New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-06
Gossip from Chicago.
Correspondence Of The Tribune.

CHICAGO, Feb. II, l6ii-
do not know that in speaking of Chicago, it
will be necessary for me to go into the pedigree
ct the city, Its infant nursing, its schoolboy brag
glngs and castigations, its stalwart youth, or its
prospects for future glory. These things have
been SO often celebrated that they must be belev-
ed by this time, if they are to be believed at all
and if not there would be passing little use in my
twanging at the harp string. The city was be-
gun at the beginning, and since that, by means
of Eastern men, Eastern capital great love
among Eastern people Of chasing after sun-down,
showing itself IN emigration, considerable enter
prise among her citizens and a great, glorious,
broad, fruit-teeming world behind and all around
her, Chicago has grown into quite ruddy,
strong -limbed youth, who will undoubtedly grow
great deal bigger yet It's nearest neighber is
the Lake. can truly say that" familiarity breeds
contempt and unless Professor Lyel's doctrine
Of the upheaval Of the earth, comes to its aid,
shall pray that the other Professors doctrine, Of
the doaDn-heaval Of the sea, will Water is good
but to face whole Mediterranean Of it, bel
lowing right in your eyes, from its everlasting
throat of pillows, is not good. Chicago stands
only three feet out Of the ake-that is it.
But the commercial, agricultural and all other
advantages are as drop in the bucket compared
with the position that this Wonder of the West
is to attain through its political representation
It rightly concluded that brass-kette at the top
OF bass wood pole would attract more atten-
ton than ton of gold in any proper place-and
having dreadfully small man, who went about
hosted on tremendous pair Of legs, who was
too large an insect to keep at home, she rightly
concluded to send him to Congress. Now, If any
body doubts that he is the biggest man there,
have the best of evidence, and can prove,
from his own paper, in more than thou
sand places, that he is. Now 1t ls max
i'm great deal older than the phrenoioglsts that
man is made great or little by his mother and
if that is true, il must be equally true that
smart man must have smart mother-where-
fore, take courage, Chicago, thou art OF the sister
hood of the Goddesses!
Every considerable city will have in and about
it a considerable number of poog--some who al
ways ,oiU be poor, because they have the knack
of it better than any thing elsc-some through
misfortune and sickness-some through crime
and some for want Of something to do to earn their
bread These are to be looked 10 by somebody.
Benevoence can never let them starve, though
she comes dreadiully nigh 1t sometimes. The
way has commonly been, either to huddle them
into some common pen, and let charity ped
die out, with her numb fingers, bits of bread, like
wheat through a mill hopper, or to go about and
spy out the visible wretchedncss, and patch 1t up
-" sewing new cloth on tho old garment"
The ladies of Chicago have hit on another
scheme. They have associated to furnish work
to all who can work and have nothing else to do ;
paying for it, and selling the work on their own
responsibility. This is done by an association oi
all sects, from Catholic to Presbyterian. To be-
gin, it was necessary to raise fund.- and for this
purpose Tea Party was held last evening, at
when sne sum sum o. h-ss sJo1 ro n1a the hahgry viii flow
.beraGon,, But my paper IS oul'
Yours, truly W'LUPlier.