Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-11-29
MORNING LEADER.
JUNIUs, JR. IN NEW YORK.
FIRST Impression -BrOadicay-7h he Pe0pls-Ths
LadieS-LGdies Hats and Fashions

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New YoRk, Nov. "a, 1858.
EDITOR DAILY LEADER:-I do not know that
l can give you the impressions one gets on a
first entrance to a great city, for they are so
varied and singular that it is difficult indeed
to photograph them. All may not be impressed
alike, and some thoughtless individuals may
enter the metropolis without any defnable
sensations, if we except the idea that may find
a Judgement with such, that it is a glorious
place to 60 and have spree, free from the eyes
of the curious and gossiping, or the superinten-
dent care of indulgent fathers and govenors.-
But deeply did first entrance into great city
impress me. The never ending red brick build
ings, with their tops and gables reaching up to
a great heighth, the narrow streets and alleys,
the rush of people, the rattle of carts, wagons,
omnibuses, carriages, drays and other vehicles
over the stony pavements, making confusion
worse confounded than ever was known at the
building of the great Babels of the world, all
conspired to make me bewildered and to feel a
loneliness that was oppressive in the extreme.
1t requires sometime too to overcome this feel
ing, and to feel at home. The people of great
city push forward with a restless, busy, nervous
energy that is truly astonishing. The great
mass of them see nothing, know nobody, run
against every body and thing in their way, and
seem intent only upon some speculation, making
some large profits, or fearing at every turn or
street to behold the spectre of dishonored notes
staring them in the face; and hence a stranger
among this great burning lava stream of human
ity feels more lonesome than he would be in the
wilderness; yea twice over for, in the forest,
some feathered songster would ever and anon
strike note which would find an echoing re-
sponse in his bosom, and would make him feel
that even the birds of the air had sympathy for
human nature. This idea is very well illustra-
ted by the experience of live Yankee in Bos
ton.
Once upon time as story tellers say, Yer
mOnter went down to BOstun to see the sights,
and show off the people there the Importance
which he felt at home. He was man of sub
stance and of position at home-was known by,
and knew every person in the village When
he walked out of morning he had word for
every one and every one spoke to him, and he felt
that he was at least unit in the world. Buth
went to Boston. He stopped at hotel, put on
his most shiny broadcloth, had his boots black
ed, his beaver brushed and in the best plight
possible he sailed forth for a stroll on Wash
ington street He felt in perfect good humor
with the rest of mankind, and designed to ex-
hibit his best pace and most polite bows -
He encounters a citizen here, q stranger there,
and anon a citizen, to all of which he touched
his hat and made his bow, but he met in re
sponse only stares and freezing looks Present.
ly the streets became more crowded, and be
was elbowed on all sides and run against fire.
Quently. and finally nearly thrown from his feet
At length his dignity could stand it no longer,
and in anger he strobe back to his hotel, called
for his bill, declaring that at home he was
known and his bows responded to properly, but
here he was stared at and run against as though
he was nobody and he would not remain in the
darned teOlCn any longer.
The first city experience OF, at least every
greenhorn, from the rural districts, may be read
in this story ofthe Var mount yankee
In approaching New Y Y0rk from the Jersey
City side, you see most of this city-your birds
eye view is larger than from any other direc-
ton. You take in at glance miles and miles
of brick and mortar, and you behold before you
the magnifcenee of a Metropolitan city The
North view, as far as the eye can range, Is full
ofvessels of every degree of burthen, from the
largest Steamship which spans the ocean in
few days, down to the smallest sailer, and all
bear evidence that New York is a great Com,
mercial emporium. You behold the numerous
Ferry Boats, propelled by steam, constantly
plying across the Hudson, and you at onceiper-
ceive that the communication between New
York and the west shore of that river is one of
no small or triling character. You are ferried
over and you enter at once into the heart of the
wholesaleing and jobbing section of the city
Large stores and warehouses loomup on every
side, and seem to hang over you like beetling
crags, or battemented fortresses, partially seclud-
ing the light of day; which are filled with goods
from every country and cline, and of values
beyond the conception Of all who have not
seen for themselves. A walk of five minutes
along narrow streets, fanked by these towering
warehouses will bring one to the East River,
where view of another forest of masts awaits
him, and with no further examination one can
comprehend the grandness, the greatness, and
the vast importance of the commerce of the
city of New York. 1t is1commerce to which all
Nations contribute, for which the farthest isles
lavish their treasures, the Indies her silks and
her spices, and the frozen regions of the North
her furs.
From contemplation of the material wealth
Of the great city, one must turn to the study of
her people. The great thoroughfare of New
York is Broadway Every body goes on to
Broadway-passes up and down Broadway
stands upon Broadway-promenades on Broad
way-rides on Broadway, and here you meet
her people. A New Yorker is proud of Broad
way; Broadway
'- in his Golden mile stone;
Is his central point, from which he measures
Every distance
Through the gateways of the world around him =
Here you meet the man who controls the
money values of nearly the whole world; the
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