening and the highly -prsed
the weather at present gives ndicaton OF cha contain
ance Of the fun. So mote 1t b.
THE RANGE or THE THERMOMETER
The present winter has been an early one much
earlier than for the last few years. and its ssverit Tar
greater so far and Ia likely to be still severe
fore King Frost has done with Friday was the |
eodest for ten years with but exception which was
exactly on the dsy OF the month two years ago
when the therms meter was down to above zero Tn,
following Is the range oi the Thermometer at Delaour
IN Wall street since the 18th Of the MONTH which
the cold set in and with variations greater or less has
continued steadily increasing up to hs present date With
the exception Ct Christmas day whsn IL suddsu rose
and suddenly fell njrht - |