Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-12
Letter from ChaS seur.

NEW YORK, Juco III, 1850 This city could
40 moro exist Wi,htui is iufors than gambler
could do vi htu! Lis game Ct chance, or q
drunAard without lis customary sinulspt.
Ev, rSthpg is conducted so as to psnder to
that love Ct the tgcittm,nt. Tie Average New
Yorker is q restless, rushing being, intent on
gaining money, and, IS strange as it may s,tm.
equally bent on spending it, bls he speeds it
on himself AID don't waste it outside. lie has
GO Time 10 tho scethiUg torrent Of life, as it
rolls rosistllssly aloDe, to Thick he leaves it to
tho newspapers TO co th1t for him,
| and ho locks upon them to 10 sc, i:s:
as Duadseary tx9ccIs lis waist TO Icrn and *
press ideas ljr him ; thay clBnCt start q topic
Tor themselves their conversation always turrs
| towards what they lave read 10 Tie morriag or
| very S.roogT, ind he csnoot account for il.
| Take gloup OF New Workers, SER. apy sub
Itct-3D literature. thc eoGoccs, urs, political
| economy, or What not, and thsy arc dumb as
| CLANS, es muto bs oysters; tue lot tho la'c,t
Juror os !ur9ished by the pres, he men,ioued,
| and taking follows TIA. would di;c>cc ri o
| ady's Tesdlcg s0c!aIy. ln all The. Vast lbrong
that 81 cess down Broadway ,hcrc is probably
DOT enc man 10 thousand who ever stops lorg
| enough to thlEk fer hlDsrl, or who doh I
tlndly follow Ia politics tho tcGohings OF his
| chcScG newspaper That cc19unts for the fl cl
that grcGt cities rarely change their vote. The
| tidal Wayo oCme5 always rem the rural regions.
The energy ard entCrEiS. Of New York is
| something wonderful to behold. At c""';sr in
ho m"ro!ng tho t1"r trrai calllcs-thc Ilibuuc,
l:.craId. Times, atd Suo-aro issued. aud gro
read over tho sr,iSauS aud trad !sman's break
fast OF lac &C ock 10 tho morning, as we'll as
tho rich mat . meal. Some four or Eve hours
later, in the middle Of the dic, pcDuy lapcrs,
conlsiuiog tolcgraphio n, VS., are served up. AT
four D. N. the E7euing Express aud Mail are 10
the hands CT the uewsboys, who fly Ike tho Niud
through tho strects. At five tho Commercial
Advertiser is sold damp r:om tho press At
halt past five Tho T;l1gram closer, with a news
from homo an abroad. within halt On hour
Of its delivery. At elcvon y. ~, a1othcr cGi.on
If tho Telegram tells tho people tvtryhiug
that is worth kto~ipg CT som, great absorbing
question.
The Chic,t convention las made lis uomi
nation. Nlao.uicy tells us that tic average
duration Of eny party's domination is nbou! fiji
teen years. They begin 10 lJso their vitality Of
that age, and tho leaders QnarrI amoog them,
selves when that c,mcs. Even such a party IS
the Jsc!biDs, bound together by the rong IL S
OF common ,iIcriGg, and c!mentcd by kuow
odIe that division meant ruin yAt even that
great tliunvrato erasped each Other = threats
| and fell victims to their eva rmbitior. The
dcepaticg struggles of tho coutcpdiug Titaus
reveal tho rottennes3 Of the r,pub;i,an party
and gives assurance 10 tho democrats OF az
ovesH halning DRY 10 thu fall. Tho soycr.
cigu people WILL turn With disgust from tho dis
graceful ,cranbes aud to5ocs 10 Chicago to the
calm Craftsmanship Of Cincinnati, to wait for
tho nomination CT patriot worthy of their sup
port, and they will support him with n u,a
ninity never eurp; s'ei 10 this c,untIy b.iors.
They will say TO the republican nominee es
Shyock said to Bss,abio. only little altered
"Siguor, will luy with you, sill with you,
talk with you. ind SO following, but will not
voto With you." 1t was Horatio s ynout who
uttered thsse prophetic ucrds 10 speech at
Utica last fall THAT while the troubles Of The
demt cats wcro IN the su1fac, aud c,uld ors ly
| DO reached and kealc!, tho i,alouscs nod
| haired Of the republicans were at work s, far
beneath tho sarl.co that no remedies cool
touch them, and then they must scetho and
burn until they lad 6iNupted md overthrown
the orRau'zI'iOn.' His pre- diction is verified :;
the hatred Of tho great leaders Of the radical
party toward each Other is hlrccr. deeper, moro
bitter than it even is against the dcmoc:a .s.
proper nomination will tWcap tho c,uulry
liks wbirl8iod.
1t is fare study as well as luxury to sit at
case 10 large clfo like the Hotel Brunswick,
ard as you wait for tho brioli1g of your breuk.
! fast, to llnger over tho mcrniog narer,
and watch the vari us people who drop in IND
| lako seats all around. There is within short
| radius enough lynrs OF mankind to GcIisbt
other Dickens or Ou:da. Mr.. Swivrl!cr enters
| airly 10. II s debts paid, and rcsrl,udcnt in O
new sui. bauaht aod paid f,r, and, you may
bo su;o, he drinks lis wso as if he was brcusht
~ upon il instead CT his moihct's milk. Mr..
Timothy Titmcusr. just fallen hcis 20 q lsi go
| i0rtuue, slfs himself before tho WATERS and
| Grlul $ champagne for cfftc, when he know $ il
| will mako him sick The r,st Of the coy The
| ID 10 about town orders lis breakfast and cats
arm reads his llerall with lay norchal not
| CT ymont that is caifying 10 behold. Acd
| :htn c)mcs III tho d,l cltc. puny Society man,
who hiss lived lii lilo uGtl bis manhood ectm,
gono, dressed 10 elaborate style. With the cevi
tab'o cYo glass hair parted 10 the middle and
heavy gold c'iau OF his vCs; he looks n c,ca-
tuto oil lnpotCLCy and vapiinesS. Ills break
last usually ccusi,ts OF 40 oraoee,a glass Of wine
q pleco Of toss. HLd q cIp Of tea, cid he is 81
Isrguid that 1t really seems rs ii he txhansIs
his energies 10 the, to him, vioest cxerc:s, If
cltirg hii IDEALS. OSo capnct help thiokiry
Tat spoon apd nulso would BOT DO ont nj
plson. What fiat headed narrow sAouIdcr.S
thn armed. spare llsokcd lls:reless eyed theSn
New York swels tire The same kind that
the gallant Hotspur on tho hard WOO fl I'D Ct
battl, treated with such coatunily, even tEouph
they came as ambassadors from his kiag, smell
ing, ho said. oil c.Vet aud sscet perfumes, and
faintiug if c)rpSc c,ue between the wind and
their nobility. From what have soon OF the
rich men d sons Of New York ! Thick them
about as degenerate specimens 1f manhood rs
clu'd we'll exist, and after brief witt hero |
alWs! 8 20 back 10 Virginia nero i, lovo with
her mcu, her c1stone, her traditions aud her
glorious wonanhood than ever.
10 thinking Oh this sui c., did it tv.r s!riko
sou that 1t It is true person il known By the
company he keeps, hii character can bo told as
we'll by what food he cats. A man that lives
wlue and olives, loves naturally tho fair s:x,
Ooo that takes to slid. beef and bacon i, a
strong ptySicll being hnk mn ubo J,.L,