The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-10-05
For the Lancaster Ledger.
METKoPoLITnN ii"rEL, New York City
Nav YonK Cry. Sept. II.

| GOTHAM, have had bui blrdS eye view
of he city, owing TO business engage
meu's, which could not be sacrificed TO
pleasure. have, h wever. visited some
poiuts worthy Of note, to wit {: the Gus.
tom House. corner of Wall and Nassau
S rect. the yer, spot where stood the old
Federal II 1T, il wh,rh Gen. Washington
MAS Imnugurpird Is President of the t.
). Is stvle is rl"ric aud lur Of white
marble. The building ia 200 feet l"ug.
90 feet wide and so high and trun's Wall
street with por'icn supported hv doric
columns. 20 feet high, which is reached
by lS flight of steps. The rounda or
hall cor ,rausacting business is 60 feet II,
diameter and SUPPORTED hy l6 columns.
II cost near two millions Of dollars.
Newt the Post OHicc. This building
is Of stone belongs 10 the Dutch church,
and is the oldest church edifce in the
city. Ii is located on Cedar, Liberty and
Nassau streets. IL WAS used 10y the Brit
'sh during "ur revolutionary struggle in
1776, As barrack for their soldiers and
afterwards converted into hospital. 1t
is now leased 10y the L. s. Guvernmen,
at "a cost Of $4,000 per annum, as T..
O., which lease expires in 1865. There
is employed in it 90 clerks at this time.
Congress, at its last session, made an ap
preparation TO build Post Office for the
city, and it was thought tha, portion Of
the City Hall Park, on Broadway, would
he had for that purpos" but the aprro-
nriaiion | understand was too small even
TO erect the building. However, that
point is still in agitation and it may vet
GO there. am told that A. +. Stewart,
o. dry goods uotoriety, is willing to let
them nave his granite building at the up
per end 0; the Park on Broadway and
Chesnut streets, and wh,ch think is an
appropriate place for it, being the most
central point in the city.
Next is Trinity Chrrch, situate on
broadway. It's style = Gothic. Built
ut hroAn :: ne, - 1872 feet long b, so
wide with walls, co .c' high. The spire
RISES 2SA feet. Stars run up the turn $50
feet high aud visitors may obtain a mag
uiticcnt vl-w of ,he "rtv and surrounding
country. the scenery Of which is heauri-
ful. When reached this point, after
J sg,"g up 2os steps WAS weary and
nr,, ous, and in looking 'lown into broad.
WA, men locked ike I'IIrputjans.
Bowlins grave. at the foot "f Broadway
is "a pleasant spo, and con 'n,, in :ls cen
IRE heautifu ut, aud around it some
stately shade trees. In l77O. statue of
George the Sd was erected in its centre.
tut in July l776 the patriots pulled ii
down and converter ii iu,o bullets, the
metal herng "f ;ead.
The Cry Hall is one Of the finest spec.
,mru, of architectural beauty in the CITY
II sands in the middle of the ParA.
which contaius about 10 acres; il Is ZIG
feet ."ns by los wide and 10 high
Above this rises tower. III which there
X Il massive bell weighing 99lO lbs,
which 's ru"g only in case OF fire. or t"r-
G"veruueut. Ia this burldrng are ,h,
unlls ol j, : zee; here tents the common
C""nrli Of the chy, he Sheriff II the
county al ia" ch,e "f Police, and other
III city aud county governmrnL
Here SAW the writing desk ON which
q n. Washington pernrd his first mes
sage to Congress, and also the chair in
which Washington VAS inaugurnted first
President Of tie U. 5.
Castle Gard-n j. massi We structure,
built ont ~ the river and WAS originally
intended as a Fort, WAS erected by the
Federal GovernmeLt ~ 1907 ,rDd was usi
ed for that purpose until 1923, when il
WAS c-'l+d TO the city, and is now used
bv the Commissioners OF Rmigraiion.-
| oNHci Nlsleu htlU viii hlilUt
to in my next. This city is now the Sd
city in christendom, both as regards
population and wealth, and whatever il
going on here, whether II be Of com
mercial OF political character, mast have
al Influence to shape the course of the
entire world.
The delegates to the Charleston Con.
vention have all been appointed from this
State by the Democratic State Conven
tiop /; to wit Dickinson GO; Dougla.
81; aud for other parties 81. Making
in all "A delegates. The greatest excite.
rnen' prevailed both here and at Syracuse
where the Convention was beId, in re.
J gard to who should be seut--DourIas OF
,Diekensonr delegales--so the hards An