Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-07-20
NUMBER 2lO.
AMERICAN ORGAN.
Correspondence.
New YoaK, July ls, 1855.

New YoRK, July Is, 1885.
Our city probably never was in just such con.
diton as at this time. Business Is almost entirely
suspended In every branch OF trade; the poor are
out of employment by the thousand and are al
most in a starving condition; dry goods dealers
are selling out by order Of assignees, and the gen
eral aspect of affaiTs Is gloomy enough. 1t is
mystery to me why ablebodied men will remain
here and live on charity, when the demand for Ia.
borers at the West is 80 great. Even at Roches.
ter in this State, farmers are paying 81 so per day
for good hands during harvest. And 30 1t Is
throughout the great West-the cry Is, send us
men to gather the harvest and they will be most
literally paid.
The prohibitory liquor law is dead letter. 0pin-
ions from eminent lawyers and judges accumulate,
all of which against the constutionality of the
law. The corresponding secretary of the Temper
ance Alliance has addressed letter TO the propri
etors Of the Astor House. inviting them to meet
the Alliance In the Supreme Court to contest points
Of law in the matter. The following Is the reply
to the secretary's note:
AsroR HousE,
New YORK, June II, 1865
Mr.. G. ]. WARREN-Sr: In reply to your letter
Of this date, have only to say that we are act.
ing under the opinion of eminent jurists, who be.
lieye the law which authorizes the seizure and de-
struction OF our property to be unconstitutional.
Confding in the wisdom and justice Of our judi
cial tribunals, and prepared, as law-d6iaing eiti
zens TO conform 10 their decision of This question,
we do not feel called upon to depart from the
course we adopted when replying to your formc,
proposition Very respectfully
COLEMAN " STgIsos
Until the enactment Of new law by the next
Legislature in relation to the liquor traffic, " free
trats" must be the order Of the day.
- We are to have monument to General Worth
AZ Iasf vhn I,,up Iast
with the Aldermen, TO adopt the PATTERSON plan
for the monuments and the location is to be on the
corner Of Broadway and Twenty third street, i'm
mediattl ly ut the west side of Madison square, and
opposite the Hippodrome. better location could
not be found in the CITY, and il the original plan IL
carried out, II will be great ornament to the
court end Of the town.
The fire marshal presented his second sen,i.an
nual report last evening to the Board of Council
men, from which 1t appears that during the siy
months ending May 8lst last, there have occurred
in this city 173 fires, 65 vi which were from In.
cendiarisln, and I03 by accident. Amount of LOSE
by these fires $s79,si9, insurance Sl,656,67o.
This shows decrease of 81 fires from incendiaries
and from accident, as compared with the previ
Gus six months.
From letter before me from passenger in the
steamship Ericsson, on her first trip across the
Atlantic, learn that the vessel gave entire salts.
faction to all on board The passage was made in
IA days and hours, which WAS us good time as
any one expected The average consumption Of
coal per day was about twenty-one TONS thus leay-
ing enough on board TO bring the vessel back. A
slight accident happened to her machinery, other
wise the passage would have been one or two days
less time.
We are to have a committee Of the Albany
Common Council visit us tomorrow; the object
in view is call on the health physician at Staten
Island, DR.. Thompson, who IL all Albanian. Mr..
Newton, proprietor of the North River Line, has
literally offered the guests free passage in one OF
his magnificent steamers, which offer has been ac.
cepted.
The thermometer at the present writing In the
Office where am, is 81 degrees, IL NJ, and under
such circumstances you viii receive this as an
apology for my shortcomings. 0McRos.