Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-27
from the Ncw.York Statesman.

occasionally make excursions 10 the envirohs OIL
the ci,y, can form no idea Of the rapidity with
which its suburbs are extending, oil the changes
which have already taken place, and OF the I'M
pIovements now in progress. y lew years,
and sometimes only few months effect such
revolutions, tina, the citiz"n would scarcely Or
able to identify places with which he was well
&C auain,ed The rage fyr alteration, for pull
ing down and building up, for charging and
enlbellishing, is elerna'ly at work achieving
wonders.
We may venture to assert without fear OF
contradiction, that no city on the globe IS cha>
ractcrized by such spiri OF activity, business,
and hustle, by such boldres Of enterprise and
rapidity Of execution, our own commercial
emporium. The proverbial dcliberatlon of its
original inhabitants seems, like every thing else
about the Island, to have undergone a radical
change. IL is 10 be expected. that amidst
schemes formed aud executed with SO much
haste, there will be found some wild s2ecula>
tons and indcieasible projects but generally
speaking, the alterations in the city are favour
able. 20 its growth and improvement.
The foregoing remarks may be IN part ex-
emplified and illustrated by ride to Harlem
If YOU drive through Broadway, the passage
is half INSTRUCTED by iron pipes OF enormous
size, which the Manhattan Company are sub
shutting in place Of rotten logs They are al
forded by our own. furnaces al half the price
they would cost if importcd; and the DIMINISH
ed expense furnishes a strong argument IN Ia
vor of constructing other aqueducls upon
more. extended scale, for supplying the city
with good water.
In passing through the Bowery, the attention
is foyciby ARE sted by busy scene In rearing
a.. In have a a
DIV risen to half their height In what other
CITY would an architect enter into contract,
under heavy penalties, to erect and hnlsh
splendid building, two hundred feet in length
and hundred IN breadth, four or five stores
high in serenity days from the commencement
Such despa,ch mignt almost lead one TO sup
pose, tina, some Of he musical corps had found
the lvre Of Orlheus and realized the liable OF
moving rocks into place by its enchantment.
Further up The East River, ships oil hive or
six hundred IONS burthcn are seen at distance,
emerging from their element, moved ty an N
visible power.
Trahuntque siccas machine carinas.
3u, what was the nautical machinery in Ho>
races time, compared with The Invention oil the
Dry Dock? In the same establishment are
steam mills, which will cut more plank IN
day, than brace cf hand-sawyers coulG IN
year.
Not satisfied with the territorial limits OF
the Island our cilizenS are Invading the domin
ions Of Il e sea- like their Dutch ancestors, or
the Romans in The age OF Augustus. Whole
acres of the Sound have been enclosed by moles
and vessels are now riding a, anchor on the
seize Of future ware houses. 10 effect the
change hills are sunk level and buried
benc ath the waves. The LucrIne Lake and inn
perial ports at Bli9 scarcely transcribed ms
work in magnitude; aud they might perhaps
be comp ,red in point Of expense and uulIty.
The Penitcntiary daily ,omls forth lis
swarms OF fcjtcred tenants, TO ciank their chalns
| ike palcy- slaves, aud improve the grounds ot
The CITY on the Third Avenue. In suoslan"
tial and handsome wall extending along the
| road, they are now erecting adur0ble mohu-
ment TO oerpetuate the memory Of the Common
Council.
The citizen who has not visited the environs
! for some months, will inquire what large
brick building is that, which occupies com
manning site and APPEARS to so much ad'an>
lage? He is told Ills the Asylum Tor me
Deaf aud Dumb, Sufficiently spacious to ac-
| commodate all the Iiutes IN the state, and no"
nearly completed. 1t is neat without hnery,
and convenient al a moderate expense.
pause may DE made at YorkWlle, to ex-
anime pretty white village, which has sprung
up within two or three years Harlem mas
Eel, the impulse of improvement, which IS ex-
tending % every part Of the Island Many
large and handsome buildings have lately gone
"p... Here ano.her troop OF men may be seen
digginga Canal to unite tue North and East
Rivers. The work is yet in an incipient state,
IN. /, my perhaps he done by the time the
l'owery Tn atre is oprn.
Ii is gra lying to find, that improvements IL
W. K, Of taste are not less rapidly advancing,
than i'll those of utility. The style OF archl'
lecture, ofsardeniug, of planting and preserv-
ing .rres, has undergone visible change Tor
The better Within lhe 'ast few years New
and superior materials Tor building are furnish
ed in inc rhaus. biz quantities from the marble
quarries Of Kingsbridge and Wrstehes'er, from
the granite ledgts of our own Is md, and the
cheap importa,ions from the North. But a
still more efficient cause of improvement may
be found IN the increased skill and attention OF
our architects who are men OF great industry