New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-12
MODERATION OF THE COLD TERN
TIE SCENES OF YESTERDAY.

Exactly as was prophesied by the Brooklyn phloso-
pher, the "cod term" came to point Thursday
night by moderation in the excess OF cold, followed
by thawing day. We did not see how il could well
be otherwise, but then il might, as there is no telling
what these cold terms may come to when they get q
coming. However, il did terminate very much 20
the satisfaction of everybody and his neghbor and,
Judging from appearances in the street yesterday they
all out to express their qualification at the favor
able change For the first time since last week, the
streets were endurable without an Bsquimaax suit.
BE il remembered that before 10 o'clock the snow oa
the sunny side of roof iquifed enough to drip down
upon the sidewalk.
AZ soon as everybody found out this fact everybody
started out for day of enjoyment and by la o'clock
nobody was at home, and for a certainty somebody
was out sleigh riding. Broadway put s best face
The snow in the track did not quify but grew little
soft and began to pack In some Of the 1de streets
the sed.paths have become solid and smooth, but in
the great thorOughfarcs the track is still in condition
more ike loose sand than anything else We presume
there not many dozen pair Of runners in the city
yesterday that not moving. The omnibus sleighs
were omnibuses indeed with their loads OF sixty 10
one hundred passengers. There was an extraordinary
number of extraordinarily superb seighs ont, of
which, including the fur robes, cost o. 600 each,
and many of the horses cost 81 900 pair.
In contrast with these monster omnibuses or beau
tful seighs were those Of the draymen, some Of
which were got up extempore out Of couple Of oak
plank fashioned into and connected by stout
pins through uuger holes with couple OF hoop poles
for thills.
Among the curious things that we saw drifting
down Broadway, the sight of which brought us back
to boyhood days in Connecticut, was an old red
pung, with it's high, stiff, wooden back and carved
sides, drawn by an old white horse, carrying string
of old-ashiOned bells taperng down each way a size
from one on top OF the saddle about big brass
kettle In place of the fur robe or buffalo skin, on
the back Of the sleigh was the old, blue and
blue and white coyerd that had been used when that
old horse was young and that DID, red sleigh was
new. The riders were evidently astOnished at the
company they had fallen into and old Whitley seemed
anxious to stop at every house, had been his won't
in the country lie had never before found them
quite 20 thick.
Portions of several Of the down town streets still
blocked up. This is the in Nassau between Full
ton and John. The street being very narrow, the
has been thrown from the sidewalk into the cartwaY
three or four feet high, through which narrow foot
paths have been cut here and there but vehicle has
attempted passage In all the travelled streets the
snow considerably higher than the curbstone where
it has been packed down solid, and the cutters arc
completely filed, 20 that rain or sunny thaw must
throw the water upon the sidewalk and drown the
nearest cearway. That something should be done TO
avert the calamity that inevitable, was demon
strated by the little thaw of yesterday.
Nearly all the business Of the city done now upon
sleds There are a few grocers' wagons sstir, and
here and there cart, but il Is terrible effort for
horses TO roll the wheels through the snow. There
are two lines of city stages using wheel vehicles drawp
by four horses and Of the hackmep are praccing
outrageous cruelty upon their poor beasts In goading
them through the snow bound streets.
The Second, Third and Fourth avenue cars camo
down as far as Broome street. The Sixth and Eighth
avenue cas have not been able yet to force their way
down through the narrow streets upon the lower part
Of their route.
II is very severe season for horses, and Il tho
sleghing continues another week il will be severe
upon the bipeds, particularly in the pockets. Last
night the weather 80 mild that the carnival
reached very high state Of excitement What hight
it will reach on Saturday night and Sunday, the
weather remains a. mild as yesterday, no one but
those who know New-York well can form the most
distant conception. We hope the whole population
will get seighrde, for .ixpence or dollar, though
we presume that many will cost cool hundred
The following tabular statement exhibits the condi-
ton of the atmosphere, as 70 temperature for the "a
hours ending yesterday at 4 p. M:
IO,b-s .. uu. temp. IS deg sA no., temp. y ass.
SO. p m, temp Rdss San, temp g e.