Washington telegraph., 1854-01-25
Our New York Correspondence.
INV YoRK Dee= 90 ,e

uo'ham' WIN what ANXIETY and suspense Yns
me approach oi Christmas watched fof bv aJii-
iioM 'h,'naieiy was us advent connected in the
minds OF the young with eakes csnIies nn'i 60.
innumerabeand IN the minds af those af more 49,
iure years, with solrea, couteal reuninns stsier
and champagne sunpafs and all the Yafi.J n,,,,,s,
mehts winch tho necessities Of tnefrnn,liia. M
have created. The pleasant authorizations which
had entertained Of the cnaYment of a metr,,
sleigh fise on Christmas day. were not realized.
as we had no snow eadeayared however.
Win win soihe aegfee ol sncccss 10 console mYsell
i'' WIN d" uNeeieh' dinner The ministers ol our
Various city churches delivered anprepriate tis.
courses on sunday and yesterday ibe scholar al
inc various benevolent Institutions epmmomefa.
TOD the anniversary by substantial ban5uels nrn.
videi hv llheml-heafied donors BHt rould po,
help thinking, as passed through samo oI ibe
low streets IN the suburbs Of the ciy and natired
the ar Of slualil deslilu,ion and misery which
nenaded everything, there were same 10 whom
las, Sunday was Hoi a Merry Chd,tnRsu The
miserable wife Of a hesotted, husband. Inc Xerse
than orphan child of living. .irious parents. or
ihe unhappy but honest poor. whom sickness or
lhe adfeIsliles OF fortune had reduced to The last
Stages ol poverty, who were suffering lfon hun.
ger OF almost pen,hins with eoll-who donped
the silent tear and shuldefel with apprehension,
as they consumed the las. mnr,el ai bread, OF
watched the expiring embefs of the las, iaggai
mas fohtHf It's mefTimrnt only served Ia make
more bitter the contrast between their condition
and that OF their more favored ielloW.cfuaiufes
A. hurried on, could not avoid odating silent
prayer that ihuse WIN were possessed af ON bun.
dance might not on ihis day iafgei the poor Roy.
er,y, It Is sail IS no sin but contend that whef.
ever poverty exists, there mus, be sin-same.
where.
Your ielegmphie dispatches will have already
A
red here yesterday morning. by winch over a
million dollars worth Of property was destroyed.
The IRE broke on, In Front street aud six build.
ings and their contents, valued at ahau, eighty
thousand dollars were destroyed there But the
most melancholy result Of this ffd is the desine-
ucn el the magnificent clipper ship Gffai Rspablir
and two other Ycsses the 1ass4i IEaIksr. aud the
llhHt SyHaH The neenniatl loss though large
is only secondary to the los to the Amefsan
mercantile marine, IN the dezimetioG Il the Gffli
RGpHAif Nnaf readers will have some idea Of
the rush 10 see this ship when they learn that,
during her STAY IN ths port nearly six THOUSAND
dollsH We're received from tisiiofa. Who PAID one
shifting each lot the privilege OF viewing her
The GFen RpHhiir was loaded with the largest
cargo ever carried By one vessal She was saan
TO sail inr Australia During the last isa OF ihIoo
weeks. ihis immense vessel has been the eynasufc
oial sYss Even the laaics have struggled through
the quagmife Al the laai Of Roosevelt street and
all along Front street IN ouiuf "a loak At ihe aff
est ald most heauiiiai ship in the world ief
cniefrfsing builder sill have the siueefe symna-
thics al the whole community anil { IN com0aH
with many eihef,, deeply festei that his eSpafi.
meni has pmfed a comparative failure. at least
for the present But he Wiil aai think he dis
eouTagei By tins h'aw. Another GFfai Rfpalhr
Will grow n the same sisp and iirautH under hts
hands and If ne only Is successful ID HiH rIaHz as
hciofe the paaplo OF ihs graal f,plaIIs viii fIse
up aal honor him
cammeuls upon the Worlds Fair. A. an ezai.
hi,,nn worth lsasins At | take 90 be aaH55esaf5
TN youf paper az this iaie date many uf puuf fHai
en-, having zen IT, and most nj lac aibars basIHz
read detailed aHi well.WHilsu accounts of T. int
polished On the dailY rapef al ths eIIg and lHau
eopiea into ihHIf weekly clitaHs nf eaHBirf en-.
cu'aiian Hs#IAss, HtHs of tha hast ri fhafe aHIi.
cle' have been reprinted Il one half Of the paper,
oi the Jnlon - that OIL Ameaea may BE- said to
Know az mueho me c,ysial Palace o. d possible
% he A'.a"n 81 thing hy .iding about n The
general impression b. that The cs,rr,tis, b,s I..,f
ofinealrulah'c benefit tD our caunif, 4. q ,,f,i.
IN macy ways while, ON the other hand a l,s
been pscunianly Improbable % thr ,ior 1 ballrf..
Millions have al'o tccn made and Idsi on real e..
laie' ln me upper part ~ ile city vhich was "a.
pcciel 10 rise n value higher than d did au1 il
coniinne 10 b. held AZ enormous rates llAnlly
one Of iAr uHmrmu7 thaWmen has escaped with.
ont losing from si0n 10 s9O0oo and not single
rlm.shnp has raii u. expenses ihc pfopficinrs oi
snne 81 ihc iini-elg saloons. alter they bod vain.
~ en4eayori 10 fdi oui. have been obliged 10 20
oui, dead bInkeN
However native iRyentars. ani msnuftriursrs
ofnll kinda have hcen benefited hy ide T. Etbihiion.
and great good ha, been done hy bringing them in
personal contact with Eumptnusoi ihc .smc class,
many o; whom have made their ,isi In New York
Immediately AMI ppsprctycly profitable An
English manufacturer told me- yesieulay ihif he
has already made $4,000 BY coming here and
that hr has oiders iar $4,000 worth ot hs goods.
lace goods bclieyc, This will pnbhably result
In his having regular trade with America llu
bad none A. all before Uur own manufacturer
ofsueh articles as are made better hrfe than in
Europe, have IN some Instances been quite o. ilT-
tunaie In opening a tmde with Great Britain and
the Continent nl Europe In some cases. they
have even received 30 many orders from Enf1pran
houses. that they cannot supply the home demand
for their goods Sicams n Marvin OF this CITY.
the manufacturer oi Wl1rf's celebrated ,alcs
with Rich's improvement, have received orders
from eleven kingdoms anil pnnripaiios of Europe.
and arc contemplating the erection Of a new hniid.
ing, 10 be devoted solely 10 the manufacture OF
safes 10 supply European omcrf. thrir present
building being handy large cnnnsh ~ supnly the
home demand which has an been largely IN.
creased by the Great Exhibition. 80 with many
other branches Of business. Capital has even been
ilhttltHl VI lie fHlhNlNHlNfN ni hufhtf hNnls nfN
nYsief saloons in London and LSeus,nl on the
American plan; and two or three magnificent
drinking shops In which "shcrry cobblcf..n tmint
iuleplH brandy smashe,, Glng nose p and other
'hncy drinks manufactured hy genuine Amrri-
can haf-kcrpnfs are 10 be- shortly ,iar'rl IN Ion.
don. Tho English-perr, hcniebici people. how
much they arc behind uI now drink ihoii liqnof,
'neatN or with slight aimixlnra OF water, llhcy
seldom "dmwn the miller } and sometimes a
little sugar.
know Of no other cause to attribute the present
iighincss Of the Money Market 10, than the coin-
plcNon oi our European adyiccs particularly
those from the scat OF war ltappraf. now to be
the prevailing opinion that a general war through
au, Europe is inevitable, aud, In that event, wc
must look for an active drain of capital from ihis
copntry, in the shape Of specie, Whatever may
be the ultimate effect on the great interests Of this
country uf general war In Europe 1t cannot he
denied that The immediate ELECT will be rather
injurious than otherwise.
Yours truly, PETER PIKE.