Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-01-16
CORRESPONDENCE.
PARLIAMENTARY,

rs fuILADELPHIAs Jan.6
We have quite holiday on foot Tho New
Orleans Anniversary has been looking up lately,
more especially .sInos yAraEut's splendid and
more recent achieysmenss there, and this year
ssea tina most general celebration Of the day
known for long time In Philadelphia. The two
great features Of the oecasion, and those going
far towariy making mp the holiday, are first, the
Fcni N demonstration, so long talked Of and
second III, Convention of the Boys In Blue"
tn nonll ale candidates for the Presidency and
Vicn Pr,s.l'@cy.
Fer rir,h.i,tbs mud In tho streets is something
fearG l.. contemplate, and notwithstanding a
cer,ni,r,rxi,, aud uncertainty In their arrange
nirnt, the Fsnians must be said to have achieved
a very FIR success The procession was long
and tolcrably varied with music and banners. It
Is estimated that 5000 friends Of ireland travelled
over ihc sticky and altogether unpleasant route.
The affair was Instructive, as showing how
Fenans look with their store clothes on, but was
not remarkably impressive considered as q flu
neral. The master minds, who controlled 1t,
seemed TO find the street cars and wagons too
much for them; and to my notion there was some
thing hnniilating In the idea that the remains of
the heroic Allen and til, noble Larkins Tor what
stood for thcm) should be kept waiting by the
haf-hour by common people, who insisted on
getting ncross the streets, or that they should
II nilv IT, compelled to make short cuts to avoid
ln p,' re tiny were intended knowingly to i'm
pr--,
ilc i.at,rc Of the procession, above all Others,
was The varii.y Of head coverings presented for
popular approval. II was q sight for matters.
Not being In that line myself, may not thor
oughl, have appreciated the display, but MS 1t
| was, It stirred the hidden recesses Of my being.
| OF all the wonderful hats! If the thing was an
| alyzed lerhap. 1t might be found that the Broth
crhoud had glimmering sort of an idea that to
be- quite an .Jni, it must array itself in steeple
crowns Being rather unused to that sort OF
thing, II was forced to put up with what was AT
haud-heirlooms, and so on-and the result was
something soul.subduing. Some of the tiles
were so old as to be quite green but that was
rather Ia keeping than otherwise.
The q Boys In Blue is not very dignlfed It'll.
for Presidential Convention, but as Sam Welle
says, ii "mrans more than many higher sound
ing title wuui. The delegates were appointed
from all =, ctions of the State of Pennsylvania
and numbered some hundreds. The "Boys'
nominated General Graut for President withou
any troablt- being in TACT unanimous, upon tina
head--but they had pretty little fight over tn
Vice Presidency. Curtin and Geary were til
principal candidates. The former was fnall
I,ihirand, III friends VI General Geary with
draw II. in, ir r,lidiate. Many delegates though
II Was bai ,liey to Interfere with the Vic: Pres
iecIcy, lu, The majority were of a different opir
ion. The debate is represented as having bee
OF the 81 rtiiiest kind. INDEX.
OR sl,sr al Correspondent.
PHiLADELrIIA, Jan. II.
Tile talh ii the town Is Dickens of course :
nothing s,ut Dickens. That he made success q
Munday night you are scarcely waiting to be told
! cvciyhuiy vi no was anybody WINS there and wei
propui,ouately entertained in the exact extent
how much If body they were. Concert Tia
(nor any other hall or theatre in the city) Nv
before held the combined intellect and fashion
Monday night. Mr.. Dickens reception by ais II
dience was very cool and distant. For myself,
was disguised with Philadelphia for so little sho
Of feeling When stranger comes here 1t is Il
way Of the old town not to let itself out until Il
' metal Of the candidate Is proyed,-bnt this WI
not similar case; Dickens is no stranger; III
: for the people to wait till they heard how well
could read, before encouraging him with til,
: smiles and applauses was paying him very poo
:, ly for all he has already done for us. Al lea
= that Is my own opinion, -other people are VI
/ come to theirs. Asa reader simply. it is i
T Judgment of most people that there are many b.
i ter than Mr.. Dickens. He does not improve h
books, he is not even up to their average, but tn
as he is the greatest living novelist, if he COZ
read as well as he writes he would be losica
n the greatest living writer; and VIC suppose moi
Il. dy claims this Tor him. No, in most that he dc
there mu II certain disappointment be ackn,v
l. edged. We have all Of us formed such very dc
Ut ded conceptions Of these immortal charlcte
u that the author himself cannot shake those ldc
s. Only in two instances on Monday night did he,
In TO say, improve on the stories as we find til,
d printed, viz lin Scrooge In the "Christmas u
a. oil, and the Judge in the Trial from Pckwict
he Mr.. Dickens gave II fresh meaning to these pa
OF and IN Justice Stareleigh especially, gave the
= dicnrc revelation. Qbtuscness and stupid
were never portrayed better by any actor, Il
when he biwed out in answer to Sam Well
e, famous sally @ You mustn't tell us what the
s. der said, the house burst into what seemed
nd time, An incx,inguishabl, laughter. All
Nv criticism apart--what treat, a privilege 1t l.
ID see Dickens, to hear him speak II will b.
tie green spot In the lifelong memory Of every
'u- who is so favored.
ate Almost the only other item of interest
e. communicate to You Is a word in regard to the
wv mons skating now being enjoyed around Il
'u- parts. The ice has not been as good for year
'i'' it il n"S. Cold, but clear, weather tells the
II, ry \, write 1t is beginning TO storm, but
III, !, week nr more the sport has been superb
ef, Sch ~, IL il IL the best condition, and the "
en- Man ar. - lha, is the Alms-housc mead,
~ are daily crowded To an uncomfortable deg
nus The rlou- parks, with their star skaters, b.
ao Of music. .Sc present the gaycst scenes now
zee where tot enjoyed. INDIE.
the WASHINGTON.
,.ra WASHINGTON, Jan. II, 1861
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