New-York daily tribune., 1842-08-10


Meiodous, reach mine
In vie%less air thou paint'st a form
MY spirit loves to trace
She who rules still its p2ssion-storm,
And gives tho Lyre its grace.
All, all the bright, the good, find,
Mysterious Genius! thou
From Thoughts abysm, dost unbind;
Come, bind its scourgers low.
NerO-York, Aug.a, 1872
From Bentley,s Miscellany for July.
American Trave1fng-Treafment of Chill
dren.
MRS. FANNY KEMBLE BuTLER
On Friday morning We started from Philadelphia,
byrailroad for Baltimore tits curious fact enough
that hafthe routes that are travelled in America are
either temporary or unfnished-onc reason, among
several, for the mutitudnous accidents which befa
wayfarers At the very outset of cur journey, and
within scarce mile of Philadelphia we crossed
the Schuylkill, over bridge, of the principal
piers of which is yet incomplete, and tao whole
building Ca covered wooden one, of handsome di-
1nensions) filed with workmen yet occupied about
its construction But the Americans are impetuous
in the way of improvement, and have all the impa-
tience of children about the trying of thing.
often greatly retarding their progress by hur-
rying unduy the completion of their works, or
using shem in perilous state Of incompleteness.
Our road lay for considerable length of time
through fiat, low meadows that skirt the Delaware,
which at this season of the year, covered with snow
and bare OF vegetation, presented most drearys
aspect; we passed through Wilmington, ( (Delaware)
and crossed a small stream called the Brandywine,
the scenery along the banks of which is very beauti
full For its historical associations refer the reader
to the Life of Washington. | cannot say that the
aspect of the town of Wilmington, as viewed from
the railroad cars presented any very exquisite points
of beauty; shall therefore indulge in few OBJ.
servations upon these railroad cars Just here.
And first, cannot but think that it would be in
6nitely more censonant with comfort convenience,
and common sense, if persons obliged to travel
during the intense cold of an American winter Gin
the Northern States) were to clothe themselves ac
cording to the exigency Of the weather, and so do
away with the present deleterious custom of warm
ing close and crowded carriages with sheet-iron
stoves, heated with anthracite coal. No words
can describe the feulness Of the atmosphere, thus
robbed of all vitality by the vicious properties of
that dreadful combustible, and tainted, beside,
with the poison emitted at every respiration from
so many pairs of human lungs. These are facts
which the merest tyro in human physiological
science knows, and the utter disregard of which
on the part Of the Americans renders them the
amazement of every traveller from countries where
the preservation of health is considered worth the
care of g rational creature. once travelled to
Harrisburg in a railroad car, fitted up TO carry
sixty-four persons, in the midst of which glowed
large stove. The trip certainly delectable
one. Nor is there any remedy for this: an at
tempt to open q window is met by q universal
scowl and shudder; and Indeed it is but incurring
the risk of ones death of cold, instead of ones
oc Tbo ,;rJo in .bn
walls on each side of the carriage, which looks
like long greenhouse upon wheels; the seats,
which contain each two persons, "a pretty tight
fit too,) are placed down the whole length of the
vehicle, one behind the other leaving species oi
aisle in the middle for the uneasy "a large portion
of the travelling community here) TO fdset up and
down, for the tobacco-chewers to spit in, and for
whole tribe of little hnerant fruit and cake
sellers to rush through, distributing their wares q,
every place where the cars stop. Of course no.
body can we'll sit Immediately in the opening of q
window when the thermometer is twelve degrees
below zero yet this, or sutiocation in the foul air
is the only alternative. I generally prefer being
half frozen to death 10 the latter mode of mar.
1yrdon.
Attached to the Baltimore cars was q species o
separate apartment for women. 1t was Of com
Portable Dimensions, and without stove; anc
here betook myself with my children, escaping
from the res,ential atmosphere of the other car
and performing our journey with ease enough
MY only trial here was one which l have to en-
counter in whatever direction l travel in America
and which, though apparently a trivial matter In
itself, has caused me Infinite trouble, and no little
compassion for the rising generation of the United
States-l allude to the ignorant and fatal practice
of the women of stuhng their children from morn
ing till night with every species of trash which
t,.. Vl,oth ~,
they pursue at home as we'll as abroad, of course
cannot tall but, travelling, it appears TO be uni
versal: and have often felt as if must lay my
self open to the charge of pertiaent interference
and demonstrate against the cruelty and folly of suck
proceedings. As surely as you meet an American
woman travelling with child, there is q basket el
a bundle in their society well filed with greas,
cakes, sugar plums, apples, peppermint drops
&c. &c. The little wayfarer generally makes its
appearance with both fists furnished, and mouth
full of such matter and as soon this is despatched
begins clamoring for more. Between each supply
the child, of course becomes more uneasy, the tor
ments of q sick stomach being added to the irk.
some confinement of a coach or cabin; and by the
end of the day screams of distress and i-temper,
-engendered by nausea, hatulency, and every spe-
cies Of evil naturally resulting from such days
diet, proclaim the mistake of the half-distracted
Ino.he. waose isne OF concuct was dictated oy tue
laudable desire Of keeping her child qsiet once
took the liberty of asking young womaa who was
travelling IN the same car with me, and stufing her
child necessarily with heavy cakes, which she also
attempted TO make mine eat, her reason for this
systern-she replied, 1t was to g keep her baby
good" looked at her own sallow cheeks and
ricke,y teeth, and could not forbear suggesting to
her how much she was iajnriug her poor child's
health. She stared in as,onishmens, and pursued
the process no doubt wondering what ! meant,
and bow could be so cruel rs not 70 allow p.und.