The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-19
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From Our OlUn Correspondent.
New YORK, August 49, 1869.
Miss Anthony

New York, August 10, 1869.
Miss Anthony
is not woman given to weeping, but she might
well weep at the idea of being denied Il hearing
in Congress which admitted dozen colored
people as delegates and excluded one of the
purest-motived and Understanding repre-
sentatives of wOman's cause in eGtenSO When
she does shed tears it is generally to some pur-
pose; but rather think that even had she alto
gether failed in obtaining hearing she would
have wrapped herself up in her indomitableness
and bided her time sereney trustfu that all
would work around right. She believes that all
things work together for good to them that write
for the ReUOLutjOH.
Messrs. ChOy-Chew and SIng-Man,
after studying our civilization, have at last gone
home, meaning to stop at Chicago by the way,
Chicago and New York being respectively the
aphelion and the perihelon, so to speak, of
morality in the United States. The two celestial
gentlemen have been feasted and hattered while
here, and have every reason to bear away with
them the kindest views of such ttbits of civili-
zation as they came across. They experienced
all the honors and horrors of beng distinguished,
for every time they entered theatre the play
from that moment lost its attractions and their
appearance upon Broadway was the signal for
the block along which they were endeavoring to
progress to become quite impossible
Soon after the
MartyrdOm of Abraham Lincoln
any quantity of New York merchants had sent
to them number of blank form lists which
were intended for subscription purposes in order
to erect a monument to his memory. About one
hundred thousand dollars in cash was collected.
What has become of it? Has the monument
been erected? Are any serious steps being taken
towards the erection of monument? Is it even
talked of? With republics, us with individuals,
is not gratitude an affecting sense of future
favors? Is not all that Lincoln did for his
country swept away and forgotten, now that his
widow is left comparatively penness, and the
city in which multifarious plans for monument
were proposed has only given birth to swindling
associations for pocleting public money by
means of patriotic sham: | think so.
perceive that
Mark Twain
(Mr. Samuel l.. Clemcus) has purchased an in
terest in the Cypress of Buffalo, and intends de-
voting himself to journalism. If ''Mark Twain
would only devote himself thoroughly to any
thing, he would please his wcll-wishers He is
something of a New -Yorkism, for he has written
extensively for New York papers, and l believe
made this city his home for little while. He
is among the best-some good judges account
him the Uery best-of living American humOr-
lists. The only fault managing editors of news
papers find with him is, they say, his unrelia-
bility in keeping his business engagements. The
eccentricity of his genius is that after having
made arrangements to accept an article
or series of articles from him, YOU
cannot feel absolutely certain as to
when they will reach your hands. He has
wasted so many good intentions that he might,
with advantage, have made a street paving con-
tract with the devil, and paved Avernus with
cheap substantial NicolsOn. He has travelled
all over the world, is no longer young man.
can "sling ink" as quickly as Il Parisian feuiUe-
tOniSte, and get off, ut short notice, an indefinite
amount OF what is technically termed, in news
paper parlance, copy or trash" Almost any
| daily or weekly publication in New York would
| enter into permanent contractwith him on any
| reasonable terms. He prefers, however, to
| write little, and just when he pleases Some
| times ita pleases him not to write for several
months and then people open their eyes and
wonder what has become of Mark Twain" To-
| day you hear of him being in San Francisco
when he next turns up it will be in Japan; in a
little while he may be in Australia; and the only
| wonder is that he did not go with Mr.. Seward to
Alaska. / should like 10 read his account of that
expedition in the true Mark Twain" style, for my
personal admiration of his wit is immense.
| The Committees of the Common Council,
who seemed to have nothing else to do but meet
and talk mistily about the new Post Office, have
at length adjourned sine die The object OF
their meetings was of course to obstruct the
erection of the Post Office. The point in dis
pute was in fact a very small one. SO that we
have a new Post Office it matters little whether
it is a few feet nearer the new City Hall or the
Herald buildings. The committee thought there
was money in any delay they could bring about
in its erection. Their purposes have been de-
feated, however, and the work goes brayely on
so bravely, indeed, that the fence that has beer
erected all around the new Post Office ground Is
on line with the curbstone edge, and passers-by
who are not extremely short-sighted run th