New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-12

p,Onerads down Broadway, As dSuw' b'y was

poneuads down Broadway, As fsusrs bey wa
| rode them bareback 10 water.
His quite sad to crscss, the possiSe frturs OF tNcs
horses especially Of the byrkenwinded one the ~
condition Of whose Chez, Is not YET suspected by tx
pubic seem 10 zee him driven forth from his ger
teel stable. and from his semdsiy sumPtucus fare o.
salts ard cat feed and his purrle blankets ssd fue'
teo,hed cuny .omtlrgs, to drudging in some POo'
| devil Of an f-ish Lazsruss dit cat.
T;grkips lives n ore Of those p:hs.is residences
whose long Inc Of broypstoue fac ades form, so Nsw
Yorkers assure NE, the "handsomes. street IN the
world II Is quite sngslar but carrot fully sgree
with Ner-Yorkers in thtr aesthetic estssaie Of the
Avenue That is my idosyncrasy-douetess oph-
thslmc. The edifce is thirty odd feet front differing
in thst It Fect from the palaces Of the old wotd with
a handsome doorway and two windows OF plse'Siss
abreast of il.
The stables are very fire 90 = Nrs. T. who Knows
NE l,ss. if rocsibe, than does her husband. sut
know him all the same, having nothing else to do. He
il among the most valued Of my initiated acquaintance
On certain account, be s preferable TO mutual or
common ore. 1t = entertainment 70 look 81 him.
TO turn him over and contemplate his various aspects
As food for mediation he is succacnt an permanent
"a piece de rtsistazce. To all this valde from hun
received there per contra. Re does not come to
drive me from my only cushioned seat, smoke my
cigars nor ask me to get up behind Of his hard
eoirC hobbies nor expect me to stend his wife's
receptions.
Being not sotbfu in business, but rather very fer.
vent in the spirit of money making TmPkins IS sup
posed TO have amassed large fortune. Ny inform
ant. Jenkins told me that be passes for semi-mio-
sire or an integral milGouare, or something large IN
airs Cpbers ting money above sleo OOOgow
nebuous TO me in their significance. That figure marks
great wealth The tenfoldog virtue Of an additional
zero nv sense does not prOPortionagy discriminate.
Jenkins and are old friends. He is very little richer
tbanI But when he told me- Sir, that man could
not live in such house as that for ess than $4,000
wear Sir and keep up that sort of style there was
netbpp Of supe rciousness in his air. and he seemed
to feel sort of reflected purse pride in the large yesry
outlay REQUISITE to keep up such style 40 Timpkinss.
was not hurt, think by Jenkinss ar on that &C.
casion but was pained-not with envy, hope-at
thought of Tmpkinss expensive position. II aug
mnted my PAIN as well my interest in t. to further
learn that he is one of a class" must study limp
kps more thoughtfuy, now that Tknow he Is arepre-
sentative man in New-York society.
BY the way, and n. b., don't anticipate from that
pbrase A series of ftu4es leo msurs Of New-iok
society. That institution already has two able aud
hcnored secretarics-for long life, trust. Vide re-
po,ts Of TX Marvel and G.. W. Cwtis.I The most
could presume would be to present an occasional
memoir on this and that phenomenoa of the street,
drawn up in the desultory ramsh ackle, Ohasnd aud
entoschedisstic" manner to which alone ! am c,mpe-
tent e.. R.. B..