The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-17
Our Tennessee Correspondence.

RussrL,nLE Jefferson Co., renr., Jan. s. 1855.
Hints for Unemployed MechantcsDemand for Labor in
7ennessee-Ltst of Trades IN Reqaes.-IVa3es Rent,
Bcard, Charges and Cost Of Trarei-Price Of Real
observation-disclosures for Capitalists.
though not subscriber to your far famed and extern
svely perused paper, am nevertheless, through the
kindness of city friend, a reqneut reader OF it.
aatter my sslf that phanthr has not less to do
in pr, mptng his Communication than laudabie desire
70 promote the growth and -vancrment OF this, my
State with licn nature has dealt bounteou sly and
nggardly and, If il should not seem Objectionable
should like 10 occupy place in the columns OF the
herald, which, peraaventore, may prove productive
good TO of your millions OF readers as the re-
.rated Ct such terrible slaughters that Of
tie bloody Inkermann.
In reading OF the almost unprecedente suffering among
the laooring classes of our large Cites with wa'ch the
columns OF the newspapers repete, the advantage
afforded by last tennessee to aborers and Others forc
by suggests itself my mind. Here the demand for
labor is greater than the supply. In this town few
mt cbancs Of almost every trade suited TO country
TOW ms. would fLd cheap living and remu1eatve prices
l,bor We need tanners, shoemakers taiors, black
smiths carpenters, mason &C. Several persons Of each
Of the abuve yocatons would lind ample employ
ment.
Ma erai is cheap, house rent, land, boarding, &c
Poard may be had at from to two dollars per week
The last figure the highest price demanded at the best
houses oysters and may not be found but
instead thereof golden butter am rich Tx fresh
from the spring house, good wholesome breai and
meat with such fowls and vegetables as the country
Hnounds in,
oar (wheat) here sells at from SO 80 10 SO per cwt
lndlan meal &c., usually zoe to SIC p.ra this
at bs-(the price Of this article AMI bacon Is very
lating it Is igher this than It has been for
several )-bacon now commands 7c-that Is, last
years potatoes IS to S. eggs be per doz hey some
,mes sell for &c. per doz chickens &C turAeys at
from 2s b0c ducks loo piece; geese 25c beef at
from 2h G. 10 &C. per pound batter SC. l0c.
I'VE smiling As the sixth part OF dollar, l. g.
le4c) The prices OF some OF the articles above men
toned higher this year than usual men toned oy
way OF parenbesis Though steadily INCREASING in price
facilities for trapspora ion increase, and con sumption
at home becomes greater, yet in consequence OIL the
short crops aet season. owing the drought the prices
Of articles at least 20 per cent higher THAI
su.I
Nor IL the demand for laborers confined to This town.
is scarcely village in East Tennessee but what
woul the average afford employment to one or swo
additional mechanics 10 each the trades Houses
and ots may be rented in mos, o. towns AZ COM
pHratively the same rates in this, (where se
Lott with ana without Improvement may be purchased
nj from $50 h. $500 The last sum would purchase
e log frame dwelling, with from one quar-
ter Of an acre TO two and three acres Of ground.
The Eastern Tennessee snd Virginia Railroat which Is
being graded and depot OF which will be esa alb
sheo in this mmed ate vicinity would furnish employ
ment to several bundeds OF toe NAL contents In New
lort The greatest difficulty experienced by the con
tractor on se route Is the procuring OF hands rhey
give liberal TO, when considering the compara-
tive cheapnesr of living. They pay common shoveer
collar per diem, and OF the hands get 81 %
One may Iuppose live comfortably here on one fourth
the they had necessary to su bst on IN Gotham
The cost IL reaching here from New YORK would be TO
about SO, perhaps less One vi our merchants
went New York last year, via Cincin-
nu for S2s aud he took dst class tickets put up at
the hest hoascs &c. though Of course Re could not
have stopped hong at any place The quickest route,
perhaps would b. via Chsri ston = c. cheap and
safe one via Philadelphia, Baltimore M;hnoni,Va (or
yuchbutg or winchester) wythyills Ab,n Ston Va,
blountsyile, Tenn, &c From Charleston ~ouii come
through Georgia. 10 Chattanooga, Rockville Tenn, sc,
Eastern Tennessee offers peculiar advantages To the
capttGst-the energetic captaist We need IN liz ani
machinery. W. have m abundance OF water power,
perhaps rarely equaueA in tie world AMI the machinst
~ the advantages this natural power possesses
over am Ugh thing, &c. We have beds OF
iron aud oher valuable ores 10 when the attention Of
people lee but receatly ben called Our schools,
too all pare lavo,ably with aoy in Ne Engl,ni,
aud offer advantages Ia pernniary and moral point of
view the eucat OF cNdren scarcely surpassed in
the Northern states aud perhaps un. iaed the 30 9TH
West would particularly refer TO the SCHOOLS at
Rogersyille, Cretnfe, nd Jon-sboro'. The p,ctur-
es4ue scenery heahfh cl mate pure water, and fertile
soil Of Eastern Tennessee are prov.roiaf
Our rivers abound With the hsh, our mountains with
game and yet free Of The Iuiiau the hur.ful
vile beast an The reptile These things DOLLY known
10 the memories Of fathers and handed 10 vn e.
by tradition, with many soul stirrnz legeni OF the
lane Of Crockett AMI Jackson's early life.
RAILROAD COLLISION AT BKocKPoRr.-While the
he pDt usio on the Niagara FAILS and LockpoS
Ra lrosd was siandirg a. Book ors, on Saturday,,
sp tnigrsny train came rushiag along and rs0 iato
the IND OF the freixht aran, injurng three
petscns-one 81 them fatally. The engineer Of the
sngrsnt trzia supposed the other 70 ne on toe
swift n and psssrg on, ran completely thr ugh tue
oar OF the freight train, making complete wreck
OF II. James K THOMPSON, bate Collector OF this
pert, Ia among tire Albany argus, Jan. Is.