Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-20
From the Boston Ga4ette.l
John Bolivar in New York.
RooM 1776, ST.. NICHOLAS HOTEL
New York. jan. 9Th. 1858.

New York, Jan. 9th, 1853.
1feSsrs. Editors: Business is very dull here,
but will not remain so when the Wall street
sharpers get to work. was among them to-
day, on Change, where some scoundrel changed
my new hat for his shocking bad one. / was
about accusing several in the crowd of taking it,
but was afraid that one of the numerous auc-
tioneers present might knock me down without
reserve. From the Exchange [ dropped into
the Assay 0ffice--falling in with friend. APP
cash business altogether. During the Bread
Riots the government troops found quarters
there0 Speaking of doing n cash business, my
aforementioned friend is in the clock trade
No more tick" in his store; this will save him
from winding up. Although all his hands have
stopped, he does not anticipate regular strike.
l should suppose his business would be on time
altogether. Next took n walk along shore. No
ticed large number of 'long-shoremen Many
of the long-shoremen are short, physically and
financially, although have seen some of them
very high A. person not knowing them might
think they were drunk, One of them I'm SIRE
was RELY SO. remember my room-mate tell
ing me about horse, belonging to stevcdore,
that was stretched out thirty seven feet in en-
deavorng to hoist block of marble, weighing
two hundred tons, out of ship. The rope
din't stretch and the horse was no ways back
ward in going forward, bound not to give in, SO
he was gradually heightened. The owner of
the horse has since been chosen an honorary
member of the Troy Drawing Academy.
merely give this as an item for the lovers of
Fine Arts.
South street is long shore. It'svery muddy.
The mud lies in heaps. My friend prescribed a
dose of hoe and shoyel-very good for removing
ling in the street. Isn't this offal? On South
street the store-keepers are nearly all whole
salers, who do business with many captains of
vessels who are not half sailors, but think they
know a sight because they go to sea. One
thing notice amongst the shipping politeneSS
Every vessel faces you with bow, which may
be sharp, but far from stern. Sailor lingo is
very contradictory to rue. For instance: they
say, when vessel is fast, and not running, she
is tied; and when the rives is running, fast, it's
tide. My friend said to me-'Vesses are held
| by hawSer." replied, 81 can't see any horse,
sirF' He looked at me mysteriokly, and insist
ed upon my going with him that night to the
Horse opera, at the Broadway theatre, where he
is dead head, being connected with the press,
his father having once owned cider mill En-
joyed myself amazingly there. Although the
performances were all in a circle they were gen.
orally done ION the square" There saw the
coolest thing this winter, done to an ice-house:a
man, after good spring, made capital sum-
merset but had fall, shaking his limbs, so the
fruit of 1t was pair bruised. The fighting po-
MES tried few rounds in the ring, as far as /
was able to judge from private box / was in.
Some of the performers were crack tumbIers
that i thought would break in two the way they
fell about. i didn't like the clown-and Thought
he acted like perfect fool couldn't help
laughing at him. He called the ring master a
Broadway stage driver was much pleased
with the feats of posturing by the Jellaby Fam
lily. Master Jellaby's Struggle with SirIoin,
their first performance together, was generally
considered rare performance ] deemed it.
quite wei! done. After the close of the sports of
thering the wild animals introduced. There
were two lions in the cage; one was standing up,
the other lion down. They soon raised TurOre
in the menageries Mons. Jarbow, with daring
intrepieity, entered the "Den of Wild Beasts
consisting of an antiquated lion, an invalid Loop
ard, and tiger sadly in want of new set of
teeth. After opening the lions mouth with
jack screw, Mons. Jarbow placed his head there
in. l was fearful hewas going to put his foot
init; butinasmuch as the t'lYild Beasts were
cage-born, superlatively tame, and had Just
been carefully Over-fed, my fears of danger were
apparently nnfounded, Besides, the celebrated
dog "Prince," of whom the animals are much
afraid, stood in close proximity to the cage
prince" is six feet high and only two inches
long Curious looking dog, that. Since the |
advent of the Horse opera in New York, the !
legitimate drama has been played out One of
the regular dramatic companies started to leave |
the city yesterday for Trenton. The effects
went down in Ricketts, bread wagon, in care of
the property man, assisted by eleven tsyillains I,
monks y tsmurdererS" ''viIIaeers" ssprum |