Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-07-09
A Leisure Day in Philadelphia.


Agate" the entertaining and spicy cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, has
been spending leisure day in Philadelphia,
and writes a pleasant letter describing the
sights he saw in the beautiful Quaker City.
We quote some passages from his letter,
which we are sure our readers will enjoy:
'DRIFTING ABOUT"
Yesterday evening Judge Kelley, the EN-.
inent Philadelphia Congressman and orator,
was good enough to call and propose play
ing the chaperon to US few hours to-day,
and so we saunter into the Office to await his
arrival. We have hardly moment TO watch
the throng that always makes the great
Eastern hotel rotunda or Office, or hall and
reading rooms, so curious o study, when,
punctual to the minute, the Judge makes
his appearance. We are to drift about with
" put through ''the sights "a process so
wearisome that none but the most verdant
will submit to it. We are to trust to him
in this drifting about, to show us some
pleasant phases of Philadelphia that our
hurried business visits are not likely to have
discovered; and so we sally forth.
we are StOppou ou OuSstuuO
street, first to be presented to the man who
made Simon Cameron deny that he was
trying to get Mcclellan back; then to bow to
a dapper, genial looking, antique parsonage,
who proves to be none other than the Phil.
adelphia celebrity, David Paul Brown.
CONGRESSMAN OFFICE IN VACATION.
And then we saunter on to the Judges
office, almost in the shadow Of sacred old
Independence Hail. The Office of popu-
lar Congressman on the Administration
side, in a great city, is as curious study, in
its way, as aught else the city affords This
man has little contract, that only needs a
kind word from the Congressman to make
it secure, and ,could he be kind enough to
write line to Secretary so and SO, simply
saying that the bearer is a reliable man.
This gentleman has son in the army, who
has been involved in some youthful esca-
pade that don't look well on paper, aud
can't you do something for him, sir? The
Department has certainly made q gross
mistake in its Interpretation Of that clause
of the law, and couldn't you write them,
demonstrating against it? And so the stream
pours on.
Finally we make our escape, cross over to
Locust street, and stop before Philadel-
phia house, which, to anybody who has ever
been there, is a sufficient description of the
whole class of brick fronted, white-shutter-
ed, marble-stepped denominations.
A FEMALE cELEBRlTf-ThE ooAhEh dihl
ORATOR
The Judge rings, asks the shining face il
"Miss Anna is in, and on being told that
she soon will be, leads us into the. paror,
! Napoleon at St. Helena, elegant photo
graphs of Henry Ward Beecher, and some
less known members of the Beecher race Of
mankind family portraits, and the like; and
are presently entertained by petite figure
in blue, that discourses most pleasantly oi
the pictures, the books, the elegant, eleven
volume edition OF Shakespeare that has
just been added to the treasures OF the
house, Philadelphia people and Quaker
ways, till her sister shall arrive.
The Judge begins to nave premonitoIs :.
twlnges OF conscience ABOUT ensage'non.' ou
GOWN town ne Is oreakihg, anI srSws e.,, nan aro
iiestly uneasy IN ms seat, pul tnc ih'es a.e y
propiuous; oust as ho nus sNen .no .nio
omlnous glance at ms watch' we near rust !,
ing rush through the nan, some gay tep,s
Is nung Dack 70 an unnearu ques,lG;uL ;.L itoa Gu,
above, q door Is thrown open, anu Mi.n ids'
flushed with exercise ana cuiis usoruerea a us
the familiar preezes, a young lauy en'eis
exclalming In a voice SO rich, so deep, =
mellow that you cannot aeiP envylng II, !.
possessor, 1t WASH my 'auI, 9uage'
have been PACK long ago ~ q nau w.
way. And then tnere comes a Jsar; lusn y y
laughing explanations ana plquant ueScrip
tions, IN the midst OF Whicn we are present
ed to MISS Anna ~ Dlckihs3n, tne youh
Quaker glri to whose wonderiul ora.Gry IN u
gallant hepuDhcans inslsI Una. our erlunip
In Connecticut Is dee, ana oyer "nSsG sui
cess IN Cooper Institute = ana inc Inliauel
phia, Opera House the Eastern papers nav
hardly yet ceased exulting'
, Miss d. has become public character
, and so must submit to have indifferent poi
, traits, labeled with her name. hung out
/ public places. While she is in the midst
Q her rafting explanations, let US seize on
opportunity.
To begin with, this is no scrawny- featu
i ed, sallow-faced, pantalooned female of TO
/ ty, of the woman rights persuasion, but
: giirl-a few months over twenty, the ol
/ Quaker women, headed by Lucretia Mo
: and the other Quaker authorities on ag
f say-scarcely eighteen, or equally pra
!, ticed eyes decide on the instant. Plum
/, lo,.J s,,nnla 61ura of ahout mediu