Litchfield enquirer., 1863-05-28

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 From New York to Philadelphia.
 NEW YoRK, May 22d, 1863.
 MR. EDITOR :-Some people may consider a trip from New York to Philadelphia, as one of the easiest things in the world Perhaps it is so. But, unless you are accustomed to it, you may happen not to find it so.
 Supposing the act of going, to be determin- ed on, and the day fixed you look in your own newspaper for the way to get there: and here is your first stumbling-block. You find tho Hudson River and Sound Steamboats duly advertised, and certain of the Northern and Eastern Railroads, are set forth with less or more conspicuousness and perspicuity: but, unless your experience differs from mine. the particular route that you wish to take is not there. And this fact is adjusted to the sliding- scale principle for if you chance, a day or week later. to be called to osBoston or Buffalo, you will be perplexed at, discovering that all the lines of travel are noted in your paper except the one you wish to..take. In these cir cumstancs, not caring to expose your ignorance on so common subject, you gravely order John to order carriage; and, presuming on the drivers knowledge, who quietly and sent en- tiously enunciates-" The Philadelphia Line.' ARd, as Jehu understands his business, he replies, "All right" slams the door of the coach, and rattles off. It is no affair of his that you are a full hour ahead of the proper time for starting.
 As you have breakfasted. and the time is eight and half of the clock, you of course soon find yourself at the foot of Ccurtlandt Street, in full career for Jersey City, where, again, you soon find yourself moving through crowd to the cars of the New Jersey Rail- road. You are now all right, except that you have an hour to spare, and have forgotten 10 bring your morning paper in your pocket. However, the latt .r item is of little moment, because the newsboy yonder can supply what is wanting. But here again you are disap' pointed. An "Extra" is out with another Great Victory on the Chickahominy and as the Extra pays the boys double profit their regular edition is replaced by this half sheet which costs you six cents and really contains no news at all-nothing but premature ru- nor, and four pages of advertisements You take place in the car with hope that, at least, you have not long to wait; but the row of vacant seats forebodes anything but that Time moves at snail's pace when-and on ly when-you wish it to move rapidly. Nev. ertheless, as Coperncus. for somebody else, J said, " it does move," and at length your trir has actually begun. So far, 80 good. And as Railroad travel is essentially the same thing the world over, the matters of tickets, whistles gum drops," and all aboard," may here be pretermitted.
 You have a vague notion, combined with an indistinct recollection, that as Philadelphia lies between two rivers, the last stage of your journey must be steamboat experience: yet, at the expiration of some hours, without being consc ious of having seen much water, ell your fellow-passengers jump up simultaneously you follow them mechanically; and immedi- ately your cars are assailed by the unexpected shouts. Continental P "Girardl' and so forth, and so forth.
 "What!" you say to yourself, Philadel- phia I? Where's the river ?'' But you soon perceive that if you set about looking for a river, you will be left standing on the plat form and you jump into Continental" thinking, perhaps, that as your baggage is limited to bag, and the celebrated hotel can not be far away. you would quite as willingly walk-only you don't know the road
 Well, here you are, then, jostling along through narrow and iudiferently paved stre,ts, where the first thing that strikes You is the high price of land for clearly land must be high when dwelling.houses stand apruptlY on the line ot the street, without areas or iron railings in front of them. Moreover, the houses are small-two stories high-narrow-- two steps and no more of white marble in front, indicating possible cellar, but no base ment-rooms white marble window-sills and lntels-solid white shutters on the parlor win dows-all of which, ningling with brick walls, present general effect of red and white that would, perhaps, become the cheeks of coun- try belle, as ftly as the aspect of Quaker City. However, these are the suburbs of the town. Bye and bye, the white marble Will give place to brown free stone; the white broad shutters will give place to green blinds; the houses will modestly stand little back from the rude touch and stare of pumpkins they will also be raised enough to furnish space for an intermediate story between the parlors and the cellars; and, in short. as you come into the neighborhood of people betterto-do. the appearance of th houses will conform to the locality.
 Not . bit of all this You are wrong, ev- cry way. In the first place, your hotel in- stead of being near at hand. in infinitely re- mote. It is four miles of and four miles m : crowded coach, over rough pavements, IS Al