Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-01-25
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK, JAN %. 1884.
What with cold snaps and croakers the year
has not opened as joyousv as it might We
have had good many failures, three railroads
have been handed over to receivers Willard s
mishaps are getting an old story, and people
with indigo spectaces eXclam that the shrink
age in stocks in Wall street aggregates $3.50
600, 900, and this being a Presidential year bu-
). siness can, pick up. Well, this may all be
true, and perhaps it is well for the people not
to be extravagant, choking the wheels OF en-
terprise isn't the way TO make them go.
! Now, good old Beecher takes cheerful view
of things, and somehow he generally comes
rig bit side uppermost in all discussions in which
he takes part. In spite of the fact that his an
nual pew auction fell off considerably. he thinks
the country and the metropolis thereof are far
away from paralysis The auction was, as
usual. a cheerful one.
| Other festive occasions were the Old Guard
ball, where the privates are often Ma or- Gen
erals in other organizations and pretty we'll
fixed citizens, which went off splendidly, ex-
| cept for Il little run in INDUCED in by GER
| tain gentlemen under an apparent ,rpus OF
spirits and deficiency of temper. A good
many Of the Old Boys finished the night AT the
alleged French ball. which WAS largely attend
ed, chiefly on account of its supposed tinge OF
the forbidden fruit idea II wns tame and de-
corons
The knights Templar have also given a
splendid entertainment. where TerpSichOre
shook hands with Mars and fairy feet respond
ded to the massive step OF marching warriors,
with noding plumes responsive 10 bIi ght dia-
monds and brighter eyes. The recent burning
of so much of The Masonic temple had little
effect IN dimming the glories of The ancient
brotherhood
" hat city New York has become And
~ Is growing SO fast and being changed so rap
Fdly with superb structures, that m absence OF
{arr SIX months almost makrsa stranger of an
4 old Gothamiie. II is wonderful what superb
structures are going up on every hand, as If 10
| 10 honor 10 the great BIrihodi statue. 10
which, by the wav, The always liberal Travel
er's Insurance Co OF Hartford Conn, have
contributed 81 700, with a promise Of more.
At this rate IL begins to look if should,
after all, manage to.psy for the pedestal and
and be handed down TO postfrity as monunen-
tai misers
/ Let US hope the future historian will have
better things to saw of US. and. by The way,
! pos'erits may he thankful if iher Can he min
'siered unto nv sn"h q nsble rival Of Prescott
and Bancroft, as Mrs Msrths Lamb the -di-
tor oil he g zine of American History, has
proved to he She has given US history of
New ORR CITY. which is a history indeed, a
:
\" other city in the world can hosst Of such a
chronicle, and we may we'll he proud of the
chroairler Literary men statesmen members
I OF The old families every agrees in prHising
ms marvellous outcome of sixteen wears de-
'ro'ion 10 the t.,k this LADY who besides
her natnral AL acquired qu affections ns a
si-ider OF the graceful pen, has hal social sd
Sane'ges md access to secret documents which
nave en- 'hIed her to attain as ne.r perfection As
d. an
book has created a furorc, giving a. it does,
the h'sior. OF the city in fullest detail inciu4-
ing mann"rs customs. etc. Of the nhahitAGts,
from the earliest times 10 the present As
"eofge lham t1rtis Esys. M s,'hool or libra
ry should he Srhogj il. The first volume
practically gives The most connleie history eN
liant o. the State OF New York and indeed
t Of the United States. The work has gone
Through three EDITIONS with a rush and have
only just been .h'e TO .-cure mr. own copy -
f II Is got oat in splendid style as to typography
and binding. by \ Barnes Co the we'll
known Publishers and parVevors Of anmuni
+ lion far the voang idea to learn TO shoot with
Mrs Lamb, by the way, is member Of Soro-
SIS.
H great fsvorite Of that learned society WAS
poor D"l'nSnIco. who has at last h-en fSund
and buried lost within reach OF h,ip frozen
cnd almost within hearing of warm friends.
There Is somcthIag wrong shout our treatment
( IN such cases. Mistaken tena-in~>. sometimes
proves extreme cru~ltr, Look for instance at
+ The etsss VI " ; Srgain. the famous doctor :
~I'e, who killed h-rs.lf and four children :;
lleui- AugHr ~ho wandered naked in the
.iisrest nj Oh, of this winter; Colonel Rsin
: sJh', ho .lsu ghIerpd his wife in Vienna etc
Among the most energetic OF indnsiri.. seem.
10 he burglary. This always hourishes among
a., but just now business has been quite brisk
One party NJ srientiac gen ,i,m~n w-n, through
+ IN entire building in Maiden Lane. ~h-rr sew
erAi jewellers had their uh - and cracked Eve
safes, securing an immense booty. Anoth-r
party, supposed to he d-rra'ei persons Of ten
/ der Years. broke into Trinity Church stole the
p~nniss in III. collection boxss lighted q fire
I in The very. mailed the - nnuniou vine. and
had quite f.s i've aud sIcrilegioas lime.
Rank.