New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-01


ness nv an indestrnctable title The lord rei-leh,
let the earth rejoice. We gathered, my bre;hreo
for The celebration OF 81 AnDual ihanksl wing, IN
der somewhat less p-osperlrs c!rcu NJ. noes ta@a
uyusl after dozen year during which God gave us
our request o. nearly unbrossn good fortuna, vars
Of ple niy and successful enterprise, during which an
incre are II ati0nsl growth AMI glory
Of agricultural and commercial prosperity. has |
NAKED our general career-when an as,onisnlog
ad Of territory and popueon of puoh resouFces
ADD private fong 1es-of Architectural spebdor ial
me cbaIical iriumpbs has drawn upon Ne t1e
eyes Of the civilized world-~e period IN wne1 NJ
hon Of foreigners have sought ana iouno los Itid .,
promise in our couD,ry-in the courss Of Fhien We
have d. covered q hr ana BY The aid OF 40 uea'-
ure sustained in the face Of warnings anG a2pregen
siots, "a vastly expanded commerce @th tas SorI
wbeu our City bas doubled IN people ana qpanrupe4
in w alth and splenior, aud our ordinary homes Ia
point of comfort aAd convenience. are sucn as Il5
most luxurious OF fathers cond not
after . long season Of almost uneAlnPlet SIpoPs
ity we have a, len eth fallen upon year OF ahVefsy
of adversiiy in various and numerous '"tins' We
are universally feeling the cheek uplI our Coca !Jr
tune Panic and d.tress have syizef our makes ot
money Our credit is Disputed ABROAD, ana shlHea ~
home The e.eat railroad sys IT the laCd recently
ia nride and The bona Of its well being, - smten
viii e,nfu.iJn and shame. Oar shiPYrJs,
lately the gloTy Of our industry ana me scenes
OF intense activity, no~ close tnsr gHe;
agar s,tne duplicating hands tnat 'ounl Ioen oretI
within them Tire iIon-1orks along the rivers no
more reddeD the night with the glare Of Their tlrnaee'
or consoupd the day with the din OF their aays. la
Dor leans listles.ly and aoxiously upon 's spade,
while capital locks its chest and frem0lss 0 us Sc
cu,ities. Thou, ahis of unemployed leb0fefs nsoS
atopl the melancholy scenes VI their old o'cupi1n,
-ybiie hundreds VI mer:abtle es'aolshmeIIs drOr
n cir osys ppon the tide afrgii 20 advance and not
able 10 pause Mean while, special causes Ut d. stress
have added n the dnf POLO of depression and sus-
pepse the sharp psngs VI 8cute sorrow. snct 81;
c4s-ion Of distressing accident, by trs and hooi,
pei haps never in So short space, oefsl any p:ops
a. ~ n
drouth that reached from to ocean has been as
dry as finder and if army Of ncenfl Hlss ns oeeh
onsrtertd upon the rays2es OF IRE throush our
forests ald cties could hardly have been more f2ht-
fnI The Union las b6zrd from town 10 town WIN
tho flames Of It's warehouses, az though the torch OF
ruip had been ps.sed along by conspiracy 81 ne-
structips And what the fire has left the water has
taken. Ocean, lake aid river, open ses ana 4uIst
harbor have united in a common vengeance GA our
msrne and It's passengers. Ships Stranded on ouf
shores chips burned at gharves, sps toun ief!no
10 mid ocean, ships cleft By horid collision SHIPS DIS
appearing without plank 10 bint their fae, shiy'
going down and IL ivb only few sad messengers 20
wing our hearts with the tale Of their d'stru oui
wrecks by fire, by wind, by fog, by tarkness, by
storm, by e1posion-rlch and poo., natives ana Tor
eiepers Young and old swept Oh in masses;
thousands Of poor emisranfs penshns 10 wv
of the lard they left all 10 sees; huudreds
OF wellkDown citizens, in hath and good
cheer, drowning within days sNl OF the homes
that eXpec cd them; seven thousand Ives perhaps
thoussrd children among tbeIn-thE i t1e c)uliuHu
havoc of this year upon our waters Mean Fhde Pes
tience though barely touching our beloved thy VIVA
liz pciss ned shirts has swept through orr western
and Souh IN towns in fnll rOoed jesty, Win gar
menis dyed in blood. Yellow fever and cholera
united their accurse standards and fell a. once uO01
communities, to leave them decimated of their best
inhabitants. But worse than al While Death We
lenty or in the course of Nature, has carried on
within the year an unusual number OF van ioe cru
yens in all parts of the country, TemptltO worse
than cholera fever death IN any shape has pierced
tbereputaou and trumpbcd in the downfall OF trusted
and bonored men men with whom went down some
thing Of our faith in humanity ITSELF men, who are
epswersble before heaven for our threatening d5sptr
of The r,ce-res pOnsb for faIntiDg hope IN vl-
tue al God And now while the barvests are IN
pared by the drourb and commercial confidence -
weakened and labor can eern only half her wages, and
the means oflivng are lesseDed; now ~he PROVISIONS
are scarce and money dear our empty western rivers
with uutimely s0th r,f.e to boar 70 market the wait
ing careoes Of those fertile valleys where our hope OF
cheap food has Its last refugee ana the las' lie" weeks
has actually seen New. Orleans depsEdept IN New
York for The very salted meats she shipped the m)nh
bef,re to the northern market Whist Is 20 become
of the poor under present prospects, Is question
full Of melancholy and alarm And does tlis pic ure,
recalling your minds at once the special Gala antics
and general 0sir Of the year. seem 10 give You tls
materials for inst complaint sga'nst Proyisace or
dire CITY onin your disposition 70 give God thanss
Copsioer for moment thai it its oltckn5ss anl
the barshr Of its outlines to the o. Tue
ground AIMS which Is seen, and the beiuy Of he
u
he hons, in which you live the city yoI nhab the
country you call your yn; look upon what the last
Ten years have done for the nation and yourselves the
fortunes you ave accumulated, the comforts yo1 Gu
JOY the sunshine thar Las rested upon you lo)k upon
ibom AID then complain If you dare of the pas-ios
3 cloud the Interrupted succession OF your bOunties
the exceptional year OF aDSoties that you are nos
suffering! What makes you tremoe, bat the very
value of the possessions God himself has already
given you Why call you this adversely except
that you have known such afluence OF success
What is there 10 the condition Of the vast majority Of
those l now ADDRESS, that entities them to any real
pity on the score Of those misfor,un=s God has
given you your request. and only leanuess Of soul
could muriDur a. any short suspension OF bis bounty.
The rich man perhaps thinks IT hard fate that he
does not this year add his usual increase to his
already sw1l Hen fortune tina, some few thousands
are swept from biz supertuous hoard TIE asDrant
10 a large success counts II hardship that he must
brcle his ambition for twelvemonth Bat real
suffering comes not very nigh such as We are,
over much Of the disappoiotments and
poyances to which the hsrJness OF the times
subjects u.s. know think the solicitudes OF of
busine-s at juncture like this, | would no, make
light of them. The cb lin of credit is continuously
forged that all It's members tIembe az the blow which
any link receives and with our easily expanded eur.
rency and loosely extended business, there IS doubt
LEES so much al fecbleBess in many snowy and sub
ptsl.loOkipg concerns, that they may Justly
shake in the rising wind of commercial suspicion aud
di.uust. Ptable indeed are the sOrlows OF such a
wretcbed attitude. But What would become Of the
con mercal bealth what of the private SIS OF the
nation ii Circumstances 20 test the streagth
Of bold adveitureIs whose capital l. their r3sbness
and whose occasional success is & strange surprise
and lus NY ACCIDENT We must not calculate 10 nsks
Coos Providence party to any form OF Commercial
reekltsness and fraud Communities or indi-
vidusls that gamble in dry-goods groceries, are
no better or safer than IL they gsmbled in
stocks and coin; and the hour will inevitably
come when such baseless and mschieyOus establish,
rfar will fall III nv add
spltD6our are excellent aid lawful things to those
n ~ the d ultimate II In lnl n fhen