Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-07-29

that the inhabitants of that portion of New Jersey
until few years ago were pirates and plundefers
Of the unfortunates wrecked there. An involun-
tary shudder came over me as / sailed past that
stretch Of thirty miles the result of a remembrance
of its sad history. The Barnegat Lighthouse and
that at Atlantic City are the tallest ever saw.
Shortly after passing that of Barnegat night set in,
and my fellow passengers amused themselves for
half an hour in watching the lights revolutions
and flashes, which have fine effect at sea, the
apparatus being arranged so as to be visible for
twenty-five miles. We saw little on the water of
interest after that; darkness and the occasional
light of vessel on starboard larboard or cross
ing our path only being visible The evening
was spent by very happy and satisfied company
upon the upper deck, the wind being fair and the
atmosphere cool and pleasant.
We reached our dock in the North River at 2
n. m, when almost all on the ship were asleep,
|. alone, of all the passengers remained awake to
witness the operation ofwarping in huge steam-
ship to her mOorings at so "dead" an hour at
night. That occupied but quarter of an hours
tme-when all was still as death. At IS a. m. l
left the ship, and after breakfastng hastily at
a neighboring restaurant, sailed down to Fulton
Market On the way had fair view of half a
dozen Of the usually most thronged business
streets of New York, which guiph in and vomit
forth more goods (trade) in twenty four hours,
than appertains TO half the business cities or
towns in the Union annually. The Stiffness Of the
scene was only broken by the hurrying down town
of hundreds of workmen and women employed
in the various manufacturing houses, for which
the lower part of New York city is remarkable
1t will he remembered that few. except night
watchmcn, sleep in that portion Of the city, not
occupied sailor boarding houses low taverns,
of which there are many hundreds there. ! was
fOrclbly struck with fact. that the women saw
hurrying to work In such crowds, appeared no
older than those who hurried thus through the
same streets twelve years ago. This proves that
labor in New York downtown factory shop, i,
In the main but the apprenticeship of life for those
females who resort TO it, They seldom follow it
more than few years; marrying their fellow
wOrkmen of the other early, or leaving it for
other pursuits in life Perhaps ten thousand girls
find livelihood in New York below the Park.
in the various type-founderies, bnderies, band
box manufactures. gold-pcncil factories map-col-
oring establishments. and the other almost ipnu-
merabe works which are carried on in the alleys
and streets of this portion of the city, the visible
portions Of which appear to be occupied by ira
ders, lawyers, importers, joint stock companies,
jobbers, &c. Ii is sight, indeed. to them
streaming, as | saw them this morning, down
Nassau street to work; or, in the evening return
ing from work. May their employment never
grow less,
Fulton Market is perhaps the most celebrated in
this country. As small itiS-fnr il hardly covers
fourth the space occupied by the Centre Market
in Washington city-being that from which the
shipping in port here is principally supplied, the
business done in il is immense. / passed through
it this morning at too early an hour to witness
much OF its daily bargaining and chafiering-
while its salwart occupants were bust arranging
their various soc Ks Of flesh. fish and fowl for sale
The old adage saying that :. boys will have their
fun" was aptly illustrated by the passage Of a
stray L. 5. Artillery soldier through it, The mar
ket boys from ten to thirty years of agc) set up
huzza on his approach. from one end Of the square
to fhe other. The oddness Of his rig was the cause
thereof. 1t was seized upon by them simply a
sort Of escaPe-valve through which they might let
of little of the surplus fun with which the class
always oyerrun. John Sodger appeared to COM
Prehend that they were making butt Of him, but
had sufficient discretion to wend his way along
without stopping to make a muss,', in which
he would probably have been pounded to jellv.
IL was wise in him to elect To bear their tests and
jibes rather than the imprint Of dozens Of their
hard fists TO one the other Of which he was sure
to be treated
Seven, Il. m, saw the streets In this vicinity
throngcd with thousands Oh thousands. hurrying
To and fro opening stores chafering barry aims
lounging, begging, laboring, &c. The hive by
that time was fairly in motion, and the din Of
daily avocations became like the buzzing Of hive
Of bees swarming. Men and women of all nations
not a few Of them in their natl onal costumes were
In the crowd. On nine-tenths Of the faces saw
thirst after the almighty dollar was plainly
marked. Few care less for money after making
it. than the laboring or trading New Yorker; yet
none Others seem to ne to labor hard To obtain
1t. Turn as one will in the lower portion If the
city, almost all that strikes tie eye il evidence Of
the determination Of this population to make
money. We of w ashington are pretty fast in that
line; but Thoroughbred New Yorker. whether
native or foreign born, will give any other person
In America nine points in the game and beat him
ere its conclusion, through early rising, quick
thinking and the exercise Of a remarkable spirit
Of go-ahead -ativeness wherever dollar is TO he
made by prompt business habits
w. ID. VIII
p. s. Those who keep the cook shops in Wash
ington's Centre Market would do well to take a
lesson from their brethren in Fulton Market whose
little stalls are neatly furnished and as well
kept as The best IF our city Restaurants Style rules
the hour In trade here Of that desert pti on
and ne who neglects it goes to the wall ere long
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