The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-02-05
The Pioneer Correspondence.
From our Regular New York Correspondent.
Matters ANA Things I'm New York /.


From our Regular New York Correspondent. /
Matters ana Thing. I'm New York.
Proec l to the ar-8anks and Busbear-Nore Sour
Caylkers in Iatoon-S,erte end chJo,aque-K Lag
and Lo-enges--Iems.
Newly oRK Jan. 3d. 1854.
The black war-cloud which overshadows
Europe,is revealing just the least possible edge
If silver lining. The Allies, having found t,
their cost that the Gar has an arm strong
enough to maintain the ukoses of his imperial
will, that Menschikcff is something more than
wooden headed Cossack, and that the Rus
sian soldier is capable of religious phrensy and
mor patriae enough to impel him to die on
.e field rather than show an enemy his back,
nave rendered to the Car new protocol pre-
c.sc!y interpreting the " four points" as they
respectively understand them. They propose
ess humiliating terms than hitherto, ard say
nothing ct the razing Of Sevastopol, the with
drawing of the Russian fleet from the Black
Sea, &c. &C. This new advance towar Is an
ad ustmcnt is now under consideration 10y the
Gar, and affords faint hope OF peace. But
NV and strange features are so constantly
starting out of the canvas of European politics
that it is impossible to predict the result of the
pending negotiation.
Meantime financial matters at home are I'M
proving. a" Ulrd tines is a monster which
as some Of the qualities of bugbear too, and
1t is found when reasoned upon dispassionatey
for moment, impossible for a universal bank
u.,tcy to follow the general healthy condition
Of things throughout the country,-Schuylel-
ISM and railroad speculations to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Our banks are in more healthy condition
than has been known for year. Capital is
more abundant, disposition to launch out
INTO fresh business, which should of itself hall
! cure the panic, is manifest and although more
failures may occur, there are the best reasons
Tor believing that the worst'of the hard time
is over. Still the dispensation of soup has
not ceased, and some 81 200 messes are daily
,lealt out to our pauper foreign population, for,
be it understood that, of the many thousands
now feeding from the hands of charity. during
the past season our packet ships poured the
pauper scum of Europe into our streets by
droves, the wonder is not that there is so much
but so little distress Among the latest strikes
is that of the ship caulkers who magnanimously
stood out for S3 per day, and scorning the Of
frred wages of $3.50, as citizens of the first
Republic on earth have right to do, marched
in ragged platoon through several streets. aud
shivered at extemporaneous cloquence in the
Park.
Our city is becoming cosmopoitan-from
Caucasian to Hottcntot; all peoples are
represented in our New World omn,um gath
erun,. The latest exotic is blooming on
Broadway under the care of "gentleman
from Constautinople." Those enterprisng
Turks have opened Cafe, with dvans, che
boques sherbet, kabab, and other Asiatic edi-
blcs, while in Turkish bazaar on the floor
above, the embroidered slippers suggest the
dark eyes which CLEAN from the lattice of the
| harem.
Mayor Woods efforts to enforce the law
against open tipping houses on the Sabbath
have been followed with the happiest results.
Only twenty-five places were reported as open
and selling on the 2lst inst; the number of ar
rests for disorlerly conduct were only about
one fifth usually made on Sunday, and de-
gree of quiet and scarcity of liquor prevailed,
unparalleled in the memory of tie coolest inhab-
liant The complete enforcement of the la, .
shows triumphantly that a "Maine Law
could be executed in the city, and the friends
Of temperance should thank Mayor Wood fer
having furnished such testimony. The our
nails are full of comments, and the Tribune Of
this morning moves to the attack with thrust
at brandy lo@enges.
A gale prevailed on Sunday night doing
considerable damage in the city and vicinity,
mostly to the awnings and fences. Thirteen
bodies were picked up yesterday on Long
Branch, supposed to be from the ship New
Era, lost there some weeks since. The ship
Great Republic, partially destroyed by fire
some months ago, has been reftted and is now
at dock receiving cargo for Europe. III
dimensions of her hull are now the same as be
fore. She has four masts and floats on the
water like huge bird. May q happier fate
than the first omen indicated attend this Phn
nix of the wave. Nv
From the Council Bluffs BE- ola Inn