The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-25


noNoAY MORNING. DEcEMBER IS 1854
IHk MEoHAslcs In NEW YoRK.-The me-
chanics Of New York. ont Of employment,
neld great mass meeting on Thursday night,
e which resolutions were adopted for the
appointment ofa committee to solicit sub.
scriptions to alleviate the sufFerings 6f those
who have no work, and to establish an Office
from which to distribute the aid thus obtain
ed. The speeches delivered on the occasion
are quite remarkable. One Of the speakers
. MIR. Daniel IValford. attributed their suf.
ferings to the excess of people engaged in
mechanical pursuits and otherwise in the
city. He contended that they ought to 20
QUITO the vacant lands Of the West, and pro-,
duce grain and meat for their support. He
said:
While we are almost starving for the want of
food, grain IL being shipped to EuroDe In grest
aoundance; and what's strange we have to nav
n'ol1 IoI our own produce In this city than do the
people OF England. Provisions are dearer in New
YORK than they are in London Now. this would
noI oe 20 were 1t not that workingmen were neeli.
gent ana preferred sitting on rum cask 10 attend
ing to their business. applause They have let
.ne PoIMlcians DO what they pleased. If our peo-
pie were to call on the government and make them
give the land to the poor, we would have verv
oinerenf state OF affairs Should Congress mass
oiii giving the land in limited Quantities to the
poor, II would have the effect Of removing from
our midst much OF the poverty we see. and make
the working cIasses more comfortable Ia eyery res
pecI congressman and other officials are asking
ior higher salaries and they are getting it, but the
wages OF the workingmen are being reduced Now,
We snouid demand that this procedure be reversed
nSgv1ou af<,x1I1
more. (Applause)
This proposition to curtail the pay of Con-
gressmen, was quite popular IN the meeting,
and may help out the objects set forth by
the speakers, as Congressman will give up all
the public lands rather than their pay! 9th
er speakers echoed Mr.. Walford. 1t was
contended that no man ought to be entitled
to more land than he can use-no more than
he should have more than one cote. Mr..
VIM. A. Young declared that therewas more
suffering among the mechanics than in 1887,
and he made bold attack on the silks and
brocade of Broadway, as the cause of it all
Said he.
The poor are begging from day to day. Now,
what caused all thisf Why the luxury and extrav.
agance of the rich. Look at the ladies in Broad.
way, Haunting along in rich silks and satins while
their poor husbands are toiling through the live
long day. Now, who 10 1t furnishes the means for
this outlay! Why 1t comes out of the work of the
mechanic. What are we to do in this extremity
why we must beg. There is nothing dishonorable
In begging. But we should not want for food
while the flag of America waves, no American
should want for the necessaries OF life Measures
should be Immediately taken to canvass the city
and provide for the poor. Applause)
Tho r. 10 n;
destroyed by fire last Thursday morning Loss
5000; insurance SO 500. j.
Two modern buildings on the corner of Domi-
nick and Washington streets, Rome. N. Y, one
occupied as a stove store and the other a. a meat
house, were consumed by fire on the 2lst inst.
The dwelling house of David Gray, In Deerfeld,
N. Y, near Utica, was burnt last Wednesday eve-
ming. Loss 5000.
The hotel of Messrs Broyles & Reynolds, in
Burnsvie, N. c., was lately destroyed by fire, to-
gether with all the furniture and valuable personal
property of the bearders. The loss to the proprie
tors, who were uninsured, is about four thousand
dollars.
A despatch from Providence, R. l., announces
the burning OF the Manchester Print Works, in
Smi'hfeld, principally owned by Theodore Schroe
der. All the machinery was. destroyed, but the
pooA' ano papeis were ssseu IN cnal1eo conoi
ton. The goods destroyed and damaged were val.
ued at over $4,000. A large amount of drugs
were also consumed. The entire loss is estimated
at $4,000 There il insurance on the building,
machinery, &C., of S35, 900. The goods were in.
sured in Providence to the amount Of s47 900, and
in Springfield and Hartford to the amount of
S21, 900.
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-but the $3.50 juryman, about dinner hour, brought
them all over.
Mr.. NJ Furmsn has been re elected President
of the Bank of the State of South Carolina and the