The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-26
THE PARK YESTERDAY.
LARGE CROWDS ENJOYING THEMSELVES.


Yesterday being the. festival OF Christmas vast
bors OF the ct2ens proceeded TO the Park for the pur
pose Of enjoying themselves In that healthfui and at
tractive locality. The snow which had fallen carly on
Sunday disappeared RAPIDLY in the course Of the after
noon under torrents of rain that did not until
an advanced hour on Sunday evening Fortunately for
those whose ayocations do not permit them to have many
holidays, Christmas morning sot in bright aud beautiful
The air wac mid, there was hut little wind not cloud
obscured the bpe sly aud the shone out with all The
brsncy OF July day 1t was, indeed such weather
must be always glad to associate
with the approach of the great Christian ies
tival Had i been othcrw!se--bad the day
cold and bleak--had the clouds hung heavily the
cityhad the thunder reared the lightning dashed and
the rain storm deIuged the fields aud the walks, the
thusiasm OF the people would have been damped and
the Anniversary which is SO much honorcd in all quar-
tiers OF The world might have passed here without
many Of those celebrations festivities that tx
firmly IN the minds anu hearts % Christians. but We
especially favored yesterday with more than fine
weather for this season. Though the streets not
thoroughly dry after the excessive drsnching they
ceiyed the previous day The sop aud suige had al
most entirely disappeared and not at all disagreca-
bic 10 lake stroll through Broadway and the other
principal thoroughfares which comparatively froe
from mire. vHs not in the city however, that con-
siderable nunbas OF persons had decided upon amusing
themselves The morning looked promising that they
determined 10 make NJ parties to the Park,
and the afternoon the roads and streets leading thereto
crowded with vehicles of every kind, and II is pro-
baby long time since so many conveyances have been
seen together III that part OF the city Carriages equip
| ped with much taste aud in the moss costly manner
rolled up to the entrances nj every moment from two I'LL
four O'Clock, a6s the latter hour
the arrivals Of ceaches and rapidly did they follow In
succession that they presented the appearance OF pub
| lie procession. Their occupants wrapped up in
grsa,coais and fur rugs but u 10 Judge by the
brightness OF the sunshine and the ceaess OF the sky
he would gay there but little necessity for these
! precautions u was perplcSing TO imagine where
4 all the vehicles came from; how many livery sta
/ bles .world have accommodated the horses;
how many sheds would have been taken up
ia protecting the carriages from The action Of the
weather Our reporter had the curiosity TO count the
number convoy Of all kinds that passed given
point ~ four minutes, and he asceitaned that n0ess
than thirty went by IN that space Of time. Here and
there occurred little sensations y arising from coaches
knocking against aarh other but those sensations
soon over The drivers got clear Of each other and wcn
on then way rejoicing. Some OF them drove at rapid
rite Others drove isSily bringing the mind Of the
spectator recollection ~ capital wood cut that APP
psarcd some years ago IN humorous publication which
described coach ascending hill with many passengers
1 The horses apparently dead tired, and underneath
printed the words drawing lots" "Lots' were
certainly drawn In the Park yesterday, but
| ihey. were ds,wn. not by men, bot by horses Tho
/ whole affair wss grand turnout IL was one one o
those spectacles thai give capital idea Of the wealth
indep power Of the country The number oil
veons on foot who hefed an the pleasure OF the scene
was very considerable They frequently stopped TO take
4
c!ivc ~ pace Of nine miles an hour This was gonf
il pretty slrcng, but IL IL nothing unusual In the Park
Whsre the facilities Tor comfortable driving 20 nu
m'rois. II r. no evaporation 10 say that the display
Of Yesterday of the most attractive
aud interesting that has taken place in the Park FOL
years The rca costly and gorgeous dresses Of the
isdes the fine, manly appearance Of the men who wore
everything thai wealth could procure fashion suggest
tue nesDess Of fe carriages, which were polished and
clean ~ pn the general harify and cheerfulness
that prey sileds, these made tho and the
sion well worth looking and remembering. But ID
mol thin account alone that should be recoected
Tho hardy mechanics and aborers, who constitute large
portion 81 tho nation strength, mustered in force and
they, like their wealthy brethron, entered with spirit
mo all The delightful enjoyments Of the day. II
gratifying :" know that they, too, have place whore
when leisure permits they can spend TO the benefit Of
their health, which certain TO be- improved by active
exercise The open air The running TO the Park
were loaded uI they possibly could be with psssen
gers, among whom we're several children who showed
with delight tho presents they bad been made OF Christ
inas toys They talked Of these things with zcst thai
most sgreee 20 witness and they got out Of the
and into the Park they about With animation
thst guvo evidence or their future lveliness and
fivy. II u hardly necessary 10 add that there
skating The ice had begun 10 thaw under the action oil
the ~ will require four five days hard frost be
lore the lake and ponds are in III condition TO enable
ekater- 10 iadulse ia Their favoritc amusement