New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-03
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psstne OF ouriousiy inspecting OUT fellow passengers
their faces their dePortmeG their clothes hr uuc On.
scous manifestations Of character seeS ing b, the
AID o. these clues alone TO guees their prob posi-.
tlors in the social scale their personal pecuisrites,
their occupations, and even here and there 1, dnIy
peep at heansecrets among them It may be that the
g-or-gIanted, however gTstuitous and impersl-
pen that every ODE has something either In public or
private relations to concesl-some.hiDg hidden deep
In tie heart which jealousy guarded from strange
eyes-provtkes this searching scrutiny, which by no
means peculiar TO ourselves ii may be the simple as
serii Of an instinct which binds the whole world In
common brotherhood Of gym patty; be that asst may
nothing full Of interest for ourselves and ali of u.s.
as The chance chapters, perused occasionally of the
human volume-the romanoes Of daily, Flooding llfe
We delight even in creating them upon the meress hint
thrown out to eager fanciss: wrinked forehead;
form pIemstureIy bent with sonow or crashing
cares; mariied pair oddly mated; beggar with
her babe; ring maiden's foyer the black dress
Of the yonrg mother; the busy smile on mans or a
woman's ace; these give ample scope for thousand
reflections and each foundation for the air
lest structure of ow imagination.
We 20 to and fro these boats at all hours Of the
dsy; SO we have become scientific in the arrangement
ers the enly morning, noon, evening and night
each distinct from the other the characteristics Of
the pstseDgers those different periods of time. In
the ing, mot the hour csled by angud ladies
ADD slpp red fops when they creep from their dress
ingooDs TO their coffee and toast, bat the dimsyed
dawn which ushers 10 another day Of toll, and
strife and busy thought the ferry boat is epete with
sober every ay interest for u.s. not unmi1ed at times
with homely humor, but never 80 degenera.ng as to
inspire mere idle mirth. Our neigh bors, however
lowIy, command certain respect the children of
lsbor-the hard-bsnced, coarse-featured, toll worn
workers. to whom golden rest comes not till the Kind
anger Of death bestOws it. We sit crouched in
ner well muled-for the unsuDned air is chill and bit
ing; and, to tell the truth it has been heroic thing
for to leave cosy bed at 80 early on hoHr-and We
hslf DIRE amiy commence our observations.
ore by one The busy throng assemblies: hale, well
dressed mechanics carrying sbiGiDg cans containing
their frugal dinners prepared by hands "a loving if
not go fair some we shall this very spot when
the day grows older then those mysterious Mercures,
the carriers whose existence 10 thousands of fellow
beings s not to put too fine appoint upon it, myth.
ica at best mere matter of faith; the Daily" we
find admirable to fill up the pauses at suen break
fast table, indeed 1t is considered "gepteel to thus
divide the animal and intellectual Delights but who
ever thinks of the veiitabe flesh and blood which have
been the means of its transportation
Opposite ats bevy of smart miltiners apprentices,
come Of whom seem to have exhausted the cunning of
their fingers In coUboiDg the mos, salient points OF
many striking styles of trimming in that OF their one
poor little straw hat which only half covers the pretty
bsir of the wearer the hats are coquettsh, perhaps
overadoIned for Matinee but they not 80 In vain,
since the girls meet regularly scquantauces on their
daily tip; dyspepticlookipg clerks Of the smallest
re all establishments with very thin mussches, long
hair, arc great pretensions to "fgure'-ther "a
tpsic attractions condescendng to the f)reign aid
Of ornament TO the extent Of red come An sleeve
buttons, bright srine blue crsvat and buzzlm-
pin--sdvsnce smirkpgly TO the fair prenhces. and
lively chat ensues not especially why nor intellectual
but doubtless very amusing in some hidden particular,
since the parties engaged ggg necessarily, thereby
provoking growl from an aoj ming apopeptic who
is buried in mas of shawls in the vain hope Of nap
ping it while.
Very few children are TO be seen on board at this
bour indeed none, If we except the newsboys, whom
surely wa have little right to call 30, since the accident
of tender age the only one thing they have in COM
mon with childhood Thee mysteries Of our social
syttem never pass us unnotced in no other class does
pbysioQnomy so plainly reveal the character and the
peculiar influences exered upon 1t; sad but to us
strangely attractive study Is it to observe the blos
ana foul marks of premature wickedness and worldly
cu1 ming on faces which should be yet fair and IN
spo ted clean pages which Time has not once
touched.
Beggary can afford to sleep little longer wherever
il may be huddled it would scarcely pay to sit with
palm extended to the empty streets of the great city,
and no hope of profit from the present crowd, too
Door to give or too sullen and sleepy to take the
trouble of diving into cspacous pocket for the Pc
titioned coppers. Sometimes party Of early travellers
apt ear in our motley mdst-the ladies duly bevaiIsd
and uniformed In the monotonous gray-the gentle
men stoutly surtOuted-with the usual amoant Of
loose luggage; the seems IL evidently novel one to
them, and each seems to enjoy It, in silent, selfish
wsy as much az We do Then there are thrifty house
wives. as wide-awake as If they had never required
the blessing of sleep and it had never been bestowed
upon them, with their wiry, stuntsd, over.worked
little maids fall-work, basket arm, going over TO
early market; one maid-oE alkwork blinks droWsly
within her coarse straw bonnet world too large Tor
her weszen face, srd looks sympathizingy at the
seamstress opposite who mods now and then for want
of sieep-other children weuld laugh OF the boobns
head and the bundle Of work which threatens to roA
out of her arms every moment, but the maidof all
work, with sorry wisdom, understands and pitiss.
Repul.ive, coarse old age fills up one niche Of the
picture; and, saddest of all, wander about hungry
hsssard men, with faces distorted and eyes reseessy
glspcpg from one object to another, but seeing moth
ing; shivering in seedy, thresdbare garments-ior it
is cold now after the msddening hest Of the nights
potstionstheir lips cbatiering incoherenty sver'h
snatches Of speech, cast forth from the den which
housed them for the night they are on their way
home-each to drunk ards family, drunkards tire