| | | NEW-YORK. | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ [Illustration: THE WARNING OF THE BELLE LOOK OUT FOR THE TRAIN] * * * * * PATRIOTIC ADORATION. A TALE OF PHILADELPHIA. People of the Quaker City, How the world must stand aghast At your wondrous veneration For those relics of the past, Kept in such precise condition, Fostered with such tender care-- Don't, oh! don't the Philadelphians Love old Independence Square? Splendid are its walks and grass-plots Where the bootblacks base-ball play, And its seats resembling toad-stools, On which loafers lounge all day, Waiting for their luck, or gazing At the office of the Mayor-- Don't, oh! don't the Philadelphians Love old Independence Square? Then, behold the fine old State-house Cleanly kept inside and out, Where the faithful office-holders Squirt tobacco-juice about: Placards highly ornamental Decorate its outward wall-- Don't, oh! don't the Philadelphians Love old Independence Hall? O! ye gods and little fishes! Could bill-sticker be so vile As to paste up nasty posters On the sacred classic pile? Greece and Rome yet have their relics, But what are they? very small. Never half so venerated As old Independence Hall. * * * * * PERIODICAL LITERATURE.