The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-06-21

are very many good people in New York,
and very. very many excellent things and IN
siitutions there. but the impression lett upon
the mind of stranger after few days stay
there is summed up in one word alto gallery.
/ was struck with the ingenuity and SIMPLEX
ty of the mode by which they sweep the
streets, especially Broadway in New York:
The ladies' dresses are made longer behind
than before, and having at the same time
very considerable circumference, they act as
kind of dirt sein, gathering up everything
as they go along. When a lady turns round
she does so with a kind Of twirl. Ii II is
down upon the "Battry," the contents of the
sein gees into the sea, if at the corner oil
some street. it goes into the gutter. Shouldn't
wonder if they adopted some such plan in Ev-
ansville.
The oldest and meanest Of all monopolies
in the United States, is the Camden and Am
boy steamboat and railroad line from Phila-
delphia to New York. They deserve TO be
stunned by the travelling public.
Philadelphia is cleaner than New York.
According to the last census, it contains thir-
~ thousand houses more than N. Y, but
nearly hundred and fifty thousand inha BIZ
tants Jess. II is beautiful city; the cradle
o. human liberty, the birth place of the best
form of human government the world has
ever seen Here sleeps Benz. Franklin, with
plain slab over his grave, IN Quaker grave
yard. Here is the room where "tbe first
prayer was offered in Congress" Here is
| Independence Hall, with Washington's
church pew, Hancock's chair, and the old
cracked bell that first proclaimed liberty 10
all the people-4th of July, 1875. The ma
tive American feels "that swelling Of the
heart be ne'er shall feel again. as he gazes
upon these sacred relics of his country's birth
aud glory. Here the strong man gave way,
and tears Of gratitude and enthusiasm rush
ed to my eyes and FELL unchided, on the spot
where Franklin Jefferson, Hancock, Wether-
spoon, and others gave Immortality to COM
position that demands the admiration Of man.
kind. God grant that that spot may remain
sacred and uncontaminated till the iudg-
ment day.
The Academy of the Fine Arts is now ex-
hibiting. The exhibition is rich treat
"The battle of Centeneus;" a group of statu-
ary, large as life, and done in clay, is worth a
journey to see. Among the paintings, there
are many valuable specimens. Washing
ton crossing The Delaware" is full of gran
deur; death on the pale horse" by West
I
gazing upon this terrific scene. "The deliv-
erance of Leyden'' is another magnificent
painting; the painting is SO exqusitely done
that the figures appear TO stand on. from the
canvas. A merchant i'm New York told me
that trade is duler in that city this summer
than it has been since lS36-and a merchant
in Philadelphia told me that trade had neper
been so brisk il has boon this spring and
summer in Philadelphia. The PHILADELPHIA
ans say that the opening Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad has drawn the trade from New York
TO Philade lphia-take that for what it is
worth. There has just been city election
in which the Wings and Know Nothings
elected their CT ndidates by ten thousand ma
0riy much to the CONSERVATION, it is said,
OF the admin istration at Washington. One
cause OF the Know Nothing revolution here,
appears to be that the Post Master General
was imprudent enough to fl the Post Office
here with foreigners to the exclusion of ma.
tive born citizens.
Native Americanism in connection with
Anti Catholicism is assuming, under the guise
of the Know Nothing party. a most porten-
tous aspect-God only knows what shall
como of these things. | attended yesterday
the Inauguration of the new Mayor, which
took place in Independence Square-much
enthusiasm was manifest on the OCCASION.
Yours, &C., A. S.