Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-06-11
Yours,
Correspondence Of the Free Press.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
New YORK, June

Messrs. Editors Of n, Ere, Press
We used to have clerk here, hight E. Merriam
Of Brooklyn Heights, who took excellent care Of
the weather, and reported every days changes, if
there were any; or every week, weather or no;
but l learn he "took sick" last year from exposure
to his weather, and has not been able to at
tend to the duties Of his office since. During the
month Of May, as the rain dcluged down day after
day, INDUCED the hope that somebody was look
ing after tho weather, at least enough to get up
statistic to whether it did rain every of the
last thirty one days of what seemed likely to be
all too literally eternal spring. If there was
the long suffering Mrs. Caudle used to say, " it
wanted to- and that is just as bad" June, how
ever, opens warm and brisht-that is compcnsa-
ton.
The oldest inhabitants here have been greatly
annoyed and broken of their rest now for two
Sunday mornings on account of very singular
and unexpected cause of disturbance-no less than
the crumbe, and crash and dissolution of two very
venerable New York institutions. The milk men
and news-boys have been compelled to "dry up on
the first day of the week" and the consequent quiet
ness expressive silence and Sabbath stiffness have
operated upon Sunday morning snoozers, like the
sudden stopping of saw-mill or an express train at
its night stations-to wake up all the slcepers
We expect however, to recover very soon from the
sonorous abstraction, and be able to take deeper
refuge than in Sunday morning nap-caps;
unless, it may be, few must be excepted who
have become accustomed to the lulling stimulant
10 ha into a ,f dol 1rr1,ur
But even they will recover and sleep the better in
time. The effect on the Sunday papers themselves
remains to be seen. Some of them are character
sticaly belligerent; but the Despatch, the most
putable of the brood, yields to the new order of
things and publishes its edition on Saturday
afternoon.
The celebrated Barnum is on his legs again.
The Jerome clock debts which wound him up so
etfectually two three years ago, have ncw run
down, and the hour has struck which starts him
out on a career of speculation and tick. The
best business he ever did in tho Snowman line,
his concert expedition through the United
States with Jenny Lind; so now, his first post
bankrupt enterprise takes musical turn, and he
proposes to bring to New York next fall the entire
Grand Opera and Ballet companies of Her Majes-
tvs Theatre, London, consisting of AS persons
accompanied by its celebrated lessee and director
Mr.. Lumley. The enterprise involves an outlay of
more than 100000,
We are talking brave amount Of war here, on
account of British aggression; but don't any
bodys hair standing end for fear of fight. Tho
only place where any fight sticks out is Wall st.,
where those constitutional enemies, the Bulls and
Bears, mako use of the least interruption of peace
Just the Bears on top and prices down /;
but that state of things won't last week. Tho
war cloud will evaporate in no time, and prices
and affairs will resume their wonted tone.
Yours, truly, DIGIT