The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-04
OAR AMT ROOM FOR A TAILOR, SAH!"
Startling Rumor Of Base Conspiracy to Blow
Up the Ballroom AID the Board of Works
MR. EDMUND YATES ACCOUNT.

WASHINGTON, March g. 1873.
Accustomed by long experience to the gyraton
of the sleeping car, Indifferent to the sudden
pull up which, with one jerk, sends my chin
against my feet, and the equally sudden start
which long draws out my linked sweetness, and,
regardless OF the slightly stiGened pocket handker
chief unanimously designated pillow, dashes nv
Skull against the headboard; unvexed by the nasal
music OF the surrounding company and rather
soothed than otherwise by the monotonous arm
exercise OF the bootblack, sumbered peacefully
Oh Sunday night from the time OF departure
from Jersey City until daylight did appear. Then
was awakened by vOci er0us shouts OF
the name OF my favorite picturesque novelist,
"Oui, dap and by the vision Of a mules
head with the eye full OF the melancholy and re-
signed expression peculiar to that noble animal,
regarding me through the car window.
THE MONUMENTAL CITY. ;cy..
We were in Baltimore IN the act 'of accomplish.
ing the overland Journey from terminus to ter
minus through the principal tnoroughfare of that
hosptable and terrapin loving city. Her streets,
NO longer fecked with patriotic gore, but ankle
deep in half snow, were deserted save by
shivering policemen and an occasional face at
bedroom window, which plainly expressed its dis
gust at having been summoned by the noise of the
passing cavacade from tie warmth Of the pleasant
blankets and it's determination to return to them
ut once. The hint was not to be misconstrued,
and too sank back into the. arms of
Deaths twin brother Sleep, and for the next
two hours remained obtuse to the knuckes Of the
tI"ket collecting conductor and the more respect
full, but not less urgent, application Of my colored
brother. the porter.
TERRIBLE REE1korroNs IN SLEEPING CAR.
1t required the exercise of strong powers OF Volt
ton to convince myself that the narrow bed, in
Which lay supine was not my coffin SUPPOSE
ton strengthened by the fact that the black and
silver ornamentation OF the lower portion of the
upper berth above me which / gazed was
hideously like a coffin plate which had slipped out
of its proper place. But at length recovered my
self, and by the performance OF an acrobatic act,
greatly creditable to q man Of my size and weight,
found myself on the floor OF the 1t has always
struck me that the pursuit, even under the
most trying circumstances, OF that virtue
which is next to goodness, Is essentially
characteristic OF an American citizen. No matter
that the car bounds and springs beneath his feet
like the chamois OF the Alps, no matter that she
rolls and groans like q Cunard steamer In the
trough of the sea- he will still dip the end OF his
nose In the common basin, dry it ON the common
towel and manufacture that persuasive roll over
ms noble forehead with the common comb. On
this occasion my fellow passengers were unani.
NOUS In their sacrifice TO the graces, and with
the exception Of four Chinese gentlemen, who
could not muster scrap OF profile amongst them,
VINO were rresstibly remindful Of tea chests and
paper lanterns, and who looked terribly bare about
the nape Of the neck, where the pigtail ought to
have been, and unjoy, we all looked passably
decerous.
PUFF FOR VANDERBILT
We were two hours behind time OF course. An
experience Of six months in this country has
taught me that, with the exception OF the New
York Central and hudson River Railroad Il hold
two shares in Commodore vanderbilt's enterprise
and what is the OF being writer for the press
If you cannot say kind word for institutions In
which you are interestedN have never yet known
one train on time. But there were reasons for the
delay. The whole OF New York was pouring
itself into Washington; and the train, as the
conductor asseverated, consisted OF the enor-
nous number of sixteen coaches. Ali the
blessings OF compulsory educationi In an
instant gentleman sitting just oy burst into the
thousand passengers ten thousand nve hundred
dollar train. Good for themr And he looked
round as II to who should say 1t wasn't. For
tunateiy, at that moment general Tightening Of
the brakes, and a consequent propulsion Of the
passengers into tangled heap In one corner OF the
car proclaimed that we had arrived at our destina-
ton, and the hackmen claimed us for their own.
AN EARLY VIEW OF THE CAPITAL
have no doubt that washington is, or rather
will be when II Is built, ne city, but to person