New-York daily tribune., 1842-08-07
The Century Pinut-Thc Tyler Paper
Nicholson. the Forser-Frnae on shc
schuylki,I Cooper, the Ira aSedian. &c.
rnuAnr1.rn,A. August 4. lsls.

PHuAnELrBiA. August 4. lS4s.
BesSrs. Editors The Century Plant, or
Flo,ycrng Aloe now exhibiting at the Masonic
Hall in this city, is really great curiosity, anl
would repay the troube OF visit from Nour ety.
The flower stem is more thaa twenty feet high and
the branches are loaded with 4 magnificent dis
play Of blossoms. This is the third plast OF the
Kind tia, has ever been introduced here IN bloom,
and cxciyes grea, admiration, not more trom is
majestic beauty than from the extreme rarity Q! its
appearance. Come and look at II.
Well. the TYLER bantng has nasic It's d5'sMaai
a sorry iooIsi,, affair called the Even
inc Fxnress, ard makes IN enormous show oi
very large type, very small sheet II must
come in for an extra supply of Treasury pap. II
i, succeeds ut all. of which lave serious doubts
not so much from its mere outward show, whiehis
not alwav. a guarantee for success, but because it
lacks the right spirit. II has none of the honest
enthusiasm, which Mr.. Commissary General "
son manifested in the glorious campaign of 1910
This new attempt to bolster up bad cause is
very much on a par With your neighbor Noahs
awkward somerset. By the bye,3acw is it posi-.
bic the Judge can bring hnsclf 10 play such faa-
tastic tricks-on the bench and in the press--us
we have witnessed His friends here, and per.
sonnly he has many, are astonished al the waai ot
| dignity in the one instance and OF consistency III
the other, that he has manifested. When wink
| inc az the insults so grossly thrown in hts face,
and when quietly wiping the til,h from the ernna
of Justice, which should have been kept spotless
as! sacred III his possession, he Joined IN the EG
! car Jest aad aided, by his sanction, 10 bring the
| Courts of Justice into ridculr and contempt, his
r ALL h.,,, ~
rsent increased at his present position We had
hardly thought it possible that an individual OF his
opportunities and Of his aye should be willing 10
10 sell himself for as much yic trash nightbc
grasped thus. But Tyson here and Noah there
and a score or twn elsewhere, Will find their task
both hanI>less and hopeless one. Nothing can
save their tros the honest indignation
which awaits his conscientious per!idy. And as
for his hrclings they will be scattered like chad
before the whrlwind. They mny go 10 he'd with
the comfortable assurance that burnt brandy
won't save them.
Thecoll weather and bleak stormhave frightened
the iashionables at Cape May. and after shiyeiing
on the sen shore they rome lultefng home. Near
three hundred came up in the Sur on Saturday,
and unless there's change in o,m chanssabe
weather the rest will soon follow
Another attempt kps been made to sentence
| i .
is ii remarkable case. All your readers may not,
perhaps, be aware that Nicholson was clerk q
sugar rcine in this city, and in the course OF few
years succeeded in cheating his confding master
out of enormous sums. He built up little palace
on the southern outskirts Of the city, in which his
! family now resides. His mode Of accounting e,r
the funds lavished upon his princeiy establishment
the mere painting Of which cost over 5000
vas BY pretending TO have fallen heir to a fortune
in Ireland lie has been convicted Of stealing.
| forgery, and attempting to burn up the books and
accounts to conceal his rillany, and yet after ser-
eraI months delay, he is neither sentenced nor ever
| likely 10 be- One Judge refuses To act because he
| had been retained counsel in the case the 9th
et two differ in opinion and it requires majority
OF the three Judges 10 sentence, and between them
all The ends of justice are likely TO be defeated
| Halt dozen year5 since and there were no veg
sells, or but rarely one, on the Schuvlkill Blt
now, so largely has The coal trade Increased thu,
! '57 snil principally schooners, arrived between
| the lst aud 3lst OF last month. Of these, 60
were hom your port, 81 from Boston, u from
New Haven, ! from Providence, and the balance
distributed down East So much for this branch
OF our internal! resources, which have yet scarcely
commenced the rich harvest which PENNSYLVANIA
| is destined to realize from them.
ew days since paid gisit to The Arsenal,
situated IN charming sccluson, iiv miles above the
CITY, on the LETT bank of the Delaware You are
aware That Cooper, tie rragedian, l.rds it over
this charming spot, and really pleasant time III.
! old gentleman has Of it. | am glad OF it; for 90
wears ago, wien in his gory upon the Park boards,
ne was my beau ideal OF 4 noble Roman. and lives,
IN my youthful reco!lectons, a. the greatest actor
ot the age lhe tremendous applause with which
house, crowded 10 .uilocatior with the inelli
gence, he beauty and the fashion Of New Y ork,
greeted his appearance must 4till ring in the ears
"i me Old veteran as he trrads his lonely round
al the Arsenal. With its green lawns aud beds Of
flowers, tended by his two single daughters en-.
cosed within high walls a.d distant frrn the ham
OF the city, how changed the scene doubt very
much whether the transilian * not accompanied
by painful "reminiscences and longings for the time
waen he was wont to strut his hour upon the
stage.'
In the vicinity of the above scene spent avery
pleasant slght, Sleeping in the omantically ystua;ei
residence formerly occupied by the father of Decs-
tnr and where the brave old Commodore him.
-eif fr-t came into this breathing world It Is on
lie lacony creek, stream which furnishes The
water power for the Decatur Powder Works tha,
were situated here. The mills. magazines, &c.
arc IN reins, but in their stead are erected yery
connodious and extensive manuf ctories which
have largely contributed to the prosperity Of
ffanAiord and the surrounding country. | was
sorry TO find all the manufacturers stopped in hi
neIshboriood the works closed I'D, and the larga
number OF industrious workmen idle, waiting the
action OF Congress and the President 10 set tho
beehive IN motion again.
oIr cay Is remarkably pleasant Just now clear
as oatchdairy and as cool as cucumber; butstill
thete Is no business and plentiful dearth Of news.
applicants for the bankrupt Law cone in wiiha
al .t,c:t J Z - 49,