Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-06-22
CORRESPONDENCE.
From our phila.d. correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Junc17, 1872.

PHILADELPHIA, June17, 1872.
EDITOR AMERICAN.-The refreshing
showers of the past few days have freshen-
ed us up, and it is great relief after the
parching heat of last week. The travellers
are off, and those whose purses admit Of
their spending the summer at watering
places, the seaside and the country, have
gone, and, although not missed upon the
streets, the empty seats at our churches
show their absence very plainly. a few
weeks more and the school rooms of any of
our more fashionable churches will be large
enough to hold those left. Belonging to
the class who cannot go, alike because bus
iness and finances will not permit, we have
to look to Fairmount, our parks and the
excursions, for our breath Of pure country
air. y visit any afternoon, this hot wealth
cr, to Fairmount, is reward enough for the
effort. In the country--country scenes
and country air-and yet almost in the
heart Of the city. The crowds of all classes
one meets there attest its value alike to
rich and poor. 1t is Il cheap Investment
and has more than paid for itself by the
rise in property near it and the increased
Iyvonucs the city receives thereby. Still,
| 5 i'll every case, there are those who will
! md fault. It's, without doubt, the finest
/ prk i'll the country. | have seen Central
/ hrk in all its glory and grandeur, but it
| piles before Fairmouut. There is about
| Cntral Park too much artistic beauty
mde, not rcal-whilc that of Paramount
| is he beauty of nature and its scenery. |
dNbt not the Central Park Commission
/ wUld exchange their whole place for one
suCl view as there is from Belmont Man
sioi Georges Hill or Lemon Hill. 1t is
the0nc grand feature Of our Farmouut
/ PaT, it has such splendid viCws-its river,
driHs, and constantly varying and chang
| ing scenery. From the entrance, at Green
stree, 1t Is but one continued feast Of the
eye, and never the same from any two
poinN As we approach Lemon Hill we
/ pass tie Lincoln monument, which is sur
mounted by bronze statue Of the immOr
/ tai President, seated in n chair, with the
cmancDation proclamation i'll his hand.
/ No Cneneed be told whose features they
are utlike many other statues it does not
! require label in order to be known. AS
/ your readers know, the Park has been
chosen as the place for holding the great
/ Centennial Exposition. The part to be
used for buildings is large level space to
( the ;. + of Georges Hill and easy of ac.
cess from both the Penna. Central and
. Phlada. " Reading railroads. No better
/ spot could lave been selected. y visit to
/ the Park at any time will repay those who
come here, ami would counsel your read
crs to by no means visit our city without
going 10 the park. \ carriage can be OBJ
tanned most anywhere along the streets,
ana ut very reasonable rate, il. as should
always be done, you mate Il distinct bar
gain with the driver. Otherwise You may
he subjected to eXtortioi, for which our
cabbCs are notorious, AM that is the only
way of seeing the whole Park, owing to its
great size aud the long tine it would take
to see the whole thing atOot the latter be-
ing almost physical imp)ssibiity.
The Convention over, there is little cX-
element in political circles, except it be
that caused by the uLwarlantabc opposi-
ton Of Foruey and his clique, small in
number aud influence, to a portion OF our
Stale ticket. | have YET to meet a l;epub-
lican influenced at all by their cause, but
ON the contrary all hesitate not to denouncc
and condemn 1t. Al things seem to be
waiting the action Of the Baltimore Con
vcntion upon the 9Th proXimo. The gen
clal feeling is that they will endorse tho
Dolly Warden affair paced in nomination
at Cincinnati. 1t is a matter Of little mo-
. ment either way. Grant and Wilson are
sure to win in any event. II, as is expect
cd, the Baltimore Convention does endorse
q
for the Democracy to swallow, and there
will be many WHY faces and many refusal:
to do so. l am fully convinced that ia sucl
a cas3 three Democrats Will vote for Gen
Grant 10 one Republican who will vote fol
Greeley. The Grcclcyitcs are very mucl
exercised tor fear of Il bolt upon the part o
the Free Trade clique who axe not salts
fled with 4 Iarill advocate upon Free
Trade platform, which course they evidence
in n Call issued by their leaders tor meet
ing in New y ork this week.
The various strikes, of which the papers
are SO full, cause little OF no cXctemcn
here. The movement being IN the hands
of an unreasonable, restless, dissatisfied
class of men-ab0rers only by name
amounts to little, as the vast majority ar(
satisfied aud refuse TO Join them in thci
course. If it were for hours only it woulc
be different, but as it is the effect must b
disastrous to the labOrcr alone. The hous,
he lives in will cost Ouc-tii(h more TO bull,
and he must pay that proportion more TO
it and SO on through every article enter
ing into his daily wear and consumption
The plea Of more time for improvement
would be good one if there was any hop
of its being SO used. But judging the iu
turc by the past, ii would only be tina
thuCll uIoIc lIlHC loT lllc pINHHcIN alu ulIlc
haunts Of vice. There are exceptions, il
which such would not be the case, but tina
element never manitCsts itself III strikes
The laborcr is worthy Of his hire, aud lhi
is progressive age aud the laborer mus
rise but he can never do 50 while tie
the dupc Of such men as the one who head
their organization and halls from your vi
cinity. It is only necessary to look ut tn
present Labor Reform movement to see il
iallacy, and the fraud intended to be praC
ticcd upon those duped by its high SOUND
ing name. Labor represented by men VIII
are ignorant OF it 10y experience, men livin
by its aid who never did an honest day
toll, except compelled TO by a course Of cic
dDd dejauchcIY, and compelled to do so b
the authorities in support Of those they ,coul
otherwise force upon the cOld charities Of n
,rorld. The true friend OF the laborer
the Professionalism Tariff advocates
and they know it, and will show it by thei
! solid front for Grant and Wilson, true Il
borcrs, risen from the ranks Of honest labo
During the convention the gas men of ou
! city struck, and we were left in darkness
: great portion of several nights, The ga
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