Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-10
New York Correspondence.

NEW YORK, Nov. 9Th.
Money Panic = Bulls and Bears--Oeu City
Party C0jorS-Caad. dateS-0aw Mayor Police
C'y tai Pa9Gce-Streak Of Human Noture-L-
literature RGcheE-Ihe dtreS, &C.
Money is power-knowledge don't amount TO
much. We take our hats off to money, and look
down upon knowledge. Money puts Its feet I'M
der our best tables, while we keep knowledge
waiting at the door Money kicks and buffets us
about, and we meekly submit If knowledge
makes modest suggestion, scout at it. "Put
money IN thy purse, said Iago; " Put money in
thy BRAIN" said Franklin. Iago is the man for
the times; Lagos precept is the rule in Wall st.
If the persons who do business in that locality
put their money in their brains, they must do
business on very small capital The premoni-
tOrysymptOms of little financial earthquake have
been felt the last week Some fears are enter
tanned Of financial crisis, and this, too in the
very midst of an abundance Of money, and the
most lavish prOfuslon OF all that is supposed to
make country prosperous. Money bites in Eu-
rope, and although in America we feel no pain.we
s4ueal- The news Of the rise in the rates of dis.
count by the Banks of England and France have
given stock fall We, who are neither bulls nor
bears ,canno' understand why the commercial see
saw lowers the stock of a Western Railroad bv
rise In the money rates Of the old world and this
too, at time when the very thing that caused
this rise IS the means of Increasing the business
OF the road to very great deg &c. The war
makes money scarce in Europe therefore il brings
~N+NA P'eN
visions our roads are put in requisition, aud our
farmers find ready cash price for their produce.
What. then, shall cause panic possessing aswe
do knowledge of these facts
The city is at this tine laboring under its an
nual fit Of insanity DOMINIC its cap and bells it
plays the mailman with wonderful precision I he
intelligent and independent soyereigns D rade the
streets daily with flags flying and banners waving
in he wind, and make night hideous with their
discordant yells and horrid noises as in'patriotc
imitation Of oDr venerable aucastore tha Ind;ans
they march through the streets with painted
faces, and tar light torches the different colors
are supposed by outsiders, to represent the differ
ent poll ical shades. Those who paint entirely
black are Republicans-no Slavery in the Terri.
tories-liberty men, bound to cast their votes for
Fred Douglass III use who paint one side black
and the other white, are supposed to be old line
Wings but others contend that they are Hard
shell Democrats, who expect favors from both
sides OF the line. The Temperance men are
known by their Of water colors The Softs
look very blue, with slight shade Of green under
each eye After the election, it is to be feared
that the " Soft" Shells will be reversed. The
Know Nothings are of an invisible green color.
WITH an occasional red mark of a triangular
shape. When the Irish see the triangle they put
the sign of the cross between them and itas thew
are AFRAID 1t has some connection g wild the ould
BOY The tusiOnists, mixing the water. coors
with brandy, cndeayor to blend all the various
shades into one, but the amalgamation orly forms
aA'Gl bIdls " nave so MANY candidates
and SO few voters, that unless each man votes for
himself there will not be enough to go around
Our Mayor Qong may he wave) has issued a
proclamation offering one hundred dollars reward
Tor the detection OF any person who either votes
or attempts to vote, Illegally. Some are willing
to bet beaver that he has been manufacturing
votes for the last three weeks notwitbstanjin
the proclamation. lie has also proclaimed maj
the Police must not take sides when the fobting
commences but eonhne their politics simply TO
deposlting their ballots and also when they see
disturbance, they must endrayor TO ouell n Tn
Police make bitter complaints against this latter
clause. IL is supposed that many Of them viii
resign. The idea of endeayorng TO ouell n d;s-
turbance never entered their heads before ANA
has been hitherto considered by them as no part
of their duty F"'
The Crystal Palace has almost become evoa
fact The extraordinary success of the Fair Of
the American Institute has established Inc hotia,
that exhibtltlons may be held in it withont beinc
doomed TO failure. The idea that nothing could
succeed IN me Crystal Palace kept many from
entering articles for exhibition who Afterwards
made application for admission. To aecommo.
date these the Fair will continue open nm II fnr.
ther notice The children Of the varUus schools
IN our city visit IN company with their teacners
aitef seeing the statuary, and paintings, and ma.
oeneiy, they collect around their teachers in one
OF the naYe'i and sing, after this they are per-
mlttea 70 wander about for a while 10 wonder at
what ihey consider tho most wonderful In a
place Ike the Crystal Palace, some curious stroaks
N human nature become apparent. For Instance
mere Is scarcely person VINO enters the building
That does not weigh himself or herself before
leaving There was an interesting contest be-
tween various scale companies, and since the
" Fairbanks" scale has been adiudged by the
committee 70 be the most correct there Is con-
tinued run upon them II 10 amusing to see with
what patience IN old woman will wait until some
lad has been weighed, in order TO hayeher tprn.--
Some queer specimens OF literature may be met
With IN tho Palace made of windows" For