Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-09-21
Notes by the Way. by our Reporter.

travel as have dcue. I have been shaken, like
DR.. Boluss patient, in the cars; rocked, like era
died infant, in Broadway and Bowery 'bussses; JOLT.
ed in New York stages; mudded and raIned upon
IN Canadian caleche and pitched about, like moth
ing, in the lake steamers, | have seen the Great
Metropolis with its prisons and palaces on each
hand, with its extremes Of social lie commingled
in plentiful profusion upon every side; and have
the country stretching out before me for humid
reds of miles, clothed in It's mantle of forest, and
waiting in solemn silence for the full development of
that civilization, whose pioneers have already pen
erated into its bosom, and there planted The nut
cleuses of great and populous cities.
But let me give you particulars. must
confess to you that had some msgivngs when l
slept into the cars, and suppose l am not singular
in this ,aiIroad phobia but when l remembered
that was on the Norwich s. Worcester line, and
that Creighton Ruggles, Jr., was conductor Of the
train on board Of which was, hung mp my hat
buuoned myself Into my great coat, and resigned
myself in confidence 10 my seat, where dozed and
dreamed Of dire disasters by collisions and steam
boiler explosions, until about 10 F. NJ, when we
reached Allyn's Point. When the train was stopt,
the old and experienced travellers got out aud start
ed of at a brisk pace down the landing while those
not so well trained in the my leries Of the route,
swung their carpet bags along at more lesGrely
rate. The consequences Of these movements were.
the monopoly Of the state rooms by the cold sta.
gers" and the dismissal Of the 'ssl,w coaches" to
bel tbs in the saloon. /, of COURSE had berth in
which lay thinking Of my watch and wallet, and
forming most uncharfable opinions Of every gentle
man who did not go to bed. A tier suffering all
those torments that property entails on the possess
Or, rose about A. NJ, yawued, rubbed up eyes,
took an inventory oil my wardrobe, run my fingers
through my hair and went on deck.
The morning was breaking and the shores Of the
Sound lay indislincty outlined before me- as the
dense mist hung in grey confusion over them. The
leaden color Of the east gradually gave place TO
streaks of purple hue, and the purple streaks were
followed by bright hakey drapery Of gold until at last
his majesty, the sun, came out IA white and yellow
and brought the landscape up all its glory of color
and boldness Of outline. The cultured meads and
handsome villas that presented themselves 10 me- re.
minded me strongly of the meads and villas on the
Kentish coast and mouth of the Thames, in Old
England. There was the same gently undulating
character of country the opulence Of trees, the
same appearance of high cultivation, and the same
demonstrations of wealth in the tastefully built
houses Weary Of the struggle Of business and the
battle OF life, the rich merchant fees from the city
which he and his competitors in trade have made 10
the country which God made. Those retired homes
on the Sound seemed 10 me to be temples erected to
the God of 1.-Two Yhe, l..
subserve the pleasure of the owners, perhaps but
men do not always know to what they do homage,
when they go down upon their knees. When we
got into the Narrows, HurIgae with its black por
tentous portals opened before US. The silver waters
gently sweed up and shrunk again, over the hidden
dangers of this celebrated reef of rocks or broke in
little rippes the crumbing hull Of a wreck lha,
lay rotting in the sun.
BlackwelI's Island with its handsome public struc.
lures OF stone, presented an imposing appearance.
The Poor House, the Lnnalic Asylum, and the
Prison, are splendid edifces, that compare most IA
vorably, in outward appearance, with the poor law
Bastfes Of England. The New Yolkers have not
committed their poor to the ugest buildings, and
most unhealthy locations they could find jas the Eng
lish aristocracy have done.
The appearance of New York and BROOKLYN from
the water is grand. much more so, think, than
that Of London from 1he Thames Islands, forts.
heights, the far expanse of the bay, and the bold
sweeps OF the Manhattan shores, give the approach
to the American metropolis great scenic advantages
over that to the British one, and if she is still far
behind the ''naton Of London" in population and
wealth, she seems destined, at no very remote pc.
rod, TO put an end to every disparity that now ex-
lists. But don't like New York Il possesses
the hustle Of London, the manufacturing activity of
Glasgow, and certain outward resemblance to
Paris. which makes it very unatractve to one who
loves to feel the breezes from Wachusetl fan his
cheek, and to the buckeyes blossom in Pearl
street, Worcester, Mass.
In New York, London is out hustled b, busy,
eager men Of business; Glasgow is surpassed by the
roar Of furnaces, and the clang of hammers; and
Paris in exceled is handsome iaousie blinds, aud
filthy streets, redoent with rotten garbage. II the
citizens would condemn the Common Councilmen
and Aldermen Of New York, to sweep and carry
away, every morning, the filth that breathes fever
and cholera into their homes, they would do Two
good thrngs-frsty, they would increase the chances
oil lille IN this foul Gotham; and, secondly, they
would keep fellows in the streets who should he on
the tread mill. Ipartcuary observed the want of
parks and squares in New York, and The plentitude
oil bar rooms and inferior places of Amusement. De.
prived OF the presence Of Nature, the yonnp fnd
recreation and amusement in low shows. When
New York ceases to afford 50 rich repast of pl,u.
der, to the municipal yullures who misgovern her
these things Will perhaps, be remedied.
do not think that any one has exaggerated the
grandeur Of those palaces Of merchandise, that have
been, and are being, erected in Broadway. The
palaces Of Paris may compare. with Sewart's, but
there is ship in Paris or London that can begin
TO approach it, either in size, beauty Of material, or
elaborate richness Of architecture.
The City Hall is an elegant structure, but the park
in which it stands is little pgmy was
astonished when realized its diminuyeness, and
remembered how grand it looked on the canvass Of