The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-10-09

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Nsw YosS, sept, 80 is16.
Autumn has really taken US hr surprise, -
Herr ihcr' is no scrr aud yellow leaf To rom'n,
"a d the advent Of the melancholy season, an,
We uever realize ,ha, nature Is dying IN th'
country. Ill VI step oat souo line morning hi
the paper, ami shiyer in the frosty hrcfe
The rcady made clothing siorvs arr our great
index OF the SEASONS In the iull heishth o
summer they a, forth dazzling displays N
white linen. When fruit grows pcniy ami
the voice al the oysterman Is heanJ in our str~ts
they ia,le into drals ani greys. and some cloar
icy morning viii relo,he them with sober hues
Of brown and black, with iurs aud tanaels
and with cheap surtcuts OF every fashion
prevalent since tho days OF Noah. $50. Oat
door meetings, hereafter, viii hardly bc
numbered by tens and twen,les OF thousands
Politicians must How he content 10 spout III
close quarters. WHERE the luminarcs oi III,
night may no longer bo invoked ia their thrill
Ing Icrorations, where their only inspiration
shall be the unyentila,el atmosphere, rslolent
OF beer and tobacco.
Any one who doubts that the cities beyond
the East and North rivers are mcw suburbs
Of the great metropolis. will learn TO eorrcc,
his error when he has had occasion Ia pass oyer
the ferries at number OF different times during
the day aud evening Tho whole population o,
Brooklyn and Jcrsey City, seems TO pour ,tselI
into New York in tho morning. Ia return in a
great tide at night 1t Ia interesting 10 uotice
| the separate classes ol paSaengvrs who pass o,
different hours OF the day. Cros Fulton Terry
ot the grsy hour Of dawn. and You viii find
yo0rsrli in rough aud hardy company. tb,
bone and slnew ~ the country, artisans and
day laboIers, who live up To the orthodox old
hours, work from six 10 six. and cat dinner oal
of tin pals at high noon An hour az 81 later
the boats arr loaded with shop boys and the
class Of clerks who exist mysterously on 500
lrr annum aud the hops OF something iutur.
They are going over 10 make ready the pala
ccs Tor merchant princes ard their moro import
adt suoo,,iI6s;es. between eight uid ul,.t
there Ia rush Of salaried men. and young
merchants who arr laying the corner stones d
future fortunes, There ARE book keepers, sales
men. elegant little dry goods clerks, with fancy
crayats and gold chains. lawyers. elItorw, and
retail people generally. lfyou want 10 sNc our
most influential ctisrns No over, you mus,
wait till about ten o'clock. Then Wall stree,
has had its breakfast, read it's morning papers
put on lis carefully warmed boots, and rs rady
Tor the concerns Of this life. Wall strcetcrs
are corpulcnt. dignihed aud consequential, and
OF course. must move slowly. They cant bear
being elbowed, moreover. and 80 find Il best "a
keep out OF the crowd, What catastrophe II
would bc 10 the business world II nil tho ferry
boats on the river ahould happen to sink stimuli
tancously about ten In the morning. II would
be such u sinking Of capital M would delight
the heart Of French Red Republican. Hall
the money kings Of Wall street do their sleep.
ing on the shores Of Long Island and New
Jersey. There il now cessation of the city
ward tide I'LL about two or three in thn after
noon, when suddenly the boats become brilliant
with all the colors OF the rainbow radiating
from masses Of hoops aud hounccs. Then the
ladies art abroad IN their glory, bound ior
broadway. for no lp'y within hall day Jour.
ucy OF broadway, tsAs ol shopping my
where else.
Between six anil seven in thu evening, The
Hood tide sets back with tremendous force and
rupidi,y, aud by 3 o'clock all that part Of New
ofk east Of broadway. and below Fulton street
"a silent IA a desert. and almost az nninhabiied.
From 10 10 / 2o'clock the boats are alive again
with carriages from the theatre and opera --
After that the passing II principally confined
10 parties Of young hopeiuls. with very large
bricks in their hata with here aud there the
editor. reporter, or compositor oi daily paper.