Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-15
ICorrespondsncsGf The Whig.I
WHAT people DO IN NEW
YORK.
NEW YORK. Saturday. Jnne 10. lse

SDeaking OF business, are you aware that much
business ia transacted here In verify, there are
in this place as many kinds OF business, almost
A, there are kinds of IRE mentioned in the IA
nous Harp Of thousand Strings" sermon, and
oneor more businesses which vie with the fire
last mentioned il the lis, given in that famous
discourse, OF these peculiar businesses 1t is not
the province Of your correspondent to speak.
Coming into the city, yoa imagine all the
world is given up % the shipping trade Having
Landed ysu will swear that mankind, hereabOuts,
are deyot - the driving OF drays, hacks hotel
and transfer coaches. These transfer coaches
srs a new and good idea. They carry you and
your baggage from wharf 20 depot, depot to
aha.f depot 20 depot, rs cheaply almost "a an
omnibus, and far N re cheap than hack
Why has the English cab never been introduced
here Entering lower Broadway, you are at
once convinced that by far the lager portion OF
the population OF New NOTk must be bankers,
brokers. Insurance agents or engaged in the "a
Dress business. And so, wiki every squares adj
vance up he great th0rOughiare, you become
satisfied that IA or that b4AlneSs must absorb
rhe energies oil half he city, until az length you
ask YOURSELF IN despair, ' re there e1Ough peO
d q on the habltabe globe 10 trans lGt q 1.-THE Of
The THOUSAND and OIL kinds OF business hese =
Your wonder is intensified when yea come to
thread the lGhyrlnLhs OF lawyers and brokers
Utuee5 on " al auu W litidW etlkSt-s III Nuo
name OF the aysteriOus' you cry, how do peO-
Die iad business men IN these mynadI OF out i
,he way lite holes ami clddeST | am sure
YOU VIII no. discover the man who can answer
the question, and vt some Of the biggest bust
U.sses in tnis town are done ia these same cud-
dis, apprOacLable Olly by narrow and tprtuOUs
stair. cases. or by d8tE and devious passages
Z seems 10 me that n 4 should 80 and set myself
down in one OF these lttls iUXi2 offices l might
rem in there OIeysr without being discovered
even by nv ere dltoge. low any Gust ners WGu-u
succeed Ia h uliIg Ine up, IS query Truly laugh
able. thlaL see them al Il Upon my VOID,
tue main trOub G. It appsafs to me, would be not
20 mu'h in getting cGst1A as IN getting back
into tie woud OF daylight again.
But 70 retarn 70 buJlnsSS. Aiier careful and
Impartial survey OF tie Woe field, after MIST
raIeut and thorough Inspection OF every Alnd Ot
occupation, 4 haze NJ Ats .t1tiyu IN saying ihat
the greatest business by long oids, (aitsr bot
hacking. in th,s town Is music. PIaCl, / think
10 VS., Or some other ancient Greek, called educa-
,ol muse, aud tue people OF New York have IN
Gues,i0nably adopted toe Platonic idea. 1T is
sbualautly evident, Us Livy tys in his preface,
tia. tie priuc'p an OF thS people Is 10 lmpart
mas cal kuow.edg- % tie ignJrant and TO cult
vac the musical tI,t, Of lho53 already educated.
That the teachers Of music are actua ed by the
unrest motives Is shown by the fact that musical
tuition is egtrywhere gr,tuitous. Paris II not
more liberal IN respect VI scientific education than
New York ia regard ~ the BEUAX ARTS and es'
peeially music.
YoI will hardly believe me when tell you
that there are wltlin The limits o. GOTHAM and
is suburbs not less than tea IN ,usand free must
cal academies Aeye thelesI the fact is as /
u 4te Il; aud the number VI schools is II ANYTHING
underestimaied. d Broadway alJre. b.tws,n
Canal rect and Blocker, there must be several
hundred ft-ese institutions. Many CT then are
on the hrst floor, bus the vast majority OF them
10 "a a nj MIS-
arrangement Is 10 prevent the Gusioal pupils from
being discarded ia their studies by The noises OF
the street. la Tact the comfort aud convenience
of the scholars are 5,ud.Ousy and even tenderiy
consulted. Les, by any chance. thee should be
a silgle human teiug OF the mals gender Chs la
uiss appear be ueg.ecsed Sho is indispOsed 70 a.;
tend the musical colleges D. inclined 10 neg ect
his musical culture, special attractions are prJyi
led 70 tempt them to their duty. The nature Of
tlese attract Ms may DO gathered nom the fol-
loving accurately dawn description:
NOu enter what appears to be- 70 all intent5
and purposes an oyster cellar or Underground la.
rer bse- saloon. At tbs bottom Vt the steps there
IS screen. brllliaELy illuminated By lets OF gas;
sad on that screea is depicted in vivid col rs the
tecumbent figure OF a lady, IN Eastern costume,
for the most part. but mes in more lioeral
attire Beyoud the screen, STe the slluTements TO
the study Of music. tirst, bar, for the dispen-
sing OF ali kinds OF liquors bat mainly lager
aud the like are displayed. Third, tables and
hairs, In plentiful supply Fourth, shooting.
gallery, whsIe spIing-guns, sSed up By brass
crank, answer tds p!acs Of the common rife, and
short Arrows are su's ituted for bullets. Fifth,
large qaanlt e. and varieties Of white female
slaves, ap2srslled in all the costumes il not the
perfumes Of AF2by the BleSt-,he Persian trow.
ser made OF curtain calico Of stunning pltterns,
and tie red 5oEe,y Cheap gaiiei, pred0minI.
ting. Sixth, tde nGnd or Faculty OF Musical Pro.
ieSsors, with their :nstrumsnts-a piano, tsum.
pet asd couple OF hdd.ss, Seventh, tAe wius
room.
Ihias for momeut that there a,s ton thou.
ssnd Of these magnificent endowmeutS all the
work Of private iibsfsity end you will form SONS
conception Of the grand generosity Of th great
city. Your music costs you nothing Whatever
Would you sIOuse your Eensibi!itissi lager,
Rhine wine, what lot, are AZ hand. Are you
hungry pork pea IN profession may be had fog
ten cents slice, and that silica win be borne 70
y. Z by lighllj ,tFp)ins CitcasslaR slave, WSO
will ssaerally lola you In social glass, taxing
for tae NEST part a olsrss PU0Cb when you call
tir llSef With this rsaiandy beautiful ans re,
fne1 creature you may discuss The CELESTIAL SYN.
phoBies WhiJn sre bcichnd from y0niUr horn. and
dwell VITA special einghss's ul the System Of
thorough bare" prlcticed hers 10 you crow
wsary Of melody la t1e pauses Of the shrek.
ing fiddle snd the bowling horn, y'u may re-
hoye yours by knocking q clay pipe out OF the
mouth Of a figure in the distance. FOut slOs
with the Spgus--Un cost y5u ten cents. Aud
this b5atidc existence You con keep up until
> 1'ciuck in tac aOrning for that Is the hour Gt
which our Academies OF MuSi; close.
10 you not agree with me that music is pr
excellence. the big business Of New York. and
10 you wOndc- that we are great people y