, 1869-11-05
PHILADELPHIA.
Social and Political Quakerdom.
Art, Literature, and Pleasure.
New Enterprises and Topics.


eacuIAous Here one 1nds city fourth or nth
IN civilization, numerically considered, which ID
yet tho gro OF particles rather than OF forces
and resembles In some Tespec;a the Immense null
tplIcatlon OF animal LIE which naiuzasts describe
~ taking pl2ee IN the shoals and cores or The
-as, for example, among the spawn Of oyste,s or
| herrtngs. The common roe Of shad Ia said To
develop millions OF beings, which swim grega1ions
II TIL swept on By differing currents, dcyourel, or
I starved: md Philadelphia is In like mxnner pro
ltlc, Whs Jet nothing voves or pertshes from 1t,
! ard 1tB Infinite streets Lave the same
| meas srd the extent Of tho solid
walls Of shcllnsh through which the tides Of
the Chesapeake ebb and now. The resemblance
made perfect BY the constant washing Of the
Streets, by The calcaseout1y white fronts Of the
dwellings, aid By the TACT that the stomach Is the
| lie OF the Inhabitants. II you win stand in orc
| Of the highly markets Of Phlladcphia, you vii!
be at tic central gsrg!!on Of this immense nutr.
ttoue existence II you Will stand at m eating
bsr, and fork down your dozen Of fried oysierr,
sou ~ill be lesponsltly aud accurately fu!ullng
the duty Of q 1ciKhbor and townsman- The
gurg1o that you wilt make In massicatun. aud
soIe or.taod rcnarts that Jou may express when
you get bad Oyster, OF arc wounded with bit
OF shell, win be Of character With tbs news and
fermeut OF the city. The stopping Of water in the
SchuJk1ll, 20 tnas the streets canho. be cleaned
fos . Gay or 70; the abundance Of wurns Oh the
trees, which proyokes attacks on the CITY govern.
ment; she small tuu Of .had: the la:est Hedd1ag
between the citizen tcr7upins: these make up 1ne
delightful duly life In an exquisite atmosphere
and upocunded hospitality, considerable sleep, and
the building OF moro houses, go On Ike the
aevelopn ept OF huge coral reef,-coDatantlJ
widening. white within is merely still lagoon.
To this scrt Of municipal life sou Of Chicago are
TIC ecmpopcnss Of IN actlsb volcano.
PHILADELPHIA ESTHRpKIsRa.
The lnbabltasle enterprises bear no proportion
to the Industrial enterprises: that ,s, ht1le mills.
auA little houses and little villas, and more rcs-
taurants, extend every day. Dog1ood street Ia
graded; Catuip lane is opened to the horizon;
ItretJ- rows Of brick fronss arc opened BY
G1uhosrghoe. the builder; yesterday, Pa1aver set
out new lunch, and 10 slXnaltzcd the opening Of
hts bar and billiard room, q hundred feet from
stem 10 s1ern: eleven drinking fountains wero
cenStructed On Three Hundredfh street; Eve pub
lie school houses were simultaneously dedicated
the Public Ledger announces three solid columns
ot marriages; two new horse railways cleave the
oD]y two streets not already dl1ed with tracks;
neer OF resdht1d boats arrive at DOCK street. The
uloye are tho inhablsable euscrprtsea-tnose sou
set Inside of-new cells on tho cosnl reef.
but lha Industrial enterprises ARE Of retail
Eort, absolutely, and consist Of eighty men named
Smith OF Snyder setting up two stocking 1oous
apiece, while 1t Is significant that
The steam ralaaJs lately opened 10
this latitude SO around Philadolphla,
and do not come 10 Il Three new railwayA are
arkipg 1t to the West, all intended to carry m.
th1aeire coal either to Chester, to Wilmington, or
to Delaware CITY, places south Of the c.tJ; and
formerly the coal was hroueh: hers and reshlpped
hs vessels 10 points coaat1 i,o. The pertlnscioua
competition between the Reading Railuay.-the
or'esi al road hence 10 the schuyl1ll coal rcvoo-
ami YhA
10 another and extrade tho now branch roads,
but tho Reading road has the smallest purse, rhs
smallest head and the smsctt harbor, and II pa5.
10 dividends, though 1t thrusts out q new fang
roW and then, while its hydra, headed rival, with
three or four Presidents, Ia essentially New York
city corporation, yet Is unenbarasscd by New York
legislation. There are really four roads IN this
STATE, and 10 nore, that eau do more than hope
and kick. Pennsylvania, Lake Shore, Philadelphia
Baltimore, Baltimore L ohio. The nrss three
are engaged In Desperate struggle for Pittsburgh
1reights, two Of them striving to drag them TO
New YORK, the third to Baltimore. The Phlladel-
pha Bslt1nore Road reaches nearly to Norfolk,
makes part OF the Great Atlantic Coast Trunk
Line keeps good tcrms with 0ll around 1t, md had
facugE enterprise to bridge the S1Equehanna at
M expense Of two m,llsons,-a fact which ilus.
uAses ilB prosperity and courage together.
There orc at present thirteen railroads focalzing
into any American city, except Chicago; bns the
ferries Of Philadelphia are simply steam market
toats, The town derives its confederation from
the South, from New Jersey, And from that part Of
Pennsylvania southeast Of Harrisburg. It ts q
better retail city than Baltimore. It8 zuall ma
chine sshops atc anticipated Westward only at
Pittsburgh, and eastward only Ia Connecticut.
Al set Philadelphia holds the manufacturing 81.
premacy over New York, but the commerce OF
NF ,Enf fu< =
rents, the small manufactures, the acquired COM
petencs, arc the bulwu1ks OF the greatest OF small
c,1iea. 1t has the importance Of the desert when
you number the 1aads7 or Of the vast marsheq
Hheu you number the bobo1snks. Counted by the
small, PhtsdelphtA ts the most imposing haltpeck
Of potatoes In the world.
Yet, internally, Philadelphia Ia e1called by few
cities in the goodness Of her Improvements with
characteristic waywardness, her best streets
have been :ncglscsed-Aarket street aud
Broad street, the true axes OF the
Tracks; snd Lesser highways, Ike Chestnut and
Eighth atree's. have been made indices Of the
c!s5H splendor. Recently, Broad street has be.
come imposing, and lotA npon 1t are now held at
anaztnR prices Where It crosaes Market street
theIe Ia pretty open park. and around this MANY
lne buildings, such as the Arch Street Methoa4t
Church,-the n1est n. E monument in the world,
--snd tho Mworic Temple are to be raised,
Where Broad STREET crosses Carpenter the Iuan
Library Ia 10 be built With capital OF one ulluon
and quarter; where Glrard aveuus crosses Is to
te erected the Lincoln Monument At the foot Of
tae street Is 10 be the League Island Navy Yard,
1ud Ut the head Of the k:reet Is to be the
lhelfen Hills, the Sydenham OF tho city. Tho
hpgfh Of Broad street Is not less than twelve
ntlcf, and the population Of the city ls little be-
NV one millIonl What paneg5ric is this upon
neoiocrity! What testimonial 10 cheapnessl
Low Lille are the members to the belly!
DK1SklSG FoCSrAlNs.
one OF lhe pleasontries OF PHILADELPHIA L. the
drinking fountain. set up at every place Of multi
uae executed IN stone plaster, or iron, and often
cheoratc In design or urnamentauon. These
Fountains are generally Advertisements or gifts,
nHked with the name OF the donor; and with
Characteristic love Of backblting, the Phsladel-
plan u more apt to sncer at the motive OF the
donor than 10 admire his present. Such ungrate-
IN citizens would have dlsG3urel any age; for In
th poem Of Marm!ou the very cntthroats OF boz
de- warfare had better appreciation:
Above. eone haf.Eoru lettefs say:
Sfff?; 4 IA! Si'sh s';.;, ;a pray
They filed With Joy. and back they hicsi."
Eow in Philadelphia they iii with spleen at be-
holding such pretty waystde oznauenss-ao ca
qlbltc IN practical land-aud do not fail 10 Vt.
tEtk the well-nakeH.
s7ArrARY.
The public ssatuasy OF phtlaac1ph,a- q,
tb. burial ceue,erex- Ia thna comprised:
our old bynn7a ~ x,torn p.rn .,,ns,...,..
= hauosorne oil, E,t.,nerren h,sn,.ni y, o1ose msc
stret wn,ch at.tuo ia cntan- ,a..s," ~ W ..uo
IN, that n,,.n IL hr,-s tna c,o.,. s,s,s W.
Ras pG ita pedestal.
The explanation Of this poor "Re1l " IT, that IT
hm Fever yet heard Tho clock ststte ythlpr. Il
cr.ssuisa str.s,. ~ ~ .so LmssVle 'ost toe
ta.ed ~ r,s,.sa,ts .us seaoa@ elEy are Ismem-