The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-11-08
FHE DAILY DISPATCH.
: C~rrespsnacuce Of the Dtspstch. -
NEW YoRx, Nov. /.


any business 10 this State
Made me a lookrt.on here In Vienna"
and think that may reflect 20 you some Of
she scenes and customs from the mirror oi
xss observation, which will crafty you and
your company.
The growing yastness of this city, and the
YrfIaences which its movements have on the
whole Of our country, as we'll as the associa-
ssaas which many OF your readers nave with
axe business, pleasures and citizens OF The
mace, offer reasons TO suppose thet occasional
news from nay pen may be acceptable.
Te stranger, the first view of the shipping,
which lines the wharves for miles, as he ap.
breaches the city from the bav, will convey a
more lasting idea of the wealth ana importance
al New York, than any thing which walk
about the streets will Offer recoliect that an
English gentleman said 10 me, more than a
wear since that the amount II ships in port
and the hustle on the wharves, were the best
tokens of cur country's greatness which he
Aaa seen in his travels through the States.
Yet with all these Indications OF wealth
New York is the least cared for city in tht
country. The streets are the dirtiest, the ob
sguctons the most numerous, and the govern
zse Mt the poorest that any place in the countr,
ran he ashamed of. Until recently rowdies al
ahs corner of Broadway, under bright lamps
ars by, for. il arrested by the Policemen, rare
occurrence, the Alderman would release the
daender. But this evil, after existing for years
became too execrable, and the appeals, argu
nsents and pasquinades of the newspapers eff
Scted u cure. The Aldermen are deprived o.
zoe pardoning power. Yet, nightly, cases o.
ssabEing, shooting and outrages occur in the
geSs fequenteJ portions of the town. The Pc
Ece force is sadly Inefficient.
o. Fine Arts, there is better prospect Than
psnal for this Winter besides the collection
Cd paintings, by the Dusseldorf School, which
has been located in Broadway for some years
aAere is fine Gallery OF Art, called the Bryan
Gallery which gives view of the growth oil
painting, from Guido of Sienna down to 5
Benjamin West Among the paintings in this
SELECTION are some very fine chet-d Rnvres, OF
which | will write in some succeeding letter.
There was a sale of paintings, by Williams s.
Stevens, last week, among which some of the
best OF native artists we're represented. This
70 The first of their sales, which they promise
shall be annual. The pictures brought gooG
srCes.
The fashions for the Winter do not seem to
be fairly out" l have observed, however, tina
Abe young ladies who most affect the expei
balancing of their bonneis on their shoulders
have improved by practice, and that they still
W vain itii iiUiOL
which an old negress adopts when getting re
Bgion."
Some one said, the other day, that if the
s9ais OF the young gentlemen continued ic
sfh8rten III the skirt aud increase 10 collar a:
4or the year past, they will soon rival the OPP
pearance OF anthropophagi, or linen whose
beads do grow beneath their shoulders"
3elieve twas John Bfoughum he is ALWAYS
so"
When Alboni returns TO give concerts, viii
Essp you posted. Just now, music is Scarce "
Madame Bishop, called. in the bills Mad An.
Da. opens in Opera, English, tonight, al mi
Mos" Miss Julia Dean appears as Parthenia
1o-night, al the "Broadway." She made her
aebat about two months since at that Theatre
and was most successful. She has many ad-
Eoirers OF her talent in Richmond, who will
bear OF her with pleasure. Her genius was
discovered and fnsiered by the South and il
nay well be proud Of her now. She is highly
regarded here.
Soamore. now. Vive lie Dispatch.
Yours, HOMO.