The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-11-07


ger OF enters INTO conversation with the passengers about
him. great many newspapers pulled out and few
Of them are read Everybody talks you to anybody
else wno hits his fancy II you Englishman, he
expects that thar railroad is pretty much like English
you say No. he says 'Yesr Onterregotively)
ana ASKS IN what respect they differ. You enumerat the
means o. one by one and he says Yesf (st in
.errogsyeiy to each Then he guessed that you don't
travel faster in England and on your reply ing
hat you do, says yes still interrogativeyD
ana, II Is quite evident, don't believe 1t. After a
long pause ne remarks, partly to you, and partly
70 KNOB on top OF his stick that Yankees are reck
oned to be considerable Of go ahead people too upon
which you say Yes and then he says Yes again (arma
uveiy TINS Time and upon yonr looking out OF window
tells you that behind that hill and three mile. from
me next station there Is clever town in smart loca
on where he expects have concluded to stop Your
In reference to your intended route always pronounced
rout and wherever you are going You invariably learn
that you can't get there without immense difficulty and
danger and that all the great sights somewhere else
lady take fancy to any male passengers seat
the gentleman who her gives him notice OF
the TACT and he Immediately vacaes 1t with great polite
ness Politics much discussed banks is cot
ton Quiet people avoid the question of the Presidency
AID party feeling runs very high the greal constitution
al feature OF this institution being, that directly the acr
mony OF the last election sover the acImony OF the next
one begins which an ansPeakabe comfort to all strong
ana true lovers OF their is say
to ninety men and boys out oevey ninety nine and
quarter"
NEW YvRx-sAM WELLER GLANCE
Warm weather The sun strikes upon our heads at
this open window as though its ravs were
the season unusual Was there ever such sun
ny this Broadway The stones are DO
shed with the tread Of feet until they shine again the
red bricks Of the houses might be yet in dry hot
kns and the roofs OF those omnbuses look as though
if water were poured them they would hiss aud smoke
and smell like half quenched fires No stint of omnibuses
here! Half a dozen have gone by within as many mi
nutes Plenty of hackney cabs and coaches too gigs
phaetons large wheeled tburies and private
rather of clumsy make and very different from the
public vehicles but built for the heavy roads beyond the
city pavement. Negro coachmen and white; in straw
hiatt hota xykt hate
of drab black brown green blue, nankeep striped Jean
and linen and there, in that instance ook while il
southern republican that who puts his blacks in Uniform
and swells with Sultan pomp and power Yonder where
pneaton with we'll clipped pair Of greys has stopped
al their heads nows Yorkshire groom who
y round for companion pair Of top boots which he may
the ladies' how they dress We have seen more CO.
ors in these minutes than should have seen else
whsSe in ~ many days What parasos what
and pnching of thin Shoes uttering OF rhauds and
silk tasses and display Of rich coaks with gaudy hoods
turning down their SHIRT collars and tesr
whiskers especially under the chin they cannot az
the truth humanity Of quite another sort
"Byrons of the desk and counter pass on and let ia
what kind Of those behind ye those two labores
in holiday clothes of whom one carries il his hand
crumped scrap of paper which he tries TO spell ont
hard name while the other looks abo for on ali the
doors and windows"
xEw YORK AT NIGHT.
"But how quiet the streets are7 Are there m ,nar..
bands; no wind stringed instrumental No, not one
By day, there no Punche fantoccins
juggers conurors srinas or even harreloI
No not one Yes, l remember one. One barrcI.orran
and bv nature but fast fsd;n
into dull l1mpish monkey othe utilitarian school R
yond that, nothing lively no. not SO much ss a white
mouse in q twirling cage.
The Presidents mansion is more like an English cluh
house, both within and without than any other kind Of
establishment with which can compare it. The orn.
AolAn 1oslc
they are pretty and agreeable to the eve thoueb tha
have that uncomfortable air having been made
beauties.
"My first visit to this house was on the morning after
my arrival when was carried hither by official gen.
presentation to the President.
1--WE entered large hall and having twice or thrice
her ceremony through the on the groundoor az
divers other mostly with their hats on and
hands in their pockets were doing very iesurey Some
of these had ladies with whom thew were showing
the premises others were lounging Oh the chairs and
sofas Others in perfect state Of exhaustion from less
The greater portion of this assemblage were rather
asserting their supremacy than doing anything ese o.
Of few were closely cycling the moveables as if to
make quite sure that the President (who far from
mad not made away with any OF the furniture,
Alter giancmg at these ioungers; who were scattered
over pretty drawing-room, opening upon a terrace
which commanded beautiful prospect of the river and
ABOUT larger called the room;
we went upstairs into another chamber where
tain visitors waiting for audiences At sight of my
ductor black in plain clothes and yellow slippers who
was gliding about AMI whispering messages
ton, and glided OF to announce him.
We had previously looked into another chamber fitted
all round with great bare wooden desk counter,
wherein lay hles OF newspapers to which sundry gentle
men were referring. But there were such means OF
beguilng the time An this apartment which was as I'M
promising and resome any waiting room in one al our
public establishments or any physicians dining.ro du
ring his hours oil consultation at home
There were some fifteen or twenty persons in the
room One, tall wiry, muscular old man from the est;
sunburnt and swarthy; with brown.whte hat on his
knees and giant umbrella sting between his legs; no
sat bolt upright In his chair ownng steadily at the car
psf and twchmg the hard lines about his mouth as
he had made up his mind to fix the President what he
had to say, and wouldn't bate him grain. Another,
Kentucky farmer Hxieetsix in height with his hat on
ana ms HANDS under ms coatai who leaned against the
wall and the door with his heel though had
Times head under his shoe, and were literally killing
HIM; third an ovaIisced bilious-looking man. with