Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-07-25

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ional District Of lows.
Our New York Correspondsace.
The Aasxt;c Telegraph Caok-A Literary
Neiohborhood-7hs Mercantile. Aaor and
W,foy;eai Litraries Bible House and
Caor~r Misunderstanding of Nasie-
p,omeroIe Concerts-Ca Carl Formes- Death
of VIM. p. Por,er-Literary 0ossip. &C.,
DC.
New York, July 81, 1858.
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The above cry rang through Wall street
last Friday afternoon. and was re-echoed in
the temple Of the money changers In
stinctively every "bull" and bear thrust
his fingers into his vest pocket and fumbled
among his loose change for . sixpence, and
having discussed that amount and procured
an "ex-tree." proceeded to devour the new
There could be no mistake, something had
arrived. At the head Of the columns was
displayed q magnificent cut representing An
"a l" ocean steamer ploughing the "vasty
deep" with q long line Of black smoke rep
resented by smutty printers ink.) coming
out of the smoke pipe; and below in glaring
capitals, the reader was informed that the
ship Alice Monroe had arrived at Boston,
having spoken the Niagara in mid ocean
Two unsuccessful attempts had been made
TO lay the cable, and the weather had been
very unfavorsble-they intended to try
again.
This could hardly be called sixpence
worth Of news, and yet it left room for hope.
But when the North Star arrived yesterday.
bringing the intelligence that the Niagara
had put back for Queenstown, after having
made the third attempt and lost l42 miles
of cable, the most sanguine lost confidence
IN the undertaking, and now verify believe
that there is as much chance Of the success
of the enterprise as there is Of finding an
honest Republican official in the State Of
Iowa.
The neighborhood of Astor Place and
Eighth street, once the scene of q bloody
riot, now abounds in magnificent buildings
celebrated for their architectural beauties,
and devoted to literature, Science and art.
The Mercantile Library on Astor Place
and Eighth street occupies the building for
merly known as the Aston Place Opera
| House, and contains about SO, 900 volumes
There is a very fine reading room connected
with it, in which may be found newspapers
and periodicals from all parts of the world.
e The Aston Library points on Lafayette
Place, within a bisket toss Of the above, and
contains nearly $4,000.
The Cooper Institute bounded by Seventh
and Eighth streets and Third and Fourth
Avenues, is a superb structure Of brown
stone. built by Peter Cooper at q cost Of
$500, 900, and by him donated to the city
for the cultivation of lit %erature, science and
art.
Directly opposite the Cooper Institute,
stands the Bible Hoase, another splendid
structure, within whose walls hundreds OF
LuOuouuuS VI cHCCNS vi iCHSAOuo AibteS III
run through the presses daily, ard scattered
like "bread upon the waters" throughout
the world.
Corner of Second Avenue and Eleventh
street, within a block of the Bible House,
stands the library building of the N. Y. His.
t~orical Society the building is plain, but
very neat and substantial throughout, and
contains many rare and curious volumes
and records, and manuscripts Of great an,
tiquity. There is a very fine picture gal
lery connected with this library.
The N. Y. Academy of Music, corner O
expressly for operate performances, is The
finest building Of the kind in the United
States; Promenade Concerts were given
there last week under the direction of Muir.
ard and Anshultz. Among the promenades
noticed Car! Formes with his long hail
and broad German face. lie has Just re
turned from a Water Cure establishment,
.'down east" and is much improved il
health. In speaking of his Western engage
ment with Strakosch in the fall he says he
sis goin to re far West to sing among re buf.
falos," and dare say the great basso will
astonish those animals considerably.
VIM. I. Porter, of "Porters Spirit of the
Times" died at his residence in this city on
Monday morning; for the major portion OF
| his life he was editor of the principle snort
ing paper of the country he was a practi-
cal printer, and while engaged as foreman
in a printing Office in this city, was the first
to give employment to Horace Greedy, then
a verdant youth from Vermont he was
widely known and much admired for his
genial temper and kindness of heart-"A
fellow eliminate jest and most excellent
fancy"-"Alas poor Yorick!"
Anew Poem by VIM. Allen Butler, author
of Nothing to Wear" will shortly be is
sued by D. Appleton 4 Co.
Charles Reade, author of "White lies"
"Nevor too late to Mend" &C., has a new
novel on the stocks.
Mrs. E Cakes Smith is writing a biogra-
pyh Of Washington.
Other and more interesting items shall be
reserved for our next.
Au revoir, EBENEZER SPKOUT.
Hunting at Gen. Harney's Head Quar-.
tero-Per1l of an Officer.