Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 30 May 1874 — Page 3
jjaturdag ®cfnin0 Journal.
THE EDITORIAL EXCURSION.
Y'rom WiMhlngton to Baltimore—Richmond Abandoned—l*er«onnl.
BALTIMORK, May 20,1874.
Finishing Washington yesterday morning we left at noon for the "monumental •city." Baltimore is 40 miles from Washington and is reached by the fast express trains on the B. & O. road in one hour. We are quartered in the St. Clair Hotel, in sight of two other large hotels, Barnaul's and Guy's Monumental House.
In one of the rooms of the St. Clair, we Jiclieve, Gen. Lew Wallace had his headquarters while commanding the Middle Division. Immediately in front of the ladies' entrance, filling half of the narrow street, is Baltimore monument. It was erected to commemorate the battle of North Point, a few miles below the city, in which the British forces were repulsed in 1814 nfter their capture of the National Capital. A few squares off is Washington monument, erected by the State, we believe, from the top of which we got a fine view of th* city. Baltimore ia a compactly built city, with narrow streets paved with rough bowlders. There is apparently more business done on one of its many busy streets than in the whole of Washington. Just outside of the city are several beautiful cemeteries and parks. The finest of the latter is
Druid Hill park, to the northwest. It is an enclosure of a little over six hundred acres, purchased for the purpose by Mayor Swan about fourteen years ago. At that time it was a wild woods of hills and hollows. Now it is a tine example of what can be accomplished foi a city when nature is supplemented with a little art and enterprise. Its splendid drives and walks, beautiful groves, fine springs and green lawns make it a most attractive rural retreat. The timber is mostly scrub oak, relieved by a luxuriant growth of dogwood now in full bloom this were its native soil. On the green hill sides of this park yesterday afternoon, gazing and grazing as quietly as so many flocks of sheep, could be seen half a dozen herds of deer, while in the adjacent groves could be heard the merry voices of as many pic nic parties, giving to it the hapgiest resort imaginable. The man cf whom the grounds were purchased, it is said, committed suicide shortly afterward, being unable to endure the thought that he had sold them for $1,000 an acre when he could as easily have got five times that amount. A little enclosure in the western portion of the park, reserved in the sale, marks the family burying ground. It is utterly neglected.
The family, we are informed, lives in the city. Not far from Druid Hill is another and smaller park, in which the match game of base ball was played yesterday, between the Boston and Baltimore nines, resulting in the defeat of the latter. In another direction and further irom the city is Patterson park, from which Fort
Mclienry, five miles below, is plainly visible. Baltimore is growing rapidly. Its water supply, which is boasted of as the purest in the country, is obtained along a chain of hills extending far to the northwest. The principal reservoir is a large lake several miles from the city. There are smaller reservoirs nearer, one •of which is in Druid Hill park.
We leave this morning at 9:25 for Philadelphia, having concluded to leave Richmond out of the excursion. We have seen comparatively little of this interesting city. Our brief stay in it, however, has given us the long coveted opportunity of hearing Edwin Booth in Hamlet. He is to be here all week. He plays at Ford's Opera House and draws immense crowds every night.
Of all the places touched so far in our excursion the most interesting is Washington, of course. Since our last letter was written we have visited Mt. Vernon. It is situated on the opposite side of the Potomac, some fifteen miles below Washington. We leached it bv a small steam•or, which occupied nearly two hours in making the trip. The principal objects •f interest here arc the tombs of George and Martha. Washington, the rooms in which they died, and several articles worn and used by them while living. The site is a fine one, a little tower enclosed with glass at the top of the main building furnishing an excellent view •of the river and the beautiful grounds on either side. The main building, two
Tories high, has a front of about a hundred feet. There is a building opposite 'acli end and a short distance in the rear. These were connected to the main building by wooden sheds, making a pretty complete semi circle of buildings. There is a fine green house nearby and the yards are fitted with groves of beautiful trees. The place has an air of comfort, if not of luxury, about it. A short distance from the hou.-e is a magnolia tree said to have been planted by the hands of Washington himself. Its leaves are canied away by visitors as fast as they fall. Nearly every- visitor also carries away with liini a small stone from about the tomb. There is a gravel bank
While at the Navy Yard we went on board the Gettysburg, commanded by Lieut. McRitchie. She was just in from Key West, having left the squadron at that place on the 10th. At that time Admiral G. H. Scott was still in command of the fleet at Key West, the officer who was to relieve him having been sent elsewhere. The Admiral was reported in the enjoyment of excellent health.
A long search in the Smithsonian Institute with a view to finding an ocelot proved unsuccessful. There ought to be one there. This is the only animal we ever read of which has not been secured for that great national museum.
At Washington we met Mr. E. B. Pierson, a former Montgomery county boy, but more recently of Liberty, a grandson of W. J. Cason, of Mace. He is one of the party which is to start in a couple of weeks in the United States naval expedition to New Zealand, to take observation on the transit of Venus.
It is of course a matter of regret that our programme would not admit of our remaining to attend the wedding at the White House to-morrow. For other reasons also we left Washington with regret. Besides enjoying good hotel quarters, at low rates, we were well received there and saw much that one can not well afford not to see. It is true the Capital called us ''contemplative rural pen drivers, who sit on store boxes about stoves in country stores anJ gather up wisdom from the people:" and then they sell very poor 5 cent cigars for 20 cents and spell them with an and places were always four times as far off as they seemed to be. But these were minor matters, and we do not complain.
TheClly of Brotherly I,«vc-New York —A Party thnt drown Nharl In Fume nnu Nmnll In Number*—tlpnernl Obnervntlnnn.
NEW YOKK, Muy 24,
The dogwood thrives here a* if! at 1:30 of the same day. Our route lay
1874.
Leaving Baltimore at 9:25 on Wedne.". day morning we arrived at Philadelphia
over the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore road and brought us past Wilmington, the great manufacturing city of Delaware, and Chester, Penn., the point at which the big ships are being built. The shops of Jackson Sharpe & Co., whose passenger coaches are used on the I., B. fe W. road, are close by the railroad at Wilmington. There are also other extensive car factories and ship building shops there.
We remained in Philadelphia a whole day. George W. Childs, the proprietor of the Public Ledger, had gone to Washington to attend Nellie Grant's wedding, but his partner, Mr. McKean, proved to be an excellent substitute so far as extending hospitality was concerned. He took charge of the party, furnished us with carriages and conducted us to the chief points of interest in and about the city, serving refreshments at Belmont Park. The mint, Independence Hall, Franklin's grave and the parks are the main objects of interest to the visitor in Philadelphia. All of these and more we saw. The Centennial Commission was I in session while we were there, with representatives present from about thirty States and Territories. Prof. Campbell reports the prospects for the* exhibition good. A large flag pole has been erected in the park a short distance northwest of the city to mark the spot on which the buildiugs are to stand. No work had been done on them.
We left Philadelphia at 3 r. «. Thursday, reaching New York at 6. We have now spent three days in looking at the greatest and busiest city in America. Our best friends here have been George Francis Train, Eli Perkins and Barnum. New York is exhausting to both purse and strength. Consequently many of the party have returned home. We expect to remain here until to-morrow evening, when, if we can muster sufficient strength, wc start by the Fall River line of steamers for Boston, to return on Wednesday.
This is indeed a great city. One can walk the whole length of Broadway and see more people on his way than many a man in the country sees in a life time. Barnum's hippodrome seats almost as many ]eople as ever gather together in Crawfordsville, and it is full every evening. Central Park lias almost as good a museum and collection of stuffed animals as the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, and its collection of live animals is better than that of any menagerie that ever visited Indiana. The bustle, dim and confusion incident to great numbers and diverse purposes are present everywhere. Every body is on the go and in a hurry, with perhaps the single exception of the hotel waiters, who are all white men of impressively slow habits. For this reason in prrt and for the additional reason that depots are
near by from which the keeper keeps up perienced a lamentable lack of geographtlic xujiplv, I ical knowledge throughout the excursion
THE OKAWyOBDSVILLK SATURDAY EVENING JOURNAL.
both in myself and in others. In fact there is scarcely anything in which the non traveling person is more deficient than in geography. But it must be said to our credit, if we do say it ourselves, that we know more of the geography of the East than the East knows of ours. It would greatly help the people out here to a proper appreciation of the West if they would devote more time to their maps and to the census reports. The men who manage the financial columns of the great Eastern dailies, smart in school knowledge, can see that if money commands onlv 4, 6 or 7 per cent, in Philadelphia, New York or Boston it is plenty enough, and that therefore an increase of the currency would be foolishness. But they can't understand, because they don't know the relations of the East to the West, why it is that so many of the factories and shops of Pennsylvania, N^w York and Massachusetts have suspended operations on account of a scarcity of money in the West.
Speaking of money reminds me of some freaks of extravagance indulged in by members of our party. One of them entered a store on Broadway to buy a doll for his little girl at home. Selecting one that suited him he was about to have it wrapped up, when it occurred to him that it would be prudent to ask the price. It was $2«r! The price of one a little finer, which he came near selecting at first, he learned afterwards was $250. He bought a $4 one and left in disgust. Prices at Stewart's and Tiffany's are said by those who have tasted them to be much higher than at Indianapolis. A good cigar at any hotel or fine stand costs 25 cents, while a very poor one is sold for 15 cents. A shave costs 25 cents.
Peaches half as large as one's thumb are labeled 50 cents each at the fine fruit stands. Strawberries are$2 to $4 aquart. Hothouse grapes are sold at from $4 to $10 a pound. It would cost a dollar to get a tempting bunch of this tempting fruit from a fruit stand. And yet the hotels serve strawberries of fair quality in abundance for dinner. They charge $5 a day, however. We are stopping at the Fifth Avenue and paying $2.50 by special arrangement. The nttes of this hotel are $5.
The contrast between Fifth Avenue and the Five Points is very great, but the ordinary observer who takes only daylight for it sees comparatively little of the wretchedness and want concealed in the great city. But it is doubtless here nevertheless. Our observations have been confined mainly to the better portions of the city. Here there are indications of wealth and pride in the handsome dwelling houses and the rich street costumes of the ladies. But there are things to suggest comfort for even the poor. There are a number of shady parks supplied with fountains and benches. In the afternoon these are thronged with children. But they are nearly all accompanied by nurses, showing that whatever advantages the parks may offer to the poor it is only the rich who can avail themselves of them. It is a pretty sight ,to see one of these squares on a bright afternoon filled with children, who play on the clean walks while their nurses, with white caps, sit on the benches and watch them. On Friday afternoon there must have been nearly a thousand of these children on Madison Square, directly opposite our hotel. The English sparrow, a cheery, sprightly and very domestic bird, has been introduced in great numbers in all of the parks.
Very unexpectedly 1 last Friday met The Tyler, a former compositor in the JOURNAL office. He has been industrious since he left Crawfordsville, three years ago, and has laid by some money. He left on a steamer yesterday at noon for San Francisco, where he expects to profit in health from the climate, as well as find a good field for a printer. He is accompanied by G. H. Marr, formerly of Attica, and W. B. McDernent, of Ft. Wayne. They were all connected with the Ft. Wayne Sentinel. J. T. T.
Acquittal of Prof. Swing. [From the Cincinnati Gazette.| The Chicago Presbytery, by a vote of 45 to 15, exactly three to one, has acquitted Professor (Swing of the charge of heresy preferred against him by the lie v. Dr. Patton. The origin of the trouble was two fold. First, Dr. Patton is an unflinching Old School man, in whom logic is paramount to i}ll humanitarian considerations. Professor Swing is his antipode, being radically New School, and decidedly emotional in his utterances. There could be no harmony between two such persons. Secondly, Professor Swing was often quite sweeping in his denunciations of some of the Calvinistic formulas, and rarely gave prominence to the doctrines regarded as fundamental by theologians at least, his phraseology was seldom in accordance with that of the older divines. Dr. Patton made quite an imposing array of alleged heresies in his extracts from Professor
Swing's published discourses, but he fail-
along wiiv oil it requires a long time to -d tocomict him of «uiy directlj unewin -.r gelical utterances, and when the accused net away from New lork. here are i.„ 1 ire some advantages for local travel here, however, which are peculiar. You can get in a 'bus and ride almost any distance on its route, which is usually a long one, for 10 cc-nts. One who understands these 'bus lines in connection with the street car lines can go a long distance lor a very small sum of monev. I have ex-
came to explain, he clamed to be sound 011 all the evengelical points, though he might not be so from the Old School standpoint, or all the Presbyterian ones. The result has astonished no one. As! soon as the defendant avowed his belief: in the Trinity, atonement, etc., his acquittal was assured. It remains to be seen whether the hatchet will noiv be buried, or whether the Old and New Schools will resume the war supposed to have been ended by the reunion a lew years ajjro.
GROCERIES.
New Firm! New Room!
-AND-
New Goads!
PARMER8'
Exchange Grocery
W* fc*ke Mm method of informin*the citiKetm of Cn*wford}«Yilie
Attri riciuity,
opened lurflt? xtock of
the market.
thnt w« have
GROCERIES
In thf commodious corner room in th«
UiVIOIV BLOCK,
Norlh WKMhlitffton
Where will be found a Urge anil well selected Htock of both Mtapliiand f»n*y goods, enpeoinlly, adapted to the wants of thi* people. In inct, it'ta our intention to keep our sto full in nil its parts ot
First-VJlass Goods,
Itix
sell
Rlxonur intention
eTerything
to fotij
in
the
unit
line
of
Country Produce1'',
And hereby exteml a specinl inritstion to the
A E S
To call on HH,and bring with them Anything they hitve to gelt. We will pay the highest price possible in or exrhange you anything in our line at the
LOWEST CASH RATES!
We mean wlmt we Bar. Our motto ix:
SpeDeaUni-'LiveaMLetLive.'
We would also sny, that wc have secured tl eerricc.i as salesman, the peoples' farorite I*. K. Nlinpnon, who will he found at all tim ready to wait on you in his usual friendly ma ner
"Wilson JSc Allen.
SAW MILL.
10,000
Saw Logs Wanted
AT TIT 13
CITY SAW MILL
TO PURCHASE OR
Saw
on
rom both city and country. We are now prepar
ed to furnish on short notice bridge, Bam and
House patterns complete. Also, Fencing, Fence
Posts and Pickets. Special attention Ki*en to
the building of Fancy Iron Picket Fence which
costs no more and is handsomer and more dura-
than wood pickets.
Mill uorth Bide of College street,, near the
.lunc.ion.
11. M. & W. C. LOCKHART.
:S WACON FACTORY. YOUXTSVILLE
WAGON FACTORY.
Wagons kept constantly on hand, and built to order of the best materials.
SPRING WAGONS
N W
the Shares.
We will buy logs, timber in the or logs
deliTered at stations on either of the railroads'
for which we will pay she highest price in «ash.
We also buy blaek walnut, poplar and ash lum
ber. We have now in operation machinery for Re-
Sawinu, Matching and Surfacing, and solicit work
All work war
And Open l^iggies built to order ranted one year.
Repairing in Fainting, Wood Work and Iron.
BLACKS3IITHIKG
Done with neatness and despatch. Special attention given to
Horse Shoeing and Plow Work.
Persons wanting anv thing in our line will do well to give us a call." We will not he undersold by any establishment in the State.
W. ALBERTSON, BISHOP & CO. Yountsville Oct. 'J. '73 lv
STOVE.
ggl.aSSE'
AM, NIZI'.S AXn ritll'KS. from 815.00 TO 875.OO.
WAR RANTED
TO 1:1: Tin: IlKST IMIKOVi:i AND
100 Pieces Fruit of the Loom. 100 Pieces Lonsdale Muslins.
SPRING AND
WOOII «IKIMI-
M'lM'K IX TilK WOltl.n, FOIt HAI-E
iiv iK* r.«'I.\sx »I:AI.I:KN VERY-WHERE. 1 H»M
A Mrth'irney.
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vi ^, Ind tt-wlu I
CARPETS AND WALL PAPER.
Campbell & Harter
WISH TO BUY ALL THE
"W" O Hi
That may be offered this season at the market price.
RNWASIIEN WOOL PKEFERREIK
Straw Ticking 12Jc. per yard, and Feather Ticking 23c. up. Ginghams, Cheviot Shirtings, Table Linen, Crash, Napkins, Bed Spreads. The new prices put on every article.
CAMPBELL HABTEB.
DRKWS GOODS DEPARTMENT.—Black Silks, Colored Silks, Japanese Poplins, Mottled Serges, Princetta Reps, Satin Striped Iron Grenadines, Organdies, Lawns, Percales, etc., etc. Best bargains in this department we ever had.
CAMPBBLL HABTBB.
HATS AND BONXKTS, new stvles in English and French, Straws, Leghorn, Dunstable, Neapolitan, Mystic, Ireneand Rustic, trimmed and untrimmed. Prices low. Parasols and Umbrellas, new styles, highly ornamented with gilt and silver pendants.
CAMPBELL HABTBB.
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BOOT AND SHOE DEPARTMENT.—We make'a specialty oi this department, and great care is taken to secure the better class of goods. Our assortment .this Spring in Ladies', Misses'and Children's goods is attractive, offering many new styles not to be had elsewhere. In Men's and Boys' we make low prices in Calf Boots, Plow Shoes, Alexis Ties—Serge, Calf and Goat.
CAMPBELL A HABTBB.
OUR CARPET DEPARTMENT is receiving new additions daily, and our new prices are, "What is the matter with tbe carpet trade?" Lace curtains, very cheap.
S I E S E I E O N S A N
Faxhiotu forwarded, jwstpaid, to any addreu, on receipt of the price.
CAMPBBLL HABTBB.
OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT is unusually attractive this aeaaon, presenting many novelties, with the new styles of Cut-away Coats and Double-breasted Yeats, ornamented buttons and the panic gave the clothing market a heavy squeeze, prices are low, and it is a good time to buy.
CAMPBELL HABTEB.
Campbell &, Harter now offer a large assortment of new goods for spring trade. Having made purchases this season under extraordinary favorable circumstances, we are prepared to make price* in all the departments extremely low. As goods are cheap this season, we will take pleasure in posting our friends on new prices.
CAMPBELL HABTBB
RIBBONS AND FANCY GOODS.—Plain Taffeta Ribbons, all widths black and colored gros-grair. Ribbons, all widths splendid Sash Ribbons, very cheap. Six inch Sash Ribbons, 40 cents a yard. Necktie Ribbons in the new shade*. Ruchings in the new Hhapes and combinations. Dress Trimmings, Turquoise, Fringes, Gimps, Buttons and Braids, Collars and Cuffs, with Gold and Siver Ornaments. Sleeve Buttons, Fans, Lace
Handkerchiefs. These goods never were so cheap. Come and see the new prices.
Calico Prints, 5J, 8J, and 10 cents per yard. Rleached Muslin, 6J, 8J, 10 and 121c.'
We are also Agents for the celebrated
W
Domestic" Paper Fashions,
Elegant In Dedlgn and Faultier* in Fit*
CAMPBELL HABTBB.
CAMPBELL & HARTER.
NEW DRUC STORE
NEW DRUG STORE,
SMITH & HAMRICK,
DEALERS IN PURE
Drugs and Chemicals
PAINTS, OILS, PUTTY, WINDOW GLASS, TARNISHES, BRUSHES,
PERFUMERY, SOAPS, COMBS, LAMPS, SPONGES, RUBBER GOODS, Etc., Etc.
ESMEHELDA, the BEST 9 CENT CIG4R in the City.
NO. 5, NATIONAL BLOCK, Crawfordsville, Ind.
DRY COOOS.
Grand Display of New Goods
A.T
ADAMS & HATCH'S
MUSLINS.
I IOO Pieces W&matutta Muslin. I 100 Pieces Gasoo Muslin.
Table Linens*, Napkins and Towels in great abundance, all of which we are offering at New York quotations Our dress Making ami Merchant Tailoring Department* are in full blast, and we own give satisfaction every time, 111 regard to fit and price.
CA1T. NICHOLSON, formerly of Crawfordsville, will be pleased to see all his friend, andeuatomers and offer them bargains.
Remember 66 E. Washington St., iDclia.iapolis. .lanilMy
SHOE STORE.
BATES HOUSE
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Ladies fine 18 thread Serge Gaiter...$2.25i Ladies fine 16 thread Serge Gaiter... 2.00 Ladies fine 14 thread Serge Gaiter... 1.50 Ladies fine Pepple Goat Shoes 2.25 Ladies French Aid side lace Shoe 3.00 iLadies French Kid button Shoes. 3.*-5 Children's Colored Shoes 70c to 1.20
SUMMER GOODS AT GREATLY REDUCED
jofegsEfc
ADAMS & HATCH
LOOK All ocn P11ICE LI8T1 Men's Oxford Ties, peggrd.... .........$1.75 Men's Oxford Tias, sewed 2.25
PRICES.
Men's Duke Alexia Ties 3.00 Men's Bism&rk's 2-75 Men's CongT' a Gaiters, sewed box toe 2.BO Men's Frcnoh Calf Boots 5.00 Men's Flow Boots 2.25
These good* are offered at wholesale orretail. We advertise nothing but what we have got. All yoo«ls warranto'! mid tiutndod froe of charge if they rip.
Ucnu'iiibei- the l'laee, NO. 5 HATES HOUSE BLOCK, West Washington Street.