The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1862-07-24

cellent steamers and abundant suppers-
The feeling in business circles touching the
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NEW YORK, July %, 1862.
Joining the exodus of the Congress from
Washington, l have thus far proceeded into
the bowels of the land without impeachment.
One thing to marvel at in New York is the
great number of fagstafs. A flagstaff projects
from every hotel, every public building, most
of the famous stores, and from many of the pri-
vate dwelinsg. 1t would be safe guess that
there are ten thousand flagstafs or the houses
and stores iu this city, with flags to decorate
them, and halliards to work them. On gay and
festive occasions, these flags come forth. How
victory would bring them out now! Let us
have Richmond, and New York shall spread
three hundred thousand yards of bunting to
would go up with them.
The air of activity which New York wears,
forever exhilarates one entering the town.
do not believe that any city of the old world
or new has street in all respects the equal of
Broadway-the intermingling of business and
pleasure, of toll and fashion, the rich dresses,
the crowds of gaily painted omnibuses, the
throng Of well-clad men, hurrying to engage
ments or leisurely sightseeing, the attractive
shop windows, the fine fronts of freestone and
marble-all these accompany you in your walk
Of two miles, from the Bowling Green to Union
Square. No one comes to New York who does
not visit its principal street, and none walks
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the electricity of which in the new world that
street is the focus.
For mere hustle of business the traveller
may behold in New York places more remark
able than Broadway. One of these is West
street, which is upon the margin of the Hud-
son river or the North river, as it is almost
invariable called by New Workers. Here at
most hours Of the day the way is thronged with
drays and carriages, through which in seasons
of brisk business it is sometimes difficult to
find passage. In the afternoon it is more es-
pecially crowded. Upon this street the boats
land their passengers from the South, West,
East and North. Each day at five O'Clock. in
the summer, three boats leave the piers at this
street, connecting with trains for Boston. The
hack carriages, and the heavy coaches from
the hotels, bringing their passengers, join in
the throng Of vehicles, and add sensibIy to the
chances of shortening the lives of luckless pc
destrians crossing the way. The boats of the
great ferry at Jersey City, over which the
Southern travel passes, the Albany boats, the
Newark boats, the Amboy boats, and scores of
others, receive their passengers within few
blocks of each other on West street. The
proprietors of the Boston line via Norwich did
wisely, think, last summer, when they moved
their station from one of the lower piers, from
the midst of this daily huddle of departure,
nearly mile up the street, to pier So at the
foot Of Vestry street. They have reached a
region of comparative quiet, and withal more
central position. Even for the passengers
leaving the hotels larthest down town, it is quite
as convenient to reach the boats at this point.
Ii you take a carriage, few steps further is
of no account; while for those who know the
town well enough to trust the public convey
ance, the cars Of the Sixth and Eighth avenue
lines flare five cents wait at the Astor House.
1t only needs to speak to the conductor to have
yourself set down at the junction of Vestry
and Canal streets, whence a short walk takes
you to the boat Your Maine readers visiting
New York should remember this line. Its two
steamers, built last summer, the City of Bos-
ton and the City Of Ncg York, are the largest
and finest boats in the country. One of them
is commanded by Capt T. G. Jewett, who for
merly commanded steamer on one of your
Maine routes, and who there and here is recog-
nized as one of the ablest and most competent
mem in his profession. MCGOWAN, formerly
of Belfast, is steward on the same boat. Such
suppers as are given on those boats (price 80
cents) are not equalled in the world, in the
excellence and the variety Of the viands Or
der at a restaurant the same things which you
here may have served to you, and you will find
at the close of you repast little bill of two
three, five, or more dollars, according to the
fancy and range of your appetite. On the
steamer 50cents pays forall. As an index of the
cost of furnishing such table, am informed
that last summer, when the amount of travel
was less than this year, the table cost $1,000
per month in excess of its receipts. This sea-
son these boats take the better part of the
travel, now that the public have found them
out in their new location. They would be
crowded if it were possible to crowd such ca
pacious floating hotels.
Touching the war, there is in business cir
Giles numbness Of feeling here just at pres
ent, but l judge it cannot last long. Matters
are seen by some to begin to wear more
hopeful look, and, even here, it is acknowl-
edged that the progressive policy of the adj
ministration must result advantageously.
As war incident from the Peninsula let me
subjoin the following from the Philadelphia
Inquirer, relating to reconnaissance by a par
ty of the Typographical Engineers some days
since:
'When going down the Charles City Court
House Road. at some distance beyond our
lines, they espied stately stone mansion, sur
rounded by outbuildings of a corresponding
substantial character. 1t proved to be the old
mansion once owned and occupied by the late
EX-President John Tyler. now dead, but not
dying until he succeeded in adding his name
to the roll of eminent traitors who are now
attempting to ruin this once happy and pros
porous country.
The scouting party, upon bringing their
field glasses to bear, discovered the grounds
about the mansion (which is supposed to be
about five miles in northeasterly direction
from the Charles City Court House Landing),
to be laid out in style somewhat English a
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