The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-01-27
From our Regular New York Correspondent.
Matters and Things I'm New York.

NEW YORK, Jan. Is, 1855.
The weather has been so eccentric; so misty and
soft, for the season, really to deserve the
menares SO voluntarily composed upon it; for though
Saturday nights frost made the streets dry the sky
10 hesitating whether to shed water or snow
quette, and like those members Of society, the ex-
tinction will be regretted by none.
The poor still continue to be subjects of concern
among the people of the city, and great exerons
being made to aLay the sulferings and provide for
the wants of the destitute. Mrs. Conan, Eashona.
bic lady on Washington Square, determined to give
party at her house. and thereby all the
advantages accruing from it for the Five Points Mis-
sion. The lady therefore dcnomlnated it "ca.ico
party" and by her invitations issued to five or six
hundred Of her friends, requested them to dress in
such drapery as they would be willing to give away
on the following day. The party off last night,
and that it has been proved that the ladies look
enchanting in calico dresses perhaps they will in l-
ture be content to wear more of domestic manufac-
ture. The gentlemen presented the most singular F.,
and In the main, grotesque appearance. Some were
too proud TO anything common, and went in a
salt which was to them worth fifty dollars, whilst
others bought, expressly for the occasion, suits Of
warm, substantial wooden, and appeared in them with
wooden mittens to match Others, who had on hand
large assortment of seedy garments, in thread
bare French doe skin. They were the old fogies.-
Young America marched in with heavy tramp,
in cow-hide boots, with soles an inch thick, broad
striped vest with large buttons, and shanghai coat,
almost reaching the floor. There were hats and caps
Of all sizes, fashions and ages. The ladies' before
ntimated, looked remarkably pretty, neat and FASH
onable. The result of this exertion on the part OF
Mrs. Conan and her friends, when summed up this
morning, is about FIVE hundred suits OF clothes ready
made, beside large number which will likely he
sent in by those not attending the party. So that
with but little personal sacrifice to the guests, and
not much expense attends the entertainment OF
parties generally, and without any opportunity for
private speculation. In addition to all this, we gen.
temen for once lives were able to dance and
walk without fear of treading on skirts, and were
not confined to gimpses Of well-turned ankles,
since the dresses were of that commendabe shortness
which always should be worn.
There has been revolution, quiet as it has
been important, in this city and that Of Brooklyn,
since the beginning of the present year, and thus far
the sabbahs of both cities have been undsturbed by
the howlngs and drawings of drunkards recling to
their homes. The places for vending liquors have
been peremptoriIy closed, in such manner indi-
earnestness and the readiness with which Myn-
heer, Patrick and Jonathan close the breathing oil
his satanic majesty proves what the Maine Law peo-
pie have always argued-that all laws he enorc-
ed in the hands Of proper executives when sustained
by public opinion; and also that there a
better time in which to commence enact prohibi.
tory law than the present, when the times go
hard that casual drinkers would be glad Of excuse
to get rid of the expense of brandy at four dollars
salnn and ten cents drink. five are ever to have
prohibitory law, says public sentiment here, let
have It now. This, think, is the general impress
sion among those not pecuuiarily interested in selling
the " critter.''
The protest of drafts drawn by Page & Bacon, ST.
Louis Bankers, amounting to $50 900, created great
excitement here. ~