New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-07

A model Democrat. who writes from this Ci'y 10
The Richmond Enquirer, thus toreshsdo"sa grave
evil which he supposes about 10 betsil the Free
States:
"The diversion of immigration TO Australia from
Great Britain will ere long, tell strongly upon the
Fr.e sbor mal ket of the Northern States. Hitherto
the Free States have depended chlehy upon iielauu
for labor, both male and female. The diversion Oh
Ir n crn,on 70 Ar sraa together with the INDUCE
ments 10 remain at home, by the improved condition
Of the country beginning 10 tell severely upon tho
labor market Of the Free States The question OF
snppy of labor viii, long. become an embarrassing
one 10 the people OF the North 10 II mas long ocou "
the planting States Of the South.
"New-York already suffers on this account, anu
respectable families find great difficulty In supplying
themselves with suitable servants. Ana lnat iady Is
the most fortunate who has the knowledge, inc con-
s,i,rtion health and the will and, l might ado, the
INDEPENDENCE To do a. least large share OF her house
hold work and teach ignorant, arrogant and exactins
servants that she is not helplessly dependent upon
their services and be none the less the lady On tAa'
account
This correspondent must be very i'll informed
Instead of being embarrassed, or Likely 10 be- from
desrth of lsborers, our real difficulty is OF an ex
actly opposite kind. Our City almost always ana
the whole North at present. swarms with laborers
who can find no work. We believe there are TINS
day Fifty Thousand persons in this City and ITS
suburbs yainly seeking work. Some OF them do
not seek Alright; but We hsve lived here over
twenty-seyen years, aud believe there have been
thousands of able men and women anxlously look
ing for employment throughout at least eleven out
Of every twelve months of that period. And the
prospect il that there will be not less than One
Hundred Thousand persons yainly seeking work
throughout the greater portion of the ensuing VIM
ter. We shall never live 10 see the day when any
person wanting laborers in any ordinary capscity,
being able and willing TO pay them fairly, cannot
fnd them in abundance in this City.
There is some truth in the complaint above
quoted as 70 the character Of domestic servants
hereabouts. Most of them are freshly landed
from Ireland or Germany, fully aware that they
have reached hand OF liberty and plenty, and not
well advised as to the relative duties OF employers
and employed Few of them have had any valuable
experience before they came here; they were fresh
from the peasant homes of their parents, with IT.
tie or no knowledge of the duties they here re-
ouired 10 discharge. They hive and learn; but, by
the time they have fully qualified themselves for
their duties they marry or migrate inland, and our
mistresses Of households are compelled to tske
green hands in their places, aud commence the
work of instruction afresh. 1t would seem at first
sight more convenient for our housewives TO own
their servants but there are two sides even 10 that
picture: while. AS to the servants the convenience
of beiug owned does not seem to have struck them
very forcbly. Perhaps, however, The Enquirer
might enlighten them on that head.