The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-01-10
1 Correspondents Of the Ashland Union.I
FROM NEW Y0RK.
NEw Yong. Jan. /. 1855.

New YoRx, Jan. !, 1855.
A cloud has settled over all our week
Of rejoicing. Misty clouds hang over
us, fog impenetrable is round about us.
From this and other causes, the Gotham
ties are gloomy Ofthe tales of distress
among the poor, you have heard enough;
now COMES the ebay of reckoning" the
dreaded first of January, which brings
CONSERVATION to the hearts of "hard
up speculators. Dreadful separations
of bills, long drawn out with thousands
of forgotten items, harass the dreams OF
the debtor and; the creditor ~aervously
speculates on probable Sehuylerisms and
sudden departures from Justice. BY
the way, it is said, that Schuyler aud his
family have retired to elegant leisure on
the banks of the Rhine, having purchas.
ed and fitted up a fne little chateau
Here the Prince of sMindlers probably
will become an object of general admira-
ton and regard as the man who succeeded
nswind ling the Yankees. Nothing viii
wholly deprive a man of attention and
respect from a certain class, except the
loss of property. To be poor is the
greatest Of sins at that tribunal. It is
q pieasurable relief to see q few men
using theife gains with as moderate and
philanthropic spirit. Horace Greeley,
has probably made a fortune from the
New York@Tribune. He lives up town
in very small, though very comfortable
style. His funds are not expended up
on a palatial residence, and those of your
readers who have had a glimpse at Hor-
ace, can vOuch that they are not invested
ia e pHrpic and fine linen. " Neither
does he fair sumptuously every day.
Starvation reduces people to the CON-
sideration of FIRST principles" The
half furnishing ones in our streets can
not be made to understand, by any course
of logic, why one class should be per
mitted to revel in overfoving luxury,
while they lacktheyery elements of life.
1t IS a good time for the seeds of Social
ism to take root and spring up, and there
are not wanting these who are eager to
SOW them. Hunger is a great reyolu-
tionizer. Soup-kettles are provided in
various parts of the city, for g~ratuitous
supply of the INDECENT. But the soup
don't seem to go down with the hungry
people, for tho singular reason that it is
very thinl One would expect it to go
down all the easier for thatcircumstanee.
It is said hat there are now 80, eco wo-
men out of employ in N. York city. How
many men there may DO, no one knows.
Another war with Mexico, or even with
Russia would find no lack of recruits
among eur ravenous population. 1t is
to be hoped that the public works, NOV
ing the City Hall ruins, and cutting
Park Place through Columbia College
Green will be commenced, to afford en-
ployment to the t~housandsef idle hands.
If not employed, Satan will soon find
them work to do. +oafefsare abundant,
and Park meetings, those imbecilc, pur-
poseless gatherings, are better attended
than usual. A hoax played off in
Williamsburgh the other day, brought
to light the necessities of the times.-
Sesae wag advertised for large black
dogs to be brought to the proprietor of
small theatre in Williamsburgh the next
day. The manager was flooded with
great black dogs all day, till it appeared
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
center of such q singular gathering
ADJUSTMENTS are rather slack, for this
season of the year. The Crystal Palace,
makes a faint expiring effort to attract
a few visitors before closing. There is
no music ofnote beside Opera Gr:si and
Mario The Dusseldorf Gallery attracts
As Of old and Washington at the Bat
tleef Monmouth, Lentze, last and great
painting draws visitors in companies.
New books are being published, works
Of importance and works, of exciting
interest. But books are a drag upon
the market, when people hardly can al
their mouths, they think littleof spend
ing the precious ore for mental proven.
der. To people that live by their wits
will live a hard life this winter, if in
deed, they don t starve outright, or walk
off the dock in despair. That last ex'
pedient seems to be getting quite fash.
ienable, as a dernier resort. The dailie.
do not seem to suffer much comparative
ly.. Advertising seems to be brisk, AND
indeed is the best cure for hard times
The Times employs twenty reporters
through the lecture season--thO Tribune
I presume, about as many.
New York seems to have become
rendezvous and starting point for al
kinds of illegal expeditions. 1t is sale
that twenty-five slayers have sailed oui
of this port during a year past for thu
truth of this I cannot youch. Russian
and Cuban expeditions abound. Twt
vessels left here some time since armed