Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-03-04
OUR VIEW YORK aCTTRER
NEv Y0sK. February ash 1881

Nsv YoaK. February 33th. 1881.
Editor srth Time:
A slump iu stocks, aasocs grsvlisgs sbsos
the Funding bill and Telegraph eonsolidatios
are >moug the Incidents OF the day, while the
approaching Inauguration ceremonies help TO
give people some ihiag TO talk about. The
delegation from Sev York Of reg ul.r inas,ry
and sr,illary, several Riliiis rryineas .sa
independent companies, and . multitude os
politicians will he something immense. Il
seems The majority will have to bs - tis6sd With
Such accom- Doistioss - teas can afford. and
though When accustomed 70 Il AID posted
il the ~sys Of making ones s-if csmfor u BILE
life under canvass 10 no, unpleasant il is rather
trying change from ,bs shelter Of good sound
brick walls. There'll BE . pIsaiifsl crop OF
pneamoui. aa-r the festivities ., Washington
The bene'olea, S-ney has again be~a en
ulatiag the benevoiep; Ssn.I, Peter Cooper,
whose Doth bistsdsy has just bern celebrated
by himself vi,h additloa.i gifU ssgrsga,ing
over $3.50. 900. The banker has resol red to
benefit Brooklyn BY the establish meat of .
sev hospital To be run chiefly under Methodist
auspices but TO be unseetarian IN its scspe. He
has bestowed for the purpose ,se nsa, little
sum $500 900 10 hard cash, tssi&es siGiesn
lots Of ground in . cheics location near Pres-
peci Part, valued st over So. 90, % which
The hygisuic temple may b built, or the pro
psr,y may be sold asd the prooss4s sdded 10
the splendid subscrip,iss. smallpox 10 shrsa-
,s,isg-so say the doctors I, 10 to b hopsd
the epidemic Of bensvolsnes will Be equal.
catching and get . star, Of il.
Roveli and snniry other famous Pedestrian
have gathered together for the approaching
champ ionsbip coo,esu. and | suppose there II
be another outbreak Of to go.as-yoa-pieass
fever. The ls,es, phase OF j, was 3a-hoss
match among parcel Of boys. One poor lit
tie shaver covered over loo miles, egged on
BY his father, sio naturally expected TO make
coed thing ou, OF the prizes be lima iaed tn.
boy Vas to vim. and very pieas.atiy assisted
the lettering foo,stsps Of the weary youth by
taking IN occasional spin BY his side along the
and lushing. Unfortunately for his human or
inhumaa calculations. the poor youth got
thoroughly used up. fell suddenly like . log
and was taken from the track 10 . dyiag con-
ditioa. The father was arrested asd the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Child.
rem have taken the prosecution 10 hand, 30 he
10 likely to get some Of his dessrs At any rate
We claim 70 be superior to the span Ish A. to
our popular anusemests but on my word
f.li to see wherein lies the superior refinement
Of zo-as-you-please public torture Of needy men
over the bull-6ghu and cock-6ghu 90 much
admired BY the Latin races. A good square
prise-6ght 10 actually. in ny mind, less sb-
jectiosabl and not . particle mere brutal
Fer one thisg, the agony issver much. more
quickly and ~ spectacle it 10 infinitely more
exciting. The idsa that science 10 advanced By
such sossense 10 absurd. The 6rst matches
against time Of recest days, such No wes,os's at
tempted fsats, might possibly BE- defeadsd by
such plea, but the results Of the careful watch
ingths bold e1perims ter should certainly have
afforded all necessary explanations Of the con-
duct Of the human frame under such exception
al circumstances.
The obeIisk has gone through the last cere-
mony likely to stir up its ancient memories At
last, and On Washington's birthday was for
mally handed over to the city in a pleasant
speech by Secretary Evaru. Two hundred
exemlary public school boys were paradsd as
feature ofthe occasion and presestsd with
white metal medals commenorating the event
together with brief onlsetting forth
ser, Of miniature history ofthe great monoli,h.
The Hsrsld published cuts Of the the whole
concern by Brugsch Bey, the famous Egg tolo-
gist, now in Egypt, whose views we're eabisd
at great length by the industrious scribe who
was sent 10 collect the facts and put them 10
readable shape.
Our great ferries have, in all the years since
propelled oar and sail, sufficient for
all needful ira Importation Of passengers bet vsen
New York and the circunjacent towns, cities.
villages and hamlets, enjoyed sinEula: i'm
munity from accident. For some reason, At
this date not thoroughly understood, there
was quite . collision. which might have turned
out disastrously, on Wednesday last, between
two of the larger vessels plying On the North
River There will probably be plenty Of such
collisions tr record for = while, ~ such mis-
fortunes never come alone, and the rivers
y hich environ Manhattan Island are daily get
ting more and more throsgsd.
RApIx.