The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-22

The Counterfeiting Case.-Williau Boughtou and
Others, or ested for counteeting, will be brought
before Commissioner StillWell on Wednesday mura-
ing.
The Furniture Trade OF Boston.
. rFrpm the Boston Atlas Aug 81.
To thoroughly learn the trade o.. cabiuet maker.
was, only twenty or thirty years ago. an undertaking.
requiring nearly half the years OF young msn's
minority. 1t was nect sssry ne should be able to
make and put together every part Of any article
produced BY the trade. But machinery, that great
promoter and sustainer Of Yankee prosperity, has
now together with the division of labor which It
Inevitably induces, wrought complete revolution
in this, as well as In go many other time honored
detachments ordered out beforehand, Just as they
may happen to be wanted, but whole sauadrons of
bureaus, regiments Of settees and standing armies
of chairs are sent on lihustering excursions to n
large stoserooms, ready for any crisis thst may 60
cur. A man about fitting up steamboat on tho
mississippi. or the Lake.; clipper in our harbor,
hotel at Charleston, 8. c., or in the White Noun
keeping In part Of the world, after having 'per
petrated mstrimony," has only TO 20 or send TO ono
Of our first class furniture dealers In Boston, With
the measure Of his house or vessel. and forthwith
fitted up with far more beauty, artistic skill, eie
CANT taste and Judgment, than he could himself
possibly possess, or any otber man not de-
roughly trained to the business.
At the same time the goods are afforded much
cheaper than formerly, 90 that the man Of humble
means may indulge in the luxury Of an easy CHAIR
or sofa, in home the Vleasantness OF which Ia en-
HANGED by being filled with handsome furniture.
Formerly, too, each town and village possessed
its own cabinet shop, which supplied its own local
trade, without infringing upon Others or having its
own monopoly invaded. Now toe workshops are
their store houses. The furniture in our houses q
brought from all directions as if by the four winds
Of heaven. The nicer descriptions Of furniture arc
made in Boston and Cambridge, or In Bevery; sofas
and easy chairs are made in Caarlestown; blu eaus
in Reading; bedsteads come from Dedham; half .
dozen towns in Worcester county and some In other
directions, supply us with chairs; Dorchester ranks
high for mahngsny tables; aud New Bedford for
nishes the frames Of our lo.kng glasses. Manches-
tor ufed to be famed for nice cabinet work; bat q
,ate years, though "holding her own" tolerab,y
WELL she has hardly kept pace With otaer more pro-
gressive towns. Two factories, OWED BY two Of
our Heaviest firms, nov manufacture moro than
half the nice furniture made In New England.
1t by no mean; easy to estimate the amount Of
the furniture trade Of Boston, but 1t has increased
believed to amount ut the present time. including
ell brsncbes Of the business TO f,om Sc, 900 900 to
So, 0Go,000. The business Of n m, which is pro-
baby the largest in the city, amounts 10 about
Of the wo id except Japan, and live in no es that
como fine dag they may be r quir to ship an In
voice ev to that distant land Several othe firms
arc said to DO business Of upwards Of 5000, 900
Of the single article Of chairs, (Which might be coz
sidc,ed as separate though kiBdsed branch Of tno
BUSH esq by the wholesale dealers, amounts to
200 600 annually. Common chairs are made, -
we have said, principally in Worcester county, but
are mostly finished and painted Ia this city. Tnia
estimate does not Of course .ncude the goods said
By tho country manuIa cturers, and boxed up and
cent directly TO New York aud other markets.
r1 sas sNa S stSSr so:as s sn e Erss.d
the business in that direction is uaimportans, Much
N. &c Is, however, shipped to the various ports on
me n Mediterranean Sea, and fiads ready market.
Othsr markets are Canton, China; Central America,
Rio JaIsi Q, Chill, and other parts Of South Auor-
ca: West Ipdea, California Australia the Sand ~ich
Islands, &C. Taerc is no kind Of furniture made in
the Old World but what can be made equally a.
very small, amounting nov TO only about $AO 600
annually, whjle expectations are largely on tho
Increase. Canada and the other Brirish provinces
have become quite important markets. Bat ths
South and West. considerable quantity is made
here EXPIRE ssly for the New York trade to be sent
from that ort - the Southern States, California.
Australia, and elsewhere. Some of the dealers ok
partners here, who trade directly with the couctry
manfactu ers: but the practice Of having a centraa
house or agency In Boston is Of late becoming uni
yersal among onr manufacturers. Furniture manu-
featuring has recently been iptrodu Ell In Cincin-
NATL end also in Chicago, and Is now rapidly gsn-
ing ground. Thosc cities will probably ultimasely
supply the West with all except the nicer kinds q
furniture.
Massachusetts, manufacturers, besides POSSESSING
every possible facility for the nse Of machinorv
which is fniy availed of, have also further aryae
age over those Of other States in tue matter Of long
experience aud established reputation. Their eooda
are substantial and tasteful Bston furaiture. Gus
tom made or otherwise, is made cmph atcaiiy upon
honor. One Gun rely upon what ia told him by the
man be buys OF. Tat marc md cold else whece
may present more snowy appearance and convey
greater impression OF elegance at the fst diane.
but it will not be found to stand the tesla OF iu
and wear equal to tho Boston goods. We would 81
no means be understood as yelling to other States
the palm Of superiority in regard to elegance. We
have seen speciners of carved mirror frames roae-
wood tables, &C., Of Boston woskmansnip, whi u
woua compare favorabIy With tho workmanship a
any part of the world Indeed, some " the workmeR
employed are English, French, aud German me-
chancs Ct the highest class, in point Of excellence.
In New York, the furniture dealers operate m,re
IN cl3sses than amcrg tu Fos instance, oae u
completely furnish his house; but in Boston, q "
have said he has only to accompany mis- order witk
the dimensions Of his house, and have every noceu-
spry aItcle OF furniture neatly Cited into Il. from
cellar 70 garnet. In this respect, il il certainly =
decided convenience to trnde In Boston.
The furniture trade brings to this market very
many customers from che Soath and West. We.
while they hoe, fnd il for their isteress to bay
goods u other kinds; and once having contracte1
the bsbt Of trading in Boston, they od Il 90 agree
able and salutasy 70 their purses thas the hshs n
seldom broken Cd. Toe same thing might, doubt
less be said Of all tho other branches of trade Each
helps TO build up and sustain the others, aud whsk
beue.s trade benefits Incidentally sll the Others
and promotes the guneral prosperity and advance
mcnt Of our community. 10
TAXATION N PcgToS--The Board OF Assessors a
this city have determined that the rate Of TAXATION
the pttsent ysnr thsl DO go 20 81 600 valuation:
sn increase Of 81 GO Oh 81 600 over last year. when
the rate wes ~ 60. The valuation OF the rsl estato
taxed Is ten millions more than last yesr, WHEN IL
| was ftfs0no?00. Ga personal estate there has
h; en- sn pcte rs4d youlton Of ebrrt nine millions