The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-24


purchasing Tire innumorablc presents that are ~
delight everybody The retail storcs, shops aud
every other species ot pl.co whcrc holiday wares
are sold will be filed with customers, all eaecr ,o
SECURE the most desirable presents Parents will
scleci presents for their children children fc- their
parents and for each other and lovc-sick youths
will scothc thcmselvcs by tho purchase Of mutual
presents Thus each will prepare 10 gladden. an
others heart and all together will contribute to
make the million Inhabitants Of New York hspplcr
hsn they have been for many a day.
Christmas is . mutiform holiday, having .
thank sgiving attachment, which is not the least Il
in attractions As an instance Of this the tons oe
poutry-chickcns and turkeys Of fa,tcs, kind
that have been constantly arriving from the eoun~
try during tho last two three days may be noted.
Even yeetcrdAy, baskets with turkey legs protrud-
ing were everywhere visible, on the way 10 10
rpii,el for the Christmas dinner. Aud Santa Claus,
too WAS busy yesterday. wherever you went you
mot him, selecting candes, toys, books, and tho
thousand other things with which the old fellow
grostly delights the little folks His pockets arc
well stuffed with grecnbacka and We will say pri-
vstoly .o tho little ones that papa's and mAmms's
talk about Santa Claus not corning this wear is ait
CANNON ho will bc lavish as ever with his pres
ents. And 80 all classes arc prcparug 'or full
measure Of Joy tomorrow, and the suS wishes
| them Merry Chrielmas.
THE WEATHER-SKATING- -SLrIGuISG.
| Tho weather was iust cold enough yesterday to-
| mako II pleasant for skating aud sleigh'ng A
large number of skaters VISITED the various ponds
| in and about tho city, and several thousand wero
90 tho Cnn,ral Park Pond during the afternoon
Tho ice however, in very Rad condition.
rough, in places covered with snow, and giving tho
| skater q sensation something similar to tha, orpo~
| rioncsd In crosang = corduroy bridge In Penn.
| syiv,nis lumhor wagon. It was flooded last night
however, aud II the weather Ia favorable to-day IL
Will doubtless he good, and large crowd Of skst-
| era will be upon II. Tho sleighing, on tho other
hand, WAS capital and hundreds Of gay cutters
| were upon tho streets The snow beaten
| down solid, and tho turnouts sippcd along with The
| greatest ease.
NEW PETROLEUM CoMPANy.-Tho New
York & Liverpool Petroleum Company, will
csp,sl stock OF milan Of dollars hsve oponed
their Office at NJ. II Broadway, room "a, whore %
subscriptions n the stock win bo received. Hon.
Daniel s Dickinson Ia President of this Company
the lands Of which situated In The heart Of ths
| "On Regions"
SLIPPERY SpEwALKs.-Thcc cold snap whlct
no suddenly succeeded ,he lsst snow storm con
gcslod the melting snow, and rendered tho sida>
walks slmosi impossible; and, moreover. III
Ice is thin and not easily removed, and in spite n
the n,atutes to tho contrary, may remain on hs
walks until tho thermometer dcsconds Rounds
man CrolinS Of tho Second Precinct, slipped
q these sidewalks yesterday, and falling on the
back Of his bead, stunned. 1t is fortunate thAt
he was rot tnriously injured.
FIRE..-About 2 clock yesterday aftnrnocu
a Gre was discovered in Mr. John W lson's paint
store, 3ls wcst 25th street, which originated near
y eau which conthned petroleum oil Damage ta
F,ock, $500: insured for S7O0 The building.
owned by Pntk. McElroy, was dausgci To the ss-
tent Of 500; insured Tor tl,5c0. The hro was ao<
| oideutal
About iOH o'clock last nigh, Q fro broke out os.
the second floor Of the i've story building No. Is
BcokmAu street, which was entirely destroyed. II
was occupied by James r. HAlsey & Co., auction
GERS, S Glenn 4 Co, and Foster & Towar, Inn
porters of hardware. The building WAS valued ~
| F25, 900. Owing Ia the sbsence Of the owners no
particulars oi losses stock could bo ascertainod-
| The adjoining building, No. 81, considerably
damaged In the upper stories
EXPLOSION on BOARD 4 STTAMBoAT.-Ac
shou, O'Clock yesterday morning steampipe ON
Messrs. j. & J. Van Duscu's propeller AspiD~ AL
exploded whilo she lay oil East 18th street. wm-
Chase, engineer, and John Pryor, fireman. who
were near the pipo at tho time Of the explosion
D were severely scadcd. Chase, sf,er his wounds
q had been drcstcd by Police Surgeon Kimbark, was
? taken " his homo IN the upper part of tho city
PURE WISEs.-Dr. Undcrhill, Of the Crotoa
n | Point Vineyard, wostchester County, whose city
depot Is located at No Clinton Hall, Astor Place.
a sends samples of his pure, unadulteraiod, sweet
2 Port wines Just tho article for temperance people
n 10 uso on their tablss Christmas aud New Years
n Day. Tho reputation of the Doctor 10 sufficient
a recommendation Of these wines, without any other
commentator,
!. 1uE NEW ESGLAND SOCIETY, at their
1t elected tho following otIcersi
< Presiden,-wm Curtis Noyes.
n Fira Vice-Prraident- III Cboste.
Second Vice-Prosdent Elliott g COwdn.
10 Counssllors ID. Morgan, W n BlASomen, C.
D A. Btetsou, y. N. Stebhnh.
4 | Aad stant COunscllor8 Nathaniel Hayden, John
w Quincy, WIN. Borden, Frank T. Howe, 7 q
g. Churchill W. ii. Lee Isaac II Bailey, and Charles
~ b. Smith
Treasurer Luther r. wyman.
- secretary l. +. Hubbard.
10 FATAL PALL-Darcy Rivers tcolored), VIII
G. was recently cook on board the steamship Gran,
n Cult wAs found, yesterday morning, lying dead OF
II, a fI,ht Of Htars leading 10 the basement u No
LAurens street. lilo is supposed 10 have slipped OF
lu tho ice aud fallen into the stairway. Tho body wa
~ taken to the Eighth Precinct Pulice station. an
re there Coroner Wildey held al inquest
Il SUDDEN DEArH.-At about l0ls clock ye,