The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-04-14

Prom our Regular New vork Correspondent
NEW YoRx, April !. 1858.

NEw foR1, April !. 1858.
The epidemic Of nonsense which is priv
legged to vent itself on the first day Of this
Spring month seems TO have taken the very
wild form Of puns. The most popular kind
are the double barreled' a Ia JouS BRor.
CHAN, which take sixty seconds TO unwind
themselves and another sixty to explode.
The heat your correspondent has pickea up
to-day, among the multitude Of good, bad
and Indifferent is the following Why was
ADAM the most orthodox OF the rneients
Because his belief was EvK-angelical. Con
noisscurs have decided that that will do.
The day is really too beautiful to be de-
secrated by such base coapterfeits " OF fun.
making, when there is so much real merit in
the long absent smile Of the sun, tho soft
breath Of the south coming up over the Mar
rows from the sea, and the returning song Of
birds. The Spring Fashions are finally
opened in broadway, and you find small
par,errc of gayly.drsssed lady buyers, Or
eovsto', around every millinery or dress
goods show window.
Business IL dull and dropping The pros.
poets Of = continental wnr seem 10 be In
ereasing, and this tends 10 deprcw the price
Of the great cotton staple, which our pros.
pcrity depends more on just now than any
other or perhaps all other articles OF com
merce together. But great part Of the
cotton crop is already sold at high prices,
and the South In rich enough with the re-
suit Of the last two seasons The dry goods
business has been pretty fiat here since The
southern trade loft town, ~ the Western
dealers generally have no money and no
credit, and our Northern and city trade has
not vet in yet. The prospect now Ia Of q
decline in the prices and in the quantity
wanted Of cotton goods and this will tend
to check the late prosperity Of the New
England manufacturing districts. Our
merchants, those at least who deal with the
South, have had already q very profitable
Spring season. and can DO depended upon
by the watering place tribe for large do.
plction Of funds during the coming summer.
The book trade sales are now In progress
with pretty satisfactory results thus far. A
New York house has recently reprinted
WILLIAM KKDxAs DRAKEs Culprit Fay"
which, having been entirely out Of print
was having = great run, when one Of the
heirs clapped an injunction on the publish
ers, 10 that no more copies are To be sold for
the present.
The STEPHENS case excited great deal
Of interest in the City, and considerable
feeling, a. the condemned man has large
numbers Of friends who are determined TO
believe him innocent The evidence il one
Of the most remarkable and powerful CASES,
Of circumstantisl proof ever furnished 10
the annals Of our criminal courts, aud the
fact Of ,so young and beautiful girls being
mixed up in the affair lent il an additional
degree Of piquaney to the mul,itudes who
seek after att bits " Of that sort. The
sunday papers have made great sale on
the strength Of this and the SICKLE affair
busiDsss pr omsts ~ be quite active in
this City during the two comiag months,
and there is 10 DO great deal Of building
going on which will give large employment
" mechanics. This ia the eject Of the gen
eral movement uptown In the Wholesale
trade, which ia = conspicuous proof Of the
rapid growth OF our city, destined at 10 dis
tsnt day 10 rival in extent the metropolis Of
England. -