Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-17
Correspondence Of tie Richmond Enqnrsr.l


They were authorized to board and inspect every
vessel and charge both for the vist and Tor adver-
Using, aud also to exact one halt oil one per cent on
all sales of damaged goods made by auction. some FIX
or eight wardens were appointed, come of whom
we're relatives OF Gov. King, aud DINERS cizens OF
Staten Island and Brooklyn. Ii Is supposea that 'her
income for doing what is mesanrat'y unnecessary
amounts to from $4,000 to sl2 'Ou each per annum
The Legislature also depriS the CITY OF the rlgut
10 appoin, ts police comr ssioners Also, OF the
| liberty TO appoint it's Cenraf rk commissioners ana
commissioners to build CT, Hall, and transferred
their appointment from the -ope OF me CITY 10 me
| Governor and his Black K, ubcan friends of the
Legislature. These officials ere OF course selected
| from the Black Republican ks, some ot whom dld
not reside in the city, while Il people are called upon
TO pay them large salariee 'r doing just What they
| please, which is little or nothing.
! This is not all. We find the Governor and his lie
glslsture picks up Black Republican political doctor
from the interior, and makes hun resident physician
or health officer AT quarantine OF TINS port The parry
give him to understand that They want money for the
fsll election The merchants must supply it. They
are generally Democratic; therefore, they must be
punished. =, nj,
Dr. Thompson and bic crew, aided by other Black
Republican officials, raise exaggerated reports about
the yellow fever from Cuba and other points Tney
get up panic under the cover OF which they can rob
the merchants They compel all vessels coming from
Cuba with sugar, mossses &c, to anchor in the open
roadstead, in The lower bay.
When anchored in the lower bay, they compel them
to employ such laborers they choose to send them.
at nearly double the amount ordinarily paid. The
copsgnees Of the sugars are also compelled to employ
the lighters sent them by Thompson q Co., al nearly
double the usual fees 10 take the cargoes out OF the
vessels and bring them up the city. In fact il costs
about much 10 bring hogshead OF sugar from the
lower bay to city warehouse, as it would 10 get II
from New London, or from Boston, But what does
Thompson g. Co or the Black Republicans care Tor
all this Does il not pitiah their ro'''ira money
chest and punish New York, her merchants and peo
plef A large number OF lgh'ermen and laborers,
| hitherto engaged in such work, have been thrown
out of employment, and strangers OF a Certain pa
| liticai faith, mostly employed in their places
Ii is estimated, by souud udg-s, that the revenues
gathered by Thompson g. Co., through their Quaran
tine operations, will not amount to less Than from
800 900 TO Sl50,0U0 for the present year large
share of hs OF course is to 20 into the Black Re-
publican political chest, 10 be employed in perpeua
ting their plans of aggression upon the ctzens and
merchants OF New York city. We know of no other
city under the sun whose people would submit long
10 such extraordinary laws aud regulations.
Gerrtt Smith, before remarked, has consented
TO become the abolition and temperance candidate
for Governor. This decision his part has sorely
troubled the Black Republican organs. Mr. Smith
ha defined hs position, and signihed his acceptance
in letter of two or three columns in length lie IL
hard customer Tor the Blacks 10 manage. When in
Congress, he frequently rebelled against their dcta-
ton, nd occasions, acted so independently,
IA to be considered against them, than for them
he resides III Madison county, where no owns III III
rpense body OF inherited land, being man of im.
| rnense wealth His county, in former times, was
strongly Democratic. and remained so until the SIla-
Wright and Van Buren, detection. OF late years, Mr.
Smith has carried it in his breaches pocket. The
aboltioDiss have, at different times. bled him very
freely. If We recollect right, he had some wv oVO
bail 10 pay to get of them cut OF limbo in Mary
land, for his agency in attempting To run Oh negroes
We believe that he also spent Inouey freely to help
another chap out of limbo on a similar charge III
Washington.
He offered to give away considerable portion of
his wild lands, 10 the blacks for colonization 10 b-
sure they were of poor quality and not liked By the
whites
black colony was commanced; bu Smith soon
found out that they in great many cases. lazy
aud ,hrtess aud annoyance to the whites near
them. SoDe Ut them coon lett, HDd returned 10 The
hauus OF towns and cities, where Inenia employment
could be found suited TO their capacities and dispos
tons.
Smiths black colony, has not for long time, been
though, Ut. The leaders of the Black Republican, do
not care f. for Smith, or his abolition eccentrci,es,
bur they do not wish TO lose his material aid III The
form Of mauy Contributions, or the abolition vote oi
the State.
The Atlantic Telegraph continues to occupy large
share OF public attention. and ali In breathless
anxiety to learn that tho messages OF the Queen and
Mr. Buchanan have been interchaDged. Ii success-
fully and practically worked it will be OF the
dsrs of the world and the greatest event of the nine
teeuth century. Its effects will be most decided, on
the newspaper press Of the country and upon com
mercial pursuits In some cases it may operae inju
rously but, in the main, its induence upon civza'
ton aud human progress will he favorable.
The vi this city who took IN active part IN III
auguratng measures which have led TO the final sue
cessfu result Peter Cooper Moses Taylor, Wilson
&. Hunt, Chandler White and Cyrus W. Field, all
men Of experience and capital. Peter Cooper is now
over Gu years of age, email in statue and rather thin
but with an inteec ua and benevolent face, aud reg
ular formed head. From some defect Ofeyesght be is
compelled TO wear spectaces all the time. lie ls
native of the city of New York and has risen by III
nent position, from respectable but humble parent
age.
At one time we believe, during the revulsion Of
1897, he came very near being utterly ruin ed, and
from which he rescued by Gibson Lee another
successful and clever sefmade man. who united with
one or two other friends and lent him their credit until
he was enabled 10 .1trcae himself This services they
voluntarily renderedMr. Cooper, from this conviction
that he an honest man, who had to some extent
been eDsnared and involved / rogues and specula
tors His large fortune has b. a chiefly made in The
iron business, and the arm of Cooper Hewitt, 1.-THE
latter his son.n law, whom he brought up from very
humble position) ID we'll known over the country
Their extensive works on tho Delaware near Tren
tou and also at PhiIlipsburg. They spent i'm
in contriving machinery for rolling iron
beams for buildings 20 as II render them bre proof
and afterwards took heavy Government contracts for
supplying iron beams for public buildings in Wash
ington, by which they made !arga sums OF money. |
They have also supplied similar beams for large and
expensive buildings in this city. During all this time
MIR. Cooper has had III operation large glue store in
John street, New York. He, with characteristic |
good common determined 10 build his monument
before his death, aud has accordingly, at cost of
over $30000O erected superb building, composed
chiefly Of brown stone and r0n at The angle Of the III
and 4th Avenues, which he calls THE UNION" This
magnificent structure, he has dedicated TO the cause
Of popular and free education in practical science |
and the fine arts to be illustrated also by popular
of free lectures In other words he has estab
shed il n sort Of tree Polytechnic school, for the
nf tha aanfp nd fufn fIl US
therefore, the fit person to be- the President OF the
Ocean Electric Telegraph Company.
To the alarm and sympathy OF hls friends, he came
very near losing his life by the National Hotel disease,
which be contracted while in Washington, in March, |
1857. We know Of no man who is likely TO leave be- |
hind him more enviabe reputation than Peter Coop
He is 80 plain in his dress and manners that le
might bs mistaken for Quaker. BY nature and
habit he is thoroughly democratic; but having labor
ed ardentiy for reform in city government, and
not having received I'd thorough and sufficient CO.
operation from the Democratic leaders IA he desreG,
he was rather inclined 10 20 with the King party in |
the late State election. His son Edward Cuop-r) is |
sterling and consistent Democrat and fills The re-
sponsbs office OF Street Commissioner with distin-
guished honor and Usefulness.
Moses Taylor, a director in the ocean telegraph |
company, ia another remarkable man. He too, i
believe, ia native Of the city Of New York, OF |
humble, but respectable origin. He commenced his
commercial career book keeper, and then sales
man IN respectable and influential South street |
house, cuBhSeu VitHy III tUo OuUd Uhuo, dS import
ing and commission merchants. He soon displayed |
unusual Abilities and adapedness for business pur
suits. His services became valuable to his employers
After having served his probation an employee,
he proposed that the house should admit him n
partner. To this they hesltaed. Mr.. Taylor imne. |
dist-y proceeded to select store and stick up his
own "shngAe,' with an offer for business The house
getting wind of this, sent for him and offered 10
admit him into their house when he replied "gentle
meu you are too ate," and left. His since ha.
been remarkably successful. He hiss transacted All
immense business aud become very wealthy. He Is
the greatest business known TO the annals Of |
trade IN New York While this, and the other crisis, |
or panic, has swept down merchants by hundreds, |
Masas Taxnr's credit III all