The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-14

TERRIBLE TIMES IN PHrLADEIPHrA.-TheP hila-
delphia newspapers Two use the term In ito
conventional sense) are in bad way because
the accounts Of the shameful way In which the
japanese were used In their village have been
spread before the public. The insults heaped
upon the Embassy, the violation Of solemn
pledges in taking them to heir hotel BY long
and very fatiguing detour, tho disgraceful
squabble between the military and the police,
were not alluded to In the Philadelphia papers,
with one exception We heard Of them, however,
through our special correspondents, and from
reliable private sources, and called the atten-
ton of the city authorities here to the matter, in
order that the Japanese might not be annoyed
by an imitation of Philadelphian hostility ct
their reception in New York.
Hereupon the Philadelphia journals fall to
and scold away at New York with the vehe.
mence Of so many enraged washerwomen.
One of them commences by abusing the
New York reporters; then proceeds to say
that there was mo rioting, no disorder,
and no violence;" and 1t says If the japanese
were exposed to "any rudsness, 1t will the bet
ter prepare them for the brutalities they will
suffer when they get to New York" A very
curious argument that Another journal states
the story that the japanese were insulted ID un-
true and immediately states that, however
false, 1t is backed by the Philadelphia Eusning
Journal of yesterday, which says:-'Along the
route the rabble behaved rather badly, but none
were absolutely to blame" Athird paper states
that IL finds in the statements of the New York
papers traces of that spirit which IL never
failing index of waning prosperity. The failure
of the New York steamship lines, - soon Is the
government subsidies were withdrawn; the
bankruptcy of one of the great railway lines
whose aim and cherished desire was the de-
struction of our magnificent highway to the
West; the 1attening out of the schemes Of the
HERALD and other journals, 90 aatulently
belched into the faces of the general public, to
so organize the running Of the railway trains
of the country a. to exclude the provincial
press from all but a local circulation, and the
acknowledged depreciation Of real estate In IN"
Itf kumbug in that city has eliminated"
Considering that we have no less than ten
regular European steamship lines, of which
three are American, and that the increase In
the valuation of real and personal property In
the city almost keeps pace with the inordinatA
increase in taxation, the above paragraph Ia
decidedly the coolest thing of the season. Such
words from Philadelphia to New York are as
menaces to imperial Rome from an Iberian vii.
lage. We only notice them o. among the
amusing things Of the day. Although intended
to be taken in all seriousness, they are really
irresisubly funny, and should be accounted
a. among the best contributions to the comic
literature Of the country, which, by the way,
is getting to be distressingly slow. The Phila-
delphia jokers will give II . clip after they
have concluded their lighter tasks, such as
using up the metropolis, and asserting the
claim of their rectangular village to rank at
the head of American cities. As to the Japa.
nese matter, there seems to be q question Of
veracity between the Philadelphia editors, which
we will leave them 10 settle at their leisure, of
which, Judging by their issues, they must have
q plentiful supply. II is pretty well settled in
the public mind Of the country that the treat
ment of the Embassy At Philadelphia was dis
graceful 10 that city, and all the deniAls Of the
local press win avail nothing 90 far as the re-
moval Of that impression Is concerned.