Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-06-07
MIR. AIdersOn's Letter.
New YoRK. May II, 1877.
THE CITY.

NEW 1OKk, May ~, lS1.
the CITY.
New York City must be seen to be com
pretended or appreciated. The metropo-
lis of the United States is but an insgnifi.
cant term to millions who have never seen
III. 1t is necessary TO take a personal sur
yey of lis hundred streets and avcnuea.
it. parks a squares, its thvusard acres
of stone, and brick, and glass, and iron.
as thy are here woven together into
massive structurrs-"Tepecs that reach
up into the clouds"-in the expressive
language of the Sioux indian. 1t is
necessary to see Broadway a. it is daily
crowd d with its unnum bered thousands
of busy, hurrying human eings; to take
a survey of it from fourth story balcony
and see the surging, jostling multitudes
as they press their way up and down the
spacious sidewalks; to see the broad
street from one end 10 tire other literally
alive with a moving fnrest of horses and
wagons, AMI coaches and carriages, of
every conceivable devise and description,
IN order to form anything like correct
idea Of the magnitude of this, the great
est of Amer ican cities. New Workers are
proud of their city, and well they may be.
for there is certainly nothing to compare
with her in all this broad land. 1t may Well
he said, ''There is but one New York iD
America, and but one Broadway in the
world.''
New York never does anything by
halves There is q sort of climax to al
her dOings, whether it be building gigan-
tic structures, forming powerful rings, :"
or rolling up rousing majorities at cleo
tons. If the remainder of the United
States were only included within this
gigantic city corporation, it could and
would elect the President every time by
decisive majorities. This Centennial year
would have read S. T. 1e6OX, or a"y de-
sired multiple of that number.
THE CARNIVAL.
This has been gala Gay in the city-a
grand Gisplay-a parare and suitable fes.
,tivllies in honor of his foreign Majesty
I"Klng Carnival'' The city IS full OF
people: [ presume not less than 150, ,0OO
were packed in Union Square and on the
principal thoroughfares from the Fifth Av
ienue Hotel tothe St. Nicholas to witness
this grand ''fizzle."
PRESIDENT HAYES.
This reminds me that President Hayes
and Secretary Schurz arrived in the city
last evening and are stopping at the Fi1lh
Avenue Hotel, and that, through the
courtesy and kind offices cf good Ne"
York friend, 1, in company with Other
,(distinguish, d, of cour.e.) Montaniars,
had an introduction to His Excellency and
the Honorable Secretary yesterday morn
ing. We found both gentlemen extremely
pleasant and sociable, and ready even tt
rive us. poor isolated hermlts. Kind ane
respe, tful hearing. Unless we are great,
mistaken in our estimate of the man, Mr.
Ha, es is destined to make grand gooe
President. He is evidently sharp, xeen
quick. clear headed, nob'e.hearted gentle
man with large perceptive faculties "ne
intellectual power sufficient for ever.
emergency that may srise during MS 20
m;nistration. Although somewhat PIE
nossessed in his favor before seeing him
7 am free to cay that WAS sgreeaOly d's
amounted when I met him. There
moro intelIect-more irm aud compre'
Ebens,ve force and breadth OF character
Nor. true element of model statesman
shin than Mr.. Hayes has Renes:ps re
ce;ved credit for. And, although there is
and has been, an honest difference o.
oninion in regard to the justice ana ent.It
s.;rress of the decision which placed DIN
in the Presidential chair, many OF p,' op.
..on.rts Are now begjnning 70 feel 'hs'