New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-10
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
TIE Y. Y. TheuIsA

ray ths Winter. There being 40 demand ior no.
>estments, the whole pack OF mooey bounds oeiog
snder leash awaiting the good time coming Cs' ,
when they shall be kt bose again IN the inou''y-
chase, the surplus capital appears to have been,
for the nonce invested 10 p0tc dc Jo"-gTds' oohed
turkey, the I.ancers, the Ullmsn, the Everett ana
.tb.r ministers 20 gsstronomy, dancing, music and
eIoouen,e. Yea, verify, the changes IN OPINION III
ths eity are notable when We look a. the sprr' Vi
a founder and the spirit of what we md for'
;astead of sack. cloth and ashes, owing TO the ar
r.st of the multl.udinous whirrng of wheels within
wheels the home of Friends wOrshlps lts Penates
In the shape Of good living and jollihcaton IN gen.
ersl and in particular. There used to be a Friend
here who was the straitest OF his sect. lie dis
earded buttons behind his coat as vanltes, and all
hs talk was az unspiritual and dry the remainder
biscuit of an India voyage. But there arose man
with whom be had 10 deal often who had prOfane
name. That name was January. January, after
Janus double faced old reprObate who looked both
ways for SUNDAY, not counting other days OF the
week and was wOrshiped by the heather. Friends
never use January in bills of exchange, oye-etters,
memoranda or otherwise. It's FIRST month; ana 80
with the other months named after the other pro-
zane rabble of antiquity. So il would not do for
our Friend 10 compromise his conscience by writing
Peter January-that January being distinguished
by the rocky prefx-and 80 he always addressed
him az Peter Firstmonth But the old mill OF
Change il forever grinding out what seems ada
mantine faith aud practice INTO unpalatable trtu-
rstions and so these ecstasies of buttonless coats
and war-to-th6-Bmfe on heather mythologies are
passing away; and the Society Of Friends il changed
and changing. Like the Puritans their ignorance
aud hatred Of art grew out OF nghtfIl and log-
cal protest against the cavalier drinking noting
and Globe Theater indecencies; against the SUI
az 4 fkarla Sarondigma
Gwynnisms. Now has come the reaction The
PuTitans are sOftening. They are learning the
plastcities and graces Of life by degrees, and Ill
good time their manners may have the slnu0us
elegance Of courtly circles. SO, too, Friends are
adding 10 their apostolic s0ftness OF manner, the
hsritsges Of Olympic beauty-the arts which ap-
peal 10 the eye and the On this head
very pretty and touching anecdote is tod of
Benjamin West, the Pennsylvania Quaker, who
became President of the Royal Academy
and the pet of George Ill. This good
pioneer painter showed, AZ usual with clever fel-
lows, an early saiency of talent. When he was
monstrous little Just able to run alone, he chalked
and eoaled designs IN walls and boards. His three
year.old talent was bruited about. Friends talked
of II. The child became worse and worse. lie
. was ncorrgible The love of face and flower, and
tree -mmicries grew with his little growth and
strengthened with his little strength. Repressed 1t
could not be any more than the Springs HOrescence
or the sea sven. f1RDUs kIGIcuuS Ol tue ldully,
too met. They cOgitated They waited the com
ing of the Spirit. The Spirit came, and there was
some out-talkiDg II was clear God meant some
thing by such nfantile rrepressibity in inhibited
mutations. The old jew nOmad curse the
plastic arts was there, but the Boy Benjamin, with
his craven images, a little more there too.
Friends rejected the blazonres OF the Rom
Nh Church and the Heather painted temples, and
the prides of family portraits and all the vain
apings Of color and form. But here was palpable
fact A little live Quaker was there who would do
nothing but draw and pant. The chapter mUch
revolved, and came To the conclusion that the Lord
knew best and that the Boy Benjamin should learn
u be q painter and so he became one-even gong
tOtbe stronghold OF the red lady to learn the art
and mystery Similar Elasticity is found now IN
Quaherdom. Elias Hicks divided the sect; and
subdivision Of Progressive Friends vital ana elO-
ouent; and now, am Informed, Friends Meeting
are about to settle the pianoOre qneston, whether
that Quadruped Of Satan aud seducer OF crustaceons
rbinoce rostic resistance the worship OF the Beau
tful Greek fashion, shall be permitted to stand AZ
the severe shrines of George Fox. II that be let
in, theaters will follow, and them But tbe
onward and upward progress OF thlngs-when the
clergy of our city are become Shakespearean and
Poor'of New Y0rksh, and Fourteenth street Acad-
emyish-shoud prepare us any ground and-ofty
tunbng in the Friendly world.
The Letters of H. c. Carey, addressed t0James
buchanan and published in Tiff TRIBUNE and other
papers. are doing service The Louisville JouTnat
Avs: The Washington States in commenting on
these letters, which have already received large
.'share of public attention in the East, asks, Who
els Carey 2 Although We very well know that even
''the least informed of our readers do not require
s'to be enlightened on this point We beg to quote
sfor the edfcatiOn of all, the scathng reply which
s'THE n Y. TRIBUNE makes TO the pittu inter
''rogatory of The States He is, says THE lRIB-
"UNE which despite of its detestable Free-SOlllsm,
els often Just and nearly always able &c.-and
what immediately follows / may of course, omit,
irving but the conclusion of The Journal remarks:
1.-THE letters in question, we should add, are
s'founded on the financial section OF the Presidents
"Message, and though, of course, perfectly anlhi-
''lating in their exposure of the shalloWnees and
s'falsity Of Mr. Buchanan's views are couched IN
.languace az courteous and reverentas ever melted
''on the lips of knight of old. They are, indeed, as
regards tone and spirit, models OF controversial
"epistles. In method and style, they are, like all
"Mr Carey's writings, simple, natural, and won
"derfuly lucid. Though grounded in q profound
PHILOSOPHY, they are exceedingly popular in form,
and, without any of the seductive charms of man
s'ner will enlist and rivet the interest Of the most
..unlettered ia the land. We commend
sthem, indeed TO the dispassiOnate consideration
"of everybody
There have been within a year past great i'm
provements in Philadelphia. The population Is illl
600 00O which is greater than that of any European
city, London and Paris only excepted. The wealth
of this city il enormous, and has an irrefragable
basis in coal and iron, and diversified manufacture
ing system, which must be seen 10 be fully apprec-
ated. But poor, cheated Philadelphia deceived
NJ 1644 By the " Polk, Dallas aud the Tariff of lS42
cry, and in 1857 by the wretched deGnquencies of
her so-cslled Democracy. A city. every stone Of
whose streets is based Protective system.
voting for james Buchanan II the grass grew in
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