The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-05-16
CAnP McLELTAND, NEAR PntLApELPnrAl
.r,.--. .--. ..- May 8lh, 1861,

MEssRs. EDlToRs:-We arrived in this
city OF cities on las! Wednesday afternoon
at 9 o'clock, and were marched from
there to Camp Nc Clellaud distant Z miles
from the city, which was formerly suffolk
Park, where G, NJ. Patchen, Lady suf-
folk, Ethan Allen, Lexington, Flora Tenn
pie and Fire Fly, and a multitude Of 9TH
er famous trotting and running horses,
have astonishsd the sporting world and
rivalled the 'timeY Of Long Island.
We were carr'd at Lancaster for this
place without lengthy notice, left there
without any ratlons, missed our dinners,
arrived in West Philadelphia at halC.past
two, were marched out here on an empty
stomach, no message of cur coming was
telegraphed to this place and Of course we
had no supper, and so, hall iamished for
fo'd, We vamoosed through holes in the
fence, crswled over the enclosure. broke
through the gate guards, tired and hungry
as we were, and made our way 10 town,
where the news Of our bad treatment or
the gross negligence of our commissary,
(call it what you may) had reached them,
and we we're plenteously supplied by the
Quaker City's hospi.able citizens with an
abundance Of provisions. Philadelphia is
indeed city of Brotherly Lore. ,..
We had been hungry, tired and sleepy,
and some probably sick at heart, but not
one of US now regret the necessity which
impelled us TO revolt against military rule
aud run the gauntlet of a discharge from
the army; for, of all the cities in the
world, American or foreign, mind like
mine cannot conceive how any place can
have better Or more hospitable citizens,
pretticr pavemenls. cleaner streets, more
loyalty 10 the Union more patriotic mem
bers Of the former dark days of the Re-
public, or any other that can lay claim.
with more prpriety, to the alfectionate
title Of the city Of Brotherly Love, All
hail the arch Of the Keystone! ss,eE
Here are TO be seen some gorgeous
palatal private residences. hotels that ri.
val in beauty and splcndor the f,mous BIZ
"a res Of olden time; mercantile houses
with mammoth marble fronts stretching
backwards and forwards over mountains
OF silks. salins. calcoea, linens, woolen
goods and notions; Carpenters hall where
as early as 1924 declaration Of indie.
pendence was attempted to be draughted,
where the Reverend Duchey of France
prayed with the inspiration of heaven in
him, where the 35th Psalm was read and
where old John Adams was supposed 10
have said that olive or die. sink orswim,
survive or perish, | give my heart and
hand to this vote;" where Benz. franklin
wrote and published his philosophical es.
says; the Masonic He'll with its iucompa.
rablc and unexcsllable interior apartments
ard fixtures, where Washington wa,
High Priest. Adams King, and Hancock
Scribe; where, at the Navy Yard can bt
seen those missiles of death in the shap,
Of caunon from 10 Founders up to .68
carbines, minnie rifles, breech loading
) monsrels. grape. canister and bomb-shelll
and side arms without number, etc. A.
bout three hundred yards out in the Del
aware river is that s.aunch old Unior
Ship Priaceton, once commanded BY
Commodotes Stockton, the Union flag still
floating at her mast head and her to)
sails reefed with Union emblems. Acros
the bay is the city Of monopolies, Cam
den. IN New Jersey where our boys wer
taken prisoners the moment they lande,
and wild duck, fresh fish and salad wer
shot into them by vicious landlord. :
2 But it would take months to enumerat
a all the sights seen by one una custome
TO the beauties of mammoth city who's
population numbers at present over 81
hundred ,housad white people. Stuff,
it to say that the Continental Hotel GOV
ers up almost Philadelphia block. Bu
< the grandest sight, one that inspires th
|. enthusiasm and brings with it tho mos
h pIeasurable recollectiohs, is old Independ
ence Hall. The flag Of our commo
" country is flying at its top and as you er
o in the centre, and turn 10 the left, yo
open door and then stand in q ROOF
< where the Declaration of American Indc
= pendence was adopted. where the patric
sages of the Revolution convened an
r made this the birth. place (as Faheu
/ Hall is the cradle of American Liberty
!. Around the walls ofthe room are the POI
ia traits Of the siguers Of that inintorlad II
> strument which will carry their name
Z down TO the remolest posterity, to "tl
IS latest syllable Of recorded time, associ;
/ ted with them are several Indian Chic
M who have been friendlyto the whites j
N days gone by, Lafayette KosciuSco, Re
: Jaacket and all the prominent men WI
:, pledged their lives. in rs, in 1Sl2and
ie '48 for theit coun1ry's welfare.
g Abound n statue of Washington. in Il
10 rear are some Revolutionary curiosities.
"a bottle Of flattened shape dug from Il
earth at a distance Of 80 feet, d Is shi
i' ling note on brown paper Of the old Go
tinenlal money, resembling caslor-c
W label, in a state Of ofdecomposilion, and
Id piece of tho live oak in which the5chart
il was hidden from the tories. 70 4
" right of the statue in a pedestal IS the o
CT Independence boh which first rang o
at our national chimes, and proclaimed Ii
Sc cry TO all the world, to all the inhabitar
thereof" The old bell has now mai
=, moth crack in it and some marks in it
~ people picking at it,whh knives in ord
u to get particle as q inemento, but it
lie none, the less reverenced on that acCoul
lat We leave here shortly but direct /