Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-28
NEW YORK AS 1T Is.
THE CARNIVAL OF GaEEEDAcKs-rHE sNoBBERY &
sHoDDY BROADWAY AS 1T Is AND WAS, ETC, ETC.
From the Correspondence Of the oharleslon Courier

From the Correspondence OF the Charleston Courier.
A present New York holds high carnival The
enormously inflated currency gives apparent gliding
to everything. Every man has more money green
baeks 10 his pockets than he had before. l.
easily and therefore he spends it layishly. Retail
trade is stimulated 70 an exTavaga6t degree Never
boore there suea glitter and show, and hustle,
and pleasure seeking in New York. Mansions outvieing
the Dagn fcsnce Ct European palaces going up On
Fifth Avenue. Five thousand shoNy equpiges stream
through the broad railways of Central Park every
afternoon The great thoroughfare, Broadway, is a
jam of onnbuses carriages and wsgols the sidewalks
are confused crush Of pedestrans the shop wind Tvs
dszze with their spendor. dozen t5ea,res, score
OF Lesser shows and host of underground coGcet and
pretty waiter gid' saloons crammed 10 suff3-
cation Grand balls follow each other nightly, WHERE
as at the Italian Opera House, the ladies blaze with
diamonds and other precious stones and gorgeous
in silks and tulle and lace and MORE antique. Del
monicos three restaurants and pal .lisl eating
hou.e, with gilded windows and doors, l4th Street
called the "haison D0ree, filed with people a. all
hours, gorgng themselves with rich food and getting
mer y over expensive wines. John Morris,ey hes
gamoliog den on the most public part of Broadway,
where g,eenbacks shoveed around by the bushel
The country people into town get rid of their
money and join In the frenzied dance around the altar
Of pleasure. Tae hotels turn away hundreds daily
Sometimes travellers ride fro hotel to hotel for hours
almost imposstl, - procure and rents are enormous
TIE Stock Exchange il the of the wlieet excite
ment Sx sessions OF the Sock Board are held daily
and those not enough TO satisfy the passion for
samb ing, Two more Lave been commenced for evenings
as the Filth Avenue Hotel.
Fly milo OF dollars worth Of stocks are cold daily
and nightly. Half Of these stocks acknowledged
bubbl.s Fortunes are made in an hour. have been
tod OF a clerk who ventu.ed n,o the exchange With
$780, aud cleared within the week ore hundred thcu.
I'D ant If Ehf h. lAoe T.
week more. Vanderbilt ahd George Law. the stock
kirgs, are wellthisr than the Asors Ii has become
UNREASONABLE 10 cav at charge. AK any price and
il will be given. lady pays 81 900 for piece of
brocade to NIKE oress; man gives $4,000 for q
span of carriage horses, and thinks nothing OF ~
auoher spenis $4,000 dinner pirty; another paws
$50 for choice seat a. the oprs another pays $40 900
q year rent for three-5tory hou:e Fifth Avenue
Il know ihese figures will hard look large 10 the eyes
the Confederate readers, but il NUT be remembered
that geld is d; premium OF only GA per cent. in New
York city OF presently Aud thus rybody is taking
part i'll the snturnalia Even the soldiers receive FROM
$500 900 bounty for re-enlistng, and contribute
10 the general ol fcaton. This picture Is not over
drawn. doubt if the worlds history ever knew of q
mlar era Of popular delrium. Some Of the newspa-
pers alarmed, and ciy out loudly against The out
rageous ,xIayaganee of the hour. The Abolition or
gan, the New York Tlmes entreats the people to 20
blck 10 entrenched expenses and private economy or
make up their nds iof financial ruiz The fact t. al
most every regards the Federal currency as even
tualy worthless, but I've have got into tcrape and
its too late 70 help il row" The country is bound
to 60 the devil anyhow" ard I've might well have
good time VII II the fun lasts"
New YORK ia not alone the abods OF madmen. Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Chic go, Cincinnati and Washing
dspay the same features, though 70 more Inod,rI e
ex ent But the disease is q national one and il will
be discovered prevailing among the land specuators in
the interior OF chgan we'll among the rchants
nd afoak Damhlera of ha uEmnira -
of tho VINO have ihrven by the war are the Govern
men contractors. Thousands have risen from compare
tive poverty to great aience through their dsaling,
with toe Washing on auteorities s, many of inis
class, vulgar and nra.e but shreWd and unscrup ous
men, with tleir wives md families have prospertd lbas
order has been crealed Ia society-the "Shoddy
A'istoctacy," no called They spend money with IN
bounded extravaganza and may readily be recognized
bStheir mpudeu assump io6s Of toD," and lid Gu
lous display OF jewelry. met OF tcose people in
Montreal few days ago. who assured that be had
Ids halt million OF dollars since the commenced,
and, added he with chueke, 'everyth sell to tie
make hundred per cent. on"
Il would not require the wisdom Of prophe. 10 !
foresee where this will lead the Yankees to- Il ia one
OF the most hopeful sgns OF Ultimate triumph that
GU enemies are wasting their streIg and substance
In rotou wing.
With the deprecated currency prices have gone uo 1
Taking into consid ration the difference in value of
exchange and goli every article OF prime necessity
higher at tho North than in the Confederate Statss-
Ard the advance is olt TO be burdeusoms By III,
Yankees thau by our own people, b cause they have
not like u.s. been Injured 10 pfvatons nor accustomed
to feel In everJ pre CT their being that any personal
sacrifice is better than falure OF the cause.
IL was the custom Of our people before they became
separate Con eieration TO tpend their summers at
tho North, and presume that 10 Line out OF ten Of
Jour lers Broadway has ben almost as familiar ss
any rect in Charleston or Richmond Perhaps it will
crest tlem to know whether /, has changed in its
appearance there last three years. Many new and
nagnhce 1t haye arisen. Sterat kaJ a. marble
Drlsc at he corner of Tenth street. Ii u finer than
store have seen in London Paris. WaIlacks
bealre in a new building the block next TO Fur
eenth street There is splendid hotel, with mAr5ie
ront on the Of Twenty sixth street. called ii
ST. James" and another Of equal magni6cence loser
Town. called the Albemarleh Nearly all of Broadway
elow Become street is occupied with wholesale sores
The fashionable part OF the street extends as high
ID as Thirty-Fourth Street. A horse railway runs
through the upper part of Broadway. Madison Square
becoming the centre of the city. IL is faced by ,ev
al fashionable h5tsls. new theatre il proiec ed
lere, aad The local authorities talk OF building new
hall in the park. The lower part of Broadway pre-.
,r7es lis oden features There is the SINE apparently
extr cable jam OF omnbuses Opposite Barnums Muse.
IL and The Battery cngs to its latter dIy char cte,s
cs of dirt and " sasoriness The City Hail Park Is
Dvertd with uiisghty WOODEN barracks for soldiers
remember the story Of the countr. man who got up
The steps Of the Aston House to wait until the pro-
,ssion passed by" Th,re ia th zane eternal psocr
on passing up and down the sidewalks. A fair pao-