The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-06-03
Cor. Ofst. LOuLs Democrat.

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Cor, ofst, Louis Democrat. ....
m.aa New York, May 27, 1871.
New York Is unquestiOnably, If not 9Th
future great city OF the world" at leas
the present great city Of Amerita. Grea
In extent, population, wealth, commerce
glitter, vice-in all that makes up u grea
metropolis.
Here are the same crowded thorough
iares and the same appearance Of CONNER
cial greatness as of old; but there is besid
ample indication o! universal luxury ant
extravaganCe. Prancihg horses, liYeriGt
fOotmen, dashing equipages crowd tlt
avenues and parks. Stately piles OF mar
bic line Broadway for miles. Palatia
residences, furnished and embellisled Ii
the most superb and costly style, fill long
splendid avenues. Gay crowds Of you'll
and fashion thrOng the streets. No Ordi
nary business can sustain tho fabulous
rents Of Broadway; the revenue ofa prince
Is needed to supply the eXtravagant want!
ota New York family with any fashiona
BILE pretensiOns,
Scores of cooks IN New York receive
larger salaries than the Governor of Mis-
souri,. Men roll down Broadwayto their
offices in costly carriages, with liveriet
drivers old men and young, not few
but many. Ten years ago everybody
walked down town; now II seems fashior
has invaded the counting room and office
SO extended Is this spirit of extravagan
display that II Is not confined to thC
wealthy alone; the habits and style o.
one class arc Initiated by the next, ant
men who frequent fashionable circles
with moderate incomes, are called upor
to exercise surprising ingenuity, Fash
ionable coupes, with drivers in livery
surround the Brevoort House, and othel
exclusive localities, and the young ant
old snobs, at o cost Of $40 per week, ridC
down Broadway to their offices, and bacl
again at night in equal grandeur
with the 1labObs Of the metropolis. Dres
suits and superb jewelry are hired fol
balls and parties by the night. Dinner
dishes, attendants, and guests are sup
piled by contract. Young men and snob'
Of mature years, who move about Ii
hultless attire lnd preserve exterior o
fashionable requirement, Rt night entel
the doors of fashionable boarding houses
climb to the attics and repose on straw
beds In curiously constructed pens.
The contrast between New York to-day
and New York ten years ago, in every dc
scription Of extravaganza and luxury, Il
marvellous; and sensible men with mo,ler
ate incomes fly In dlsmay from the mod
ern Babylon to the simplicity andsecurit,
Of the surrounding country.
But the poverty and crime Of New Yorl
Is the same Five Points and other local
tiles, which the congregated poverty, viCt
and crime had made notorious, have giveI
way before the march of improvement
and broad streets and business house
have supplanted vile, dark alleys and thu
rickety, gloomy novels at these points
But their late occupants have only chang
cd their quarters, and block after block
for miles and miles, In narrow, sitting
filthy streets, stand the tall, unsightly ten
ement houses or the smaller and still mort
squalid hovel OF the poor. Among thest
lurk the murderers and thieves; here darh
deeds are meditated; here vice and crimt
has It's school, here Is the vilest and mos
abandoned population on the continent
Men and women 30 hideons In form ant
feature that they hardly seem TO bear tht
image Of humanity. II Is an element ai
vile and as dangerous as that which hal
Just reduced Paris to ashes. And owe
this smouldering volcano the great city
sleeps.
New York Is filled with troops; citi
zen soldiery nearly as large as the regula
army Ofthe United States, as carefully
organized and equipped as the garrison
of an European capital. Not n day
passes but n brigade or more parade thl
streets. One day German brigade ap
pears, with the spiked Prussian helmet
the cavalry in the garb of the nhlan ant
the gaudy trappings Of the hussar; tht
next day comes veteran brigade, In th,
uniform Of the regular army, every mar
and officer Of which has seen actual ser
vice.
Another day, along Broadway, the tai
martial forms, clad In gray and white
march with steady ranks from curb stont
TO curb stone and the hurrying' Grove
stop and gaze with adniring glances, I
burst Of applause runs along Broadway
and you know that the Seventh regiment
the pet and pride of New York, Is beIorI
you. Yesterday Jim Fisk's Uhg Ninth
paraded, preceded by splendid band
The famous colonel, admiral and king o
Erie Is rather good.looking man
pOrtly, florid complexion, llght.browr
hair, and well waxed brown nous
taClle. lie has n fine regiment, ant
they fare well-Jlm pays for everything
| gives them superb banquets and take
them TO Long Branch and elsewhereinthl
summer, at hisow cost. 1t Is a matte
0fsurprise to n stranger 10 see the degree
of respect which Is paid 10 these holiday
troops. In these crowded streets, which
hardly suffice for the ordinary traffic o
the city, these troops have the right o
way, and block after block along The
whole line Of march the police clear The
streets from sidewalk 10 sidewalk, and
trade llalts while the pageant passes. Il
seems strange that the commerce Of agrea
city should he interrupted for holiday
parade But II does not seem strange L
the municipal authorities, nor to Astor
nor Stewart, nor TO the milliOnaires, mol
TO the quiet families Of New York. Thest
holiday parades govern New York
These cleaning bayonets and glitterinl
uniforms preserve New York from tht
scenes Of 1868. They protect lie from
the assassin, property from the robber
and the city IRON the torches of d lawlesi
mob BY their aid alone are the laws en-
forced and respected. The law abiding
citizens know II; and so commerce halt
and the citizens applaud.
LARGE BAss-On last Tuesday morn
in0 MastaH Tannnb Nati caught A baAj