New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-21


selves who are 10 the habit Of using know what
IT means As the Distinguishing Characteristic Of
Philadelphia Is It's Bourgeoisie have taken good
deal of dictionary trouble ascertain its true sgnica
ton To say nothing Of bourgeois type such as the
City Item and the " John Donkey are printed on
there are three words Of nearly similar sound with
different meaning. bourgeois is who keeps
shop or lives by making profit from the product Of
the lsbor Of others-a boingeoss is his wife widow
and the Bogseoise is the generic Of this class Of
citizens In France they have the High Bourgeoise and
the Little Bourgeoisie but in Philadelphia the attempt
10 make this distinction would fsi-snd failures
what the Bourgeoisie particularly detest-
In New.YOrk they have. doubtless, some shops, and
persons to keep them and who are In turn kept by
them But is in Philadelphia alone that shop keep
ina 10 recognized profession oHPandod Into vast
complicated yet wen-defned system. New.York IL d
Commercial City Philadelphia is strictly Mercantile
one. BY this Of course do not mean that Philade
pha is deficient In foreign commerce but that that
which stamps itself most legibly and universally upon
the character the manners the faces the very costume
Of its inhabitants Is the business Of buying and selling
turning everything TO the best possible account and
Selling hold Of everything instantly by the utility
handle In whatever part of the City you 90 the same
staid absorbed irnperturbsbe pacdity arrests your
attention and peryades the atmosphere. The
very clock on the State House steeple appears to
be calculating how much it can make by striking and
although ii is always punctual to the instant yet in
half century il has been known TO be- quarter
of a second too fast Like sury tenant II takes all
the time the law allows and then strikes only to
it's character for punctusty They order the light be
hind the glass face be extngushed nightly at eleven
o'clock and we used TO watch the process every night
ain or shine, some years past 1t Is ludcrOusly
punctusl II became sort OF necessary amuse-
rnent 10 US TO see that light suddenly vanish from the
face Of the respectable lumnsy precisely as the las,
stroke of eleven sounded should II 90 out an in.
slant before or burn second later, the ghost OF VII
liam Penn would rise At right angles with the moon
and rebuke the irregular habits Of this venerable public
functionary But such thing can never be It Is
clearly impossible
OF course the reader aware that the streets in
Philadelphia are as regularly balanced as merchants
ledger and tina, they always faithfully perform their
promises In New-York and Boston, now welltodo
looking sort of street will undertake to conduct you
East or West North South and after following It
for an hour OF lie ten 20 one that you ind your
self nowhere At all else exactly where you set out
In Philadelphia the streets are much better behaved
EVERYTHING is done by square and compass II you
would 20 from the East end OF Vine street to the
western extremity OF Lombard you must proceed
westerly from the place of beginning In straight me
TO point due North from the spot you wish to arrive
at and then consulting your pocketeompass II you
have one or otherwise the labels the corner houses
make rightsngle and go South. No cutting across
lots and hypothenusing about you please 1t is dis
tressnc and yet amusing 70 see Newlorker running
around Philadelphia dsconsolate that he can't get lost
4. Tho al
in the vain search for some Northwest Passage OF
Rscourc Cutof Be resigned, my friend, it can't be
done In Philadelphia there is but way to go any
where or TO do anything Learn this great secret as
soon as possible and then ell your ways shall be pleas
antness and your paths Including sidewalks peace.
This equitable distribution of the streets enables the
Cv 10 breathe freely and expand itself comfortably in
all directions like an Aldermsns corporation nsesd
Of being soueezed and choked up into long narrow
massage like two pounds of ssussge-m meat in one
Mound sausaee. The difference between Newlo rk
and Philadelphia in this respect is the difference be
,xeen a lake and riyer-the one turbid, rushing
fosmine sweeping roaring carrying everything before
il and binding yet refreshing you with its bath et
sprsv the other quiet yet clear and deep gently ye'
rresistbly undulstng in long and graceful swes and
bearing millions of glttering treasures in It's cool ana
placid depth The atmosphere above II, too is always
clear and pure and there IL time for the blue and peace
full sky to get its daguerreotype taken in the wave De-
fore il cuts caper and leaps onward. In New-fork
every nhabitant goes invisible somebody was
after him with sharp stick in Philadelphia we take
our time We do not ssunter, but we do not gsllop-
We are neither INDECENT nor insane There plenty o.
time and space for mainland woman toto get his
natural growth and develop gradually and harmoni-
ousy all the energies and powers OF hia being but we
do not guano humanity and put ctrogsvsnc wires
under it, as the memorable Farmers Club serves the
moor pslefaced spring squsshes-msking them grow
whether they viii or can.
The great body of heavy commission, exporting and
broking establishments in Philadelphia lies in Walnut
Chestnut Market Front, Water, North Second and
North Third streets extending space mile in
length and couple OF furlongs deep. They are not
EXCEPT in few squares all squeezed together in row.
a. in York but are inerspersed at frequent inter
vsl. with All sorts OF estabshmenis-sik button manu-
factories tsverns fancy toy shops auction stores China
shops fishing tackle establishments clothing stores
ieelrv stoves drugs boots and shoes and every con-
ceiysbe variety of shops The fancy dry goods es'so
claimants are principally on Chestnut, Arch and south
second between Market and Chesnut-athougn re
Gently North Eighthstrect has grown INTO wohdro"s
favor with our plump snd economical shoppefesscs
The displays OF fancy goods 40 not III any Va
Adjustments approach your tip top Broadway concerns
in spendor and ysrietyye' there are several stores IN
Chesnustreet and North second which exercise great
taste in the selection of their goods, and generally sea-
for about the NewYork prices In this department oi
trsde Philadelphia is rapidly advancing Durins the
past wear several very extensive and fancy dry
goods establishments have gone up and more are ID
process Of erection In few years Chestnut street and
Broadway will rival Regent street or the Pssis koysl
itself
In one feature Chestnut street fairly and decidedly
ogtstrips Broadway mean the JewelrS establish
men,s. The displays OF costly and magnificent SILVER
plate ieweTy and bouterie in the windows OF Chesnu'
street positively dazzling. We have never seen
anything TO approach them in any other city IN The
United States. Csse hardened As are BY poverty
and long experience al the great Wooden Spoon re-
served for al who scrbble, yet We almost every
dsy resstby attracted to stop before these gorgeous
windows and safe passion for the beautiful upon
the myriad Of exquisite creations which would have
brought tears the eyes Of Benvenuto Ceini himself
The money-brokers and printing Offices mostly
- TA3.d .,r.aet bstWeen Market aud the EXCHANGE