The New York herald., 1871-12-02
New York Inc Tcst Go- Ahead gIty of the
Age-Aa English Opilioa--.iicxis' Receg-

From the London Telegraph. Novembcr is.l
Tue worid-so an tnpaftnliy international YER
10 wnicn should Inc palm for astonishing qualities
DO awardedT hssuteiiy not 10 Lonaon. We
hundred years the capital has never known
Inc presence OF an invader, and our last
great plague, with our last great IRE, happened
present size bY a steady process OF accreton, and
the periodical returns of the Registrar Geaeial are
only examples IN point OF tue familiar compound
interest probenl IN the cartier RACES OF Cocher's
Arithmetic. Rome is IN many resuects 4 moro won
derlul city than London since considering how often
IL has been taken by Storm aud sacAei IL must be
held Welt nigh mi acuious mat one stone of the city
should yet remain on another. PeK,u Is more
marvellous metropolis. Nobody can ten when II
was built; every gazetteer differs as TO tile amount
OF MS reputation. aud, although we have
in the cagitai Of Chlua, we Know
rather less Of ts internal condition. than
lie "lettres Edliiantcs ct Cureu-es." After all,
mag not New York be called the most astounding
negative; we may be reminded OF san Francisco ana
ol Chicago; but the rd son dtr. oil both these young
giants was iraceabie 10 Il directly provocative
source-eold IN the FIRST case grain IN The second;
wnile comparatively speaking, the gtowtl of ca
c,nnati. OF sacramento, and Of dozens 1nore cities
between OHIO California; has been as surprising
as that oi the pride Of the Pacific ami oi Lake
Michigan. Bul why should New York nave become
the Emplre City or the States2 It's SITUATION s not
ton ~ nearer TO EGropo. sew York ct) itsc, or he
Island OF Manhattan, lis narrow tongue oil lanh,
New Jersey are yet very Imperfect. Wny should
Loston and Portland remain almost entirely Anglo
saxon Whiie NeW ORD has become thoroughly
cosmop0iiran, and MAY We with DuDia or
Cork ana with Hamburg or Berlin N the
numerical strength OF Is Irish and German
least wonderful thing about Inc city. 1he really
surprising feature OF New tork IS It's imperial
character IL Is not The cdpal oi tue gEiou. IL -
not even the notwithstanding centre o! the republic
It is the seat of no egisatvc body IL can scarcely
boast Oi one splendid puDlic building; YET for
le.
tor elegance ana refinement II may rank ad always
equal, anu in many respects as supesior
to The ancient and the most famous
capta5 OF Europe. cursory glance as
the preparations maoe to receive ihe
Grand DuSe Alexis Of hlssia VIII give some idea VI
tue tniliss wnicn New York Is achieving every day.
A whole wing In itself u houSc-0 the Clarendon
Hctc has been engaged for tue use OF hl5 imperial
HghnesS and sltc. We read ot sntnptu0ui s,iies OF
apartments fitted with Tie rlcnest carpets, marble
mal.cpleccs surmOgDtct by costly porcciaia anu
bronzes cabines OF elauorate make ami rare finish,
chairs carved and glit ana coverca wttn Gooeiin
tapestry, monster mirrors apI dau.a5A oraueIleS;
oil bedroom naving. blue velvet carpet, {. walnut
wood couch and covcrlet OF pale blue SATIN,
trimmed with richly wrourh: lace; while ad,oin-
upon All exquisite conservatory, lul oil shrubs
and flowers. IL Is not thus that we English treat
Grand Dukes--nay, crowned heads-w they
come To VISIT us. We send taen 10 an i1n;
years. estimates OF tac New orxcrs who will
rasn to'welcome the E.usrloas stranger the great
mal1ttLSAwili nnt perhaps caro- ave cents eiLler
about me 6ra;ld Duke Alexis or ms kiasmal the
Czsr OF al the Russians. they would feast Inc Em
peror uf CHINA or the Pore quite samrtuousy.
They viii be si,naly desrous 10 10 a "oig tangs m
the wav o. hospitality ani To SHOW that New York Is
the most go-ahedi city OF the age.