New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-16

could reply half dozen boys, armed with the sPPa
rsus for their trade collected the job Of polishing my
boots. Having dread of City-Hal contracts, heal
sred but osid the usual fee to the boy who hrss in
vited my pa ronsge. Boys" inquired VINO
the greatest man IN the worldl' Bishop Hughes
said one; mayor Wood" shouted another; ine
pope , remarked another; Z" Heenan can hex my one
Of EN-. or all at wunst, said Q fourth. Dropping
that subject, asked them how they managed .neif
bu.inessl swim q strange boy comes here we licks
him, Sir" why do you do that He has az muco
right to clean boots in the Park as you have NO,
sur be hasn't; we got this place furt and boys what
wants to black boots must find place for themselves
Sur" Like other contractors and obbers, these boys
are willing 70 fight for a monopoly Of their trade
They are squaer sovereigns, ready for brush with
any intruder from q nsiehboriug corner.
At the corner of Broadway and Vesey street TOOK
seat in Sixth avenue car with the view OF Visiline
some church. On, On rolled the wheels OF the car
through the quiet streets past the closed stores win
their striking signs and singular variety Of names
past the dwelling houses psoped with Representative
| Of every land under the sun-past marble mansions
md tumbledowu old rookeries that threaten to eaten
Ere from the pipes burning at the windows. NOV we
passed graveyard-a city Of the silent dead in the
cy of the living present; then passed regiments OF
rusty milkcsns and rows of carts and wagons taxing
Sunday rest in the street. Here were groups OF idle
bows smoking cigars and showing their skill In the
,cience Of puaism there companies Of well-dressed
children with books and bouquets way to Sab
hath School. Seeing number of webehaved persons,
whose ouet demeanor indicated their pous procvities,
determined TO follow their footsteps TO 30 ne place OF
worship in the neighborhood. Leaving the car, l
Joined the crowd and passed through pleasant street.
when discovered nv mistake. The throng OF ladies
and gentlemen who might easily be mistaken for the
eburcb going multitude were bound for the wharf at
the foot of Hammond street to see the Great Eastern
first caueht glance of the river dotted with
sails, then uprose abruptly the huge black Walls
of the great ship The American colors were hanging
lsnQudly upon staff at the Prov, as though ashamed
of the small vessels Of American architecture dWarfed
in the shadow of this levahan of the sea. The small
boats and anchors cGnging to the sides OF the sup
looked like huge insects sticking to monster whose
thick cutice could not be penetrated by their stngs
The faces of the sailors peerng through the bow-hoes
seemed Ike the mulctudnous eyes OF this wonder Oh
the mighty Deep Vast numbers of spectators gro Tded
the pier and filed the row-boas that foated here and
there TO give the curious view of the vessel Shan
ties and stands were throngd with those wnose taste
| and thirst induced them to make investments In the
doubtful beverages offered for sale there and these
drinks were dued or thickened to suit every phase OF
the pocket and every shade of appetite, from that
which smacks The lips lemon AIDE to that which de-
MAIDS liquid lightning. small steamer has been
changed into floating saloon where lager and other
ouids are cold at the usual rates. and where balls and
other entertainments are exemporizei for the amuss-
men. of the million. The ubiquitous Snowman with
hs and bears has pitched bis tent in front OF
the chip and the who furnish machinery for test
ing the strength of your limbs and your lungs and for
ascertaning your weight, were impatisntly waiting
for tomorrow's sun TO shine prosperousiy on them.
This great shuttle, plying bet ween the Old World
and the New cannot fail 10 combine the wool OF the
West with the warp of the East and thus form hga
mept Of brotherhood not easily broken. The Great
Esstern is National Peacemaker-s National he
formers National Harbinger of 7" the good time
coming" 1t does not come to our shores bristbnt
with bsyonets and laundering with the sound OF bat
tie; but bearing the oive-branch blending the STAR
and Stripes with the Union Jack.
Nv next yisit was made to the Five Points Sunday
School That number five is ominous Of evil for there
the sounds that offend the ear-the scenes that offend
the eye-the contact that offends the touch-tbt
liquids that offend the taste, and the etfuvia tha
offend tue sense of smell are predominant. / found
the stoops and the streets thronged with medley
multituds-of all coors and all countries. Children
climbing narrow and PERCEPTIONS stairways, and hob
bling down into the yawning abyss Of filthy cellars
where the walls drip with flth oafers seated boxes
and broken chairs dealing out cards bronzed witt
grease and tobacco brazen cypIians displaying the
coarse faces and naked busts Italians, Jews, Ne
groes, Irishmen, Germans, Yankees, mixed together
like pepper and salt decayed carcass. The streets
are covered with oal and the atmosphere reeks with
rum and profanity. This suburb of Sodom no. yet
burned, has now and then a pleasant faced child,
whose eyes and lips aud brow indicate the unprofaned
purity of good heart-a lily in desert and thanks
he TO God and generous men and women, there are
two schools here spread their shelterng wings over
the children. found about two hundred children in
one of these schools listening TO speech from their
superintendent and another speech from some stranger
who followed him. This school and the other also are
great blessings in this community and deserve the
liberal support Of the benevolent. A CousTRTNAS.
YAcHrIsG.-The grand sweepstakes regatta, open
for yachts, pilot boats, and other craft, from Sandy
Hook to Cape May and back, to have been sailed
on Friday last but the entries few that it fell
through. The New-York Yacht Squadron viii rem
devious al Wbitestone near Glen Cove the 9TH Of
August, starting the next morning eastward on the
annual cruise This delight excursion promises to
be very generally participated in this year by the MEN,
bers of the Club OF course, Newport viii be one of
the places honcred with visit, and the yachtmen will
shine in the saloons of fashion Of that famous Summer
resort in all the glory of snow-white duck and navy
tlre Jackets resplendent with silver anchors and gold
lace.