Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-19
A GLANCE AT NEW YORK,

WAsHiNoroN, November IS
Mr.. EDITOR: A few days ago / was Obliged
to leave our great city on a short tour, which
Included the large city OF New York. Tn,
ride from Washington to Gotham was dreary
some extra trains upon the road derapged our
movements 30 that we arrived at Jersey City
I'VE hours behind time, viz at O'Clock, a. m,
Instead OF 10 O'Clock, p. M, OF the previous
evening. The champagne crop In New Jersey
had been gathered, the fields were bare, and the
late election had left a coppery scent In the
atmosphere. expected, however, to find re-
lief and solace Immediately upon reaching
Broadway, in one of the big hotels that grace
that brilliant thoroughfare, but / was doomed
10 disappointment. In spite of their terrific
charges the hotels had been conquered, and
were occupied by the enemy from cellar to
gsret.
The Astor House was full, the 81. Nicholas
was full, the Metropolitan was full-they all
were full. The parlors were covered with cots,
and many extra dodgers were sent to outside
sleeping rooms. One of the gentlemanly night
clerks said to me, 1--WE have been cot,ing and
colonlrlng ever since election"
The war has not, at all events, depopulated
the city Of New York.
Not being able to get into bed, the next
best thing to do was to procure some oysters
which had been lately raked out of their beds.
Along Broadway one finds at or 4 O'Clock, q.
m, plenty OF restaurants In full blast, bride.
ing over that awful chssm between midnight
and dawn, with oysters and drinks Gin every
style"
Here you will fnd dissipated Young ma u
treatirl tueit dissipsted female companions 70
stews, and other dissipated young men pur-
chasing fries" To be carried in little paper
ootee 70 the lodgings of their dissipated female
partners. Avoiding the places frequented BY
such persons, descended into "OrsTKR BAY, /"
where the mollusks are displayed so tempt
Ingiy ID Wide-gsping subterrsnean retreat, In
rnien the oyster. butcher plies his trade, knock
|. H down and dragging out the innocent oys.
Ter. remorelessly, by night and by day, where
the co Stail never beco meth a burden, and
ybers N. York politics were served up on the
morning Sd, ak OF, piping hot.
rrhe onlv cns,, >mers pres, mt when entered
were A ward Pollt. clan anil his tender. The
Ward Politician was = si1t, l-rate member of
the New York bar, Judg. ng rom MS conVer-
sstien and the pabulum dien d ae vas wss In
dulgirg, viz; squads and bl 'anuy and water
"Nr. Swift" said the Poll aeisn Impressive
ly, addressing the proprietor OF tne oystery,
mir. Swift, what do you think 81 Little mac T.
Think he's beat" replied s"itt, sentsn-
tlously. ,,
"Yes, and III tell you what ht . beat him,
sir. He's a gentleman, sir, that ~ ~ oeen
mashsa doom BY dead reigh, sir. VIII, the
two Ps-Vsndleton and Peace-is wha asu H.
Come, now, sfn't that sol"
Mr.. Swift assented TO the proposition.
at 10 so, si- Now, Mr.. Swift, what can
you give gentleman TO throw into his boron
after having dined out very latep
Mr.. s. suggested brsndy and water, al the
Politician aSsented to Mo proposition, after
which the landlord conserved 20 Join the arty
IN a friendly glass.
Now, Mr.. Swift, always Lstcd the Den. o.
Gratis, you know, but / went in for beatih
Lincoln. And, tell you, II they'd are put ~
gentleman alongside Of Little Mac, and II they
hadn't made peace platform, but hsd wrote
General Jackson's letter 10 the nullitere o7er
again, we'd ave carried this State, sir. AbrA~
ham Lincoln, sir, sent my name into the
United States Senate for District Attorney, AMI
when a certain party forwarded statement
that was unit, on the ground OF moral char
acter, and so forth, he revoked 1t, sir; and
have been down on him ever since. Do you
blame mel No! You know what my moral
character is, bwift."
Here the politicians tender, taking advan-
tage of lull caused by his principal "holstlng
in" q small gourd-full Of brandy and water,
read aloud from the newspaper paragraph
detailing the arrest Of several persons, one Of
whom was nephew Of the pirate Semmes,
charged with having been engaged in the con-
splracy TO release the rebel prisoners from
Johnson's Island. The W. r. caught the
words arrest " and conspiracy" and de-
Tnandsd in lnnd unira hat ha anh
should be read again.
Listen TO this, Mr.. swift-listen"
The tender reread the paragraph.
The W. P. looked rather blank, and asked:
"Is that all of the plecel"
"ThAt's ALL"
"Well," said W. p, determined not TO be
baked Of the utterance Of his highOst-sounding
phrase of oyster'house eloquence, well, Mr.
swim, tell you that this Government has got
10 stop this gambling in human blood"
W. P. looked around at the landlord Of Oys-
ter Bay, at the bar tender Of Oyster Bay, at the
Oyster Butcher Of Oyster Bay, and (sskance)
at the only oyster eating customer in the Bay,
your correspondent then, after moment OF
dlgnihed reflection, he deliberately repeated
his assertion, Eyes, gentlemen, won't say
what could say, for might be put in place
where couldn't get squads TO eat, you know
but must say, that the Government has got
10 stop this gamblin' in human blood! Mr..
swift, what'll you drinkf"
81 iCiH drink with you, Mr.. l." replied
the Admiring Boniface-"brandy and water, II
you please''-and padded forth from Oyster
Bay, having swallowed my last Saddle Rock
Just As the trio "crooked the elbow"
II Is quite interesting-although "trying "a
the cOnStitution'-to soc that giant, NewY ork
City, wake up and stretch his limbs OF M orn
ing. There is but small space between tn,
late jewellers and the early workers-scarc'
any space al all, In fact, for the early artisan
going forth TO his labor with dinner pail IL
hand often meets the Ate bAcchAnsl wendinl
his way OBVIOUSLY 10 hT -lodgings. Among tn
earliest birds | saw lsey pursuit. II the worn
were the neWsboys, ntIt OF whom, BY the way
were females. Small firls and stout Womel
came up Broadway with big bundles of tn
TINES, Tribune, and HsraId, selling along tn
road and opening their stock in trade at thei
accustomed places on the corners. The nois
- vAnderS begin to rattle about the streets
-Tto run, noises multiply, activl
sJvery direction, and New Yorl
reused at sunrise As the da
! expands Ito butterfly wings
o.