, 1866-02-19
CUR NEW YORK LETTER.


Plans for Foreign TrAvel-A d;ood
Suggestion.
fFrom Ooz Own Correspondent
NEW YonE, Feb. il 1861
The skaters, who were ID such high glee
not long ago, were forced to suspend their
hvosite amusement on The full Of tho heavy
snow some dAya atuce. From Skating they
went to sleIshing (such Of their number as
could afford Il, } but even that novelty was Of
short duration. Wheels wefn moro arpropa-
ate than runners, rs tho latter speedily cut
through to the pavement aud became 10
dag" When the snow WA well cut up aud
worn mp VIC had nice nttle visitation Of
warm weashss, followed, OLA n1ouusy last, By
heavy rain. We have large array of men
engaged in cleaning tho streota, but oil their
Efforts during last week were OF far less avail
than tho ruin Off few hours. Our cutters be-
csmc uayJgable 10 the diuaiautivo craft which
trusnt scboolboys construct At shost !no.lce,
md, ~ many Of the sewers we.o clogged, tho
running waters managed to And their war
Into cellars. In the lower portions ofthe city
there were many complaints that the occu-
pants Of underground tenencnts were served
with liquid Nrts Of eiocsmeut without tho
usual notIce required by Law. TchIclc. wcre
at premium, aud pedestrisnism became pie
bean. No one would walk IF ho could ind
opportunity 10 dde, aud an unusual jam OF
oninlbuses and street cars was the conse-
Queuce. Mud and rain and snow have DEM
oeratie tendency In bringing people OF al
classeS to tho sauae means OF public travel
BrpAdc1oth and ftcslan. satin and calico, patent
leather and cowhide, are iostled together in
our "slush timss,' with Attlo regard to ante-
eeae0ts
THE NAsoUznApBs.
The bad riding and bad walking did not
avail to diminish tho attendance at the Arlon
and other balls, though they sensib1y reduced
the congregations At the churches. Tberr Is
time Tor everything, and as people can 60
to church every Sunday while tho Arion
GENES but onca q year It vsl thought proper
to give special attention to tho German mas
que1adc. The Germans understand ono thing
that the American do not; they can got up o
crowdlng it: The Seventh regiment reception
was Jam IN which twice a. many as the
Academy could comfortably hold were nd
1nltted, hod still othern wero turned away
Without admission. The reception to General
Grant sevesal weeks ago waa Of like character
The German managers OF the Ar1on :1as-
qucrade calculated the capacity Of
tie building and then made a rsid
restriction Of the number OF tickets. Alter
these were sold It was utterly impossible to
procure others under any consideration. Con-
sequensly the crowd was not dense, and al
who attended the ball came away without
any recollection Of having been crushed. The
masking Waa admirable. the ornaments and
decorations wcro Of an elaborate character,
and everything reflected credit upon the man-
agement. Tomorrow night nc have the
LiedeFkrsnz, which il expected to equal tho
Arion In its gcnern1 features. There will be
~ wA1 tn ~ 4 nf4 {Ar
betoro the close OF the season, iii Of them
under the control Of the Germans.
The leading hotels a1e treating their pa
irons q do not understand why q person who
pays s4.50 per diem should be called q
T. az eses:teps' nm op, o,sa On Monday
ball to patrons and friends, and tho st.
Nicholas aud Filth Avenue will follow the c1-
ample very soon. One q the most lannon's
dancing places u Irving Hall, which vas On.
geged i6ree months ago for nearly every
night IN The winter Assoc,a.ions, Of social,
lent place for their annual h. lis, and give It
most ubei al patronage. Among tbesc Is tho
National Tt1cgaphic Union. which holds
Monday, the 10Th, as the white day Of Its
calendar
POPULATIONS. or ExronT1osEns.
IMei'tIoued in my last the enormous ad-
rance in house renta and tho scarcity Of COM
Portable dwellings uilhln Convenient distance
OF the City HAL. The Eeek Witnesses no
Abatement, but rather an Increase Of the eri1,
and there arc many heads OF families who arc
more deeply exercised than erer In conse-
household propestJ /, that Of letting houses
tully furnished. Tbe owners furnish them
from auction rooms, hire woman TO act u
the pretended mistress Of the establishment,
and then offer the house to let BY the month.
Many po1soas haye gone Into thIs business as
1ns s1 o5p9 95f Tia IN p9ops4 aass
Mary houses V6ish rent Tor &io5 per month
without furniture y III readily bring $3.50 per
month when properly fulnished ut an expense
$500 Or 3, 900. It Is rule Of these specula-
tons 10 make tho furniture pay for Itself every
tlx month"; Ihe moat expensive way OF liv-
ing IN New York, short Of = drss c,asa hotel,
Eho4e Who look At the advertising colprnps
Of our 1aiiies will frequently sec tho furniture
and lease OF house offered for sale, "the
family being about to eau lor Europe" This
y one Of the speculative tricks OF our city.
Parties furnish these houses, even to the pic
though not always the latter, and then plac,
tamIy " inside. A pert young lady plays
the plano and does the agreeable to visitors,
while heluurc nnatror represents the female
bead Of the howe A visitor Is shown through
the establishment, treated to vocal and instfu-
mental mre1c, sometimes TO cake and vine,
and is Rfquetted to name time when he Will
visit patkr families forms the center Of an ID
tercst1n9 tAblcau. afectlorate1y tHininE hIs
dexter arm around his loving daughter. Pa
Is really shrerd houSe agent, whose talk
about taking bis family to Europe Is the purest
CANNON: Blood will tell, and 20 wll1 skilfal
management. The purchaser Of the furnl~
tire and uutxpired lease" becomes the owner
Of that property at abont twice ita value. Tho
family lakes the flrst steamer BY moving TO
some other locality, when it repeats the per-
formANce.
CRUELTY TO AN1AAIs.
4 kind hearted foreigner haa been for come
time agttAtiug the formation Of society for
preventing cruelty to animals sinilar to that
now In operation In England. The English
eocsety devotea ita atteption to the prosecu-
tion Of mcu who hare treated ANIMALS cruelty.
Ina SINGLE year II brought more than aTe
thousand cases into court, and by securing
punishment In most instances, prevented
Is making tho effort here wishes an osganlza-
ton, with similar object, aud also desires
the founding Of hospitals 'or inarmAries
where sick OF disabled animals can
be cared for. Theru ts no place in
America where such society Is more need.
| boys dive through the. streets With cart Loads
| Of live sheep or calves piled high on eack
other as iftheJ were 50 many blllets OF wood.
Dray horses and omnibus hores are beaten
sa.agel5 when their strength Is unequal to
their heavy 1osds on our hor1id streets.
When horse falls on the smooth surface Of
for trarght animals} the whip Is considered
the best thing to bring him to his feet. lftho
driver Is not eqnal to tho tsk, policeman
generally nsststs by laying his club about tho
head md body Of the hute. Let Us, by all
| means, add this society to our metropolitan
| civilization.
:. TEE OCEAN RACE.
r. The Algonquin and Wfnooski were to make
| a tria1 Of epecd around Long Island last week,
] but they did not do it. First ona boat was
declared ready, and then the other; but as
fast us onc was prepared for the trial, the
other needed-a few EepaisB- Finally, they
went to the place Of rendezvous, but her r.
| raj did not appear. Alter waiting threa days
the Ninooskl returned to the navy yard. NJ.
| ptckerson, the owner Of the engines On the
Algonquin, has Withdrawn all his engineers
from tie boat, and If The race comes of at all
less Mr. D. canes back again. II leaks out
that tAis gentleman has not yet been paid foE
The engines Of the Idaho, and 1t would some.
| what mar lis prospects If he should chance to
be beaten In the forthcoming tr1al Of speed.
If his little bill for the Idaho we're settled, l
presume be would 10 ready to test The engines
| Of the algonquin.
The public interest In this contest Is not
\ now as great as at the time OF tho fannua
| deck race at the foot Of Delapcy street, In
tho early part Of the contest sympathy was
generally with mr. Dickefson, as there Wa.
IN appearance Of rnfahDeas In the conduct ci
| the naval authorities. Lattarly thets has
31r. D. withdrew bis engineers aud endeav.
| pfed 10 postpone the race"for which no was