, 1872-11-02


city: The cabnen at tho usual stand we're con-
spicuous BY their absence. a few we're standing
around; but their horses would have been glad il
they had been placed in their little beds.
Around Madison square and in tho vicinity Of
the Fifth Avenue Hotel and the Hoffman House
the politicians had great difficulty in getting
CAB to take them no on % their errands Of intrigue,
and ut Thirty-fourth street the lookout was very
dismal for man md beast Here and there
etage or a 1ray crawling along the driver dis
heartened and the horses dying by inches:
Where are now the agents of the philanthropical
philozooist Bergh, and where are his efficient
mouchards? They are like the cabmen, con-
spieuous b7 their absence it would seem.
Broadway is like deserted street, and if some-
thing OF remedial nature does not soon
the marble piles Of Broadway may become ten
autlegs. ike the palaces of Tyre and Sidon.
Down town in tie narrow streets bordering on
the rivers brinL the scene is most appalling.
Walking from the South ferry, which has almost
a Deserted annearanca round South street by
that albow If t1a East River. known as Coenties
ain and nn ga far 40 Pika street. the change
-1,otceahla Is the traffic VAS wonderful to behold
There Were not even horses to load aud unload
cargoes from the vessels to, the dock, or from
fha dock to The yessels.
The 1arge niles Of merchandise that are usu-
a]jv tn he saen m the sidewalks, and which
block them m and impede pedestrianism, we're
MT visible to anv one that had ewes. The little
narrow ~ courts leading off South street, which
corners. and the docks themselves were blank
and dismal n conversation with many down.
town merchants our reporter ascer1aneu3 leS3 enas
business had come to pef1ect stahostm' aGu
that it MAS impossible to get truch1nen, as tnIi1
horses we're either sick Or dying, ana those WIZ WIZ
ol aosn ~ eenn an33eca refnsed to imperil their
~1ey saSo+ rn1oee s31cf large comnensation was
6a1t,. ,ero6fs m rrnas amonnt to merely
nono;na, fio11re one flour merchant told the
ra,,a.4a, tIt 10 bed an order tn send 5000 bar
refs ~ 1o1,r sonth Int that q trucknan demand
~ e1s had ~ thirty barre1s. and SUGAR man
tolS I'm that ona al his men made an attempt
" to'n H fonr .h[ hoeseas nf sugar On truck, and
ttat r. 40 ~ +bs horses stargered and fell. and
I;a5 -, t1,e trocao bafora 1,a conId be removed.
f.n,.;,,er - hTol-en h;s heart with oyerwork at
a. owar end # wall street.. where
t1oro :. ,,anal1v a vary huay scene and
-1hora 1,nn5reda ~ thousands of dollars worth
~ "tonu 9sarchand;sa from an anchor to q thou
oa,d ho1ea NJ cotton, ara sold bv auction in q
Few moments. trade has nearly closed altogether.
and tha husy traders are nearly at their wits end
n4 aa - het }hav are to o. Oxen from the coun-
~ a. ~ 80 a1raoIT harnninp tn nDnear IN down town
ate a-,d sarara1 ~ 3bese herv and healthy
a-a ~ ha aaen Yesterday yoked togeth-
~ ,,a <,raat 1oads 1ahorfnr Ike eisnts
n I anu ola"tas IL sa nnn1d End amnlov
an4 10 ,s ~ noaSt if soe large stockraser
e,.1 ~ ttn sard +s,a ;nto the citv and sal
tb.nn aven at n1ysnced prices. The epizoot make
al roank;n5 aT;n + ia avident.
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bosfoS'
From the Boston 4drert1Ser, Oct ~,
Inc employees OF cofporations soi1lteeIeu Iaa ~
good force to help onward the wheels OF trade,
and the number OF vehicles far outnumbered the
animals usually seen in the shafts, and some
very humorous scenes we're Witnessed IN the
earlier portion Of the day. Gilmores band &C.
companied Bael Hackett's wagon, which was
manned By volunteers, IN its route to one OF the
depots after freight; the Metropohtan band
preceded three of Mason LAG d Aamlm,s teams
drawn by some 200 OF the employees,
on the way to East Boston, where the loads
OF cabinet organs were shipped on the English
steamersj wagon containing tWo drummer :. Wanss
ington Market-What We Know About E1press-
n passed through the streets in the
frocks; the team of Bliss, Whiting d Co., OF
Franklin street vas drawn BY twelve 20 q the en-
for the West Thewagon WIS in charge Of hr.
Frank z. Lauriat. On the tailboarl was q large