Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-04
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS IN THE STREETS.
NV YoRK. JnlY lst. 1866.

NEw YORK, July ist 1865.
uisa piping hot day. II you we're to set your
az NJ out on your front doorstep in less than an
hour ycu woold be crisp, in two hours as black
"A coal. Ten minutes, I should say, would be
amply sufficient to bake body.
What shall l write about 1 asked myself
this question and looked cut Of the window
There lay the subject before ms-:he street ITSELF
aour stree.n-s layOrite theme for ambitious lit.
ar,rv misses. who write for The Weekly Warm
nv.P Pan and social Convenience" May ! not
dare to initiate them AZ an humble distance.
Our street. Il runs from east to west, or west
N east. inst a. you please. One end looks into
the Sound. ana over 10 Williamsburg; the other
ieto the Hudson, and over 70 Hoboken, suppose,
far have never been there, and have very in
accurate idea OF itS situation.
II il high up town. pleasant street rather Of
the demi-m monde order. but very respectable PEG.
ME live in it. can tell you-at least this block OF
il Most Of the houses are tall, stately. Inc BID
dies who look at me lin MY coat of las Mr..
Adduns would say from the one-pane PARALLEL.
Grams which serve as windows 70 the house just
opuosite, have quite the advantage Of poor me IN
tie m I'd sorry front and the mischev0us witches
are DISPOSED to push their advantage TO the ut.
most But have my revenge (say nothing OF
this in the young mstresses Of the Biddies, wnote
windows are bigger and lower-that Is TO say,
would have my revenge, every night OF the world,
If il were not frthese confOunded ailanthus Trees
which not only threaten to stink me out OF the
house but persist in obscuring the perspective
"a n linen and leaves were in league. However,
they afford pretty good shade, and Will over
look their faults-inAhe fall.
I think all the cattle eaten in town 60
through this street and judging from what have
seen / sh uld say that the people OF New 1 ork
eat about eight pounds of sheep meat TO one
pound of beef and no shOat at all, Tor none come
This way; and haze yet TO see the first one on
the table. These cattle cavalcades add greatly
to the envenment OF street, which is not olest
with omnibusses and horse cars, drays, hacks anu
the like.
In lieu Of these vehicles, we have market carts
and wagons in abundance and plentiful supply
of sIi,snsed hunks" whats that A "licensed
inpk" Is what you would call hand.esrt drawn,
or rather pushed by man, who Is Licensed 70
gather up all the odds and ends, rags, bones, re.
fure of the kitchen, etc.-and very faithfully and
eectually does this useful citizen do his business
IL must be a thriving calling, if one may Judge
from the number Of licensed junks which he sees
| In the town. ! think they follow each other
through our street at intervals OF a few minutes
| for several hours.
What tins licensed Junk leaves behind the char
woman is sure 10 get. She has wallet AZ her
back another at her side, and an iron nook IKE
Capt. Cuttle's claw, only larger, IN her hand-I
You ought " see her groyelling in our ash Darrell
no old hen in a wood yard or behind parn was
ever half 80 dexterous in picking up gruos OF
/ gr aims Of wheat as the char.womSn Is, IN nsh-
/ ing up Jumps Of coal, with which she hlls her
wallet, and waddles Cd, grovelling each ssh'bar'
rel as she goes.
Add TO the sheep aud beeVes the market carts,
the licensed junks," with their strings Of COW
bells, aud the ehsT'Womep, the cries Of the Aunr