Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-23
letter from the North.
INV You'd a. NJ

NEW York, Dec. Is.
To judge from the magniicence and the
grand proportions Of this city Of the North
from its rapid extension and from the ex
travagance and display Of its people. one
cannot but think that it may one dav be-
come the metropolis Of the world. and that
Its gay leaders Of fashion NAV dictate their
bulletins of democratic toilettes. republican
morals and equalrights COMPANY manners
TO the benichtcd inhabitants OF Enrope. In
the DAYS Of old Rome all foreigners were
barbarians The rapid strides which New
York has made during the past few years To
a highly developed civilization. places her
now in advance of the age. A few years
more and she may look upon gay Parisians
and dissipated Nienuese with The same pity
that an intelligent ChiEaman regard, a -tolid
and heavy looking John Bull.
Wealth meets the eve ON every side. in
town and out Of town. In the business city
and far away from noisy trade, it is all Il Q
same. IN atmosphere of wealth surrounds
one and one feels that if ever there was a
place where the streets were paved with gold
and where Pactolus streams ran along the
cutters, this is the spot. Early in the after
noon, when Broad street Is full, and when
Wall street is crowded and when everybody
seems eager to add to the store already gar
naTed, the farther end of Fifth avenue i
crowded with carriages on their wav tG the
Park. An hour or two later the verv men
who have been running hastily, shouting.
screaming, bnying and selling for dear lite.
come rolling along, themselves, in easy ear
riagcs, or with iaunty tandcms, attended by
a small groom in breeches and tops with
bird s-eye tie and ruscttc or cockadc, as il
may suit the owners fancy. The object of
the New Yorker is to make every thing
count double. lie lives two lives in ore,
and one is crowded 50 closely on the heels
OF the other that breathing time, Is left for
neither II is, perhaps, best, after all. TO be
magnificent while YOU can. There are no
old people in New York. There arr few
poor ones The weak and the unluc<y ars
crowded out, or they are trampled upon and
forgotten
Now that the opera is closed, new ex-
citcmcnt is preparing. Now skating ponds
are being put in order ryfrcshment rooms are
being built and few more DAYS of cold
weather will cause a greater rush TO the Park
than did the beautiful weather of last week.
Each year the passion fer this sport incroas-
-, and after two or three winters VIC need not
he surprised when Mr. Cranstan has erected
his N. W New York Hotel on the large lot At
thegatc of the Park, to find skating-ma young
ladies drag their parents there for a winters
residence, to be near the scene oftheir enjoy
ment. This hotel is not vet commenced,
though the plans are in preparation. The
present one is too small for the friends Of the
very popular proprietor. II is crowded 20
excess. Many Oft the old habitges will be glad
to know that the old system is to be renew
cd ON Monday. The European system has
proved a failure, and meals a h eurte have
not only given less satisfaction, but have
been less profitable than the old table dhoic
plan. The charge will probably be five dol
lars per day. Enormous as this seems, it has
no effect on travelling. We live in a new
age. High prices seem to encourage busi-
ness. High rents seem TO increase the de-
mand for houses. In one or two instances
furnished houses have rented for 81 600 and
81 100 per month for six months, and 800
and $500 per month is quite common for
houses twenty-five and twenty-seyen feet
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