Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-08


where once sdi HHi" a!V 71E 5'a@
: / rre avid royed the Indian girl, t,4 % ga.
Bright Alfaretta, r4fEu4m SCI.
stha Where 1Oats the waters OF q F,.l.ir ...-t
The blue Juniatta" ts.
About one O'Clock we were informed
that We were, in Harrisburg, and would
J have fifteen minutes for dinuer!li This was
entirely too long, could have eaten it all
in Eve inmates! BAIL no could not-ii
would last forever "A, would seell
lit q " goak." call such dinner crime,
!, a disgrace to Harrisburg, to ItheI Pennsyl-
4 Vania Railroad, to the State, yes, by George,
to America I Thererwas really nothing, ct
to, eat, but things were we'll llpatehedi there
was nobody TO help you.i The proprietpr
went roun1 and collected the half dollars.
One gentleman paid his fare and said %
the Landlord as be sco%led back at that
functionary, as he passed out, ,Sd--ni you
and your dinnerI Others said, reveIehtIy,
"amen, and l solemnly think Il win, be
dqns, espeetally ths fFst rnFt, the latter
Edid not need it. - ~ = 'fs nc H''''ib,
The dust aud tiudsf Hsv so thick aud
4 fast that neconld not, wi ithb6t great diff
ficulty, and c6nsidetable Risk OF eyesighti
\ fappreciate thepb be6dties of the country tie
sabandanoe OF the CROPS, aud the general
evidence of agricultural prosperity dis
play edIalong theEentibelrouts from iHRrris.
burg to Philsdelphisiiit donI Ylzah1u n
We reached the Schuylkil lbFidge, ,at.half
past four, where the engine waai detached
and the cars were pulled and, dragged nhy
mules up into the city, stalling about every
three rods and %donbleI teamipgIn arriving
lat the depot after most vexRtious delay
of half an hour. If it were not for my
free ticket, Iishopld say TO the PennsylyR-.
mia Railroad Company, that getting into
Philadelphia is q ,confounded "hard road
to travel" -5ui ~ A'tt y
The "Contfnentai" at Philadeiphia is
the finest Hotel in America, and Of course
put up there: need not tell about It's
gentlemanly managers, its splendid table,
| its refreshing side board, the elegant car
pets, the large, clean, puntfcently furn-
ished rooms, the luxuriant beds, magnif.
cent parlors, its spiral car for conveying
guests up stairs, its fine restaurant, atten-
live servants, &C., SO. The reputation of
all these is Continental.
AFTER supper took q Market. Street car,
and ran four miles out to West p Philadelphia,
to visit q. relative who is an assistant Ply
sician at the Pennsylvania Hospital for the
| Insane. He was temporarily absent, but
making myself known, was kindly enter
tanned by the Steward, and wife and sister,
most accomplished family of the pursua-
sion of Friends. My friend and DR.. Jones,
the first assistant Physician, returned dur
ing the evening, and was induced to re-
main at the Institution over the Sabbath.
On Saturday morning visited the wards
aud dconversed good deal with the pa.
tients, of whom, male aud female, there are
uear 400, but very few Of whom are called
NOISY. 1t was a new and melancholy sight
to me. think after one looks Into the
wild faces and meets the vacant stare of
fone hundred madmen, he is much better,
prepared and much more likely to thank
Cox for the blessing of sanity than without
such experience, oh, 1t is horrible 3.
Awalk through the ward in which were
confined those person wholly devoid of
i.reason-the physicians call them demented
cases-was avery sad and solemn one. A
Wierd gaze, q gutteral, uuearthely laugh,
glance something like fRncted recognition,
q familiar shake of the hand, a scoWl as
black and terrible as midnight, or total
silence, was all that greeted me among this
pitiable flock of human beings. Some sit
with folded arms aud bent form staring at
space some walk slowly down the hall,
talking incoherently; some stand like sta.
l'tues; and others read aud talk and shout
| and sing. Nothing intelHgible breaks
through the dArkened% chambers OF their
being except the sound Of the. dinner bell,
70 which they all respond like children and
Etake their places at the table with the pre-.
cision with which veteran troops form line
Rt the sound ofthe rally.l In one room L
saw an old man who was lying Ia bed with
q fancied broken leg, when in fact he Is as
sound as dollar. 80 No entreaty, threats or
bribeFy caa moove him there he lays,
nursing an imaginary wound, all through
the long nights and hot days; there he has
lain for fifteen years there he will ldiel
1T
points of Tinterest In the city, attended the
Chestnut street theattet IN The evening;
where wa saw a very intetestipg pautomime
known as the HGreep Monster, Il aud retprn-
ed to the Hospital at night. On Sunday,
after the duties of the morning were over,
| in company with my friend, took stroll
| through the grounds, aud rested an hour
or two upon a pleasant seat in q summer
| Arbor, among the great oaks at the head
lof q small ravine, enjoying cigar and .
rehearsal OF the news from home aud the
X Rbrs It was too hot to take much exercise.
This institution is one OF the largest insI
1.-The United States, aud seems to be con-
| Quoted in admirable style. twill accom-
i mod6te more than five hundred patients.
The male department., which has been re-
Gently built, is situated about o quarter Of
i q mile from the female department., which
| is a much older ablishmenta They are
each situated upon ground ne btntally beau
tifdl lin the extreme, but rendered still
more charming by the erehHements of arti-
4 FificiAl culture. Groves peak, valleys hills
all abound;and wien We consider themag-
lhffeent proportions and elegant architec-
luf TOE the buildings, together With The
tCharacter Of the inside agements Il
seems to me that II can hardly he excelled.
4 A sIghtof this most lovely spot prght'to
restore reason 10 the dstpented. ~ Ss..i- :. 3,
~ Having paFtak keniof an excelle Sal bbath,
dinner, we lslrolled over to the residence Of
4 hidden away from human sight3 amid the
II exubeFaut shrhhbefy which decoFakes the
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