The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-07-14
Iron the Uaion Magazine.l
ENGLISH Observation-Disclosures

NuiHDus u y fDustIGAbF convenience fhprafurts
must be furnished business fashion, The same
duh prejudice which demands that London
counting house, or bank or LAWYERS Office should
be destitute Of all The ordinary graces Of human
habiiation-light, cleanliness and beauiy-makes
the omnibus which carries the man Of business 10
this den-like laboratory equally dark. dirty. and
devoid Of all that can charm the eve into a mo-
meniary torgetfulness Of It's character The office
windows- are never washed the office CARPET is
never shaken the office shelves are never busted :
therefore the carriage which owes its existence 10
the Office, must be as thoroughly uncomfortable as
possible, or it would not be bnsiness-like The
MAN himself has made somewhat careful toilet
wonid De shocked at speek on bis coat, or an un-
dressed look about the nails. His boots huge
hooi-llke appendges they are are fossilized with
constant backing his gloves generally of cotton,
evidently go through the wash az regularly as his
linen. His hat, in particular, has prim, pricked
up, and dainty ar, as if lis aBguiarify had never
been disturbed bv any thing ruder than The toucH
Of finger tips. Yet all this neafness gets into a
dry omnibus, and rides 10 dirty Office as IL il
were the most natural thing IN the world No
wonder that its owner dresses for dinner lie need
not pride himself upon what is inevitable.
London omnibus is a clumsy, l0w-broved
narrew, uncomfortable carriage, licensed to
carry twenty-one passengers, generally dis
tributed, thirteen inside, and eight out. The prae-
tce Of carrying people on the top, makes il necss-
sary TO place the roofs SO low that il is ouiy with
much humiliation that person OF ordinary height
can make his way from ths door to the farthest
substantially the last to be filled IL the seats
were of the ordinary height, tall man could not
SIT upright with his hat on, they are most awk-
Wardly low Their distribution. too is inqeno,islv
inconvenient, there being one across the front, INTO
which three persons must crowd, with their backs
TO the horses, the side seats forbidding the least
movement Of two OF them after once the iamming
process IS completed The cushions are Wretched,
the windows next 10 nothing, and a quantity Of
dirty straw is the carpet
This delectabls machine has no door for shut
ting, no strap for stopping, mode Of communi-
eating with the driver; bat the back door hangs
condueloi, who is the faciotum Of the establisl-
ment lady sitting IN the further end of the car
riages must remember 10 commence operations in
advance as she approaches her stopping place.
She must pass the word down the whole line until
some gentleman who has cane or umbrella
pOkes or hooks the conductor and makes him IN
dersand that some one desires that the caravan
should come 10 a halt. The conductor shouts 10
the driver ;. the lady exerts all her strength 10 ex
trlcate herself out of the nook in which she has
been riding backwards painfully dFags her limbs
through space moi wide enough for any but the
living skeleton TO pass easily and when she gets 10
the aperture through which she mas been all along
contemplating the light of day, somewhat in The
fashion OF Sinbad when he travelled through the
long cave with the Old Man Of the Sea on his back
she has 20 stop and pay the conductor, who then
clyilly enough, hands her down into the mud if
there be any mud, for the omnibus never swerves
for the sake of setting any one down ne ar the sde-
WIKI anu lAltfb are ErDss-fqaiks. III
imagine how comfortable ths is in rainy weather
IL is singular enough that hagged crossings are
utmost unknown ia London. The goodness of the
pavemeuts might seem TO render this excusabs hat
| practically makes no difference. proper cross
ing being little raised above the level of the road
Is, Of course, drer aud cleaner than the best paved
level can be in wet weather Crossings are needed
If ouly for the convenience Of those Who use the
omnibus, since the throng seems forbid that lum-
bering conveyance from being brought up 10 the
CuFEst0Oas- " hen a1f
The conductor is usually a civil person some-
times very rough-mannered, and CORRESPONDENCE
dressed, IN kind Of bangnp style but sometimes
polIle and we'll dressed Douglas JerrUld SAYS thai
1 London policemen and omnibus conductors are
often unsuccessful young menfrOm the better ranks
Of life, even medical and other students who fnd-
ing themselves in danger of starving throuph ex.
eesslVe competition, prefer these modes of life 10
the only alternatives, mechanical or rural labor.
These conductors viii do any little Grand f1r von
while the coach is detained by the crowd or
pauslng for any purpose. They win even run a
| little ways down side street and deliver note
Tor you, for consideration; or you may get them
10 procure change for sovereign at sbo1 while
the omnibus joys on at its own natural Iondoh
pace, amid The press Of wheels. A still greater
/ convenience considering the immense distances az
London, Is that of being able to send parcels or
noies from your own door, by the conductor to any
place within his reute, and at a fixed price Isent
in thus way an order fora watch which had been
left to mend, and received it in safety two or three
hours after, from distance Of three or four miles
or so.
But there is another regulation quite vexalious
/ enough 10 cUuuterbaaRee this seul one. Every
omnibus whose route passes near the great center
| OF busness-the Bank, the Exchange, the Man.
SION House, etc.,-must come 10 full stop at some
specified stand, and lDdit fifteen minutes, whatever
| be the haste of all the passengers inside and out
/ A more lntolerabie waste of time ard patience can
! hardly be imagined. How long would such an ar
rangement be tolerated in New York, on any
/ ground
! i may be thought and it is sometimes said, that
ladies', and people Of refined habits do not use the
| omnlbuses and that all the regulations are devised
! for, the merest business accommodation of the
masses. Bat this is not true. The ladies of the
nobility do not ride in the public coaches, but la
| dies quite as well bred do; and gentlemen Of all
ranks. There is sort of pride about it, 10 be sure
as there is evenin our own country where the car
rage is clean, comfortable, and wen regulated in
all respects. Ladies wilt use the omnibus from
necessity, yet with silly false shame, alighting
only al particular points where they are not likely
10 be seen, etc. There are shabby genteel people
every where bur in London, as with us, ladies of
the first responsibility do ride in omnbuses and the
dllierence IS thar in America the omnibus Is made
nj Tor the ladies to ride in, while in London their
convenience Is entirely uncared for. have seel
ladies IN full dinner dress in a London omnibus
amid all the Dirt brilliant satins that in our eoun-
NY would be thought to demand the privacy Of
cab at least
no doubt there are many women in London be-
low me rank OF nobility, who, though without car
rlages Of their own, would not on any consi,lera.
tlon use an omnibus but there is aiar larger cess
VINO are Obliged to avail themselves of the public
conveyance, disagreeable as it is More than half
lhe inside passengers are invariably women, and
hall OF these, women Of gentee appearance and
good manners.
This qeonyenient rule, however does not always ud
excuse IN the necessity Of the case hqd once occasion 10
pc set down r Tow snhub Of London, where the aoad-
was excessively muddy, aud the conductor refused with
ge1t FPaeas Of msnney to turn the coach iowa the side
wax emonstfatel, bnt to nOavHil aud then remarked
thai "a america, such ncyly would cause coaei 10 be
avoided by etefi one 20 drsssy I" saddle, wtheihs
mos insoenl ar dassay-but ere. ye sea. we re- quite
gdope9deptl We doesn't whehef you hides or lets il
alone
sALT.-The actiyity.in the salt manufacture in
the State Of New York has not been surpassed in
any former year. The quantity manufactured
since lstJanuary is given by the Syracuse papers
at lI7l 1856 l6 bushels OF an increase of4Ol ss 80
bushels over the previous year. Owing to the low