Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-02-18
Correspondence.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

1SAAof ~ ite "HeS
Buuyan's slough of despond wasn't acir-
camstance to New York jest now The ice
bound streets have been wooed by southerly
zephyrs from the gulf stream and are melting
into qusgmires of unut,erable nsstin-.s. Every
body prophesied what has come to pass, but
the present evils are not the easier borne be-
cause anticipated. To travel on foot 10 to
travail, indeed The mud mnguss the eve,
offends the nose, and destroys the cloth..g
Fog. drizzle and mis-, we're all We needed to
make things utterly blue, and We got them
with . vengeance. The Herald has besn try
ing to get up a grand street-cleaniug bee on .
municipal holiday by way
of shaminR the officials who fatten OF their ap-
preparation OF $500, goo year and spend mes,
OF their time 10 explaining Why the mooey
goes, and there's nothing TO show for il. The
movement has rather lasguished. Busissss
men csn't exactly see their way TO devoting Al
entire day to the delights OF shovelliug mud,
snd 30 the amateur street cleaning goSs on some
what spasmodioally. However. Ne live in
hopes Of being able to zee our pavement sgsin
in the course Of week or So
The busy archers have been praeiicing all
winter in militis armories aud riaks, and
grand international congress OF reprsse ia,is -
from all over the L MON are expected here this
summer. The indefs,igable president. MAJOR
A. G Constable. formerly of the British Essi
India Company,s artillery 10 Bombay, uou the
right-han man OF the famous publishing house
Of Harper Bros, has secured The of the
Prospect Park parade grousd 70, the exercises
Of the dsvo,ees Of the losg-bew. aud there
plenty offun 10 store. A mos, graceful pas
sexes, and demanding no little pie.uresq uenes'
in appropriate costumes and fastdioususss in
the selection Of approved kits, archery nfaH
becoming very popular among the classes OF
easy means and refined TASTES, and Americans
are likely soon 10 he 10 - great repute 40
Arch are tA.. .i.>-a. 49, -ia.---
Dismissing the uielders Of antique weapons.
one is naturally led TO thinking of,he Nations!
Guard and other warriors. To quote . for
cible, though very eolloquial remark your
RApII recently heard, the Adju,Aat-Gsasrsl
OF the State Of New York seems 10 hsv.
knocked the SuHiuE out or ibs peaceful
soldiers who shoulder riaes several srenings
every month. and ware yards,ieks much Of the
balance Of their time Sandry regiments are
TO be disbanded, and siricter rules and sweep
ing reductions and reforms are TO prevail
among the organ Ia,ion, still retained Tber'
lssk nf
''sorshead'' in chsire variety. and thers viii
be, Of course, considerable wedding oat Of the
i nefiicients. IL 10 lucky for some Of hem thai
The exaui nations are believed like kissing. 10
90 by favor, otherwise some Of The rejected
ones would feel shame at beiag passed over
The reg ulars in force jus, no. owing to
the continuance Of the eour,-mar,ial on Whit
taker, tie colored cadet.
Tbs Chinese have bern celebrating The New
Year. They are growing quite numerous, asd
are interesting and quite respec table portion
Of there community. Except for an occasional
outbreak Of prejudice on the part Of some re-
Gently -arrived immigrants of other races, they
are not molested, and seem to get aisng very
are being educated by various churches
Their festivities have been openly conducted for
the first time here, and have attracted . great
deal Of attention. 10 one particular, At least,
IN almond-eyed visitor set 40 admirable OF
ample. They solder up oil quarrsls, pay all
their debu, and start afrssh With a clean bill
OF lading, in moral point sfview | have
heard some ladies sag that they would be quite
nice If they would only sprinkIe the clothes
they wash 10 3 different way.
However, the shirts they get up are landried
to perfectioa, and one ought not TO 20 too
Your RADIx once, in India, went over a huge
Government bakery where bread vas prepared
for some 200 troops. He noticed the extraord-
mary hoof-like callousuess on the thumbs Of
the men who knsaded the dough, by hard
manual labor, for officers tables, asd said
something TO the effect that il was lucky peo-
pie generally didn' know too much about bak
ing when the sergeant in charge obser we'd.
"Oh! that's nothing. sir; they knsad the
bread for the men with their feet, and, begorra,
tney oOn Whsu e"i ~ tuSt VIC ouut ~ SsseSs'
That reminds me OF the Marquis of Waterford
q nea JAILED bsefsteak aad onions-but guess
won't tell that story
The exodus Of B. ookl IN clergy men continues
Bishop Paddock starts immediately for his dis
tant diocese Of Washington territory, aad the
rector of q closely contiguous parish who 10
shire wdly suspected to have been party to some
put.up job to procure this extraordinary exile
and irreproachabls scclesiastic, avery active
and prominent person has very suddenly and
accepted a call TO Washington.
People say that he has been scared of by the
eloq uence and power Of Bishop Paddock sue
cessor, the Rev, DR.. Brown from Cleveland, .
most noble locking man with an sloqusnce
that has startled people. Your RADIx 10 very
much mistaken il Bsecher ham Al last found
some one to match him with the gift Of tongue
DR.. Brown was IN army chaplain, and good
,ne. People are raving about hin already.
Meantime, the Rev. c. Hall, great gun amsng
The M.so.s, has been appointed chaplain Of the
,3d, in succession to the surpliesd hero who
goes to Washington. A clergyman with
,word is a funny sight, The militia chaplains
Ill turn out 50 rugged
RApIx. !,