The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-09
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

HoS MtD Year Opened-To" Call" or not
to" Gall" the Principal Topic-A Drss,
Parade in Regulation StyLe-AnotOny
the Chtg Feature Of he CdRJ-IHs
Ancientdnd The Modern RnickerbHksrs.
Correspondence Of the IntelliGencer.l
NEW YORK, Jan. 2, 1874.
GNRRAL GRIEVANCE OF THE DAY.
New Years day is q legal holiday In
New York. All places;olr business are
CLOSED, 30 the marketing Tor the holiday
dinner and the kid gloves for the DAVIS
calls must be bought the day beforehand.
heard yesterday that q greater quantity
Of thelatter article had been sold the day
beloFe thanHn any oneseaSon for yeafn
past and that the number Of calls had
been quite unusual. But my Tribune
this morning says "they were fewer than
for two years past" and that the falling
of In numbers was generally remarked
among those who !" received =" Yesterday.
Amid this conflict Of authorities, Il do moi
venture an opinion, and can only tell you
what ] saw within rather limited range
lot Observation
lTwo nfPORTANr QUESTIONS TO DECIDE.
Judging from the amount Of talk about
It which / heard yesterday from every
tbody' thefe. Rasl little else 70. ba thought
Of incpnnection with the day than to call
or not 70 call, to receive or not to receive.
TIL, day ilselfWas mild and pleasant, mot
Very bright, bnt not wholly dull-Whst
inthe country would be called al aopeu't
winter dsy. nbegani and ended ID q oui!
ct way which was very agreeable. The
only noise l heard was broadside fred
Cd about 2 4. N. % aeort OF hearty, stunn.
Ing welcome suppose on the part of
New York to the New Year. When /
heard that began to iortily my mind,
but especially my ears, against q siege
such as / and they passed through on last
Fourth Of July. With the never.to.be-
forgotten, nor forgiven, roar of the street
Artillery best known TO small boys, still
painfully reberveratlpg, In those ears, mo-
wonder they were sensitive to the az,
proaeh Of anything like the opening up Of
another day like that. But instead, there
was more than the ordinary Sunday Quiz
ct In the street, except where 8 friendly;
organ grinder, one In long interval here
and there, enliyened a street corner which,
would have been otherwise quite dull 81
THE cHURcHKs OPEN But NOT GENERAL.
.r LIZ PATRoNlzED.
The churches, still beautiful with their
Wreaths OF Christmas holly and festoons-
Of evergreen, and fragrant with flowers,
were open early, as on Christmas morn
ing, for church.goers, III ough the church
going was not go, universal, as on that
day. The observance Of o service called
watch meeting" on New Years eve was
generally announced and observed h ere
IN The Methodist churches; an, old.fash-
ioned custom which / had supposed was
confined to the pioneers Of the west, and
had passed about into an ancient super
stition among that people. l must not
forget to speak Of the ringing out Of the
old year and the ringing In Of the new by
the solemn, sweet chimes Of Trinity and
Grace churches; Z
Ring outWild bells 10 the wild sky,
Tho dying cloud, the frosty light;
The year Ii dying In the night;
Ring out. Wild BELLS, and let him die,
"Ring out the grief that ssps the mind. a.
For those that hero We see NO more;
Ring out the leud OF rich and poor; 10.
Ring In redress 10 AL mAnk1nd." Aat
THE FLOW OF THE TIDE BEGINS.
At about eleven A. NJ, the serious bust.
ness OF the iday began, judging from the
groups OF gentlemen on the crossings, at
the corners, and everywhere out.of.doors.
Gentlemen in "hys," carriages Crystals"
cabs, and whatever. else moves or runs
upon wheels: gentlemen on foot airily
making their way along as II there were
no such antagonism TO holiday clothes
and iaultless boots as mud; gentlemen in
lavender and blue ties; In lavender and
lemon kids; In embroidered and rufled
fronts, tho stittest Of upright collars, the
glossiest Of silk hats In short such dress
parade OF gentlemen / never saw before
In my lie, for 1t was emphatically their
own good time-not lady to be- seen On
Broadway or any other place where they
are want TO be seen. A dress parade
which Is unequalled in It's way Of ladies
can be seen any Sunday on Fifih Avenue,
but this on New Years day was some
thing quite unique to my observation. II
Seeing something Of these young GEN
tlemen upon nearer view later in the day
In the reception room, Iwondered how
on this occasion even, their intimate
friends would distinguish them from one
another, 90 exactly did they correspond
In the matter of neck,ties, gloves, collars,
&c, to say nothing Of bows and compli.
ments ID the entrances and exits which
consume most Of the time In these two
minute calIg So faras1 heard they man.
aged 10 say about exactly the same thing,
90, that the Identification Of one from. the
other would seem 70 become more hope
less than ever.
A CUSTOM OF THE KNfoKKRBocKRRs.
They say that thisis n good old custom
brought in and handed down, by the
Knlckerbo ckeFslls But ], couldn't help
thinking that the New Years greetings
musthave been after Q different HON
In those days Of powdered he6ds5 6na
splendid knee buckles, which some way
We elWaya sSsociate wflhia ahe md gen4
Tie, u iRoIneHhat measured, courtesy -and
with noble manners and hospitality
which was without constraint, as II was
without ostentAtlon. But after all, what
remains Of the old custom q Worthapre-
serving, and It 10 to be hoped will be re-
vtyed year By year. especial a. within
The laS( yen Of Two there 4 4 mSrk . and
GROWING effhrk n, Yl,a IN ~ ~ IL