New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-07
PHILADELPHIA CORRESPONDENTS.
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PHILADELPHIA CORRESPONDENCE
Special to the New Orleans Crescent
philsdelphis, Jul june e l. $50
Mr. Editor-Here am in the good "eity of
brotherly love- and have been here a week too.
/ find myself agreeabiy disappointed at almost
every turn. had somehow always entertained
the opinion that the people here were mean and
contracted, slow and unenterprising; but / am
glad to be able to state that like all the opinions
formed of people by persons not acquainted with
them except from hearsay, mine would not stand
the test Of weeks personal observation. ALI
though not up to New Workers. in the Extravaganza
Of their enterprises yet Phiadelphans are at this
time 4 cannot speak Of the past) wide awake
enough and liberal enough, too. But the feature
that pleases me most among the people is the fact
they lire at home, thing almost entirely unknown
in New York, where merchants snatch hasty
bite early in the morning, before their families
up-rush off to their stores, and do not get back
again until everybody's abed. Not SO here; wisely
remembering that life is not all to be devoted to
the hunt after fortune, they Rre-if they are bust
ness men. And breakfast, dine and sup sur
rounded by their families and often by friends
still finding time to attend to business and to at
tend to it well at that. It's true that New York
has rushed far ahead Of Philadelphia in the last
fifty years; but the next fifty may see change in
favor of the latter. A close observer cannot help
remarking that there is an appearance of too
rapid growth in New York-too rapid to be per-
manent while here nothing Of that sort is observa-
BILE; everything is conducted orderly and steadily,
and although sure progress is being made, still it is
done with view to permanancy and with cauti-
Gus calculations that seldom admits of a mistake.
The Philadelphians have few faults, however;
that of being little too much under the yoke of
religious prejudice, it must be confessed is of
the greatest. Sundays here are days Of gloom
and WEAKNESS. No omnibuses or cars are al
lowed to run, bar-rooms are closed and billiards
forbidden. A resident is forced to go to church
or stay at home by both public opinion and by
necessity, while stranger is condemned to loaf
thirstily around his hotel, or lock himself in his
room and drink himself solidarity drunk on bad
liquor that he gets struggled into bis room by
the darby walters. Then they habtually drink
bad liquor and smoke mean CIGARS / have not
been able to get decent drink in public bar
room since I have been here, and the only good
cigar have found was kept by an old Orleanian
at the corner of Fifth and Chestnut streets. give
the location for the benefit of all whom it may
concern, knowing that thereby Twill be comforting
a benefit on suffering humanity. have not yet
discovered good place to drink, or would put
that down too but, in the meantime, would advise
persons coming here to buy at wholesale and keep
o stock in their rooms, as the heavy dealers do
keep good whisky and will accommodate q thirst
ing fellow with dozen bottles or so, while the
liquor that the niggers smuggle in is horrible.
The house where l am stopping, :" the Cont
nental,a is well worthy the encomiums that have
been pronounced upon it by newspaper men and
others who have visited it. Everything is on .
grand scale, and if man cannot live comfortably
here, he should Immediately be sent to a lunatic
asylum, or put himself under treatment for dys-
pepsia. The house can accommodate 800 guests
without crowding. Every modern convenience
has been introduced throughout. The kitchens
Ia very important department to my mind) are not
in the cellar, as is usually the case, but in the
second story, where the ventilation is perfected,
not only by numerous windows but by patent
apparatus arranged over each fireplace which
res of, Immediately, all the effiuya which arises
from the cooking meats and vegetables effectually
preventing everything tasting alike, which is so
| often complained of in large hotels. Then the
large and airy dining saloons the spacious parors,
and comfortable single rooms, which, while suf-
fcienty small for one person, contain all that he
could desire in the way of furniture. If my space
would permit, would give an extended descrip-
ton of this hotel, for the benefit of the travelling
public, but will have to content myself with
recommending it strongly to all coming this way.
I had the pleasure last Sunday of meeting DIR.
Shelton Mackenzie, literary and foreign editor OF
/ N al Tba 10 ole hpttp
known in literary circles as the editor Of "Noctes
Ambrosiana,'' Shells Sketches of tbs Irish
Barr etc., etc. While being man of the most
profound learning and the highest order Of talent
he is at the time the most agreeable and witty
conversational that had the good fortune to
meet and instead of being kept indoors all thai
day with fit of the blues, as fully expected,
do not know when passed pleasanter day than
the one spent in his company.
Politics do not seem to worry the people here q
great deal, and, SO far my experience goes, the
/ present candidates excite no enthusiasm. The Re
pubieans got up quite grand affair in lndepend
ence Square last Saturday night, and very large
crowd was attracted on account of it having beer
announced that all the great guns of the party
were to be there, but there was no enthusiasm
/ The men who marched in the procession did as i
/ they were following thir ordinary employment. ant
the fellows who carried lanterns sneaked along a
if they were ashamed Of themselves, while th'
rowdies that aehorayed always waited until led Of
by yainous, hungry booking chap, with blacl
i whskers, who was conspicuous everywhere.
could not help from thinking that the same Grove
were to be hired by either party at dollar
i head. By-the.bye, though Know Nothing, can
not help from noticing one fact in connection wit
politics. haue get to see one Iris3tn1dn thai is
Republican or eper fauored The restriction g
slavery in any aoag. Politicians can account 70
this as they please. In the meantime / subserib
myself, Yours, truly, FRANK.
4 The higher you rise, the wider ID your horizon
so the more you know the more you will seek to b
known.
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Containing mixture of spirits any other liquor
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