New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-04

Dor have often fancied ut such seasons .hs had de
rvtd some sort Of refreshment from the alive la
Of few hours although they hours OF close appcs
hon TO process not altogether northumberland that the
BODY which is a. much the slave OF habit the .i had
actually Undergone some restorative action although De
frsuded of it, natural rest Qhs NAV be mere n)t)n
though don't think so-bu' leave il wiser heads 20
determine the question il it be worth determining.
Morning dank misty. and foggy looks in upon the hot
smoky aud reeking den. By this time the atmosphere Of
tie series Of bao csyerns in which business il carried OF
i become disgrSfngly DsuseOus, well siIhDgy hot
notwithstanding the cold and weather without the
peisIiruii0n streams from every face within The entire
building is one huge yapor bath OF dismal stenches from
the rank steam OF which the SCOT black walls and cenZ'
glnmer with moisture The severe and invsterste
catsh Iweaed out of the system be we'd win
Increased intensity at the first with the out door
air As The dun wntry light steals on by slow degrees
tie esDces one By one disspoear and now few OF the
hands who from feeble health or advanced age had been
allowed to escape the night work reoccupy their frames
Coming in from the fresh air they struck aghat with
the horrible Odor which prevail and make some attempts
at ventston which being GENEROUSLY resisted by the
majority they are compc..el 10 relinqalsh. breakfast
now comes 10 recruit tagging entrge and the true
Vtue and virtues Of hot coffee are brorSlI nome y niy
Thirsty cOnsciei After bre1SfasimOsc Us ~: hye
aDo animated ever and the work gees on with ans
bated energy, except in the ease Of men past the
Of life who By way Of ecOnomiZng their strength scA
pret,v est TO their stools BY eleven o'clock comes la
Gsnymed again with his punches Of clean p)ts on n'
same uDwsshed face yesterday. Beer gentlemen .-
gentlemen, beer" meets the same ready response q
usua By by the overseer passes round WIN sas
fed expression bis countena1ce, and we learn from
hints dfopped to .he ccker that breaking the
neck Of tie business, md shall accomplish the underak
ing in time il we look alive" At one all hands run
dinner but not withou, admonition that time IS
precious return within the hon. is hardly to be ex
pected and little hardness at this crisis, II not allowed
j. wisely wnked at by the managers BY half past two,
however, all again in their places, refreshed with
wash and clean shave, and few. perhaps with a
brief nap But the rate of progress ia sensiby
from that Of the hour on the previous day hen
darkness comes on and the candles lighted they burn
red emit visible smoke and do not give above nall the
light bty would yield in pure air. The hive clock tea
has lost It's refreshing quaiies and when II over We
dreg ourselves snwilney ir the sleepy hres me
tripping foot fall Of the boys and lads transformed to the
louDging, lethargc tread Of the clodhopper. Reading
bows and apprentices missing from their places, an
do their when loudly called to-, and
the way recess whittier they had steelthily SUNK off to
sleep. Men, too, here and there stretched under their
frames in the hope of being Themselves
forgot while they snuggie surrepitious forty wnks
Though gene rally discovered, they allowed TO lie FOR
half hour so before they kicked up and again
set to work
The lively journeyman. fancy will prove favorits
writer among bis brother typos aid no one indeed can
dip into his volume without finding plenty Of entertain
nient
A timely pamphlet has Just been published by J. S Red
field entitled Tie Nebraska Question. 1t contains the
speeches OF Messrs Douglas Chase Truman Smith Ever
et ade Badger, Seward and Sumner the bill now be-
fore Senate well the Report of the Territorial Com
mee on bringing in the bill The speeches are preceded
by careful history of the Missouri Compromise Of the
Of Texas the admission of Oregon and the Com
promise of $780, with the yeas ar of Congress
those questions The whole is contained in ll9 well
printed pages and is sold the very cheap Of IS
There no other publication which affords eear and
comprehensive knowledge of the facts and issues OF this
great controversy.