Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-03
corrounondence ef,he virein.an.
The Dark Day Ct Reckoning Stolen Plumes--
socialism Idle Hands Dog HJax-Tiu'h
in ACCOMMODATED Literary etc. ems.


NEW Y"l:k, Dee -, lcJl.
A cloud has settled ever all our week Of r"J"ic-
ing. Misty clouds hang over Us, fos impene-
trnble is round about us. From this aud Other
cnuscs, the ,;ofhamites are gloomy. Of I'll" 'aeH
Of distress among the poor, yon have heard
enough. now comes the day Of reckon i"g''
the dreaded First of January, which brings CON
stcrnation 10 the hearts Of - hatd up slocuIa-
tors. Dreadful nppaItIuns of bills, long drawn
out with thousands offoigotten lteins,hariass th'
dreams of the debtor; and the creditor nervous
" -peculaes ON probable SchaY!efisms ana SUD
dem departure from justice. BY tie way II Is
said that schuyler and his iauiily have retired To
clcgant leisure ON the bank, Of the RHINE, having
purchased aud fitted up fine ditle ehnirhu'-
| Here the Prince of swindlcrs will probably be-
come nm object of general admiration andrcgard,
! n, the man who succeeded in swindilng the an
! KEGS Nothing will wholly deprive man "t at
| tcntion and respec, from certain e.ass, except
the loss of property. 70 be poor Is the greatest
of sins, at that tribunal. 1t is n pleasnrablc re-
lief to see few men using their gains with
moderate aud philanhropic spirit. Horace Gree
ley hn, probably made "A fortune from the New
York Tribune. He lives uptown in very small,
not cxpcnded upon palatinl residence, ana those
Of your readers who have had u glimpse at llor-
ace, can youch that they are moi invested IN ''pur-
pie and fine linen" Neither does he fare stump
tuously every day.
Starvation reduces people TO the consideration
Of first principles" The half furnishing ones
in our streets cannot be made 70 understanding
any course of logic, why one class should be per
mtted to revcl in OVERLOOKING luxury, while they
lack the very clements of life. II is good time
| for the seeds of socialism to take root and spring
up and there not wanting those WHO are eager
TO sow them Hunger is grent reyolutinni4rr.
! Soupkcttle arc provided in various parts of the
city, for gratuitous supply of the INDECENT. But
the soup don't seem to go down with the hungry
people, for the singular reason that it is very
thin One would expect it To go down all the
easier for that circums lance. 1t i snid that
there are now 10000 women out of employ in
New York City. How many men there may be,
no one knows. Ant thcr war with Mexico, or
even Russia would find no lack of recruits among
our ravenons population. 1t is II be hoped that
| the public works, moving the City Hall ruins,
md cutting Pork Place through Columbia Col
lcge Green, will be commenced, to afford employ
mcnt to the thousands of idle hands. If not
employed. Satan will soon fluid them work TO do.
| Louicra are abundant, and Park meetings, those
imbecilc, purposclcss gatherings, are better at
tended than usual. hoax played off N VIII
| Harrisburg the other day, brought 10 light the
| necessities Of the times. Some way advertised
for large black dogs to be brought TO the propre
tor Of II small theatre in WilliamSburgh the next
day. The manager was flooded with great black
dogs all day, till itnppcarcd as though everybody
had seized ON this opportunity to attempt TO get
rid of his dogs. Any quantity of the canine
race, of all sizes and qualities, might have been
bought dog cheap, in that vicinity. The theatre
manager was, of course, rather annoyed at being
the involuntary centre of such singular gath
crng.
1t is rumored that company of Missionary.
philosophers, styling themselves the 'Grcnt
Northwestern Zephyr Company having come
to the conclusion that the business at present
carried on at the City Hall buildings was of no
advantage to the public, and that the present oc-
cupants were rather ornamental than useful hp-
piled of late for that edfcc. They intended to
make use of it as II Museum of antiquities and
their reptiles were to be feed on the public boun-
ty, being nourished in the good liquors which tho
tca-room affords. After mature delibeIation,thc
CITY Fathers came to the conclusion that the
Zephyr Company could not be permitted the OK
elusive use of the Hall, especially the antigua
rinns were DESTROYS of preventing the Bell
ringer from pursuing his vocation during th' If
hours of learned investigation. Therefore, the
stock of this Company has fallen considerably
below par.
Amusements are rather slack, for his season
of the year. The Crystal Palace makes n faint,
expiring effort to attract few visitors before
closing. There is no music of note besides OPP
crns, Gris and Mario. The Dusseldorf gallery
attracts as of old; and Washington at the Ba' tie
of Monmouth, Lentze's last and great painting,
draws visitors in companies.
New books are being published, works of i'm
porance and works of exciting interest. But
books drug upon the market. When people
hardly can fill their mouths, they think little Of
spending the precious ore for mental provendrr.
So people that live by their wits will live hard
life this winter, if, indeed, they don't starve out
right, walk off the dock in despair. That last
cxpedient seems to be getting quite fashionable,
us II dernier resort. The dailies do not seem to
suffer much, comparatively. Advertising seems
to be brisk, and indeed is the best cure for hard
times. The Times employs twenty reporters
through the lecture season--the Tribune, | pre-
sumo, about many.
New York seems to have become a rendezvous
and starting point for all kinds of illegal expc-
ditions. 1t is said that twenty two slayers have
sailed out of this port during year past for the
truth ofthi cannot vouch Russian and Gu