Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-07-19
our New York Correspondence.
NEW YoRK, july Q, ISL.

New YORK, July 0, 1851.
Enron of the FREEMAN:-
i see that theSenate of this State has pass.
ed the bill for the more effectual suppression
of gambling. by trying to stave off which, Mr.
Sergeant-at-Arms Bull got himself into such
a scrape, few months ago. / do not know
what the Assembly will do with il; but should
they also pass it, have little faith that it will
effect the purpose in view. Gambling should,
in my opinion, like other vices and crimes, be
looked upon and treated as an effect and not
as a cause. However, as to explain myself
thoroughly, / should be too tedious for news
paper readers in the dog-days, shall drop
the subject at once.
i The, farmers and mechanics of CaYuga
county. in this State, are said to be organizing
] what they call Protective Union towards
which ten thousand dollars have already been
subscribed. The object of the association is
to dispense, as far as convenience will permit,
with the services of factors or 'middlemen,'
and thus render the business intercourse be-
tween producer and consumer as direct as
possible. Organizations of this description
have, for some time, existed in Massachusetts,
and other parts of New England and are re-
this kind are entirely distinct and different
from the social aggragations of Owen; being
of purely business character.
It is intended that the farmers and me-
chanics of Cayuga County Protective Union
shall trade directly with each other. instead
of contributing to enrich, by heavy per cent
ode on the profits of their labor, large num-
Der of intermediate spectators. This object
is to be accomplished partly by barter, and in
part by wholesale purchases Of materials.
Il is singular fact. and strongly illustrative
of the Yankee character, that the American
Exhibitors have turned the Worlds Fair to a
more profitable account than the exhibitors OF
any other nation. Horace H. Day, of this city,
the India Rubber King, has already received
through his agent orders that amount, in the
aggregate, to over 100000 The English
papers praise, and the people admire, the
gewgaws of France and other countries; but
that is the end of it-they are not, for the
most part, useable articles--so, people do not
want them, except to look at, in glass cases in,
the Fair. On the other hand, the above pa
pers sheer at American productions, and the
people follow suit, and affect to laugh at them
also, as in duty bound; but they buy them. be-
cause they are useful
Mr.. Day is not the only American who is
making fortune out of the Exhibition, and
who can, consequently, afford TO be sneered at.
You cannot look at an article of American
manufacture, that is not marked as 'sold,' or
disposed Of
Just to give you notion Of how we are
getting on. with regard to crime, have OBJ
tanned from the Clerk of our City Prison, the
| following statistics. The numbero of white and
and colored persons, male and female, COM
mitted to the City Prison, during the six
months just, closed, was s,2l3; of which num-
Der, 1868 were native Americans, and $3.50
were foreigners. During the same period,
2,429 persons were discharged; Is died
1852 were sent to the Penitentiary; So to
the State Prison, and. on the lst of this month,
240 offenders remained in the City Jail
So we go.
The total number of immigrants that arriv-
ed at this port, during the month of June, not
Including The cabin passengers, was 24,0oo.-
These came in IL 5 vessels, % of which were
from Liverpool, from Hamburger, and II
from Bremen, besides a large number from
Havre. and from Galloway, Dublin, Limerick,
and other ports in Ireland.
Men are always most easily reached by an
appeal to tI.ose of their faculties that most
predominate in them, Different means must
be resorted to, to give different individuals an
adequate idea of precisely the same thing
The country business man. for example, re-
alizes the greatness of New York, only when
he reads statistics of its commerce-the poll
tician, when he reads the number of votes cast
az an elsction-the tren: an, when he reads an
account of the fire department DC, DC Those
of your readers, in whose crdnga the organ of
'alimehtiveness.' OF the love Of good eating,
occupies no inconsiderable space, will be able
to form a pretty good idea of the vastness of
Gotham, on learning, that during Eve weeks
of the strawberry season, which is fast going
out, an average of 5000 gallons day were
broughtto this city ami consumed On Fri
day and Saturday Of one week. 90 gallons
were sold in the markets, besides seve. n hun
dred gallons that were sold by the sraR berry
girls The strawberry girls, who can be met,
at any corner, dressed in simple calico frocks
and sun bonnets buy their fruit on the steam
boats and cars, and sell it, in small quantities,
from door to door, during the season; at the
close of which they pursue other avocations,
and thus change from one thing TO another,
until strawberry time comes round again.
The price Of strawberrys, this season, has vari-
ed from eight to eighteen cents per quart
The few that are now seen, command much
higher price, although they are good for moth
ing. Yours truly,
PETER WHITE.
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