The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-25
CITY INTELLIGENOE.

The LESSONS OUR WOUNDED SOLDIERS TEACH.
That was true remark, made in our presence
yesterday by wounded officer :-"From the ap-
Pearance Of your city no one would ever so much
as dream that war is being waged within few
hundred miles of your borders" And how often
does this fact impress itself upon the minds Of
those who take bat a superficial view of the con- |
ditiOn OF city On our streets there is evidence
of brisk trade being transacted Men and |
women clad in the cosiliest of clothing, and !
paatia residences are being erected atevery urn
Still, this Is the exterior view OF our city lie.
Apart from the great thoroughfires-nOt alone
in the bywsys and alleys-but in the humble,
retired streets we find that meu and women are
struggling day after day to furnish themselves
with even so much tho ncCeSsaries OF life
Families that heretofore have indulged to their
hearts content in the luXuries of life, are now
Obliged to husband their resources, or else find
| themselves within the bounds Of those rainy
/ days" which come alike on all. She who daily
rides through our public streets, seated in hand
| some coach drawn by metiled horses-She who is
| robed in furs and silks, must not be regarded ss
| true index to our pecuniAry and social vitality.
| While greenbscks are plenty, a. the saying goes
/ IL must not be forgotten that well-to-do persons
have Of past years discovered them to be very
scarce.
But there is sight daily witnessed in our city
] which cannot fail TO impress one with the fact
that We are engaged in q war, and that many OF
our fathers, cur husbands, and our children are
terrible sufferers by II. When telegram NJ the
Central Station announces the arrival Of sick and
wounded soldiers from the S0uth-When the
smbulances OF the noble Fire Department are
I flying through our streets, and when the doors
OF the hospitals are flung open for fresh patients,
then il is that the gaping crowd realize, with a
sickeDng sensation, this fearful truth. NO
matter how distant may be the relations existing
between YOU and those who have sacrificed them
selves to their country's honor, you cannot help
7 but recognize among them brotherhood Whicn
speaks to your inmost heart
You cannot help but contrast their condition
l with yours. You in fine broadcloth, aud they III
tsttered garments bIoOd-Staned and rent with the
deAth-shOts of the enemy. You with the impress
> of health upon your countenance, and they, IN
r. many cases, with the stamp of death upon their
,e broWs. And SO it that you DO feel, You who are
- an apparently disinterested witness Of this sad
ia scene, that tho demon war IS holding its bloody
10 Teyels in our midst and that thousands of youI
20 associates falling victims to it. God pity tho 't
TO whose hearthstone this truth comes like a bnI
ID let crashing through the brain They who mis-
g. the form of loved one at hOme-they who cher
ish bullet-ridded coat, and II soed cap, as sac
mementoes of hero who fell in defense Of tht
st nations glory.
one, who goes limping along the street upon
OF crutches when you notice the loose sleeve hang
ne lug at the side Of one who has given his arm t
"A his country, then, too, you realize that tn
III country is at war No matter what the surround
ne iugs of wealth may he, you caunot blind you
eyes 10 this fact, and yOu cannot forget that how
ever kindly the war may have treated you, SO ia
IL as your person is concerned, that there is dutl
le yuu owe to the Government in the discharge o
. tLosc patriotic duties now deyolyed upon yol
/ which ou cannot shirk, and which, if you desery
n It's protection, you will discharge 20 the best
ht your ability.
~ These are les ons that should daily he taugh
H. to every citizen, and lessons which our wOuudsi
G. soldiers teaching every time they pass through
4 cur streets.
:, HOME FOR THE ORPHAN CHILDREN ol
SOLDIERS ARD SAILORS. T.. W. HUTrER, No
IL SOT Now street, has received tho following iron
lg the pares named towards PROVIDING in this city,
home Tor the orphan children OF soldiers an
sailor -