Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-01-11
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LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
New YORK. Jan. !, 1861.


i's /. e. all the or-adeIoth gender The long
black Lies Of coats and pantaloons axe fairly
underway (l05 o'clock A. NJ winding up and
do"n-in ana out through the lanes and avenues
OF the city and twelve o'clock tonight will hard
iy hnd the streets clear of New Year callers.
This has come to be one Of tho indispensable in
sututions here, and everybody goes in for it
more or less, old and young, ard it seems a very
pleasant and proper beginning to the year. This
exeharging kindly greeting and good wishes
among friends and -- neighbors, I should
say, If it was the country I was talking about,
though it seems hardly the proper word here.
where your next door 'neigh5or' is, ten chances
to one, as great stranger to you as there IS in all
the city.
The great drawback on this custom here is the
fact that SO many axe in the habit of furnishing
wine if not something stronger for their callers :;
and young men, and old ones too taking though
1t be but li.tlc at each call soon find themselves
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vvcu.tho ,favoraui Lii. bride tool. a. bridal ,..rr
o. many other newly married people have done be-
fore During his absence (5nly about a wees) ho
appointed certain Alderman Pect Mayor aa
i7tvi7., with dedHitiye agreement (so the Mayor
says,) that be should not sign the Japanese
flI, or use IN any way the appointing or rc-
moving power. Bat alas f.r Aldormanic faith,
the Mayor is Aarlly.vou out Of sght Of the city
which rojoeas @ in Lis fltaerIy protection. before
I'D comes the Japanese BIZ 90 the l,av5r'sor,,
and receives tie signature Of the r-.en-7-e Navgr
and becomes a law With all its interesting I,.le
items running up in the aggregate 70 the modest
little sum yC $50 s22,73, and even tina; is atou.
sl00 900 less than ylc Ill. as first presented. The
single item Of horse hire Is "oaly' 1854. The
Grand Ball and fixing only $f6.335,3I. And
hardly is the ink dry which made the japanese
"swindle" 4 aIed fact, before tie mandate goes
forth from cur little "briefauthority' Mayor. re-
moving tho City Chamberlain, Alr. Platt, and
appointing in Ais place Ar, Dcylin, the motive
thereto whether peculiar affection for Mr.. peyiIn
some old srudgo against Mr. Platt, little Of both,
or mere desire to magnify his cfce and spite the
Mayor do not know; perhaps little mixture
Of all together At any rate the thins.was "did'
and in consequence thereof, the Mayor. "tour" and
Alderman Pecks Mayoralty term were each cut
short two days. and Mr.. Wood hastcned home. his
confidence, no doubt, in his friend Peck somewhat
shaken
I; is confidently asserted taat the Mayor used
language which from the lips of common men
would have been called profane, and that tLe.e
was decidedly lluish look in and about all his
premises for some days after. Itwould uudouJt-
ejlv be no elacreration to say that the Mavor
was mad. But with his usual Caesar like decision
he Immediately sends message to the Common
Council setting forth that on account of certain
informalitv the signature Of the japanese Bill
cannot be valid. (Which tho CITY Fathers affecting
to consider imnertiDent. take no notice Of, and
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ci., observation-disclosures. and reinst,,in- M pIattt
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In r,oard to the country there doesn't seem 10
bs very much osercf,oentv here now. peonlo
have pretty much got over being astonished at