The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-12-17
Correspondence of the Democrat.
new YORK, Dec. IA, 1867.

One of the incidents of the day in New York is that
ON a recent Sunday, Communion and Baptismal SER
vice was held In Beeehers Church, and, as was an
n0unced the wine was from Palestine and the water
from the River Jordan. 1t looks little like Roman
ISM but who is there in this great City who does not
live fer notoriety of some sort.
An amusing paragraph from the Home Journal in
your paper leads me to some thoughts ON New York
women. 1t is curions the ideas which few weeks
months stay in New York will produce in various
persons. Some conclude that there virtuous
women here. Another concludes, not going quite so
deep the first that there is great deal of viz
tuous poverty and expends his honest charity ON the
first weeping female he sees Well New York Is a
great frog pond and the best way for a to get
along is to believe any one honest until he finds
him That's the way they all think of you. Pro-
badly the woman who has made more money in New
York by her individual effort than any other is
Mad Restell the ahorionist. She lives Oh 5th Avenue
near the Park, in splendid mansion, and is estimated
to be worth at least 100000. This fact speaks
enough s to circles of New York society; and
then, too, might name in addition the 100 first
class designation houses, such are known only to
the fec who can and are willing to pay heavy sums.
But 1t Is so in all large cities and ever will be. The
women's husbands brothers are down town from
early morning to late evening" and their education
has taught them nothing but to dance vicious dances
and read vile French novels. Then thing pallies
on the taste and they must have some excitement,
hence an ever striving after something new and daz
cling There are many men in New York who do not
their wives in three days. and then never by
daylight.
4 day or two ago went to a fashionable wedding
1t great things in that line, if the Archbishop
of New York did marry them; and know that in no
town in North Carolina could there have been
gathered together many ladies and not been more
pretty l really but two who could lay any
great claim to beauty, and you know have an eye
to such things. The dresses were elegant. The
bride light corn-colored satin skirt with lace
overskirt trimmed with white satin The brides
maides two Of them white satin and lace overskirt,
the other paler color than the bride-the last white
satin trimmings the others white satin bordered
with pink the other with purple. The ring
sprinked with holy water before being put the
lady's finger. The Bridegroom looked not less than
so years old, and the bride about 20. So goes the
world. Such marriages frequent nowadays
and money is generally the object: In fact that art
Gle called Lore is rather in this world at this
time. But both parties wealthy in this marriage
so they say if does fail for million next
week. | often think of old proverb: When
young man marries young woman, God makes the
match and the angels ejoice. When young man
marries an old woman man made that match. When
a young woman marries old man, the devil makes
the match and hell resounds with yes of joy. And
well it might, for it generally ends in her running
away with some other man and finally her miserable
death.
But, enough. see your people have let things
alone, and consequently have only themselves to
blame for the States going radical. IF they will
only follow up their doctrine of letting politics alone
by going to work, raising all they want to eat and
but little cotton, then they will be in position
to dictate terms, but never while they stand around
street corners and cnrse the present state of affairs
Then, too. they should raise their manure at home
and not be paying out gold for guano four-ftths of
which is New Jersey sand and New York prvy
fuse. The Southern people are great on talking, and
they fought well when pushed up to it, but they don't
hold out You know that the men who going to
spill the last drop Of their blood spilled the
first and those who would burn their houses rather
than furnish shelter to Yankee, the first to
ask for guard. But let bygoncs be by-gones The
South only get position by living within their
means or plainly selling more than they buy.
l heard a man laughing over Southerners re-
mark to him while he was travelling South. He was
looking at some fields, the rank weeds on which
showed their fertility, when a stability dressed man
with long reed-stemmed clay pipe and greasy
slOuched hat came up with the remark: '.Mister,
that's the best land in this country, if l do it,
and can raise 60 bushels Of corn to the on it,
''Well, why don't you do it." Then followed Il string
about hands wouldn't work, &C., but did not seem to
have idea that he could cultivate at least 90
of it himself if he chose Some think all they have
TO do is to to New York. 1t is to be hoped that
the present cotton crisis will drive the best Of them
back 1t requires more work and more anxiety of
mind and sacrifice of independence to make Il living
in New York than it does in any Southern State
BY the by, your printer puts where | wrote
an o. He's not so much to blame, for my writing
know is slight Improvement chicken scratching,
but Mr. O'Callahan being with me only an imaginary
parsonage may exist i'll reality and be highly Of
Tended and thOug h he may drive junk cart
wash glasses in a back street grocery, l may some
day have TO salute him the Hon. Mr. orc, &c. as
you stand the same chance with Cuffey Sambo
could get the idea out of my head but that there
were white negroes as well as black ones.
Yours, ScIo.