, 1861-01-11

tho head Of the unfortunate Bostonian, who
hastily disappeared In the th1oug grouped to-
gethcr at one end Of the Car. Tho only dnm-
age sustained, 10 far as could observe, by the
fdu1 pas, YVES to the alarmed lecturers coat,
one pendant Of which Was left hanging to the
side OF the car.
No poet ever looked upon or dreamed of
more lovely scene than was witnessed as we
left Windsor. The winter sun rose grandly
and goFgeorsly and Lighted up the Canadian
The exquisite tracery Of their ice-coycrcd
branches shone like silver, aud the house tops
were covered with alahaster. In the fence
corners were huge snow drifts, aud the silent
hills and valleys were white as--snoW, with
which they were covered. The little streams
and rivulets that we passed were frozen over
and the whole landscape Was one gorgeous
scene Of ice and snow, resembling the North
crn lands beyond the icy Orcades. 'Tis at such
: time that one Of England's sweetest singers
invites Us to
Walk. noss, among the forest trces-..
Sotdst thon TINT they were stripped and bare!
Each heavy hough Is bending down
With suowy leaves and nowers-lhe crown
Which Winter rcgaly doth wcar."
Tic weather here Was beautiful on New
Years, but there was no sleighlng: hestreets,
however, presented gay aud animated scene,
being filled with carriages and callers. Old
Gotllamites pronounced the dictun1, that OWN.
to the times, there was less calling than usual,
and greater number Of baskets hung ut the
door, by families who did not receive visits
ped for skating, but were disappointed, as the
ice, owing to the mild weather, Was dangerous
II thin and not vcry smooth. The Plrk pre-
sentcd pretty sight-with It's large number Of
wol1-equippcd carriages, and weu-drcssed pco-
pic rambling within Its limits.
The Astor, Library next to the Central Park,
the g1andest institution On Manhattan Island,
now numbers 120 900 volumes. Dr. Cogswel1
| has recently introduced 4 most commendable
arrangement, by which visitors are enabled to
sec some Of the most ancient and curious works
| in the collection. They are arranged In class
cases with their pages opened. Among others
is the " Biblia PaupeTum," block book print
ctl In Holland about 1882, long before tue in
yention Of printing, lie Fevrc Recuyeu des
Histories dc Troye; Cologne, 147l," the first
G book printed il By Caxtoni Homer 1!lad and
Florence IN 144s; also, first cditions Of shak-
| spearc, Milton, &C., &c.
The Historical Society held their annual
meeting on the evening OF the I'd inst, when
officers were elected for the present year, and
which was that Of the Special Committee on
Pr. Abbott's Collection Of Egyptian Antqni-
| ties. Tho Society had recently become The
owner of this most valuable collection, at q
| cost Of about thirty thousand dollars. The
report concluded with sketch Of the life Of
l
Oriental costume WAS exhibited at the meet
| inF:
Notwithstanding the plottlngs of panic ma
kers, Ct id genus onthe, never has the great me-
tropolis bestowed more liberal patronage
upon art than at present; never has the New
York public rioted among finer feast Of pic
| tnres and picture gulleries, than in this good
month OF January, 1861. Not less than three
hundred thousand dollars is estimated to havo
been expended during the past year in thepur
chase Of works Of art by residents of New
York city. During rumble among tho ar
lists studios, found them al busy withthcir
brushes, mostly executing commissions Lcutzo
has just finished q large and striking picture
ofthe First Settlement Of Maryland, and Church
| Is aneAoring upon iceber,s.
Yesterday having been set apart by proc1a-
nation of the President Us sday Of humila-
ton, fasting and prayer, In view Of the present
distracted and dangerous condition Of our
country" WAS very generally observed Is such
throuEhoutIthc.city. With but few exceptions,
| stores and oil places Of business arc closed.
Prayer meetings and other services arc held III
| nearly all the churches, and in many Of them
| sermons suitable to the occasion are preached
An unusual solcmnity prevails throughout
| the city.
The evening papers announce the deaths of
two highly respected citizens Of New York,
Judge William Kent, only son Of the late
Chaneellor, who expired yesterday in bis ffty-
| ninth year, and Rev. Henry Anthon, D. D. rec
tor OF st. Marks Church, who died this morning.
aged siSty-six. Dr. Anthon, Charles Anthon,
tue classical scholar, and John Anthon, the
lawyer, were brothers.
The venerable Dr.. John ". Francis, who has
| been dangerously Ill forsomc time past, is now,
| lam happy to state, improving, aud is consider
cred oat of danger. Ihad the pleasure Of din
| lug with his friend and contemporary, Fitx-
Green Hallock, a:day or two since. His cyc is as
bright, bis smile as genial and his conversation
| MS brimfull Of wit and humor, rs In the BY
| gone years. Being a bachelor, must not re-
veal any secrets as to the number Of summers
and winters he has seen hut with the excep-
| tion of his step being less firm, and his de-
ure less erect than of old be shows no signs Of
''tho scre, aud yellow leaf" Tout il yous,
J. &. ".