Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-09-23
Letter from the Editor.
New YoRK, SEPT. 18th

ten one of them my Jehu for the time being,
and was conveying my body corporate, together
with big trunk, to the Jersey City Ferry, when
for certain reason reasons to this deponent I'M
known he got into squabble with another gentle
man with rich Irish brogue,' and too late
by three minutes | could not hit the Norfolk boat /
by any LATER rain and have to stay until to-
morrow, in most amable frame Of mind. 1t must
be the comet that makes people so pugnacious By
the way, that grand smash predicted by Professor,
etc. Jewet. of Fayetteville, hath not yet taken
place 1t is beound to come off Tomorrow no post
ponement on account of the weather."
Neither Philadelphia lawyer, nor the very old
Harry himself, could unravel the enanglements of
political parties in this State. In common with all
Southern Democrats, our sympathies have been: and
still are, to great extent with the Hunker wing
Of the Democratic party; but it is impossible to a
void the conclusion that, in the difficulties which at
present distract the party here both factions are to
blame. 1t is susceptible Of proof that no appoint
ment has been made from among those formerly ad
herring to the Barnburner schism, where the APP
pontee does not take his stand upon the compromise
and the Baltimore platform and yet. the " hard
shells seek to denounce all such, and Ostracise
the " sofs" for matters behind the record If poll
tical conventions good for anything-if they
serve any useful purpose at ALT is in reconciling
differences, and thereby producing united action
What men, or body of men would go into convention
at ALL if they felt that, while participating in the
organization of party and lab0ring for its success
in accordance with the platform adopted they were
still to be considered aliens, and debarred from any
of the honors or emouments its disposal, in
of success. 1t would be contrary to human nature,
and is thing not to be expected.
OF course. you are aware that Col. Forney is GER
tainly to take charge of leading Democratic organ
here in few weeks. 1t will be started with very
abundant resources, and the Coils talents are
questionaby great yet am by no sanguine
of its success in reconcling harmonizing the
troubled elements. To do so, to have any tangi-
bic influence, paper must be totally free from any
obligations to any person or persons Whatsoever
Nobody must sixpence or contribute a farth-
ing to its getting up but its responsible editors and
propretors; no paper standing upon any other foot
ing can do a thing here AS for the Wbig party in
New York, they are like Napoleons army after the
battle of Waterloo; their morale is completely gone
they can hardly claim the title of political organ
ization.
They tell story of, "green " Vermonter, who
meandering up Broadway, in search of the
Crystal Palace. A little above the park he made
enquiry therefor, and told to keep for about
Il mile and half or two miles, and then enquire for
the greatest humbug in New York, and anybody
would show it to him. He found the Palace! In
good truth. it is very neat and profitable dodge of
the hotel keepers, steamboat men, etc. to draw peo-
pie within a convenient range to be feeced and
they are. 1t docs seem though all North Carroll
ma was here. New York is crowded and, to my
knowledge, people have passed through Baltimore
and Philadelphia, and bought goods here, from five
to ten per cent. dearer than they could have got
them in the other markets Broadway is always
crowded, especially so now, and it is next to impos
sibe to get a seperate room in any of the fashona
BILE hotels; but what palaces these hotels are espe
cialIy the Prescott, St. Nicholas and Metropolitan
In fact Broadway is rapidly becoming street O
palaces; but take its most snowy part rolling with
wealth and fashion,-turn from it down Anthony
street, towards the East RIVER and three square
carry you to the Five Points spend two or three
hours, as have done this morning, in traversinG
the hooks and alleys of that neghborhood, and you
will understand some of the contrasts Of New Yorl
life. Such streets, such alleys, such courts, suc
noisome smells, and such looking people; squa
children, half naked women, bloated and disfgure
by disease and bad whiskey: and this in broad da
light a night view must be awful; and yet I al
told that it is nothing to what it year o
two ago. No doubt much of this misery and filth
the fault of the parties; but some is not,-and nc
one, black or white but might envy the condition
negro slave incomparably superior to their owr
Some squares below the Crystal Palace, is tn
lIppodrome, which is simply very large circus.
looks we'll enough in its way, but for the fairy
like appearance given to it by the putting Editors
New York papers--that is all my peculiar membt
and Elizabeth Martin. The chariot races and hui
die races by ladies' very exciting, and wort
seeing once, when you humbug yourself into tt
notion of real race, but fat afterwards The
have a fat woman on Broadway, who takes credit
herself. because, during the hot weather, she d
not once have to be put in ice although she did S
in cool cellar.
The Hudson River Road is great affair, and the
do run very fast. The latter part of last week,
went up the Hudson to West Point and to New
burg. In this latter place. is a small house, know
as having been Gen. WAsHINGToN's headquarters d,
ring the-revolutoE. 1t is owned by the State of
York and it and all it contains very careful
preserved. West Point has been too often describe
and too frequently engraved to admit of my ventu
ing on the ground. AS usual, Uncle Sans building
look bright and beautiful Newburg is an excee
ingly pretty town, of some ten or twelve thousar
inhabitants 1t is in Orange county, celebrated
its Goshen cheese and butter. About six miles o.
from town is a beautiful little lake-known O
ange Lake. 1t is a little gem in its way. The "
ange House, Sin Newburg, is kept by Mr.. FANNIN