Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-02-18

So q | Correspondence " tbs Commercial.
Nrw YonK, February 10Th, 1863.
1t has been stated that winter comes in like
lion and goes out like a lamb.
Ii this bc so he is about rs fearful young
mutton, thls season, as ever cried for its dam
And, speaking Of dams, they must have given
away behind the clouds, as well ms heavens food
gates themselves, l,st night.
That healthy old fraud, Jupiter Puvus, let lis
have II all night by the blcket-iul, aud he is still
dipping III aud turning out his pail with the
CHEEKY and urty vigur Of Olympian youth.
Rain, rain, rain, aud the weather has, too.
grown chill rain over city and river.and plain
over valley and recking hill.
sad contrast with the soft, spring-like beauty
Of the weather On Saturday, and the early part
OF yesterday.
On Saturday. the thermometer at ono time
stood 40 high as sixty degrees. |. was glorious
day, and lucrative one for the matinccs, all of
which rcaprd golden harvest. Even before
they poured their rnuiiudcs Of Metropolitan
fashion and beauty into the glttcring promenade
without, the west side Of Broa@way was thronged
to an extent which think have never seen
clmlled.
IL was simply
Walking down Broadway,
The festive, gay Broadway"
without n particle of cxaggeralion.
VIC CuHu HtiIN iVi nuns, ENIliiS ht thc Eit-
teiug stream Of elegance and beauty, and lost in
puzzing conjecture as to where the thousands
and even millions come from that serve to plume
these pretty birds for the sunshine, and deck them
| out in all the pomp OF raiment and Of gcin-oi
costly vcvets, silks and astrakans and finally,
perhaps, give the.conunLrum up in the consolng
| thought that surely
"Solomon, in all his glory, was not arraycd
| like one of these.
ST. valcnti.c's day was observed 10 much les,
extent than usual here II may believe the state
mcnt to that effect made TO me by Il promincn
Post-oilicc official.
Many Of our down town merchants are yer,
clum over the prospects oil the opening sprin.
trade, which, thcy aver, Will he unprecedented,
dull even for these hard times.
This stngnatiun is hardly anywhere more appt
rent than in stock market, where the bro
kcrs complain tight Justify. Speculation is con
iiucd almost wholly 10 gold and government
bonds while the stock-gambling rings" ar
wished joy for the "loads'' they are compelled Il
shoulder.
General Grants bold aud independent remark
upon the occasion Of his acceptance of his elect
oral commission ut the hands of the committee
have created n lively breeze among politicians o
every faith In this city, and shne of the wiz
pncrs are anxious. Though why any one hay
Ing the real good of the country at heart shout
he So, IL the frcsdcnt-clcct carries out the princ
pies he so tcrscly enunciated, am nj n loss
know.
The last tragedy, known as the "sevent
Avenue tragedy, has been thoroughly aired Il
II CurOner's Inquest more swift aud thoroug
than usual, the jury rendering verdict TIL:
Peter BimOerger, the suicide and would be mu
, derrr was under the Influence of Temporal
insanity.
2 This lentcn season is being generally observe
] by all Of our Catholic and Episcopal cllurche
{ with great ceremony.
2 Our ball season may be regarded ns rapidly o
the wanc. But few balls are announced for III
p coming week, and the announcements will gro
: beautifully less as we advance into Lent. ] d
J not think that this winters festivities have, q
Z the whole, Leen SO brilliant as some pteviol
e seasons.
j. Couliagralious have increased in number TO a
n alarming extent In this city Of late. Last wee
Il we had twelve in twenty four hours. | can onl
i account for 1t by the increase of the crime
y incendiaflsm; for certainly we have the be
s system Of ire-signals and one Of the beet III
departments In the world.
Il AT the first pull Of smoke the alarm is given
/. and it rarely happens that tongue Of flame ca
n dart from window, or wrlthc from n roof, b
=. fore steamer, or two, is on the spot. There NJ
some strange errors in tho management Of III
- Department. one Of which Is the drilling OF I'll
:, tlremcn in military tactics the same as the n
II lice; when one would think that the most sens
a bic discipline wOuldb 10 drill them iu handlii
d tho If horses, engines and gear.
ID One might as well teach blrber his vocaic
e by giving him broad-axe, or instruct seamf
i in his duties by compelling him TO draw wat
y from well and cat chicken bones.
ID But these things will be remeded in time, an
: meantime, We have good reason TO have prese
satisfaction With onr Fire Department