Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-31
Corsespondsncs Of the EsahsEiiie Joarnai. I
A HooSier on Broadway.
What he Saw and Heard.
Nrw Yorr. oct. q. ls65.


corning my fret impressions thereof
Not that have seen unusuaI sights, for
the same May be vievs9 every day nor
have any ladicrous, dire, or thrilling
adventure to relate, which has or might
have happened mean unsopbistiealed
yerdaut, clad in blue jsans. ! intend TO
merely let you know boz al these strange
and ~cndsrful rights struck me upon
FIRST visit. And to prevent this letter
being TOO prolix, shall eonfne myself
to Broadway and what aaw lhsrein.
This street., only six miles 10 lepgth,
seems taken possession Of BY one grand
carnival or conlinnslly rsigniBg festival
No ous appears engroSaed with business
or speculation, whileupou its pavemenis,
but only intent upon seeing and being
seen, and a. far as vision reaches either
way, one continued living stream is past
ing snd repassing. This may or may
not, be the great thorOnghiars referred
to in thu Good Book, where il says,
!" broad is the way that leAdeth to de-
strnction aud macy there be- which yak
therein" Though ia this, there are many
who ride, gorgeousIy arrayed 70 ParpIe
and enc linen, reclining in luxurious
carriages, drawn by bIooded horses, and
upon the coachman'a box, With buttons
81 over him and silver hat-band, Is either
Fsnian or his greatest antipatby,
eolOred person, Who il not Jet altogether
o man and brother, though the philan-
thropic Horace--of white hat notoriety
says be ought TO be and Connecticut
cruelty says be aha nj 10
What IL not 20 be seen IN BroadwAy is
NOT worth seeing, for everything that can
please the eye or the heart desire is
there. ] shall not attempt to describe
ia we'll known hotels, Its relailidty good
stores, which enchant or enrapturs the
ladies and bankrupt fathers apd hus-
bASdsy its banks, dining rooms and oys-
ter saloons, where that luscious bisalve
can be procured and swallowed kicking;
or Barnnm's now museum stogAed With
giants and giantesses, fat women, Ire
monkeys and snakes, the Lincoln log
cabin, erected By him when 81 years old
and in which be resided two years, two
Circassian prinesssss, manufactured to
order from two young ladies from over
the Rhine, aud where on Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons, the pious, under
preteuse Of visiting the museum. can 40
totife theatre and seat themselves With
the fair frail ones who flock there on those
afternoons We End splendid churches,
for instance Trinity at the head OF Wall
street With lis tall and graesfal spiFs, de
'recting the noney-changing denisens Of
that locality heavenward; magnificent
theaares where The ungodly most do con.
gregate; "444," inside OF whose portals
The gentler sex never enter, though there
IL hardly any perceptible difference be-
twsenihe performance there aud the 80.
called respectable theatrea--no more inn
modest exhibitions, or indecent illusions.
The innuendoes are probably couched in
more refined Ian gaAge at the Hrst class
but are none The less patlnt ifs photo.
graphic and jewelry establishments have
a world wide reputation. Promenading
its pavemsnts are TO be found all nation
slitiss, Jews, Greeks and Geutilss, the civ
iIiasd and the savage, high aud low, the
nobleman and the shoe black Broad
way dAndies' ad Eibiian; the city minis
ter, immaculate 10 the latest style neck
tie, moussache and muttonrchop Whiskers..
the good-looking Broadway special pc
'licemAn. eseorting the ladies over the
crossings These same ladies, though
mentioned last, win certainly engage
your attention arst for here, in an its
Ioveliness and perfection, is TO be
seen that fair and ETHEREAL style
of beauty peculiar to the Amer.
can female. She il certainly an
angel OF beauty, but whether she would
prove JOY forever, I would not under
take 10 say. Her style Of dress is wei
calculated to show to advantage her in
Vulnerable charms, and saucy, independ-
en-, pia1ant manner. I an not eouver-
SAINT enough with fashions to give an In
telligibls account Of her makeup, but l
must say, Fashion, which is much abused
and caricatured, has Of late done mach
for perpetuating aud improving the
health Of the fair votaries at her shrine.
For instance, the thick-soled BalmorAl
shoe, coming well up the taper Anele;
and no lady is now seen without The pat
ent skirt elevator, keeping the dress
well up above petit Of spotless
white, for white ia exclusively worn now.
This, some msliciously say, is to enable
the fair damsels to display more stock
ing thaa- they otherwise could, and .he
tsntalizing red tassel that bangles from
the top Of the boot And here the water
fall is 70 be seen in all its glory (Silver,
Ioar Niagara isn't anywhereD and, us-
ly as many deem il, still think By its
size and weight, that il imparts a grace
full and upright carriage to its interesting
wearers; though the one that was drop
ped the other day upon the pavement by
nm unlucky fair one, and which had to be
taken home in an express, you will pro-
badly say was little too much carriage
Some aiso object to the time wasted, for
one lady was heard TO conEdentiaily i'm.
part 90 another that il took thirtv.sva
/ minutes every morning to make her va
terfaIl Aud about thas " love Of a. hon-
net" they really are so small that there