, 1872-10-11
tnp is always delightful. tie scenery being only
zeeond to ths. of ths sie-:e Nevada, but it has
been described = ..lndred Thousand times, ard

taxable evidence of a solid and listing pro1uer1tI
pleased me more thsn ever before. The long
rows of nect, comfortable brick two-story cot.
| tases, ba;lt By associations, for sale, On long
terms and easy payments, to young mechanics
! arc among the most pleasing objects one car
SEQ IN q journey over the entire Continent. The
| number Of those already occupied: OF going uE
everywhere in tie suburbs Of Philadelphia, i
! almost beyond computation, and in them see
! better promise for the ameGo=ation OF
tho condition Of her worEngraen and
+ their families, and for a prosperous
d1sase 51s The ., city Itself than hays
York is building acres on acres OF great, insight
| u, showly-cons:rucied brick and broWn-stone-
front barracks for occupation By families who can
realy poorly afford to pay tie rent of theIa, end
PEELED to strain themselves beyond their legiti-
mate meaos to keep up appearances and make
6 chow which scarcely deceives the outside
world, and is known to be a sham and q trans
parent deceit by their ne1t-door neighbors
while the accommodations 1or those honestly
desiring to i've within their means are mieera.
bly, scarce and inadequate. Philadelphia is pur-
suing more prudent and altogether fur wiser
course, and Eil grin incidentally in the agggre-
gate wealth, prosperity, and morality OF her
people IN consequence.
TIE GREAT pU.11c PARE
OF Philadelphia is one OF the greatest Of tie at
tractlons Of the city am indebted to my
friend, Ar. NcKean, OF the Public Ledger, for 3
O31 p1H31us TlEIt 10 this lovely pls1o OIL resort.
1t seems to mo impossible to add much to the
quiet, but varied, beauty Of the scenery Of the
park ana cannot say enough in praine Of the
good taste OF the Board Of Park Commissioners,
for the good taste they have displayed in aiding
a2d assisting Nature, not endeavo1ing to sup
plant and e1terminato her. In mere "T works
OF ezt," We cannot hope to rival Europe for CEN
turies to come, if ever ead the introduction Of
hor1d bronzes and unstable sta:ualy from
Paris and Vienna would only mar the general
ga ~[ ~ -
noble park, while it would but provoke the
mirth OF really educated art-crities from abroad,
and disgust those OF refined taste and sympa-
thics to the manner born
Which reminds meas our late 1amanted
President would anTe sald,-
oFA LITTLE sTo2r.
On the corner Of tho ledger Office building,
fronting tho old Ean OF Congress. they hare
placed at the second floor large sta.uc Of that
e1celen:-osd pa1soniflcation OF fzuGa'ity closely
trerchirg on downright neanness and perur,-
BUSINESS, the late B. Franklin. The sage is re-
presented standing erect, in the costume OF the
period Of which he YVES ar ornament and shin
ing Light, and holding il his hand . small bundle
OF ready-naade end very cold and cast~iron-look-
ing lightning. As it was being hois:ed into its
place, . son Of the sod, standing On the opposite
side Of tha street, haranSued the croTd after
this wise: ''A1reh. an isn't it ID shame
to SEQ them p0tt5rg up stachy Of that
ould thaif ov tho vorra1d, Ben Butler, IS m e1-
A4u3!E IGG +5luGI4ll01t tC.It gSH HL[1IQ
JtA # srooas?" sympathizing With him in
his honest Indignation, though it was the result
Of elighS Misrepresentation III fects must still
insist tha! 'EtccEe1aIy" is not likely to be ap-
rreciatel oy the mass of cur people for some
time TO ecno; ror will the so-called works OF art
with which every ambitious city on the Atlantic
Coas. is now baing profusely aGclned tend in
any apprcciab1e degree to tie elevation and re-
quizenent OF the taste of the :'ri=in' gineza-
ton"
From Philadelphia vent :: Through Ba1ti-
more 70
Did anybody ever see or hear Of sach a Hcis-
o.abie, Gc5-.orsaken. lonely, contcnpt.bIo place
II snybedy knows of another sueh, let :lim keep
it all 70 himself want Cono Of it. E51: down
and took look At that great, ugly. haif-tinshci
factory chimney which they call the Washington
Monument. Cane awcr thanking Heaven that
Then went op to the Capitol building, where
eyery..aing Was damp, and Irll. aod deserted
The trees III the grounds were shedding their
[eayas, and everything was dripping from tho
last nights rain. In the raill-pcad up reas tbs
dczen monster goldfish. closely resembling in !
size ans. cu!cr 80 many California roc.i cod,
dclcful!y about, and looking lko !
everything else. damp, out OF spirits, ard un-
One Of them affected pccc:icI1- |
y. He persisted in swimming ell the .lne
on MS RACE. Il
watched him fc- half IN hour, and he mover !
.urEed sres ooca during tho .1ho!e ti1ae. Nor, |
sc yo1 know tta! circumstance has worried Ea |
I'D given re no rest OF mind from Tia: limo 70
,!e that the prevailing ro.tenness md corrnp~
ion eyeEy where manifested in Washington hare
.xtendad to the dumb bzatce, and that |
wen the fishes ago becoming demoT-
lizod? Is it possible tha: he was
respectable, honcst fish, m advocate Of Ci7l
,eryfra EH{rF.1 fhp
of public Affairs, hut, in IN evil
coment had succuEbcd, as many another ecaly
ustomer had done, and sold himself QUE to tho
Il s1ch IS Tie case, don't
lame him for not wanting to show his fece;
here VIII be good many people alter election
tho VIII feel IN tho same way, and coma to tie
onc!usion that they have exhibited themselves
0 an edmi1ing constituency in much the same
osition-
From tho min-pond went sround to :no main
nt-ance of the Capitol and stepped to look at
he two Wonderfl
GROUPS OF srAcaERARr
7hich flank The doors Of the Ro:uEda- 0ne Of
hese groups represents Her EccaLiemer, OF
lay 4 Martins Celebrated Circus, doing his
Wonderful Cannon-Bau Feat, while one OF tho
e.oale equestrians Of the compaay Is stripping
oE the ring, beside him, looking mp meeItiEae in
nEous apprehension lest he should accdcntly
and and smash her feet into pancakes. Tie
fleet ia striking. but it would bo more SO il he
hould Lax his grip on the ball. The other group
epresents Mr. John Mccullough, tho eminent
:agedien, in his S1ea. character Of The Jibbe-
aiaosay, or Nick Of :he Woods, going for
q Indians scalp. while very poorly-clad fe-
lale sits quietly By, with naked baby in her
rns, evidently intending to ask his opinion as
whether the child is threatened with hydro |
,phalus, Us soon as the little unpleasantness
etween him aad the Indian is over.
Then went and looked in at the great bronze
oors ut the b1tton-ho1lng room known as the ]
otunda- and then turned around and walked !
way. If some future Rebel General, Lee or |
sckson, should raid it into Washington, and, in
oily iconoc1astic feryor, sn1ash those groups Of ,
stache1ary into ten tnous.a1 fragments, and I
Lze to its foundations that squatty abortion cnd
aboaination, tho Capitol building,
could find it in my heart to forgive them both.
Since left Washington, 7 have been clear ont
tho end OF the land in New England, whore
te sun rises, and I will tell you what / sa~
lere, ard BY the wny, in my next. Adsos!
ALrA31oSTE. |
The Bank Of Ca1ifo1nia made regular per
mt monthly dividends during the year, amount
e to s600, 900.
We learn that the Milwaukee &, ST. Paul {
a73roaf Cn1nnay1v ara f7rivi-,r r,ffne 1Car tha I