The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1875-10-22
INTERESTING LETTER.
Hudson River-Sambo Intrudes The
Problem Of Life ilton.

ing nature present themselves, it
might not be uuinteresting to your
readers to hear of them, and so, il
this communication proves accepta-
BILE, it will afford me pleasure to fur
nish you with such matter of geuer-
al interest as come under my obser-
walton.
This old and populous city is, as
you know the capitol of the State,
and situated on the Hudson river
one hundred and forty -four miles
from New York, with which it is
connected by rail and water, during
summer months, but during the win,
ter the boats are put away, as the riv
er is frozen much of the season, and
besides, passengers prefer the more
comfortable closeness of the car, to
the bitter inclemency of Fall winds
on the water. You can imagine
what liberal patronage is necessa>
~ to render it passible, successfully
to run the boats between New York
and this place, when some of the
boats cost more than million dol>
lars, and the daily expense of trip
is about two thousand dollars there
are probably half dozen fine steam
erS daily, to say nothing about the
thousands of small craft that, like
sea gulls, open their wings to the
breath of the mountains, and speed
along their beautiful way rejoicing.
There is one peculiar feature in
the Hudson river which no other in>
land stream enjoys, which is the fact
that the rise and fall of the tide is
visible in its banks nine miles above
this place, one hundred and seventy
FIVE miles from the ocean, at Troy,
the head of navigation on the river,
and the place noted in history or ro-
nance, as you like, as the destina
tion to which the boy who stood upon
the burning deck had prudently
checked his baggage.
will defer abiding to great
many things of interest, at present,
to talk with you for few moments
on a more popular subject, and that
is lecture by Theodore Tilton,
Esq, who lives in Brooklyn, and of
whsm it is probable you may have
heard during the year. Yesterday
evening your correspondent went to
the Opera House where he was ad-
vertised to appear and having Sc
cured a seat, waited the coming of
the gentleman. While sitting and
waiting thus, a very black, ugly,
stumpy, negro man edged into seat
in the parquette, between two white
men who turned their backs upon
him in high dudgeon, and as they
were bat few rows of chairs in
front of me enjoyed it all. The
negro did not seem entirely satisfied
with the maneuvres of his associ~
ates, and appeared, from the varie,
ty, popularity, and general air of
uncomfortableness of his positions,
to be Matching some diabolical
scheme, by means of which he could
turn his back to both of these offend
lug gents other circumstances de-
MED me the pleasure of enjoying the
situation any longer or of learning
whether the negro succeeded in his
horrid design, for at o'clock Mr..
Tilton strobe upon the stage and
threw himself languishiugly into an
arm chair, and taking his gloves off
cast them Indignantly upon the floor
whereupon, little, round headed
man. with circular spectacles, and a
bald head, who sat in front Of me,
sprang to his feet holding his ears
dished out in front of him with both
hands, and both elbows in the faces
of his right and left neighbors, prob
ably to see and hear what else Mr..
T. would do with the gloves which
he had so strangely discarded. AT
ter few seconds, as Mr.. Tilton kept
his seat, the round>he aded little man
sat down, not however until he had
been solicited thereto by sundry
playful suggestions from the individ-
uals Immediately on his right and
left, as we'll as divers jerks, and pulls
upon his coat tail, by your cores
pendent.
Mr.. Titon is a very tall man, Elk
feet, three inchos or more, youthful
looking hair, light brown and ~av>
ing back from forehead to shoulders,
and face clearly shaver. He was
plainly dressed in black, and the on
Iy thing out of taste was drab Graz
vat under a turn>down collar. His
lecture was "The Problem of Life"
problem which, under his master
Iy and magical manipulation was
handsomely discussed and explained.
Some of his coGceits were good one
was that politics and politicians at
Washington were so corrupt that the
man in the moon held his nose in
passing over. He objects to the
third term movement, and said many
funny things about Mr.. Grant and
his supporters, and casually insinua-
ted that trial BY Jury was not entire
ly reliable, and in that connection,
referring to Mr.. Beecher, he said
Character may be shrouded in sus
picion, and may be set in utter night,
but like the star which has gone