Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-08-26

When the President christened Baltimore g the
city of the starspanglea banner" it did not proba
bly, occur to him that u kindred compliment would
be due to Philadelphia. The city sof the Declara-
ton of independence is her Christian name, and no
other town in this Union ever dispute her right.
This is known the world over and If our honored
Chief did forget TO acknowledge it, we can afford to
forget the inadyertence in consideration of the
nv other good things he said while among us. We
are bound to reassert this of our noble. city,
and also to enlarge little further lest the inflated
idea which sister city really has of herself should
be so far rubbed into the visters of her Crystal Pal
ace as to make them forget that there is such
place as the city of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence
Philadelphia, then it may be we'll to say, stands
not at the junction of the Delaware and Schuykili,
but between the two rivers ust about where every
body would suppose they ought to unite belo"
the city some four or FIVE miles there lisa sort OF dis
puted territory, the possession of which huctuates
between reedbirds and Schuylkill rangers, and the
constant FIRE kept up by the latter precludes sur
vey so that we still in the dark to the meet-
ing of the waters.n The city, however, stands De-
tween running from river to river, and from Vine
to South streets. The city though, in this sense
forms only the nucleus of the great city of the De-
claration of Independence. Extending from this
nucleus, at every point of the compass are boroughs
towns villages but in reality parts and parcels Of
the great city Over the Schuylkill are Hamilton
Vile, West Philadelphia, Mantau and Powelton.-
| Nor does tie broad Delaware form obstruction
on the other side are Camden, South Camden
Kaighn's Point, and Gloucester all fourishng towns
but, in sober fact, only suburbs of the city of the
Declaration of independence. Camden proper 81
far from being inconsiderable, would, no doubt, ob
ect to playing the suburb to any city, as she is old
and old enough to be called she and possesses con
siderable individuality.
Geographers say of New Holland, that all he
productions, whether animal or vegetable, are pecu
liar to herself, and decidedly SO, that the orde
of Nature seems to be reversed in everything. He
swans are black, her crows white, her moles la.
eggs and suckle their young; her cherries grow wit
the stone on the outside, and, we think. her pig
wear their brains on the outer. and the hair on tn
inner side of their sculls. Camden is little afte
the same fashion her pigs live on the outside Q
their pens, and wear muzzles her dogs 60 every
where, and wear In paving her streets, sh
puts the stones down first and then the sand on tor
her cutters are laid higher than the centre of tn
streets, and the upon the top of all. Blu
nothing for this. Camden is of our varieties
: and Germantown, Frankfort, and Manyunk fill u
the picture. ] hen there colleges, our work
shops our fine stores, our maynard, and our unr
vailed icecreameres. Besides, we have the prett
est ladies in the world except those in P1ttsburg.
Now, if, after all this, the strangers in New Yor
. should neglect the opportunity of paying us vsi
it will be their loss. The city of the Declaration
independence cannot pull up sticks and march ava
:, in search of admirers.-Pennsyluanian