Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-29
MULTUM PARyO.

New YORK LIFE.-A letter from New
York, alluding to the class of persons
most severely affected by the money pres
sure, says:
Gone ofthe distinguished persons whose
paper went to protest; presented to his
Vile, last winter, a mantle costing three
thousand dollars. Another gave his bet
ter half lace dress costing twice that
amount, whilst still another gave a church
the enormous sum of seventy thousand
dollars. Now the tables are turned and
the failure of these five or six NAV cause
the ruin of hundreds of others.
Oliver Scott writes to the Arkansas
Independent that he is in South America
hunting monkeys, He kills 1000 a wear
and sells the skins at Bumona. They
are bought by Frenchmen, and tanned for
the manufacturing of kid gloves, those
articles being now made, it is said, wholly
OF monkey skins. He gets from 20 to do
cents for each skin.
A noteworthy circumstance in relation
to the present condition of the dry goods
market OF the United States, is that.
while foreign fabrics are abundant. and
prices low, those of domestic manufac-
ture are In demand at high prices. The
fact is to be attributed mainly to the inn
menSe importations which have flooded
the country.
Several weeks ago, a merchant of st.
kouis ordered by telegraph 500 gunny
bags. When the order reached the Bos-
ton merchant, it was 5,0O0-and accor.
dinghy five thousand gunny bags were
sent forward. In the meantime, gunny
bags took rise, and the St. Louis mer.
chant made . handsome speculation out
of the blunder.
MKDDLING WITH Politics. WAS
great rejoicing, few days ago in Boston,
among the opponents of the new Con-
stltution, on hearing that the people had
rejected it. The Boston Times saws the
excitement was so great that two clergy
men, after bandying words, fell to work
and pounded each other soundly. Evil
communications corrupt good manners.
Two children were born on board the
steamer James Lyon, on her late trip
from New Orleans to ST. Louis one on
the llth inst, near Natchez the other
on the l1th, near Bickman. They were
named James Lyon Kiddick, and EIecta
Lyon Irving.
The Deseret Ners says sit has late
news from England, China, Siam, Biz
NAH, and other foreign parts, where they
are all doing as well as could be expec-
ted the devil being still alive and kick
ing, to the great joy of the saints"
You may see thousand excellent
things in paper and never hear a word of
appreciation from the readers; but Just
let paragraph slip in, of one or two
lines, that is not in good taste, and YOU
may be sure of hearing about that. :
3 Elihu Burritt, whose self.denyine labors
in the cause of practical Peace, and in
behalf of the establishment of system q
Ocean Penny Postage, are SO well knowr
in both hemiSpheres, has once more re
turned to America, and is now with hil
friends in Connecticut. He will Be cor
daily welcomed by his countrymep.
i Apples we're selling at Dubuque, Iowa
on the l4th, at IS per bushel. -
J The inmates of the Jail at Princeton
e KY, broke out last Saturday night week
0 and escaped. One was white mai
0 sentenced to be hung, two negroes unde
2 charge OF murder, and gang Of coun
terfeiters.