. Sunshine and shadow in New York. By Matthew Hale Smith. (Burleigh.) ... MEN ARE RUINED. In the financial centre of this city the United Statesgovernment was set in motion. Where the UnitedStates Treasury Building now stands, facing BroadStreet, the Old City Hall once stood. On the balconyof that hall General Washington was inauguratedPresident of the United States. The dwelling in whichhe resided still stands in the lower 23art of Broad this place he came up under an escort. WallStreet, in the vicinity of the City Hall, and Broad Streetwere crowded with citizens and strangers. Wa
. Sunshine and shadow in New York. By Matthew Hale Smith. (Burleigh.) ... MEN ARE RUINED. In the financial centre of this city the United Statesgovernment was set in motion. Where the UnitedStates Treasury Building now stands, facing BroadStreet, the Old City Hall once stood. On the balconyof that hall General Washington was inauguratedPresident of the United States. The dwelling in whichhe resided still stands in the lower 23art of Broad this place he came up under an escort. WallStreet, in the vicinity of the City Hall, and Broad Streetwere crowded with citizens and strangers. Washingtonappeared on the balcony, attended by eminent men,who, with him, had carried the Revolution to a success-ful issue. The president reverently took the oath ofoffice, administered by the chancellor. When Chancel-lor Livingston pronounced the memorable words,— Long live George Washington, President of theUnited States! they were acclaimed and taken upwith enthusiasm and tears by the assembled thou-sands, as America took her place among the nationsof the earth. r. In New York. 4 FINANCIAL CENTRE. <^ What Threaclneeclle Street is to England, Wall Streetis to America. It is a narrow street, in the lower partof New York, runninf^ from Broadway to the EastEiver. At the head of Wall Street stands the massiveTrinity Church, the Cathedral of the city. It lifts itstall steeple to heaven, amid the din and babel of its tower magnificent bells strike out the quarterand half hours of the day, and chime, with mellifluouspeals the full ones, telling the anxious, excited andrushing crowd how swiftly life passes. The greatmoneyed institutions of the country are in Wall stands the elegant granite building devoted tothe United States Treasury in New York. The work ishighly ornamental. Brilliant painting and gilding ap-pear everywhere. Solid mahogany desks and marblecounters are beautiful to the eye. But there is strengthas well as beauty. The heavy vaults, where
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