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'.ST The Bible House . . ..•";";. 77 Steamship "Constitution" , . ,^ , , .115 United States Lunch Rooms] 123 0) WHY IT WAS WRITTEN. J _ — . < ♦ ■« 1 will introduce myself. Header, my name is John Wetherbt. I was born in Greenwich Street, near the Battery. At that , period Greenwich was a far different street to what it is now. ' Then, many of our leading merchants had their residences there'. However, we have not to do with Greenwich Street, beyond the fact that I was born there. Neither would I have mentioned that, if I had not wanted to show that I am a native of New York City, and to the man- ner born. I have grown with its growth, and there is not a nook or corner on the whole Island of Manhattan that I am not familiar with. I am now a hale, hearty old man of But no ! There are some secrets a man kpeps locked up within his breast. Suffice it that I am a tolerably old man, and have never been absent from the city more than a month at a time since my birth. Walking is my delight. Often, stick in hand, do I start out of a morning, and roam about the whole long day, viewing the various pkces of interest, and noting down in my memory any curious or quaint story. I have said walking is my delight. So also is it my pride. I am proud that I can still out- walk many a younger man. A nephew of mine, who was brought up in an Eastern city, once pa'id me a visit, but I walked him off his legs in no time. On the second day he protested against so much walking, and actually wanted to hire a carriage. I sternly declined such a conveyance. I told him that Nature had given us legs to use, and we ought to use them— not keep them cooped up imder the seat of a carriage. It was no use talking to him ; so I let him have his own way, but positively refused .to accompany him. Subsequently 8 ARUlVAL OF JONATHAN GRtGGS. he regretted this, for, without a guide, he left the city very little wiser than he came. This, it must be confessed, set me thinkii\g ; and I thought of the m.any strangers that visited New York and departed in the same condition as my nephew. " Why not/' I pondered, " write a Guide of the goodly City of New York ? " The idea grew^ strong upon me. So I determined upon writing one that would be equally useful to the resident or the tran- eient visitor, whether viewed while riding or afoot. It was evening. I had just partaken of my supper, and en- sconced myself in my easy chair to read the evening papers, when I heard a carriage drive rapidly up to my door. "That can be nobody for me," I muttered. But that asser- tion was seemingly contradicted by the door-bell being violently rung. " Who can it possibly be ? I expect nobody. Some one has mistaken the house. " So I turned once more to my news- paper. In a few minutes my hired girl entered the. room, and told me a gentleman was down stairs in the parlor who wished to Bee me. "■ A gentleman ! That can't be," I said, somewhat foolishly it must be owned. " Yes, sir, it can," she replied ; "he said he wanted to see Mr. John Wetherby, and that's your name." "Well, well, tell him I'll be down directly,'' and I com- menced putting on my coat and boots, for when interrupted I was taking mine ease in dressing-gown and slippers. On entering the parlor I discovered that my visitor was my old friend Jonathan Griggs, whom I had not seen for years. " Why, Jonathan ! " I exclaimed. " Why, John ! " he ejaculated. And we seized one another's hands and shook j;hem BO warmly that it would have done you good to have seen it. " When did you arrive ? " I asked, as soon as I had recovered sufficient breath to put the questicJn, for the hand shaking had WHO JONATHAN GRIGGS !S. 9 been so hearty that it partook somewhat of violent exer- cise. '' Only just now. As soon as I got off the cars, I called a carriage and drove to your hoUvSe." " That's right. If you hadn't done so, I would never have forgiven you. You stay with me, of course ? " " If you have any place to put me." " Any place to put you ! Jonathan, you shall have the best room in the house. A room, did I say ? While you are here, the whole house is yours, and at your disposal.'' ** The same impetuous John Wetherby as of old," said Jona- than, smiling. '' I shan't want the whole house, John, but I will accept a room in it." " Then the affair is Fettled. Where is your baggage ? We must send for it at once." " It was on the carriage at the door, but, by the bumps I heard in the hall just now, I imagine the hackman guessed I was going to stay here, and has deposited it there already." This supposition was soon verified by Mary entering the room and stating that the coachman wanted his fare. After Jonathan had been shown to his room, and he had cleansed himself of the dust and grit of travel, we sat down to spend a comfortable evening and talk over old times. Dear me .' I have been so busy receiving Jonathan Griggs that I have almost forgotten to introduce him. It is an over- sight almost unpardonable, but I will now strive to make amends. Jonathan is now a large farmer out West, owns ever so many thousand acres, and is one of the largest corn and cattle raisers in the whole State of Illinois. He went out there when he was quite a young man— proper- ly speaking, he was only a boy— and by his energy and indus- try made himself what he is. That is now over thirty years ago, and this was his first visit to New York since his departure. Consequently, he was as much a stranger in the city as though he had never been in it. " We sat long into the night, and it was with a feeling of re- 10 THE START. luctance we parted to take the rest we Both needed—but Jona- than more than I, as he had been traveling. In the morning, after we had partaken of breakfast, to which we did ample justice, 1 asked my friend Griggs how long he intended to remain in New York. I '' A week. Then I have to visit some friends down East.'' " Only a week ! Why, you can't see New York in a week." " That's all the time lean spare ; so I must make the best of that. I place myself under your guidance, and you must show me as many of the sights as possible in that time." " Can you walk ? " was my only reply to this. ** My dear John, what a question ! I am as robust and as healthy as ever, and you know in my younger days I was no mean pedestrian." "That's sufficient. Come, let us be off at once ; " so, taking our hats and sticks, we sallied out, arm-in-arm, to view the sights and see the lions of New York. (11) WALK THE FIRST. BROADWAY. "This," said I, as the stage deposited us at the extreme end of Broadway, ** is the Battery." " Indeed," replied Griggs, who was all eyes and ears ; " but where are the cannons ? *' " Cannons," I exclaimed ; " this is not a battery proper, but only bears that name. Tbat round building on the edge of the water is called Castle Garden." " I have heard of that before. When Jenny Lind came to this country, she made her first appearance there;" and Griggs was delighted at his knowledge. " True,'' I replied ; " it was one time a fortification, but now it is devoted to more peaceful pursuits, being used as an emi- grant depot.'' ** Is that where all the emigrants land ? " ''Yes, every one of them. It is an excellent institution, and saves many a poor person from being robbed of all they possess in the world." ♦*How?" *' In former times the emigrant, as soon as the ship touched the dock, was dumped out upon the pier like so much mer- chandise, and made to shift for himself the best way he could. Sharpers were on the watch for him ; he was robbed and cheat- ed in every direction ; and in a few hours he had not a cent left to bless himself with." " Poor fellow ! How terrible it must be. In a strange country ; no friends ; no home ; and robbed of your all ! '' *' That is altered now. As soon as the emigrant arrives here, he is at once taken in charge by the Commissioners of Emi- gration, who watch over and care for him as though his inte- rests were their own. If the emigrant wishes to go East, West, Kortb, or SouUi, his r^road ticket is procured for him, and he 12 THE B0WL'ir«6 GREEN. is started toward his destination without the expenditure of ail unnecessary cent." " And what do the Comifiissicners of Emigration charge for their trouhle ? ' ' *' Kothiug. The people of the Empire State pay for the pro- tection of the poor emigrant, and it is their pride to do so." "A most excellent institution.'' " It is indeed. Many a poor foreigner has had reason to eay the same.'' " What is that little inclosure ? ' ' "That is the Bowling Green.'' " Do they play bowls there ? " asked my friend Griggs^ "No, not now ; but before the Revolution it was used as Buch." "There is a fountain there," said Griggs, delighted as a child at the jet of water that was spirting up. ' 'Yes ; and where that fountain now stands was once a leaden statue of George III., which, at the commencement of the Revolution, was torn down and moulded into bullets." " How interesting ! What a number of omnibuses ! Gra- cious, they seem endless. It appears to me that everybody must ilde in New York, or else they would never want such a number of stages.'' " Some people walk," I replied, laughing, " as you will see before we finish our peregrinations.'' ** How many omnibuses are there, do you know ? " "Yes, I do. There are nearly seven hundred stages that go up and down Broadway daily. Each one. on an average, makes ten trips per diem. A trip is the journey down and up again. This makes it equal to the employment of seven thousand stages daily for the use of our citizens. " " Dear cae ! And do they all pay ? '' " Indeed, do they. Besides these, there are several car lines, all of which are more or less crowded, and which I will tell you about in course of time.'' '' What church is this ? " " The Church of Trinity. It is the oldest church on Broad- way. That street opposite is Wall Street. In it are the Ous- TftlNItr CHtRCH. 13 torn House and the Treasury building, which we will visit one rjl these days.'' " Can we enter this church ? ' ' "Certainly. Every visitor to ITew York should do the same ; ascend the steeple, and there view the city which lies stretched out like a map at his feet." Our ascent of the steeple was a work of some little difficulty, for both Griggs and myself are no^^ so young as we once were ; and though we can hold our own with many a younger man upon level ground, stairs and ladders have a tendency to make us breathe somewhat hurriedly. But our exertions were amply repaid by the beautiful sight that met our gaze, as we looked out from our giddy height upon the world below. Beneath us lay the city, which now appeared in all its vastness and power. No one who has not viewed the Metropolis of the "Western World from an elevated position can form an adequate idea of its greatness. "As we look beneath us," said I to Jonathan, "and see the busy throng hurrying to and fro, hither and thither, each bent on his own particular business and the accumulation of wealth, and then cast our eyes upon the stores and warehouses, many of them filled to depletion with the products of every nation upon the face of the earth, brought hither by those very ships we now see fringing the shore, we can scarcely be- lieve that a little over 230 years ago the whole of this island was purchased of the Indians for a sum equivalent to twenty- four dollars. Yet so it was.'' *' No ! Is that so ? A mighty good speculation. " "And now its estimated value is between seven and eight hundred millions.'' Jonathan could only gape at me open-mouthed with aston- ishment. " In this city over two bundled miles of paved streets have already 'been surveyed and laid, leaving room for over one hundred more streets not yet projected. ' ' "How large is the city ? '' queried Jonathan. " From the Battery to Harlem Bridge is eight and a half iniles ; the are^, twenty-three square miles." 14 THE CHIMES OF TRINITY. " A wonderful city, truly." " Wonderful, indeed. Destined at no late day to be ttie foremost city in the world — though, perhaps, not rich in his- torical association and buildings, rich in energy, tact, and com- mercial enterprise that will soon place it beyond the reach of foreign rivalry.'' Jonathan made a motion as if to speak, but, apparently seeming to think better of it, he refrained ; so I continued : " On the right, Jonathan, if you will look through this little window, you can see our justly celebrated and beautiful Bay, dotted with the ve.«:sels of every clime. Beyond that are the Narrows ; and, stretching far away in the dim distance, may be seen the delightful Highlands of Navesink." " How far," or rather how extended a view, can you obtain from here ? ' ' "About twenty miles. But come, if you have enough of this, let us get down " So saying, we proceeded to the floor below, in which are the chimes, the finest in Ameri'^a. Pointing them out to Jonathan, he wished to know why there were so many bells, and stated that at home, in the part of country he came from, one bell was sufficient to ring the people into church. "Certainly,'' I said, "one bell is enough to summon people to church, but one bell can never ring out such music as these.'' " Music ? " echoed Griggs. "Yes. On all holidays the bell-ringer peals out the most delightful- music, comprising such tunes as ' The Star-spangled Banner,' 'Hail Columbia!' 'Yankee Docdle,' 'The Last Kose of Summer,' and other melodies of a like nature.'' "How I should like to hear them.'' " And so you could if you were in the city on Washington's Birthday, the Fourth of July, Christmas Eve, or New Year's Day." " What a pity it is I can't be,'' and Jonathan heaved a deep sigh. When we. had once more reached level ground, and were bIiowu the beautiful chancel service of silver that had beea THE BEGGING IMPOSTOPw 15 presented to the church by Queen Anne, we went to look at the exterior, and view the monuments that have been erected to many illustrious men, such as Alexander Hamilton, Commo- dore Lawrence, and Lieut. Ludlow. On the north east corner of the churchyard, just facing Broadway, a very fine monument, in an architectural point of view, has been raised to the "Sugar House Martyrs," and- those American patriots who fought and fell in striving for and obtaining our National Independence. '^ Is Trinity a, very old church 1 " asked Griggs. '* It is the olde.-t church in the city. The first building was destroyed by tire in 1776, and rebu It in 1790. This second edifice was pulled down in 1839, and the present noble struc- ture erected. It was finished and consecrated in 1846." " How high above the level of the street do yon think we ascended ? " " About two hundred and fifty feet, '* *' Ko ! I never was up so high before. That will be some- thing to talk of when I return home. Why, my neighbors will scarcely credit it; " and Griggs was evidently delighted at the surprise he intended giving his friends. "The extreme height of the steeple is two hundred and eighty-four feet ; length of the building one hundred and ninety-two feet ; breadth, eighty feet ; height, sixty feet." " What a memory you have ! " " 1 told you I knew New York pretty well. But let us be going ; we have more sights to see." • As we left the church, Griggs, who was a little in advance, was accosted by a man all grimy with coal dust, carrying upon his shoulder a shovel and a basket. To him this man told a : most piteous tale : how he had been sick for over twelve weeks, and in the hospital, leaving his sickly wife and six young children totally unprovided for. He was now trying to earn a few cents by carrying in coal, but up to that hour he had been unsuccessful. Griggs' heart opened in a moment, and, putting his hand in his pocket, was about bestowing alms upon the man when I arrived upon the scene. " What are you doing, Jonathan ? '' I asked. 16 HOW TO GIVE ALMS. " This poor fellow here is iu great want. He has a wife and six children, and has been sick himself. Let us give him something, John.'' " I will not give him a cent,'' I replied ; *' and if he does not immediately be oft, I will give him in charge of the police." " Why, John,'' exclaimed Griggs, with a look of horrified surprise, " how can you be so cruel ? " "Cruel! Not at all. Look how he slinks away at the mention of the word policeman. That man, Jonathan, is au impostor." " Goodness gracious— an impostor ?" " Yes ; he has been about the city, playing that same old dodge, for years." " You don't say so? " ejaculated Griggs, opening his eyes with astonishment; "I was just going to give him some money." " I saw you were. But, Jonathan, it would be a safe plan, and the most judicious, not to give a cent to any beggars. When you feel like giving away money in charity, give it to some public institution, not indiscriminately in .the street. The Commissioners of Charities and Corrections are especially appointed by the city to look after and relieve the deserving poor.'' " That is a very good idea. I will do as you suggest. During my stay in New York, whenever I feel like giving money away in charity, I will put the amount I intended giving in a sepa- rate pocket, and \^hen I leave will send it to that institution I think most needs it." " A capital idea. If every one were to follow your sugges- tion, there would be fewer beggars to importune or annoy people in their walks.'' Jonathan Griggs became so enthusiastic and elated over this proposition of his that he paid no attention to where he was going, and as we were crossing Cortland Street I was alarmed and startled by seeing him floundering and scrambling under the very feet, apparently, of a horse attached to a dray. His hat was knocked off and trampled in the mud and mire of the street, his cane lay in the gutter, and he himself was JOJJATHAn's ACCtDRNT. iT performing some of the most curious gyrations ever before at- tempted by any staid, respectable old gentleman on Broadway. The driver quickly pulled up his horse, and in another mo- ment I had Griggs, panting and breathless, on the sidewalk. " Are you hurt ? ' ' I anxiously inquired. " No, no,'' responded Griggs, cautiously feeling his arms and legs to see if he was uninjured ; "I don't think I am ; but it Somewhat frightened me." '^ And no wonder, for it frightened me also, and I was not fitrugfling with a horse. How did it happen ? " *' Well, John, I really don't know ; but I think it was all my fault, as I was not looking -where I was going." Jonathan Griggs' hat, which had been picked up and handed to him by some of the passers-by, was in a most deplorable state. It was crushed out of all shape, and almost unrecog- nizable from mud. His clothes were also bespattered, and it was absolutely necessary he should be brushed off before we proceeded on our walk ; so, taking him across to the Howard House, at the corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane, I requested the boot-black of that hot-el to make Jonathan again present- able, which he speedily did. But his liat was beyond redemp- tion. There was a big indentation in the front, and a slit ex- tending from the crown to the rim had been made in the back. Passing again into the street, we soon found that Jonathan's battered hat was attracting gxeat and universal attention. Many were the remarks made upon it, and many were the titters given as we were passed by, some unruly boys even going so far as to aSik Jonathan who was his hatter. This could hardly be wondered at, for, to say the least, it did look somewhat curious to see a man, otherwise respectably attired, adorned with such remarkable head gear. ''John," queried Griggs, "don't you think the remarks made ^bout hats are applied to me ? " "Yes, Jonathan, I think they are; indeed, I might say, though not wishing to hurt or wound your feelings, I am sure they ar£." " You don't -say so ! I was laboring under that impression myself. John, I must buy a new hat. Where can I get one ? " 18 THE CROSSING-SWEEPER. " I will show you. The man I'm about to take you to is the hatter of all hatters. His styles set the fashion in New York, and you can safely say that every well-dressed, stylish-looking man you meet wears one of his hats." "You don't tell me! Where does this celebrated hatter live, and what is his name ? " " He lives at 210 Broadway, corner of Fulton- street, and his name is Knox ? " ^ " Why, I have heard of him ouj} West.'' '* I have no doubt ; but here is the store." ■ ^ So, entering, Jonathan was soon fitted with a becoming hat from the varied and extensive assortment always kept on hand by Knox. *' It is astonishing,'' said Jonathan, " how a decent hat adds to the appearance of a man, and makes him satisfied with him- self. " " A trite and true remark,'' I responded. Ab we crossed Broadway, opposite St. Paul's Church, in order to obtain a view of the new building now being erected at the corner of Ann Street and Broadway, by James Gordon Bennett, the proprietor and editor of the New York Herald^ and to be occu- pied, on its completion, for the transaction of business and publi- cation of that influential journal, a little crossing-sweeper, broom in hand, importuned me for a penny. As I was about to give her one, Jonathan, laying his hand upon my arm, stopped me with — " Why, how's this? I thought you told me never to give anything to beggars ? " " So I did. But this girl is not a beggar ; she works for what she asks for ; she is, you might almost say, a necessity ; by keeping this crossing clean, she helps to keep my feet dry and my boots unspotted. ' The laborer is worthy of his hire ; ' so I givj her a penny.'' " Quite right, too,'' ejaculated Griggs ; " I did not think of it in that light ; '' and the kind-hearted fellow dropped a dime in her hand. " This,'' said I, facing Jonathan round to look at the edifice corner of Broadway and Vesey Street, " is St. Paul's Church." ** Oh ! yes," chimed in Griggs, always ready to impart what ST. Paul's cnrRCH. 19 little inforrnation he possessed of New York, " I know ; Gene- ral George Washington att^-uded Divine service at this place of worship after his inauguration." '' Yes ; quite right ; I see you are posted on some of the his- torical events of New York " " 1 have read a little about New York," said my friend Jonathan Griggs, stiffening himself up, and hlusliing like a girl at the compliment I paid him ; " but what entablature is that? " ho asked, pointing to a small slab of marble inlaid on the front of the building. "That,'' said I, " is in commemoration of the gallant Gene- ral Montgomery, who foU at Quebec during the Revolutionary struggle. St. Paul's is also famous for two other monuments- one of Robert Emmet, the Irish pitriot ; the other, of George Frederick Cooke, the eminent tragedian." I would here mention that strangers visiting New York in- variably want to know the height, length, and breadth of every building ; so, imagining, anrl correctly, my friend was no exception to the rule, I continued : *' St. Paul's Church is 151 feet high, 73 feet wide, and the extreme elevation of the steeple i-i 203 feet." "My goodness ! you know everything." exclaimed Jonatlian, clapping his hands together with mingled admiration and sur- prise. " No, not everything,'' I returned, smiling ; ''but there are few men living who are more thoroughly acquainted with New York City as it is than I am.'' "That I most readily believe. But what is that large granite building on the opposite corner ? " '* That is the Astor House, the largest and best hotel down town. It has been built twenty six years, and has received within its walls as guests some of the most distinguished men of modern times. It can accommodate now over 600 guests at one t^me." " Quite a little town in itself, I declare," murmured Griggs. That's £0. Let us enter for a few seconds and take a look at the rotunda." So we ascended the steps and entered the room> situated oa tho ground floor, that bears that name. 20 THE CITY HALL. "Here," I continued, "the thirsty can bibnlate and the hungiy can be fed (if their impecuniosity is not too great to prevent them), even if they are not guests of the house.'' " It is a handsome and commodious room/' said Jonathan, gazing vfondrously around him ; " and the frescoes on the ceil- ing are quite pretty, too.'' " Yes, the house throughout is well appointed and fitted up. But come ; time flies ; let us be getting farther up town." Once more in the street, Jonathan Griggs, wishing to see the height of the building, backed himself into the street, and for the Second time that day nearly made a Juggernaut sacrifice of himself by being crushed by a passing vehicle. Kescuing him from this second danger, I told him— some- what petulantly it must be confessed — he must certainly be more careful for the future, or I most positively would not ac- company him if lie insisted on risking his life and limbs in Buch a reckless manner. He was all apologies in a moment, and as penitent as a chided child. So sorry did he appear, that I regretted having said a word, and turned the conversation by pointing out to him the City Hall and its surrounding park, situated just across the way. *'The City Hall Park," I commenced, in my character of showman, " contains about eleven acres. That white building which you see at the northern end of the inclosure, is the City Hall, in which the City Fathers are supposed to dispense justice, of which that figure perched on the summit is the em- blem." " And there is a fountain here, too, same as on the Bowling Green." " Yes ; but this one is generally dry, though occasionally it does give a few spasmodic squirts. In former days, strangers and visitors from the country were often fleeced by sharpers when they attempted to enter any one of the park^ates. One of these scamps would accost the stranger and demand money for admittance, which the stranger, not being accus- tomed to the ways and manners of New York, would incontl- itently pay. * ' The scoundrels 1 ' ' vehemently exclaimed Jonathan Griggs, THE. CITY HALL CLOCK. 21 casting a snspicioua look around and hastily buttoning up his pockets. "But, thanks to the eflficiency of the Metropolitan Police, Buch petty ways of extortion nre never heard of now." ' ' And are your police good ? ' ' "Good? Taken as a whole, there never was a finer body of men in the world. Even foreigners praise our police system ; and New Yorkers may well point with pride v/hen they see them marching- in platoons up Broadway." Here Jonathan pulled out his watch to compare it with the City Hall clock, and inquired if the latter was right. "New York time u governed by that clock. I presume that every man who possesses a watch, and whose business is downtown, regulates his timepiece by it. It originally cost $4,000." " Four thousand dollars ! " ejaculated the astounded Griggs ; " a good price fur a clock." "True ; but then it's a good clock for the price. The main wheels «>f it are two feet six ijiches in diameter, and the pen- dulum-bob weisrhs three hundred pounds." " Gracious goodness ! Three hundred pounds!" muttered the astounded Jonathan. "Tlie works of the clock," I continued, "are not imme- diately behind the face, as many suppose, but in the story be- low, and are connected with the hands by rods twelve feet in length." Jonathan Griggs lifted up his hands in mute surprise. " The building itself was commtnced in 1803, and finished in 1810 In it are the Mayor's offices, the Common Council's, and several others, all intimately connected with municipal affairs " *' What is that unfinished building behind intended for ? " " That, when finished, is to be the new City Hall. It is Ifiirger and more commodious than the present one, and, owing to the rapid growth and increase of the city, was found abso- lutely necessary in order to facilitate tlie city's business.'' Jonathan, apparently thinking he ought to say something, mumbled, "Indeed I " 22 . ALEXANDER t. STfiWAHf* "The corner-stone," I went on, "was laid in 1