The New York herald., 1844-07-01

the House stands about 200 feet square, covering
| a whole block in the very heart Of the city OF New
| York-an entire mountain of granite, hive stories
high Big and little it contains 30S rooms, equal to
| a pretty considerable sized city Rent about S22,-
OOO Accommodate about 100 people.
| This House is now, and has been for the last five
| wears under the Joint command of TWO geneialIs-
| simos General X. Il. Coleman out OF doors, and
General Charles A. Stelsop in doors, two as crack
| Generals as can be found between Texas ana Ma
| ddwaska
tenant James Steison, who is really the master
4 spirit Of the establishment Next Is second Iieu-
tenant George Watriss, fiIs, rate fellow and Tx,
| ture in the House. MessIs Jackson and Samuel
| Coleman, VINO were ioImerly connected officially
with the establishment have lett, ihe latter 10 take
Gadsby's Hotel at Washington, while the former
| is suffering under i'll health.
| Mr.. George Thomas is the Clerk
| ANY one who ehall now visit the Astor House,
will find il undergoing process OF purgailon and re-
vivlficaton-new painting throughout, also eniife
new carpeting, new CHAIRS, new sofas, new tables,
new everything
The LADIES' Drawing Room in the southern cor
upon the s OF marble UH, ~ II o.
equalled in America. II will be htted up IN style
| Of regal magnihcence.
| Upon this floor fronting on Broadway,are numer-
Gus receiving rooms, for both ladies' and gentlemen.
Here, in this northern cor tr, you may suck your
sherry cobbler, or your mint Juep, through glass
tube, any day OF the year, save Sunday, on which
day, according to the new execution Of the city
laws, no liquors will be mixedfo strangers There
is room where you may lay oil and puff your re-
gala or your principe ana lounge al a ,au vJuf be
price of stocks, make bets on the result OF the en-.
suing presidential election, talk scandal and in
tri8ue, or do any thing else IN the hne OF honorand
decorum. Across the hall IS a large and extensive
/ On Ves-y street is the ladies' dining room, and
upon Barclay street is the genemens. And If you
are curious in such matters, you could fail TO be
interested 10 visit either OF these dining rooms at
the hour Of "Drill" II is then and there you might
see some 60 or 10 servants going through with the
manual exercise, under the command OF that Ma
poleon OF the Drill Lieut.. James Stetson, who is
said be dscplinarian, only second TO his Grace
the Duke of Wellington, and Hero OF all the Wat
erloos.
Lieut.. rStetson.- the whole! Form
line Front, face! Left, face! Right, face =
Prepare to remove covers. hem9oSSe, covers.
ton! Present, roast beef! Port, vine! And SO
forth, &c.
The above orders were given, and executed too,
in perfect silence not word ls spoken; but
Lieut.. Setson takes his position at the head OF
the table, and by The simple motion of his
hand, or the blink of his eye, every command is
sons own Light Guards, of which he IS the re-
nowned commander, cannot handle gun and ram
rod with greater precision, although they might
perchance equal them IN the handling OF kniie and
fork
Let us now take hasty tour through the house,
with "pencilings by the way" Hall dozen
.iere cooking goes on by steam, and upon the
high pressure princIple-bolliDg baking, roasting,
/, frying, simmering, and the chef dc cuisine only
knows what all-his name Is Pierre Marie e-and
. | all by steam, (and fre) A dozen cooks here find
enough TO do. It is moi known that they ever eat
any thing, the bare smell Of such savory dishes,
, is Eat drink, and lodging to boot.
In the vicinity OF The kitchen, and uTon the
ground floor, is a steam engine OF ten horse power.
This is the chap that turns the grind-sone, glnds
| the coffee, mangles all the linen, bolls all the
II Irlo WA shea
i alarned-and then dries them by railroad There,
what do you think OF that! All matter OF Tact, and
if you dom, believe IT. 90 and ask Lieut. siels1n.
II Near by is the Laundry, where all the washing,
I ironing, &c, for the whole unanimous establish
ment is rsnsacted-boarders and all. And Of the
servants alone there are one hundred and si1fy-
. males and females In about equal numbers.
"A You will now wind about amid sundry dark pas,
.ages till emerging from amid two or three hundred
-four barrels, you find yourself IN the meat celar-
| hams dumped in by the CARLOAD.
. Get lost again IN subterraneans vaulis- hear the
, voice OF wild Irish girl, and take courage-hnal.
i " fetch up in the bake house. Here IS transacted
4 the entire baking OF the house. In iact Lieutenant
Stetson says that every thing IN the line OF food
| consumed in the establishment is manufactured
| within the house. No pastry nor sweetmea,s, nor
, any thing of The kind is purchased from without
doors. Some Of the finest yeast IN the city is made
|, here and the Lieutenant declares upon his honor,
4 that all the great alto singers always come down
there to get drink Of his yeast, IN oIder 10 fase
, | the highest notes-hem.
Anolher dark passage, and you come TO the
. preserve room. Again you near the sWeet voice
!, Of Rosa Dagny, the wild Irish girl and anon find
| yourself in the store-room. This is nothing but
= large groceIy-fhe Asior House grecery-where
u The grocer keeps his books, debit and credit, with
as much accuracy as any other grocer In town.
, And il might have been added In place, that the
aundress keeps the same debit and credit, IN rela
llon to every item that enters The wash Next TO
the grocery is The wine cellar, where are stored
. some ZOO worth Of the choicest wines These
: are the chief profits OF the house
In different parts OF the establishment are the
rooms for porters for private servants, Tor colored
servants, with the respective dlhInB rooHs Sleep
4 ing rooms, &c. &c. -
!, Upon the upper floor is fire engine, which will
not only throw 80 feet above the ROOT OF the
house but by the aid Of hose, transmit II at three
1 minutes notice 10 any part Of the premises,
: The Croton water rises to the top OF the win
dows on the fourth floor, counting TO marble moor
| the first-the fifth from the street.
On the upper floor are four water tanks aboutten
| feet square, which are filled with Croton water
forced no into them by the steam engine below
The use Of the Croton renders useless the mnensc @
| cistern originally constructed for the house The
bathing rooms amcng the luxuries OF the mouse,
which contains many others not here enumerated.
AS we are giving blrd'seye view OF the estab-
s ishment, it may not be amlss TO add that families
occupying private Parlors pay three dollars per aay
each individual. Ladies and gentlemen at either
> Of the ordnaries pay two dollars per day.
We conclude the sketch by saying, that the pro-
prietors of the Astor House gentlemen OF pleas
ing address, who always say, "Yes SIR" and never,
> I"No" They keep the house, on The one hand,
with order and regularity, and on 'he oiner, WIN
!. hospitality and liberaiy.
TIE TROUBLE IN PRovIDEScE.-very exagge-
rated repors as is natural, have been circulated
about large meeting the bridge, Thusday evening,
and disposition 10 riot The number OF persons col
ccted did not exceed I50 200 hardly more than
would assemble that spot day by the overuIning
of carrage The Mayor directed them not to obstruc
he streets who refused TO obey and mani
tested an inclination 10 make row. was quietly taken to
he watch house The Immediately dispersed, and
, disturbance enrued-Proridenee Journal, June 49,
| "ARMY.-General Worth and Capt Savage from
= the South, were in Albany on Saturday
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