Year: 1861

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While the city Of Charleston Is breathing
out Threatening and slaughter" and trea-
son is rife In all the empire OF South Caro-
lima, it is pleasant 10 witness the good feel
ing that exists between the cities in tle
Northern section Of the Union. It gives
promise Of mutual benefits by increasing
and Strengthening our business relations,
and forms basis for enlarged social inter.
course.


Several months since delegation Of the
Board of Trndo Of the city Of PhiIadel-
phia visited this city and other portions Of
the West and SO pleased were they with
their reception here that they invited r.
turn visit from our Board Of Trade at such
time as would suit their convenience. By
resolutions passed yesterday, the evening
OF the 21st was fixed upon for the depart
ure Of a delegation from our Board Of
Trade to tho city Of " Brotherly Love"


II the whole matter began and ended in
visit it would deserve little if any men
ton beyond, perhaps, q passing remark in
the local columns, But since the opening
of the Pittsburgh; Fort Wayne and Chica-
50, Railroad directly through to this city,
the trade between Philadelphia and Chi
cago and Baltimore as well, ha. been
steadily and rapidly on the increase. Phil
adelphia is large manufacturing city, and
the products Of her industry are meeting
with large and profitable sale in this mar
ket In return VIC send her our wheat,
-four and provisions in large quantities,
and yet with all that has been done> this
trade Is still in its infancy. The visit of
the Philadelphians to the West last season
convinced them that here is their true
source of supply, for unless our crops are
blasted by drouth or some other
calamity, there is practically no limit to the
d2afls they can make upon the prairies Of
the West A. personal inspection of the
extensive factories md workshops Of Phil
adelphia will give our merchants a more
definite idea Of their manufacturing skill.
and will be likely to enlarge the range of
the articles purchased for this market. So
entirely for years past has our commerce
centered in New York, that quotations Of
exchange on Philadelphia have seldom
found place in onr commercial column.
Everything has been settled By drafts on
New York The steadily increasing trade
between Philadelphia and Chicago, will
make 1t necessary for our bankers to keen
accounts with the Philadelphia banks,
and quotations Of exchange on that city
will become as regular and as necessary
here as they are in Cincinnati.


Our trade By the Pittsburgh road with
Baltimore has also increased very largely
within the last year or two. Customers
from that city tue last winter bought large
amounts Of provisions here, and their or
ders this winter were expected to be large
y increased and to embrace wider range
OF articles, had not the trade Of Baltimore
with the Southern sea-board cities been cut
OF by the political troubles in that section.
The clustering, or if you please the filibus-
tering, Of South Carolina has been a posi-
tive damage to 4 very considerable extent
to the trade Of Chicago. Our business
men, however, can bear all this with be-
coming composure, with the certainty that
this matter in sixty, certainly in ninety
days more, will be definitely settled for sew
cral years to come.


As Jet, We have had no visit from any
considerable portion Of the business men of
Baltimore; but we will assure them in adj
vance Of cordial reception whenever they
choose to come. While our Board Of
Trade are aboutit, they may about as we'll
call over and make Baltimore visit, and
should it be extended to the White House
it would not absorb an undue portion of
their valuable time, Gould they devise
any means by which they can infuse
healthy amount Of phosphate Of lime into
the back bone-we sadly fear it has be-
come all cartilage-of our venerable Old
PUBLIC FunctiouaH.it it would be decidedly
me best commercial spceas-4:~. t,,ry cyer
made Stocks and wheat would rise in
stanter. By all means let the experiment
be tried.