Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-07-09

London; as, ii fict is that which happens to be
thesmost kable thing any place to tie M
dividual who tfeeels to that - ter-so this
moment the Chfystal Ralaes to the fesson WHO
turns LIS ace towards New 4osk On Sunday
fnoruing last lIe land Of tles New World rose for
the first time dsIsfe the view of myself aud my
fellow yoyAgeEs but 1T was not its pleasant green
fields, afterstlve weary weeks of never-a-view but
water nor yet pros,ect of better fare, after an
eQa period Of salt beef and hard biscuit that with
US seonsntatesi the great event. 1t the nten-
ded yist which each was to pay to the Chrystll
Palaee
Hsvihg as an Englishman, a gratified recollec-
ton OF our own Exhibition, set out myself upon
an early excursion, and purpose mentioning what
= saw there and what thought of it; and although
head NY paper The Chrystal Palace on Sunday"
no one will perhaps objects also to hear what a
tish stranger thought Of New York generally
on his first arrival.
p my mind nothing could be more unlike Lon
dohs ew. York bears no resemblance to it what
ever; while on the contrary it would be extremely
like Paris, If Paris but stretched out little
in the breadth of its streets. Most Partisan, too,
did It seem to my mind, in its cafes; and if not
IN its drinks, at least in its domnoes. Particularly
unlike London in its omaibusses without conduct
ors. and the passengers paying their fare through
hole in the roof to driver sitting coatless on his
box. Above all things, unlike in its absence Of
blue and bludgeoned policemen displaying, instead
to the gaze of the unawed Briton custodian of
the public peace in, it may be, Panama hat and
nankeen frock the small brass star indicative of
authority being to British mind but a poor sub
stitute for the blue and buttons of old England's
police. Paris however, it is most especially unlike
in one thing and the disparity not little agree
ably surprised me it observes in its suspension Of
business the sanctity of the Sabbath, reminding
the Briton that he is in French or heather land
but one peopled by men with ancestors like his
own He sees churches, too, in abundance,
mlnding him of the temples of old England but
the Briton must remember that they are not all
kpiscopalan here, and that the tapering spre does
not rise above such affairs alone, but crowns like
wise the seats of Genevan and Romish worship.
But-and leave it last as being the strongest
point-7most unlike Of all is it to home, in the
strength of such solar rays l never encountered
before in my life. 1t seemed literally to my Eng
lish notions as if it rained fire. heard during the
day the highest tribute paid to the strength of the
sun, which 1t was possible for it to receive, by a
poor Irish emigrant who came out as Storage
passenger Ill the same vessel with me. "Och,
murther y said he. as he dragged himself along,
Perspiring at every pore, and gasping for breath.
80 Och, nurther l used to complain Of the cowld
and the hunger in ireland, and sure it's myself
now that would take dhrass of the hunger for
sake of shiver of the cowld." The poor Irish
man was not singular; for my part 1 would will
lingly have gone without my dinner, if getting
coolwere condition annexed to the abstinence
In that to me most singular of all modes of con-
yeyance-a railway car drawn by horses through
the public streets reached the neighborhood of
the Chrystal Palace where,
g Like Rabel a new royal dome has arisen"
Ny first impression was one of disappointment.
Used to the gigantic proportions of the great par
ent OF all the Chrystal Palaces in Hyde Park there
was not only nothing to amaze, but something to
dlsaPpoint the eve. The complete absence of
'yastness, however, is somewhat atoned for by the
external decoration, which is in good taste and
keeping, and in favorable contrast thought with
the airy exterior of the Palace in Hyde Park
1t seems to me, however, that the site selected is
an lnJudicIous one; its adlacency to the massive
archltecture of the Croton Reservoir mparts a de-
cree Of fimsiness to the airy and up-sprnging pro-
portions of the Crystal Palace-a fault which
viewed by themselves they would not present
3 AS for the nelghborhood, new city appeared
to me to be rising around it, but it is a CITY of
groggerla: e1d curiosity shops Such an assem-
0laSe OF the former never before witnessed in nv
lie. VI course at the race grounds of old Eng
land have seen more drinking places, but they
were only tents OF canvass, which after day or so
were struck down; but the groggeries which in
sAundreds surround the Chrystal Palace are more
substantial edifces of brick and wood built to en-
ssdure for more than day. There literally appears
to be no end to them. Their name is indeed L. !
IRON; but though they may be all comprehended
under that general term, they for the most mart
give themselves individual appelIatons, taken from
DANES heroic, neurological, national, and. of
course, ehrysta" In the multitude of grogyeries.
the wonder to me was why one in particular Should
be patronized more than another, as so far as Won
could Judge from their outward appearance. the !
scobler and the sling were as good in one as
IN another. The same idea would seem to have
struck some proprietors as particular individuals |
adopted particular styles and names.
"A groggery designated by railway name. for
instance furnished its round room with seats after
tins fashion railway train and engine were fix /
ed IN such manner that the front of the ENGINE
WAS facing the hinder part of the rear carriao lin
the carriages were seats each side, one row car
Peted to SIT upon, the other uncarpeted to rest the
heels on a Ia 4mericdine Thus seated Won mgbt
recreate yourself with any amount Of cobbler ,5nd
sling; and from the quantity consumed [ should |
say that though the train was motionIess tba
company were keeping up the steam. Other nro-
sprletors specialized in enticng names. One had
Health -e'''e .!
Inc Bier Brauerey, kept by certain Gervasz
.S9enss mad large sign board with the single and
7slgnineant word Pianoforte' and sent forth from
Its interior the perpetual sound of MANY feet wind
snelr way through the mazes of the watz-co
stlllion. Another German establishment to Will,
garden was attached, seemed to receive laro'
custom from Tie of that countrv-I n,o. az