Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-09-29
CORRESPONDENCE oFsEHE STANDARD.
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Nxw YdRk Errx. Sent 90. 1853.

COhhESPONDENCE OFTHE STANDARD.
NEW YdRK Erx, Sept 20, 1858
Ids. STANDARD: i promised ID give, yo,isa rough
sketch OF my trip North, and though someRhat4ar-
dy IN doing so, hope it will be acceptable and pos
sess some little interest to your. readers. .-pso
$: After q, tedious night-ride from Washington, I
reached. this little village about Eve o'clock in the
morning. and securing carriage was soon whirled
lto the hianeard House, an uptown Hotel, where l
purposed locating during my stay. Arrived here I
was soon snugly slowed away in 4 Clean comfort
able bed, and was speedily visited stirred ma
lures sweet restorer, balmy Sleep" This Hotel is
situated at the corner of Broadway and 18th street,
in the Immediate neighborhood Of Union Square,
where reside goodly portion of the bon ton, upper
tendon, &c, of New York society. This house has
been but recently opened for the patronage of the
public-a fact quite patent to its guests from the
eVident want of system and arrangement in its diff
ferent departments. The servants are inattentive,
the cuisine only SO, and bill of fare nstitu.
ton which no one, who stops few days, will have
need OF, as it is soon learned that variety, which
some noodle calls the spice Of life, is entirely Jig.
nored in the culinary department. When here last
fall stopped at the Lafarge Hotel-one of the best
in the Unon-and regret very much that l did not
DO SO again; but being in very poor health, and de-
string quiet, was induced to 60 higher up and
fare worse. l never knew the significance of the
words isolated, alone. until threaded Broadway
the great artery of this heart of the American world
josted and elbowed by hundreds and thousands of
human beings, rushing on in eager haste in the pur
suit of pleasure profit. In all that vast sea Of IA
ces, amongst that immense throng each with heart
pulsating with kindly feeling, there was not one to
come. | might have died in the streets without my
death elictng a tear or giving birth to regret in
the hearts of these busy thousands.
Having some triGes to purchase for friends at
home, entered several of the palace shops which
line either side of Broadway, in nearly all Of which
were handsome saleswomen l am not particularly
modest, believe but was not only surprised, but
disguised in every instance where had to deal with
these females. They shamelessly bold, staring
one so impudently in the face, that scarcely knew
what was purchasing or what paying for it. And
then they seemed to discover by intuition that was
Southerner and the gross fattery and extravagant
praise they heaped upon our people really sckened
me. When I entered these Stores gliterng with
splendor and filled with costly wares, presided over
by seeming angels. thought Goods
last, best gift to man." but when left,
ceedingly skcp,cal on the subject surmising that
she had woully degenerated since the above senti-
ment was proclaimed.
did not know whether to pity despise these
poor women. Pity, perhaps. was the strongest feel
ing, for thought that probably their soages depend
ed upon the amount Of their sales and thus they
forced to outrage the finer feelings of their ma
ture in order to procure honest bread God pity
the poor, unprotected women of that gilded hell
New York! for, between the penurous employer,
doing out starving pittance, and the wiles and
snnres set by hearess libertnes, promising release
from perjury and life of dashing splendor these
friendess ones lead life most miserable and pitable
soon found ocomoton in that densely crowded
thoroughfare, something that had to be learned so
hailed an omnibus, and was soon rafting along over
the smooth. Russ paved street. Passing along, We
reached the Dusseldorf gallery of paintings. visit
ed it, but found nothing Of particular note, which
had not seen on my visit last fall. There were
several exquisite fruit pieces and or two land
scapes taken on the Hudson river, which l thought
perfect gems. The Greek Slave, by Powers, is still
here on exhibition, having been twice drawn, be.
lieve in the Art Union Lottery, and often repur-
chased for future distributions to subscribers Leav
ing here, paid a visit to the Anatomical Museum,
but as the bare thought Of it even now operates as
an emetic, will spare your readers any description
of it.
A little lower down and l came to Tiffany's, the
jeweller of New York Here was display of flash
ing jewels golden gobets sparkling with settings of
precious gems, crowns of gold beautifully worked,
and highly chased, with hest of curiously wrought
ornaments for womanknd.
great feature just now is his display of Atlantic
Telegraph Cable Here thin pieces of Cable
about the circumference of levy and three times
its thickness neatly banded in brass, silver and gold
with delicate rings attached varying in price iron,
25 cents to S. Every thing here is Cable now
they talk it, eat it, drink it, it. 1t is supposed
that in this city there have been less than fifteen
thousand three hundred and ninety poems; seven
hundred editorials and eleven hundred blood and
thunder" stories written about the "Kablc." And
it is further estimated that Of the few hundred miles
Of Cable left on board the Niagara, there has been
sold some five or six thousand miles to the gulable
American people, Vire la humbug.
Again, taking plebean conveyance, (omnbus)
was speedily carried to the Park And here was
"confuson worse confounded." Omnibuscs car
riages, butchers and vegetable CARTS hand trucks
clN has do
boot blacks etc, mixed up pell-mel. Such yelling
swearing, and screaming, never before heard Blu,
had seen nothing yet. Passing the Astor House.
and reaching the corner Of Liberty street. came
to dead hat, being inextricablr jammed on every
side by vehicles of all sizes and descriptions Now
witnessed fair picture of Babel and Pandemonium
combined. Policemen shouting and beaboring the
wedged brues; drivers furiously gesticuating, Civ
ing to the vilest language and most horrd
blasphemy; horses rearing and plunging and kick
ing IN sheer desperation; while a crowd at the
crossings were threatening terrible measures unless
the obstruction speedily removed. I though,
my time had come, and was certain that my sitna
ton could not be made more horrible. But l was
deceived TO add a browning misery was a band
of musicians on Barnums balcony, piping away for
dear life each man apparently playing different
tune and by their energetic footing inducing the
belief that they were paid for the volume of SOUND
they made, and not for the music itself On each
side of the street were shoeess, drtyfaced urchins
yelling in tones which could be heard above the hor
rid din, Mark X'press- d-T'bune-Times-
second edon-orribul murder, &c. Another gang
dirter than the first screeching Matches
Matches -" Lczenges "-saoeet q" Loz-en-gers."
Just then ardently longed for "a lodge in some
vast wilderness" After while emerged from
this mass Of vehicles, and passing the Herald office
and City Post office, reached the ferry boat, en-
route for Greenwood Cemetery. More anon.
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bama, died at Mobile few days SINCE of yellow
fever. He was native of Virginia. Gov. B. was
elected to the Legislature of Alabama when quite g