New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-23
NEW-YORk TRIBUNE.
PHILADELPHIA IN SLICES.
slice Vll....THE Mas WITH rn, MILITARY
WALK.

cener. Patterson who we arc hsppy u say has got
"a Of that cod-nOr in short do we mean any Of the
military celebrities whose walks have lsin through
Psnaselps ia during the last few months Bot
ne real genuine Man with the Military Walk and no
mistake Whatever may be the state q morals in this
middle point OF the nineteenth century wc In Pbilajc
osa cannot say that have not a. least
sho walked upnghty before al and whose hss
ever been onward and Straightforward without turning
either b. the right hand the left No matter who
may have deserted his principles or his friends
whether Csss has gone through the Wimot Proyso
nd up on the other side-1hetheT Mr Van Bu
rem always bsrnbufner. or General Taylor is 4
Whig but not ultra one-the Man with the Military
Walk stands firm walks hfm holds up bic bead
hrm and never doyiates from bis course matter
what obstacle may interpOse For hours he used o.
the state House steps summing himself and srn0k
ng he cigar and then be would start up deliberately
and with measured pace resume his walk up and down
Chesnuts,roet all unheediDg Of the little boys ths,
followed laughing and poutng At him well Of the
smiles and wondering looks Of the beautiful ladies
who swept by in their rustlng robes carefully holding
them close les, insanity should be catching.
The Man with the Military Walk has hallucination
he thinks that he has been entrusted with mission 70
reform the world and establish new religion But
tls is far too general description-there are too
many others Of the same opinion respecting them
selves md this will give idea Of the phenomenon
We wish 10 describe lie 10, then that never
sioops. This will serve 10 distinguish him Az that be-
cannot be mistaken. Unlike some very wise people,
be never obtrudes his opinions where they no,
wanted and never speaks unless he IL spoken 10. lie
comes and goes mysteriously- sometimes being
psradiog Chesnut street regularly every day, sitting
bolt upright on the steps Of the State House i'm
movable as the statue Of Washington within, and anon
disappearing for weeks and months no one
knows where One day last Spring In passing through
Independence Square into Chestnut street, tumbod
over him the steps, and picking ourselves up aud
turning round to apologize for not having Jumped clear
over his head saw it was our old acquaintance tho
Man with the Military Walk.
DO you know" said he, in a monotou tone
II pursuing sohlOquy in which had disturbed him
that this 10 the age Of universal rescaliiy that the
merchant sells you adultefetod goods the lawyer lies
for money, the minister peddos false religions
the doctor pOisons you with medicines he knows
nothing about-the editor sells himself 10 eectoncor
tor Governor Memmon There ia one honest but
me Look at that beautiful lady-she thinks she has
cheated into the notion that she is real Bat she
sn could tell you all about It If pleased. Her
teeth were bought AT the dentistsher curls at the
wig mskers-hcr beautiful bust made OF cotton and
whslebone-thc rosy color of her checks Is nothing
but red paint Everything and every body tell you,
is false but me. When the Government sends me the
press aud types it has promised for my Universal
Celestial Journal all these things shall be known
Wouldn't you ike TO subscribe
But am newspaper maker myself
Away want nothing more to do with you.
Al hon, I aig
President"
The Man with the Military Walk ia not handsome.
but he is according to his own story great iavore
among the ladies' notwithstanding that he very much
,un burnt and deeply pock marked Some of the
young fellows, with less brains than their victim
sometimes attempt to play him cruel tricks by repre-
.nting that beautiful lady has fallen in love with him
and is dying to see him few days trick of this
KIND was put upon him. and he called boldly at very
sdsocratc and fashionable house in the western part
Of tho city demanding to see Miss Helen The servant
thought he looked little quare out iy his eyes as
she expressed herself aerwsrd but supposlng probs
BIZ tina, it was the effect of love- she asked him into
the psror and sen, her young mistress down to him
The scene that followed may be imagined 1t ended
BY the young lady running up stairs screaming with |
al her might which brought the father down to see
What was the matter. Perceiving instantly that the
man was insane he soothed his wounded feelings, and
length by dnt of most careful and ingenious ques
,ioning Qt may be mentioned that he a lawyer
ascertained TO his own satisfaction the person who
had sent him. Meeting the scamp the next day. he
gave him terrible and most unexpected cowhiding,
eeg which he begged to know whether he not the
person to whom his family were indebted for intro
dacuon to the Man with the Military Walk. The cul.
Pr owned up and since that time Straightforward
friend has received farther invitations TO visit the
aides
Tie with the Military Walk is not rich, although
be imssnes himself So He IT, however. better OF
than that lie is always comfortably lodged either on
the benches in Washington Square in the hall OF the
e'sie House and for food and clething he never
wants. When he first made his appearance in our
streets he wore rnVoraIy suit OF canvass eolored
Goth coal, vest and insinustions-wbch gave him for
. Time the souorque, of the Canvass backed Man But
One eugh, morning he came out with spck and span
Dew suii Of black with silky hat and shining boots to
n@ieh-slnce which he has never been seen in any
Sner Ii is true that the boots beginning to brown
Nd the Goa, to grow rusty bat he is all unconscious
q The fact aud walks along with as self eompacent All
W as sergeant returned from the wars fully oel'eV
ns that the glory OF coGquerng Mexico belongs solely
b himself aud General scott Poor helpless, harm
,ss creature The Power that clothes the lille. and
eeds toe brds and who has thus for his own nser0ia
'e purposes shattered the temple of thy reason viii
ec, and support thee until in his own good pleasure
'e ,hall withdraw thy soul from the mental night in
zach it gropes and grovels Neither AIT thou alone ia
ne The thousands who In the wild chase for wealth
I'd power forget God their fellow creatures and their
'sn immortal dcsiinies,-what they but poor
en,sd creatures who waste their briei lives in false
nd convulsve exciemcnts which, when all is over,
~ have. produced them nothing but despair Ai,cr
"A We know not whether thou art most 10 be cnvied
eommis,Tstod
TIE Man with the Military Wax, Ike nearly all per
ous similarly visited is only mad north west When
De wind is southerly he knows hawk from hand
as as well my lord tisme, himself lnnumereoe
1of' have been made to induce him TO tell his name
y 10 enirsp him into exposure OF H. He usually
'A' himsclf The Farmer and battles with quiet
ssese ell eaorts TO worm anything else GU, OF BIN,
y ant Of Questioning and cross questioning Even
'o'ss b, one OF the shrewdest specimens extsnt
|" ne real Philadelphia lawyer has several times st
'N"a him, but always in vain. short time ago, how
'e'' some Of us" thought we bad hit upon scheme