Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-03-21

IL LaTater, the pnySloSnohl1oV, 0ocou
be brought to life and walk down Broad
wav. the old mans heart would be glad
dened at the verification of his peculiar
knowledge of human nature that would
be found written en- the faces Of the pass
ing crowd. =
I.suppose there is noplace in theworld
where q man seessuch distinctive shades
of nationalities, and expressions as in a
stroll on affair afternoon down Broadway.
Intellect In rags and rascality in broad
cloth; cJuntenances creased with crime
and care eyes alight with the excitement
of traffic in bodies and souls; lips with
their last lie upon them, almost culver
hing eandisi sights and thurman forms
divine" that have become the temples OF
the worst passions and xiDesof fmalikind.
There is beauty enough to make bache-
| lor break his vows, but, robed in the
fashion of the day, you cannottell whether
it belongs to the great harem represented
by thirty thousand houses prostitution,
or to q yirtuous home. There is age,
venerable. aristocratic and adorned with
its silver locks, but, for all you know, 1t
is fresh from the sbattle-felds Of Wall
street. where it has been instrumental in
sending a skeleton into score of house
holds. Then, there are the poor-God
help them The poor sewing-girls i'll
their threadbare garments; the poor old
women who sit in the cold blasts on the
street corners and sell newspapers; the
poor Chinese patiently waiting for some
body to purchase their cheap cigars; the
poor blind people who grind out the sad
dirge of their life on.a hurdy gurdy, and
are grateful for triflc; the poor boys
and girls who brush the mud from'the
street crossings that you may pass over
d,.,- ,bod and ask with Their plc'ioihs'
ewes and pinched faces for Only pen.
nv, please, sir" the omnibus drivers
those Cossacks of city civilization, whose
hand is literally raised against every
man, as they invite him to como i'll o"t
OF the cold, and who sit from morning,
till night on their frigid pedcstals like
so many animated icebergs, never SO
lively as when the atmosphere is ten de-
grees below zero. Where do they all
find an abiding place? That's the ques'
ton. Cheap lodgings and the station
houses, where humanity is packed to-
gether in a filthy mass that taints the All
with corruption, tell one part of the
story. Potters field and the Peniten
tiary tell the rest.
Yet outside of these graver shadows
the picture is still made interesting by
the people you meet. The social and
political Z" lionsn are always visible, and
with true democratic independence you
may elbow your way among celebrities
! who range from prize-fghter to Presi'
dent. Take my arm for a saunter dowl
Broadway and let me point out few
That finely dressed man in front of the
! Sterling House, with the form OF al
Apollo, and figure that looms up heao
above the majority of the cpassing people
is Heenan, the "Benicia Boy" Hi'
broken nose, the relic of a twenty-foul
foot ring, but Slightly disfgurcs modes
countenance, and the unassuming ant
peaceful bearingof the man is in keeping
with the general character which he has
maintained since he abandoned the mus
cular profession. He has thousands o
friends, especial; among the local poll
ticians.
Pcrhans NC shall meet John Morrissey
albeit wl,r;: il, tcwn he holds forth at INT
Hoffman House. Take six feet OF human
stature. paid it solidly with two hundred
and ten or twenty pounds avoirdupois
uive it pair of broad shoulders and hips
a steady undcrl inning, and gait every
motion of which is indicative OF power
crown the whole with massive head
Black hair, keen, dark eyes, an immobl1'
face and mouth, though slightly shadce
by>a nroust,che and beard, and niarret
by another broken nose, and you have
as good pentogrnph as can make o
the famous fighter, M. c. and million
aire.
Speaking of fighting, here comes
man in whom you will be Interested
Buffalo Bill, real ;bordersheroS who fol
the first time has travelled east OF the
Mississippi River. William Cody is his
true NAME but in his wild life among
the frontiersmen, scouting among In
dians and scalping Apaches, he has won
IL souJriquet that has already been made
famous in romance and the drama. Ned
Buntline has cle9erly esdone',A him in'a
live-act play full of thrilling border
scenes that has set the Bowery boys wild
with delight. You will notice that, ap
parently, there is not a spare ounce OF
flesh on his superb frame; that it is knit
together as with hooks of steel, and is
1.-the and elastic. He moves along with
an easy, swinging stride; his feet and
hands are small, but he seems uncom'
Portable out of the moccasins and leather
leggins. He has a young fnce, but what
world. of character is written on IT,
Although the long brown hair sweeping
down ON, the shoulders of the heavy
blanket ovcrcoat may SAVIOR OF bit OF
romance in his composition, a single look
into pair of gray eyes that you cannot
help associating with rifle barrel, dis
pels the notion that thereis any nonsense
about the man-anything but the tense
sharp, highstrung courage of one who
carries his life in his hand, and brains
enough, in the language Of Hawkeye, to
Sarcumyent the pesky redskins" He
returns 1t6 his post in q few days. .p
J YonIdcr goes another character-a
! &, range. COM pound who, for ten wears 5has
4 walked RadaasRaAs1 ppafently he&oflt
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