Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-02

City Hall Park and pacrhouse, and 90
slong the Broadway, chatting like two old
friends as we walked.
Twas strange coincidence, | thouglt,
when | found my companion was ATTACKED
to the Sprite, having been on board even at
the time l was telling false tale of myself
IN her cabin, he having been laid up below
through wound received in a duel while
IN Philadelphia jolly, light-hearted dis
slpated boy he was, but as rampant wor-
| shipper of royalty as has fallen to my lot to
meet.
lie could tell me nothing of Mrs. Badely
and her ward, Gertrude King (the latter to-
ward whom | had an instructive leanng),
save that they had long ago left the schoon-
Ell and were in sumptuous quarters on Queen
street. ScammelPs passion for the young
lady was no secret to him, and he made
coarse joke at the expense of both, for
which | could have wrung his neck
But all We're alike in those days, it seemed
to me, and not once did hear a woman re-
spectfully spoken of, though the maligners
OF the sex professed a readiness to lie down
and be trodden on when in the presence of
the least of the ladies' of fashion. Such
fulsome aping of fine manners on the streets
and off; such bacll-bending and courtesy
ing, troth, and hypocrisy; such affectation in
speech and attitude; such utter prostra.
ton before the god of mode and folly as was
Lractced by these puppets of the king in
tins small copy OF the court, never before or
since has it been the fortune of man to see.
lnsincerity, heartlessness, and an absurd
sensitiveness regarding so-called points of
honor ruled the day. And these were the
spirits who were expected to subdua the
hardy yeomanry Of America!
But this is neither here nor there.
Well shorn, with a decent ribbon for my
queue, suit but shade or two the worse
for wear, and a sword at my thigh for eff
| feet, we set off for our destination. Belden
baving washed his dirty face and generally
groomed himself.
At this time Clinton's Headquarters was
en- the Broadway, at No. |, and opposite the
Bowling Green, being the same dwelling
wherein Washington had established HIM
self while the patriot troops occupied the
city.
Twas strange to me that the British com.
mander should have hit upon this house, not
l"only because of its association, but from the
fact that it was, with some few mansions
to the north, cut off from the rest of the
city by the broad swath of ruin caused by
the great fire of September, 1776
This conhagrat tion had started God
knows howl near the Whitehall, and, under
the tanning of a strong wind, had burned
northwest, crossing the Broadway below
Trinity church, and from there laying low
everything clear to the Hudson and north.
ward to nigh the city limits. Trinity went
with the rest, but by some mercy ST. PauPs
was spared, as well as Kings college [Co-
lumbia collegel, the fire stopping just short
of Robinson street [now Park Placel, on
which stood the latter.
No attempt had been made to rebuild or
even clear the ruins, and now twas dan
gerous neighborhood, as the offscourings of
the camp had taken possession of the whole
| area, and utilizing old walls, beams, and
sails, had established colony of violence
and filth, which ', ent by the name of Can
vastown.
tTo BE Continued