The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-14
From our Special Correspondent.
Our New York Letter.
A Pageant Of The King Of TerrorS.--
Poor Brookiyn,-THe SavimgS Banks.
Dangers from Fire.-A Barrister
IN the BuSkin. GleaningS.
NEW YORK, Dec. Q, 1875.

biuJ obtiA u llttiS bOnlhN tnS tiinIo III
recurring to them now. But the universal
interest which they excited, and the usual
meagerpcss of the tclegraphic dispatches
must be my excuse for speaking Of sight
which none who witnessed will easily for
get, namely, the passage of the funeral
cortegc through this city. The route took
in Broadway for the greater part of its
length, and tho appearance Of this great
thoroughfarc during the passage of the
procession was grand in the extreme. BY
three o'clock in the afternoon double lines
Of people began to form along the side
walks, and these grew steadily deeper and
denser until long before the march began,
pedestrian travel was almost entirely
blockaded. At last, about sunset came
the order to clear the street, and in an
instant, so to speak, so quickly that it
seemed almost miraculous, the whole
surgng, roaring mass Of vehicles vanish
ed, leaving stiffness 80 unwonted that it
was as though the shadow of Death had
suddenly fallen upon his chosen path.
Soon a few dirge like notes were heard in
the distance, and the head Of the advanc.
ing column came gradually into sight.
From my position il an upper window
commanding az extended view, the whole
scene was most impressive. The sun had
gone, and the air, though perfectly clear,
was filled with falling shadows that soft.
ened to gray the cleaning white plumes,
and gave additional solemnity to the
mourniul honors. The hushed multitude,
the deepening gloom, the thrilling and
appropriate music Of the different military
bands, whose intervals of silence were
filed by muflled drums, the heavy tread
of drilled platoons, the mute, awful
eloquence of tho reversed arms, and,
lastly, the plumed hearsc drawn by four
coal-black horses, and surrounded by q
compact escort of infantry,-al formed a
pageant SO stately and SO imposing that
it seemed the fullest expression of the
dignity Of the officer in whose honor it was
called into being. The procession was
probably half an hour in passing my
window, and was, as | have indicated,
largely military. The artillery and city
fire department brought up the rear, and
as the end went by, the ranks of specta.
tors suddenly broke,and tho distant music
was drowned by ;hcir dispensing foot.
ateps.
Brooklyn is certainly very unfortunate,
Other cities may have as many rings and
as naughty contractors, or even equal
taxes, but on Brooklyn it never rains but
it pours cats and dogs, In the Beecher
matter, for instance, sho thought by the
big trial she was having the bad tooth
pulled, and though the pain was severe,
that it would soon be over. But the old
spot has kept up sort ofgrumblipg ache
ever since, and it is now thought that
some old roots must have been left in. So
a new committee has been appointed to
dig them out. Letters are actually being
written, and-ominous sigh-the inter-
viewer is again abroad in the land, his
ghoulish appetite whetted by few
months abstinence, And then, too, the
other day, just to show from what unex.
pected sources retribution can come, q
large Waterman, which was laid dozen
years ago, during the city's pristine in.
nocence, and which has been quietly full
filling tho duties of its position ever since
actually poked its head out of the ground
and began blowing like whale; mol
could the conscience stricken inhabitants
close its dreadful mouth till car..rack and
road.bed had been washed away, cellars
turned into cisterns, and thousands Of
complished. A day or two after this, a
large fireworks factory blew up, still
further shaking their shattered nerves
and now the telegraph tells us of earth
quake shocks up in Vermont that ART
working down this way Shades o
Sodom and Gomorrah Is old Plut'
after Brooklyn, now that Moody ant
Sankey have shaken its dust from thci
feet?
However that may be, the inhabitant
of Brooklyn seem to be about as anxiou
to take good care of their worldly posses
sions as those of New York or any othe
pious town-in proof of which, coul
instance the general awakening on til
subject of savings banks which has jus
been making itself felt on both sides c
the East River. A "run" on several c
these institutions has melted one Of ou
morning papers to look into the subjec
and to publish a statement showing tht
of the sixty-one savings institutions
New York and Brooklyn, one-third al
either nsolvent or in precarious cond
tion. Moral-Spend all your money, al
t you won't lose it when the banks go dow
1t is not improbable that the next il
, terest that will need similar looking aftt
is that of FIRE insurance. AS is alway
the case at the beginning Of cold weathe
we have recently had number OF fir
large enough to have attracted general a
tention in apJ other city. Thus far Il
t efficiency of the FIRE department has pr
$ vented general calamity; but the o
ganization is so dependent upon the u
!, certainty of city politics that no one nee
4. be surprised at New York's following Il
| example of Chicago at any time, TT
t papers fully realize this, and are urgil
;. the erection of better buildings, and Il
J.. adoption of greater general prccautor
:. The various rumors regarding !
Q Oakley Halls theatrical proclivities ha
t taken definite shape in the announceme
n of his debut at the Park Theatre, on t
4" goth of this month, in n drama writ
C for, or, perhaps, by him, and called at
o Crucible," OF which it is said that N
10 Halls own experience in connection wi
10 the Tammany trial will form the then
The press speak encouragingly of IL
now departure, but still are not ov'
Is hopeful OF his success, and it would,
d deed, be strange if after thirty years
4. work in the legal harness he should alta
l. distinction in so different field.
i. At Booths Theatre Mr.. Geo. Fave
90 Rowe is giving his great character
s, Wilkins Micawber in Little Emily"
ID Mr.. Fechter, at the Lyceum is playi
i. in "L'Abime," French dramatization
the Diokans. Collina novel uNo Thoroui