New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-06
FROM PHIL ADELPHIA.
From Our Special Correspondent.

From Our Special Correspondent.
la PIERRE HOUSE, Friday, June >, 1851.
The senior member of the Board Of Brokers'
Thomas Bidde, cousin Of the famous Nicholas
Biddle is dead, aged So Mr.. Biddle belonged to
the old school of punctilio gentlemen, whose style
Of address and manners has almost become, in this
sge Of Interpretations when achievement treads
so closely on the heels OF undertaking that there Is
no time left for the elaborate ecganc.es of manners
Invent, five million people in country as large as
that Of Europe which is occupied by ten times that
number enioying too the social haryests of 1000
wears must be- curt and direct in their intercourse,
otherwise the work Of life could not go on.
The oId-schOOl manners, which IN this country
have so passed away, were a product Of cOurtly
life where much leisure ceremony and parade pre-
vailed but Young America has wiped that out.
Internationally, manners have improved where the
elimination Of Old-fashiOned ornate minuettlsm Of
intercourse has not been substituted by gruh dis
plays of sO-caled independence, by tObaccO-spit-
ting, leaning bacGn chairs and cooking up the legs
vide through the ground windows OF the st.
NichOlas HOtel-and So forth. "DepOrtment' as
an art should be cultivated in preference to such
total misapprcbensOns Of what cOnst tutes the SYM
bOlism Of social CAPABILITIES and political liberties
This city exhibits, as find in looking through rs
perypheries satisfactory evidences Of Improvement.
The most ample and philosophical proof lies IN the
multitudes Of new small houses rented at SlJO,
5000 and $500 a year. and so On-rates within the
compass of people modestly placed on the wings OF
fine social ladder. Such things have little externally
bnt mopotonv and to the Traveller are an lnartlsuc
bore sghtseeing-wis considered; 0utNet they lhdi-
cate the wealth and endurance of nation. Paris
is the home of revolutions Immediately because the
population is packed like figs and herrngs closely
fOgetber The average number IN house there Is
said ia be thrty-fOu In this town Is about four
10 six persons; so the latter have room. These
small houses are provided with a complete bathing
room. aud lit with gas. | know no commas
sion more needed for New-YOrk than one
10 come here and examine into the
superior condition of the working people, the tenure
of land which is peeuliar and thereupOn to dem0c-
ratize more our New-YOrk system, which gives Us
the cOneatehated beasness of lodging houses, hthy
streets, and growing poverties, vices and crimes;
and such increased rents that living decently ana
under about 81, 900 year is fast becoming impOs-
sible. High time that something beyond regular
nominations was thought OF by the Democracy
But the curse of NewYOrk is that everybody goes
thither to make the most money in the least time,
and leaves the government of the city to take care
Of itself BY the census of 1850, one halt, or about
a. per cent of the population of New-lork was
born in Europe, and hence wanting III those ahlece-
dents which Immediately make good operative
citizenship--such as local knowledge as to VINO Is
who and what is what-wbether candidate Tor
Office graduated in Sing Sing or III Coulnoa
College whether he came of the slums, or OF poor
and honest parentage, whether such ana such pory
ia dem, cratic or not or such and such measures re-
oured by the habits customs, climate and resources
of the place As much talent is now required To
govern wisely tie grand City Of New-lork, with ITS
Sanplonic tissues reaching to the uttermoSt ends OF
the earth as was needed to take charge of the Thr
teen States in the time of Washington, And rs for
expenditure the taxes for our City OF NeW-fOrk
are more than double those drawn for all the United
States at the same early period. What an INDEX oi
growth and strength il is TO lind that The people o
one city pay more than double for the use Cor the
misuse) Of their local government, than was PAID by
all the people on their national capacity sixty
years ego.
The opera season Just closed here in the new
Grand Opera House, has proved most satisfactory
and lucrative. The performances were near hi'y
and averaged s 500 night--suhclent to warrant
preparations for large operations next Autumn A
custom here prevails, which, IN some degree, Is a
commensurate n for the absence of the European pr-
yate box 81 stem, where women do not SIT III I'M
movable and contracted seats, but where, ny dcl-
cous ntericcOn Offrcsidish grace and amenity INTO
the heart If lyrical publicitles, they can receive CO.
Guettshy and Hospitality their admrcrs-ln an
eyer-ehangiag sequence during the acts. The Gus
tom mean is that Of leaving their seats which the
women here practice betwixt the acts, and promo
made in the spacious corridors and grand saloons.
The proportions of the opera house here are so am
pie conn AIRED with those of the New-lo house,
that such practice is naturally melted.
The Philadelphia markets are now eXuberantly pro-
vided with vegetables at very reasonable rates
These high, changes of plenty are particularly worm
visiting. The principal market is mile long,
where are are scattered the fruits of the e1rth SUM-
cient for the annual feast Of q Ceres. W. IL. +.