The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-09-17
10 usA ct RMsbness in New York.
(Froa the Independent Sth.1


long heard 30 much, and seen so little-for
which we have SO long hoped, and so often dis
paired-with which We have SO long been prom
ised, and 60 many times Disappointed
Good Time Hhiea has been SO long on It's way,
sas if it walked only on crutebes, aud would be
for ever lmpng-is at last no longer 'coming,"
but Is now come. II has no longer to be waited
for, is now here. 1t belongs no more only to
to the future its date 10 to-day. 8t
Now, if any one asks, "What is going on to-
day ?" We reply, that almost ever, thing is going
on, and going on smoothly and this is the sign
that the good time has come.
The great significant fact is, that more busi-
ness is new done in New York than ever before.
A ten minutes walk in any OF our principal
bueiness-thorOughiares will give abundant evil
dence of this more carts are rattling over the
streets, and more boxes piled on the sidewalks !;
more steamboats aud railway trains are going
out and coming in, and with greater frelghts !;
more activity 10 seen along the wharyes, and
more perspiration rolls down the faces VI the
ste dOres, even in this comfortable weather !;
more fresh goods are displayed in shop windows
and more customers are seen IN the stores !;
more clerks are employed, and better work
than sitting idle, or dand!ing their legs over
counters and boxes; more red 6ags are hanging
out, as symbols OF how things are :. going, !"
rooms more visitors are at the hotele the whole
being crowded from the new Fifth Avenue"
ON the north TO the new '.PArk Hotel" on the
south, and, We might add, perhaps more are
now sleeping on the floors than sometimes sleep
in the beds; more inquiry is made for almost
every article Of merchandise: more ease 10 fet
in the money market more personal activity ID
witnessed among the merchants themselves,
who come early and stay late At their stores -
unlike Charles Lamb, Who made up for coming
late by going early and, generally, more evi-
dence Of prosperous times now exists in this
city than We have witnessed not only since the
Crisis, but yeara before it. -. Y
In addition to this, good news 10 coming in
from al parts Of the country, with perhaps few
exceptions, in regard to the crops. bringing in>
telligence Of good harvests already gathered or
etll gathering, notvithstsDding the early threats
| Of the frost. Collections are made snd the in
| de btedness Of 1856 has been 70 large extent
4 liquidated. So, that on the whole, the pros
poets for the future are bright, and growing
brighter, and would warrant sven Q sober mau
10 throwing up his hat.
In view Of this general prosperity, ve only
| add word of caution, that the way to continue
il. and make Il permanent, 10 not TO take TOD
| much advantage OF the ReOd times, Or to rush
rashiy into hazardous experiments Tor snddel
fortunes, in the universal ..making haste TO bt
rich." II We could coin proverb Of warning
is would be-A Long Credit Brings Shor
Ruin. Building great business en- long pro0-
Uses, 10 like building high castle on slender
| piles, the piles may bend, aud the promises may
break, the house may latter, and the fortune
may fall. But, poswishstandiag the best ad-
own eyss-it may be foolish In every body
>i..s. fne rnnra A NAT 1ikn IN eakn snyicn-shn,