The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-09-24
Plttsburg.
DEAR SIR
Correspondence of the Herald.


PrrrsBURe, Sept Is, 1913
Ihave set down on this occasion to give you small
sprinkle Of the sayings and dongs in this grim CITY,
First and foremost, will let you know that the at
mosphere to-day is rather uncomfortablv hot, and
as necessary tact, of course it is not the most
balmy in the world, or the most admired by the 10.
vers OF
"sabean odors from the spicy shores
Of Araby the best.o
The late rise in the river has caused consldera-
BILE stir. The quantities of freight that have been
lying here during low water, will now be shipped
The timber shins who preside over the destinies OF
the commission houses facing the river, will have
glorious chance to work the stale marrow out Of
their bones, and also get rid Of certain dismal n.y.
pechondria arising from the combined effects Of
dullness, heat, and other causes which shall be
nameless.
The morality Of the city is about the same The
King OF Terrors has pretty fair prospect of getting
gOodly number of the sinners here assembled !:
though the temperance pledge has been held out to
their stony hearts through as much bad grammar
fire and gesture, mingled with tears OF reformed
drunkards and the smiles of dear women, is pos
sible for any sensible being to imagine yet, have
they turned their backs upon all this, and with
Chuckle said, "You can't come it-indeed you
can't" Thus you see we are philosophical peo-
Ile, and so passonately fond Of Kebourn's claret
punches, and those little square bits of cheese with
cracker in, that Llbbets, Williams and Colonel
Pratt, from the cold water army, might as well talk
and thunder to the Egyptian Sphynx for the purpose
of getting it to tell the history Of
Those temples, palaces, and piles supendous,
Ofwhich the very ruins are tremendous"
as to try to get numbers here to come out and help
the cause.
That old supersructure which has been styled the
aqueduct, and which has for a number OF years
stretched across the Allegheny rver uniting the wa
tiers OF the canal on the opposite side to the waters
on this, has at length given symptoms OF a tumble
down nature, by no means pleasant to every body
committee were appointed to examine the SAID
aqueduct, and they gave their opinion that il could
be liked In short notice and with trifiing expense
but, In the humble opinion OF nearly every body
else, no other fixing will do but to tear II down and
build new one. Some repairs have been made at
it, but when such huge thing as that gets rotten
vintage, and every board and log in l., with every
stone under it seem TO say, I'm not going 20 hold
out much longer, that's CERTAIN there is no patch
work going to do much good, and the money thus
expended is only thrown away. All this is highly
entertaining to the property-hoiders the Alegha.
ny side, who, are already beginning TO laugh with
delight at the idea OF large fortunes from this event
and to the generality OF citizens there who picture
glorious revolution for their city, with dim dreams
OF their ewn future prosperity rising in their minds
but doomed to burst and vanish like empty bubbles
scattered on the air.
Thus you see we are advancing rapidly into the
hellbegotten shades of human selfshness-it il moi
who will benefit his iellowmen the most by acts OF
Kindness and dear delightful generosity but who
will accumulate in his own pocket, and store away
in his ron chests the greatest piles of gold What
IS learnlDgl What is religion compared to it 7
Those who have nothing more are looked upon as
pdupers by many narrow minds, who work them
selves in by cunning tricks and suck the blood Of
the community TO bloat their carcasses. liza ma !
ma! We are great people, and a thriving people,
iull OF energy, and full OF republlcansm, but wou-
lybehlnd in some thlngs-and who don't know II