Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-05-24
Letter from Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, May 10, 1879

| PHILADELPHIA, May 10, 1873.
Friend Wilrert:-
The arrival of the "AsIERI-
CAM" always n welcome visitor, reminds
me that l should once moro write you n
few items, although what to write about is
hard to tell, possibly when once Mt IL,
may succeed in iiuding something OF inter-
est to yourself ana readers, and should l
fail must crave your kiud indulgence. At
ter q month of constant rain and back
ward spring, we have had week of clear
and pleasant weather, as consequence
the backward Vegetation has made q ra-
! pid stride forward, and businesses whose
| SUCCESS depends upon fair weather, start
forward with redOub.ed energy after the
| long iklay. Late as it is, one can yet
hardly lay aside tue winter garb, n great
difference m ,cornpaIisun with last year,
when at this time Ithe lightest fabrics were
far to heavy for comfort Our seasons
seem very much awry. Ut. has been thought
| in some quarters that we can have no bet
ter until we remove Mr.. y. Probabilities
| from his present position in Washington,
whether it is any msbshavior upon his
part or not l will not attempt to say. The
few bright days have brought out the
| Spring fashions, and 1t really seems rs If
| it were, upon the feminine side, the only
founcc or puff All is overdone, and the
exception is to see anytlTfng neat or becom
ing. The moderate following Of the fash
ions is undoubtedly well enough, and as
the old adage is, ''bctter be out of the
world than out of fashion, - will, no doubt,
have to be submitted to, but the extreme,
haunched and disfgured, are certainly vul-
gar and suggestive of anything but good,
in the extreme. AS result our better
class of Ladies dccry the edict that would
compel them to appear upon the street In
the extreme of the fashion, lit only to be
worn by the soiled doves of society.
Your readers will, no doubt, have no
ticed in the daily papers, the account of
changes in the Baldwin Locomotive Works
and the retiring of NJ. Baird, the senior
partner and successor of Baldwin, the
| the founder of the establishment, with Il
competence. The firm is the largest Of
any in the world, and have contracts to
supply 500 Locomotives during the present
year. a few weeks ago Broad St., for
some forty feet in width and the length Of
over half square, was piled with immense
boxes, and boxed boilers and other por-
tons of Locomotives, marked by numbers
and addressed to several Railroads in
South America, chiefly IN Brazil. A
New York paper in noticing the fact says,
with their usual unwillingncss to credit
Philadelphia with anything, Chat the
Brazil Railroads have all their engines
| built in this country" which is the fact
and not only of thatceuntry, but the great
er part of the world, and TO be entirely
correct, should have added, ''arc built in
! Philadelphia," in stead of leaving, as they
no doubt intended, chance for the pub
/ lie to infer that New York was the city 10
whom the credit was due.
1t is so also in reference TO the Centen-
NAL in behalf of which our people, and
the nation at large are concentrating their
best effort, to render successful, and New
York alone hangs back, and from her ct
forts arise the stories of eXtrayaSance aud
prospective failure that we hear so much
! OF, we on the spot, knowing the ability and
will of Pennsylvania, aud of our city, kaOw
that it cannot, shall not Esile aud so far
have met with greater success than we an
ticipated During the past week the COM
mission have been in session, and the
work has assumed better shape than
ever Already our people are preparing
for the great event, our park conihission-
ers arc increasing the facilities Oh getting
to and from the park, having recently ad-
seas sss'q Gf y ana and psIs @nes
!
the poorer classes, who, now, cannot fully
enjoy it owing to the great distances me-
ccssary to be travcrsed
Our militia men are having ga!a-day.
! The Gowen Guards of Pottsvillc arrived
this morning, and last week we had a crack
company from Washington, accompanied
by the Marine Band, and Gov. Cookies
staii, as the guests of some of our organiza-
tions. Our Governor lately paid compli-
ment to our Guardsmen, and as well to the
soldiers of the late war, in appointing Col.
l1atta of the lst Reg't p, G. of Pa. Adju-
tant General OF the State, vice Gen. Pur-
sell resigned. Knowing Col. Latta, person
| ally, ! know the appointment TO good one,
well deserved, and the Col. able to fill it
with credit to himself, and to the good of
the Commonwealth, we regret to loose
Gen. Pursell from the place that he has
filled so long and Sc we'll, but have known
Tor some time, it must come, as the Gen.
erals personal affairs would not warrant
his remaining longer. Our Governor, like
the President, seem to have the faculty of
putting the right men in the right places, re-
gardless of the politicians, and is making
himself many more friends than he would
otherwise, by his independent course.
Long may Veto Jack reign is the wish
OF Yours,
OCCASION