Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-02
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
New YORK, Feb. /, Is

New YORK, Feb. l, 1856.
We had snow shower yesterday that was
singular for its violence and brevity. L was
looking out Of my window admiring the bril-
liancy of the sun, and the fair creatures NOV
ing to and fro along Broadway. In al instant
the sky became almost as black as midnight
and flakes of snow, nearly an inch square,
were falling upon the heads of the pedestrians
general scamper ensued. Ladies, lifting
their dresses with both hands, started off with
the speed and about the grace of ostrches.
Their hoops and arms swinging in the air, re-
sembled much the pendulOus motion of the
wings of that bird when in rapid flight but
they had scarcely reached place Of shelter,
when the sun again smiled sweetly upon them;
or, perhaps, laughed heartily at their STAN
pede. Were 1t not not that an inch Of snow
lay upon the walks, q person might persuade
himself that he had been laboring two or three
minutes-the time the shower occupied-un-
der some optical delusion
The law suit between the proprietors OF the
New York Daily Times has been decided in
| favor of Harper; but Jones, the partner who
bought the shares, appeals to higher court
| 1t is, perhaps, not generally known that the
| Times, like the Tribune, is represented by
| one thousand shares Of one thousand dollars
each MIR Jones, formerly banker in Alba
| ny, n. Y, owned forty shares, and Mr.. Wes-
| ley like number. They were the moneyed
men of the concern. Mr.. Raymond, although
advancing no cash, owned twenty shares as
| an equivalent for bis editorial services. Be-
| fore the concern paid, Jones and Wesley sold
thirty shares to Harper, son of one of the
publishers of that name. Last June a divi-
| dend Of fifteen per cent was paid to the
| stockholders; but some dispute having arisen,
Harper offered to sell out for fifty thousand
| dOllars-ten thousand dollars cash down, and
the remainder periodically, holding {" Times
stock as collateral security. Jones bought
| 1t, and paid the ten thousand but after hav-
ing received the cash Harper refused to de-
liver the stock, saying he only meant to joke,
and beside his father was the real owner
hence the suit. And now Wesley, with the
apparent approval of Jones and Raymond,
| threatens to dissolve, as they all refuse to be
associated with person who will act so un-
gentlemanly as they suppose Harper has.
discussion Of great interest to the public
is going on privately among doctors, relative
| TO the value of inhalation in the cure OF con-
sumption. 1t appears that at a lecture de-
| liveTed before the "New York Academy of
| Medicine, DR. Watson, the orator of the oc-
casion, said that consumption was vastly on
the increase among US, attributed the cause to
the vast amount of quackery practiced in its
cure, and spoke of inhalation as one of the
most active agents in the production ofthis in.
crease. WhcreupOn DR.. Robert Hunter, who
introduced inhalation into this country, set
himself to work to discover whether facts and
figures bore DR.. Watson out in his bold
assertion. By the books of the City Inspector,
1t appears that since the introduction Of inha.
iation into this city, consumption has actually
decreased over 25 per cent. For the three
months ending November, 1858, the deaths
from consumption were 500; during the same
period in 1854, the number was lib; and in
1898, during the same tune, there were but
o4o deaths Of consumption. Now, DR.. Hunte,
claims that the decrease is owing especially te
ways observable where his system is more
generally adopted. At spy rate, figures or