Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-27
EVENING STAR,
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENTS.
NEW YORK, Feb. %, lS5

| brated yesterday with more than usual enthu
siasm- True, it was not legalized holiday
but the people turned out dressed up as if il
were. Mammon respects not even W ashing
ton. Wall street was as busy as ever the
banks received and discounted as usual mer.
| chants opened their stores, but finding moth.
ing to do, they stood in their doors all day
watching the PROFESSIONS; omnibuses ran as
usual-if that can be called running which i.
an intermittent stop; and the carriages o,
uptowndom mingled freely with vulgar por-
ter's carts and plebcian pedestrians. The
people" made the day ole of enjoyment, and
If we were to judge by appearances the breasts
of the ladies were filled with patriotism, (in-
stead of cOtton,) for they turned out in the
most brilliant array and goodly numbers
The gorgeous colors of their garments would
| make peacock hide his head under his wing
in despair, and cause the rainbow itself to
melt away in sheer envy. And their eyes ,
| how shall describe them Every look would
kill at forty rods, and each glance draw blood
| at twice the distance; IL am now convinced
that women ought to be made to take the
place of Sharpe rifles in Kansas) The day
was the finest, most genial, and most agree
able imaginable, and the muddiest, the dus-
tiest, and the most dsagreeable possible. At
an early hour the military companies and va
rious societies began to form, and converge
| from their various quarters to the Park The
| front of the City Hall was soon thronged with
| lookers-on, and in every window and balcony
of the Hall itself stood clusters of persons.
Ike swarms of bees. apparently hanging on
by each other. At noon, the Mayor, accom-
panied by the greater number of the Common
| Council, made his appearance. The Veteran
Corps of 1872 passed in review, and grand
| procession of the various societies marched
around the Park.
! After leaving the Park the procession passed
| up Broadway to Canal street, where il turned
down Canal street to Hudson, along tn at com
| paratively unimpeded thoroughfare to -Four.
| teenth street and the Academy Of Music.
| where the Grafton of the day was TO be de-
| livered. Along the whole of the route the
| streets, the windows, the door-steps and the
| balconies (where there were any were
| crowed. Flags swung gracefully over the
| streets, and white handkerchiefs, in white
| hands, waved graceful announcement to
those who were doing honor to the occasion.
Daniel Ullman was the orator of the O. q. A.
Societies. A banquet was given at the Astor
| House by the Friends of Civil and ReIi.
gious Liberty" At this q number of letters
| were read from eminent men in various parts
OF the country, regretting their inability 10
attend. Among others were Gov Clark of
New York, Gov. Wise, of Virginia, Gen. Scott,
George W. P. Custis, and g. n Dallas
Iammany Hall, too, was again in all its
Eiory. Gen. Quitman, of Miss. addressed a.
large assemblage there, as did Col Orr, Of
| South Carolina, and Col. Davidson, of Loui-
slana- The speeches Of these gentlemen were
| received with enthusiasm. The shipping all
along our docks were gaily decorated with
hsgs; national salute was fred upon TIE
Battery; the children Of the various schools
were dismissed at 10 o'clock to enioy them
selves as best they might, and altogether the
gayety of the past will make US look forward
with pleasant anticipations to the coming
Washington's birthday"
While the Persia was lying at her nier in
Jersey City she attracted unusual attention
few days before her departure, in order 10
graufy curiosity, she was thrown open for
examination to the public. Twelve and a
halt cents were charged a. an admission fee
and so large was the concourse Of visitors
that sum of over two thousand dollars was
realized. This was handed over to the city
missionaries for the benefit of the Door TIE
Persia is said to be the largest steam vessels
sfoat She is constructed entirely of iron
and the objection to iron vessels, on account
OF the large quantity Of metal Influencing the
compass, Is said 10 have been entirely over.
come by cOntrivaAce elevating the regu-
lating compass forty feet from the deck. AN
instrument is also on board, by which the |
alterations to which the deck compasses are
u II
commander, considers sufficient without the |
aid Of the elevated compass
w nat has been the matter with our poets
Immediately after the first snowfall. we were
absolutely deluged with snow poetry. Has
the intensely cold weather frozen Pegasus
or, as was the case with Baron Munchausen's
bugle, have the notes of our birds Of song
congealed In their throats, TO be thawed out |
When the mercury rises sufficiently high We
have not single ode" to Winter. But now
that the old monarch has withdrawn his icieIe |
sKeieton from among Us, we may a. we'll tc /
MAKING up our mouths for the usual number 1
OF Juicy sonnettas, highly favored poems, and /
fragrant stanzas to "The Coming Spring, - to |
"The First Fly" to ''The March Winds,s' &c. |
1t may now be safely said that winter is
over. To-day the sun shines as brightly, and /
the air is as soft and genial as might be ex-
pected in May. How many hearts there are
In this great babel, that invountarily breathe
thanks for the blessing of sufficient sun-heat
to warm themselves. The past has been a
hard winter for the poor here; the prospects
OF labor and plenty brighten with the change
OF weather; before many days We will be in
the height of the Spring business, and then
some Of the . circulating medium" will drift
into the hooks and crannies Of the INDECENT |
Whilst on this subject allow me TO pay a pass.
ing tribute to the "Clerk of the Weather"
who has so faithfully chronicled the different
changes from cold to colder, through which
we have passed. The sage dwells on Brook
lyn Heights. Hero is one of his bulletins:
1.-The cold term which commenced here be-
tween the hours of and a. NJ, of the 10th
December, has now continued ffty-6ve con-
secutive days, to the same hour this morning,
and on the oath, between and m, the
measure OF the fourth great circles of $50
hours each will be completed.
There will be two forty five hour lines in.
tervening between this and the oath of Feb
ruary; the first will be reached at IL m Of
10th, and the second at 9 a M, of 22d What
changes will occur on the.2Oth, 22d, and Gath,
time only can determine. Thus far the tenn
perature continues to sustain the accuracy of
the measure Of the circle
"Should the cold pass to the fifth circle, on
the 24th, it will, for this latitude, present q
wonderful phenomenon.-E. Merriam.
TECUHsEH
HIGHFALUrIN.-Wef find the following ge-Io
rious allusion to Parodi, in Louisiana ex-
change:
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