The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-08-10
EASTERN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3, 1866.


again find myself here, with pen and ins
right at my fingers ends, and so cannot resist
the temptation to let fire at you another
missile. | returned to the city yesterday
with the intention of leaving again this
morning. j supposed that. instead of "this
present writing should be surfing myself
in the brny waves of Absecum; but when
woke up 1 found it raining, stiff breeze
setting in from the north east, and everything
auguring hostility to any pleasurable execus1
ton of my plans, and so, for the time being,
have Joined the "Cant-get away Club"
We have had a great deal of wet weather
during the last two weeks scarcely day
that has been perfectly clear, and it is appre-'
hended that great injury to the ingatherlng
of crops, in the mort hern part of this State
and the State of New York, has been the
result. To-day the weather is as coquettish
as spoiled beauty, now smiling, now frown-
ing, now dropping few great tear drops and
now going off into regular blubbering cry.
But it is hoped that after awhile-as all
beauties intend 10 dot will ''settle down in
life" and be quiet.
Since last wrote you, have been spend
ing nearly all my time in the State ofCamden
and Amboy. Last week few miles beyond
Bordentown, on the Delaware, and noted
mainly amongst tourists, for the superb
country seat of Joseph Bonaparte, brother OF
Napoleon, and EXT King of Spain. The
grounds of this estate, were laid out BY its
| late owner in true French style, having
dense "parks' surrounding them and thus
rendering all within their enclosure, imper.
vious to any vulgar gaze. They have how
ever passed into other hands, and the work
of transform is rapidly going on.
But perhf ps you do not know the State o f
Camden and Amboy. You will not find the
name on the maps, but it is the new name for
the State of New Jersey and is given 70 it
because it Suggests the true c6hdltion of the
States subserviency to the Camden and
Amboy Railroad Company-the strongest
monopoly (and the most impertinent it is
said) in the United States. Such is the
monied power and patronage welded BY
this company, that il rules the State, in other
words il is the State. When they first
organized to build road between Phila-
delphia and New York, the State gave them
the exclusive right of way for long term oil
years and recently they have had an exten.
sion of that Charter for twenty years, or the
4 fifth of century. They have money
J enough, and influence enough, to corrup
any ordinary Legislature that ever convenes
The early part of this week has be n
spent in the same State, but below Phila
dclphia. BY first visit was to Red Bank
upon the Delaware and some seven miles
below the city. 1t was at this point the ole
American Fort stood, and which in conjunc'
ton with Fort Miffiin, on the opposite side
of the river, commanded the approach to tbs
city, and was greatly serviceably during The
Revolutionary war. It was in the attempt
to take this fort that Col. Donoh was killet
!, and his Hessian (British!) myrmadoms made
laundering retreat.
From this point, where may just mention
there is superb and we'll kept Hotel,
distributed myself little lower down in TIT
State, into the beautiful country towns o
Woodbury. and Sweedsboro, through which
passes one of the finest turnpikes in thu
world. These towns are much resorted Il
t by citizens of Philadel phia. Each one o
them illustrates the beauty of wide streets
The Main street, upon which most of The
4 substantial residences stand, il some hundrei
: feet in width, allowing room for grass plat
I before the doors and good substantial bricl
walks through these plats, which, togethe
with thick shading ornamental trees, give
e the towns a most picturesque and inviting
appearance.
: At the last named town, Sweedsboro, hat
e the pleasure of participating in the raising
e of the frame of large Freshly terian church
u which has recently been organized in thu
place. My most efectual participation con
l. sisted mainly in doing ample Justice to mos
;. sumptuous dinner and supper. prepared b!
e the ladies of the place, and served Up in
II style beautiful as was some of their owl
ID charming faces and smiles, though I wa
IS compelled to tell some of them that though
G r had seen the affair (toute ensemble) excel
ID led by the fair daughters of my own far-oi
II Western home. This expression, however
10 did not seem to awaken any other feeling
!. than kind of commisseration, that coul
think SO only because my taste was spur
Hoosier."