, 1865-10-13
FROM PHILADELPHIA. :

session, and may exceed IL by several days.
The delegates find themselves very comforts
bly, quartcrcd In this city Of comfortable
homes, tho opportunity for Interchange OF
views renewal Of old friendships, and the
formation OF new ones are all reasons why
the grave deliberations of the body will not be
Mdecorously lastencl. This gathering has
been earnestly looked forward to by Others
than chuzchmcn IS destined to hear an i'm
poftant part aud bring about important de-
vclopments with reference to tho tone and
temper OF our returning Southern brethren
The Convention has reached and already
past the first dreaded shockrsof collision Of
views, and though there arc Jet TO come, ,,ae-
.batcsthat will call ont the full range Of op-
posing opinions, from extreme Radical to cx-
treme Coppcrhcad, there will be no inlnrmo-.
nious action, The Confederate Council Of the
South will be completely dissolved and reab-
sorbed, the present. year. The most extreme
case was that Of Bishop Wilmer, who learned,
loo late, that the rebellion was really dead,
to sayc him from foolish md wicked pastor
NJ letter to his Alabama flock. Tic action al
ready reached, rs yon are advised, has
made him tue subject of mild rcbuke ffom the
House Of Bishops and the lower House con-
curing, rs they will do, he will be once more
Of the House OF Bishops, and hts case will
practically include vi the others. The South
ern Church, during separation, has reached IN
important change, now prominently fu discus
tion before this Couycntfon-the Provincial
system, borrowed from tho English Church, and
certain 10 be ultimately adopted in this coun-
Try. It IL tho constitution Of separate pro-
vinccs, the bishops Of which meet In their Pro-
yincial Conventions and dispose Of purely 10
cal questions which now burden the Triennial
Convention unnecessarily. This latter gather
ing, sucll change being made, would b.
held Mt large intervals, say cvcry five or per-
haps eight years, with functions having only
to do with general questions. The Confede-
rate Bishops had already reached this mortil-
cation Il Is net however among the acts
they ask shall bc ratified Us condition Of
coming back. II Will be likely, however, to
hastcn It's general adoption a5 the only op-
.poncnts arc those who make it only ques-
lion Of time aud urge that It is scarcely Nc
ccssa5y yet. ::
A COMFORTABLE crTr., =, s.
It Is particularly pleasant occasion, this
Convention, 10 the very numerous delc:sntcs,
clerical and Inv, f5on the West and from The
country. Philadelphia Is an excellent place
and completeness about lis homes, aud an
accessibility in price to their tenants, that
make residents fn newer cities not a little en-
viors ut Inevitable comparisons. A fiye hun
dred dollar house IN this city is of grade in
appointments and location that would rent
for three times that sum in Chicago, and
probably quite as high In New York. It Ii
" in the past five years. It ia not to be ac-
ccpted as q proof that sha is sluggish
finished city, beginning 10 70 to eeed. But
1t Is the long time habit Of the place. It Is
the practice 10 give something like an equiva-
lent Of house accommodations Tor tho rent
that is paid, nor il II wholly Of the past- I
ba,s visited quarters Of the city, the growth
all new, and built with a soliditJ md coul-
pActUms and t1otoEghness Of appointments
that in other cities a1e rarely secured to tene-
1uent houses. wish F. representative 1elega-
lien OF Chicago loEsebrit1crs could make the
EaMe tour aud learn the lesson. It. might not
induce changc in RENTS, for that may be
purely n question Of demand and sup
ply, but It might By exposing the difference,
improve tic character oftcncinent structures.
a cLRASLr CITY.
But the d'stractfug thought arises, What
would be the result Of copying Philadelphia
too closely iu Chicago? What an encute in
the domestic world would be caused by the
innovation o; initiating the symbols Of clean
1ncss these homes so prominently hang out.
A Chicago Biddy would 70 frantic at tho de-
mauG on her labor to Keep Glenn, by frequent
econ7iDys, the wide brick sidewalk, light Of
steps, and door and window trimmings, all IN
the snowicst 1na1blc, aud the dead white out
side shutters, and white or dellcately tinted
Interior surfaces Of wall and wood work. It
is done in Philadelphia, and to such pitch Of
cleanliness Is II carried, that you stand and
blink, and marvel Ii front Of your friends
house, wondering what manner aud pattern
Of houscmaids these arc who down LONG
r4v \ fo-& {inn rF fr4
frcnt, keep up the rivalry, and mark each
outset Of the domestic day with white stone
ut the threshold :.
DuILpISo NOTES.
Some Of the Characteristic mannesisms OF
the city arc being 1nyaded. The monopoly
that somebody seemed TO hold for q genera.
tlon 10 the manufacture Of square bell. pulls
raded measurably, not violently. The man
who lives in the house with green blinds Is
less remarked among Ills nefghbors.- The old
fashioned shapeless church structures Of tho
pas. century are bang sha1ne1 out Of their
venerable counsenances By superb structures
In her building improvements In the past
decade, Philadelphia has been progressive,
Notwithstanding the withoring Gothntnitc
sncer that she has no Broadway and, par er-
ee!l<nce, no principal street.
STREET CLEANING.
Tic cleanliness Of the house fronts Is large
ly helped by the system Of street cleaning
tucked np skirts, is busy washing the door
steps and flooding the sidewalk with Fair
mount wafer, earliest among matin visitors
comes the city dirtnan with Ills cart, who re-
moves the ashes and house Rubbish deposited
in front Of cnch dwelling: so that street and
together and keep ono another In goodly
rnI,ntpnancn at,l COMPANY, Chicago docs