New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-12
Nyw-YoRK IN SLICES.
xllrr n....Tnr OMvIBUsEs

-, 5s.hine through Broadway. half dslocatns our
-, in trying 70 get sight Of the ssndy panorama oil
=. two chilling side or endeayoring to get peep
,h,osh the n,erlacing reetops at the Cry Han clock
,,on e 20 rafting up Chatham street and the bo"ery'
-. killing pace-especially If there be any small chill
Am or slow pedestrians in the wey-or undulate
.,.v through East Broadway into the queier and
,eaoer realms OF drab and sober pFoprety-or jump
M into Kipp & Brown, win our way by gentle
as,.ses TO Greenwich aud Abingdon Place-and all
,bi. for absolutely ak and quarter cents rde NO
,o.ch house no horses and coschmen 70 provide for
90 ssi,ng for your carriage 70 come 70 the door-no
his for feed and fodder, many-cspcd surtouts win
sYeht hut,ons--and all the perpeNing e oei"a' ny
esas Of which unfortunate rich people are coinpe''
- Inv their locornoiion II is true that in the ENJOY
nent OF our beautiful Carriage for he Million we gre
.,et,,es especially In sudden showcr or u't alter
he .ockin, mp Of Wal street apt to be so"o""" '
conveniently crowded and regular omnibus riuoi
4, without bis established s' Of compliant. asan''
vss,ever line he happens 70 be paironfins Inc
y,ekerbockor crceps. the Empr,i races, the W"'cry
.t.ys taxes in rel iment Of children, The twenty
,srd street stops al every corner. Ana 10 the "r'h
,,.,,ybo will always grumhle Jet what "h come %
!, and who would grumbe 30 he were going TO De
,.,,ed-stll Is not ihwarted Of bis grmnoins BY ne
consi5erate omnibus
ppt how few ~ Ne, VINO gave annually 70 many """
S,sd hurlones Of weary walking and 20 many p'ul''
ri costly sole leather by the omnibus ever pause I"
mink Of what a blessing we are enjoying OF " an
onrselves the unanswerabe question How shouia We
yet along without them It s true that we no" an"
men uterrnssion Of a route for few days by reason
ri 6re or other calamity sets the town 70 thinNns
add We have immediate ways and means SCI e'o'' III
al feasible rnodcs assist IN rcostaOh-ng the missing
utbfv Cheerfuly pay shilling nde' iof q "hoie
dv and never once proong our walk Tor the purpose
ofsvadng the extra siHpence when we Know that the
tpd il 10 20 70 the benefit OF the ourntout omnibus
concern Our young gentlemen who live On the
,ss.,srs aldo Of the City purchase theater tickets at
I'VE dollars piece 10 rebuild the chelsea stages anu
,s nre.erve their patent feathers Then il is that we
learn 10 look upon oulnbuses IN their true hgHr Vi
.,escent institution In the profits and advantages OF
which the public have infinitely the better oil 'he pro
ods;or Then it that ladies who live "a good piece
uptown and whose husbands have not yet discovered
!, yold mine. become sensible of the nestmable i'd
..n,sge nj this cushioned economy in transmitting
,so unrurnpled and unsoiled with travel 70 the heart
If besrtess Broadway to butterfly it OF sunny after
MONS Then. too, weary bankers and jaded specula-
mrs have leisure as they jostle home 20 cold dinner
and disconsolately read in the EuiRg Tribune that
rncies have fallen when they should according to the
lsder OF the Courier and Enquirer, have gone up, TO
sect upon the reason they have for being thankful
hat the Knickorbocker line is still going Upright
,nn-and that they are not compelled to walk the
bpe from their boots and the last ray Of endurance
from, their hearts ere they ring NJ their own door
bells.
Would YOU ike to know something Of the Statistics
of Omnibusesi You shall be gratihed. We have here
m NewYork three hundred and fifty Of these locomo'
i've conveucnces coming into the City irom every
avenue and oil concentrating 10 the iunnelspout OF
Roadway below the Park. You pick your TEEN on
the Aston House steps and see on an average hi'een
op,nbuse. pass each way, every minute-and Tor the
greater part Of the day all full Each stage makes Ten
,rss dav and takes in an average of twenty passen
GER. M and down Here are 10000 siXpences or iour
,honssnd three hundred and seycniyhve dollars per
dsv paid for omnibus riding in the City OF NewlorS-
amounting in year to over million and quarter
per snnum How these siNPences count up when
added together by thousands
There is plenty of philosophy in onnibusndng'
Won have but the wit find il out The OMNIBUS If an
excellent school for studying human nature-oeside
being Din the present state OF Broadway a. aiuost
sovereign remedy for the dyspepsia Lach diyisio OF
the day has its distinctive class OF onnlousrder III
The early morning before the slumbering dustf 30 iouh"
IL
cooloess over the many dreaming City, the omnibus
chiefly occupied by junior clerks with big IRON Keys
IN their hands or laborers with tin kettles between
their ieet on their way to their downtown avoeauons'
An i. perfect equality in the early omnibus The clerk
Of Jones. Smith, Brown & Co. is not whit bigger
man than the prosperous house builder in his straw
bs, and lmecoored blouse Each pulls the strap and
nav. his sxpence with the cir of absolute indie
hn
ori,r and bourgeois if it exist at all does not reach
HE sunrise omnibus II there be sristocrst about
the establishment it is unquestionably the driver
Later in the morning creep out by one the sleek
and rotund burghers of Above Blocker, who stand i'm
poingly half way down their palaces steps aud wave
Their hand with ludicrousy majestic motion as the
Inevitable vehicle heaves in sight Their linen how
white the polish on their boots how unimpeaohaoie
the cheap nod and economic smile with which they
.tatehly greet each other, as rivals meet upon inc
Welding sofa and state the fact that It Is tne morning
how indescrbably descriptive OF the race OF whom
they an, but Isolated types And then when they pun
M al Pine or Cedar or Wsllstreet they never condo
scsnd % even look season" the driver but swing
open the door a. if il the entrance to their own
magnificent dining room and descend cautiously pick
Ing their way to the sidewalk with dainty three per
cent month dignity, quite awful to behold
After these-and not long after them efher--come
the Aut,erng morning robes and thick green wells oil
Gofhsms fair wives and daughters, on their various
errands-si muihed nscrutably from sight and as
careful Of being the inmates of the harem IL
would be so vulgar TO be caught in Broadway IN the
morning The strap is delicatey pressed by the
smallest hand in the world in arayshng brown thread
glove that chngs pure love to the exquisite proper
tons it does not conccal-and they disappear upon
their various errands to visit her miner or dress
maker to see everything in train Tor the coming party
another 20 the dentist, to work conceslment OF the
ravages OF time and hard toothbushes those moths o.
wonan's smilingness some TO seek slippers, some
bouquets some to cheaper calicoes and some to buy
But midday is here, and with 1t CONES the poor
mans dinner hour,-snd weary with work right glad
is he TO aud ride half an hour fof hsrdearned
but blihey sixpencc And now the tide OF travel
which since morning has been ebbing strongly toward
the sea- begins TO set endward soon the brokers and
merchants those who have not diued at Browns be-
gin their homewsrd journey, and are followed by a
gradually increasing crowd of all occupations until
shutdown il becomes throng and you cannot procure
ses,-not even standing place on the steps-any