Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-10-22
Letters Of a Traveller.
o. 4.

| return L was accompanied by some old
and valued friends 10 Cresson, where the
/ Ebensburg branch railroad terminates, or
rather runs into the Great PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad as a stream runs into a river.
And, indeed, the Pennsylvania Railroad,
compared to other railroads. that have
travelled on in the United States, is as
the Mississippi TO its tributaries, IN COM
fort, magnitude and system Having pro
cured ticket from the gentlemanly agent,
i got into the crowded cars TO endeaYor TO
secure n seat i found a vacancy along
/ side of thin cadaverous Yankee from
| Boston, who gave me a kind of grunting
assent 70 occupy the seat adjoining him.
/ made several offers to allure him into
conversation, but they were all unavail-
| ing. No inducements offered him could
, extract more from him than monosyllablcs
l therefore concluded TO let him alone
We arrived at Altoona where an excellent
supper was served up 10 the passengers.
My companion and myself got seated to-
gether once more. / then found him
pleasant. communicative and intelligent
L then discovered that good supper TO
hungry man had a very soothing and
beneficial effect on his social qualities
We entered into lively conversation. dis
agreeing IN some things and agreeing on
many. He drew from his travelling bag a
pistol, loaded with choice ammunition.
asked me if / would draw TO which i
consented l drew my knife on: of nv
pocket, handed II TO him with some choice
cavendish which he had been in want of
for some time, and did not know where TO
procure IL
Then we both =" felt the jey that warrior
feel
In fueIneD worthy # there steel =
We got along very pleasantly until we
went TO Lewistown, where burthen train
had broken down on the track and de-
tanned Us there for several hours. Nv
companion went 10 sleep, attempted il
also, but 1 utterly failed; tho l have
been oft,n considered an expert at sleep
ing.
The next day at u o'clock we rot into
PhiladelphiS, that model CITY OF the old
and new world Such universal syn-
metry, and regularity OF buildings, 50
many public, humane and charitable in
stitutions, are rarely found in anv Of the
cities of the world being settled BY VIII
liam Penn and his followers. the popula-
tion has still small sprinkling Of their
founders characteristics Aliho' they
have thrown of the tees and fLosrs OF
that sect, they siill retain their bcneyolcnce
and truthtulness- OF course, / mean the
descendants OF ancient settlers. and not
those who have since came there bv i'm
migration OF choice. What constitutes
the beauty OF This CITY, the streets are all
laid out IN mathemat ical squares and ar
rithmeiically numbered from the Delaware
river 70 the Schuylkill; and from north 10
south nearly all named after the trees OF
the forest The greatest artificial curl
ositIes of the city are the Paramount
Waterworks. and the Continental Hotel.
The Prince of Wales said II was the best
Hotel ever he sojourned al. and / have no
doubt he Is as good 4 judge of good living
and good accommodations as l am. But
L am only speaking of this Hotel as a
curiosity on account of Its magnitude.
there are many fine elegant and commo-
dious Hotels in that city besides this. The
entire organization OF this Hotel has been
under the direction of Mr.. Paran Stevens.
Proprietor, who Is also the proprietor OF
the Revere and fremont houses in Boston
Battle and Point Clear houses in Mobile.
and the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York.
built almost on the same plan Among
other important Improvements, in addition
to the usual stairways, a vertical railroad
to convey guests from the first to the upper
floors Is in successful operation. upon a
plan which admits of no possibility of ac-
cldents. The Navy Yard is generally
visited by strangers and at this time If
was particularly brisk and interesting.
Several new ships were building, some
iron clad, we examined the clothing. found
II was made In Pittsburg and was of very
solid texture 4 inches thick. Twill cease
comments on Philadelphia, often so well
described by travellers, and visiters. and
take my passage to New York.
There are two or three routes from
Philadelphia TO New York, the direct rail-
road route, or the Camden and Ambov
Railroad and steamers. / concluded to
take the former
After a hurried breakfast started from
the Hotel, stalwart active Hibernian
carrying my trunk 10 the crossing where i
could take the city railroad car to the
depot When L got there, the engine had
given her departing whistle few moments
before, tins was the O'Clock train, and
the next train did not go out until eleven.
then found there were three dreary hours
ahead of me. AS ii is my disposition not
to sink under affiiction of that kind, but
as the tailors say to take as much out of
the cloth as possible, began to look