New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-18
9, very near l3 ,er cent Of tho sesusl a,or,hity.

ted 10 bad dat, 1pseasonabe elotaiog, - crowded,
dsup, unwholesome dwellings pea.-up cJur's sni
GrippIg cellars where the bright san aud pare ar
never penetrate /, is here he sesds o. death aTo
planted ID lbe infantIe system and nothing bat
conpr.hcnsiye sanitary reformation OF Thousand
uuisaucss il avail 10 CHECK this iEghtiul jesruc-
ION of Life. Surface drainage cheap bath snd %ash-
hoases, where tie multitude may wash aod %
cleaned would 90 wonders Tor Us. Ooy So deans
re returned a. occurring fr.m lOtempera1ce ald
mania potu. Bu, there must be great error
here Ii the Thousands OF groggeEles among us could
BE- abolished and the sale Of the vie poison they dis
peUse be suppressed, these .emi-aDnual tab es Of
ci,y morality would tel 4 very different story.
1he deep bold which the religious movement has
taken OF the public mind, is Illustrated by a neH
Aelnorstration, making those services Permanently
which atQretipe Nere only TRANSIENT snd tine-lnt.
4 trac. OF some thirty acres has been purchased as
Camden Delaware, as the ste on which relgDls
camp meetings are hereafter 20 be De htl perOfl-
caly. This ground IS well supplied with ruGnlog
water, shaje-rees, and al otaer cJnVel.ences lO'
accommodating a multitude OF persons. IL IS
reached By railroad from tins city "lta sreat fic'-
Nv so much so as u De IN reality kind Ot suburb.
A large brick building will be- erected ilr the SO
rage Of 500 tents snd ali other appliances of great
demonstration. Heretofore these bulky fixtures
have been moved about from place u place at grea,
exUense Or Friday the hrst formal demonstriuo
was made 10y cedcatiug tne ground 20 religious plr.
pO.es. A aree congregation had assembled. aud
some l50 tells are now erec.ed These are placel
on avenues crossing each other AZ right aDges, aal
constitute lhe ground Of a vast canvas city, most
pleasing 10 behold. Some sixteen are large union
tents intended as representatives. Of Well known
Churches IN this city They are really imposing
affairs. Then there are cdpdclous boarding. house
tents 70 which belong multitude OF small de-
tached canvas pyramids for sleeplog More than
a hundred ministers have visited the meeting aud
of the people there seems 10 De no end. Stands
tor preaching are erected at numerous points be-
neah wid,-spreading trees The first ser7ice -
held around the principal stand at an early hour 10
the mOrsing, where seats are provided tor a largs
conpregatlos Here notice i given o. the order oil
exercses for the day. with preachers names, Ac.,
"a which succeed the sermon, singing, e1hortah)n,
tie ceremonies usual at camp meetings. Special
er.meetus are held at Intervals IN many 0i the
tents throughout tie day and evening On TINS
Inauguration of perhaps the most gigantic religious
festival of the day an extraordinary number of de-
voSt persons assembled, without Interruption or
ANNOYANCE from city rOHdies, and il broke up on
Monday with promise OF increased attendance
another season.
Your authorities ought to send deput,tion hers
e. witness Ia coed rOuslng fire, aud sec Tor them
selves how complete q damper the sream eoghe Is
on such an occasion. At midnight on Friday de-
ING al the corner of Shipper and Swanson streets,
occupied by cabinet MAKERS. Two ad l0lni1g houses
of 10 great value we're burnt. Thence it extended
TO the Mariners Church but hero the steam engines
uterpOsed veto and evidently stopped what with
nothing but hand engines, would have been heavy
loss OF property. Two of these machines sucked
uD water from the river close by aud poured an As
t6nisbng deluee on sl the inharmlbe neighOorhood.
They undoubtedly saved properly equal to SIX times
their cost. The whole ylclnly WAS made up oi
cOmbustlbles which nothing but steam power could
have saved. Hereafter 1t would seem az If a sweep
ing fIe could never be repeated IL this city. In less
than year some twelve of these powerful machines
will be in use among Us. They meet with high
favor t.om citizens, fremen and insurance Offices
1hey are moreover great moral reforners. abolish
ipg the vocation OF an army Of loafers aud r0Hdes
whose prime pal occupation it has been to man the
ropes and icment the most murderous broil-.
The contest in John hickmans adjoining Con.
gressional District is going with tervor unusual
IN that peaceful region Hickman, you know, is A
res0lute An,i-i.ecOmpton Democrat wac voted
steadily against rhs abomnatiOn. His denomination
has brought Elm out Oh the stump, active fluent
and convincing. He crowds his Lecompton oppo-
nent terribly close, and If our ReplbhctDs in Cnes-
ter and Delaware Counties are wise, and make 10
nomination. Hickman gees IN with rusb.
In this city a vile cabal, UNIQUE ,tionably fed by
L0cOtoco money has attempted TO get up
StraightOut American Convention and ticket But
their Convention soon degenerated into beastly
row, such as yOu- Five Points has never exec ded
There was scratching and fighting Of the mos. dam.
aging description the active parties emerging from
the scrinmoge with bloody noses, black eyes aud
nexpres sibles 30 yhtluly ripped up as TO be essen.
tally tatterdemalIon. Finally came the police and
quick stampede. Ii is clear that cock Won fglt
any longer IN PHILADELPHIA.
lte cut.thr0at consequences of the sublime folly
noT enacted on the Central and Erie RAILROADS ar.
FELT very seDs bly, at our Stock Board These effects
are silent but disastrous. II would be mprudent 10
60 INTO particulars. We are quietly but impateutIy
waiting to see WLcA OF these cOrpora.ioLs ID first
10 give up the ghost whether Doth are not 10 be
ruined. some o. us begin to see that while bank
officers impOyerl heir Institutions by secre, RAJ,
berry. railroad officials ruin theirs while the stock
holders are looking on-say in open day. If such
management affects your reputation here, where
some OF US Ineasurably understand the N itter
what effect is 1t to have on confidence in Europe
whore not one man in ten thousand can compre.
hehd /. Railroad. were not made ~ be- run in,o
the ground.
That gorgeous floral wonder, the American aloe.
noticed in a former letter, is now ia bloom. lhs
flower stem IS 20 feet high, with IL branches. Az
x blooms but once in century, Of the present
g 1eration can expect 10 repetition II ia
publicly exhibited BY Its generous owner, Mr..
George II. Stuart, for the beIei. OF the Young
Mems Christian Association.