Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-11
letter from New Work
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazc,t,

usreai journey OF this planet. The citys
population is increased amazingly by the
addition to it daily Ct thousands from All
sections, who come for the purpose OF pur-
chasing winter stocks, while the number Of
Earcpean e1cursionists landed By ,he "a
rious transatlantic steamers is by 10 means
email. Beeides, it il the time Of year when
the temperature is for The most part pleas.
art, when you caa walk nj Iibilum without
being thrown into dripping perspiration
or run the risk Of sunstroke. The tide
from Alexandria to the great metropolis is
pleasant and interesting. passing as you do
through large and small! cities Washing
ton, Baltimore. Wilmington, Philadelphia
and dozen other places: over rivers ard
for soma distance aloGg the banks Of the
Delaware, studded here md there with love
ly villas and neat and tasteful farm houses.
| and through towns and villages until the
train draws up in The depot ct Jersey City,
| from whence ferry boats in few minutes
| lsnd you in the American Babylon with it,
million and quarter of inhabitants Of ali
! na:ionsliiies aud creeds, from the Queued
| gent Of the celestial empire, with his faith
resting upon the logic of Confucius, to the
rawlings Of Insersoll. There they push and
joetls each other through tha narrow streets
| mot much 1ider than Alexaudris aileysl,
totally obivious to everything but the bus
| inesS which calls them TO become parts CT
the ceasele.s tide of humanity which surge;
and winds from sunrise till long after sun.
set through the streets. And the din and
confusion 7rho can describe it? The per-
ennial tide Of every kind Of yahic!e--pcanut
venders with "go-csrts." express wagons.
| carrsgea and street cars ut your side and
; ovsr your head make such din, CHATTER and
roar that after person uaaccustomed to
such scenes and noises hos loft it far behind
; in his imagination he thinks no still hears
/ it oil, and his head for some time after feels
! as though it was in close proximity to Il buzz
! saw or tread mill.
As stated above, the journey to New
York is pleasant one-pleasant to what it
once was, % 1t is 70 longer an all-day trip,
when one bad to keep awake nearly al!
night to get off in time, start ero the light OF
tho stars had been eciipsed by the superior
e1ulgence of old Sol, and then not reach
your destination till after dark but it il
now by the Pennsy lVana route matter Of
| bat brief time, one train making the en-.
tire run OF two hundred and tTcnty-niue
miles Ia the short space Of five hours, the
ltoa horse stopping but once to take breath
during the whole trip. For the benefit OF
tho nervously disposed however, there are
slower trains, some carrying you from tho
capital city to The metropolis in six hours,
while the night trains generally are still
longer in running between the tTo places.
| While speaking Of travelling it may Let BE
regarded sn inopportunc 10 call attention II
the difference between cur day aud that 81
our grear-grandfathers. During the earthly
| pilgrimage Of the latter as much trouble
inconvenience and danger had to be met in
going from city to city as in the days Of Ab
rsham (about 1900 wears ago., or u couple
of!thousand years later, when "a certain
man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho
and fell among thieves" &c. What II
change the world has witnessed Old stage
coaches have long since been looked upon
az mementces Of the past and fit objects for
museums, the colossa! locomotive and ;hc
pa}aes car having tsken their place, oblt
essing tho te6iun OF travelling and in ;ts
stead giving its pleasures. The Pennsyl.
wants company evidently have railrcading
down to fine point, for there ia no
improvement or contrivance for the com.
fors OF passengers which is not in
medlatcly adopted Their depots and
waitinE-rooms are superb, and though
they own and operate together 7,0CO
milss Of track snd employ 20 lO5 men, their
system jig 10 perfect that blunders and acct
dents On its many lines and branches grow
more obso!ete daily. There is no "ter min.
utica 81 Wilmington for refreshments,n as
was the CAGE few years ago, when one hGt!
to seize n sandwich or q couple OF boiled
eggs and run to avoid being left, but tables
arc set IN the cars and you can call for any
thing you want aud take your time in eating
| it.
In returning to New York may be hardened
| for cNpatiating somewhat on tho hugo specimens
| OF marine architecture to be seen here The
steamboats, that Is many Of them are trclncnd0u.
floating palaces, which arc we'll worth inspection
while the various transatlantic steamers arc mar
| Veioas specimens Il tho skill OF man. I vent
aboard tia City of Rome, doubtless the largest
chip Ia the world save the Great Eastern. She Is
10000 horse power, and can accomni odate 900
cabin passengers. The little boy who studied the
bobbing mp and down Of tho tea kettle lid ought
to DO around to see what has grown ont OF his OBJ.
servations. The ahoriGincs, too wlo from Man.
haitian island watched HuGsou'a ships mot mucl,
Of an improvement on Chinese junksj and sup.
posed they we're celestial objects and tic men on
thsm nngels, shonld also DO around and sec what
claftors on and about the place now. TU-da;
NsS Hnat IL known as 'Steamc. Iay, aD0lt one
dozen OF the largest passenger steamships aioa.
including the famous Etrur:a, of the Cunarti line
ha7ins left with large passenger lists
There seems TO be unusually largo number
OF idle men here; whether from choice or ncc,ssi.
ty frow not. They monopolize nearly all tho
seatR in the Battery and City Hall parks. and eat
lunches and re5d newspapers all tue day long
Many females, too somo with their Infants
| lounge sroxnd these retreats most OF their time.
Every ono seens 10 go in for him or herself, aud
| thors are no more conventionalites observed
| than in ssreet cars. Women sit down on the set.
tees by the side Of men they never saw before and
| rcs rcrsG
/ believe AS many women soil palers in the
| streets OF New York rs boys. / saw one of tho
| former with an offspring cinging to her bosom
! and drawing gTeeeiy on the lactcal fluid
| while the mother WAS selling the evening papers.
The everlasting roar Of the myrisds of vehicles
and cars goes on to grca. extent Throughout the
night. You lock your door in the hotel amid il
all aud avsse to have your ears ring with the
same noises throughout the day. T.
| CLUVEE1Us SEETENCED.-T J. Cluverius
waa brought up from the Richmond Jail Sat
urday about o'clock, and taken before