The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-02-08

happy days in your quiet city, near the
swamp,it behooves me, as a friend Of the
community, to keep the many readers of tbs
Day Book" posted as to what's going on il
The in the outside world, and to this pur-
pose | now attempt general descg ton o.
matters and things generally. Though at the
best not good.
The great Metropolis of the North, as it is
judiciously styled by our country cousins
who never saw a marble or broom stone front
before, is now in full blast, though many
would imagine that after the great rush of bu-
Siness that always prevails in prox unity tc
the holidays, that businesswould be flat now
Not so in this ruling city of the country. All
manners and descriptions, of business seems to
flourish from the Balls and Bears down to
the ;" give me a penny street sweeps OF
the previous party, things seem to be very
brisk with them. The stock board is crowd
ed to its fullest extent.
1t is very amusing to hear the Bulls and
Bears sell stocks. Your townsmen - Phelps
and 'Robe'ts," are far behind the age, as far as
conniving to get high bids is concerned. Who
ever originated the name of Bulls and Bears
ought to have medal, for never was there a
| more appropriate name made Use of. Those
of your readers who have seen and heard
| these canting roaring, noisy, sidewalk non
opolizing gold and stock shavers can under
stand more plainly the force of the name.
Gold is up and down a dozen times a day.
do stocks. These dealers don't hesitate to re-
sort to the meanest receptions that man
can possibly stoop to, for the purpose Of crea-
ting fall or rise, just as the case may be, to
suit themselves.
Places Of amusement are doing a rushing
business and are not like your opera House,
| obliged to shut up for the want Of men an /
money to fill it. Mn j. f. Owens as ''Solou
5hingie," at tile Broadway, is drawing crowd
ed houses; shortly alter the doors open, stand
ing room cannot be obtained. All the other
houses where the Drama is produced, In first
class order, the actors are nightly greetet,
with fall houses. There is no cad to people
and money here.
Skating aud sleighing are also receiving full
attention from the thousands Of gay and tes-
| tive pleasure seekers We got us Rocker
and tried tie virtues of good horse flesh Oh
the Bloolnil gdale, Park, Fifth Avenue, and
| Broadway We attempted to admire the
style OF dress and beauty, but all in vain, il
would give l4Qd. DemoreSt a trying time
to name the various styles, and we will say
| qualities, OF TIE lrst named commodity. The
latter, We think, vi eau admire, ii we cannot
lully describe. The Boude aud Brunette,
Roman and Grccian features, and other styles
of beauty, that words caanot fully describe,
passed our wondering eyes like dream. III
| Norfolk, one style at Il time, and they last
| longer. But here, one hundred AID one, anu
still they conle-4nd still they come. Water
Falls are fast dying cut. The three ribbed
| bunuets are also Oh the decline, ANA III fact
there are so many fashions, continually playing
uut and cohlins In, that il is useless Tor one Oh
the hard sex to attempt 10 keep time viii.
them.
Skating, ali now We are at home; one
the steel guides are fastened ON, then were Oh
mixing up with Youth and beauty, cutting up
all manner of antics. Here gees d fancy
boy, cutting his way through the hundreds il
us path, with perfect use and graceful mo-
lions, that be>peaks him an exper, An here
comes a speciu. en-. of Tie fair rex, reseni ing
the boomers III Costume; she moves OFT very
gracefully and last but there comes clumsy
Individual around a crowd at the Rouno
House. She turns be likewise, hut in the
wrong drections; a collision, and down they
20 thump on the ice. No stays or bones broke,
We inqured-and assisted her up, for ye cor
respondent is ways ready to render assistance
to any lady in trouble. | could mention many
very interesting and doubtless amusi scenes
such as A Ward got into, did time permit
The Fifth Avenue Pond, and Union, of Brook
lvn are crowded daily and nightly.
The Schuylkill river at Philadelphia, anc
the canals through New Jersey, afford splen-
did fields of ice for the skaters, but at New
ARK, on passing over the Passaic river, thou
sands OF both sexes were enjoying themselves
on the ice AS far as the eye could distinguish
the ice resembe4 a moviug mass.
Caruvas on the ice are all the rage now
and by tie by, description Of one which
attended in Brooklyn, may be interesting to
many of your readers.
1t was given out to the ears of Brooklyn
through the 1Szses, Union and Eagie, shat Mr..
Cammger, the popular manager of the UUiol
Pond. would conclude his last Carnival on the
pond. Great inducements were offered in the
Shape of fireworks, good ice and beautiful
night Ye correspondent, i'll company with
some of the " fair SEX for which Brooklyn Is
50 noted arrived ON the field Of ice at s p IN.
A brass baud was GiscourSing some ehchant-
mo airs to which great numbers were trip
nine the light lautastic.- The Round HOUSE
or Paooda as it is called, was one vastmass o
! ,iuht. the outer fence was likewise lined witt
!amps. and in addition, the brilliant orb o
nisht. inbe ldetl like some vast g ttering gen
in the uufa;homable depths of the blue
yauted sky, ditfused its soft and serene radi-
ance Der the thousands of youth and beauty,
WHO We're fling to and fro like 50 many
spectral Shadows Tie masks Were no
So numerous as might have been expected
I though the characters were all good, and wei
pc so d. At 1880 the fireworks were Sc
III by Manager Camniger, aud tie skati {
was generaiy Suspended to witness the ee-
CANT display Alter the grand finale piece
F" Love, Unity aud Peace the ladies COM
menced diminishing until about midnight
when down goes the ball.
The most interesting event on the ice that |
;t.....eI ,,ns the nrl.lseh nlu race on ChicN-