New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-06
uEW.YoRK IN SLICES.
Slirr XIII. The MARKET.

from TIE Markets before LyN D-t ICY ~ 49,.
dsnt mental food a. well physical, to one who h.'
learned the grand Of eating with his eye we
scarcely know where 30 much and such varieties O
human nature can be encountered IS in wax through
the Markets Every face you inset is character
every scene asords piouAnt contrast TAX Of your
Eastern bazaars and Partisan srcades Of your "ni''
footed oriental rszeIe and your hrowucheeked' MS
eh,efcolored gri.ette-y0ur kirtled Abanlan-oy me
usv vii any man Of rerscity tel rs what s Aif'-e -
and your killed highlander Why. they are me ie!e-'
common place people place them side by sde with the
bu,eher.b ov Of the market the Old hueEsier~oman
who irolores YOU in AL westhers 10 buy her Fese'a
ble. although she has handsome house a. nome ana
ssv ,bopsspd dollars out AZ interest I'VE hope not in
the Moonshine Insurance Compsny)-the pretty bare
armed m WHO comes 10 buy breakfast for the mistress
and must sv eoorse have the best Of cvcrytns-tne
modes, mechanics wife who surveys the srs;ocrsue
turkey and the lordiy .irloin with sigh. ard shen,
with td glance Il the little stock Of change is isin
70 put I'D with lean Joint for dear Johns dinner.
But then il will BE- cooked by her own fair hands sad
she hersef viii shell the peas and boil The potatoes and
dress the baby snd if TIC mutton .tseil Is hiie iou:n
her glance Of love as her husband enters the door, VIII
Re 90 tender and viii speak heart 20 true tast hand
some John viii not miss tic stalled luzury That be
earnings would not procure while be owns so mrcn
hearty happiness which wealth could not 5hy ana inc
world cannot take away. Whew what sentence
Then here Is the dainty cit his boots 50 nicely
black and bis shirt bosom 30 utimpeschsby white.
He knows the incest utbif and the tcudoret points IN
steak or rosster At glance lie has almost Al IN
srnc, in the selection Of asparagus snd the csuA.
flowers he buys look as If they raised for aim on
purposc in special garden Youder rushes the Hotel
keeper fearful that somebody has brought something
70 market which be shall not He has but one IN
rrsSed wish II he could buy erTrhiHg in market Of
4 morning and then select dinner 81 leisure WHAT
OH OF fare be would have and how he would Invite
the Editors 10 dine with him, ard how he would get
pufed IN al the newspapers
Yonder comes creeping family along thin, measer,
SICK old lady meanly clad and hagsari from cere and
anxiety she carries with difficulty basket on her
arm in which she has already got scraggy quarter
Of dark brown veal hslfpccs Of peas, yellow "a Old
maideuhood and hard a. buet--and two punches Of
asparagus looking Ike pair Of Irish bogs IN minia-
ture She ia now bargaining for some must7 dried
apples which win be IN due time converted into pes
for the people Thai-coud you mistake her Tor
moment that ia the Private Boarding house Keeper
She rents large house in Dash-st which ia described
in her advertisement in the Da4H TribnHt, a. con
tanning genteel furnished apartments in iashion-
able neighborhood~ The psIior has faded Brussels
carpet patched with ingram hail dozen mahogany
chair skeletons broken lounge, rickeiy armchair
with piece OF cotton netting spread carefully over
the top two oiiomsns immuiabe as mile stones
from defect in the under piunings, and piano o the
time OF Louis e Grand-slthough is By no means
grand piano. She here " takes in young lawyers
dentists without extraction, sub editors, and shop
keepers iust started IN business with hired counter
and show window in Grandst
The Markets OF Newly ork arc justly celebrated for
tho plenty ind variety with which they are supplied al
oil seasons-he demand Of The great metropolis bring
ing here producers OF all sorts from long distance az
irsced by the brisk demand and high prices invariably
created by the presence OF any really good or superior
article 10 fresh Butter and Vegetables even the west
crn portion oil NewJersey and the vicinity Philsde
phia Itself are constant and large contributors. The
west bank Of the Delaware is said 10 have been planted
nesr Phiadephia by the Svedes, C~ho were the early
settlers0 with peculiar Kind OF grass that impar,s
rich and luscious flavor Ga, Butter produced there
which cannot be eqTaled elsewhere. Thus the shrewd
Iluctster when butter ia Philadelphia i worth but %
or p cents per pound buys up the choicest lots IN that
market and sends them TO New-Nork where they are
sure of ready sale At almost price that may be
demadod. 20 with Berries and Fruits. The earliest
Strawberries and the finest peache pas by Philadelphia
and are cold in the Eew.York market. 10 Poultry the
Philadelphia trade is very extensive and lucrative
The Fish Markets ore very interesting iesture Of
tho New.lork Market system. No other point IN the
MON offers So great a variety Oi excellent Fish from
all ongudes and attitudes and always at the earliest
moment At which they are accessible From the plump
and rosy Salmon Of Portland 10 the pqusn Pompon OF
pensecoa and the Green Turtle OF the Keys every spc
clss of substantial and Fish be found in the
Markets Of New. York. The Green Lobster destined
10 be parboiled till he changes his politics the spicy
shsd the noble Hslibut and Rock the Catfish, the
Perch, the sea and Striped Bass the fresh NacAerel
and cod are always here IN their season end onered 70
the public IN clearly and satisfactory manner In
deed Fish and Fi,hing Of oil sorts are carried on IN
New. York upon the nost extensive seal.
The MostMrkeis occupy the principal places in our
Markets and the stalls being rented 70 privsie ndi'd'
uals. are kept emulously clean and wholesomc. The
Butchers are generally obHgns and attentive although
our duty compcs US to say that many ruors arc sost
of di.tillcry beef prosnsurc death Sc. SC which it
gives Us quslm in the stomach merely 70 think o.
/. the best way in all such cases to believe As tue IS
possible Of what you hear-and therefore We believe
nothing The Butchers form powerful and rcsPccia
Die body Of citizens and are thoroughly organized into
Mutual Benefit Association which requisites prices
and enforces its rules strictly There between sN
and seven hundred regular Butchers In the City snd
probably fewer unworthy members IN the trade than
in any other calling They are among our most quiet
and Amsble citizens snG in wise respensble for
the goings on Of the Buicher-boys, with whom they
are often ignorantly COMPOUNDED Their trade Is
thrifty and appears 10 be a wholesome one such
thing as lean Butcher Butcherin want has never
been heard Of
The Poultry, Vegetable Fruit Butter, Cheese and
Ege Markets are all jumbled up together in most cd
mred disorder and generally carried on by buck
sters who iorcstan the market by buying up large
quantities OF fresh articles. when they are low. and
keeping them until rise when of course they are stale
and unwholosome This ia the grestest evil connected
with our Market System, and which 10 s very sur
prising has not long ago been broken up. Very lew
producers come face 10 face with the consumers of
their merchandise the HucSters swapping up every
thing valuable and then taking their time to turn II
10 the best advantage. In this way the citizens pay
from fifteen TO hfy pr cent more than is received by
the producer, beside being almost invariably served
with stale article. The immense Fruit and Berry
-. p-.far Thaa.a A are the most