Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-08-26

to a stranger from the South as making merry
over a grave subject. The men have their fash
ions and the women theirs from the appearance
OF the latter in the vicinity Of upper tendon they
have nearly reached their proper sphere, IL enor-
nous crineliue expansion tends towards It, l.
have neither time nor patience to notice them In
detail and shall, therefore, give only one or two
Of them passing notice.
They have fashion here Of doing business
which Is certainly very mendable, and which
we should like to see adopted i'm our own city
There is nothing of the lazy, dragging, old fogy
system about It, -ss Go ahead'' Is the universal
motto Of all. Pell NELL, heller SHELTER, clear the
the sun Shines" and ''Time and tide wait for no
man. seem to be the principles by which all are
actuatsd, from the humble cartman to the mer-
chant prince. We constantly hear, however,
complaints about the dizziness Of the times These
complaints, we can assure you, sound very much
like subterfnge, to q stranger from our digging
il times are dull here now, we have not the
slightest desire TO be here when they are brisk
At single wharf, or pier, on East River where
our packet IL lying, there is more business done
every day than in the whole Of either Washing
ton, Alexandria or Georgetown. And this is but
a fair specimen OF the business along the wharves
everywhere. Enterprise is written upon the BAN
ner Of every class of business men. None of that
1--WE so frequently find at home) holding fp so
close to the eye that you cannot see dollar at the
yourself, and l'll help YOU" Is the prevailing
rule Of the man of wealth The wealthy have
here also fashion for building houses And In
many instances they cap the climax. Just think
from $50, 600 to $500 for a private dwelling
And such, we assure you, are neither few nor far
between.
They have fashion here for celebrating the
Christian Sabbath too. And from Ii we sincerely
hope the good Lord will forever hereafter deliver
us. They seem to have abrog ated altoge ether the
eighth, ninth, and tenth sections of the Mosaic
decalogue, and have substituted directly the op-
posite of its teachings. In some parts of New
York we find every branch Of trade and amuse-
ments in full blast from early dawn until late at
night. The markets, dram-shops, pleasure gar
dens, lager beer saloons, with bands of music
playing, mimic theatres, apple, candy, cigar, and
every other kind of shops, and excursions, with
bands of music, starting for the fishing banks and
other points almost every hour during Sunday
So much for northern morality and refinement.
The horse-railroads here are a perfect model
method for travelling cheap, comfortable, and
expeditions. Until we came here we were de
cidedly opposed to a similar improvement from
Washington to Georgetown. We have been thor
oughly convinced Of the utility of the measure
and hope ere long to see prise enough scared
up at home to commence the work
The sailing of the first steamer of the White
and Stebbins Nicaragua line, the Herman, for
San Francisco and F racer river on onday caused
considerable excitement, and thousands Of per.
sons assembled along the wharves on North river
to see her move off. She took out seven hundred
ana elShty passengers. SPECTATOR.