Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-01-11
Eew York and its Celebrities
BRYANT, FORREST, aREELnY, STEWART, BEs
NArP. AND YAMnERnIIr

NHff, AND VANDERBILT.
The New York correspondent of the "Cin-
onnat Enquirer" writes thus of Broadway
and solno Of the New York notablos:
1t is high tide in Broadway, in these bright
November days. The whole American and
much Of tho European world ecoms streaming
through the great thoroughfare. The No
vembor sunshine falls on che gilded shops, the
chaotic crowd, tho brilliant equipages, the
numbering stages, tho heavy trucks, the fair
women in splendid toilets, tho. spruoely At.
tired mon, daiatily glovcd and psrfumed,
humming an opera air, and struggling through
the throng to Exchange place or Hanover
square.
its soft glory oomos to sll alike to Stew
arts dry goods palaces, and tho bcggar resting
beneath their shade to the roofs Of the Re-
form Sociotios and that tomple Of fthievos, the
City Hall to the elaborate French chateau
windows of tho +" lIorald " and til. brown
spire of old St. paups; to the grin, granite
front Of the historic Astor, and the latest ar
ohitectural deformity, the Leow Bridge.
SO 1T descsnds upon the radiant belle whose
life is an odor of self -adulaton, aud the wretch
ed parish whose haggard olloek and hollow
eye mirror her despair. So upon the pretty
aowor girl and the brutal rowdy who elbows
his way to Houston street, and taints tho air
with his poisoned breath
THE HUMAN MAELsTnoM
Heroes and celebrities are swallowed ur in
Broadway, lost sight of in the undistiuguished
mass. Whales become minnows thore, and
lions from the country roar gently as sucking
lambs No ono cures for your badges Or lau.
rels or titles in that whisl of humanity. The
best known men in tho ReplblM are never
regarded or looked at Any pedestrian will
crowd them into the guttor and Garman will
run them down. We eau 500 wiWh We please
if wo walk there. But VIC must gis,ow the .fa.
NOUS people intimately or We shaa' not bxabie
to recognize thom. In chat troul led sea they
make no wave above their fellows
TIE pOET.
This tAl, lyshe, wiry, pntriarchal-louking
man, with locks and beard like tho driven
snow, yet quick and elastic in his movement
as youth of twenty, is William Cullen Bry-
ant. lie has Just returned from Europe and
is on his way to the Evening Post Office from
Long Island home lie has been working on
poem for the Atlantic, and his weeks of toll
haYo failed ~ satisfy him. Suoh work with
him is almost agony and d. not wonder he
writes 80 little when every iambic is the pro-
duet Of labor in excess. Not one of the thous
ands he passes is conscious who he is aud vet
the name Of Bryant ia a household word. .
THE TRAGvptAN
stridins heavily AMI pompously in the d.
rection Of Rroomc-strcct, with tho traces of
disease in his giant frame, his brow massive
and moody, his chin like prize lighters, q
curl of scorn aud bitterness about his lips, il
Edwin Forrest, tho great American tragedian.
lie ls on his way to rehearsal at the Broadway.
sheatro and he PAGES the sidewalk as if It
were tho Roman forum, aad he Vireiniua
pleading for his daughter before tho licentious
Appiu,.
! THE JOURNALISM.
Bent forward, with shufling gait, hat on
tho back Of his head, his thin, light locks
stragg' g about his ears, his linen spotloss,
but aw his pantaloons too short, his boots
large and fiat, stumbles Horace Greeley, the
best known man in America. His coat is full
Of papc.s that present their printed margins
to the air. His eye is turned inward, seeing
some Of many who bow and say, "Good morn.
ling, Mr.. Greeley" Unconscious abstracted
full Of ideas, aud resolved on endless work, no
pluuges below Chambors.street, across the
City Hall Park, toward tho "Tribune" Office.
tho chief sod Of his idolatry. tIo glanccs at
the clock in tho cupola as he goes by, quick
ems his step, and disappears in spruce-stroet
| THE MILLIONAIRE
Not far behind Greeley, in Broadway, was
a gray haired, rather slender, mcwhat stoop
ing figure, giving tho impression Of constant
anxiety and labor. That thin, firm, compact
face might represent moro than sixty years
and yet the gait and evident vigor Of the man
would not Indicate more than fifty. Work is
passion with him, and rest stagnation.-
Thirty years ago ho sold auction. boiugh. lacsocs.
in a little shop in Reade-street.7. Now he is
worth forty millions, and ia the richest mansin
the United States. fle enters Ills wholesale
establishment, at tho corner Of sghannbers.
street, Thore is no sign oyar the, door or on
tho building anywhore but eyervbatIy J. knsao,s.s. i.