The New York herald., 1863-09-02

anu th'e puiit canals ana RAILWAYS with great
rapidity. The result Of all this activity is. Of
course, vastly favorable to the commercial
prosperity OF India, and her seaports wfii am
donb.eily, as in the case of Kurracheo i'm
prove siea.iiy Oar Paper Is an cviduce
thai the ueople OF Kurracbee are entcrprsing.
The advertisements are numerous and tempt
ing while we see in the columns ofthis idsina
tNat theair Gals and Lomicides take MACS even
az that great distance, to say nothing of HI
wy accidents which are also detsied a. wel
as reports given OF grand billiard matches and
" agistocratic pigeon shooting TIVE notices OF
the arrivals Of steamers and the ingoiur'and
outgoing Of r.ih,ay trains prove thut Eurrs-
chee is a lively place.
The Metropolis OF tn- Union n--TI,c sr.l-
onsirs of the Third Rate CITIES.
The Philadei p.ans have sliowa great deligh.
because forsooth, tr, city OF New York
was the scene OF a riot. The good people OF
the City or Brot..sriv Love were inclined to
suppose that the saie riots would seriulsly
iujure New York and they have csrpcd apon
\ the event to their hearts content They felt
4 ssre that at last term b the pyospe Ny Of
| the great emporium os the Union had arrived
( and to their eager gaze they saw Philadelphia
| swelling in proportion as New York conr acted
Yes, decidedly, the unbenrd Of prosperity of the
| frat city would now be damaged, and go tho
small beer politicians of Philadelphiaet rowed
| ani' cackled end inwartfly reoced, white they
ontwardly affected to weep over the coming
downfall Of Gotham. All this barking ard
Philadelphiana will surely find. Tx pros
perity Of New York will ride over all inped-
ments AZ surely as the incoming ocean tide
washes over the sands. New York, by der geo
hgraphical position ard the overwhelming wealth
loOf her commercial classes, mse. and will ever
DE the commercial metropolis OF The UnAen. the
.pe.tY and whining jealousies Of the Quaker
bCity 70 the contrary notwithstanding Any
damage which may occur to New York will
never; az u result, benefit Philadel pflit and
80 che sooner the politicians OF tsat third
rate city leave off plying the miseries
land distresses Of the metropolis, auda go to.
Washington for some more pap whercwith
yto feed their sickiy bauting jo~rnals The better
ut will be for all parties, but more especially
ffor themselves
At the commencement OF this unfortunate re-
sbelfioa the people Of the South prophesicd that
fNcw York weald surely be ruined, end that
ygrass would soon grow in her streets Inspec-
! tor Boole can answer for it that gr,,ss grows
nowhere iO the streets or avenues OF. this great
city which Was never SO. prosperous, as now
Why. as TO the grass, we do not even
let it now grow in our public squares:
the horses oa the military eat IL up and tran, pe-
it oat. The representations OF the Sealterners
We're ~ silly as are thoscof the Phila del phians
who so artleasiy desire thedewnfall of New York,
which, as they most foolishly suppose, would
insure the prosperity Of their city.
In Bsstoo the same feeling Of petty jealousy
and envy existed some years since, although
| we are happy to state that ut the present time
the illusion has vanished. The Bosom people
had made great deal OF money during the
Revolution, and they walked down the
crooked. narrow, ineOnyenient streets OF the
modern Athens with their hands under their
coattas and their noses in the ar. They
| felt persuaded tha. Boston was the turning
point, in fact the 'hub of the universe The
truth is that the said hub is not SO great a. the
BOst0nans foadly imagine. II needs New York
| oil too often. II was only few weeks since
that a Boston merchant came to New York to
attend to the landing Of = cargo which one OF
his ships had just brought from the East Indies
He had the manifest in his possession He went
on Change, and ere the day was over be had
cold his cargo. The next day he got the
notes he had received cashed, aud went
back to Boston. where he safely deposited
them in the Suffolk Bank. aud thus attained
| Bostonians idea OF Mecca--that is, having n
balance in that particular institution This
merchant frankly acknowledged to friend
with whom he dined in New York that he had
transacted here in three days more business
than he could have accomplished in Boston in
three months AT one time Boston INDUCED in
golden dreams about the Cupard steamers.
She soon relinqushed them. however. and we
advise PhilAdelphia to follow her example
Her jealousies aud envy viii have no effect
upon the prosperity OF New York. and The
sooner sho refrains from the indulgence OF such
feelings the better Il will be for her own peace
Of mind.
The English are justly proud Of their great
metropolis, London: but even they are as
tonsheaa and enyiops Of thf astounding pro-
gress Of our city. We do not doubt that. we're
they to deputize number Of their prominent
men to transact business here, they would
come to the same conclusion as that arrived az
by the fortunate Boston merchant All The
efforts made to turn away the course OF trade
from New York have ever sfnaily failed When
the steamer Great Eastern MAS being construct
ed in England, 1t was supposed that there was
not sufficient depth Of water in New York
harbor to admit the monster ship, and Port
land, Maine, was chosen e her landing place.
S'he citizens were in great glee at this. They
evidently thought they had New York on the