Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-11-11

ten or twelve feet, and descends in a show
er, all over the fair water spirit. Fountains
also gush out of the rock Mt her feet, in
every direction.
Well, arrived at the top o: the hill, see
nothing but respectfully -sized lake, which
l,oks rather out of place in its elevated
situation. l can't say saw nothing else,
either-for here had magnificent view
of the city. Tired of this, | passed up
Coates street, FIVE or six squares from the
hill, and came to the immense (ds,ributing)
branch Of the Works. 1t is built Of kin d
of dirty yell1w stone, and in the style of an
ancient feudal castle.
Passing on, l took a squint at the House
OF Refuge, (Which we used to read about
at Sunday School;) then l took look at
the marble Girard College, with its long
rows OF marble pillars-then jumped into
bus and posted back to the Exchange.
Philadelphia is rich in Revolutionary as
yesterday to see the sights. In one of the
halls, on a pedestal, is the old cracked sIn-
dependence Bell" bearing the inscription
"Proclaim liberty throughout the lanfl, - or
something to that effect. 1t was cast 25 or
80 years before it made this proclamation.
1t was rung for the first time on s.Indepen-
dence Day." when it ''pr0claimed libert -
by calling the people together to hear the
Declaration of Independence read. 1t is an
interesting relic. A small pine bench or
pew In this Hall bears this inscription
washington, Franklin and Bishop White
sat on this Bench" or course. | "sot
down" on it. would have whitfield Off
chip, if had got half a chance. On the
pedestal of the statue of Washington, in
the same Hall, is a small block of granite,
with the inscription GA piece Of the step
ON which the Secretary's foot rested when
he read the Declaration of independence" :"
Full length portraits of William Penn and
Lafayette hang in this Hall. There is an.
other thing which should have a place in
this Hall. 1t is flag which saw in New
York. 1t was the personal property Of
Washington, and was planted on the Bat
tery when the British evacuated New York. |
After that, it was not used until the laying
OF the corner stone of the Washington Mon
umcnt. Then this faded and tattered, |
though time-honored relic of ssthe DAYS that |
tried mems souls," was taken to Washing |
ton and anfurled to the breeze Mt that GER I
emony. 1t is said that when the procession I
reached the Monumental ground in Wash ,
ington, the flag was unfurled and the an
nouncement made-"This flag belonged to
Washington it proudly waved defiance to
the British from the Battery when they
evacuated New York it is Eere now to /
display the stars and stripes under which
its illustrlous owner so noby foughto-the
multitude gazed on it for q moment, and I
then shout went up that would have sent
the blood from the chcea of tyrant.
| came here from New York by way of I
the Camden and Amboy ralroad-the same
on which the collision occurred some time
since. never thought of this till our ira in
stopped, Gall of a suddcn,' and then began
to go backwards like blazes. tThen ran
back half mile, and switched Of on an.
other track, and stopped and the next
moment large passenger train camo round |
a bend in the road, and whstled past us
like lightning! Ugh! calculated /, as /
looked to see if Mr.. C---'s bones were all I
SAFE. Ii we had been three seconds later I
getting of that track, the two locomotives
would have come together, anl we should |
no doubt have been helped of. The con-
ductors silenccd all questions by not an
swtrng them. 5. c..