The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-20

From Our O,cn Correspondent


States not to be allowed to possess stalls therein.
Is not this exquisite piece oflegslaon? Is not
enough 10 make paterfamilias froth at the mouth
and denounce the frenzied trainers OF laws at Albany?
We thought that the price OF feed" was already
sufficiently high, without its being increased by mo-
nopoly The bill is "demnition" bill as Mr. Manta-
lin would say in all its features. The price which
New York drovers and hucksters ask for their COM
modities Is already enormous. No one but a man in
easy circumstances can hope to have much
epcurian delight in the metropolis nova
days May good digestion wait appetite
and tcedlh on both, ought to be the new reading OF
'Macbeths" toast, for appetite and digestion are
likely to fare badly without it. The market gar
deners OF Long Island are already Mapping their
wings their discounted OF New Jersey and
Connecticut, who expected to have finger in the
pie. We miss the golden churnings Of Philadel-
phia-the glorious butter that looks as though it
were prepared from emulsion OF butter-cups. The
result of this egazed monopoly will be the erection
of numerous private markets, the upper stories of
which be used as public halls or private Offices
| whilst the lower. ones are rented as stalls.
On Saturday, Mr.. Assessor Webster, worsted for
the time being in his encounter with the brokers,
was overcome by his feelings and a photograph
album His emotions, like the bulls and bears were
too much for him, for opening the album he found
it to contain the photographs of the assistant
of the Thrty-second district who had aided and
abetted him in his late struggles The peculiar fit
| strkingy evident to the public at large but are
| supposed to be very strong appeal to the bosom
| of the abridged Webster
The terms in which Mr.. Dana declines the APP
prasership are no insignificant tribute to the press
| He will not abandon more important position for
| less important one; he will continue to serve his
Government in his present capacity, while declining
to it in appointment directly under it. But
| whether Mr.. Dana manages his own paper, or
whether his managing editor manages it, is ques-
| tion among his employees. Mr. Dana himself is very
| seldom seen. He glides in and out, silent as a
| sunbeam, and as shady as shadow, with tmid
| "good evening"" or "good morning." the case
| may be, to the sub-edtors and reporters
| sprnkled around His recent managing man,
| MIR. England has subsidized from the
editorial desk into the business department, whence
he saies forth and drums up advertisers with per-
tinacity which amounts to positive genius, and
stamps him one OF the most accomplished button
hoers of the age. The editorial rooms of the Sun
have also lately been strengthened by reinforcements
| from the Tribune. For reasons as satisfactory as
they are secret DIR. Wood the recent night-editor,
| and A. j. Cummings the recent city-editor Of the
Tribune are now contributing to the SUMS efful-
| gence
| Have you any female reporters in Philadelphia?
| We have here, exclusive of those who prepare
ports for the Revolution. In making the tour of the
| newspaper offices, you occasionally encounter a
sharp-lookng woman at any age between twenty
| possesses oquacity and pertnacty. She can write
short hand as glibyas long tongue and you
give her something to transact with the one in order
to be rid of the importantly of the other. This is
| one of the New York female reporters She is seen
| at public meetings Eminently respectable and pre-
eminently unattractive, she threads the thorough
fares with hawkish hankerng after sensation, upon
which, once found, she swoOps and pounces with
her beak and taons with an abandon worthy her mas
culine rivals. Another variety of the human fringe
that hang rayeng the edges OF the big newspaper
is the obtuary writer" who may be said to live by
| other peoples deaths. He is sort Of reportoria
'Brown, who keeps himself in yictuas and clothes
by anticipating the demise OF distinguished person
| ages, The other day, for instance | met Ante
mortem (who writes for the Iaperialist at a Broad
way restaurant-it may have been the fremont
| House, OF it may have been Pfatis. | took the
| liberty of an old acquaintance TO ask him how he
| eked out his salary, only expressing it much more
| gracefully than this. ''Oh replied Ante-mortem,
'Im writing obituaries for the Herald. write one
| a day on any distinguished person happen to have
| met abroad-any one that's over fifty, that is-and
| when their deaths.are announced by cable why then
| the article is all ready" The pgeon-holes Of the
various newspapers are in fact filled with obituaries
on living celebrities, and should say that at Ante
| mortems rate Of recollection and composition he
fills one pigeon-hoe per day.
Mr. Bergh and Justice Bowling have quarreled at
last Friends of both parties that the crisis
into the Tombs, the Justice decided that the COM
paint was trivial and that Mr. Bergh was in the
wrong Thereupon an editorial paragraph found its
way into the Herald censuring the justice and talk
| ing sweetness about Bergh and his benevoence
| towards beasts. This paragraph Bowling insists
| upon attributng to that gentleman's underhand
| management, and consequently when fresh case
was brought before him Saturday, refused TO hear
| it at ALL and announced his intention in future OF
| sending all such cases to court "where,
in the Justices withering language 'a higher order
| of intelligence prevails" II there is anything upon
| which the Sphinx of the Tombs Police Court prldes
| himself II is upon his general intelligence, although
truth to say his language is not remarkable for the
acquaintance it displays with the rudments OF gram
mar. Mr. Bergh-who is a gentleman-in vain pro-
tested his innocence OF all collusion in the matter
| The Sphinx was as obstinate and overbearng as
| IGNORANCE and arrogance clad in authority know how
m he and finally took advantage OF his position tC
| irform the prosecutor that he did not believe him
! and that must end the matter-which it did.
rhe writing of letters by actors and actresses tC
| tho newspapers has become regular business
| Three Of these notes have issued in as many day
from Fisks Opera House, and Mr.. Tayeure is In
homes of turning out as many more Does the heTdtG
| make disparagng remark concerning the legs
the lineage the voice or the virtue, Oh the iasV new
| blonde? The remedy is eyident-a note lot puDhca
tion written in strain OF indignant but fearful pro
| test concluding with an appeal 10 the eeno.osiy o
the metropolitan public" That's the perfect cure
$ the afiictions Of Mr. John Brougham, by-the-py
! | promise TO be healed by complimentary dement,
: the Academy OF Music Compliments 10 an ol
4 friend and a justly-celebrated actor ana draatis
/ are all very well but Mr. Brougham IL not aDsC
l. lutey IN needy circumstances. lie " not YET u