The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-08-23
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FROM THE EDITOR.
EUILA
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Wjnlc Oul lJlehdS u " II arc HHtH"'"J
SohpT we will commence n brief letter
10 the Journal, and guess we shall be
able 10 fash it by the time they finish
We are all at the Merchants Hotel, on
Fourth St., where merchants and bust
ness men visiting the Quaker City most
generally chang up" And in this they
are right and sensible. For Solid com
fort, good walters, and II hospitabIc
host, We layc never seen its superior.
The Continental o. Girard make more
fuss, but we will leave il 10 oup own
unprciudiccd mind and we lave tried
alb that the Merchants is the best, In
travelling round We have found out
that to stop at the most G1ShtoHdbLc no.
tells generally conpcIs one I" take II
tourth Stoyy and amid oycrpIrs Of e%-
element and hurry BURY, to receive
but little attention. Besides, this is II
Sqgtherp IIqtcl-a breckenridge man
keeps il, and here il is tInt our l'rcsl-
dent RuchaIpp always stops, The
rooms a.G neal and W the servants are
good looking nGgrGGS, who wait ON
you in good style, And uc like for ne.
groos w wait up0" "s. Goa fitted them
for servants, and fitted white folks Tor
their masters. Always stop at the
Merchants Hotel when yon come to
Philadelphia always. Hist :
II. & II. are coming-picing their
teeth, and wen venture II boN Df i'm
ported cigars that either Of them VIII
weigh five pounds more now than an
hOpr anu 4 h0lfa@o, when they COM
mcnccd cqtng, They tell me that Il
Bell and Everett Rally is to come off to.
night and being invited guests, they
will not decline the poli,. invitation
we shall stay at home. Last night
wore us out. In fact, last night was Il
terribly exciting evening. About five
O'Clock /: fire broke out on the street
next to this one, and Of course oT cro'C'
Wcnt to see, and they S"~. For Il full
half nile either way up The street we
could soo nothing but people and fire
engines. Every one seemed excited
Men, womcnmd children were running
luther thitIcr, and the sparks oithc
I,oLle s4eain engines wGr" 1lyin& forth
from the qhimneys by TIC million. Ihc
myriads Of cars on the streets were
brought TO y halt, and the horses in
thcm snortod and paved old mother
Earth-or rather the boulder pave
mcnts, making sparks OF fire at every
lick. It's II grand sight-tlat ofa fire,
especially in u city where great four
and six s,ory hwldings, on either side
of the street, connect for miles and
miles, and where it seems THAT once
under way, the fire must dcvour the
whole. But the noble Grcmcn manage
well and but few fully appreciate the
danger they undergo in their ondcav-
ors to stay the fiery element. We wit.
messed on last evening one of the most
daring fcats that ever come before Our
eye. One man run up a long ladder,
trying to get on The top Of . five story
building, but the ladder was too short.
Yet, not at all to be thwmtcd, he placed
his feet on the projecting ends or side
pieces, and taking hold Of the cures Of
tie Juldng with his hands, made IN ct-
fort to get on top Of the roof, but fell
back and caught on the rounds of the
ladder. Ever eye was on him in I'm i'll
slant, and II shuddcr comscd through
scores at the imincnt danger of the
brayc fellow falling TO the stone pave
ment, which would have been to meet
instant death. But he rcgaincd his
hold, and mounting the ends "lthc lad
der rs before actuaiy gut on top of hc
houSe-LQW Mo cannot tell, lnt lie done
80. II WAS the most reckless aJt wc
ever saw, and thousands Of witnesses
will never forget it.
After the fire was subducd and sup
per eaten, we wcndcd our way to the
great ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS street Of Phil
adelphia for hustle and show-wo mean
Chestnut. There was an unusual stir,
because it had already spread like II
fame that
JOHN G. KEENAN,
was stoppinga the Girard, and such
was true. Never in our life did we see
such Il rush to get a look at one midi
vidual. For Il mile up the beautiful
street il seemed a sea of human heads.
Arriving at the Girard We found the
doors blocked up with people, but de
tcrmining to 'bc in o%urself, if we 'cere
from Winchester, in we went, friend
Mantiy along with us. We stationed
ourselves ut the foot Of the stairs for Il
social chat, and all ofa sudden a gcner-
al look ont commenced. Turning out
eyes, who should be coming right to-
ward US but the vcritable 'Bcnecia Boy, |
John Z. Heenan himself. We got a
good look, and retired while the i'm
monse crowd crowded after him. The
windows Of tho hotel were full Of peo
Pie stretching their peoks and eyes to
get glimpse Of Heonan. The win.