New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-22
Philadelphia Letter.
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PHIL.DEtPHtA, November a. 1853.
Pbilsdephia Is always in for rivalry Of New York
and often follows her big sister in what is bad well
in what is good Our last imitation glad to say,
partakes in the latter quality New York resolved
to uniform her police and Philadelphia does ditto The
order has already been promulgated and and after New
Years day our police will appear for duty In uniform
torit frosk coat Of navy blue cloth single breasted
standing collar nine bright gldsd metal buttons on the
breast, two on the hips sHd two bottom Of the
akirts pantsloons Of dark gray cloth cashmere
blue cloth cap Of such shape as the Marshal sha d.g
nate with the Of the police division to which the
wearer attached placed thereon in metallic letters This
said coats to be worn buttoned while duty The only
designation now worn by police ia and this
star otsn goes into eclipse when the lodges
into tavern or turns to evade the repon ibty
of arrest, the eIpedency official mark not to
be seereted oughed the appearance Of danger is
very evident It's reformaory effect character
the police will be most advantageous.
Our city will soon be in semi-weekly communication
with Liverpool by Of Ocean Steamship Line
The third steamship Of the line City Of PhiAdel-
pha is nearly completed and the fourth, the City of
Baltimore has been contracted for Both these steam
ers are Of $500 tons burden and will be built in the
style Of marine perfection. The permanent establish
ment Of this Liverpool line and the success il has
met with has contributed greatly the present pros
perty Of port and the confidence that is felt in its
future progress. Were it withdrawn now Philadelphia
would sde backward twenty years in business aspect
fight for wife between two husbands took place last
week in of the boxes Of the Arch street Theatre
has furnished considerable the parties
Of what is styled the respectable class The fighters
were J. G. Bowman and D. II. Erdman. The causes Of
the difficulty appear to be as follows Mr. Erdman WAS
married about Eve years since Two years after the
rsge his wife left him and the 10th Of last August she
contrac ed matrimony before Alderman Hbbard with Mr.
Bowman. The second husband left the city some time
since to visit friends in bis absence the wife went
back to her first choice Mr. Bowman his return to
the city nothing of her until he accidentally
tered her at the theatre, in company with Mr.. Erdmsn
An ocer was summoned to quell the conflict which
sued and Mr. and Mrs Erdman taken into custody
and lodged in the Cherry street Station House The
suit has been that Mrs Erdman a6qs Bowman will have
to to the charge of bigamy.
The growing impurity of schuykill water conse
quent upon the rapid population the hanks
above the city well fears that it may the
future prove sufficient for the demands of city whose
population is doubling itself every half century has d
rested the attention Of City Fathers the necessity
OF making provision for the future With wise orehought
the Watering Committee have been directed take the
intstory for obtaininng site from whence
draw full supply from the Delaware river above tide
water The Delaware though turbulent and muddy near
the city placid and pure at the point indicated
twenty miles distant and sufficiently copous furnish
supply for a city Of two millions Of inhabitants.
The movement for erecting at chosen location in
near this city monument to Benjamin Franklin the
par pda in this country Of the printing craft
with warm encouragement The Philadelphia Typo
graphical Society have appointed committee confs
with committee of the citizens devise the ways an,
means of raising funds and will probably report plai
shortly 1t is proposed to enlist in behalf the proec
the printers publishers and authors throughout
| country
| Some of tavern keepers here discovered me
| thod of what is commonly called whipping the dew
around the stump An old law imposes fine of 81 70
keeping opsn their taverns Sunday half given
the informer. Many of them keep open Sunday, do
large business and bright and early Monday nforr
themselves and escape by paying over two dollar
Some Of the magistrates have favored the plan by
ing their Offices at early hour on Monday mornips
and the public informer who arrives later finds hmse
bked in his anticipated profits The Court however ha
blocked the game and hencefsrth the unfortuuates wi
have to pay the whole QuIz.