New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-05
CITY ITEM s.

CROSSING THE FERRY AT later hours of the day,
at noon and thereafter, the fsrry-boa sports brighter
coors and boasts more srisocratic patronage Safe
ly ca,risges roll on board; the prancing steeds are
reined I'D by their ostentatous drivers on the very
spots where few hours before the baser brutes of
butchers carts and milk wagons dozed with meskly
bowed heads; dainty danes oli within on cushioned
seats in all the circumstance Of satins and hounces
and feathers bound shopping or calling tour.
Responsible elderly gentlemen in easy circu
stances clad in spotess broadclob, their very cravas
and sbirtbosoms repete with rigid integrity, are on
their way to safe and unexcitiug wholesale business.
How subimely Oriental is their indifference to the few
minutes stoppsge of the boat which sets yonder anx
ious specula or half crazy with imp what
composure they turn their pspers aud settle their
glasses every movement plainly denotng that the
DAYS when Time was their master are long since past
Pale "young men, not only making no effort to
conceal but on the contrary seeming slightly proud
Of their martyrdom to fashionable epnui stand va
captly gazing out of the window, or at the toes OF
their tight French boots which they idly SWITCH with
fancy canes. One of them does turn aside 70 stare
laneudy at sdashing showily dressed woman who has
Just swept past, but instantly resumes his nonchs'
lance half ashamed Of having been betrayed into
some momentary interest. Another spsciee OF the
same genus abounds-respectsble, busy clerks on
yery small salaries; come win indulge in muetaches
and the vanity of nfpite of the strictly
practical nature of their employment but the gener-
atty have softly -shaven faces with perhaps modest
side whieker hair neatly trimmed, owing Its faultess
disposal TO the merits of wet brush, and clothes,
not of ultrafashonsbe cut ca efally put on. These
are evidently on the routine of daily business for no
light lids in other specimens hint of morning Gals;
they wore at their respective stores hours ago, and
it is yetsoo early for dinner.
Then there are consequential 6oanes, airing their
psrpered chages bedizened in all the fantastic fney
which Taste can devise or money procure. One can
but remark the universal decorum observed by the
babies one meets here; that institution in railroad
cars long ago passed into proveSbisl sime for the
unh .ppiest thing alive except perhaps lis felowpsss-
eno-rs; but a baby on a fer y-bost must admit is
npexceptiopsbe. We have devoted at least ten
min utes to observing that young couple scross the
vsy with their first" 1t Is very lise one; its tiny
face is made to appear still more liputian by the
immense csp.border surrounding II, and its flowing
cloak could easily cover four Of it, size, If they stood
liza crcps tumblers on each others shoulders. The
nur.. who carries the precious bundle is, 70
be ,ure. very youpg and slender, and could
SCARCELY be designated in the most fattering
advertisement as an experienced person in the care
cot chtre rem" still there is scarcely necessity Tor
the sm.unt of nervous anxiety manifested by the
young couple" When we say coupe, we Deg 'ne
lsdy's pardon; for all that casual observer would
see, the child might belong to any other person-so
adioty does she conceal her sense of self importance
and e1utaor, as well as that nameess dread Of some
thing happening to her daring which we have de-
tected in severed flrtive gances of vague alarm d.
rected tow srdSh little who walks up sni down