New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-01

WHY should they not be treated with AZ much con-
sideration ar any other condemned one By over
persuasiOn--though unconscious that it was intended
for The TRIBUNE-the artist has permitted me to
copy the inscription, and here il 10:
Beneath this Morunent
esatsd 70 be dep 5si.sa s al Of ihs LILLE
FLORENCE, opif PHILIPS LII r IND LAsDY:
"N0' ei.ison Of Yndep Of Br:h boHasse
was written, sFes1 apon snd fIst pro- \
rasae them .ppgen,ly The slppor;ersoi Of
sdomestic bondage ircOnce.yAbiy
The Sinners Of the Deca s.ion pledged their sscred
loror, sla preserved i Ur'.rnished TIE
ht,Ie which ,hese men evei bad was
sLything ea: sseEed snd !'tow
Gepos, rl3siiu,sd :hodsh i be in sse.instO per
'fs, cSndelcended Z rfe'erve hell features.
The tsbet below contains
THREE DOUGH- FACES
80 ,ccuraely moulded, tba. to 81 who iook nPon
them they shall be hssiDs sod an t't1nishment
AZ ,beir whole IN Congress
Was flsehood their Constituents even u the grave
THEY DIED OF LEcoMProa.
Crowds Of curious people, some of them coming
over hundred miles, are visiting the great floral
wonder of the tropics, the American aloe now IN
full bloom 1t stands in garden in Chestnut street,
the root in an immense tub and the flower head
lifted twenty feet into the air. platform has been
built up, on reaching which YOU are almost IN con-
tact with the magnificent display. The stem OF the
plant is perfectly cylindrical with spiny leaves of
blueish green. But at and just below the crown,
numerous stalks have shot out, at the extremity of
each of which is eigantic flower composed of
smaller ones Of greensh yellow tint, the smaller
ones being some four thousand IN number. This
giant of the vegetable kingdom is interesting chiefly
from the rarity with which il blooms in Northern
green houses, aud from its immense display of floral
surface. While extremely attractive ii is by no
means brilliant flower. A gorgeous Egyptian
lotus, as large as an ordinary orange, which blooms
in a neighbOring tank, is infinitely more ilashy.
But while you look upon the aloe you remember
that all this wealth Of floral glory Is only the
preinonltlon OF approaching dissolution, and that
that which may have required century to ma
ture viii in few weeks dwindle away anJ die"
With all descriptions Of the aloe much OF the
poetica and fanciiul has been mingled. Its rarity
has prevented the charm from being dissipated by
making it commonplace thing. In ITS native soil
il shoots up with tropical rapdity, and soon expands
its clusters of bloom. But taken from this region
into the cOnseIvatories of colder climates, it hives
from 90 to 100 years before expanding its flowers.
In no true sense of the word is il century plant.
1t is in reality costly but most wonderful veget-
able toy interesting to the botanIst and believed to
be Ink in that obscure history which shadows
forth an intercourse, ages ago, between Asia and
America In the records OF ancient Chinese EN-
bassies, recently examined by European phlOsO-
pliers, this plant is accurately described by the
Buddhist priests who were sent on missions to the
East and who could have found il nowhere but in
California and Mexico. Other flowers may be more
really gorgeous, but few can be more imposing.
The majestic shaft impresses the beholder immedl.
atey. No similar exhibition has been witnessed
here for more than 30 years Within that
period the love of flowers has become extensively
diHused among the people SO that thousands flock
10 the Agave now, where only hundreds did then.
The proceeds of the exhibition being given to re-
Geous ASSOCIATION il will doubtless prove benefit
So placid has been the current Of trade with us
foI nearly year past, that the slightest movement
produces a ripple on the surface. The smallest I'M
proyement becomes noticeable from the previous
staguation. A Fall business is evidently sprnging
up in the dry-goOds trade. Southern and Western
buyers are coming in quite freely. Tie ho.el regis
tiers contain long lists Of names and the great
wholesale thOroughtares are beginning to be lined
with bales and boxes fo the interior. Hope begins
to be felt that good business will be done. The
Southern buyers pay up well. Those from the West
are more spariDg of their purchases than formerly.
There is s Continual pressure TO work off Western
land, town lots and town shares, in exchange for
merchandise and when trade of this kind is made,
the land and lots go off at low figures for the most
obsolete shopkeepcrs. But there is not an exces-
siye stock of prime. fresh goods on hand and for
hesvy fabrics especially prices well supported.
Mes, Of our numerous factories are working full
handed on staple goods, Dnt the operatives are gen.
orally receiving diminished rate of wages When
il is remembered that the manufactures OF this city
amount TO $40 1000 600 annually, il may be rea-
sonsby supposed that the cry for protection is
everywhere heard. That question viii enter largely
into the October canvass, and viii 60 far TO lnfu
the result in lis favor. But II is most note
worthy fact, in the general depression, that those
wholesalers who sell exclusively for cash appear 10
be dong the most business. While credits have
everywhere been shortened. those whs have sbOl
lshed II entirely are doing heavier trade. Ii is
true they make small percentage only, but WHIST
they do make they get.
Speculation IN stocks is utterly dead. Money is
abundant beyond all former history, and the trade
IN II IS certainly more free since the new usury law
went INTO operation. The twelve new city passen-
ger railway companies had the stock taken immed-
ately, and this week new bank goes into opers-
ton. In Reading Railroad there are symptoms OF
an incipient cancer. The receipts of that COMPANY
VIII this year fall of some 100000. Like Your
own Erie, the stock is annually setting down TO the
lowest level. When the two finally disappear from
the stock board, they will be seriously missed.
Reading has been q rich shuttle for the brokers
who have received in commissions for buying and
selling more than the whole capital Of the conceru
Even Sunbury and Erie, so long in abeyance is be-
ginning to look up. Aler a world Of discourage
ments, this great work. aided by the free money
market, j. getting fairly oar of the woods. Last
week the letting of about twenty miles OF ths road
took phce ia sections of mile each. TIE At
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