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OUR MINING INDUSTRY
my ruor. i. s. Nfn jiiRnr.
RISTOftT, CO.UMTh?* AM? CdTT.OOK
fm tSr *v '1 ?I ? r mf Tht T >'????
Si* I a\ * I"*"? much iati ?v?.f,.,i in the Si tu-r- 1'rmn
the "t> e-teni mininc dial nets wr.ffen Im Mr. 7.. I..
Wb't -, tad rorrenvoDdewl of I ui l iam \i . 1 lu v
}?i\r rw~tt graphic ?ml fn .im, tlM>ug;i po??..lai
w|lM.ri''i'i viriiiiir, ll;,\ri'r:v:,,;;T hoe i ?1 .. t,\
acrur i!<- in imi'teisof fact, ai-l have supplied a
pg) w Mit Ml U\ ewtdic Mr. White .1-1 i>?t.
},..\>. ?ct. ?ov. t t!i?- u h?h ? tie hl. aott na 1 ha\e ie
finti" **?eitt several months io tiiv Wo*t.
fi.iai ii .luumabri ofuupori.ini ?ii:ru-*and mining
,b-ij: ?* u??t visited by biui. yo'ir re.idors niav p< r
b:,f>* I C v? Illing U> have Ills M i lt?* <?{ l-ttcl* *itp|>lc
Itxs.led by some notes na ?nrh mines a* ha' e not vei
been descnlsed In your column*, it s<-ei; < ,le*i: ,b!e,
feowevsi. that the matter* et detail ? hull will |. r
Ike amat i>art make up tlw??- notes should li>< pre?
ceded Im .i few wor is iu regard to the present con- i
aitioenf mmii;a ludustrv at Utc West aar it* oat
buk lui the lutare.
'fa. -e i. ii member the course of cvei ta in our
ri.iint. ? during the last thirty years a ilivc-all more
than cue epidemic of tninrag lever, and the?e have
been ??eVhbly fixed ia tl'e tneuior. of ni.mv of onr
pe,.|il. by tin h?*.sc* ami disappointments liter have
occasion**.), fir*' eiii e tue d's. r.very of avid in
California in 1 * IT and the ru*h t?i ih?< gold h>Jd>
winch to.lv be^au lu htfl und oootiuued
through ?veral year*; resulttug in the or?
ganization of our Wuhru ni.v, im l.aild
ina of the Tail tic Railroad and He con
t mm of !rl..">OO.OtH>.000 iu gold to our
il wealth, Must of this gold came
from ihe supcitiiMsl deposits worked bv thousands
of 1'id^peudent gr.lch ruiuers, ami though the quan?
tity idoaiued caused wlid ri itemeuC and induced
a great rush to the uniting district the work r.'
psbed little cap tal tor Its proaerutiou aud did not
proi'iote tea tormaiioii ot wn.iug couipn;.ies nor
fCDcrutc a MDeculiit ive spirit in mining, lie effect
Bpen the bast was simply to draw oft a part. >i.d
of..-! a *u>-ritucii* part, ot the population, and was
then-fore .pine dirti-rent li-un tin' ! the :i:i;.i:.g
t>v. r* whi. ti foliowesi if
V a tv-placer deposits of California had l?cen
so far exhausted as to yield an ancertain return for
in.ii?........ .dort, and the production of gold came
ekic?y from hy draulic washing ami system itlc
asinine on quart* leoees, the unemployed mining
population lu part turned o other avocations,
and part I v migrated to discover and de?
velop mines lu other portion* ot the great
aia Tal beit of the West. This army of
pro*pcr!o'? overrau Oregon. Idaho, Montana.
Keva.la. I'tah, Arizona and Colorado, everywhere
searching for gold, and that m placer or " gulch "
depo* ta. Several ot these were found which proved
to be of considerable richness, such as Alder Gulch
kj M.mtana aud the gold diggings on Clear Creek
aud the l'ppt-r Arkansas in Colorado. In th* in?
terior of Uta continent, however, the rainfall, winch
I aaaaamres the amount of erosion and the as-cumula
tion of sunace material, ts comparatively light
aud local. For this reason phscers there are
of limited extent, and those discovered were early
exhausted. Thus placer mining throughout the
West in a great measure lost its importance, and it
may BMN W said to be practi ally abandoned. af>
rept in jairtioiis of the California gold belt, wliere
It is rent Maai by the great hydraulic mining com?
panies, and m a few districts of the interior, where
Its meni;is- returns satisfy none but the patient and
rt eoorun al Chinaman.
With the exhaustion of placer deposits in various
pkfts of th?? West, the attention of miners was di
Tfetcd f:;sf to the quartz I? dges. t he siuin c from
which the gold wiis originally derived by nature's
system of crushing and washing, and to the min?
eral veins discovered In many l.icilitles, that car
red silver a* tbe.r chief constituent, but combined
with this gold, copper and other metals. Among
the tint of these veins to be worked,
and that which tip to the present time
has proved the .icbust of all. was the
Comstock, that bas bow yielded over fHWl.ono.oOO
la gold and nil vor. About the same time will, the
Comstock, silver veins were fonnd at Austin, Bel
Bunt. While Pine and other place* In Nevada, and
id the Owvbee district of Idaho. All these proved
exceedingly productive, and tb#?y created gri?at ex
rlteuient not only In tue mluing population itself,
but throughout the country. Nevada was the prin?
cipal centre of attraction and field of operat ion,
though Eastern California, Northern I'tah and
Sonthem Idaho contributed each Its share to the
general turor. This culminated In the flush times
bauieolately following the wir Mining companies
were then organised by ttuiuaatids ; everv prospect
helc found a purchaser, millions of capital were
poured Into the mining districts, and invested with
Stirb entire disregard of business principles and
eommuc. prudence that failure was in m?*t instances
S OTP ai necessity. The warnings si science wer?
disrega- cd i e xperlence gained in othereonntnes
?ras scorned, and the error, still prevalent, that
?he uiHslncatesl "practical uiiner" wits the onlv
ife guide, led capitalists into all aorta of mistakes.
Stamp mills were erected to work smelting orea,
smellers w?re built at mines furnishing only mill
lag ores, or.what was still more common, expensive
dining and millinr establishments were constructed
there n<* considerable quaatity of ore of any kind
exited. Added to this, there was frequently a com?
plete forgot fnlneaa of the plainest teach
4ag*i of prudence and eirporionce in the a*lectiou
of the managers of these mining enterprise s.
Work of a s|>rcial kind, involving the outlay of a
large amount of money, was to be done bv agents
two thousand or more miles away from personal
sop-ovision. In such circumstances a necessary
Condition to success m?st be the selection of agents
proved to ho boneat and skill- d in the duty they
bavo to perform. Instead of this, offener thar
otliTwise, tlie work was entrusted to some relative j
or friend of president or direefors, who was an- i
?aoploved bat auae n^ftt 1st usefulness in any
?flier avocation; oft-?n?T. perhaps, iucompeteut I
Iii.in dialionest, bit n .ne the leas un- I
an:.l<.:ie?l for tho place to which be was
appointed. Such folly e >uld have but one
Vesult. Moat of the mining enterprises were
?n*tiere?aful, and. as is generally the case,
the h| line was laid where it did not belong.
^Tlio niinos were pronounced worthlees. and
those who had lost f bair money in raining throuun
tlh*ir own carel. ssness and urn i nice rrediteil tlu-u
failure to the uiiues alone, and thereafter reg..PsM
?very mining ent-rpriae, with distrust, if not as a 1
Swindle and a soars.
Kiih.eriitffit experieoee has ahowu the error of
Sara x;r-ui?- 1 b?- immens?- revenues derive*! from
' ?or Bjaasa prove that thev are second otuy to agn
?ubiire as a source of wealth, aud that tosncceed in
BsMasj ii is only necesearv to follow tho plain,
practical rules winch bring sucoeas in other
? uf h'i*iiie?*. With ri*.id adheren? -- to these
rale-, asaxsaai now ?fters a more liberal return |
inr a vaaSaaaM than any oih?-r branch of indua
TrT i?. in. iii?,| dare, the mine should be care
f' lini.-i.-M l.v s<nii- tros:worthv and i-iiiiins.
^ ' ? x:-eri, one eapalde of delermtinng as curately
ta*- hstare of t'>e deposit, and of answering tb#
BjaMiaasl wtm-b pasjagaal themaeUes in the outsa>r
mm ; vi stigation of its value, viz.. what arc the
?Jo:;n itv. irial t? and as'Cewsibitiiy of tbeore T The
?*sa*!', . f ., -, . ^ .t can be easily tu< a-areii, aud
?' " ?-*< ' ? r"?s determined l.v uiil -iu-.h. f :r
*?e. yields, or ear. ful sampling. The iniueralogi
*?I . a, acter of tin- ore, ?ha.ii a competent ? Xpert
JsSa * at ;:ght, determimv. us aeiapf atioii to thai or
that i i.sl. ot i:r>iiiieiit. I hr water suppl, ,th;- coot of
fuel. Us? 'i ... ? , aim ssbor, of in ning, miiliugor
?""?hing the ore per ton, may all be ascertained
w"' ?- .eat facility ami ctiitainty as the data lor
esTisist?? in tb?construction ol buildiu???r bridges
* railtosds. Asa geuaraJ rale. Um net value of the
??that may be seen and measured iu a mine is ail
that can be paid far wtsat abintsrls safety, and aaaaa
at the very baat mioeaiu the country ha^e been
Joiebused on this basis. Itiulug opeiations sr. n.
eesaaniy expeuaive, stacs they nmat gsuerally be
???duetoa in out-of-the-way place? by ageuu. aud
beyond the ihiaiss?slii supsj vision ui the
?w?. r* A Urge margin is ihstmiore reyuir?d
to make turning iafeauiuuiu aalei but wuau
? mim? ha* been so far opened n? to
fairly determine the character of tbe deposit, a
considerable amount of ore of Inir quality lias been
exposed to view, and Ihe aet value of this only ia
? ???'d for. the chances of lue? lie altogether in the
iiinnsgvmc-it, and the chaac s of gain in the prom
? v ol fh." |? r-;s.( .if t!iP o;r deposit Iii volume
| ami n. utit-s* ?i y.'ivd what ( an ?*? teen. A " prco
j pei '" is noi a mine, aud yet it offVu lias a couiuer
i rial value and may he t'..c ol- < ? t ? I !? ?d utiaic in
J vestment. It may be said that no bosmcss ia
free from risk, ami every purchase, is made <>n
a probability of piant: so a miueug prep-rty 0:1
?loch !it'l ? d. vt l ament h.'.short made,but which
to the expei leiu eil eye gives at; promise of
1 value, auy be a go.nl luveataaent 1< r one who baa
>???? ?? > -bat :??? ??. p legitimately risk ; but no one
>? ??'?' .??>! o<i a proti.duiitx. however sit..nr.
iiMUiev that 1? beld iu trust, or is ind.speii.sable to
him sun! Ins f.imily, and therefore that he cannot
afford to lose.
Ilrcae remarks are mode to correct, a tlteory, en?
twarnest by many good business nun. thut the
cause of the numerous failures in the mining enter- j
prices that wcr.> organized in the in in inc fever of
l*-?;."i to 1*70 was hi gcrmnil the fault of the mines
and not ef the miners, aud that mining enterprise*
???>? le-ees 1 speculative and extra hazardous.
As we ?hall see in tracing further the. history ol
wining at the West, abundant experience has
proved that there is a ncht way and u wrong way
to conduct mining, and that when rightly con?
ducted it is as safe and remuneralive as any other
business. j
Tb-t failure of so many mining companies, be
tween l$o7 and 1870. brought this busiucss into
sncli disrepnte that to propose a mining scheme to
any capital fed waa to expose one's self to insult The
bonanzas in the upper levels of the Comstock mines
had now been worked out; tbe White Ptue excite
meut. which bad la a few mouths brought forty
thousand people together around Treasure Hill, had
die*' away with the exhaustion of the peculiar and I
superficial de**oaita of ore found there; the Poor
man lode, thut at one tinw sent from its bonanza
seventeen tons of ruby silver to be exhibited
ty buildings, had dwindled to its normal
proportions of a rich but very narrow vein, and a
let -led ea'.t.i had a?1 tried down over Lander's Bill,
Austin ami B'dmont. Finally came Black Friday,
the panic of 1^7:1, and tbe hard times which fol?
lowed, during which business of all kinds stagnated
and the Interest In mines seemed to be dead. It was
not so. however, for the quartz mines and hydraulic
works ot California, managed by men who were well 1
trained and understood their business, continued j
to be actively prosecuted and to make a solid con?
tribution of s^O.OOO.lMH) per year iu gold to the
wealth of this State. So In Colorado, tbe Odpin
County cold fields continued to yield their
$2.00?.OOO a year, and the silver mines of George?
town. Col., of Eureka, Nev., and of the Little
Cottonwood, Clah, kept up some mining excite?
ment. Tut* was. however, mostly confined to the
Pacific Coast?that is the region west of the Great
Plains. In the Fast the mining lever had com?
pletely died out.
In 1*71 the great bonanza of the California and
Consolidated Virginia was struck on the L'omatock.
Skilfully manipulated by the gamblers who con?
trolled it. the atoek of these companies rose from $3
I to over $200 per share. This produced in San
Francisco the wildest excitement, and cansed stock
gambling, which had before lieen general, to be
I 00111 e almost universal. It Invaded all ranks of I
,.,.( ?servant-git Is in families, waiters in hotels,
all were dabbling In stocks, nnd ladies met. j
not as formerly, to gossip and drink tea, hut to
enltlvnte and indulgo a far more pernicious j
taste. Few business men, however disciplined am! I
I self-controlled, enidd resist the temptation to " Iraki
a flyer" In uimifce storks, and the effect was todis
honor industry and economy, the life-blood nnd I
breath of hea'lhy business, to debauch fhe entire I
community and undermine the most solid and
sacred interests of the State. So strong and wuie- I
spread had this method of garohhug become that I
was recently told hy a prominent banker at the West,
tliat scarcely a day passed that he did not receive r?
m ttaneee of ti e bard earnlnarsof fhe miners in some
distant camp to la* Invested in oueor another of the I
popular arocks; aud that, stranger still, the petty
savings of the convicts in the Penitentiary were I
not unfrequentlv sent tiim for this purpose! A dis?
tinguished Senator, who ia supposed to have real- I
ised a fortnne from his mining operations, when in- j
formed last Spring that a considerable mining ex- I
citemeiit nrevfiled in the Eastern States, said to
bis informant t "There la nothing I aal! excite?
ment there vet; whea von find tbe waiters and
chnmbemiu'ds ard lKHdblsrks dealing in mining
stocks, then von may thing you have a real mining
excitement"; a stage of civtlieatmu which ail good
citizens will join me In prsylng may never be
reached here.
But In the face of all the disappointments of
former years, the interest in our mines has steadily
increased, and last Winter oaosed the Investment
in Western mines of much of tbe capital that had I
so long remained nnerrployed at the East. Then
those who con Id here find no betrer use for their
money than to buy four per cent bonds with If, were
ready to purchase good nines sa Inreatmenfs.
liiere was no excitement, hut a reaaenable
amount of legitimate, interest. Within a few
months si' this has changed; business has
revived, money is in demand, avenues are opening
on even side for the employment of capital, and
those who have large sums at command are incline!
to invest nearer home ; and yet tbe transactions in I
mining "hares have immensely increased. Now al
most" every one has bought or thinks of bnyinga
few shares in this or that mining scheme. This is
generally done in a pure spirit of speculation, and
I the increase of this tendency to gamble iu mining
stocks is to injure not only the best interests of the
cotniunnity at large, but those of every substan?
tial and legitimate mining enterprise. The taste for I
speculation is becoming so strong that it is no longer
delicate and discriminating, henci a bubble and
a swindle, if it is bolstered up w ith stro:ig report
am! false promises, stands on an equal footing with
the most solid and intrinsically meritorious enter
priae.
For this speculative spirit there is only one
certain eure, snd that is adversity. Disappoint
n,ent and reaction are sure to succeed credulity and
1 folly, and here, as in other cases, the good mnat I
si:M-t with the bad. It ia probable mat preaching
will do little toward stopping the evil, but
it is manifest that the hi-at interests of all honor
' able, well placed mining coini>auies. snd, indeed, of
I all commerce and industry, are oppoaed to such
J has' v and careless) investments an are now being
dailv made in this market. No good bnsinesa man
will place hia money in the hands of strangers, or of
those whom be knows or snspects to lie raarala; hut
if h*? buys a fractional interest in anv proiasrty. and
thus loses the control of his capital, he will be care?
ful to see that it is in the hands of those who, he is
aafislied. have the honestv and ability Uiuseit well.
We niuv therefore expect that as a consequence of
ii 11 wise investments manr of our citizens will lose
the r mom-y, and a reaction sill take place which
will uiore or less seriously affect all mining enter?
prises But there is, on the other hand, good reason
to believe that this reaction will not be so gen?
eral as tb<?c which followed former mm
lirtrexcitementa, and that It will not result in dis?
crediting any of those mining companies which
are doing a safe and legitimate business.
The number of such companies ha*
largely imieaeed within the last ten
years, and a better-in termed class of
capitalists are now investing in mines?men who
?. i.i t.> tin r in vestment- with some portion of
tii?- a-nirhfnl care thst has given thetn snoeeaa 111
other things, and who will retain something of the
dornstv ? hieb has ?nveii them fhe credit they en
j. .. I'lieie ar mining companies now before the
public erhielt have paid Iben du Mend* regularly
month after month,_u some cases for years, and the
dividemls pi.id have beeu a fair tutetest 011 the in?
vestments made. These companies aud others
that ure i-eiug organised on the same
general plan, that w to make the divi?
dends estabi' h the reputation and vslue of
their stock, are destined to give cur ructer to mining
enterprises ia tbe United States; a id when the ebb
title shall sweep away the trail structures ot the
swindle* uud the pure speculations. Uiear perms -
ueaoe will gite tieiu a prestige ami prosperity that
will tss independent of all mining chills and fevers.
t 0111 tin 1 isons ai pro\eihi.dlt odious, and 1 shall
not make them hete : Ion in :in- a:!n lea which are
to follow, where ????< ml mines and mining latriei*
are describeo, honor will lie giveu where honoris
due. ____________
" Curl Maria vou Wobei! ? said an opera
goar ihe other u.git.. "I Aappose !??? was ehi .sleueii
ait** his in... bei W list i. curious thing I" '? Km nl sll,"
replied a friend; "suielv he could m areelv Ustve bsca
chxuiteued bttoic bis utotuer."?{k'uuny ifuik*.
THK DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS
holiday ha1tixkh.s ox evert !i\x1>.
TttK ri.KAvirnrn or tint gkxat FMmraa fn
joyfd bt astk h-aiiom?mi-a*? f ri-nr: h. i\
miihts am. mo?s>- :n,: aa?>ki.: - ii . aa*
Tld\-,ryj?TTYAL AT THK Wlfao.X MMR
The iweather ltd not prevent an iir>nv??e bo.
lOay und* yesterday, broad wav. Sixth-eve.,
(ri;.inl-,t. und ethci gr< at retitn? of retail
?hon? rn th? East and Went Sides were
filled with ton? of thousand* of seekers for
ChnstjBui gifts. The scenes riming the day
and i veiling were very carious and interening. At
tho Stink Exchange Ute brokers Lad a bvely cele?
bration. The YYilaou Mission made its children
happy with a Christmas tree. Notes of the prepara
lions for the holiday in Brooklyn are given here
uith.
utelt bcesbs ix limn and stores.
TlfF. SIHF.WAI.KS rHI.'d.Vt.Ell WITH K vofr sk'kcrs
i <i: llotiDAY ei: i?( mines sM.nrs axu ix
ctnrxTs?THm immf.nsb att'LTiTrik of bi tkbs
m tbf fast si uk.
There are so::;,- features of New-York street
l.'fe that are broogut luto special pruniincnee fluxing the
t'hrtstmas shopping. For several seeks before that
scsaou or giving, the store windows take as an appear
ai.ee of i-u-geouj ill-play that exceeds anything that Is
offered at other times of tho year. And with each year
new saasbaaatSSW aud designa are Invented lor the pur?
pose of attracting customers to look, aud then to boy.
Tbe crowds that are seen in the popular mopping dis?
tricts at tills time, n.ivlng spent the Urn few weeks la
s.-etng wh it tl.ere U for sale?sod ilurlng this " thop
plag," ss it Is imtletl. the storekeepers ilo not expect to
niak? their largest suit s?start out In ?hrlstmxs werk to
buy. They throng such streets as Fourteenth-it.. Broad?
way and Sixth ace , on the Weat Side, anil Grand-et, and
others on the Fast Side, and are Id sueb numbers that
It Is diflleiilt to walk on the eldewslk*.
With the street* lu such condition as they were In yes?
terday tbe crowding m even worse tban !n dry weather.
Although tliere bad been efforts to clean the principal
street*, wbleu were iu.-u-krd by evident Improvement
m tbelr condition, yet there wts still much
mud and melting snow lying In the gut?
ters ami at the sides of the st.-cets. making
them luipasBdUle except at corners. Some of the people
stopped frequently to look lato tb? itors wtudows.
while otheraimpeded the moving multitude bv dickering*
with tbe curbstone pedlers. ?r tnesc there were yes
tsrdsy the lousl number snd ths usual variety, espe
elallyaloiu Fourtrt-n'h-st. and 81 xtu-sre., where they
stood in s nearly counnuousliue. 'r(.-re were dealers in
I children's toys. Japanese chiua-weru and lacquer-work,
fancy grsases for decorating tuantol-shet ves, picture
frames, soups, perfumery, laces and nockct-ooolm t mar?
vellous m?trui:ieiits that " cmver* rhe human voice into
i ssriodioas instrnviental music and even useful sr
ticies were not wanting, such a cement, to the dnrn
billtr of which no advertisement has ever done Justice.
I As the day advanced, tba argument was used?-always
eons-deiedfotcnt with the barer?that there were "only
a few more le't." This, however, could not be said of a
whole wagon load of etiostuuts thut stood at a corner.
I which suggested an industry in picking them up fram
, tbe ground Ui.it it made one's back ache to contemplate.
The cries of the renders, the shouting of drivers and
I the tinkling of the c ir-lielln, .vmluned to sank* a Dabei
! of the <-rowdid streets, and at xrry abort intervals the
roar of the train* on the elevated road was added.
Inside the stores ail wss Ills snd bustle. To
ohtalu s piare at a count r was often a mai
I ter ?lavolvtng not only mucu time and patience,
but much physical effort as wi '.. There was tho busi?
ness-like matron who ploughed her w.iy through the
lndlcnaut tbronr; the porr.y ?>id gentlcmm who was
dragged hither and ihltber br the young rin who knew
wbsi she wanted. If h- dl . not; tbe young man who
liao .neppe? in on bis way up town, and the older man
wtioso long list ana woirted look indicated plainly
ibat he hail been sent; the young girl whose com?
panion was a friend who did not aiind net tig troubled, or
n brother who dirt; the ahshbey dressed, forlorn-looking
woman with a child, whose only plessure was to lodk at
the pi :? ?.. BffS : ? I "; b*J .' ?nil..ai gj ;.??* ol snopp. r?.
Tbc force of Cierks had heeu every where
luerrased for the holidays, and they stood
at every point along the counters. The sharp taps on
the counter and the cry of "t'aah!" were neard^above
all the noise made by the crowds of visitors. However
attentive, these girls?as must of them were?seemed
wearied and lUticsa with constant standing snd con?
tinual questioning. One of them ssid tn the hearing of
a reporter. " I hsve told tbe price of thst writing-desk
no less than forty-three times already."
hut gay a- 1 scenes were during ihs day-time, tbe
arrival of right added tornancy. The windows wen
llgbtel. and Uumtiiaied the street. tia*-Jets ?si:h 'Merry
Chrtstuss" snd other mottes appropriate to the time
:rre easily read from a distance, while in some
stores- the staring white blase of the electric
light produced a daxxling effect, which was
made weird by occasional flicker'ng. Locomo?
tion iui-;..i Wmne uncertain and exasperating;,
for the c.eaaest of the streets were not free from deep
water in the gutters and at tue corners where the sew?
ers were choked up, and It was no easy thing to avoid
the puddles unices the direct reflection of s light re?
vealed them. The lielatcd shopper now appeared, and
eager!) nought without stopping to look further. The
* lores ware kept open until far into the night.snd the last
iHiyers only alaapneured when they were Anally closed.
The superintendent of one of tbe many large baxmr*
wt.ere cveryunug is sold undsr one root, from s soup
plate ta a toothpick, from kid hoots to tue topmost
eather for tue bat, told a Tribubb reporter that
las present ee.son Had b-eu anui.u ualiy-uocnasfuiore.
uud that even enlarged accommo laitona failed to pro
viur far he increased number Unit Halted the store.
He sa.d tnai this was also tbe leal lino ny of others In tbe
same OUSinees.
Toe rain that began to fall about 9 o'clock seemed to
hav>- utile effect upon the buyers, woo had been pre
pared, lu view of the throaiatalug character of
i in- dar, with umbrellas. Many deserted the atreeia
for the -tores, snd completed their purcaases
where they hapi>ened to be; but large num?
bers remained out undaunted, and went from
place to piaos. The curbstone meronants, however,
succumbed to the drizzling rain, all except oue man
whuss stock ooiiniHied of a metal article w.ilch tbe rain
could not damage. The varle.1 eTcHil.-ucles of this for
tai.uscuo.d use could not a.l be heard if oue old not sto?
hut paused .atsurety by. although this single Vu.ee
reached far down the street.
A GLaNCK AT thk grkat T. 1ST BIDK.
On the East Sale, from the Bowery to the Kast River,
esiiecialiy lu Oraud si. sad the neighboring atreeu. tbe
scene was oue of universal animation ami buslilug
activity; aud If It lacked the more refined
and fashionable features of the West Side, It
certainly did not yield to Ii iu point of numbers
and liveliness. In spite of the rain and slush
and ad lu melancholy sccompsnimsnts?the liupedi
meats to travel and the numerous obstacles which be?
numbed the pedestrian energies of the crowd?tue
streets were ss den*eiy thronged, and the
stores were as cheertul snd bright s? in the
Untat, crist>e?t weathe- of previous years. From an
early Dour tUte neighborhood was thronged with pur?
chasers, aud Ute number steaoily increased as the day
wore un, wbeu at 3 o'clock on* might almost have
reasonably Imagined, on beholding the immense aaaem
biage around him, that toe entire population of the
qusrter had to/ued out In honor of tho dir.
(irand-st. was, of course, the central snd culminating
point of attraction. The Whole atrest was
lined with stalls, laden with all kinds of
articles, and doing a very thriving trade. Among
tbe ?maller stores were two thst presented au unusually
gay and festive appearauue. Tbeae were a sbop for the
aale of dobs and toys, snd s Frencn pastry eook*s
plaee, which giltU'red wiiu an unusually bright
sud tempting display. In the great diy-gouds stores
the crowd wa> dense all day. Every d. .?artm.-ut was
thronged, este.lal i nie centre -t.iud-., which were
.-,.r,ii deviled to holldar artlclos, many of a most
Dovel and beautiful description.
" Has ihe weather bad any diminlahlng effect upon the
business of iho last few dsys t" Inquired ths reporter of
s ui-mber of one of ihe l.-ading Arms. ?? N .i m toe
least." wss the reply, "from morning till evening tbe
store has been crowded, and we hsve been fsr busier to?
day than ou sii> previous (,'nr.stuiss Eve."
Vei crowded as this great bouae was, Its hosts ware
. quailed, if do; surpass- d, by ttio-e which surged lu and
out of another immense Orsnu-st. bazaar. The must at?
tractive feature of this establishment, at Irast In the
ei es of II"- little folks, was trie toy department in the base
tueut. to Vilich v alters wereoi.rdiuih luriled by Hanoi
Plaua hinisell, a no ?toirtl in ihe middle of lue room,
holdmg In his iirtna a itgbted tres, aud looking tne very
nieiuie u' a-iie.vulencM and glee. l>awn be ow
?in the fairy land" beiow, as It wa*
pleasantly tleaignated on the placards? was
one of the largest collections of toys that
ever greeted and delighted ohilurei \ . \. s llo-i- ?lU>
a.most ereil rouceirahts article lu existence to
Sill li? and Miuil little hoy- and girta. It
a t.iouaand children had tx-ou wal'lng. each oor to
i? a. rVeil Ulla U Ul?rl. Ill a: , c.i . ih. v w..UId
have been imtoediat. lv gr..ritleit. flach Doy would have
1 und hu soeolal nobiiy atid di-ngtu. Tuetss never waa
auch a pUee for boy*. Of drtlina and rifle, and
other warlike parapherualla tie i must have been
enough Ui Block S good kU ?I ST vtf Tie
array of dolls was poainvelr brwiidenug. There
w,-ra whole neaps of them hudd.ad together in a
atate of nude and aitleaa aimplirity ; and on tae second
floor aoove were otuei*?ol more reftued mil gent er
pareiitasra?art a) ?Mi in Uiu issest styles ol fashion, sad.
UoUOt.aaa, eager lu their nsarts to oe Ixaoafetrnd lo
richer quarteta.
At utght the sceacs ou tbe East Side were evea mure
rnrtnii ? ?ml in'rroirriiie thnn in the dev. Electric lights
on ir:,ii?r<e (irand-ai. bunding* irradiated the whole
.....d. iitrqwng evervtbuic la-neeta them Into
tv-ld ami afcinlre pi..miMi ,n ?? ?< in t'..c t,i >r?f noon.
I r-"? A "l 'T lulit wm a immim to ika atmvl>r vaar
, drr? hi .I .rail e* mrs. who. In > oneeiiurnee of the aright
? * ? ?-. .11 > rii. *(!..iud ib>- frteii.llr light from tbe store*,
dikpeu?, <t r. Ith burner* a* a nar.iaaa and
exfuira.-siit luxury, and rxfHtmrA taeir -rar-'?
I lo tresw-r advaofnge than daring to* dav.
I Thnr last d.iii!t,ish ng stork afforded r*"***"~r
? ? "' i ? " d day'* aaln, although they aever
? i. ...?n.-d iu ener-rr. bat bawled out luatey to tue la*:,
em- 'ii'uged I v tii" getieroo.* attitude, of toe crowd.
Tbl? ?teil system of ?tr~t rend n*. whlcti has become
?o proni'ucot a feature nl tlie qii.ii .nr. deserve* more no
tire thnn has been geiicrrillv arenrd'-d to It The
?tails are by no menus the rrlv.al affairs
popolar,y aapsoseri. nor s,c t:r contents at all
conteanpttbip or uuaorthr of ctMn.deraUou. Mnyef
the ariielea they expo* display a skill aod Ihorouahuesa
of w'Ttaiaaaaip that are wnr.T.y or the best class
of purchaser*. Among the urticp* wl ill were
selling frtetv yeaierdav were imitation caral
iMcklarea. made of ceiliilcld. and really arthete
and pretty in their way ; Itr; le w.waxen tea set* and fttr
ul'uri' und r..i n lim.n.ui. l.,\ *. tnnM of Vruich ui c mad.
by tna venders themselves l'be ?tat ?und timtr uiraem
nunv of whom are women?present a novel aad
striktnr feature of this nan of fin city j
and 0*1 oeraeltitis like last evening, when lit np wilt;
c-.ndles and glittering with oranges and tfegri bread,
si ringed pop-roru and colored Claasware, they seem
really dazzling to the oeeupants ef the tenemeut'bouses
and p. i.i .Us' le s of M w-York. Tbey uiusl have
made large *.ii..? tar night, for ta.y were pat-"
??muz .1 i>r great crowds, Soeue ef the I upmest
ST'?ups In that quarter of the cltv seemed to be con*rc
gated rnuaii them. Contentment atid holiday pleaenre
were n fleeted in everybody's countenance. The seder
wan elnd to part wltb his goods, and ? ? ?. r - n
equallr clad lo receive them. Each in a incascre had
conti lhitted fi the enjoyment and comfort of tue other,
anJthi ypiiredwUumufu.il -a u'aud good v,111.
THE BROKERS' IVoLIC.
A LIVELY TIMF. ON TUP. SIOCK EXCI1AN1JE?A.XXUAI.
rELt-nniTiox or mi? day ukfork chiiistmas.
Tht Stock Ext haute was prettily trimmed
yesterday witu long festoons of "rdur snd evergreen
and with wreaths o* mistletoe. Prom the windows and
the trss-lamps on tbc aide, walls were bung smalt Ameri?
can flairs, wnlle the pillars which support the visitors'
gallery were trimmed with gn> u. The tall chandeliers
ou each sldn of the rostrum were trimmt 1 also wub
green, und ou the -v.nl tiack ol the Preaident's eha'r was
a lurge greeo star. Under this oung no a whre black
around the Untre of a eat. the color of which nvilled
thai of tle> animal mado famous by Pa) (irutcaque
beads surmounted the pillars of the aUud
ing each sUe of tbu desk. wL.1l In front of Mai dat -'led
the flgurn of n clown, life-siae. In the gailrn raised
pla.forms bad been built for the accommodiition of
?pecumrs. The mllery was tilled with frtend? of the
brokers, wboss fair faces glowed with excitement as
tbey looted apoe the curious antics on the floor below.
The cel, braiion of the Christmas Jubilee is as old as
the Exchange Itself. In past years tbu frolic has been
alliier, but it lost y stiMay noue of its interest. After
the first call was finished, about 11 o'clock, the nproar
began, aud roran nour continued without intermtseiun.
A process! in of masked brokers, headed by Orafulla's
Ttb Regiment Hand enteret the rooai arm in arm.
Every specie* of animal waa represented on the floor.
The band took possess on of the rostrum, snd after a
galop the Stock Exchange Glee Club sang America,
In wbteh It was ?* as- ??ed " by all present.
It then satig an original rung, entitled " Move Tour
Family West." which bad a lively eborua. The ? points"
were gre.-ted with mnch l?ngster and applause.
Is.n't r .n fear to trr y. nr luck.
1 if o.no pen see|. I- uc.
Tor sum* ?? t hap ??v? iher're grain; np.
Au.l f in know tc s nrw-r wioug.
Co %el1 some Flrle short.
If item y y>n wua -1 ruafee.
Ane when li .Iron* a ihiI'i or two
Whr flier. \ > nr rtot.t tana.
I'on't viu sell P irlflr. tfnn ch.
rur i rr, to'.I It's pone to n*e.
Ami as ?iHirtsm-n. vou are wall awar*
A pointer never lies.
If ron'rl bare* brawn atSM .'rout,
Aa.l a i*n "em on fhs I I
Win jast a .rlac yair friends to buy,
I I,?o >|u'eilr unload.
Afterward J Wiiyn* Davis and Thomas B. Adam*
il.iticed. in friendly romp-r'tion, a aatlors' bomptpe
Round alter round of applause was the reward given
these rtvala, between whom no distinction w.is poasinlc.
Each was prom uuceil without a peer. The daiu '.n
was followed by a coratiaf in which ir fl.ited hlail.ler?
were the only weapon*. The fl >or wa* cleared at ia?r
by a platoon of Imaginary po.icemen, ciimmuinlcl
by W. E. Tunis, wdo imi?ersonated Captain Will?
iams. They were armed with aaussge-uke blad?
ders with which ther clubbed the rctreat'n*
crowd with Indulte seat. Alter ? quadrille, the
Glee Club aang finely a champagne song, of wulcb me
refrain, " Billow* of Bright Cbaanpegne,** was greeted
with frantic cries o " go on." Bhortlt afterward there
floated down from the srebed ceiling the life-eise flgure
of a woman, dressed with all the magnificence of a bal?
let-dancer and ethereal as air. The performance cl ined
with the singing, In lull flboru*. of " Home, Hweet
Home." The broker*, however, did Dot seek their
ii. ? i With the bnsw, l*iirt tig. they marched nnt Info
Hi os.l-st. and into Deimomoo'a. A* tbey riled through
that rosurt Uno were weu-omrd by John If. Longhl. the
Superintendent of the Brnad-st hous", whose rare b.ia
Issen familiar on the street tor forty-*lx years. Prom a
blab stool at the end of the coanier be waved a cordial
welcome. Toe procession appeared to fitde sway here,
although It is believed tue baud finally emerged from
the New-el. door. Traces of the fun wer? visible now
ami then during the rest of the dar. A* the closing
hour approached members ou the floor of the Exchang*
were ben' on every one l>elng uncovered. As the gong
sonndeO the close of business tbe air seemed tilled with
aspiring hat*.
The Exchange will not be op.-ned until 11 a. m. on
the days foiiowlng Chri-.mus and New-Year's.
( Hi; I.^ IM AS IN BROOKLYN
8KBVICKS ix THE CHL RCHES? AMU8CMENTS?CTIAtl
rTABLK I'KKP MtAri .NS.
Christmas in Brooklyn will be ushered in by
the rlngtaa of bells. Tue turmoil of trace will oeasc for
a brief Interval, ami to the city and Government build?
ings the holiday character of the day will be noted. At
churches of many denominaUons especial musics) and
religious ncrvleee wUl be attended by tbe usual throngs.
At 8 a. m. the chimes of St. Ann's on Lho fleigut* win
rlngont Cbrtatmas oaroU. Iu the church at 11 o'clock
music will be performed and Dr. Bcueuck will preach.
At St. Mary'a Churob a choir of thirty-atx male voices
will render a ebolce programme. Tbe soprano, Misa
Mitchell, and nihur members of the choir at the Church
of the Messiah, will render musle from Ootinod. Hsodei
aad Mlllard, among others. I nder tbe direction
of Mr Hutchinson at ftt Peter's Church a musi?
cal selection in which spoesr the names of Beethoven,
Head* Nsotin. Dudley Buck and Handel, will bo snug.
At Giaoe Church, the quartet, consisting of Misses
Benedict and Merwln and Messrs Wbitfaker and Came?
ron, wltb a cboru* of fifteen voices, will sing. The
cbotr ot the Church of the Redeemer will be assisted by
a quartet of bias* Instrnmenu iu .dditiou to the piatto
and organ.
In the Roman Catholic rlmrciic musical services for
fo-dar are announced. In ad T.ion to tbe programme of
St. Stephen'*, published in Tut Teibi xe jeeterday. at
the Churches of n. p?ter. Ch tries Birr .meo and of
ihe Nativity very excellent mn-ie may be heard.
A special musical service anil a sermon by the
Sa-ior have bceu arranged for In the Twelfth RSeal
^formett Church. At tbe Church of Qaja Sivimir (Uui
tariau) a sermon wUl be presetted by the Rev. Dr. Put
man, tbo pastor precedisl he a mnsical service.
At a oamoer of Metbtuluit Episcopal churches services
will t>e held this evening, kluaie will be rendered in the
Eaat Congregational Church at both morning and even?
ing services. A large number of Siiinlsv schools will
have Christmas tree* to-day. At the Rink. Dr. Fu.'ion
wtli speak In tbe evening of Christmas Day. A satkM rt
wll Lks given this evening at tbe Br ?iklyu Tsb.-i us.
where Rossin '? Huu.at Mater will be sung: Mile.
Alwine Valletta, Muta Annie L int*.- t'arv. and Sutnori
Campauinl and O.ilaaai and Herr Behrens will take
part. At tbe Academy of Mn?lr and the theatrea exrra
matinees are promised, and the tiirons: of pleasure
seekers to-Light la expected lo lie very Urge.
In tbe charitable and penal tnslltutlous Christina*
dinners will i.e served to all the Inmatea. Exercinea
will be given by the boys at the Newsbors' Rome, in
P.'Plar-st.
Shopping for Christmas gifts waa continued up to a
late hour lust evening, and poor was the home In which
no remembrance of the day appeared.
FESTIVAL AT THE WILSON MISSION.
The ladies interested in the work of the
Wilson Misstnu. wbo are good nngels to buud*ed* of the
poorcoildrcn of that populous neighborhood surround?
ing Tompklns Square, made the children of the school
happy yeaterduy afternoon with a Chriatmas tree.
No single Christmas tree which waa ever tailed In the
woods and carried into a boose, could aloue have held
the gifts prov.iled for the school, comprising,
as thev did, not only a great number of dolls, package*
of eandy, knick-knacks in which ebildren delight. Put a
generous lot ot articles of practical ase. Tables were
a. curlingly uti.ized to supplement tbe tree. Tbe
celebration was accompanied woh exercUes usual on
such oc-aooin?, ami it wsut off to ttte unbounded Uellght
ot tbe large com|i.iiiy of children, aud the gieat satis?
faction of those who take pleasure in the happiness
tbey confer on others.
Mll'Slum ft KATHk.lt HKPOBT.
GO v^ UN MEN I BsNGAJn >\-v
M}/nop*i? for Ihr (Kut 11 Souca.
\Vasiiix?;tox. Dee. 25, 1 a. m.-Au area of
lowest pressure has moved northeastward beyoud our
ststUius, and rasing harotneU r generally prevails east of
the Rocky Mountains, the pressure being highest in tin
Missouri Valley. Cooler northerly wim'j prevail over,,
tue Lake region, the Northwest and tbe Houthweat
Teum s*ee and tbe Ohio Vs ley. Increasing to gales on
tbe Gulf I '..as*, arid accompuMted by raun or sleet in the
two laat section*. War ner soiithweat winds pri vail
ihroug iout lbs Atlantic States, with cloudv or rslar
weather, .-ice,,! clear on the Soaih Atlsntic Coast. Tne
pressure i? terr high, wltb cold weather, at Rseky
Mouuiaiu suu PaeiUc Coaat stations.
.'n<r traft rm*.
rur Middle Atlantic States and New Eughsod.
southwest vesring lo auobrr northwest wluds. rising
hartirreter, partly elomry weather aa<l oecsslonal It<tit
ram sr now. _
IBIBUM LOCAL aWaVaVvfAfMW
^?OI b*: JD.rotraJ ITtffhL Iba*.
"~ ' t i ? * ? T Miatirt! I S ? a ? t ?fjrn',!>???>"
1 'V .l-afTail. te? btrMIKHI ?I .l-'l"i"t la thH -?? . -.? -??'h. ?
BBaesj ; :,<? *rrr *s* isa ***aa*v* fhfiai ?' ??*?? ?<? < t.- .* ?.<*? ?
Bn-"r?m? n utu:?*t Tbrtrr*r<?-?*>U Ma* i>i mU tkm liuMlli?
Willeme- .r> ij..r? l.'.n? hont. Ta* N*t?a mt muU'4 H? rmttmmmg
Bf* ??natlan* la t??llHir?, ** iaal:*ta? ?f im taai . SSnBBS ?'. Hm i
aut-? raanaaa i^s-khi?,.
fBrarxr. omn, Der 2?. l a.m.?After the rapid fi l;
yrsti n!yy tnimtinz the m..vrtr.ent Id tbe bsrr.meter wxs
Irr^rtilar. the gdneral teuJ-ncy boinr downward,
t'l.-.i.iv weather yrevellrd. with oeca?lonsi m?na. The
teirpcrature ranged between 3H3 aud 4P, the tv. ri|f
CJsV | rannt lyi^ hlru-r limn on tae saue dar lai:
y.-ar. and 2 V b'.gber'ban on Taeaday The amount ?f
itare I tue air Is large.
Roudf wi-ato-r, wltn ra:n oranow, followed by coder
and elp.irlnir weather, early in the day, may be ei
pected la tola city and vtcinifr to-dav.
" HOXESTT THE BCTT POLICT."?Coimti V
practitioner (arrprlacsl ar tin- visit of a notorlousaju*. k
and phi-vender); " Well I What brings yon h in t "'
Qua' k (evidently suff ring from disturbed perlst alte
action): ?? Well. air. the fact ta, I feel rather queer, and
" Country nracrttio'.er; "Then why don't you
take one of yi.ur ' Pe in? of I! ? ilth I'" Quack i ?'Tust*
Juxt It. mir I 1 think I've ?wa owed one?by nilatakr P?
Punch.
it id uice when a wife trivet her husband a
box of ciyai ? on lit* birth.lay. nut I* somehow takes rn#>
rooianre -hi out of Ir when sh* qnletlv sbaerves nex"
morning. " You'll have to sits me some money to pay
for those etcar*; I spent all mine for other thlngs."
| Boston Tiaui ript.
latest snip yzirs.
rnp.r ill' NEW VOIIK ARRIVED DEO. 24.
"tr Rio?irainie, IVuniugton, Uafveston 6 Car* via Kay West
:?. r It it.'l..f. * c.i
< iv >t v Sana, -trvena, Naa*ao Deo 13, v.s FeraanrtDm.
to Charm* H ilalmry m Co.
rOKEI JN P >BTa.
Qt csxsTOws. Dec 34.?Sailed, su Celtic tor Xsw-Tark.
Catlrara Ueno sie?
Ifsve achieved the mnat noted anreeaa ot sny msrtteina* of
nosteru times Tliry < oust*, it Cutlrura. tbe great skin cuss.
( .itlcuin Resolvent, a powerful blood purifier, ami i iitinirs
>??!>. lfie inest sooUnug, healing, and relrtshiug befurs to*
public _
MAHKIK?.
i OLCORD-BLfXX-On Tuesday evening, Dscsmbsr 28. St
tl e r silence of the bride's parents, 102 Ws*4 4id-*t.. bv
Rev '" RPnn. aa?l*trd bv the Rev. Wllllaio M. Taylor
I). p.. and the Rev. William Xaat, D D., ths Rev Faninel
< o.' .'hi ti. :.;!s? Al eea .. dsoghter of the Rev. C U.ius.
?CHI \ 'irTf TOt aTf*TTrtT tta rueaoay evening, Iiecem.
bar 2.1. in the Prvelivtenan Chur. h. at >ew Prorldeac*. m,
J. i>v llie He" I) M. -ewar t . saatateC UV the K'^ . i ?Hl
ajrara,Krw4s H. BTsakajIsr. mi m manne, v. i .to Beiiej..
daughie' ui DaalBl K. au<t Mary i Vatealloe. mi :>ew I*ruv
:dtiii e V J.
DIED.
n\r ON- At Sing Hing, PecemHer 23. In Ihm 74th year of his
ng ?, I'Siiiet P. Bai., formerh of 'hi* city.
FBm rss Bf kai ate residence ou Kikisv imirainc, 26ih last.
at'?i wk.
< .ii ! . ?tu meet rhe7 a m. train from New-Yorx.
lcn niient at lireeuwooil.
BK s .NETT?aoddeoly, st t-uPt Orange. December "S, Fauna
J.. wit- oi '-iiluev it. Reunett. in Ui? 30th rrxr o. I.< r age.
Funeral Fn lav , Iiecemher 311. St 2 ?0 p. iu.
Train ? leave foul ut Barclay anil Chnsu pher als st I in.
Ii.\ YHO< K-In Brooklyn, 2lld u?:., ll.niy It. liayduck.ln
me ''!>l yrnr of tits age.
BslBBvss SBd frteuwB are m-iol lo atteu.t Ina tuneral tro?i
his tai" r-ai leu. i, .No. 2oT 'dl. !.. souih lirooklya en alxih
Pay. the 2i'thm*.' st - B*SSM k p. at.
KIIMI-K -'in Tneedsy morning. Di-eemliet 28. of canrsr,
r meltws, wlf" "t David Kilmer, in her TSdyear.
Kriativea sun tnends "f i lie taaitiv are inched to attea t the
? il from lioee Hill 4 K. ?' i.ireh. 47th *t.. between S<1
SBS :?d avea? Kili1.?v December 2S, st tOiSOo'clock.
B K^ HOMO- "n H ???iiismis?. Deeemoer 34, at ins -is resl.
'.. sal BM mtm Asahei luymono, in the 70th rear
?t als sure.
V.t.c.e r.iuersl hereartar
II riOBABrT?\t-unimlt. X. J.. Decsmbsr 32. 1S7?. Ws'tsr
II irVaft, infant son of Joan Elliot sad Carolins Iioas Her
geaut aged .'? inni.iba
STKPUK.Ns- At Mount Hops. N.J., Tiasltv. December 33
1870, P.u hard -tenheni, formerlr of Devonaltlre. Eus'aad.
in the 40th vstr ot 'ilaags.
raasial services will bs held st 'us late real denes, BfoaaG
nope N J. on Frlosy BWratag. Iiithiasi.. st 11 ir-cio-x
8TfLs>?Ob Wmmumtft i ? .t. T. Eawtu Sbls*,ix
the i7th vear of a * age.
Funeral fro u hi* late reantsnc. at Dsrlem. Frtdsy. Detern
her 2tl, luat.. Hit a
STI ART-At his late resilience, on Tuesday morning, D*
cember 371. last.. Alsxauder -'uart.
Frlenoa are I iftasi Is attend the funeral semees at the
fifth Avenue Praabrrerlao Charrh. corner SAthar . on Pti
dav looming. Deer m bar So. at 10 o clock, tils resaealed
that no flower* be seat
Ta V i- 1. Dec. nito-r 24. of bronchl?a, Lsmont infant son of
Alexander, jr , sad Tannle Taylor.
Puacia. ilu .stiuas Dar. 1 s o oca, from tbe residence of nil
psrsuta lH west mm st.
Oufcuil Wouee?.
43oa riirarea.
DEBIOX A-X? riXISII KXCKPTIOXABLY riMfj.
whol*.sali- and ketajl.
a.R*' It KB a panco AST Jfr"* CO..
H7 Orwena-aC. A ss, 70 a 73 Wuoaier-st.. sbova Brooms at.
_Broad way cars pass the door_
Holiday i.ooda 1
WINTER WEAR?SCARFS, nr..-. ..LOVES. SCARLET
L'XDER^HlHTa and dkawek-s 0 ka .lt.
1)UCBLE-BRKasTKd MERINO UNDER
ISUIKI" 50O. r.ACH.
DENTs KID Ol.OVES.B3 20 a TA! IL
J. W. JulLNaTol,
mb i.kan i'-i'. .n'KW.Ti>RK.
AXsfQ W? tTH-AVaT, an POOH ABOVE 23par,
Hospital ?ararday
AND HomPITaL HV ?day.
I-ECEMBKK **7 and 38. 1-179.
?? I. I.fKfS Hv-Pl TAL.
PHOTaSTAX T EPISCOPAL.
Total anmbei im patleuU treated the past year, l.BIL Av?
erage ooet iiertiaueat. 944 "jen. <>v?r So percent ehatity na
Heats. Religiuus deuommaUoa ot patieata from tbe o pea lag
or the Hospital to St. Lase'a Day, October 19, 1S70 i
Total number._.11 i
Protesunt Entacopsl. 6,H5;t
It. man Catholic. i.744
i'reshytenaa._. 1.31
Lutharss._. BO'i
Metnodist._,i i,. 760
Baptist._. 872
Dutch Reform. 155
on. .--?.<?:? ? a..*ta. 91
rulverasiieta. 9?
UniianaoB.?. J6
Quakers ._. 23
Prote?tsats of other denointastinns. V5
Proteetanla ..f uo special denomlusUona. 1,3?7
Greek i sUioUus. . .. 4
Hebrews. . . 6fl
1'nkcown. ?78
llo.pilal s?a'iirrf.t and-under Der 27 and M 1M7?
METUOt-H OK CONTKIBCTIXO i
; to tnrh thei oiiections st the Cimr. bea osSVN PAY, 2Sth
Bkja
'Ihrough the Collection Boxes, which will he found at the
lintels. Ferries. Radioed Depot* aud other Public Place*, on
SATURDAY, the 7th ast,
Hy checks or money sent lo Mr. Charles Lanier, oeueral
Treasnrrr. 26 Xaxaan *L
or io the following gentlemen, who have nonnested In act as
tr?s*urer?. fur llua purpoar, of ihura*pviUveas*?ciaUo:i* they
represent:
Mr. Samuel D. Rahrock, No. 60 Wallst,, far Ckaabsr of
Cum meres.
Mr. ?Aiiiivn Alexander smith. 40 Wall ?t. for If ew-York
Stock Ex. hange.
Mr John U. Karle. 136 Pearl-si., tor New-York Cotton Ex
cl.anae.
Mr Kdwsrrl Hlnckaa, No. 3 WiUtam at., for New-York Pro?
duce F:xrbai.ge.
?*ir. char.e* r Elwell, Ko. 67 Soulh ?f., for Xew-York Mart
tuue Kxchango.
Mr. Henry A. Oakley 60 Wall *C fur Life, lire snil Marius
Underwriters.
Mr. Charlea M. fry. Bank of New fSS BSW aad
Banker*.
i - P ef erring to make their gift, t i nartlcnlar
boaplial aiay so oeatgaale I hem. Cuui ni.a....... m.t mm Sealg
ualed will ins dividedomler au equitable BIBB, b.sed .ii.?n the
charity wurk and the needs of each, anioug th - u. ?i iutU nnit
lug iu this aiosreuieot. whl. h are a* follows.
Mt, Lake's Hosptial. Pre*hvt'n?n li.wpltai. Mr. ?Iral Ho*,
pitsl, llermau HoapitMl. Hahn, mann Hospital. Woman'* Ho*
pita . urlhope Ic lliwpllal Mauhatt m Eve and Ear H...pilal.
Sew- Vork opthalDiu- H.HipitsL New Vork Ky* ami Ear lu
rtimary House ?f Re?t t? < on^umpiive*. insiiiut on f.nr Ke?
llet of Knplured BM I'ltppleil. Si. M*rv** free HuaiHUl for
i bllar- ?. Mew-Vork ltihimary for Women and C'hildrsa.
Hume fir Incurable*.
i ommittee ui make *urh .1 stnl.nlion are aa follow*: Ilia
Honor tne Mayor, the Poatra.i ter ?f New Vork. the President
ot the < hsuiber of < iiraim r s. and Mea.rs. William K. D>*lge,
Ir i.eorge II. Andrews Jesae tse.lgn.an anil Jotui W. Ua.-oer.
New V uis. Dec. ML 1979. _
i.KOKOE mai lTLLOi II MILLER,
t hslrman Ooaersl comiulttes.
urosos fl Baxir. Secretary.
Pie-bMer an II .pilnl
Ma.lia.ui avr. snd 7oiU
For the Tresbn -ut ?f I'nti-nu Vslthoat Rrxaril to Color.
Creed or i ooniry
Numtesrof patients treated during the j ear ending Dec.
1. 1S7'.I. .- . ... 546
Number Itealed iron of all e'.arge . a?7
Nombei pa ruin In whole or in part the small *um charged
bv tu? Huapltsl ... . . IBM
Protestants ?1 ?':'.. nominations . 4'Si
Hornau t aihoilca. . 1 J?
The lle*nltal isentlrelv d pendent for It* aiipitort upon t ie
income of ft* endowment* and the cuutnuoliunt. of u.e chari?
table.
There U now s debt ot ?13.'".00, incurred far current ex.
PaaW lines .Metice.- I h-? -. reign mail* foe tue veu end
liKStl'l lll'Al U-cemUer 27 IS79. (Ill close at lUla..flics
on T1ESDA V. si 11 a m. tot rknws, bv ?leon-tup Wl
cm-In, via uueaaatnwa , as WKDNBSHA V. al 11 a m . lor
Enrope. Bf atenmaliip Oallla.vl* QussSlssSWa teotTesp .ndnnce
f.t Fi .;:.'.- ai'1-.t ?peeiaLj a.Wte*v.li BM M I ' ? . tor
?'.am * oir.-el bv sieaiuslilp Ament|ii?.> la Havre ou 1'HLRS
DAY. all* a. l?t Ire'aod bv sieatuaidp ciiy ot Mo^trsaL
via Qu*e:islewn iciirreai?.Biteacs fin (ireat Urtta.t. sad ths
' o lliieir u-lal oe speci.dly alMn-asedl . sad si 9 a. U., lor
Burope by *team?B.n trims, us l-irmonSu Cuetbourc aud
H.imuurgi o? HAl I'K.iAY at 11 a.m., tor Europe, uv ateam.
?bin Oenu .ulc.v a uueensi- wn u "-reaisvudaucr fos issrausiy
aad sm as .ami uotat ue specially addressed) . and al 11 asi_ tor
Hseilaad dttecl. >>y ?te.imsl.is Kl band*, via tlls-gei? aad al
11 a in , tor ? ermary Ac, my sb*mbsMp Baeksr. via south
amptoiiauc Bieuieu tn.i laatiaau?oe tor I rest Britaia au.l
the i o.itiueai iiu?l to .p.- i iliy ail ill eased.> l*ha mails for
Denmark. svM?b B:.o Norway are nispait-eed by liau.Uurg
ami ilrsiiien ssaaakSfk SSSJ . ' e e. .. s SM a sum a t.. aul
xetiii Paten? Pert* leave Sew-Vers Issr.etnrssa -.Tl IU* malla
for II i. il ai d J.uusiealeara New-Vor? iMtceislMr 94. The
mail* (or Usliaa. vis New-. >r eac*, satre Mew Yors Deeesib**
.1 rhs ni*.ls It davaua l?*ve N.wYork DeCeailMtl 3d
aad 27 I'ae malls rot Naasao. N P. ear* ???? ? ..r? De?
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Tli* mails tor Chins sad Jai.au leave s*n Frani laos January
17. I'lio malls tor Ausirsfla. die., leave Ssa Erase*.*"i Jaa
uary 19
TIP.s I..J4HW. Postmaaier
Peat iiSloe. lew Y'ork Dao. SU IS79_
The -oal of Ihe Ne%?- oik Indrusary ' r
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