The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-10
THE EFFECT OF THE REvULsION ON THE
SHIPPING INTEREST.

THE EFFECT OF THE REVULSlON On THE
SHIPPING INTEREST.
One OF reporters visited the docks in tho lower part
Of the city, and had conversations with large number OF
Hevedorss and men usually employed sghtius and
unloading vessels There are probably OF this clau -
many thousand afeen hundred, who look 70 their
dy labor for the support OF themselves and families Of
these not hundred ss prcsen, employed, the amount
OF shipping busnsss having been constantly The de-
cline for month until nov, when scarcely anything
being done. Bat viii ei them te their uory. Of
ashed,-
How II II with your work.
Ayswn-n Ia bad-very bad There ID but one OF our
working where there onghi 10 20 ten twenty The
merchants have nearly all bursed bursting and there
go1da 10 be shipped and ships 70 bo unloadei
You would think 10 Suncsy ~ you walk along the
docks. within three four boi there n least hrce
ftcen horses standing where short time since all were
at work
ArsvR-1 don't kno~ exactly. Il is hard 70 say, bui
there 10 awful lot or them
Rrrosrn -Dl you ever have regular emr yncu, or
Asswm-some few ase their chances but the majority
have been emp'o, ed by merchants. when engaged for
,lmes vees for In. goods or ne vessel % .ve We
mako, N buslners brisk and n demand nine
or ten dollars week bot NO cannot get work much
than half CT the time whom there IL the amount
Juss N this moment q rang OF perhaps twenty steve
W
OF the pier and vhch had sbor, time before arrived
said he, There goes gang-lt 10 . rare Ing 70
see gang Of men goipg 70 work. I have the ums
10 ~ork-sometimcs three four on one dock y
RSpoRrn-Wha kind OF freight do you attend toi
Avww-The -four business There IA nono coming in
for when The merchants send mp Into the country
-four they cans get wi,hou, the cash, whlca ,hey says
not rot
RErouIR-wbs are you going TO do2
Ansver-l do not hnow what 10 do. used 70 b, oftcn
urea o. smnne' leaeroay earned eleven cents, but
n EWF IA MnAw -k. 49,
ne, made dollar Tor two ~eeKs
keetnr another We asked him the same question; his
answer WAS" Starvation for some OF us II something
don't turn mp pretty soon /, help u.s.
Another replied that he should 20 soc, while many
expressed determination 10 enlist. Grou or from i've
70 thirty we're stre, lying and standing on every block
along The Est river nde besides large numbers lounsng
about the piers.
one ofem said DOM mean 70 ssavyes 90 long a. there
plenty Of bread 70 eat but earning only dollar
Most Of our live in ,he Fourth aud Seventh wards
snd many cf M nov do no, We are gong 70 i've
through next week Thipp are alreaiy about ~ bad ~
possible"
party Of grain fresh,er we're lying on one Of the
docks, little fsrther down. Thcy were doing nothing,
they said, becAuse ne grnn comnr the oaual-
might ~ ven be closed. Said one, "whas NO going
70 dtY 1nath The question. Business 10 coming 70
awful crisis. mis- Union never experienced such times
nnc engaged In commerce. has grovu from infancy
70 manhood, and nov this revusion vii knock back
been much merchandise received In sy weeks ss came
In on two days last rear n tets time The trouble with
Nov York 10, that We dd have spring-ve expected
70 have surr,N, but when summer came the cass was
smQ esy and but ttle grain could come through
doui behevu We have sent the right kind Of msn 70 Al
bsny End That they are Interested in the Contra Railroad
whenever there vas prospects Of soirg anything the
breaks while this they been corrsut Place.
tnst never supposed could have bYuks have
way, and me 1rg and short Of he mater mai We c)1.