New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-24
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
-re.pond.nee Of The N. Y Tribune

The temperature has been IN lst incorporate;
the Thermometer yesterday rose n 95' then the
wind stirred somewhat and /" the heated term was
slightly qualified. Mayor yau1 has issued man
dates TO the STRENGTHENING faithful to make their
muck.reports every day, and guard against pesti-
lence There is room for improvement in that de-
pa,tment here, but still the crown Of civic nasti-
bees must be given TO New.iork. When there are
fewer tavern keepers, ex or actual, to do with the
police. and no gentlemen OF the fancy who keep or
kept as means for political popularity rat-rngs
and terriers, and so FORTH shall have more faith
in the moral purity of the police regulations of this
CITY as well as of other cities. / am not aware
however. that any of the frail sisterhood here
electioneer directly and spend thousands of dol
lars in support OF their particular candidates
81 they do in New-York, having a judicious
eve 10 business as regards the police reports
omitted or yeneered over, due their establish
ments.
The visit which | am paying Philadelphia, places
ia eclatant comparison the upward and onward
march of this community in metropolitan atfintIes
and insignia compared with Its position and tenn
porsry srre.tatiOn some twelve years since. Phil
sdepbia has plan originally devised by its founder,
though coarsely deyated from in some detalls-a
plan splepdidy remarkable in comparison with
the medieval intricacies and oddities OF the old
cities of Europe, but yet eminenty inartistc'
uopotonous and unlnsplrlng. But still 1t ls plan
throughout indefinitely superior to the ragged
ziozAg of venerable cities abroad. and likewise OF
the old portions a New-YOrk and Boston gener-
ally. Although the eye and soul weary by the
omnipreseuce of the right lines OF Phladephli
the .kies and eternities deal in circles, yet these
are preferable 70 the catscradles OF cow paths
extempOrized into streets. The streets oil fhll-
adelpbia. though wide compared with those OF
Paris are narrow compared with what they ought
to be. There are few noble exceptions. High
street and Broad street In width aud length are
not exceeded by any in the world, and in due
time will be as metropolitan in respective
business and domicilsry requirements. Inc
large size Of the blocks Of this city,
some 500 feet, affords great depth to the shops, or
stores as the Americans enormously call them.
Take Chestnut street for example. A few years
ago this street, except the part nearest the Dela
beside being extended To the Schuyiklll on the
west. large portion lie devoted to shops, which
will not suffer by comparison with any in the world.
have examined the arrangements and stocks OF a
number OF them, and they are elaborate in their
architectural arrangements and richly seductive In
the quantity and quality of their wares. Whole
rows of them are from 300 TO $50 feet deep aud OF
ADEQUATE breadth. with tesselatrd marble n0)rs
Handsomely carved shelves, aud the other details
which business steals from art To win custom ana
wealth BY a contradiction, the Jewelry shops oil
Philadelphia are particularly splendid. In the
single article of diamonds oil course the
great houses Of Paris are superior, but
/ cannot recall any jewery shops-facto-
ries spart-of equal size in the frencn
capital with those of Chestnut street in the neigh.
borhood of the old State-House. there are several
vast dry goods shops in the same neighborhoOd thal
would MAKE their mark in New-fork, not forget
ting Stewards which has not It's equal IN the
world. The variety and multiplicity OF manuiac
lures of Philadelphia cannot be dispatched IN TINS
sllusiye STYLE but they are 50 vast AS 10 keep tue
excbange-metre between this city and Ne"-lork
in a placid condition; for vast are the exports
hence 10 New.York that her funds are al no pre-
MUM here Us a general rule. VI the sulos. unho-
ticed contributions of Phlladelphla Manufacture
that of lager beer may be mentioned. Nearly siA
hundred barrels of this sent dauy hence 10 the
Fatherland thirsty of Gotham. \ trade tni''
equal say 10 10000 barrels year ou' aoso
luteiy unnotced along with other sucn Ia eu
the national reports OF Secretaries ~ 'u'
defamation of orators or the numbers vi lyrlsS'
II would seem that, as regards commerce.,
- Ills distance lends enchantment 10 the VIEW
and unless there can be wild, strange names or
historic sauce, sails v hlteIng every SEQ 90
the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, commerce mas
DO rank in recorded fact or fancy. Me'foPoIi'1h
dropsy foreign fam widespread unu'ions' 'iauo
TO places fer the sake of trade aud Dot VI Pion''
adventures abroad these are the glorious theWes
Of Senatorial reports. of Senatorial haransues Oh
poe,ical exaltation But how paltry lsthe foreign
trade of this country compared win tne uounee'IV
inferno shbgs and prOhtiDgs OF tTanlc un'uHs
The whole foreign trade might De su' o"'
mass of the nation hsrily feel shoch al n,o
ten per cent profit on 30 Uooo"' " WL.o,
0U0-a sum political speDdtnrlits d. atLnt -
waste every year: for who has the hsfulAoou "
beli,ya that 70 600 900 or 40 OOU, uOO even are
necessary 10 our national expenditure 2ntiuiI!
administered. In the same way mat our 'oicisn
commerce in reality 80 miniature I'D 'ei1e' aP
pears go vast does the conversation I on ~
the Post Office appear vast, ~hi1c ". -, r.
ton of persons face 10 face, connes ~ IS r.,
head of governmental notice, anu neNo -
sham of shams called History. liver! year VIC
on,usrJ ,sIs,;ons Of This country ~ Europe gro"
COMPARATIVELY less. and the inward greater Iu
South has completed the delGslsn a. u 'ne reg.
sources Of pr66t. The proht OF hs'i0n Is
in the ratio of the dlmlnuisoh VI in'1i
mediate agencies. England looks 10 we
outward snd the distant for proht, ana w lesu'
il a Jingle Of poyerty that whistles WIN ue'Pait-
that tils Psrliau ent and Church Gnu
literature. Every page OF DIcAen'' a tom
jeremsid over poyerty-ovei soNe - With tbe
.Ie ci,D ~ 'n Of rs7rnous intermediate /"
csin living nv burkstering in piaee oi rVu IN
Iii. rpbhi.b ~ rubbi.b-this fslsehoo1 oi iAse-
bood iii. HUNGRY peddling Of the hallonr i '.o
.tsnIe NJ WsiIsr's Treasury Report oi 80
Could We pedde to Japan and sAansn1 ou 70 D TO-
Petersburg ard we ca, Ua' s psO
f. by the sc, of C gTes. esebspge
,rslile by making New OH M W. W.ts, Se-re.
mart of al the contirents-Mr' aAef ue-nrs
- -. -; :; ,srms-then are We 20 gro"