New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-19

them beef.
I'm cur cattle report viii be found interesting
count of the weights Of all the heavy buocks known
TO ps.
CHATEAU SrxEEr.-Tmn from Printing House
gauare and the Park-from the center OF 80 much
mode, thrift and culiurcfrom the architecture, the
wealth, and onward New-Wsrld hurry CT the age-go
OILY few steps nortbward down the Chathsm-street
hollow and enter another and an ancient land. Here
is street. one side of which, with its gabed tumble
down houses-s show of garments black, white, red,
blue, and yellow-its furtve-eyed, strengthening
6eiizens-might well pass for the accommodated
quarter Of wsnaw, Vienna, or Prague.
here is a furlong Of Hebrewdom; a panorama Of
old clothesmen; longitudinal Kaleidoscope of second
band robes. What gauntlet for one ia search of
garment, to run How he less and hopeless the sailor
Just home from his Chinese voyage-jast lasded on
tbe.e freezing shores from those balmy, coalreefed
low.laituds seas where the famous Georgia uniform
seemed too handsome eressl a. ne wsnders Nd
rom The dock soan,, clad, Int of heavy how
he CIV e,rs on the outskirts Of this section espy him
afar off, low he escapes the attacks of the vanguard
only to tall before the columns Of the main force, or
lie smbuscade Of the reserve!
Each store is ike its neighbor. As Nature reproduces
Joint on Joint The verebrs ring after ring of the earth
worm 60, one BY one, have counterpart old-clothes
themselves from William street to Pearl
Each seems Within dark and mystic den, an undis-
covered bourre from which it is not unreasonable
suppose no captured traveller would eer But
each displays it's stock by day outside the building,
burg from windows, lamp-posts, and awnings. Each,
therefore, is but expansion Of the original pediler-
box idea of the wandering race. For at morn the
Jew unocks bis shop, twere his chest takes out bis
entire and exhibits them to the needy world
Precisely like spider watching for bloe bottles, he
sits n, the mouth his cage with greedy tailor and
restless eye even from daylight TO the going do Of
the spn But at night he folds al his up,
places them in the sbopbox, locks aud straps it safely,
and betal himself to bis household having spoiled
the Egyptians TO bis hearts content.
Bot when it is pleasan. and sunsbiny day, and
trade s Done too brisk the profounder secrets of the
science of old clothes brought into play. Mounted
on stool just at the sill of his door, he odd Gases an
imaginary audience in The most attractive FORM Per-
CHARGE lucky enough TO secure pssser.by for list
ener lie ues oratoy and gestures that would do honor
to crowd, until that listener becomes a buyer-6t
audience though few. At such time wander down
the erect. At the nearest store swarhy specimen
before his stock. At tie next Hebrew of thin sugu
lar hawknosed Descent is treating Dutchman 10 a
"goot fe.t;" while the shorter, seedier agent who
brought him there, and who expects his commission
stands kecDly looking on. Further on, a venerable
rabbi with patriarcba beeId and pous face sits as
placiiy ss did Abraham at the door of his teDt aud
BIZ okes neerschaum with luxurious zest that Abra-
ham never felt while lie eyes alternately his stock aud
-.,k AZ. tk,t
"You may be cheated by that young Moshesh, II you
shoose; but if you know vat sh best, you will
here"
Bat lower down, so far from either END that he
mpst rel, extraordinary talents for success vol
nb'e in mersnt from White Chapel London, shouts
loud invitation to all wanderers through the quarter:
" Cub i'd cub id bake your fortunes only enc dol
lar b'alf, halt, half Cub i'd cub id |"
Now, what is the mysterious connection between
Judajsm and oldcohes Are these c.s.-of iepol,hed
gs,nsnts part aud parcel Of peoples faith-symbclic
in their eyer, Of sn ancient, despsed meteorological
Of the bitter hysop and the unleavened bread They
deal no, in clohes they make no garments; sAa!
would OF labor and production; Jews traffic, bu.
never produce They leave ii TO Workers 30 show
CITY full Of teilors II Is theirs to begin at the end,
parsdoxically speaking they deal " clothes:
Even Il forever. with reverted lock,
Tho mystic volume If the world they read,
Spelling Il backward, Rae the Hebrew BOOK,
1iihie became legend ofthe dead"
In you,h-enlranced by medieval tales, mindful Of
Isaac Of York snd the concealed luxury Of his despsed
was our fancy that these dismal second hand
shops were but the false portals aud coyers Of palaces
within; that In ,ome secluded, mysterious rear-way
could be found proud halls tapestiied parlo priceless
,srnets fountains babs and secret shrines where the
pleasure loving weath-amassing Jews, who affected
20 much external penury and squaor, assumed their
tuer nature, threw off their dsguise, ate meals served
CT IN gold and silver and dalbed with anorous, black.