, 1869-11-08
WASHINGTON AND pHllA.
DElPNlA.
Notes In and Between.
A delaware Vanderbilt-Harrv 9
hcComb,
Literature ,ahd Politics or The
Middle States.
The Cabinet and the Elections.

The Cabinet and the Elections,
People and Postures Of State1,
tfa0x oCn OWN CORRESPONDENT,
..... WARRINGTON, Nov. J.
phlf1elphta Ii 10 hospitah'e. o5sters there are
50 well isted, and ttIe ID 70 bask1o0 rnas wnx
never she 70 write an entire letter to Tue
TRIBUNE during my htay. Ate, and saw, and
Sided seoot; aud will aid few Items from t1ts
Contiguous ahnde OF the NATIONAL Wtn1ef.1paftcfs.
0iHARp COLLEGE AND TuR RUsu LsaARr.
1he chief pieces Of literature snonXst tue
hrotherh IN love are the foundation Of a nex daily
paper ty Alexander Cummings, and the accept
ance OF the 1tush Library bcQ1est Tue last Is the
biggest and refer to 1t nEst. Itush Was chiefly
kLoNn during life ~ the husband Of vefs proud.
Handsome, aid gifted woman, who ~as q subject
OF parental admoDl'lous Ia Phlsdelphia because
ehc volAted the 1n0uncrabtc ''propsseues" OF that
city She ate with her lork; Ahc encouraged
Asttats 3nd Joung mcn; shc gaze Champagne re-
cept1ons; and Sic spent much time In rarls. /
bud an old aunt ~ho usei 10 trtRhteu nc with
etof1CA Of MAdutuo Hush, threaten To send me to
her to be served lip Ike 3 rcd bird On toAst aad
VAoANA N40TA villa 3AAsClAG p1UEEs 4Au YEt kN6
AhdaReb o1c1ce NAB entirely ii toouets dis.
monds, French novels, AMI piclurrs o. yeau,
much TOO handsome for reality, A nnc Re1efpug
woman Of the world. who went to the theatre,
aud cooad not be understood By 3 PROVINCIAL c4ry
was Madame Rush. Sac WkA thc heir Of the Rrpaf
Mr. ledEeWay, rival cAptAl,st 10 Stenheu Q!fzfu,
who used to get arQfy II lrardA holding tho
!oLGef pure.
"Ar. Gitart, " said R,dgcxzy, 81 can buy 5ou
and Aelt you.'
Friend nidge way" said Gtrzru, II can tuy
thee md k<fp thee!.t'
a preacher toll me this storJ. but I ,lory be-
leso It; nrat bccauka conveys the vulgar Io, OF
itch men, aud, nexI, on tie general principle Ihst
no fEnc Anecdotes arc written for boys Eycr1.
body mAArs 3 victim Of tho boys. Tnc ylrtuous
Dialogues 10 Sablo5d aud Merton mover happened,
fa1son Heen', though tho clergyman OF roh,ck
Church, cot up from the raw material the story
of Washington snd the hatchet Nothing IL true
hut Robinson Crcsoc ana James TArton.
uawtreF, Nj. Rush waa khe humble d!sclp1e Of
hls wife, anu, cuio,fpg her fortune during hs.
l1c, lie left Il. IN accordance With
her Wish, 70 The venerable 1h,I14tlphts
Library, and II Il, therefore, probable tnat .ha
wealth OF husc way &ill BE- Of quito as much use
10 philanthropy ns the msused Hlranl beauysl.
Nnsa ieft tatA legacy suject to ccrIAin WHIMSICAL
bosons of Ills OWN, OLE of which was that acws.
paI+ert should te tiebsr1cd tho lturasy and the
utheR that a new tdlacu should bu erected ou
ceFthsu fAit Vt thu tusn cEtate-In snn!s that The
old PhIfahelptta Lorury spot must not 10 the cuE-
todAn VI his sltsG, ,toU worth Of hooks. TIE tifst
os these ejcclis'ns was tlissa!, and tho second
Was bt nAlL1e. Souue Newspapers havo felt hurt Ut
NJ. Ruih for spea1.nK OF them a. "tcachrta
u dM}0lhtcts thought" 70 they are, aud 70 Il
dictionary. Mr.. lt4rh ". Emerson ouce Aa,d ant
hts 0uA1ets WAS to rlld pearls and not TO sttog
tnrn. aud the ne Hspapcr can plead this saus, b1t
II MIR. Hush wanted his way In such little thug,
Why, ltt him ! nve IL lie pronau,y had becu mcu.
tally injured by reading Retluc.iy daily papers os
rnlsdelphis, tho Occa.touAl Letters, rhe John
Quill ,rtteis. tho postage ADVERTISEMENTS, "aad
Itch" and bad ao Idea VI lOuodtng a Trunk fac
tory. For n lion and hon o. dol!Afs aotl tho
good OF msnkius', l tnihk could accept the whole
ol uenf3 c. CsreJs ~r1ur51, bnt not to resi-
them. Oh NJ. not 10 read. Yet, 40 much VIA
Pulladelphia IN dvunt about Madame RushI ill.,
hut nee ind Mr. Kush's title con-
ditious. tina: It seemed Questionable
whethtr the library glft would be accented. How
pure.} trv,hcrlJ.oyi1g is this little g,ltnr.e OF
certain to nsmen, ~il,ng 10 deny pos:cr1ty ha-f
miuiDn 0. D0ukH, BECAUSE Mt. Hush had some
opinions that he wss fund Of. In Ike manner, |
have heard Ot cerV5lncn preaching Axarst GI-
rxTd College aud it, tTpbars, because By GItard 3
viii 20 preachers arc allowed to en:er the gaze.
We always reeenl tpsults to our profession,
though the Orphan xtalJe. For / library OF the
style Rush projected, daily papens md fresh mag
| azines sre Objectionable. and he undoubtedly
| had In his mind the Philadelphia Mcr-
camille Library. wtt,h Is what the French
cali cabinet DE- i!tctur., or salon for
,he periodicals anL apr:S et The ,laJ and Hide
else Is read there while the old Philadelphia Ii.
b,ary Ia kos open TO rcc public Mr Hush design
ed no Plsce Of assignaiion and newspaper soun8.
Ing, where girls 70 10 read T1o!ope's novels, "ud
men 10 study government from ForueJ'a ed!tort.
ais; and hla crticgm IT, therefore, upon the PhlA-
delphis reading public, in1sead OF upon hewsps.
fera. The new library houac Will be erected upon
the fne Avenue called Broad street, atd will b~ =
harcsoulc nte-pfoof huilo,n2, quite e1u&l to the
AsloE Library. II will stacd In the southern sub.
urb OF tic c.ty, and 1t the opposite end Is rne
Wagner InAututc, i free Academy Of
Sciences. Tue Rush Library, eotuh,ned
w1,n the Phl1adefphis, Will become.
u lis funds are p1urerly managed, the fullest ann
best bbtiothtque In America. Girard's splens!i
htquett with 1rs Immense revenue, has fallen into
the hadS OF local poltslcrana, Rnd scarcely ytclhs
any surplus. though It Govern the most vai1sh.e
blocks Of Philadelphia, and has The revenues II
the nttAr coal lands 10 The State. II /. comforting
to feel that our national politics Is yet so far pnres
1 than municipal politics. The United S.nics Gov.
etnuent Is building vast Post Onl:c In New
Yo,k, with such rapidly, durability, and honesty
| that The CITY bulldings near By, htHnERilpg NJ
through ihe Of local tnsevtr look ovcr With
The a*bameiress Of the wicked men watching tnt
prosperity OF the rig htecus,
PHILADELPHIA SEWsrAr6RR
| The Tedssr, fonndtd Ike THE CHICAGO Tgr8CNE
| by ret OF hustness pEtuteEsI mouOpottzcs The
prnftnh'e newspaper b3.iness Of rnindelrhla
There are ftRr or nvc rnrers which make tro1
VT HkhA tt,E - 1up pI,n
advertising 0svan nud carries on from <6a.G Il
| 4i3',u ,un \ ytaF. II has n business manager o.
abundant sct:vItv, A!nsht1on and good Intentions
| The struggle fnr years has been to carry Gn or d
vide tic itri7trsa prosperity, and. Al srrseBs
one ol these numerous experiments, has opened
lhor On the street corner. facing tho L<F'1er'
! mighty building. went through the new butll
ing lsst Friday, and tount Hoe press O! e:sa
| cJlLucerA. aud, altogether. about sixty THOUSAND
doiIars worsh Of preparations, II ter press
mighty. 1t Is also costly. Al the head 0! the ncs
p9pe,-wh1ch Ia to sell for one crnt-ta Alefaudc
C.inntpgf, tho founder Of tac Philadelphia Ep1ir
tin ana the New Tork #nr'd, and the earty be
ftterl,er OF the txo kindly and manly editors, Oh
ron Peacock srh Charles q. Leland Mt Cue,
mlpgs DO not know, but believe TINT he is one o
those men who hnve the tAcutt
OF pcSett.pg confdcrcc Ia richer p.o7le, o
or-ant1.rglafge}s, aud Of conducting bis pntitca
tions aren the moral plane. lie has oecu Me b
o.l,s; for year1. and has tn, rontlle1ce Of all III
| clerical hen.tccniIex, AID his paper, T-p1y,
Will he without doubt nimed to conciltate the Ira
cIh!e pubic sentiment o. this imslenac bazar city
Penny papers do little good to csrAi cities In pom
OF teachlLg n-d modelling public spitit. Boston
with Dne newspaper press, which anects th
! country, aud all i1 grca: papers room! cao.c
for ioIl discussion aud lntor nation, IL backed u
bJ shtrAins city. Philadelphia and Baltimore
with a pfnny prcss. hare public that nes
er thinks longer than a paragraph aod that rsfs
graph wrong.
"wuo Is TIE GREA1Esf rll1ApEirH1AS:
laaked the aeove questton OF TWO Of three PEI
pic, hnt II seemed TO staegeE them as much Is
had ssked them who Was tie greatest Of Nil II
men lead- The5 ali gare 1t up al last, but cac
! oac tod ne 10 50 to Morris Hafdins.
"You 10 10 Monty Harding: He 10 the bel
rmted man On that Kind Of conundrun IN III
..xn He py9eou.holes al snch vast question.
i. ! atn answcrs Jon like ior1uue-teller when an
| draw 4 card"
found Morris Haslrs to he 3 very fat, mihdh
. | aged gentleman, xith faculty Tor rpnn.ug dos
his thoes nl The Sides. As his feet boiled IL then
, uc wos. rpeetaclee, Aad desratched An fucos
! ceivat,le amount Of business In An ituptrcFrttn
| lspss Of tinc, sending oue man here, reading d.
. letlers there, paying Honey, Er1ubg-eselJthl1
. at ouce.
l prt Ey question. lie wheeled atout ou b
,, pyot-chais like = locomotive engine on draE
, bridge, aId ssid, compattlJ:
"Put your question more precisely:"
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