Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-06-08
Letter from PHILADELPHIA,
loomsp7ainc' NJ 'h' Dallas Herald,
PmLAnELrnIA, MAv u. 1852.

items for You before my departure, In the first
place then will begin with the beginning OF
the wcck-SUnGny morning, | sailed forth At
the ringing of bells and attended some oE the
Sabbath schools, and found u full attendance ut
all the places | visited. The singing and other
exercises were Of very interesting character
and the most perfect system and order seemed To
prevail throughout. II would be hard indeed To
estimate the value to society of the insiruetionS
given, and impressions received Mt these schools
As | mentioned the ringing of bells, | must
more particularly notice the chime of bells he,
longing to Chrid'S Church, which are elevated
moro than $50 feet, and upon which are played
many tunes very perfectly. Among others was
chimed :. come TO that happy land and which
was performed so well that almost imagined
heard the words. This is one of tho oldest
churches in the city, having been built in l69l,
and enlarged in / 10. The spire is 1916 feet high
The Sexton showed me the pews occupid 10y
Washington and Franklin; and ON a beautiful
grassy plat adjoining the house are cntombed the
remains of Robert Morris, Gen'l. Mercer, ana
others of honorable memory. The congregation
attending this church was large and fashionable,
and the service impressive, with the exception ol
the reading of manuscript sermon, in which !
thought many of our Southern clergyman with
their cxtcmporancous preaching would have
made much more serious impression There
are in this city 299 churches; among the primci-
pal of which are 50 Protestant Episcopal ~
Methodist Episcopal; 30 Baptist; 2S Catholic,
and 62 Presbyterian. Many Of these church ed
ifces are beautiful specimens of architecture
some of which cost over one hundred thousahu
dollars.
The State House is of very ancient dntc-hav'
ing been built in the carly part Of the last centu,
ry and the bell which was ordered ON England
in 1850 weighed over 2OOO lbs. The Assembly
of the then province of Pennsylvania, had this
inscription placed upon it !: '.ProclNm liberty
through all the land to ak the inhabitants there
of-Icylt XXV, 10" This he'll, which was
intended at first to proclaim British liberty, al
forwards was the first to proclaim the liberties
of the Colonies in opposition to the British crown
Besides the immense number Of public build
incs. would mention that this city contains
100000 dwellings. shops, and manufacturers
and ,i04 stores. and has II population oil uo",-
600 inhabitants; and all collectively own prop
ertv according to the assessed value OF $TDo,-
coo GOO I'm the line Of manufactures, tins city
is ahead OF all others in the United States: ana
for all articles of domestic manufacture should
| be ratroniZcd by our Southern merchants, II thcy
would study their own interest; for they GER
tainlv can buy most of such articles chcaPcr mere
Than in aay either cHycf The Union, and on as nc
commOdating terms.
On Thursday night last attended the oratlon
of the ylon Mr. Everett on the life and charac-
for Of W0shirgtan in hohnlf of thH l"He' OF
tl,e Mount Vernon Association, ut when were
nrcscnt should say over 1000 persons. dare
not even attempt IL synopsis OF the address, lor
every word rs it were had Il telling effect on the
audience but there is one thing will say, that
50 long as | can witness the hearts Of Americans
heating ms they did that occasion, at the mem
orv of Washington | have no fears for the sale
ty of our Union
In all my intercourse among Intelligent men
here. which assure YOU has been considerable.
7 have not vet found ono ihotionist. or one who
is willing to avow himself such, although have
brought up the subject upon all convenient oPIc
portunitics in order to ascertain the extent OF
| this feeling but on the contrary they strongly
renrobatc every thing that las tendency to dls-
unite the members of this great cOntcderacy. VI
course there are many abolitionists here, but !
have not found them among the business men OF
the city. In short. | believe if it was not ior
demaroruc politicians who iii order to rulc, VIII
| fully mislead the masses. or attempt TO 90 So
the term nboltionist would soon become obsolete
SO far as the South is concerned. Some OF 1hc
papers here have simply mentioned the lNct OF
The cxnulson of abolitionists from FAnnin coun-
ty. Texas. without however any comment. Up
on several occasions | have publicly justiiled the
cause of our own people, and have not 1ouHd
one to attempt to controvert the points.
Before close, permit me to give You my op'n-
ion as to the effects Of the great European war
upon Texas interests While cotton will depre-
ciate in nrice all our own great provision inter
ests will he greatly advanced Wheat is now
worth here two dollars per bushel, and VIII DE
worth at any of our shipping points IN leNas
besides all the beef packed and ready Tor market
will obtain exorbitant prices All tlat IS W.'"-
ting among u.s. are more facilities Tor sehdlhS
forward our surplus provisions, which railroads
will afford us, and should be speedily oDtai'cu'
let them cost what they Will.
T., 4, oil ala nrpn n
railroad running through the principal streets;
The cars carry from 80 to 60 persons each, ana
are drawn by two horses at a BRISK trot, ana
running too sometimes over very uneven sur
face. They carry passengers any distance tneS
20, say five miles or more to- from to . cents
According to one of the city papers "thc num-
her of cars running on these roads are Hi
Horses emnloyed 1922: Men SSl, exclusive oil
officers - Several more roads are now building
and will he soon COMPLETED. Would 1t not ne
strange indeed if the whole State OF Texas shoulu
fall behind this one city in railroad improvements
Reef and mutton are both retailed here ana IN
New York. at 20 cents per pound, and putchers
tell me that Texas heeves even hnu tllcir way ~,
to this market rs we'll as New York. len ool-
lars will TRANSPORT a bullock 1000 miles or more
On n railroad. and if our beevcs could be started
from home while fat with the same conveyance
all the ,yaH. they would be worth to our STOCK
raisers more than double the price they no"
get. A man from the interior of this state re-
Gently brought six heiiers here and sold them "S
beeves for SIS 90. .ro
Tomorrow | expect to start for home on the
..dcep blue sea, =" and if happen to come out
rig lit side up, viii perhaps give you " lew more
items Of my travels.
DrscoyTrxt-AcE Of TIE OVERLAND MAIL.-Con-
gross having failed at its last session to make
the usual appropriations for the Post Once De-
rartment. the Postmaster General has been IN
duccd to closely examine the service ior the pur,
,,oso Of discontiuuinc all that may be dispensed
With without material injury to the public SER
vice. The Territorial routes between Neosha;