Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-09-26
Correspondents. Of he Patriot

40 one VINO bas never threaded the Intricate streets
and deDsey peo led cities of the old this city cam
not fail to be an object of interest and admiration.
And when its brief history is conrasted with those
which have attained the greatest magnitude both in
Europe and Asia, which rose slowly through the
lapse Of many centuries before they equsied what
the American metropolis now is, which may date
the initial o! is progress within three quarters of
century past hisadmraton is increased rather than
diminished. 1t is less than two centuries snd a
bali since few Dutch burghers colouized the island
OF Manhattan, and organized the unpretending
town OF New Amsterdam. It is just two hundred
years since the redoubtable Peter Stuyvesant-sur-
rounded by his council of fat burgomasters, himself
enVeioped in cloud of tobacco smoke, which is
sued simultaneously from his mouth, nose, and
huge pipe-bowi, related by that admirable and
authentic hist 'rian, Mr.. Deidrich Kuickerbocker-
sotemnly declared war against the people and gov
eminent Of New Sweden, on the Delaware. and
whose army, Sll told, murdered, believe, less than
hundred men. To New York two hundred years
Is high notwithstanding that brief vista, the
present enlargement runs back to a mere point
and eontraVenes all the rules of perspective. by
commencing and ending in an unnaturaiy short
space. Indeed the initial point of its wonderful
progress may be placed within lees than three
quarters OF century past. When the armies of
the colonies were driven from the heights of
brooklyn, this city was not large ns your own
Nashville at present, and thirteen years later there
were but $4,000 inhabitants to give heed to the
grand presence OF organized Republic at the in
! auguraton OF Washington the first President
One OF my first steps after my arrival, was to OBJ
TAIN vie" as nearly as any that can be had, of
the whole city and it's environs l accomplished
this from Trinity Church steeple at an elevation
OF two hundred and fifty feet The picture, of its
KIND, was superb. To the East and Southwark
beyond East River, lay Williamsburg and Brook
yn-further up, the cluster of Villas called Asto-
ria, to the West and Southwest beyond the Hud-
son, Jersey City and Hohoken; while to the North
ward, stretching from river to river. and retreat
ing into the dim and hazy dista nee. as far as The
eye could take in, the vast expanse of the civ
proper. Turning to the Southwark overIookipo
the Battery and Governors island the splendid
Bay of New York spreads out, dotted all over with
vessels OF every name. cline and patton. Encom-
passing the Bay, the circng shores of Long Island
appear on the left-further down the eve eatcbes
the misty outlines of the romantic hills aud crags
oil staten Island fanked on the right by the beau
tful peniDsuiar OF Bergen. This is the form and |
contour OF the city and its surroundings, swarming
with population equal to the State of Tennessee.
DlVersiBing the dull monOtouy of the plain of
roofs, the spires of churches, the smoke-stacks of
manufactures and The domes of public institutions
tower IN the upper air-smong which last, the
dome OF the Chrystal Palace, at distance of near
" four miles, seemed to rest, like huge still cap,
on solid masonry-while the unplumed birds OF
commerce nestle crowdedly all along the river
skrts, from GanseVOOrt (street around to Corear's
Hook.
OF course, the details of a city like this are end
less, and cannot, therefore, enter into them. Be-
sides, you would as soon tire of them as Is
commerce, home and foreign, may be partisUy re-
allied, when consider that there is nota county
or town of any consequence in the United States.
whose merchants and tradesmen do lot receive their
stocks directly, or indirectly from here, and that
nearly half Of the revenues of the general Gov
ernment, find their way into the public Golfers
through the custom-house at this port The trade
ranges in series of gradations from tie most op
lient merchant-prince to the hucksttr Of ground
peas aud the Vender of ha' penny ballads -fuan-
;iers flourish, from the Wealthest money-changer
ot Wall street, to the miserable beggar, who spec
lates on capital of rags and an emaciated frame,
1t the street corners There are few trades bust
lesses pursuits, hopes aspirations mseries, joys,
virtues or vlainies, incident to human life that do
rot find their representatives here, of any and /
avery degree. It is at once an epitome and a {
world. c
have barely time now to mention a few of the .
objects Of principal interest to the temporary So
ourner Beginning at the waters edge, there oc- C
,urs Castle Garden and the Battery, the one now e
IN emigrant depot the other the site Of the first
Tort erected on the Island by the Dutch, now a !
spacious grove. Near by is Bowling Green, a small
shptical enclosure, remarkable for its large trees
and green turf, and for being the place in which
mere once stood leaden statue, gilded, of George
III which after the Declaration carefully re-
moved and judiciously converted into bullets, q
which we're used in rePelling from the city the !
roops OF the King it represented. Trinity Church,
he Custom House, and Merchants Exchange ION f
Wall street, the City Hall and other public build
ngs Gn the Park the City Hospital, the American .
institute, the ball Of Justice or Toombs lon Centre
tree1) Columbia College. the New York Univer- =
ity, several Medical Colleges, &C.. &c, all attract
be attention. The Custom House occupies the
lite Of the old Federal Hail." as you know. where
Washington was frat inaugurated President, in u
Apfl, 1889. The public grounds are generally n
mall, and should say insufficient for the city, but
Aa dsomeiy ornamented with trees and shrubbery, G
one OF them with fountains and afford comforta- fl
ne resorts for recreation. The ChrystaI Pal a
&c presents an empty appearance. There remain :.
Il bot lev OF the creations OF artists and aytzsns
'hieh gave Il 50 great charm a few years ago.
ome few specimens OF Mediterranean ores
ONE statuary-and few dishgured paintings re-
1ain. Ia plaster there are Christ aud his Apos- Z
les, production from Denmark, aud Christ's de. IN
cent from the Cross Eaglsh are worthy Of obser- II
Ation-esPsciaIy the last That is about all \
I'VE The building itself that are worth vist The
lost stnPendous object, however, Is the oroton !
Vater-soEks- The water Is brought 50 miles from =
he CFoton riVer-the squeduet crossing the Har- d
IN river before reaching the city, on bridge .
$50 feet long and ia feet above tide-aater-lt Il :
Zen conveyed 20 an immense receiving reservoir ci
ID thence TO distributing reserVoiF-witha daily u
IpacitJ Of eo,ooo,oo0 galoos did nos mean ?
write you letter 80 poorly descriptive. nor. In =
led, descriptive as alt aud here Il ends. n. i
GEoRoIA.-on Monday The 6th Of next a
onth, elections for Governor, Congressman. =
"a members OF the Lezisiaturs taxa ,lae. -