The New York herald., 1870-07-24

the notorious sportr IA sort or small seat raised on
which is hired by the hour by party OF Germans or
Irish, mechanics with their families out for holi-
day, or provincial folk These may be seen looking
around tnem Win undegnised seli-satsiacton and
tru ph al the spectacle OF the wealth and greatness
OF New ork, IN which they all take sort Of per-
OF iinen duscoats Anterconc3 dusters they feel as
much at home and as fully lords Of the place the
grea est OF the crowd: they Know and they glory in
we hnoWieuge mat IL is all the grow,h OF yesterday;
roughest dsplitter the least successful
miIoI OF them al may claim KIN with President
GrAht eX-tanner, with Lincoln ex-rall-splitter,
wilh Johnson ex-taior; before each OF them lies
distant VISTA OF possible prosperity, Which shall give
with the proudest ana most brilliant Of the throng;
ana this CONSCIOUSNESS with the inevitable reflection
OF how much the scene would tonsh the people OF
the Old Country II they could all be present under.
lies the feeling or independence aud prompts The
characteristic bearing OF the poorest Roman OF them
In the history Of the throng that passes there Is
ample FOOD 70 justify sucn reflection. The TALL gray
halre'i, noble LOOKING man Who dash she9 past, drawn
uy tWo iast trOttcrs which could not be bought for
nve thousand pounds, whose ane grave coun,enance
and intellectual looking head are familiariZed by
hundred Photographs and engravings, and whose
name and story Is O household word Ia America,
began life AZ erryman IN the port or New York.
Rough In speech illerate as few Americans now
are, the nero of score Of great struggles In the
railway world, the controller OF great lines OF road
tie railway sing OF New York and tho architect OF
fortune estimated at ten millions sterng-he is q
inyorte type OF the kind OF success which the average
American has constantly before mis- eyes. Shortly
millionaire OF almost as large ources, originally
cattle drover, now great STOCK OPERATOR and con-
shining lights in the religious world, founder OF
religious seulnaries ana colleges, liberal donor to
much feared by men OF business, a sciinade man,
rarely WIN @ the I tan sae ana Reen Sis
goods" merchant, whose marabe palace towers
above all others on Filth avenue, whose colossal
stores are the pride and boast OF Broadway-one
OF the Few objects Of interest which Prince Arthur
Inspected on his recent visit TO New York
Wgse ,Ss loo netca naense mainly c9ntrlbaed ont
IA his career afford theme which the
New Yorker loves to DWELL Born OF humble Irish
parentage mainly sefeducatel lrst q school
teacher, then small shop Keeper, without friends,
family. fortune or connection to aid him. he has
tude, and accumulated vast fortune, when he is
beginnng to apply TO purposes Of public utility.
He is now employed IN a great enterprise for build
the immediate vicinity OF New York. Which Will
alIord to, TO clerks and others Of epal means
rcnts. Within New York he is rearing an
Immense pile, destined TO afford cheap lodging,
ana adequate protection to the hard worked
and poorly paid Classes OF seamstresses and other
ike female workers. owing everything to New
YORK, aud unblessed with children, 1t is understood
debt to the city by wise and patriotic devotion OF
his wealth 20 the promotion OF the welfare Of It's
New Yorker sees with pride among the s'arlsto-
crats'' TINS newly enriched dry goods merchant,
whose origin was OF the humblest whose wealth Ii
OF today whose influence, politically and socially,
Is paramount he hears with satisiacuon OF Mr.,
stewards marble palace, OF his gallery OF pictures,
or the respect paid to his vie by princes, oi tho
Offers maze to nun Of the highest offices or the state,
or ms humble bcgnnings great achievement aud
noble Objects. l..F'r. .fr0 fgal WI b
rhs Is the type OF ''aristocracyD which New York
abundantly presents. Its Marquis OF Westminster
IS the son OF aJourneyman furrier, who, emgrating
10 the shores or New YORK and acquiring a fortune
III the fur business had The shrewdness ss aud wisdom
20 foresee thai the growth OF New YORK would make
investment III leal estate the most certain OF all
speculations, and so,became the purchaser Of farm
lands and wastes nty years ago at less for the acre
than they now sell by the yard He left the traces OF
MS sense OF Indebtedness to the City by the fOund
tlon ofthe Astor LIBRARY, named after him; ana his
son ana grandsons, olowng rgidly the preoepts aud
example of the founder OF the family, are now the
type Of what IS accepted IN New York the highest
CLASS OF aristocrat. with an Immediate wealth IN
ana which cannot probably be eau:llled by the pos,
sessions OF any other propretors in the world and
WIN sure prospective increase which Outruns cal
culation, the grandsons OF Jacob Astor are as rgdy
atteItye to the management OF their affairs, as
Carefully conslaerate OF all plans for the develop
personally socitous for the Improvement OF the
general aspects OF the city any small householder
suffer from the accumulation OF property in their
hands. They 40 not think themselves privileged
vigorously iuhing the responsibilities OF wealth;
they are heId-working, we'tedUcated, public.
SPIRITED "a upright uno2tenta.ious gentlemen; and SO
wealth unesaocated with education illgotren or
mysteriously amassed-of Triumphant rascalisy well
glded--of shamcess and successful roguery blazing
with osteLtatious 1nery holding court In public
places having It's retinue OF literary beralds, its
train OF judicial abetors, ics crowd Of political
compIces-there are here more striking examples
than can be well conceived by the foreigner,
Station has nothing Of hsreds or axsS aoI
cal office implies discref,t rather than honor, judi
cial onice Is very frequently the by-word or the
marRetplace and the Judges mantle the mere cloak
Of corruption, which II covers without pretending 10
conceal Even in the learned professions the ave-
honorable ard REGULAR caaracter ana the safeguards
for education and character arc only beginning TO
DC satisfactorily and completely organized. Tho
conventional tests belonging to the society OF the
capitals Of Europe do not therefore here. Men
claim their admission INFO socicy not for what they
have been og may be, rom the associations con-
nected with an historic name from the acknowl.
edged culture probity ana public spirit necessarily
attacning ar % political or judicial position or from
TRANSMITTED connection with great names. old FAINT
lies. rnbhc duties and professional pursuits; helr
CLAIM Is 0Y tOday-t regards neither the future nor
the past
Such is the versatility OF The people and go nu-
the country offers that large proportion of the
men one meets have passed through q variety OF
Their Success has brought them 'ae to the SUR
face The successive. metamorpnoses OF sailor,
COTTON sUa oan,er eess ary goods
ner, hquor dealer, stock operator and cotton
broker have been passed through by one Compara-
lively young ana wealthy man. 70 ind soldiers who
were bred az lawyers, leading stockbroNers bred
doctors, sular planters or dry goods merchants: TO
IDd judges who have been sn0emakefS and shoe
makers who have been bred to the law are not un-
common incidents. Hence q visitor falling upon
some OF the many roughcr specimens OF the upper
ten may easily set down the general standard OF
cuitivall0n, refinement or morality as infinitely
lower than II should justly be marked. H. needs to
have adequate means Of correcting his Judgment by
wider subsequent experience nnd to make due al
lowance for the dlssonance OF the clements OF con-
course so frequently renewed under multtudinOus
influences not easily harnonized or regulated.
Amid all the fluctuations and eccentriclties there
is much IN New York soci. Organization to charm,
to attract, to elicit admiration and gratitude The
various merits OF many forms OF national character,
the attractions or many kinds OF national cultivation,
Thought and mode OF pleasure aeeKing there re-
markedly combined. The SdXon carne ,tnese and
energy are evinccd by u, mnlii,ude OF enterprises,
the restless commercial activity which is always
stirring the seriousness ahd so!di!y OF The religious
feeling the family e and the love OF free nstltu.
tiOns. German intellectually brings about more
genuine love of phosOphic and metaphysical In
QirI and general tOle rance The snher iudnsrv the