, 1861-01-31
CHICAGO AND PHILADELPHIA.

doing and the neglect to do right.
CHICAGO AND PHILADELPHIA.
If the reception Of the Chicago and NIL
'aukce deputations by the commercial
men Of Philadelphia, is an earnest Of the
feelings of the people of that city, we have
fallen upon times when brother1y love-
is q reality for every day use not myth
connected with the aborigines Of Pcnnsyl-
yania who have long since disappeared.
Our correspondent and associate with the
party writes us glowing accounts Of what
has happened; but pressed for room, we
prefer to sum up his observations and re-
Elections in single editorial article in
which lis descriptions Of locations, reports
of speeches, &c, &c, are omitted.
We have printed the particulars Of the
formal reception Of the party at the Corn
Exchange, md need not now refer to it ex-
,cept to say that it was, while delicate and
{{undemonstrative, exceedingly generous
and Cordial proper forcrunner Of the
hospitalities which followed. After that
was over, leisure was left for look at the
various manufacturing and industrial es-
Establishments in which that great city
abounds; and though the rain was falling
in torrents and the condition of tie streets
was such -as to invite amusement in.
doors, the Philadelphians- them
many Of the first manufacturers
and wealthy merchants-who had
taken upon themselves the part Of
companions and guides, were exceedingly
obliging and attentive. Providing car
riages for such Of our people as were will
Jug to brave the discomforts of the dav,
they did not weary with their self-imposcd
task; but continued their rounds until tie
hour when the manufacturing establish
ments closed. What they saw On that
Thursday and the next Friday we cannot
undertake 10 tell The public buildings,
The Academy Of Fine Arts, the Academy
OF Natural Sciences, the ACADEMY Of Music,
the Mint, Girard College, the Museums Of
the Medical Colleges, the charitable inst;-
tutions, Insane Asy1ums, &C., as well as
the iron mills, furnaces, silk mills, wooden
mills, cotton factories, and the thousand
md one other establishments which make
Philadelphia great and prosperous, were
freely thrown open, and successfully vis-
tied Where these had been seen before
(nlany Of the party were familiar with the
city, the picture galleries and libraries Of
private gentlemen, the studios Of the artists
and the great conseryatories in which the
wealthy indulge their botanical tastes, were
free to the inspection and admiration Of the
visitors. Wherever the party went,
whether to the places where Art was to be
enjoyed, or to the localities in which the
triumphs Of mechanical skill and industry
we're to be admired, they were accompa-
MED By those whose familiarity with what
Fas to be seen made them The most iutelli-
gent Of guides and safest Of a,.visers. Our
correspondent, in his enthusiasm, says that
the business Of the upper-hye thousand Of
the commercial and manufacturing classes
in Philadelphia, was, for these two days,
sole : the qualification Of the guests. On
Thursday evening, after the Opera, for
which tickets were distributed, great
number Of supper-partics, 10 some and Of
which almost every Chicago man was in-
Vitcd--tAc invitations being dictated By
acquaintance or business-closed the dav.
Iu this way the hospitality was as unusual
as it was delightful.
The great festival was reserved for Fri
day evening, when 351 persons sat down to
sumptuous entertainment at the CONT
mental Hotel. This banquet was, SO say all
P'hiladclphians, the most elegant ai1air that
was ever gotten up in their city. The
great dining hall Of that most admirable OF
hotels was brilliantly illuminated and
handsomely decorated, and the tables pre-
sented o succession Of the triumphs Of the
cpoks, confectiorers- and wine-makcrs'
skill. We Of Chicago, not without q Ger
tain reputation for the carelessncss Of cx-
pfnse which accompanies public demon
strations, have never made m approach to
IN entertainment Ikcthat Its sindelicate,
after drinking ones wine and enjoying his
ioea, to praise tie expenditure which has
procured the qualification; but We
hope; VIC shall not bo charged
with exceeding the rcsctvc which belongs
to guests when we say, that on that
feast alone, our Philadelphia friends Law
ishcd s3,5oo-or ten dollars plate. Cost
IN this case, says our correspondent, was
measure Of worth; and instead Of sending
thc bill of fare and wine-l;st, be gives the
figures, and thus allows the imagination
to do its work in wondering what were the
winds and liquids which were furnished
at this unusual rate. In a1l that followed
the songs speeches and sentiments it
was the aim Of tho givera Of the feast to
their guests Of the gennineness Of
the feeling which had prompted the invi-
tation aod the efforts which followed its
acceptance, and the guests themselves,
not inferior in poiitcness, paid back the
compliments with rate Of interest which
isillegal anywhere else than in the West.
The speeches as reported our readers hare
alread j. enjoyed. They admit Of criticism
innsmuch rs they wandered from the oc-
casion to the business OF Union-sayin1: :
hut in the mnin they are those
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