The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-12
OUR NEW YORK LETTER,
Dusiness-LincOIn's BirGnday-fhe Wea-
uher-St. PatriciI's Day-Fires-MasSu
rades-COaI OH SuiI-Th eRGres, Etc,

lheH-St. PatFtck's sDay-Fires- MRsGue.
rades-COaI OH SuiG-ThehGres, Etc.
Special Correspondence of The Eoenieg Telegraph.
New YORK, February ~.
In consequence of the celebration at Washing
ton to-day and the horrible weather, there is
but little inclination to transact business
Gold is down again to-day, and is quite weak
at 1881. Money is easy. Produce and merchan-
disc dull. Freights are dull, with five hundred
and sixty vessels in port The gold customs OF
Saturday reached nearly a million dollars.
During Saturday night ana yesterday morning
the fog on the waters around the city was eX-
ceedngly dense, and both rivers we're filled
with immense masses of floating ice. Naviga-
tion was greatly interiered with In consequence
on all the ferries and on some of them was
totally suspended for the time. On those where
the boats continued to run the trips were far
less frequent than usual, and their movements
were attended by some accidents.
The Jersey City ferry-boat Greg0Ty ran into a
coal-laden schooner, damaging itso severely that
it soon after sank. The ierryboat Patterson
which left Christopher street, New York, for
Hoboken, at halfpast eight O'Clock on Saturday
evening, did not reach her destination about a
mile distant, till between two and three o'clock
yesterday morniug, she having been carried
down the bay by the ice, and the pilot losing his
reckoning in the impenetrable veil which sur
rounded him. OF course the streeIs continued
the same reservoirs of mud and slusb that they
were on Friday and Saturday.
Another meeting of the Irish societies of
Brooklyn was held yesterday to make further
arrangements for celebrating the coming st.
PatIicks Day, when the route of procession and
several other matters were agreed upon A reso-
luton TO invite all the Fenlan societies of the
city to take part in the demonstration was unani.
mously adopted.
We are Just now in the enjoyment of the Car
nival season. Three carnival balls Will be given
during the present week
About three o'clock ON Saturday afternoon, a
fire broke out in Julius Cohn q Co.'s varnish
store No. 307 Pearl sheet, and owing TO the
combustlble nature of the stock, the flames ragged
uncontrolled for several hours Messrs. Cohn &
Co.'s loss Will amount 10 SlS000; insured for
$4,000. The building is damaged to the amount
OF $2500. Mrs. Ellen McDonough, boarding
house keeper, Hecht & Co., dealers in tinWare,
and Wm. Hogg dealerln leather also suffered
son damage to their luTniture and stocks OF
goods.
A singular case of alleged attempted extortion
was tired in the Court oi Special Sessions on
Saturday. The complainant, DR.. Gandolfo, a
wealthy resident OF Binehamton, in this State,
alleged that Alvin Hil also resident OF Bing-
hamton, had attempted to eXtort $1,000 from
him. Counter charges were made against the
olhplainant but the Court found Hill guilty,
and sentenced him TO term OF four months in
the Penitentiary.
The trial in the case Of the Messrs. Schieflelin
Brothers VS. Robbins, which has been ia progress