The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-01-20

sAA1n0Ax AOhNiN0s JANUARY 20, 1858.
kxrRAoRDrkARr SCENES 1. Nrw YoRx.-|
ssvsr vas such state Of things witnessed
\ the city Of New York a. at this time. A..
Gentleman Of Richmond who has just return.
d from the great metropolis Of the Empire
ltate, says that the vast multitude of un.
employed workmen and laborers of that
,ity. stimulated by the agrsrian doctrines
which their orators PROFOUND, are holding
he whole population Of New York. who pos.
'ess anything, in absolute fear and dread Of
hem. Many Of the wealthy people are in
such terror Of an attack. that they employ
guards in their houses to protect them and
their property in case of an outbreak. Many
Of the large stores 1--WE suppose the provision
storesl are guarded in like manner Other
and extraordinary means are adopted to con-
ciliate the excited and embittered multitude.
Several gentlemen of wealth. among them
Stuart Of the Marble Palace. and German
gentleman, Mr.. Lindenmuller. have each es-
tabhshed private soup houses, to stop the
fierce and hungry mouths which are clamor.
ing ON every side. 1t is said that Stuart sup
plies food to as many as a hundred persons
day. The rich of New York are contrib
sting freely, and money. they say, flows like
water. Go into close and hard hearted Wall
street, and ask for money for the poor, and
the strong box opens as if by magic, and out
comes the gold with perfect rush. But the
dispensation of bounty in New York, as i'll
France in the reign of Louis XVI, only in
creases the number Of applicants. There, as
in Paris, the famished crowd of the city is
increased by additions from the provinces,
and the poor and indolent of other cities are
hurrying to New York to join the multitude
which is fed there without labor.
1t is said that such opportunities of employ
ment as are presented are not embraced
by these men. An instance is mentioned
where five hundred men were offered work
at a distance of sixty miles from New
York, at dollar and half day, aDd no
one accepted the offer. The determination
seems to be that they will make the rich men
support them.
Our informant witnessed some demonstra-
tons of this Red Republican spirit. Ere
quently little crowds of the unemployed
gather at some point in the streets and are
addressed by one of their orators. Our
friend was looking at one of these crowds
when q gentleman drove by in splendid
equipage, who had formerly been a halter
and had retired from business. The orator
Immediately called attention to this person
"LoOk at that hatter," he said: ''he has
grown rich, not on his own labor, but on the
daily labor of you, .journeymen matters; and,
whilst you have made his fortune, you are
poor and in want of bread, and he is living
in ease. riding along in his splendid carriage,
and don't care d-n for you" Then he
pointed the crowd to splendid brown free
stone house. "Look at that brown stone
house," he exclaimed; "the man who lives
in it never worked day in his life. You
built it for him, and he is rolling in luxury in
it, whilst you, who built it for him, are in
poverty and want Such are the doctrines
which are daily sounded in hundred thou
sand ears in the city of New York.
One orator boldly proclaimed that the pre-
perry of the community ought to be taken
and equally divided among the people. The
next day an Irish friend of the orator met
him and congratulated him upon his speech.
"Ah," says Pat, land that was the true doc
trine ye gave US last night" "But, Pat"
said the orator, "since / have reflected more
on the subject, / think perhaps went too
far. For iftEe property was equally distrib.
uted, there are lazy people, who would not
work, and who would spend their money, DbL
ishly and between the Incidence of some, the
folly of others, and the overreaching of ras-
Gals, things would soonget back to their pres
ent situation. And what would we do then 2"
Make another distribution" shouted Pat
with an oath.
What makes the matter worse in New York
is, that the large charities which are now
given to propitiate the multitude, will soon
come to be considered as right, so that if
they should be withheld or even diminished
there will be danger of riot
The people OF New York may thank the
Red Republicans and some native dema.
gogues, and fanatics, among them the N. Y.
Tribune, for the present state of things. We
trust it will open their eyes to the fact that
their boosted free system is not without its
evils, nor slave institutions without their ad-
vantages.
New YORK STATE VALUATIoN.-The New
York Journal of Commerce says that the az.
gregste valuation ofthe real and personal es.
tate in the State of N. York for the year 1854,
Is o., 1864 l54,625; of which sl,Osl, 514,oa3 is
real estate, and s27e, 63s. ITO personal estate
Ofthe whole amount, $3.50, SIG, 2l2 of real es.
tate, and sl3l, 72l,a3s of personal, total
s4s2, 2a7 $780, is placed to the credit of New
York city. Kings county stands next
ss2, 1927, 1893 real, and eli, 300 PERSONAL
Then Erie county. s4o,775,s4O real, and
44,sa4,e4s personal. Then Westchsster, $685.
s,77a real. and s6.ss2.24l personal. Then
Monroe, s3l.s42.733 real, and s3,913,ol5 per.
sonal. Then Albany, s27, 5s5,os4 real, and
46.4l3,l3s personal. Then Rensselaer,, sal,.
ole. 47s real, and s7.sas,7e7 personal. Next
come OnOndaga, Orange, Ontario. Oueeps