New-York daily tribune., 1857-09-26

Wall stree. is sai gtseris. No other tsoroushfse
is ike il. Its features peculiar. No Cssnse Alley
Is ike Il; no other Bourse-no other Rsko. Trinity
Church looks down upon il, like . supervisor, bat
Trinity Church cannot Christianize Il. Like nsoa
growing next to Q pumpkin, the Church may have .
ssyor of its peghbor bat Wall street VII obtain
any flavor from the Church.
Therame Of Downing street in London is irsvoc<
by associated with diplomacy; 90 is Wal street VIII
stock:jobbing; but Downing street is not fall Of
foreign ministers, with faces Psuerstcn-wasd neither
s all street occupied solely by the members Of ps
Br, kers' Board.
Wall street 10 not long street, though 4 Is feb
long vays. A man, without corns, can walk theiengA
of il in five minutes. Another if he should keep 90,
woud find him in the East River. IL IS NJ. wds
,,reet. Bids have been made from curb to curb.
Wheels get "ocked there daily, especially sesr the
head Of il, and vast deal Of highly ornsmeosai pro-
family done by sweettempered carmen, who, having
vedped themselves in, seem 10 think thai, Ike "ls
poor debtor" they Gao swear themselves Oa.-
Il is not handsome street, still there 10 nothiag
wooden in it, except, perhaps, the hesds OF come
stock buyers. White marble, brown freestcue, terra
Gotta ar substantial granite berpeak It's wealth. Here
s that wonderfully intricate building, the Merchants
Exchange ss full Of lawyer, insurance snd other ot
fees ne dog is OF Acas. Near by is the ioes N
opo Of the Brokers Board, where many milhons OF
dollars daily "cbaDge hands and cross over" while
the members cheerfuliy tspesking IN metaphor,
'' balance to their partners" In the rotuada OF the
edifce real estate auctioneers are crylsg assduou'y
yet without shedding tear over sacrhces OF property
to an almost fabulous amount.
On the other eide Of WALL at the corner Of Nassau
and facing Brood street, stands-nay, doht aaa<
bot squats-the Custom House, where there has bes
so much hard swearing fraudulent invoices I'd
political assessments that the white marble coes~
have turned as gray as an old mans hair, -
Chelmsford granite, which they much resemble.
On either eide of the street is an illustrsus row
banks and insurance offices, with foreign insurance
agents, land agents, coal agents, railroad agess
steamship agents, and many other sorts Of agents
sstsn's too, perhsp, including some lawyers % the
secord and higher floors. The easements swarm With
brokers. Every nook and Granny in all tiese build
ings command high rents. Add 10 this picture innu.
merable groups Of earnesttalkDg, scodipg ebshias,
gestculstDg men, dividing the rapid currents Of
merchants brokers, clerks, foreign conssls, fnAscss
and commercial editors, who are continually passing
ard you, who have never seen this ro.onon
thoroughfare, will have tolerably graphic ides Of
Wal street.
Mn. WM. B BRADpURr's Musical CosyEsrIoSs
-Bnghanp.on, n. Y, Sept. -: assisted in this by
c. ". Beames and Miss Maria C. Brainsrd, con,in.
upg four dsyr, closing with concert; Milford, Otsego
Co.. n. Y, Oct. 5-four days, closing with ecnoert;
Canton, Ohio, Oct. l9-four days. with concert; Du-
bpque, Iowa, Oct. 26--six days, with two eonesrs;
Princeton, H., Nov. 3-three days; Janesvle, Wis,
Nov. e-tbree dsysi Woodstock 4 III Nov. l2-thrss
days.
SPANISH TROOPS AT QuARAsrIsE The bark
AmsEs, Captain Pera, arrived at this por, from
Havana, while on her way to CsdiI, Spain,
having put in in distress, laden with sugar, rum
ard moasses. The A. had on boayd enc hun
died ard six Spsninsh soldiers, who were part Of
seventeen hundred sent out by the Spanish Gov.
eminent to Havana TO aid in quehng say flKbas-
tering demonstration that might appear in thsl qsAf'
ter. 0ftbese seventeen hundred one thousand wsfs
caTred of by the yellow fever in Havana. On Ttsrs
day, while she lay at the Quarantine anchorage, eo'
man on board was supposed 10 have yellow fever The
doctor visited him. and fosnd il TO be oaly genera
debility. The vessel will discharge her cargo at QsS
rsntIe on Monday, and proceed 70 the city 10 reps
The soldiers vii 60 ashore at the Marine Hospital,
and cleanse their garments and be given in ehslgss
the Spanish Consul, who it ia Understood, he's pro
vided accommodations for them In Brooklyn. Ihs
soldiers are their way home. No other esss Of
sickness has appeared among the troops On board ~
vessel except the cited. The Amalia Wa vay
much shattered by the Storm her sails were rent Esd
rigging partially gone, and an hands eongrssulatsd
themselves on their narrow escape from shipxreek.
As general thing the boasted means Of safety ~
steamer passengers in case of FIRE, wreck, &C., srs
fourd 70 be next to useless whom the ensseeacy
for which they were intended arrives. we have
al heard Of the vItposo who wAs suppess6 -
have q large library of standard works ef ne
most massive and costly description, which were
kept carefully locked Up in glass eases until aey were
ordered to be perempterly sold under execution,
when, to the s.tonshment of the anctioDesr and hs
audience every volume discovered TO be sweodss
or psstebosrd box made 10 look exactly Ike book
So with the life bosss, life preservers safety pnmps
erd other humane apparatus board the ssesmships
and steamboats, in this coun'ryin hiue cases oet o.
ten they are all show. II 10 only recently tns
IL crisis to steamboat the Sound, fhe eosauet"
himself had 80 little faith in the buoyansy OF ner aie
prtssrvers that he put Line Of them on ns own
Il tue that, being very heavy man ne mlgAt as's
thought that he was entitled 10 rnore thsn any one OF
the terrified women around him; but il VISA probably
rerall, t,ue IA, bs afterwxd stated) tha. II woco
tske dozen such lesLy things TO sustain mao OF Auy
considerable buIi II there is no pubic faneIoasry
wAo,e Of cal dsty tSs1suiSs isso the siSssseIs