Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-10-10
0ORRE EaP0NDgNOG.
Correspondence of the Keowee Courier.
PuILADELpnlA, Sept. II, I001


"Monumcnta City" about sun-down. We
stop but few minutes, and take the train
agaiu for tho city of "Brothcriy I.oyc," at
which place We arrived at eleven o'clock, p.
NJ, and stoppcdot the Girord House, which
is the fashionable Hotel of the city. The
house was so much crowded that | had to
take room with two other gontlomon, one
from Virginia and the other from Georgia.
We were all strangers, but VIC soon became
acquainted and formed quito pleasant lit
tie party. The Girald house is a little world
within itself, but my opinion is that We
pay a big price for very little. We
don't have to pay only for what We eat, but
we have to pay for the silver plate we look
at, while we arc eating, and for the great
array of servants that are performing mill
tary evolutions around the room.
The all-absorbing question here at this
time is the suspension of the Banks. On
Friday there was run made upon every
Bank in the city. BY some means panic
was gotten up, and every person that held
notes put off to the Bank to have them re-
deemed, and in fcw hours the crowd as
scmblrd around the Banks amounted to
thousands-cvcry man trying to force his
way in to get silver for his notes. This
scene very much rcsemblcd the rush to the
ticket wagon ola circus or toa candidates
treat on election day. Yesterday morn
ing every Bank in the city suspended spc-
Gle payments, and the excitement in COM
mercal circles is great. 1t is thought that
they will resume payment again in a few
days.
/ am very much pleased with the city of
Philadelphia, but being little unwell yes
tcrday, did not visit many objects of in
tcrcst. In the evening took a stroll on
Chcstnut-strcct to look at the beauty and
fashion of the place, and the number Of
people that are to be seen on the streets is
immense, almost fabulous, In NV ramblc
visited Washington square, beautiful
park, shaded with noble old clms and laid
off in beautiful gravel walks. Although
it is in the heart Of tho city, you may sec
the squirrels jumping from tree to tree and
playing upon the grass, picking up such
fruits as the juveniles throw to them. also
visited Union park, the old U. S. Bank, In
dependence ilall, &c. / may speak again
of what is here to be seen, G..
New York, Sept 20, 1857.
Dear Thompson have now been in
Gotham two days, and have seen the "clc-
phant" in all his parts, as he is to be seen
only in New York. 1t is truly great city,
and amongst its one million eight hundred
hol,
find all sorts of people. arrived here on
Sunday night, and on Monday morning set
out on a tour of sightseeing. The first
place visited W. Wall,strcct, and was
shown by friend through the custom
house and the Merchants Exchange. The
magnitude of these places bcggars dcscrip-
ton. To give you an idea of the magni-
tude of the custom-housc, asked friend,
who had lived here all his life, to assist me
in looking for Our friend, G. IT, GALLEN-
DER, who's now in the uston-housc, and
we searched for two hours and could not
hear of him, much less sec him. We were
referred from one apartment to another un-
til we got tired and finally abandoned the
search. The Merchants Exchange is n
great building, costing one million eight
hundred thousand dollars to build it. In
the afternoon | rode up town to Fifth Ave
nuc, where the rich nabobs live. This tx
the prctticst part of town. In the after
noon, l went to Niblo's Garden and saw
the Pantomimc of Banco. This afternoon
| visited Barnum's Museum and saw ali the
curiositics of that great humbug, but let it
be humbug, or what else you may call it,
he shows more for On o,,os,or - tboY ,n,,
other Snowman ever did. In addition TO
the Museum, he has regular Theatre,
where entertainments are given twice a day.
The notorious Mrs CUNNINGmAM is here
exhibited Gin wax fguro) to tho public.
also saw her in Philadelphia. Here you
may see the royal falnlies of England and
France, and all of our great men from Gen
WAsInNGToN down to FRANK PIERcE.--
In the Philadelphia Museum there was one
thing that appeared to me singular dispo-
sition made of these figures: 1t was that
NAPoLEoS BoNAPARTE and Lord WEI
LINGToN were standing near cach other,
withSANTA ANNA between them. Wheth-
they were Intentionally placed so or not j
did not learn
You have frequently read of great mass
meetings held in the Park. Well, one of
these great meetings of the Democratic
party is now being held, and the meeting
10 to be addressed by number of great
lAoa, ard ono Of them is now speaking IN
twenty yards ofwherc | am sitting. The
cannon have been firing for the last two
hours, and dozen Bands Of Music playing
aIl the time, and the number Of people now