New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-27
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
THE PEACE SEw>-REPTATING OLD foLLihs-
CURIosITIEs OF oINtGE-SkNDhY TRAVEL
THE SUCCESSION.
IesElty.

lluLADtAfhiN. JAi, ~ ANN''
Peace .sin for time at least. What sur
prise Il is 10 all of US We did not look for II so
suddenly, and II las taken many of the ~i'eicres
all shack But neither tsat nor the news OF the
premenitory srmist.ce has caused rise 10 ei'aer
Stocks or Flour. When the armIs.ice was an
ucuuced. there was futter among the fancies, but
il WEE faint one Trey went up spasmodlcs!y
for few hours and then fulfilled theiE usual HIS
sion BY coming down From .hat eaden deP'h
even peace itself only momt ntarlly ate lheii,
As 20 Flour some other leaven must be introduced
into II thar mere foreign war, 10 Cause IL 10 rise
How couclusvely these facts prove that IT was not
the war in Europe that paraly zed the business OF
the country and that the cause OF the trouble IS
within ourselves -Four years ago the great gram
usrts of the West were trayersed for the hrst
time bv the messengers Of European Governments,
Ia purchase heat and corn at head quarters. IhHy
then paid II 20 FOR wheat st Chicago; now III l.
duh al 56 cents in the same market. HE loFeign
demand does not exist nov, as their crops are
equal 10 ours. and with the ialaclous stinuIent OF
war on prices, now taken away, the unemployed
multitude among us have fair prospect OF cheap
fsod for the balance of the year at least What
tissue Of contrasts presented by the accidents OF
business and the folly of our people.
just about two years ago. and hardly mat lhe
whale world OF this country was seized with
spssm Of economy. Retreuchment was the order
of the day among us, and the Penslye puoIc read
with deterentla reverence the pathetic eAhortatlons
10 make the old coat do double duty, with which
every newspaper become suddenly eloquent. Men
laid down their carriages and sold of their studs so
generally that horse flesh cheaper IN the great
cites than had ever been known. Servant girls
were discharged from employ ment 70 such al eN-
tent that wages fell, and thousands We're glad to
work for their board. How dry goods, dress ana
fancy goods especially, sunk IN price, and what
new arts the storekeepers adopted 10 make them
sell even AT the reduced figures, We all remember:
Every body for the moment seemed 10 be resolved
thenceforNard To practice a wholesome economy.
So thoroughly Il in reality practlced that II had
all the efficacy of lon-lnportat0n agreement, anu
the influx of foreign fabrics diminished more than
one-half. Under the influence of this prodlglous
difference the country rallied from It's great
depression in the course OF single year, only
to abandon lis wholesome fOrbearance and
TO renew the tohes that precipltated the crash.
As this forbesrcnce unfortunately the result OF
our poverty and not patriotic impulse, 1t has been
abandon ed the moment We felt ourselves relieved
from the pressure, and the country now presents
the spectacle of an Importation and consumption of
foreign Injuries beyond all former example Last
month those at New-YsTk were greater than ever
greater than in June of last year, while of dry
goods alone the imports for the fiscal year just
closed, exceed 500, 100000 III must be evident
that we are pluneiDg into another career OF Ms
tional folly to be- closed by another national bank
ruptcy. No raton can b. guilty of such eXtraya-
gance and live. Great as is the harvest jus. gath
cred, It will be pOSerless tn extrcate us from the
mOuntsln Of debt. / he nations We are purchasing
from have crops as good as our own, while some OF
her sell "A
therefore VIII have no occasion 10 buy. Instead of
grain they will call for gold If these importatlons
are TO BE- kept up at the same figures during the
next six months, wise men may look out for another
financial tornado, and railroad stocks and bonds
will 20 on declining. The American women alone
could cure this destructive condition OF things by
simple abstinence from foreiy n silks aid other FUN
merry. But when yet did our women ever abstain
In tbis city al the teachings of lS57 seem 10 be
forgotten. Women dress as eXtravsgantly as ever
men smoke, and drink as freely IS IN former times
and almost every body seems to have III )ney enough
to spend at the fifteen dollar aweeh hotels that are
open at the watering place.. Yet it is fact that
more houses are empty and 10 rent among US than
IS ususl, and landlords find il difficult to collect
their dues There is chronic dlsocatIon of bus-
Ness propreties, growing out OF tho unprotected
condition Of labor generally, which nothing but
total change in the policy Of the Government can
put right.
THIS city has long been famous for the zeal
which many Of IFS residents have shown in numis-
matics--tbe study and collection of coins. Chess
has had its Juror autographs have had theirs, and
now succeeds numismatlcs. There Are occasion
ally public sales of rare coins, at which prices
reached that to mere outsiders appear very absurd
IN old cent, for instance, selling TOR 81. As the
old copper cents disappearing from circulation,
il is curious 10 see how carefully they are oser-
hauled by the collectors. They are now purchasing
them from the OmDIbuses and the candy shops, and
examining whole Kegs Of them with the utmost
care, now and then rewarded by finding medal
made ~ crcuate 18th them, an old colonial coin,
or some kindred rarity. The great mass of copper
cents are taken by the busbel 10 the Mint, where
they are exchanged for other coin, and ef!ectual
y are the channels Of trade already cleared Of them
that IN three years from this time they will Do
found only In the cases Of the coin collectors. One
OF our citizens, Mr.. Joseph Mickey, possesses the
most complete collection in this country. He has
devoted years 10 this favOrIe study has spent money
aDd labor without stlnt, and has one of every
coin ever mnted in the nited States both BET )re
and since the Revolution, besides specimens of all
coins intended TO be issued. With the spirit OF the
true gentleman, Dir. Mickey takes great pleasure
IN gratifying others interested 10 coins with a sight
OF his extensive collection, and is equally grateful
for the contributions often made to il by Others
who, happening 10 pOssess rare coin do not value
il 30 highly as himself To show how much inter
est is iet in this study it may be mentioned that
series Of remarkable pieces of money We're recently
received 81 the Mint from Syria, of which fact the
odicers Of that institution gave notice TO most OF
the students Of num.matics throughout the coun-
try. These CONS We're Of large size, known as the
silver StGtHr Oi the Grecian Kings Of Syria spoken
OF by JOsephus and IN the Book Of Macabees.
They were so rare that IN twenty years experience
n the collection Of coins at the Mint, no such o.
pcrtunty for procuring duplicates Of them had ec-
CURED They are Identical with the coin men.
toned IN tine New Testament by Mathew, that was
E.T frnIr. h.. Il. e.n