New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-26

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The day was HAPPY one 10 many 'noussnue' IL
sh. go csehrated Il in its usual way with thanks
giving and with song, with mirth and reVelfS'
SCENES DOWN TOWN.
xy.u strset was deserted all day. The Stock
p.ha,oa the Sub Treasury and the Assay Ot1ce,
e.. Mining Exchanges and all the banks and trust
oo-r,apies were closed. The Custom House was
oman from o to 10 O. IN for the entrance ana clear
anoe of vessels only. Profound peace rested over
4he Street: stiffness that was broken neither ny
the growing of a bolated bear nor by the Del
loving of an impatient "bull." Newest. was
EMMY of privilege" brokers, who loudly vaunt
their wares on business days, aud at the time when
deliveries are usually made there were no frantic
messenger boys to run over everything III 'heH
With the Produce, Cotton, Maritime, Coffee, Iron
and Metal. Mining and the two Petroleum ok
changes and all the steamship ana otner offices
closed the other downtown streets had the appear
ance and qnet of Sunday, excepting that the nquor
shops had their front doors, instead OF tnet sue
doors only open to patrons ia css and otner Vehl-
ces and peanut and fruit stands were seen III eVerV
direction plying their business without fear OF nm
drance on the part of the police or the Penal Code
Hsbre WIS kept open their shops and exposed their
goods for sale. but they had very little trade
Castle Garden did not preserve rs customary sun
day or holiday appearance, Tor seldom Goes
II have 80 little to 40 Usually mere
has been a continuous arrival OF immigrants
on holidays, but st.riay only two steamships
Hence most of the EMPLOYEES at Castle Garden kept
Christmas. In addition 10 the arrivals there were
about 400 imm grants in Castle Garden, including
some 200 destitute tungarlans who are waiting IOr
employment The hand of benevolence was ev-
tended on all sides to g'ye these new arrivals Cnrs,
keepers at Castle Garden. gave them breakfast at
10 a. m. OF soups; meat r and 1rea o.
the German Society, having personally
given a Thanksgiving dinner TO 200 German
immigrants the directors of that society contrib
tad HUngarapB
about 200 Germans Christmas dinner at No. lo
State-st. About hundred men. women and chill
the scriptures by MIR. Berkemeer, missionary,
partooG of dinner of soup; meats vegetables
bread, cake. stewed apples and coffee. Mr. HauSelI
The directors of the Irish Society gave
dinner of turkey, chicken. vegetable.
plum gaddms brad and ws cheese or to TEX TEX
immigrants at the Cornwall Arms Hotel NJ. II
West-st. Thomas Roberts the proprietor OF the
the diners. The Italian immigrants AT Castle Oal;
der had no society 10 come to their rescue. ana
Murray & Nugent loo ed out for their wants
The Totunda al Castle Garden presented an unu-
sually pleasant appearance to greet the Christmas
arrivals robert Christian The master mechanic me-
walls. roof and columns with evcrgreens,
and festOons and other devices hung
gracefully about in marked contrast TO the Gus
fomary white bare walls. Over the te egraph
office and over the desks of the clerks hung stars
ana wreahs of spruce and holly; On one she .f 2I
dirty bags with their rgoletto cloaks drawn closely
about their faces some of them discOuISihg ia theIr
usual jirgon and others sleeping On another SIDE
was party of Germans singing Christmas carols
The greetings 70 the new-cOmers; ana the
dinners served to them had awakened
memories of joyful ChrlstmaSeS spent IN thglt
native lands. 1 here was a con- rast between the
children assembled here and those IN many OF the
homes outside OF Castle Gard,n, the absence of
dolls toys trinkets. candies ami fruits beng uoce-
able. sun they seemed Joyful ana haPpy.
WORK OF THE LETTER-CA RRIERs.
The letter-carriers made only delivery in the
morning and IN the downtown district succeeded
in getting nd of only small portion of the mall as
the Offices were generally closed some OF the
uptown stations the amount Of mail matter that
came In on Sunday was 80 great that it was
sary for the carriers in many cases to make two
trips in order TO deliver all the letters and pack
ages that were on hand yesterday morning.
There were fewer Christmas caIds distributed than
usua but there was a great Increase in the bulkleT
presents that the carriers were loaded down
with armsfu Of bundles. The General Post once
closed at 10 a. m. aud the domestic mails at the
same time. The foreign mails closed as usual The
CLERKS, many of whom have had fro2 twelve TO
fourteen hours of work daily for few days past re-
joiced in the hOli lay that was given to most OF
them. be rush Of mail matter viii be iessened for
q few DAYS but then New Years cards VIII cause
wailing and gnasling OF TEEN among me
Post Office clerks The New Years cards. said
Post Office official are cause OF more profanity
in the service than anything else. They are re
quontly sent in very small envelopes that are dlit-
Gu to handle and have only roo u on the outsde
for the postage stamp and address, so tat IL Is al
most lmpo bic for the clerks 10 stamp them WIN
out celebrating portion of the address
FEW MEN OUT WITH FAST HORSES.
When the slelghing was fine on the bOuevards
md fashionable drives above Central Park few
DAYS ago the owners of fast horses began to con-
gratulate themselves that Tor once they would be
able to enjoy merry sleigh-ride on Christmas
Day. But when the weather began to
moderate and ominous looking clouds preceded the
rain then hope died out that frosty celebration of
the festival would be possible. That he snow dis
appeared was a great disappointment II many, who
Otherwise would have been out with their
fancy teams all spick and sOan. few
persons compared with the thousands who
were out driving a fortnight at0' rdld
Bridge TO Gabe Cases. Bat they found little
enjoyment. he roads were so soft that they cOnd
lot brush with each other whie moderately las
driving made the thorOughbrcds breathe nara
The most celebrated horses We're not seen FRANK
Work drove his beautiful Western colt snort
distance III the morning. Ex-Goyernor stanford
OF CaIIfornia, was with MIR. Humphrey DAVID
Bonner and Sheppard Knapp drove slo Wy past tol-
lowed By. George 3; Alley. Mr.. Kenmore 9I ~;
Kearney. James Fiack and Theodore Russell. Ihty
ell drove light teams short distances and then went
home
"Gabe Case was not feeling III a very merry
mood lie said that 1t had been SO long since
there was good sic Ching III New-l on Christmas
DAY that those who owned horses had gotten into
the habit of remaining at home. " rnen," ne said,
you know there is no mnce pie on Christmas out
here. The fun to-day was at RydeTbOuckS stacle,
where at IL o'clock his customers gathered and
after much traditional ceremony cut the mince pie
and pulled the cork out of large bottle of VINE
You ought to nave been at the ceremony. ii was
too big a time to tell who there. But there
were millOnnares, and lots of them"
HOW HE THEATRES WERE PATRoEIZED.
Those theatres IN the city where what is described
as popular prices are charged were we'll filled yes
terday afternoon AT NiblO's Sam" COlvllle stood
just inside the iron railing and watched with snil-
lug cOuntenance and twinkling eyes the mcessant