Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1852-09-01

here let honorable mention be made of "W.
Ii. Rodgers" who has placed his name very
high on these records of Trinity, in the
Iarges. letters and The blackess paint! When
the three hundred and seventh step has been
taken, we sink exhausted upon seat, and
gaze languidy, but delighledy, at the vast
aud superb panorama that is spread out be-
low US. There are four small windows
, there, from each Of which beautiful and
different view is obtained. Looking out OF
the northern window, Broadway extends
straight, narrow-looking, thronged, as far as
the white steeple of Grace Church, tw o
miles off. PITY it is there, breaking the
continuity of the street, say many.) On
each pavement there are two currents of
diminished pedestrians, moving quickly in
opposite directions. We csn detect an ac-
quainlance by his walk, as easily as though
he were ten feet, instead of two hundred,
below US. 10 the street there are also two
unbroken trains of vehicles, omnibuses
mostly, which look something like double
headed torloises, with white backs. A mis-
ty sea Of houses stretches to the north, as
far as the eye, on a misty day, can reach !;
and, here and there, an island Of green trees
shows where square has escaped the bur-
then of bricks and mortar that rests on all
its neighboIs. We discern, far off, the
steeple under which we were at church last
Sunday, and thirty s,eeples besides. of which
i knowing New Yorker can tell you the
names. rejoicing in his wisdom. The long
line of awnings has pretty effect, fringing
The dark houses, like light eyelashes. Far
away TO the right, the East River appears,
where it bends in upon, and ua,rows, Man
haitian Island !; and mis-, wells the shores of
Long Island. The North River, covered
with little sails, like flakes of snow, and
bordered with The frownng palisades, is the
other Broadway of New Y ork, as lhronged
as the street on terra ,frma. How brilliant
is the scene, despite the mist Turning to
The western window, this glitlering and
US. The ferry-boats, with frothy wakes,
and foamng bows, are slsnling across to
Hoboken, or going straigh. to Jersey City,
where red funnel shows John Bull moor
| ed 10 the wharf, taking in coal. Beyond,
two miles inland, is West Hoboken, long
line of white houses on the brow of the hill,
| looking like row Of. ...h''.- h. eas,ad r'o"-
uns perched on the caves of house. Fh-
teen miles further inland, we discern the
Orange hills of Jersey. from the SUBMITS of
which, on a clear day, Trinity steeple can
be seen with the naked eve Who can de-
scribe the view from the southern window
and who that has seen can forget il? Just
below US, we see the everlasting omnibuses
winding round the Bowling Green, and the
trees of the Battery, as thick as a Forest
Then red Castle Garden, with lis pre.lily
painted bath on each side; then the glori-
Gus bay, dotted all over with sails, with lit
lie steamers fitting about, and a black mon
s,er of steamship going G loomily seaward;
Governors Island, shooting out its green
point into the silver water, and lis bright
flag, lighting up the whole prospect. Bed
oe's Island, a mere cump of trees; Gibbe,
Island, looking like little piece of wharf
that had hoated of, and there run aground;
Staten Island, rising like mountain from
the waters ed ge; Long Island, with Green
wood, and its shores lined with houses,
gardens, lawns and trees; the coast of Jer-
sey, stretching away to The south; the dis
tant Narrows, and more distant sea all H.
Illuminated by the morning sun, and soflened
by the morning mist! Beautiful and glori-
Gus Gotham, he knows thee not, who has
not seen thee from the top of Trinity -
From the eastern window, the view is
scarcely y less attractive. There is narrow,
crooked Wall street, extending from the
bottom Of the sleeple to the East Rivera
street full of hurried men, and not a bonnet
to be seen. The dome of the Exchange is
far below the height where we are sitting,
and all the palaces and temples that Wall
street boasts, look to us, and ell who are
, ':above the world" very insignificant. A
forest of shipping grows along shore; the
, river, ,hree-eights Of a mile wide, is only
visible between the innumerable hulls tina,
nearly covert il; and on the Heights beyond,
, our fair young sister Brooklyn sits enlhron-
ed, and sparkling in the sunshine. We
, gaze again and again at each of the four pic
lures, The cool breeze blows gratefully abou,
! US, the noise Of the city is slightly subdued
or rather the many discordant noises are
, rolled into one unvarying roar, and we learn
how the world looks and sounds to The
, birds. The descent is soon accomplished
= The sexton is, if possible, more polite than
E before, as he opens the door to admit us
! once more into The lower world. We offe,
e to pass on, only thanking him for his ardu.
, Gus toll in opening and shutting the door
j But he appears TO be "under a concern o
!. mlnd' about something which he wishes .e
: communicate. "It is-a-a-a-custom
e ary-a-for gen,lemen-a-,o-" ooh
$ indeed; what is the charge? % "We leave
v that to gentlemen; but gentlemen general
: ly give US "a quarter" We complied, 0
s course, cheerfully, with this demand; ant
6 SO did others who came after and we CON