Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-14

serving that the wonderful ~raclliues G o.
motion furnished by modern ;rssnn;. 1000,
increased the number Of Travellers Nv, ~ nave
degree that they now constitute a la,ve 1
lion OF the huma" family. All ages and % po"
are TO be found on the wing, in pern.ma, 'As
lion from place TO place. L.ii,Ie b.bi NO.
seen CRYING their way in steam bot ar
c?bins are like SO many nurseric,-n.o""C a
are the most comfortable at hor. p' Who
most fond Of going abroad-,h, ,nrnsa nov
man exclaims 'Adiru La Bo,'.o"sn '0Os.
leaves the ~shopboy 10 cheat he town 'ad
the Young belle, tired Of seeinp and I'm
seen in Broadway, breaks forth i, II No.. yens
in a new place at five hundr,d miles d, H'IN'
bedlid age nusters its last emerge, e., 49,
pr d'tion to West Point, or the Grsnd Cs,,I
and even Ne thrifty housewife Of h. VII
on The banks Of the Hudson, who bers,.s'
was sail one as a piece Of The hous !" ,I.n'
nothing OF riskine a blow up. or a b,r,L WV" a
In making a voyage to New York to sell
Of mit'ens, or buy a paper ofpns. W. b..
heard a great political ecoromis, s,,er, L'
tne money spen, in travelling betseeo y |'
York and Albany, in the las, fifteen v."
would go near to maintain all tn psun.r.
the y. States IN tina, the pule>t Of ali po,st.
states If Independence 10 wit. frecdoro = '
an ig%nominlous dependence on labor AID s,,'
omy. II is high time, therefore, ,ha, IN, w."
dering Arabs II the YES, should have a eoJ. ,
laws, and rrguIa Iops for their especial po,.,,
ment, and the principal design Of The n,.,,",
WORK is 10 supply this DIES dera um.
We have accordingly prtpared a system =;
Jurisprudence, whi' b, We aai:rr Ourselves. viii
not suffer in comp i%ri,on, either with the cad.
Napoleon-the cole Butt amor any oh.,
code which the march of mind hath bepo,,s,
on the progress of pubic impr ,vement in III.
present age. The traveller, FIVE mistake no,
will find in it ample Instructions, as to h., %,
fits in setting forth for unknown par,s-,S.
places and things most worthy Of attention !,
his route the deportmen. proper in diver, new
aud unlried situatlons-and above all, crj,rl
and minute instructions. Concerning rho,r ~.
q%uisi,e delights Of the pala'e, which cons,,u.
the principal objec, Of all travellers of taste,
Having thus permitted the author to ,g
what he means TO do, we now add a par, Of III,
first chapter, as evidence of how he redeem,
his engagement. 1t is Of The city Of New York
he descanls:
The city Of New York, 10 which all travellers
Of taste resort from the rrmotrs CO ners I th,
earth, and from whence they sci out on what;
emphatic ally called the Great Northern Taur,
is situated at the confluence Of two noble Wa.
tiers, and about eighteen miles rom The Allan.
tic Ocean. But We have always thought il {,
singular piece Of impertinence in the compilrB
Of real books. i!ine' aries, and guides, 10 taks j,
the travellers time in describing things be
came expressly 10 see, and shall therefore, con
fine ourselves 10 matters more occult and insc.
cessible 10 transient sojourners. New YOk,
though a very honest ard we'll lntentioned dl
as times 60, with the exception Of W%all.strsst
which labors under a sort Of a shallow Of sas
piciun,O has changed its Name almost as o0a
I as some graceless rogues, though doubtless not
for the same reasons. The Indian name was
Manhadoes; the Dutch Called i, New Orange,
or New Amsterdam; the English New YORK,
which name, as all the world knows, it sill II:
fains. In 1868, it was a small village, ard III.
richest man in il was Frederick Philipsie, or
F?ypsie, who was rated az 10000 guiIder,. Now
it is the greatest city Of the new world; tn:
third, if no, the second, in commerce, Of aIlh
world, old and new; and there are men init,
who were yesterday worth millions Of guldes
in paper money, what they may be worth To-
morrow, we Can't say, as that will depend On
speculation. In 1860, the salaries OF ministers
and public officers were paid in beaver SKINS
now they are paid in bank notes. The beNs'
skins were always worth the money, which IS
more than can be SAID Of the bank notes. New
York contains one university and two medical
colleges; the latter always struggling with eac'
other with d noble spirit Of generous, ~scienjIh'
emulation. There are twenty-five banks
good, bad and ind !Rcrent; forty>threr ~insurant:
companies-solvent and insolsen'; and one pup
lie library; from whence it may be REASONABLY
inferred, that money is plenty as dirt-InsuF
ance bonds still more so-and that b9th an
held in greater estimation Than learning lhc'
are also one hundred churches, and about o.
many lottery offices, which accounts Tor 'M
people Of New York being so much better that
their neighbors.
In addition to all these, there is an acaiem'
Of arts, an athensum, and several other In''ia
tons for the encouragement OF Literature. T "
arts and sciences. The academy langunn
es under the patronage of---namcs. he aux
naum is place where one may always "r'
with La Belle Assembled, Ackerman's Nag
zine, and the last number Of Blackwood' !
addition to these places Of popular amusensn
and recreation, New York supports SIX 'h's
tres Of various kinds; from whence II may "