Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-02-18
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
NEW IoRK, Feb. 9th. 1850

New York, Feb. 9th, 1859
| Mesus. Editors;
New York is pretty much tho same
place as over-the same rush in the streets-thc
same stir and hustle of active life. The shop
windows on Broadway as snowy and attractive
as ever. Tho snme applc-women sell the apparent
| ly-samc apples; the dog collar man the boy with
rattles; the govc-man, with his "chance such us
you will never have arain". the organ grinder
/ playing the same Casta Diua-all the general
features remain the same. Of course, there is
change-constant change; but still "the old is new
the new is old"
New York must have locked comparatively clean
on Monday morning There was heavy fall Of
snow Sunday afternoon and nght--nearly or quito
n foot-and beautiful the trees in the Park and
elsewhere looked loaded with their white burden.
1t is not quite so common sight a. with you in
Vermont, and only lacked the clear da y and bright
sunlight to have called forth admiration from
every one
But that thing of beauty was neither ga joy"
nor " forever" When I went up Broadway at /
A. NJ, the in the street looked like grey
sand, at night it "Sposh" and ever since it is
the thnncst drtest, slppcriest of mud. Sleighs
were out in numbers Monday, and still
travel in the side Streets but slcighing here is a
mockery--a delusion; and it would require the
pen Of a mighty to describe the horrors of To-
comotion Of any kind, now. Mud, mud, still mud
No any thing but still mud-it is mud thrown all
around splashed all you, flying every whore
and lighting on every thing-mud in the most nc-
tive kind o! motion. And to cross street is work
.r 4. 1
sides at once, he is run down by cart omni-
bus; unless he looks forward he runs against some
foot-passcngcr; and unless he looks with all eyes
where he steps, either he is landed on his back
from the top of a cobble-stonc, plunges over
shoes into some hole full of mud and water Verify
Argus would find himself in danger.
1ho tax of the City of New York this year. as
doubtless you are aware, is enormous enough to
carry on a small empro,-and yet the city is i'll
governed, worse provided for, and not cleaned at
all. The olicials-many Of then-pocket their
salaries, give fat jobs to their iriends--for a con-
sideration, and let the work take care Of itself
There n caricature in one of the illustrated
papers last week. representing policeman read
ing the Herald. "Dennis," says he ''tlere was a
murder last night ~ 'Where, Patrick ?" "Two
men shot, just round the corner, forninst u.s.
"IIowly mithcr, how sound we must have slept"
and it is true. 1t is indeed possible, and much
to be prayed for that Mayor Ticman will improve
the City Government before he leaves his office
But nothing permanent will be accomplished un-
til the citizens will attend to their duties as citi-
zens, instead Of shirking them and then growing
because the unavoidable consequences visit them.
l see that gold watch and chain have be5n pre-
sented to Frank Leslie, for his services in the
Swil Milk Expose the Chain consisting Of &c
links representing the stunted switch of n stump
tailed cow, with bullocks head and other trink
cts attached. lie did good thing in attacking
the tump-tals, but really gold witch and chain
after that style, followed by splendid supper
appears to nc a little ridiculous. There were wor-
thy men concerned in it, however, and if they
thought i appropriate. very we'll