New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-26

| No, Sir there are millions OF acres uhu''upi'"
and unimproved even in teeming and furnishing
! Ireland at this moments to secure ard preserve
ANYTHING like The happy condition you depict, u IS
necdiul that the land should be not merely unoccg
| pied but unmOnopoii-ed Illinois may have rs
millions Of acres of fertile and beautiful land, lying
| in the widness and uxurancc Oi Nature and ready
10 reward beautifully the labors OF the husbandnan
! but ii that land is suffered TO become the property
of some two or three hundred capitalists, who hold
it up for the most It viii bring, anticipating the
time when Tie necessity Of the andcss will DIVE
them to buy it at $40 to 500 per acre, what reason
has our Illinois Farmer for relieving that his
state will continue to be a desirable resort iyr the
Industrious Poorl
| Our correspondent seems unconscious. though ne
ought not TO be- that We have repeatedly earnestly
urged, entieatcd the Poor Of our Cities to migrate
wcstward-io scatter over the rich valleys and
broad praires Of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, WIS.,
consin. &c &c There ought to go :Crth swarm
Of One Hundred Thousand from this City alone
AMI in like measure from Philadelphia Boston.
Baltimore &c &c. Yet we will not seek to per
suade them 70 it by representing Western pioneer
life as one Of Uniform plenty and comfort for II IS
not so. Il is not even true that poor man can nj
ways find work there at good wages and be sure
Of prompt payment while The difficulty OF iinding
it location erecting or purchasing 81" cling re-
moving family thither over the exccraoie apollo
ges ior roads generally prevailing are by no means
trihiug, to a man who has no team, no experience
in pioneer lite, and very little money Then the
water is apt to be bad, for want OF time to dlg
wells If for no other reason.) and the first two CT
three years Of Western experience are pretty sure
TO be sicky. The little the pioneer has to sell
must 20 cheap, while nearly everything be must
buy is held dear. But Time, Faith. Energy, van
| quish all obstacles.
As to the class suffering Tor lack OF Employment
in our Cities our correspondent seems not folly
aware that they are generally persons recently ar
rived in the City, who are not decidedly skilliul
and effective in any department OF I seiul Labor
| Many of them have received what Is called Lib
eral Education, aud lack opportunity or natural
faculty to make 1t the basis OF independent
| livelihood; some have been educated to expecta-
tons Of wealth which have not been realized; thou.
sands have some smatterng OF Mercantile training
but are not wanted in Trade; many are deficient
in bodily vigor or in manual dexterity. Very many
have acquired bad habits which interfere with
| their finding or keeping such employment as they
desire some do not know how 10 DO anything they
might find to do. Their deficiencies or faults are
bu. added reasons for finding them work and keep
ing them at IT, but they sadly the facility Of
doing so. Very few Of the Fifty Thousand who
will be in want Of employment here for the better
par, Of the next six months could earn a comorta-
bic livelihood were they at once transferred 10 Hi
nois although il be true that Labor is wanted there
1t is no, precisely the labor that they are qualified
at once TO supply and while the grass grows what
is the horse to do
As to Women, the case is somewhat different
but not less difficult suppose there are Ten Thou
sand Women in New-York who would gladly find
work snd homes in Illinois such as our co-respon-
dent describes how are they to accomplish the
journey for most OF those who are out Of work
are nearly ont Of money also. Suppose thousand
Of them could raise the means. and were TO ind
themselves on the wharf at Chcaso-what thenl
They are Of course badly provided with friends in
this country or they would not be in want OF 4
chance to work for living they are likely to have
still fewer in Illinois than here. What would be
the natural presumption Of the lIlinoians with re-
gard to their characters and capacities IN view Of
such migration What would be their chances
Of speedily finding employment at such wages and
with such social advantages as our correspondent
speaks of II be will bot think farther and more
profoundly We are confident be will confess that
even Illinois does not yet afford hnsl solution OF
the problem Of Labor. lis nights and wrongs It's
wants ard aspirations. ID
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jus. been rcpab,shea here BY scot, Co - Fulisrs
Il contains articles Prssco,ts Coneaes, OF Peru. Eve
lyns LIE Of Mr.. GOeolpbn, Lsehnsrns Essays On Ho-
usr Paddi.ns Fanny Ksrsble Ia Italy Coral Ree.' En-
ssa Etynolosies, lewi.h Disabilities and Psrismenis
Prospects. Ths Review very bitterly taxes ground
sssln,t the admission of Jews into Parliament.
HORACE GRAF 4 CO.-The Boston C0ursey 81
Thursdsy states that notwithstanding intnsions 70 Tie
eootr.ry ths arm has determined to wind u2 Ia aaairs
One paper Alarms tia, the assets Of tho firm exceed ha