Year: 1866

Special Correspondence Of the Cre5cantl


New YORK, June 27, 1866.


We find the weather growing warmer up this
way, and l am inclined to think summer has fairly
set in, for yesterday the thermometer run up to
81 in the shade which is quite warm for US and
leads all the country seekers to leave town at
once. The city shows very perceptbe signs of
decrease in population, in consequence of such
numbers running away, as they suppose, from the
cholera instead of which some have actually run
into it, as in Elizabeth, N. j., a very popular
place of residence during the summer season
They have had more cholera during the week past
than we have had in New York since the disease
first appeared at quarantine in fact, this city was
never in a healthier condition than at present,
the last weekly mortality being fewer than
ordinarily, and only three cases Of cholera haYing
occurred within the city, and those very lar up
town near Harlem Some people yes, most all
New York people, think it is preferable to go INTO
the country and occupy little rooms six by nine,
and actually boil from the heat during the day, in
preference to remaining in town, in comfortable
rooms, and where, during the day, person, il
obliged to 40 ont, can get shady side prefer
to remain in town, and take month away from
home in the latter part Of the season when you
can remain out Of the city until cool weather sets
il, and then return prepared for a fall and winter
campaign. However, there is no accounting Tor
taste especially of New York people, and as it IS
the custom here to live high-honestly if you can,
but live bigh-eyerybody does pretty much as they
| choose money or no money. We have an induce
ment for people to remain in town more than ever,
our park which is now in splendid order,
and. after having risen from a comfortable din
ner, to enjoy drive by moonlight through
the park, rather leads person to forget the heat
of the day and it is being practced more than
ever this season by those who remain in town.
And then, on Saturday afternoons the public are
treated to a fine open air concert under the di-
rectorship of Dodworth, whose band dircourses
very chaste and well selected music, mostly
operate selections, and probably not SO well
| suited to popular taste as more familiar selec
tions, but thousands of all classes and conditions
yourg and old male and female, in carriages and OF
foot, in fact everybody who can, always enjoys al
afternoons recreation in observing the beauties o.
the park, which has such diversity of magniti
cence, and in all quarters presents in itself or il
the curiosities rare birds, animals etc., which have
been added, such picture Of nature and art com
bined.


Business of all kinds is very dull, Eyerybod,
appears ANXIOUS ABOUT Lhe iOFelgu news, anu AO"
will affect US nobody knows Gold and stocks ar
rather tame now, and there is not much specula
ton of any kind Cotton is slow at about SIC. an
banging heavily, everybody holding for rise.


Our new excise law has been declared unconst
tutiona by one Of our courts here, aud last Sunda
most of the liquor shops thought they would hay
a chance to pocket a few dimes, but Superinter
dent of Police Kennedy issued an order directin
his officers to arrest all persons found violating til
law, as the decision only referred to Holt, tn
> plaintiff in that particular case. Whereupon, th
liquor dealers sued out injunctions against th
police captains, forbiddng them from interferin
with their selling liquor as they chose. Altogethe
it is rather pretty mess. ,z-