Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-07-15
Correspondence of the Patriot.

PHILADELPHIA, July b, 1904.
The "glorious natal day Of freedom" as the bills
term it, is over. To have consulted the thermom-
eter, would have almost forced the conclusion that
Christmas was at hand. To associate Fourth of Ju-
ly with coal-fres, oVercoats and thick gloves, has
been reserved for the memorable 81, the year of
| Comet-maduesses, Gotham-anarchy, and death
stricken FilIibusterism. The exaggerated and il
tense Fourth of Julyishness, which, in bygone years
vented itself in drunkenness, excess, and noise,
has been succeeded in these later times by a gen.
tee dissipation and display of less deafening pyr
otechnical brilliancies. In the Quaker City, until
night, every thing quiet and orderly; quiet,
shat one might have supposed every dwelling
Westinghouse, and every head of family a sober
Quaker reading to the assembled household one of
Robert Barclays Exhortatons or John Gurney's
Spiritual Homilies. The streets presented in the
morning damp, wet appearance, as though weep
ing for the degeneracy Of patriotism In the after
nooo, the sun winked twice, and people began to
appear in the streets to witness the phenomenon.
few vagrant squbs here aud there was the only
evidence that it CqS Fourth of July and not Sunday.
The weather was so damp that even Young Amer
lea preferred standing in drinking-salooDs, gloomi-
" drinking sod -water, and 'blessing" the clerk of
the weather, to mpregnatng such atmosphere
with gunpowder. At night however, the weather
being more favorable, every body seemed to wish
to make up lost time, aud from twilight until mid
! night the city was one blaze of light. Impromptu
| comets, in the shape of huge skyrockets; wander
ing stars, IN the form of rOmaD-candles; miniature
volcanoes, represented by bengola Lights gener-
al confusion OF lights, wrought by sulphur and gun
powder and a horrible hurlesque on Acoustics,
performed by pistols, "snappers," crackers" and
| torpedoes, made night hideous aud the darkness
CHASTITY until the approach of the Sabbath and po-
lice warned the elervescent patriotism of the null
titude that the GLORIOUS Fourth" was at an end.
| On the morrow came repentance and headache,
| with equal infusions of good resolutions aud soda
water aud thus ended the day in the City of Broth
erly love.
In New York there was more than the usu-
al amount of rowdyism and lighting. As usual on
such days two gangs of rufiaDs displayed their pa
triotic humorousuess by street-battle; and being
in an exalted mood, shot each other few hours,
varying she performance by facetiously killing two
or three police officers Who approaching but little
their national exuberauce of spirit, attempted to
quel the melee.
The New York Court of Appeals has settled the
question Of the consttu tionaity of the Metro
politan police-law, and Mayor Wood, in his chival-
rous contest with Governor King, has been unhors-
ed and compelled to surrender his armor to the
Knight of Albany. This decision strips New York
City of all civic rights, and surrenders to the State
Legislature all municipal and chartered privileges.
1t is an important precedent in legislation, it
leaves our city governments in the hands OF non
resident judiciary.
Ii is reported that William Howard Russell, the
"Our Own Correspondent" of the London Times in
the Crimea, will visit America this next Fall, hav-
ing been engaged by Mr. Beale, (for the sum of
$50 600, for twelve months) to deliver lectures on
the campaign in the Crimea. II his spoken lectures
be equal to his written accounts il will be treat
70 listen to the who was better acquainted With
The seige Of Sevastopo than any who stood before
she wells OF that Black Sea Gibraltar
The remnant Of Walkers NicargGaa army has
arrived, 10 the q S. lrigate Wabash. They num-
bered one hundred and twenty one men, and i3h-
teen women aud children The horrors Of famine,
toll aud disease, have marked each Que Of this IN
fortunate company, seventy Of whom are now in the
hospital Walker has retained South.
Il is said that Forrest intends TO retire from the
stage this next Spring. for the twentieth timsl lie
eontempates playing 10 every theatre in she Union
previous 20 this step. If 50. you wil have al op-
porlunity OF seeing the giant Of the stage 10 Nash
vile. More anon. Yours,
FRANK.