Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-01-14
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spccial Correspondent Of the Commercial.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18th, 1869.
New York has been plunged for week past
INTO the depths of slush-into n very slough of
muddy despond so that street locomotion I'M
less upon yclocipcdcs or in velvet lined carriages
(which can only be afforded by our merchant
princes and the city officials, is matter requir-
Ing nn extraordinary degree of Judgment and
presence of mind. Broadway, in its present
condition since the late heavy storm, reminds me
of two places widely differing in each other and
from Broadway, in all things save mud. The
first is the camp Of the army ut Alexandria, Va,
during the first winter ol the war, when McClcl- |
Ian, disrcgurding the scnsc'css camor Of certain
ignorant persons Of the excelsior school, refused
to make nm onward movement, and Thus hii
himself open TO the charge OF "dilly dallying' rs
Horace Greeley called II. Many Of your readers
will have lively II collection of this mud sii,
camp, aud all will remember the standing joke
among the .'boys in bue," regarding the loss oi
Franklin's division in the slashy compound.
The second place suggested TO my mind is ONE
which, although now seldom heard of, was few
years ago standing topic Of newspaper gossip |
allude to OH City, Pa., whose main, and indeed
only street was so muddy that men were employ
cd nj the crossings to carry wny-iarers over pig
a-back." That such lhnroughurc ~ Broad
way-thr street which is aways the hisi, Of the
strangers judgment of the city-should be in such
filthy and disgraceitll condition is matter OF
shame to our City Government. Bat What do
they care? The Other day the mud oozcd IL
way into the already mnldlud brain q I'M han-
orablc Aidvrmnp. al actually prompted him t.
Introduce . resolution calling upon tin street DO
parmcnt fer information as to the condition Of
Broadway las il anybody needed Information in
regard to SO pnlpablc Nnuisancp) but he was new
to the ways and wics Of the board aud his rpso-
uiion was "po1h-pcohcd'' down without so much
MS reference to q committee. Apolitcian named
| Whiting holds contract to clean the streets ol
| New York for the sum Of 5000 annually, but
ms far as is known, he does not cxpend onc-cightl
| OF thai sum. The profits, however, are not So
large as might at first be supposed since he has
two Aldcrmanic Boards to subsidizc, and som,
two dozen other officials to bride into conniyanc,
with lis gross neglect.
Mr. Bcrgh, the President If the American So
ciety Tor the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals
was summoned before the Essex Market Polio
Court, on the oh inst, on charge Of wilfull,
and maliciously obst ucing the travel OF Green
wieh street, to the dcttimtnt of the business u
the licgc and loyal deui2cns Of that busting rc
gion. Ii appears that Mr.. Bcrgh, while passin
along the street named observed ON Of the pr
Dock and East Broadway Halfway cars, drawn b
: pair Of horses which could have been more ~
propratcly used as hat racks, 50 lin ana WOE b.
gone were they. lie hailed the car, and Us tran
on that street is very brisk, the stpppase rcsutt
= ina "Jam," which is essentially a Metropolis
institution, and before It's mazcs were mIraycllt
there were at least ~ ears and about .~1 otll'
| vehicles crowded into tho street. Mr.. htfa
: asked for Il postpOncmcnt of the case To cnab
l him to consult counsel. The opinions of OF
J. citizens, MS to the Society, Of which Mr.. Berg
Z is the head, urc divided, but it is looked upc
gen, rally rs Il necessary nuisance. II has wit
II out doubt great effect upon the ,rcntmc
:, OF dumb animals by their iuhuman drivers b
at the same time, il has, In Numerous instance
9 caused very great inconvenience TO the publ
IL Perhaps Mr.. Bcrgh is sometimes too prcciuita
= and honghtlcss allowing his sympathetic zeal
get the better Of his common sense, hut when
is considered that he devotcs all his time, and
small share Of his means, 10 this clainpionsh
Of the helpless, and without present compens
y ton the hope Of future profit 1t is but rig
7, that his actions, even when SO garingly iucony
u hicnt 10 the public as that above chronicled
~ deemed as those of good man, although Of o
If who is Outlines led by zeal into grcyons ere
r There has been much excitement of late on q
. q | pOilut OF nttpnnt made ly Entliii IN Rrpu
-, interfere with the action of the Cuugrcs~iUn
:, Committee now in session IN ills city invest
Is eating the late election frauds. The clrcui
IS stances are briefly as follows -
le On the 9th instant the Sheriff, fearing that Il
s, Developments OF certain withcsscs stnmon
A. before the Committee wclill be- damaging To i
Is party and himself, appeared with \ posse q Il
ri faithful ndhercnts TO himself and his principle
~ and forthwith arrested these damaging witness
~ on trumpcd up charge Of theft, and convey
nc them 10 The sixth Ward Station House wlc
III Captain Jordan recognized enc Of them MS 4 81
III pected fellow. This course was taken il il sal
Il. ut tho instigatlun Of the llJn. Mr.. Kerr,
i lndiann,a democratic member OF the Commute
n, WHO found that the investigation Was going l.
Nv deep into the matter and disclosing facts willie
for the good Of his party, he desired might
a buried In oblivion.
nc Speaking c,Iitorialy the f,iJaae says =
G. THAT the Democratic Ring of this city shou
be desperately anxious to lntinlidntc [
q. witnesses called before the Committee, is me
r than probable; for il is understood that the
y vcsligation is intended to he Il thorough one a
ny 10 expose and trace TO their source the frauds
&c, which the vote OF this State was transfer
es from Grant ColfiX and Griswod, to Scymoi
ey Blair and Hoffman. But that they should insl
he the authority Of Congress by arrcstrg, imprlso
Lo ing, and outraging persons summoned by
~ mandate and attending under It's protection,
an act of insolent tcmery which could hard
Or have been anticipated, and which strikingly {
H. hibits their terror at the forthcoming deyclt
No. ments'
,r. Having heard the TiJune let us hear 81
he riif O'Brien and his mouthpiccc, the lFOi
nv In this shining sheet of yesterday appears co
~, muncation from Sheriff O'Bren, III which
ny explains that he did not arrest the men ON
or count of their ihieying propensitics, but becal
by he knew they were about TO commit perjury
IT. the Republicans ut the last election. lie accu
he Col. Wood, who he says is Radical agent,
So preparing" witnesses for the committee al
nj in fine, vents his spleen on nearly everybody 4
~ had any connection with the election. In
vi pendent of other considerations, the letter !.
Dsc very fair specimen of the literary ability of
'Gj of the most prominent Of our city Officials. |
in horrible manner in which the Queens" +
an fish is bntchered is something to strike terror
Ibc the hearts Of grammarlans, and as to the com
~ sltl1n-welll the least said about that, the bet
NV But the World, strange To say, has devoted
as editorial wisdom to this tangled subject;
md then, the World having attained to an extern
reputation in the specific sciences, (such, for
or stance, MS mathematics and chemlstry,) nc
uc, inauiges IN an argument unless IL Is very ccrl
u basis TO argue on.
'n The prevalent opinion of the affair in this
MS is that the course Of 0'Bien was unjust6able.
or all good citizens express the hope that the
atal gress of the United States win take some n
The sures TO punish the man who has thus dared
re- insult il. With Mackcrclville and the Sixth w.
iho and all the other purely Democratic precinct
'"o his back, Mr. O'Brien feels no fear at attack
the highest authority in tho land, but perl
some means may be devised to make him
lsy that snch high handed outrages are not TO he
in petrated with impunity even In the corrupt
of of New York.
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