The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-06
DAILY CRESCENT.

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NEW YORK, Oct. -. lo4o
Eds Crsscsat-In former letter. undertook to describe
life and things in our far famed Broadway but my letter
only halted along believe as far the Park principal
beauty of the latter place. this fine autumn weather the
fountain which they allowing to play after apFey
long resting spel Do you know we have complete
fountains than any other city in the world Paris itself can't
begnn with in this respect. Off few rods yonder, IN
front as you stand with back to the Astor House,
that timehonored edce-he Park Theatre. Hamhtn has
had the front steps taken away and there now long, low
roomy outerObby From this ascend to the nnerobby
shom ofs capaciOus old poons-which has given mortal
offence to some of the most anquated fequenten of the
place. who used upon walking there during the in
temssons much seeing the play ITSELF Shakespeare,
with bare head and crossed legs yet stands in his niche in
front but he seems to draw" poorly. The knowing
say that Hambn has hardly paid his expenses since he
ed the Park.
The Asor House on one of Barclay street, and the
American the next must always be much esOred to from
their central position It undeniable, however that mp
town the course of fashion takes its way, in hotels
There bitter feeling between the New ork and the S.
adjustments Tst mentioned. Now you pass music dry
goods and book oTespaees for all of costly nicknacks
and come 10 Plumbes House ofa Thousand Faces Have
you never been there Then enter by all MEANS and spend
good hourn looking over the remarkable lot of human
counterfeit pTeentments true life that ever greeted your
Chambers street is one of the lines of demacaon in the
character of Broadway. From Bowling Green TO the City
Hotel forms Character No. from that to Chambers street
forms No g. and thence Canal No. the rest upward
the mo more beyond" Haven't time deneate the
rate traits of eachf mention such thing as traits
in Broadway which perhaps has ofthe Cosmopolitan
than any other street in the world.
Stewards shop for dry goods has done much for eevs
ting the standardof architecture is difficult to what
order is of perhaps all As pass there Of
evening and see scores young men, putting musins
and silks you will hardly help thinking that their young
manhood might be put to some better uses Stewart hor
riby rigid with his clerks also Seaman Muir Just
above on the opposite side These clerks lead hard life in
deed generally dwnde away before they have far passed
thirty years.
The Irving HOTEL with single cOuched lion guarding the
entrance has somewhat nnovaed the block on the north
side below Reade Here the place foshOwy jewery
shops Chains bracelets blue and stones there with
their hundred ceeras them displayed IN the large
pate-ga windows
All that gloomy farback building, behind those sombe
trees The New York HOspial-the place where mangled
bodies and folks who fall down in fits, taken. One
shudde if he but thinks of the agone and pains daily ex
isting there.
The Broadway Theatre-with collection of fhghtfuly
danbed things in gorgeous gilt frames paintings" by
courtesy caIed-now strikes the eye, particularly if til
evening There shine the gas lamps surrounding the names
of thirty States from Maine to on each
side by the lamps of the gded drinking houses OF that re-
gOn Inside the Broadway is perfect can
conceive temple Of the drama ought be- but outside the
effect of the grandes Chocolate coOred plaster,
and some diamond shaped panes of tnged glass, the
own peculiar Of the Broadway Moffat's store. Op
posite his old one has just been completed and spruce
and dashy expense make five story house on
Broadway corner On the south side Of the street. along
here have of late grown up numbered large hall" for
exhibition purposes You will fifteen twenty Of
them when you next come They have large
ramas and similar pictorial exhibitions with other things to
please the public eye"
The Tabernacle block. with the exception Of MOats
corner) stands Just it did yean ago The shade al
MONDAY the tall dingy brick walls and the windows
that look if all the soap and water in the world couldn't
dvest them of darkness like the still water of pond in the
woods meet one of old The Society Library Building.
however has prosperous and equented look than it
used to possess more groups chatting and laughing the
steps-moe folks going in and out The Carlton bar, of
evening-but dare say you know all abOutit.
Barring few more pretensive windows, (sOme conner
not being satisfied without effort" at expansOn)-a
change of an old stand of twenty thirty years, into the
possession of inuderhe other side Of Broadway, for
several blocks has not altered much, either Byheway.
passing there of late my attention has been drawn to Of
the queerest pictures did Sof The Last Sup
per-" but with e0 slight changes from the common YER
SION Instead of the pathOs the Judas and all that the
artist has made the suppes merry laTks. Each has
fair damse by his side and fagon in front of him; while
musical individual purveys harmony for the feast and its
enjOyers What do you think of it
The Apollo Room, with the three Sinking divinies up
on the roO-dd yOu dancing school there ?the
room mean the roOf)-and all the old landmarks
tguOus these dggns also remain as in the days past
Canal street. and the delightful odor of the gas house. do
ditto But it's Of not much go The merry little
Olympic Tattersa's and the Broadway HOuse-a are
there You striking change till get to NibO's
whose lights are fled and whose music is decidedly dead.
Why do MT they put up something there? There is for
some dozen splendid edces where goes by the inter-
esng name of Frog Pond Some queer Circus or some
thing that way to take its quarters there for the winter
MANHATTAN