Eastern times., 1853-10-27
HW the E0StSTH TUNES
Brooklyn, the City Of Rest.

BRooKLxE, N. Y Oct. 25, 1853.
A respectable portion Of those who during
the day strive and press in the crowded and
we'll filed stores Of New York. retire nightly
to the city Of Brooklyn, and there. if young
and not difident. spend the evening in that
glorious humBuggery which is as feeting and
unsubstantial, and withal as lnxuriantly pleas
ant as the ice cream over which its various
farces and tragedies are generally. enacted
The old men, as might be expected their ice
cream days being OVERCOME home, and after
conyersing for few hours with the same Mates
that twenty years before were the ice cream
heroines, kiss their little Hates sleeping in their
cradles, and retire to rest.
Then it must be delightful to look at that
Babel, New York, from the sweet land of ease,
where ice creams are eaten, young ladies court
ed and babies fondled; it must be, say,
pleasing to be in such paradise, and turn our
thoughts to the great city opposite. It is al
ways more satisfactory to gaze at crowd from
distance, where we may mark its great sway
ings, than to be actually in its midst, because
then we can only see that the short man thrusts
his elbow into the long mans ribs, in order to
glance over his shoulder; that the long man
rendered uneasy by this maneuvre as we'll as
uncertain what to do with his elaborate legs,
plants them on the fat mans gouty toe, who to
revenge himself, knocks another mans hat over
his eyes. In fact, they all play what in school
we used to call "pass it along" Hereafter
therefore, shall date from the sister city Of
Brooklyn, even when writing about New York.
Sister city L have made mistake in regard
to the relationship. Brooklyn is more nearly
connected, being welded to New York in a
thousand interests. 1t should be Prouder
boast that she is welded to the commercial
metropolis of our country than to be the "bride
/ Of the sea-" The sage of history tells us that
the Doge Of Venice periodically espouses the
Adriatic by dropping ring therein, but we
have a better doge-a better way Of forming an
alliance with the ocean, and that by from time
to time launching trim clippers into its BOSOM
| sincerely doubt, too, whether Venice ever
was more attractive than BEooklyn-whether
any city renowned in story ever had more
beauties than the city of churches. But
strange to say, Mrs. New York is net well
known abroad few persons imagining that
she is SO fruitful as to have at present 10000
children, and if mothers perform their duties
faithfully, she hopes to have 100000 before the
year is out, 1 am sorry TO say, however, that
some strange children from Europe have taught
some Of her progeny such bad habits, that
2,037 arrests for crime have been made during
the past three months but the majority are
promising, and have in year built about $500
| houses.
Yes, Brooklyn is the city Of rcst-even for
the long last sleep do The men of New York hi'
to its "Greenwood," its Evergreen and othei
cemeteries, where they may repose in peaceful
seclusion; the second death an Paradise Iht
regning spirit appears to be to
'Rob Tellus Of her weeds,
To strew thy green with flowers !;
and the very chaplets on the graves seem t.