The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-05-02
The Pioneer Correspondence.
From our Regular New York Correspondent.
Matters and Things I'm New York.
New YORK, April oath.

New YORK, April oath.
After the unusual mi1,ng up of the months
which has marked the present year. January
and March having exchanged places and Feb
ruary seeming to be December, it is quite gra-
tifyng to find April showing its own peculiar
characteristics. During the past week we
have been blessed here with as decided, une
auivocal fickelness in the the skies as ever
came to suit the caprices of this, our ficklest
of months A ray of sunshine and drop Of
rain-a small sprinking of hailstones, and
po,rsr of thunder mingled in most glorious
confusion, have made medly slab, and good
to say nothing of "a hours of oppressive heat
with the mercury at 50 deg. in the shade. The
fashionable loungers of Broadway have been
compelled to abandon their haunts from sheer
incertitude, or if tempted out by the earnest
of an hour of serene sky flor by the way what
a lovely peerless sky April can get up when
she tries) the gaily dressed damsels who go
shopping" and delight to fatigue and worry
pale clerks in starch, have found themselves
victims OF misplaced confidence, glad to hurry
home in "buss" with dripping feathers, and
bedraggled skirts, while the dandy idlers in
Shanghais and patent feathers have been fore
ed to rush into the nearest saloon and order a
glass of brandy and water to prevent taking
cold. But the dminutive patches of soil left
here and there throughout the city inclosed by
iron chains, or fences, or some other such con
trivance,' ostentatiously called parks, endure
this changing weather with more complacen-
cy-in fact they seem rather to like it. They
have felt the genial breath of the quickening
spring, and as consequence by careful search,
we can succeed in finding now and then a nice
little spot with real grass on it-genune green
grass. How rural. Oh for a meadow with Il
brook running through it - and swamp
hard by where the frogs hold concert.
The prohibitory liquor law still continues to
be the main topic Of discussion in almost ev--
cry circle Involving as it does questions Of
such vast Importance to the community ques-
tions of health, Of morals, and of commercial
prosperity, it is natural that it should occupy
a prominent place in the thoughts and discus
sions of the people. But an additional inter-
est attaches to the subject now since it is
claimed that after all the difficulty met and
overcome in procuring the passage of the act,
after all the Herculien labOrs undergone by
the friends of total abstenance the law con-
tains number of flaws sufficiently important
to interfere sadly with its execution, and per-
haps to defeat entirely the object of its pas
sage Of all this the public certainly does not
speak with any certainty at present, and the
result can scarcely be foretold till the future
is more developed. 1t seems to be the gener-
al opinion however, that the law will be en-
forced so far as it is capable of enforcement,
and that no opposition will be offered by pru-
dent men to its legitimate execution. The
opinion of the District Attorney upon the Ii
censc question seems to warrant us in prepa-
ring for truly jolly time between the first of
May and fourth of July; since during that
period all persons can enjoy the article when,
where and how they please. AS Sammy Wei
Ter would say, this will be rum state of things
indeed The wholesale dealers have already
begun to reap rich harvest in stocking the
cellars of the wealthy epicures in upper-ten-
dom, who have an eye to providing for dry
as well as rainy.
The interesting and spicy controversy be-
A al, he, ii and Senate RrOnkS
in relation to the truth and vel acity of the lat
ter as contained in his Senate speech on the
Church Property Bill, is still briskly carried
OH with acrimony on one side and cool CON-
pacency on the other, and promises to result
in the discontinue of the willy prelatc. Facts
seem to support the Senator entirely, and while
he drives his antagonist into all sorts Of quib-
bles, he exasperatcs him beyond measure by
quietly ridiculing his testiness. All the Arch
bishops letters are published in the Express
but the columns of the Freeman's Journal are
denied to Mr.. Brooks
1t is wonderful how many offences against
the community which have been passed by un
noticed, or borne rs necessary evils, grow into
objects worthy the attention of a justice a;
soon as an efficient officer undertakes to exc
cute the laws. Almost every class of people
has already had its wrongs redressed by oul
active mayor, even to the crossing sweepers-
and now the pretty damsels having entere'
their complaints, find the strong arm readil.
lifted in their behalf. There is to be no more
splitting of tobacco juice in the cabins of ou
ferry boats. All individuals using the tweed
must be provided with the private portable
spittoons else they are exercised the ladies
chin II Is ronll,r too had to be sure for al