Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-10-01
New York Cerrespondenee q dc spy.

New York Correspondence of the Spy.
Oar city FatterS-Actirity IN Tfade-Healh-
Change IN APpearance-B aTliilgton CataStro-
PIKE Thomas Francis Ueagher-Horace Gree
iey-tiosslp, &C., &c.
NEW YoRK, Sept %, 1866.
The spirit of Esop in the upper spheres looks
down among us, no doubt with complacency up
on the almost actual realization of his fable
" The Frogs, and their King" In our present
Mayor we have yeritable King Stork. Fernan-
do l. threatens TO devour, if not all prominent
part Of his subjects. Three of our Aldermen,
and three of the members of our Common Coun-
Gil are now under arrest upon the charge Of COR
rUphon-receiying q consideration for their votes.
This is thing of such common occurrence here,
thati eScites no surprise. All that is remarka-
bic about the affair is, that the Mayor, being
himself implicated, should have so adroitly turn
ed the tables upon those who accused him, as to
have them arrested upon the charges laid to his
account. As "when rogues fall out honest men
get their dues our citizens will receive the benz
eft OF an expose Of the manner in which they
have been robbed but this is all the good that
will come of it. So long candidates for
Office are obliged to lavish money upon rowdies
to secure an election, just so long may we expect
them to resort to some means, after being elect-
ed of making themselves whole
The Fall Trade is now in its flood tide. Our
city is full of country traders and those gentle
men of elegant leisure who fill their destiny by
leaving the metropolis in the summer, and re-
turning to it in the winter. Our merchants are
doing all they can attend to. Our places of
amusement are filled every night during the
working week, and our churches are well patron
lied on Sunday. The laborers in the city now
find constant employment. This may be ac-
counted for, in part, by the fact that
many of that class went West during the
summer, leaving only about enough TO do the
work. But, if there is one thing more than
Al. r Al. Il Il
should be thankful, it is for the uninterrupted
ness of good health. The first symptom of an
epidemic has tyet made its appearance May.
or Woods superior executive abilities make
themselves apparent in the superior cleanliness
of our streets, and his prompt and energetic en-
forcement of the quarantine regulations.
The Rachel fever has greatly abattd. Three
dollar tickets have proved themselves the best
thing in the world to alay the symptoms. Ra-
chel, as an actress, is great but her management
may be said to be failure. Last night she be-
gan her readings at a place called the Tabernacle
for the benefit of those who would not see or
hear the same thing at place called the Theater.
The audience was very thin literally SOFAS
there not fat jolly looking face to be seen.
But Rachel melted the puritanism out of them,
and compelled them to applaud in spite of them
selves.
otha WiSp," after which many run but none
catch. Temperance is subsiding into Lager Beer.
We are really becoming Germanized in this par
tieular There is not saloon in the city in which
it is not sold; in many it is the only beverage at.
tainable The vinegar faced Yankee is, through
Lager Beer, fast changing in appearance into the
lunar yisaged Dutchman.
The engineer whose misfortune it was to be up
on the train at the time of the catastrophe at
Burlington, on the Camden and Amboy Railroad,
has been found guilty of manslaughter, notwith-
standing the card published by the directors a few
days before, stating that he had done everything
the regulations OF the road required If so, is it
not queer that the managers of the road are not
blamed
Horace Greeley intends spending the next win
ter in Washington. His experience with the
Paris detective system, while in Europe, may aid
him somewhat in his self imposed task of ferret
ing out the niquities of Congressman. a resi-
dence in Clichy has its advantages There is a
ground swell in the sea of politics, which prom.
Uses soon to turn up some unlocked for develope-
ments. SPECTATOR.