The Portland daily press., 1863-04-20
COMMUNICATIONS.
Letter from Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, April Is, ls'


s.'Ohl sorrowful dwellers in cities! May Al
'lah have mercy upon theml Is there any joy
like this, to ride through the flowers of the
desert?" Thus spoke the Arab sheik to Lay
ard, the traveller and explorer, as he scour
ed upon his spirited charger over the wild
and wide domain. This chief had probably
never visited Philadelphia, of which its long
residents feel that he who has not seen it has
seen nothing, or he would not have made his
rash exclamation. But to many visitors
amidst the vast congregations Of people col
lected here, how like a desert it is: the crowds
which ill the streets and occupy the busy
marts and the uninterrupted rows Of buildings
which line thair extended avenues, strangers
all! In their crowded thoroughfares, how few
there are whose names or faces or charac-
tes are known to the far-off dweller What
perfect solitude is this not to know or be
known by single individual you meet in the
crowded streetsl Surely the desert with its
wild flowers, its free air and its smiling heay-
en-, Is more gracious and graceful than this.
Philadelphia is one of the great cities OF the
world; upon its large territory is spread
population OF more than six hundred thous-
and souls. II has grown immeasurably with
In the last fifty years, and In beauty, as well as
In size. Broad street which now divides the
territory between the Delaware and the
Schuyikill was then wholly unoccupied; now
1t is a busy srene of traffic and manufactures
for miles, and beyond it lies the most beautiful
part of the city. The same fact is observa-
bic here which is noticed in Boston and New
fafions and Gardens nj tts waaI,hv ,aarohan,r
and centIemen have haan snrrandors.d - ~
nses If trade and their 5waIIers hava ,aau eo
driven hacL to the rear or 70 na;rhh,r;.a
towns, both on account of the high value OF
the central land, and the desire to retreat from
the hustle and annoyance which wait upon
the horsa -h;c,, W. p;al.a,s.. .,
nm Third - roe, With ;,s haa,,;,.,i s,.I
inos mas rn,vart.a 60 ~ Saa,h ;.,.a
ta snd sf,ara,srds az s,a,,. -. ae,;.ss nv
~ g;vs ,,laca 70 ,araa ,sra1in,,s away
cover he .uo, Riaeham was ana " ,ha NV, NV
,a.l.,' n .. s., Is o.o ~ nau ny nios'
mia. Se WAS an esrlv Sene,nr II - rannr n,iaael-
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crowded and ;an,,ned a. ,;rs, eI.ss ho,'is no.
are Far hotels had No, thor hacnna 90 - ~"
grs.. inss,ntons ar the ,,o,rv on. LA a. .he .he
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an;n., @ iii ,n,,o. r.a u & i.s eon'orts ana
s,.s.... -. - 'aae uoni my memory
pnntar,s ai -, pradp ny nop. ~ Slyoy enem agan.
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But 1 am getting rarruIo MS and losing INV.
seir =, ,ha 80, sh;nL " anu iosins my
have svmna,Pv y, the mndarns 'aIUs = une nope 70
nave sympathy Oh tne moaerhs. must not
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,rasaD,,,a ,..nsa sna. nave Ia sympatny IN tne
Ps:a,. .o,c snah ever present Win
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