Washington telegraph., 1851-04-09
correapondenoe of the Telegrapn'
Nrm YoRk, March 24, 1891.

| ~. .s.s -. ;..c;,ent Occurred that Chilled the
blood Of the whole The parties were q "'0
and son-the latter "a spoiled child, about -
| or rs wears old. Thwar-d by hf parent )" S'''''
caprice or other in his foolish rage, ne new 70 "e'
boudoir to tear her dresses TO peces' ns ia'o
mode of retaliation, and on being res'faneu "o'''
this, fell n,ady to stripping some oeo-c'0'"e' :"
n;ecrs Unon his mothers interfering, the mon
ster threw her down and attempted 10 strange
her.
Some eight or ten new banks are just getting
into operation here. What between asprants Tor
bank Offices, and merchants in want OF oank
accommodations, it is an easy matter 70 start al
institution Of this sort.
! Bevopd a doub. some Of the old banks, being
| ,ui of business, are rather crusty with the'I oe
posters, but for the most part 1Rese new o""A'
will be made, fear, to bolster the credit OF some
impor,era and iobbers who are dong Smashing
business on the most extravagant scale of eSPch-
dure for rents, clerks, &c, to say nothing OF their
| personal Disbursements which are in themselves
| enormous. Not few families Of merchants in
this city, whose affairs il examined would be Found
nsovent, are living at cost Of $4,000 or 8 $lo'-
600 year.
| Rents Of st ores in Broadway are unconscionaby
| high 1t does not take very elegant building
Of 20 feet f,out and so feet deep TO command
or $4,000 per anuuni, and as.ibe importers, Job-
bers and wholesale Jewellers are strongly disposed
to follow the recediug population, aud quit the
region of Maiden Lane, &c., the Broadway land
lords fiud no difficulty in obtaining these prizes.
House rents have risen also, but not in the same
proportion. $4,000 year is no. an uncommon
rent for u handsome Louse Of medium size. l
reside in "a very ordinary dwelling, but my land
lady pays between $1,000 and $500 year
for ii.
! 1t is cot uncommon here or men the briok
of insolvency 10 retrench their expenses, though q
few are conscientious enough 70 do SO: More
| frequently at such crisis the insolvent or his
family, gives large and magntceht party, ccst-
| ing hundreds (and sometimes tEnsands) OF dollars
1t is good deal on The Jack Shepard and Dick
Turpin principle. of dying game" However
| so far from being exiingulshtd IN the explosion
which follows not few of The insolvens appear
/ to live, after their failure, more uxarorsly than
ever or course, This game cannot last always
and sooner OF Ia loNoi Pv'S''!'
abandonment and misery; and the poor fools who
riot bus the "tbings OF time and sense, have
| an eternity in which at leisure TO rrpent their
madness.
The entire apathy of such men, respecting the
life beyond this, was commented upon very power
! fully yesterday by the venerable D'. Spring oi
| this city. If eternity as briel as this lne'
| ~; ;fa lonr errv thew cOulu
regard the future more indiferently ihgn they do.
| He related the case of Mathematician, who
becoming crazy and consigned toa lunatc asy-
lnm, still occupied his time with solving difficult
problems. At one time, he was observed to have
covered great deal Of paper with figures, and to
| be more ayilated than usual "M hat problem
now?" some one enquired With wild look of
despair, he threw down his work, and cried in
| agony of mind, 81 have been trying to calculate
the duration Of eternity, but it cannot be done!'
| Steamship Ohio will leave here next Wednes-
day with the U. S. mails for Havana and New
| Orleans. The new steamer Winfield Scott will
sail for the por, the first OF April, with
Stimson & Co.'S Express freight
| At the Astor House dinner given TO the legis
ators last Saturday by city authorities, ex-
Governor Seward made speech in which he
derided the idea that the Union was in danger,
aud pronounced any man insane who felt any
alarm on the subject.
Really, l cannot but think Mr.. Seward crazy
| If this be his candid opinion. A man must be
something more than deaf and blind to think that
there is no danger
] To-day the legislato.ial guests are to visit the
public schools, Bellevue Hospital, and the penal
and eeemosynary institutions OH the islands in
the East River. Tomorrow they will visit the
u s. Navy Yard at Brooklyn, and other places
| in that beautiful city.
On ST. Pa,rick's day, an Irshman named
Michael Casey got into muss in porter house
at 50 Centre street, and received several stabs
from one james Wall, from the effects of which
he died yesterday, Wall is under arrest
After months Of unprecedented ease in mon
etary matters, the money market has become
depressed and the rates of interest high and
advancing Stocks sell very poorly, notwnh.
standing the very considerable amount of gold
arriving FROM California, it will not compare with
the specie and bullion which is leaving the coun-
try to quidate our liabilities abroad. The truth
is, the importatons excessive, and out Of all
reason l am no croaker. but l shall not be sur
prised when the big failures come.
/ CALIFORNIA GoLp.-It appears from
statement furnished by Messrs. Winter
& Latlmer, Of San Francisco, that since
the first discovery of gold in California.
the amount shipped has been about $685.
5S7 sol.
or this. $34. .570.255 was shipped by
steamers; Sd, ,576.042 shipped to foreign
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