New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-05
FROM PHIL ADELPHIA.
From Our Special Correspondent

noon, when Nature seems ordinarily TO hold her
breath, and Man to have Joined the deaf.and-dumb
asylum-a stiffness which has neither the lyrical
cummings of the Sea side nor the supernal wailing
and whispering of the forests depths-this was
suddenly invaded by the sharp clatter Of randrops
suddenly wrencbed from the skies, and heaven
rendipg thurder clap giving evidence Of electric
phenomena betokening change. This was too good to
last long; but then, again, the dawn to-day was ush
cred in by rain, which continued for two hours
or more, and the cOquetry which the sun. light has
yet to keep up with the clouds as / write at IL
o'clock a. m. promises that the shower account ia
not yet fully settled. All external nature and
out door art have now the freshness which comes
of bath The thermometer, that fierce little
monster, has calmed down, while hygenic stock
has risen.
A Philadelphia Sunday Of Summer is exquis-
itely dull There is neither ginger hot i the mouth
nor cakes nor ale The drunkards department is
put under the green jealous seals of the police.
Not a single O'Rafferty can hand over the bottle
TO customer to take little whisky (did you ever
know topper who did not take little whisky =
it is never good deal) not solitary Faderand
beermonger can serve out the lager. The law
here. on this point is fierce and invincble. When
the Sunday restriction came in force some very
respe ctable barkeepers resisted; accordingly one
emipently respectable was sent to MOyamehsng
Prison, and there kept for the full term of the con-
viction Mayor Conrad, in office then, was
in earnest. Since that time there has been
no difficulty on this point. How terribly
strong demOcraticaly. formed city government is
when there are gentlemen and not backguards to
administer il 1t can execute every law that has
been democraticaly passed, without fear OF forml-
dable resistance. The same cannot be said OF any
law passed by privileged orders Not even in Chi
ma can the Son of Heaven kick up his heels with
out feeling the popular curb. So silent then are
these Quaker streets on Sunday. Rest! Type
of the Eternal, A magnificent poem is a do
nothing day. Symbol of the ocean of infnitude,
without fuss or furry. Frenchman in Paris
thus wrote to bis French friend living in Phila-
delphia:
"Moy CHER ACHILLE-I can understand how you
pass the weekdays in that Cursed place when busi.
and money putty up the broken panes of social
existence but a. Sunday-les Dimanches-ah-ah-
what do you then! No cafes, no theater, opera how
You live If there is of rain, you yourself sfe at
home if the weather reput itself to the beautiful, you
60 out among the imbeciles, more stupid than when
you yourself hold in your hotel. II must be that you
snail die. Have you make your VIII Did you ever
pass day in the great Pyramid without candle
As delightful in comparison of one dimanche Phla-
delphie."
The Philadelphia Frencbman wrote back: Il
" stay at home and take physic the Sundays
was stretched on the rack before the InquisitOn.
He was stubborn individual and would not sur.
render. The gentleman in waiting gave the rack
twist. The stubborn unbeever hOwled through
the diapasOn of the tOrtures of the lost. But his
brain and his joints could not be tortured together.
Screw number two was given; and the howl was
terrific, but shade milder than number one. The
stubborDness continued, but each howl was dmin
ished in intensity, until at last the Protestant was
silent. "Will you recant your heresy?' cried the
InqusitOr. NO, said the gentleman on the rack,
"and 60 ahead, for feel very mfortable-nerves
all gone" So with our Frenchman. The last
time we heard of him, he was recOnciled to Phil
adelpha Sunday.
The death of well.knOwn " solid man" has
Just taken place. II is that of Mr.. f. w. Clark,
who has distinguished himself as one of the most
enterprsing and successful brokers and bankers in
the country. Mr. Clark was the founder and
senior partner of the houses of L. W. Clark 4
Co. of this city, and Clark, Dodge Il Co. of New.
York He commanded in high degree the conf
dence of money circles, fairly earned by intelli-
gence, straightf forwsrdness and punctuaty in his
business transactions. He was still in the vigor
of life, when attacked some months ago by the
painful malady which has just ended his existence.
The world does move. Pennsy lvdnia gave Jack
son and the spoilers $4,000 majority equal to
over l00 600 majority now. But at the last trial
Of strength the Democrats were behindhand in
minority Of over SO, ZOO. Now let us glance at the
chances for tho next election. / speak for the
Fremont eaehusiasm which exists in Franklin,
Junata, Cumberland, Dauphin, etc. Here the
strongest Fremonters are among the old
line Democrats. For example, gen
tleman the other day collected twenty seven
subscribers for The TRIBUNE at a spot in Junata
County, half of whom were considered Of that
faith Franklin County is the birthplace Of the
immortal author of the Ostend Manifesto, and the
Il. h., ,Iat,, hav. hnn IN
own county. Fillmore has no stand out party in the
State, except in Philadelphia. They go for fusion.
Indiana County, whose usual Wbig majority is
not over 500 or 600 promises 10 give from 500 to
1000 msority for Fremont. This is q Democratic
estimate. There was meeting in Cbamberaburg
This town has about 4, 900 Inhabitants; go it Is
doing pretty well to have the call of a Fremont
meeting signed by ten per cent OF the inhabitants
by 400 good men and true. The meeting was
called for the largest hotel 10 the place; but,
mirabe dictu the largest hotel could not hold the
party and so they adjourned ol fesco to the street
In this list are included the Old-Iine Wings of
the place. In this town forty converts have put
down their names for The Philadelphia Times, the
new Republican paper, or rather the journal
which, within fortnight, has changed proprietOIs,
and its leanin9s toward the cause have become de-
cisions II is hence the popular organ of the party
here, and the ant-dOughtaced, anti-Savery extern
sion sheet which reaches readers of twO-cent
journals.
From these facts upon all of which you may
rely, il will be perceived that the cause in Penn
sylvaDia is hopeful but just enough so TO stimu-
late the efforts of our friends. 80 soon as the
same arguments can be made 10 reach the masses
here that are difused in other quarters, we may
look for changes, except in the Irish-American
vote That seems welded TO Slavery. There is
no use of denying the fact, OF dealing in useless
compliments at the expense Of the truth. AS
mass they 90 ior the eDslavement of the whites, or
in other words. the extensien Of Slavery. The