The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-10-01

His municipal Highness, commonly called sIoNG
JOHN WENTWORTH, is entitled to the honor of
welcoming the Prince of Wales to the first large
American city which he has yet visited. The
worshipful Mayor of Chicago has unquestionably
done all that worshipul Mayor could do,
and something more than propriety would sane
ton, in undertaking TO make the visit of H. R. H.,
how styled the Baron Renfrew-as agreeable as
possible. The aforesaid 'LoYG JouN'' appears to
have taken it for granted that he could not give
1.-THE royal party' greater pleasure than by re-
counting the history of the city of Chicago On
this theme, we are told, whilst seated in ba-
rouche, gis-d-ejs with the young Baron he ''waxed
eloquent" and that his listener sometimes
looked trlfle incredulous, and sometimes openly
expressed his surprise at The marvellous story.
Completing, at length, his description of
the rise and progress, the present condition
and future prosperity of the city--which deserp-
ton is characterized as ''immense," LONG JOHN.
who is Il Republican of tie bIackest stamp,
branched off upon politics; warned the Baron and
his party against 'our venerable PRESIDENT and
eulogized LINCOLN and HAMLIN with the ardor of
deyotee and the zeal Of propagandist. Happi-
~, when ii was found that the party were getting
little bored, the attraction of a grain elevator
changed the topic Of discourse, and the politician
subsidized into the Snowman. LONG JOHN explained
this, LONG JOHN explained that, and in return the
Baron, like a sensible young man, 'made few
observations, which showed his knowledge OF
machinery" The next visit was to the CITY
Hail. where the record book was brought forward
in which the party, to the huge delight of l.. j.,
signed their names, ''the Baron leading off
"wih flourishing ALBERT EDwARDr' This,
however, was not glory enough for one day. The
worshiptul Mayor appears TO have imagined that,
having caught live Prince, it was his duty TO
show him to the people, so he caused it to lie ad-
vertised in the papers that ''the Prince would
"show himself from the balcony of the Richmond
blouse at halfrast one clock, remaining on
sight for half an hour" What charms, what
philtrcs, what COMPUTATIONS LONG JOHN EMPLOYED
to conquer the reluctance of ROYALTY TO s'stand
lat gaze in conspicuous manner
we have not the means of knowing: but
the thing WAS done. AS the hour of exhibition
approached, the municipal Snowman appeared on
the balcony, made speech to the crowd below.
exhorting them to behave themselves like decent
people, and finally closed by announcing, with the
JUNCTION of stage manager ushering in new
star 1.-THE Prince will now appear for few
moments, and then-take dinner p Oh, Lone
JOHN, was it proper for you to shout aloud in the
public streets of Chicago the astounding fact that
Princes dine2 Was it not enough to t'trot him
'out, - and parade him from one end of the balcony
to the other that the governing classes washed
and unwashed, might get good look at him Are
mayors of American cities henceforth TO entertain
distinguished foreigners, like BARNuM and the
Chinese, by making show of them? That the
Young Prince submitted to the exhibition at all
may be taken as an evidence of his good nature,
and of his desire to crafty those whose guest lie
was; but both he and the mentor, the Duke of
Newcastle, must nave been conscious of the innate
vulgarity of the whole afair-ad vertsed as it was
in the daily papers, with all the particularly of
play bill, and finally reaching lis climax of absur-
dty in the showmanlike flourish with which Mayor
WENTWORTH heralded the appearance of the Prince
upon the balcony. .-.r. ....s