The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-27
scENr At 4 RAILROAD DEPOT.

West On theroroads connecting with the South,
the travel partakes mainly Of military char
actcr.
There are enlisted men who journey to wash
ington for che opurposc OF being distributed among
the skeleton regiments OF tho Army Of the
Potomac; thote arc officers and soldiers whose
terms of turlough have expired, and who arl
about 20 rcipiu their regiments 90 the uonti there
are men ana women who tnycl south Tor the
purpose OF visiting lgieuds aud relatives 1t Che
different hospitals, who so % recover the dead
bodies Of husbands or sons, or GO mcc. tho5n who
have been relieved from duty for day Or 50 90
visit Washington.
And then, again, there are contractors, suffers
politicians, and others, all OF whom seek 10 trans
act business with the Government, and the object
oiwhoso mission can be detected almost Gt the
first glance. This fact viii Toe made apparent 70
any ono who will tlko tAc uoJJle 20 Ni3J the
depot 9t BgCad aud Prime streets halt hour OF
so before the departure Of the evening train.
But Dt Che pcDDsyl,Gnil Railroad Depot, now
removed TO Jhrtigth and Market streets, the
character of the passengers Is totally changed.
In the car which drops lbs occupants no urls
burg there may be discarncd a slight spiuklmg
Of sOldicIs--thuse WhO arc either destined Tor
Camp Curtin, or who seek Washington nom the
capital Of our State by the outlet Of the Northern
Central Railway. But west Of tus point the
travellers, with but few exceptions, are entirely
civilians.
There are merchants who 90 10 the cities Of the
West for ,he purpose Of extending their business
connections in the East or to acqpaiut them
selves with the last quarters transactions Of
houses already established there. There are
other men, young and middle aged, who have
bade farewell TO their homes in the North, and
Who journey tOtOWus and c.ticsWhich, like Jacks
bean-poic have sprung mp over night, there 10
seek new fortunes or recuperae wasted ones.
Then, too, there are men, women, and children
OF al ages, all degrees Of education and nation
alitles, who have escaped the crowded cities, with
| their riCkCty tenements and pestilCntial atm0-
heres. AL
rising Villages and towns. These are those called
| out ~ reason OF deaths, births, and marriages.
Those who arc about ;OrCCew old ties Of IClua.nt-
anCc ard friendship, long since severed because
! OF absence and the thousand and one events Of
! life, which, as we remarked when wocOmmenced
this article, would be a curious task to iRyesti-
| gate.
! There are those, too who, by their action, give
! currency TO The belief that the contemplated rAil-
! way trip will be great novelty TO them. But
| once before in their lives 1t may be, have they
! ever Travelled by steam. They present themselves
! at the depot an hour or 50 before the departure
of the train, and are constantly mpuEuniug the
ticket agent as 70 the lime when the train stIrts
They are dressed in their bCs, clothing rs though
there was little danger Of It's being 5Oilcd as If
seated in their own paTlors, while they carry with
them q redundancy of baggage that would prove
ample for trans atlantic uip.
An escort of a halt-dO2cn or moro relatives &C
| companies them % the depot, all Of whom insist
| on passing through the gate to bid the traveller
farewell. This being refused, the tCkct-takor and
| those connected In any capacity with the company
are voted hrutes, whiie at the same time, solemn
| vow is registered not TO paronizc the road any
| more.
Then there are those who, in face of a crowd
eager TO enter the cars, hold discussion with
this same tickct-taEcr rs 10 the right Of the Com
pany o. charge fare for q child under certain
age; those whose tickets are anywhere else but
IN their hands ready to be presented when de-
manded; those who want to lug a huge trunk
through the gate and then return for their ticket
~ al al tna
rules which the Company have adopted Tor the
comfort and protection of the travelling public.
There is the last kiss to be given, the last em-
| brace to he bestowed, the last message 70 be
| delivered, all Of which have been repeated over
| and over again for the last hOur-aCts which
always serve to create laugh, no matter how sad
the circumstances Of the departure may be. There
| are very nervous men who arc continually
| forgetting a certain brown parcel, and very
| fOrgetful women who are continually sh sut-
! ing at the height Of their lungs, "Betsy
| or Jane or Susan, where is that baby 2" There
| are tears and shouts of laughter drunken
| man fumbliug IN his pocket for ticket he has
1 not purchased, the rumbling of carriage-wheels
| on the outside OF the depot, men running to and
! fro IN every direction; the final "all aboard; the
| sharp shrill whistle Of the locomotive, aud then
darkness and silence where all before was bright,
| ness and confusion.
| A YOUNG BEGNNER.-This afternoon at ?
| o'clock a little girl, aged II years, will have
hearing before Alderman Better upon the charge
| Of larceny. She resided with 4 Mrs. O'Shaus-
henessey, in Harmony court. Yesterday that
lady had occasion to so out, aud during her
| absence the little girl broke open a trunk with
| hatchet and stole $llO in groenbacks. After
| getting the money she started for South street
| and invested the greater purt il in secondhand
| junk shop. She purchased 3 complete out6t Of
| clothing, breastpin, new hat shoes, and other
articles. She lell across some OF her little friends
| and all hands had then ambrotypos taken. flfy
sNgIIF F.H NuuItsN and
her mother is a drunken sot, and has never taken
any care Of the youthful offender.
| CHARGED WITH SrABBING.-Thls morning,
John Williams was before Alderman Carter,
upon The charge Of having stabbed David Welch,
last night, at a sailors boarding house at Front
and South streets. Welch was stabbed in four
places, and, on account of the supernuity Of fat,
| the knife did not penetrate 90 the vital parts
otherwise the wounds would have proved iaial.
Il seems that both the men were prisoners OF war
| at Richmond, and while there, Williams alleges
that NVclcb did all ia his power TO have him hung.
| Last night the two men met, and Williams took
his revenge by using knife. He was committed
for trial.
SENT TO NORTHERN HONE.-This morning
four little outcast children, aged respectively
three, five, six, and seven years, were sent to the
| Northern Home for Friendless Children. They
resided with their parents, both Of whom arc
| drunken ana worthless characters, IN LuC Nine
| teenih Ward. The mother left home a few day
since and the father sold out what li.tle furniture
they possessed got drunk, and left the children
| alone In the house without fire or one mOrsel q
eat. They were discovered by the police, who
disposed OF them as above.
SAD CASE OF SUICDE.-This morning Mrs
Abel, residing with her husband in Lawrence
street, above Jefferson, Seventeenth Ward, com
mttCd suicide by hangin" herself in the cellar
| The unfortunate woman arose from her bed TINS
morning as cheerful as CyeT got her husband
breakfast aud Us soon as he had taken his depart
ure 10 his work, she committed tiV act. She ad
justCd the rope 10 one Of the jOist, ana pushed
the chair on which she was standing from under
her. She leaves i've or six children.
SONs or TEUPERANCE-The Graud Division o.
the Sons Of Temperance, at their session las
evening, elected the following officers &c. W. P.
b. Franklin Dennison; g, W. A., Joseph Z
| HouCll; @. Scribe, Joseph W. Martin; G. Trea
surer, Abraham Brown; G. Chaplain, Rev. Jere
miah pasterGold; G. Conductor, William IL
, SmuliDg; G. Sentinel Andrew Everett,
srABBrNG CAsE.-Dayid Welch aged thirt!
years, sailor, was stabbed last evening, in
quarrel with another man, at No.G2l Penn street
He received four punctured wounds in the bod,
and one in the arm. His injuries are not serious
He was taken 70 the Pennsylvania Hospital.
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