New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

.,hle journal. not only the most practical ana
-a.,eo, instructions on the subjects to which !,
aec,,lly devoted, bat frequent articles Of uni
- interest. written m style OF great u'aci-
- veil as excellent taste. From the pre-
number we take the following well-l~t Nug-
.~,,or,. ~ regard to what Is now a topic OF gen
e,,l m,ere5, in this CRY
TN NEw-EORK PARA.
10Y tonic Of town gossip and newspaper
'He = ,,5s, now ID Newly ora. II The ne" PARK
P9s.l,h n, MAYOR Kingsland. Deludcd New ON
PIOtn,,. ifey cOntenteo itself "itn tue ntlie ooo1
yaros ~ |rraIes of The city, IN the mistaken lded
ioini -, 10 marks The fourth city ia the "orio
va. ma, ,yovth that viii soon make IL the secoiplJ
~, co,,,nerclal metropolis OF coAtlheht spdC'ous
NJ - ,Fo,d sufficient land 20 give ~ cilAens ~
dOe " -, :. nom live there the whoie year touihj
mo- h,1,,s,,p space ior pure ai' any olea'i e
o,,Dd sor ae4itniul exercise dN P.os NJ odo 81
d,ng o, CRYING. or any eilOiii,,I ~ VI NO. go,
lO.'s fesring natural beauty from "hch 'ney
Al" le.,,, fhe country. reluctantly ekpdt1lateu
- f,r so many redTs perhaps io'o.ci
snae few mo sands, more iortunase .ua's az, 80
,e abl 70 e-Cape for COUPE y, M III ~ "a
1870. "a Tro repose for rody ana SOUL III l's ieay
couhu) - - nast,,cS or 20 inhae new life
n -, .stnr9 sea-shore. Bui IN tne hedIlllhe
.Lc eli, 4. alW avs full u, STEADY popua'' VI w.
.00 so,yls ~ always there Always Oh t'o INiO'so
p,.r, hin brings i've cargo rom OFeI-peOpeu
i;aoe ,n I'm I'D its crowded lOdglng-hOuses every
,e,tncr brings hundreds OF strangers 10 III MS
.tonoed tr0g0ughfares Crowded hotels, crowded
s.ee,S no, summers. business pursued TIL 1t be-
eo'oes game Of excitement. pleasure followed TIL
ne yo,arrs are exhausted-Wnerel Is the quiet reverse
.de OF this picture OF io~n lte intensified almost
20 distraction
MAYOR King Stand spreads II out 10 the VISION OF
tho dxeers IN this ard desert OF Business ana dSsl
ostoD--a green oasis for ne reireShmeni OF the
ritys sou and body. tie tells the citizens OF thai
feyersh metropolis, a. every intelligent man VIII
III them who knows the cities Of the old world,
;hat New-Yo-k and American cites generally. are
yol,n,arl, and ignorantly living IN state OF COM
Dlete forgetiUIeSs of nature and her innocent
recreatloIs That because II y nee1ful IN civilized
ne for men 10 1--we IN cIues.ves and unfortunately,
TOO. Tor children 20 be bora md educated without
daily s,gh, of the blessed hOuzOn-t Is not, there
fore neediul for them 10 oe 80 misery as TO I'VE
utterly cHOfced from al pleasant anu healthful In
iercouIsc with gardens and green Reds he INFORMS
them that cool outrageous eTOyes nave not fors~0rn
themselves thin town hints. and thathalf million
Of people have a right 10 ask tor the "greates nap
psLesS' OF parks and edslfc-grOundS. rs well -
ior pa, IN stone, and gas-hghis.
Now mat pubic opinion mas Larry sctuea tiiat
park Is necessary the par,lnloIou> declare that the
po, of 6J proposed ~ Mayor King 'and Is ex,
trayagaIliy large. SnOfi-slghied economists III
the future growth OF the CITY were confined 20 the
boundari,s then narrow VISION would fix, II would
soon cease 10 be the commercial emporium OF the
country. ii they were ne puTvevOrs OF the young
giant he would soon present The sorry spectacle OF
robust youth magnihcently developed but whose
exirenmiic, had OutgrOwL every garment thdt they
had Iroy idci 10 cover ms ndkedncsS
These t.m,d taxpayers. and men nervous IN their
private pocket, of the mum lpal expenditures, SHOULD
lake a lesson from some ~ thelr number to whose
admirable foresight owe the unity OF materials
display ed IN The New-forK tlty Hall. Every one
familiar With New-Nork ha~ wondered or smiled at
ihe apparent perveTSlty of taste winch gave US 4
i.rIal ffR mn.
and devoted 20 the hlghPs, municipal uScS-tifec
sides OF which are pure white marble and the fourth
II coarse, brown stone Bu; lew OF those who see
that lncOngruliy. know thai II dictated bv the
narrow sighted frugaliiv o. the Common Council
who were It's building committee and who deter
mined TINT Il would be useless 10 waste marble on
the rear OF the Clty-Ha d" sRce INIT SIDE Wonid o"ig
be seen bu PERSONS HIlng m m SUbUrbS ~
Thanking Mayor klngsland most heartily for h>
propose new park the only objection We make 10 II
Is thai II II to0 small One hundred and sixty acres
Of park tor city that VIII soon contain lhree-quhr-
tiers OF million OF people IL Is only enid ;
play glound Why, London has over SIX thousand
acres either WITHIN ITS hints or IN the accessible
suburbs. open 10 the eniovnen' OF H. population
and six thousand acres composed TOO either OF the
grandeSt aud most lovely piIh scenery, IKE heh
sington AMI Richmond, or Iuxurldnt gardens. hlled
with plants. lighthouses and hardy SHRUBS ana
trees Ike the National Garden at Kew. Paris has
It's GARDEN OF the TuieTGs. whose alleys are llned
with orange trees two hundred years old, whose
partcnes are gay with the brightest flowers, whose
cool grove, OF horSecheSinui>, stretching out To ihe
El,sian sled> are IN thu very midst of the CITY
les and rs outskirts are Versailles, tthec thou-
sand acic, of imperial groves and gardens there
aSo and FOntaineblcau, anC 81 Cloud, Win all the
rural scene, and pdlalu beauty that the opulehce
Of the most protuse oi French monarchs could
create all open tO the peopl, OF farlS. Vienna mas
H. great Pr9tsr 10 make which would Swalio" up
most OF the uulmproved' part of New-i ORR CtN.
Munich has superb pleasure ground oi hve nun
dred acre which makes the Arcadia OF her citlZt Ms
Even he smaller towns are provided WIN puohc
grounds extent that would peggar the lmaglna-
hon Of out ort-Sghtcd economists VINO would deny
"a greencD" 10 Newly ork Frankfort, for example.
Is sklrtel Dy the mos, beautiful gardens, formed
upon the platform which made the old ranputs OF
The ci,y-sariens filed With TIE lovehest plants and
shrubs '>tclully grouped alols walks over fUo mates
IA eXteLt
LookIrr Al the presen, government OF the city A.
about to provide IN the Peoples Park, a breathing
zone, AMI healhiUl place for exercise Tor tly o'
halt million 81 souls. We trust they Viii not ne con
lent With the limited number u, acres already pro-
posed irs hundred acres y the smallest area thai
should be- reserved for the future wants OF such q
city, nor, Nhl,e . may De OBTAINED. FIVE hundred
acres mas BE- selected between 3Hih-Sl and the HU-
lem TncI, including varied surface OF land good
deal OF wllca IS yer waste area. 50 that the whole
may be- purchased at something Ike a million OF dol
lars. In tLa' area there would be space enough To
have broad reaches oi parA AND pleasure grounds,
With a rtai feeling 81 the breadth ana beauty OF
green MeiC> the perfume anu Ire >hneSS oi nature III
Is m!d> would be locates the great distributing
reservoirs OF ihe Croon aQuctuc,, formed into love
" lakes Ut huplt water, covering many acres, and
hghtenne the charm of the sylvan accessories by
The finest natural contrast In such a park, tie
cuzeuS " 10 would take excursions IN carriages. or
on horseback could have the substantial delights OF
rounU rca1> AMI country scenery, and forget for \
time the raulc Ot the paVemenI> and the glare OF
BRICK walls Pedestrians would md quiet and Sc
cluded walks when they wished 20 be solitary. and
broad alieNS allied with thousands OF nappy faces,
when they would be gay The Thoughtful denizen
of the town would 60 o., there N the morning 10
hold converse with the Whsperlnl trees, and the
Weariel gadcSmCn IN the evening, 10 cnloN an hour
nj happiness bN mlnglns a. the open space With " all
the world
The many beauties ami az ltlt> which would gra-
ually grow out of great park Ike tins. IN great
CITY hAc New York, SUgCeS' Themselves mmetl-
aiel, ami torcihiy. Where would be- found 80 hitting
position for noble works OF AT, The statues monu-
meR,S ana buildings, COMMIT mo1dl,e AT once OF The
great men Of sae nauoG.oi the history OF the
age and country. and the genus at our highest art
lists Ia ne BROAD area q. such verdant zone
would gradually grow up, - tAe wealth oi the Cl,l
increase. Winter Gardens If glass, ike the great
tysiai Palace. where The Whole people could lux