New-York daily tribune., 1858-06-30

mount struck fJr higher wsges, and quit work. Coz
ton II So high and cottOn gOOds 10 l"w thhL these
po,r CREATURES are bord,ring on starvation. lhe
number in this city onnts to thousands. Iney
work f,nrtcsn hours n day 10 earn 81 70 ST week,
ard they cannot support their families on THIS.
Crowds of the,r poor creatures wero collected at
TIE corners baggard, pale, thin ard half faml,bed-
not bO's'srous or rampant, but ceJect+d and sad
1hey call for an increase of ~ per cent on tselr
pTes.Lt wages. ] mingled among group OF some
forty Of them around a tavern near FarmJunt lart
week aud talked with them for half an hour They
we're al Hi-buen. They demaudrd that the Gov
,rnuent .bou'd protect them in their labor. Alter
getting quite familiar with them veniured to m.
quiIe v hO they voted for at the lat Presidential
election. Thirty nine Of The forty had voted Tor
Buchanan yeI they could not comprehend how
that had been the means of bringing on their pres
ent distress. And thus IL s toe whole country over;
tie very Glars NEST t. be belefted by protection of
their labor, are the Willing victims Of the blind
erides ubo have crushed it out 20 sfHctnaily But
this class lie now cssribg away the fatal deluslOn,
and will vote very differently when the next occa-
sion ofers.
Alta quiet little straw berry festival the other day
While party Of w were indulglng III all nanaer vi
nr, ciual dn nqui,itons, put the question,
What il The chief end of banks Z" To this the
ai swrr was quickly given, ITO renew notes.
From this We diverged to Government jobs, espe-
cIally the seven new sleeps Of war authorized by
Congress. 1t was set down that the chief end of
tbi. appropriation to have two Of them built at
ibis Nav, Yard OF that Government needed them,
but that Tom Flor-Dce might be reelected to Con-
err.s! The Navy Yard is in his district; 1t en-
p,ys some reyen hundred men, moot Of whom have
votes, ~bi'e The rest can be made to II they have
not. The Yard has always been pet nursery OF
tle Democrats Tom shall have the credit of St.
curing The job Of building two sloops, and the seven
tunr red voters inside with their friends outside,
will be stJol enough to put bun through. Without
this costly sop Biz chance Of election is desperate;
th' re fore the sop must be distributed, cost what
may The delay of giving out these Vesseis 70 DC
built is mere sham. Their pisces 81 cons.rucuoh
are alJesty decided OIL; but the thiLg 70 De 10
managed as n,ako IL appear great Feat that TWO
were ;, eur, for Pbilsdrlphia, and this astonishing
perfornia ce il 10 be the peculiar merit Of TOm-all
which will be- duly made apparent in the columns of
the Democratic organs here But the bait will be
found insufficient. This plant tool of the Admins
traion is doomed 10 certain defeat.
am cot old enough 10 remember the days of
J.heIsons embargo, and how it desolated the
wbaIve- Ofttis city, making the very grass TO grow
on most Of them. But though no sUch blight is nov
Upon them yet the action Of the Government, exer-
csed BY ipdIeciOD, has prOstrated our wh"ie ship
ping interest The Reading Railroad Companys
immense landings are piled up with coal bat nobody
wants to purchase if. No cro"d Of shipping s seen,
IA 10 former years. waiting their turn for cargocs
W"rknen are idle by hundreds, and everything
within the coal atmosphere is depressed. The Ken-
siI gton sbpysrds are employing but few hands,
mort of whom are merely repairing old vessels
Some one or t~O Of the master builders are con-
structiug vessels of moderate size, in the hope of
finding purchasers when fnished. A steamer for
Cuba, u coa'tiog propeller, pleasure boat for
wealthy merchant, and ferry boat to ply between
this and Camden, are ABOUT all the ordered work
low on the stocks. Such stagpation at our ship
J ards is a very unusual thing. Many work knen are
entirely idle, and many more would be 30 had not
employers created employment by building on spec.
ulstIoi. This brauch Of industry has gloomy
rrosp.c CT before it for the coming Winter.
The political campaign was opened In New-Jersey |
]skt w.tk Iull fur mObtbs earlier than usu j, by
the Copprt ssioDal nominations in the First District,
at pIettnt repre-eDted by DR.. Clawson A CONVEX
ticn called BY The straigh americans, net at
Salem bud tuned up with large majority OF FIJI
more men IN il, who rrpadated The straight ouers
lib nrdisguised Lesrtintss. On the dl.covery that
the latter were in The minority, they ur:hwi'h boed
ard set up for themselves ending with nominating
Mr. John II. Jones for Congrss. The other portion
of tie Crnys ntiun reIaiDed and unanimously nOml-
mated John +. Nix,n. simultaneously with these
mo, ements, Il Peoples Convention, embodJing all
shades Oi Opposiiion had assembled at Sal-m, which
xll0 nominated Mr.. Nixon VITO entire unanlmity.
Mr. Nixon thus CONES into the CANVAS 30 exteD.
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ubcb tIe District confirms, as tn leave but little
doubt of bis election over all competitors. tie IS
LAWYER If exalted standing, i'll the prime oi lie,
distinguished for bis amiable character and capt-
yst,ne address, a time -bonOred Wbg and Repub-
licar, and " i'll be certain to represent New-Jersey
not only worldly but brilliantly. His friends, rs
we'll ns th, friends Of the treat now at Issue
before the nation, determined to leave no Effort
u1,rjed to insure bis success. But the contest IN
tL. District Will be- watched with intense interest
not only in w-Jcrsey but by Republicans through
Ou' the county.
D.alh has been suddenly busy among our well
kpowp citizens within the last t~o days. On Sa.-
urday died Joseph H. jerks, 81 years DID, mem.
Der Of the Society of Friends, and the Oldest Hour
merchant 10 the city. tie leaves large es1a1e
s,nnDg biz Oh idren. 90 Sunday morning the Hon.
job X. Tyson died If typhoid fever, in his 5oth
yssr. Mr.. Tyson was a lawyer in excessive p'ac-
ticr. an author If considerable fame, and hut re-.
ceutly represented this city in Congress-. The same
d.y ai. Robert T. Conrad, aged so. Mr.. Conrad
v az i,nmerly IN the bench Mayor OF the city and
file d other stations of public importance. Ills lit
trsIy requirements were varied and extensive, his
txlents OF the most brilliant order; his eloluence
* t,d,d that of any raU among Va, and il would
s.tmss il no station would be denied hun tn which
be u.i.ht have arpired, bad he not unfortunately
sacrificed to the bowl the most honorable career
Which ever opened ON human ambluOn. These
tbr.e destbs come suddenly 90 our community.
While death is thus making havoc among the dig
nitsries Of city, the religious revival very prop
erl, eces on qu ey it rs true, hut not the less fer
v-nty. The Young Mems Christian Association
has accomplished great work during the past few
mob h. Ii has bestowed iDcessant labor among
the members Of oil our Numerous hre companies,
md in q apy caes with the m"st encouraging RESULT.
he reformation wrought in the conduct ana whole
hfe Of s.me Of these companies IS remarkable.