Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-06

coach gets in motion, and everything bright
ems as you approach Broadway. Here are
the old places-Trinity Church, wall street,
the Howard House, Barnum's Museum with
the big picture Of the alligator eating the
little niger, the giant youth, and the lat
woman, CITY Hall, with its CRASHES park
soldiers camped here during the wary, the
old Irving House split IN two, Stewards
marble dry-zoods' place, Canal street,
Brooks & Brothers, Lord x Taylor's,
HoughWorth's, the St. Nicholas. Now for
nan. and then for = good breakfast. You
know ,,mighty WE'LL" that the whole world
will change for the better after cup of cof-
fee. and that the incense from your post
nrandial Havana is the true chtdro -OSctT0'
The day is over almost before you know
n You have dined; you have wined; you
have seen the new machine for keeping We
mems clothes out OF the dirt and for dissi-
natin.s the masculine insanity about ANGLES /;
Won have marvelled over the modern bon
net. it'll a back door TO let out the water
fall; YOU have groaned over the bo6-tail
sack-coats and chimey-pot hats Of the men |;
Won are weary in the flesh, rather distem-
Dered in the spirit, and-it is a relief to see
the gas lighted, and the ladies quit walking
by the window. Other q" ladies" iolloW
quickly enough, and try the virtue OF their
painted faces. They 10 longer annoy you by
sccosting you; fear OF the numerous police,
now admirably organized, keeps them quiet
in Broadway at least. On other streets they
are said to be very troublesome. fOor
devils they are at their old tricks-nltung
by as if they were caught out late, and were
burryiug home for fear Of the men. Yet the
trick must pay, or they would not keep II
up. It's bad world, this-full Of fools and
''tigh." people.
Well, let's 60 somewhere and see some
thing. What shall it be Owens, IS Scion
Single, is said TO be very fine, but the down.
East twang is too strong for some OF the par
", and finally the vote Is cast In favor OF the
~ OLYMPIC" for Mrs. John Woods sake. We
enter the house is crowded. We get re-
served seats, hear 4 deal OF nonSensical
rhyme adapted to the cultivated taste oil
concrete civilization and see any number Oh
fairies legs, mostly big, and ox-ancled'-
Great WEAKNESS comes over Us, and We get
away without seeing Mrs. Wood. '.ur city
friend, who is acting as cic rome, understands
the case very well, and knows that gu I'D
nerves REQUIRE a powerful stimulani. e:e
il is close az hand-the Anatomical Museum.
Picked fetuses and distorted SpineS are not
10 my ldnlo uuA 81 49,
Heavens what scene of horrors, increas-
ing in horror each step you take, until, in the
last room, you are sickened even unto death.
Let Us go hence quickly, for this is hell-a
he'll of nastineSs and unutterable corruption
"A stercOraceous Gehenna, touching which,
so far as the decency of print will permit, L
may ole day have more to say. But not now,
not now; the stomach heayes at the thought
Ii oar city friend knows how to apply the
stimulant, he is equally al fGit with the soda
tive, the antidote. He hurries US into Will
lard's oyster-houSe, administers half dozen
raw from under the ice and drink of brandy
straight-(strang sedative, yet such II Is,
after the vitriolic influence OF the Museum)
and this sets US up again. We hnger hai
an hour in pleasant chat and then step across
to the Prescott House for cooi drink OF la
ger beer, by way of night cap. The sopo-
rife acts speedily. We throw away our cigars
and hasten TO bed, far up in the fifth story.
Sleep comes quickly, but it is troubled
sleep, full of horrible dreams, born OF the
denominations Of the Museum. If this be CIV
ilization, do not give me excess ont, but
ocarry me back to old Virginia's shore )"
yea, even 10 the wilderness Of ruins In Rich
mond. On the morrow ! may think better OF
il, but while the dreams are still vivid am
ike the numbering school-boy, 81 wa-ant 10
90 ho-ome."