Litchfield enquirer., 1836-07-28
CITY SOUNDS AND SIGHTS.
CORRESPONDENCE oftke POrtL,ud Adro-,;...

Of tongues and noises of people aud ON
nibOsCs Uf pigs and newspaper boys oil
mud and dirt !! crooked lanes and twisted
| alleys! There is no end to the streets, no
Iimit TO the !Iouscs--no cessation to its
noises. The chimney. sweeps with their
t.screechng IIIrOalS, pipe iurO, our ears be-
fore daybreak-lhen the milkman follows
with his high note-then the baker adds
his melody, aud watchMen move along with
their cap.i>es Ut' the night 10 the police
Ra.tle-rattlc, lrundle the hacks to their
s'ands--tlle "mnihuses roll along with their
burdens, and the drays go Numbering by to
the quays. The laborers, Irish and Afric,
throng the streets hurryiMg to their work
1-j"urheymen and apprentices hasten by,
and pretty miIliners and seaalstresses trip
in cottage and shawl I" their daily tasks.
The sounds Of toll and preparation for bu-
sness increase momcnlarily. At first each
note can be- indvidualized, but before Z
O'Clock they are increased and mingled in
most unharmonious and deaiening conlu-
sion. All this is before breakfast. O.
Alter that hour strangers begin to fill the
pave. Here is a southern merchant. with
looth-p pick i'll teeth, hurrying to Pearl or
Wall street; and the western or northern
trader moving with yet buster brow and
quicker pace to the same points or to the
wharves. Early shoppers make their APP
pearance and Broadway begins to be fill
led. Here and there well-dressed female
moves by with that lingering step which
threatens t" terminate at every dry-goods
or jewellers store. Dandies come forth
and bask in tho sun on the western aud
fashionable side of this great ,horoughfare.
Strangers from all lands lounge along,
swinging canes and sporting whiskers or
mnstachios. 4.
At twelve the great highway Of the city
is thronged. Carriages, driven by liveried
coachme" and adorned by footn,an, roll
n'ajestically along-bright faces or wrink-
led and lace-bordered visages peeping from
| their windows.
Now young gallants dash by in tilburys
or on trotting horses (from which preserve
nc, } and by two O'Clock taste, fashion and
wealth TO say nothing Of the omniboses,
which are at the same tine the greatest
blessings and the greatest nuisance of New
York) reign paramount in Broadway.
At three the 'sown' emphalically hold
sway there. Fashionable citizens and
strangers are then at dinner, and appear no
more before four. Any person Of the ton
seen in the streets between three and four.
you may set down as a Innate. Al this
hour Of late the dog star RACES that is, hy-
drophobia occasionally inoculates the citi-
zens. You may know a rabid animal Of
tho canine species by his moving in a bee
E..o ess,1,k laAft
unless to take passing snap at slran-
gers calf.
Al FIVE and six. Broadway roars, nay,
thunders, with the noise Of omnibnses,
bearing the burdens of the morning back
to their residences up town.. By the time
these become less frequent, the hacks,
Ereighted with individuals 10 the several
Theatres, take up the dying notes Of the
omnibnscs, and again make night hideous
with cIamor. The city suddenly is lighted
up with its million Of gas dambeanx, and
| inflamn,abIe air, ignited into brilliant flame,
succeeds the light of the sun. Vet is the
city not the less gay. The streets arc
tIronged with pedestrians, hurryi"g from
the scenes Of the days business to their
homes, to some place Of amusement, or
promenading to enjoy the air. tho sights,
and moving spectacle Of the crowded city.
Here the Museum, with its band OF music
and dazzling windows, attracts soMe.-
There the Theatre ,emp,s others. Here
a gorgeous display OF jewelry and magni6-
cent shops. lighted up with the glare Of
MONDAY, invite others whose purses and
wishes possess kindred spirit. AT ten,
the streets have becolne thinner, but pre-
sent different aspect. Here and there a
shop only is lighted, by some who strive to
lenthen out'the day to its utmost. Around
the hotel balconies, particles, aud doors are
clustered groups on chairs, smoking, quiet
ly conversng, or looking at the ,hrong who
pass on the side walks. Now, however
The Broadway belle has given place to the
maid of tho kitchen, end the sparkling bru-
netlc has deserted tho trottoir to the ebony
, daughters Of Ethiopia. 1t would seem
then, the whole African population Of the
city turns out and passes in review down
Broadway between the hours Of ten and
eleven. With the exception Of here and
there frail member Of the Magdalene SIS
! terl.ood, with her train Of youthful and not
} unfrequentIy gray-headed admirers, the
citizens. by a tacit consent, seem to have
resigned the streets to the sons and daugl'-
: tcrs Of Ham.
BY twelve, silence begins to assume her
empire over the great city. Now and then
"a passer-by breaks tho stiffness with hi.
echoing FOOTBALLS, or some uprOarious song
At a distance the faint sound Of voices il
q riot, with the alarm strokes Of watchmcn
may perhaps DO heard. All else is STILL
Between Twelve aud ONE private parties