The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-16
From our Regular New York Correspondent.
Matters and Things I'm New York.
NEW YORK, Dec. l. 1854.

We had glorious weather yesterday, for Thanks
giving. The cheerful sunlight shone pleasantly in
upon family gatherings in many happy home, and
the sharp air begat corresponding appeti,es for the
least OF lat things which smoked on every hoard
Poverty was not forgotten in the midst of abundance
The inmates Of all charitable institutions Jared
sumptuousIy, and private benevolence sent help to
the destitute In every quarter of the ctv where want
and misery were known to exist The churches
were crowded in the forenoon, and large sums we're
taken in aid Of the poor. Could the statistics of pub
lie and private charity be collected it would probably
appear that more than 500 900 were given away
in this city yesterday, for benevolent purposes
During the afternoon l stroed to the "Five
Points" to see the children redeemed from beegar,
dom, ignorance and filth, by the Ladies' Mission,
eat their Thanksgiving dinner at the Mission House,
ine substantial brick building, standing on the site
OF that den Of prostitution, drunkenness and misery
the " Old Brewery" The children Of the Mission,
some three hundred in number, in the midst of
their exercises when went in and some of the reci-
atons, especially those Of the girls, would have done
honor to the pupils Of best private schools. All
these young ones taken, literally, from the gut.
ter and their clean, healthy, respectable appearance,
reflected the highest credit upon the noble hearted
women, and excellent pastors by whom they have
been reclaimed and instructed. A gesture from Rev.
Mr.. Parker, the superintendent Of the institution,
was always sufficient to produce profound silence
among them in the midst of their noisiest chatter.
Ia the lower part of the building, large number
OF ladies and gentlemen were engaged in carrying the
v'ands, and arrang ng the tables. Piles Of smoking
turkeys, geese and chickens; temples of liberty in
sugar, and in fact everything edible, that gour
nland could desire, encountered the tables and even
the floors of the apartments, when the work of"dish
ing up" was going When the tables in the
schooroom were set for the banquet, the hungry mu.
titudes were marched down from the chapel, where
the singing and speaking had taken place, and the
work of demolition commenced. 1t was marvellous!
No knives and forks were used but active teeth and
fingers rendered cutlery unnecessary. Where the
little rogues stored away that vast supply Of solids
and semi-sods, have not the slightest idea. After
having eaten more meat and bread, and vegetables,
than it seemed possible they could contain, they Stop
ped off with corresponding amount Of pastry, and
confectionery, and when at last they rested from their
labors, it seemed to that they sank outwearied
rather than o'ercome. The crowds OF well dressed
children who had come with their parents and friends
to see the little Five Pointers feed looked on with
blank amazemcnt. They had never seen such ex-
poits performed before.
The materials Of the feast were furnished for the
most part gratutousy by dealers in the articIes.-
Butchers, bakers, pastry cooks, grocers, pouerers
&C., We'd with each other in contributing to the ies-
hand to furnish two or three more such dinners as
that Of yesterday.
The Five Points is not yet purified. Veteran drunk
ards, and boated prostitutes were Keeling Yesterday
through its precincts, and baspheming heaven with.
in hearing Of the hymns Of Thanksgiving sent up by
hose little ones. For these hardened sinners there
is no hope; but the rising generation may be saved
md while we are spending millions to eughten say
we should not forget the hcathensm that exists
within the sound Of our own church bells.
Quite sensation was occasioned here by the dis
closure of the fact that Mr. Dorian, the gallant third
mate of the Arctic, had been dismissed by MIR. Col
ins, and certificate of good character denied him.
Young Holland, that during the panic on board, the
liquor stores were broken into and freely used; and
or this sc indscrcet" statement he has been cut
,drif. son Of Mr.. Collins has undertaken to de-
end his fathers conduct IN this business, but he
makes bunging j,b Of it. Dorian was the only Of
icer of the Arctic who did his whole duty, and he
been discharged without certificate of good con-
Tboso c,ct
nent upon them is supcrfuous: especially Mr.. Do
ian in this morning Times has used up the Collinss
father and son-most essentially.
Gray, the vitriol man, has not yet been finally ex-
,mined. More than eighty ladies have entered COM
'lants against him, and the value of the dresses &c.,
which he has destroyed is estimated at $4,000
The man is undoubtedly monomaniac.
The late mail robberies here and at Elm; ira have
general distrust in the Post Office as a
Medium for cash remtiances. 1t is proposed to adopt
he post office order system, practised in England,
or the transmission Of under $50. Safety might
hus lie secured for very small per centase.
Judge Hoflman's decision in favor of making the
Sew York and New Haven Railroad Co. RESPONSE
lie for the Schuyler stock is universally approved
lere.
A salutary reform has just taken place on the Erie
Railroad. No more liquor is to lie sold to the en-
oyees Of the line at any of the refreshmen stations
Fhe bars have been removed from the eating saloons,
md notices posted up to the effect that liquor can no
onger lie obtained. The Railroad has SO far had
rad name for accidents: the absence of rum will pro-
ably lessen the number of casualties.
The news by the steamship Africa, which is up to
he 18th ult., leaves matters at Sebastopo las they
vere." As the Niagara, the steamer of the 23d,
las been taken up for services, next nelli.
ence will come by the Collins steamer Pacific, which
to sail the 29th ult. Her news will doubtless