Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-10-24
THE CRISIS.
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How the Trades ARE a Geeied By she Tine
The New York Times each day complies
most interesting account Of the way in whie
the crisis' has and is affecting all department
ofiadustry. We copy FROM the Times of Wed
nesday last;
DAGUFEREoTTPIsTs.
The Business Directory gives the names Q
ninetv-three daeuerreotypisis in New York
This list embraces the Phot9graie.ls'' ilaI.ots
pists AmbrotvpiStS, CTystalotypISts, and IN
great family Of names besides, which mean De
guerreotypists, with difference in The style
A visit to number Of establishments yester
day and conversation with their pToPriet0rS
revealed tie fact tllat The present monetary crl
Il. has affected their interests, class, very
disastrously. The proprietor of one of the lar
gcst broadway establishments, when iirs; asked
how the hard times told upon his business an
sxered decidedly, "Smashed it all TO thunder'
But when told that we wished the information
to publish, he modified the reply
HOW TUE CRISIS AFFECTS THE ARTiSTs-
We knocked. Yesterday, at the door Of several
of our most noted artists, (portrait and land
scape paiutcr,S) to enquire IN friendly way
how the Hard Times affected them 10 the ma
jority Of our applications there was no ansW q.
received. Doors locked key removed, aud only
the echoes of our knuckleS within the studio IN
dicatcd the actual state Of affairs. This was
mostly the case with the portrait painters. Men
cannot afford to sit for their portraits just now
or iEthcy can afford it, they haTnt tune OF Il
they have time, they havu't patience " men
man Is anxious to hear abont stocks TO SIT ioF an
hour 10 a pairter is ike being in the StocES.-
And as artists generally cannot hourish Dy palht
ing their own portraits, portrait painters, al
[ rrIsent can only-in their freedom from occu-
IIratiun-portray the stagnation which has fallen
mon a very elevated branch of most noble
nIt Among landscape painters there was more
activity. We found three of them hard atwork,
expanding the canvass for the next May cXhi-
bition, the sketches of mountain, river and sea.
coast scenery, which they had taken from nature
during the past Summer. Having nothing to do
besides, they wisely did what they could and
kept their time employed, thus gaining reputa-
ton and money for the future, while they saved
their present current funds. For no man spends
money so freely and uSeieSsly as perfectly idle
man.
BoARDrxG HousEs.-Is boarding and lodging
TO be any cheaper this Winter? is question
which is being daily asked, probably by thous-
ands Of keenly interested persons. In the first
place. the mechanic asks 1t, looking towards his
wife and children. and wondering whether he
can procure bread for them, for he is out Of en-
playinent, and sees bat n slight chance of get
ting any thing tn do. Tho clerk S"sitntcs the
subject and gioomily irnagines the aspect of his
Iandladv. when he tells her that he is compelled,
in common with his employers, to suspend pay
ment The book-keepers and confidential let
ter-writers Of the large firms. Wh0, more fortu-
nate than thousands of others, have not been
deprived Of employment, but only curtailed in
their salaries, are very curious in the matter
Are New York boarding houses to reduce thei
terms?
Whatever NAV he done in the future, there
is little movement to that end ut present. Pe0-
pie with vacant apartments, but with all mod
ern convenieuces." and every accommodation TO
match. are, in some instances, offering induce
mentS slightly under the usual rates, TO gentle
men and thcir wives for 4 peTmancncy, respec-
table references required of course. But, at the
utmost, not more than five per cent nfsuch cas-
es are TO he heard, Of The landlords or land
ladvs house is takenat n certain rent until May
next, and the hOuse-Owner does not believe in q
criss-that is, lie is deaf to ali propositions for
lowering his rent. Consequently, the boarding.
house keeper cannot reduce the rent ct his or
her ROOMS to individual boar'lcrs. And talk to
me. " saws Mrs -. (any Loarder may fill up
the blank ''Of reduction in provisions-fOuI
cheaper, potatoes cheaper, and sugar cheaper
don't find it so. When I go 40 market, my
purse comes back as empty rs it did six months
ago They ask as much for beef, mutton, pork,
poultry and fish as they did before the what-d'ye-
call 1.-THE panic. But one thing do know {:
NV Young men-p, rhaps because they can't
stop in, as they used to do, and take plate of
oysters, raw or roast,-cat a great deal more
than usual Reduce board, no, Sir, we must
raise it
There is no badinage in the foregoing. Board
ing-hOusc keepers are il quandary. \ few,-
their number is Gerry small,-think of reduction,
as one or two of the hotels have done, which re-
GuctiOn of course will not tend to augment the
magniiicencc Of the Thanksgiving Dinner, in
November, but will most assuredly lead TO di
urnal thinner slices, and frOwn ON the unlucky
wight who sends his plate second time for
meat. The boarding-houscs which do not re-
duce. will go on much as usual, will, perhaps
be little liberal in pudding, but will Keep Il
siIaT - IUUI fUr T,h"otu"l VvO"iN. x element
Many of them win have many dufIlcators before
the winter is closed.
COACH AND CARRIAGE MAKERS
There are some eighty establishments in thi,
CITY concerned in the manufacture aud sale o
carriages, employing in the aggregate an i'm
mensc capital, aud furnishing work to at leas
five thousand hands The largest snlcsroom
are to be found on Broadway, but the work
shops and warcrO0mS are scattered in all tliTec
tons The heaviest concerns have manuiacto
ries in Bridgeport, New Haven and other place
in Connecticut as well as in this city, wher
nearly all have also workshops for repairing
putting the carriage together and packing then
for shipment The carriages made in Ncy
York are sent TO all parts of the United States
the Cauadas. West Indies, Mexico and Sout
America: and they may also be seen, any day
in tine streets of Paris, London and St Peters
burg. FirSt.class coaches of French construC
ton are also to be seen mixed with those of Gu
own manufacture at some Of the salrsrooms, i
Broadway, which fall below the New York VI
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