The old merchants of New York City / by Walter Barrett.

OF /VE I YORK CITY.

am limited to one chapter for a sketch; and I have
already overrun the I-aihlits, as this is the second chapter. Richard K., tile oldest son, has good sense.
It is said, and I suppose with some truth, that his
genius, real invention, or creative genius brought money
to the house. IHe is English clever. IHe is a draughtsman, and his styles for his various goods were excellent.
Some thirty and odd years ago, when Dick (as he is familiarly called), visited Europe on business connected
with their establishment, (lie went as early as 1821), he
was very popular in all the cities where goods were ordered for the New York market from manufacturers,
not only in England, but in Austria, France, &c. He
was a handsome fellow, and he knew it. He frequently
went to Europe. By the way, I had nearly forgotten
to mention that he married a Miss Rogers of Smithtown,
L. I. Sle was and is a very elegant woman, and used
to accompany him on his trips. On one occasion, Dick
went with her to Arabia, Petria, Egypt, on a grand
tour in 1886, and in 1838 sle published a volume of
" Letters from the Old World." She now resides in
Paris. A daughter was married some years ago to a
Mr. Jones, at Saratoga, and more noise was made about
it than when the diamond wedding occurred here two
or three years ago. There were sixteen little misses
dressed in white as bridesmaids, all dressed up as fine as
silk and jewels could make them. But to return to
Richard. One night lie was seen by an American in
a plivate box at tie theatre in Vienna, dressed in the
full tog of an Austrian officer. He knew the vanity of
Richard, but he said nothing, until he returned to Lyons.
Not long after, Richard was at a dinner at Madam
Verites, where all the Americans stopped, when the
American narrated the time, the place, and everything