The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-04

elegantly as club rooms, and are resorts for
the rapid portion ofthe uptown youth,
equally with the celebrated billiard room
which displays itself so coolly under the
very nose Of Grace Church. 1t is a very
desirable thing to havea well trained citizen
soldiery, as we'll as an effective Fire De
partment, but the community certainly pays
roundly for these advantages. The firemen
spend their own money freely, as we'll as all
they can get from the city, for the embel-
lishment of their enginehouses and machines !;
the young volunteers Of the " Seventh" or
their governors" are obliged to expend
something formidable for equipments and
guard-room conveniences, such as free
LUNCH" &C.
Business is very slack, and we look for
no more activity before January, 1860,
when the spring trade commences with the
South. Very few fortunes have been made
this season, and the losses in many depart
ments of business have been heavy.
In the book market, Messrs. DERBY &
JACKSON lead the field with three acknowl-
edged " trumps," namely, "The Ministers
Wooing," which is successfully completed,
Notwithstanding the failure of its original
publishers From Dawn to Daylight" by
Mrs. 81. w. BEEcHER, whose name will
shortly appear as the authoress and
Beulah," a highly-praised novel, by a
gifted Southern authoress. The work by
Mrs. II. w. B. will possess an intense in
terest to the myriad admirers of the elo.
quent Brooklyn preacher, as it is veritable
history of his ministerial life among the
western pioneers, where he began his course,
and gathered the discipline which now
makes him so effective a public speaker.
The book is full of characteristic anecdotes,
in which the identity of the hero reveals
itself irrepressibly.
The cold weather is ominous of discomfort
for the poor whose expenses are much in
creased by the advent of winter but it is
probable that there will be less suffering and
less occasion for charitable relief than has
been the case for the previous two winters.
The emigration of the unemployed to the
rural districts and to the West, has been
considerable, and there is more employment
for those who remain. A great proportion
of artisans, whose occupation will admit of
a distant residence, have settled on the
heights of Weehawken, in the suburbs of
Brooklyn, and other cheap localities, taking
their work home aud bringing it to New
York once in two or three days. Gold
beaters and other artisans, but especially
tailors and seamtresses are adopting this
method of avoiding the enormous expenses
which attend the least pretentions to city
residence. The increasing taxes, induced
by municipal corruptions, are absolutely
driving our inhabitants out of the city.
The clothing business affords an immense
amount of employment to be taken home
The South and West now buy the bulk of
their supply of mems garments, already
made up, and this keeps an army Of opera.
tives at work at all seasons of the year.
The manufacturing houses are already be-
ginning to make up linen garments for next
summer while the residents of the city are
just beginning to order their winter woolens
The wholesale work is, to great extent
done on sewing machines at very cheap
rate; but the custom work for city trade
pays very good wages to skilfal workmen.
Vest'making and hat.6nishing" are two
of the most profitable manual employments
at present offered to women. *x