New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-20

which there ia no sale OF loss of 10 per cent, |
or even more. Production having been main
tanned, in hopes of better prices, which haze not
been realized, employers and journeymen are
mutual sufferers. The latter cannot live at the
wages paid them, snd the former cannot afford to
add to their losses by giving more. Hence the
widespread strikes. No doubt this excessive pro-
duction has been mainly stimulated by the intro
duciion of sewDg.machines, Of which great num-
bers are now used The manufacturer who first
used them, cbeapened the cost Of his shoes some
3 or cents per air. and could thus undersell hls
neighbOIs. These, in succession, were driven
either to adopt them or abandon the business. ms
led TO an oyerpl oducton under any condition of the
country, but most disastrous when met by its pres
ent inability to consume as formerly. The South
and S0utb-Wcst are the only buyers in this market
now. The West has for two years been light
customer, and can do but little to relieve the
market The New. England strike will not advance
the price of shoes. Its effect will be to relieve
gutted market, by gradually reducing the stock by
the consumption of the next six months This Is
what all parties here are seeking to effect. The
production falling off largely as at present by the
discharge of jOurneymen, and the refusal of others
10 work. a more active demand il counted on this
Fail, and possibly an advance in prices. Though
the South has always manufactured portion OF It's
own shoes, and is seeking to produce more now yet
il will be long in making itself independent OF the
North. Many iOurneymen have migrated thither
from this region but they generally return to their
old quarters after n weeks trial. The leather
trade vast interest here, ia OF course suffering
with the shOemakers Stocks are accommodating
and the tanners are debating how they may better
their condition by essening their production. But
the prospect all round is dull one for the next
half year.
On "Wednesday last death closed the career of
Lewis c. Levin after long decline of his physical
and mental faculties. He was a native OF Charles
ton, and came here some twenty years ago. Ills
education was elaborate his talents brilliant, and
his elOquence most remarkable. As speaker on
behalf OF temperance he drew together the largest
audiences. But he most conspicuous and most
popular as a politician. In IS43 he joined the then
young Native American party here and became
one of its most imprisoned advocates and orators
His public appeals were always responded to with
yoeiferous sympathy while among the foreigners,
against whom they were specially leveled, they ex
cited the deepest indignation. In May, 1914, while
thus speaking in the open air, In KensingtOn, the
meeting was attacked by the excited foreigners fired
on, and Shifer, khinedoar and others, killed out
right, while others were grlevOusly wounded. From
this cold-booded outrage flowed the bitter feeling
of retaliation which gutted itself in the destruction
of churches, and muIderous combat in Queen street
in The succeeding July. Yet on these occasions
no one used more herculean efforts than Mr.. Levin
to check the fury of the Native Americans. During
this exciting time he published The Daily san, Il
penny paper, which, under his management, OBJ
tanned a vast circulation. The year following Mr.
Levin was elected 10 Congress from the district from
which the Navy Yard has elected Tom Florence
and was aiterward reelected. But he made no
figure there Congress laughed at his appeals, and
could not be made to believe t1at any good could
come out of Native Americanism. AS statesman
he nothing; but he stood high as good, com
panionabe fellow, possessing miraculous talent for
borrowing money from his friends, with a memory
for returning it as bad as Sheridans OF latter
years poor Levin had broken down entirely, body
and mind both becoming wrecked and he had
quietly subsidized from public observation.
purse of $50 having been offered for the best
plan for paid Fire Department for this city, the
surprising number of 80 manuscripts were sent in
to the Committee who made the offer. The premi-
um was awarded to Mr. Thomas NJ. ElkntOn. 1t |
is proposed that our Fire Department shall consist |
Of Is steamers, and become q branch of the City /
Government, managed by Board of nine Fire /
Commissioners, three to be appointed by toe Mayor
or Councils, three by TIE Judges of the several |
Courts, and three by the Board of Underwriters, |
thus taking and keeping the whole thing out of dan
ger of being degraded to a partisan level. The /
annual cost will be 800 Geo. half to be pail by the
City Treasury, and half by the Board of Under /
writer's. All the volunteer companies now owning |
steamers VIII be invited to send III proposals for selling
their houses and apparatus at an appraised valaa-
ton, and in this way the organization will be
promptly put in working order The whole plan |
is in the hands of parties who will in short time
eve us such paid Department as this city has long
demanded.
An unexampled CONSERVATION has prevailed
among the keepers of our unlicensed rum-sh0ps for
fortnight past. An official crusade of the worst
kind for tlem-has been inaugurated; aud last
week they were brought up by scores for trial.
Most Of them pleaded guilty, whereupon Judge
Ludlow laid his heavy hand ON each offender with
an energy that compelled most of them TO disg0rge
Sl00 apiece. Over 81, 600 have been levied as
fines, and the work goes brayeIy on. This crusade
against our 2,500 unlicensed doggeries has been fol-
lowed by q tremendous rush to obtain censes-lor
in the business seems to think of quitting it;
so that the crowd at the Commissioners Office was
so great that applicants formed themselves into
long line which reached two or three times around
the room. A great cry has, Of course, been raised
against Judge Ludlow by the rum fraternity, at
what they call his bigh-handed severity. But, in
filming of these fellows on Tuesday, be advered
to this outcry, and said that if he had doubted
the justice of bis apparent severity, all doubt had
been removed by having Just read the Report OF the
County Prison, wherein it shown that of
49, s4o persons committed in 1859, full IL, 900 were
for drUEenness or It's results while z, 900 others
We're ofenses indirectly proceeding from rum. He
alluded to other statistics from the same source,
showing the shocking results on this community
from the deluge OF strong drink. But the public
sentiment sustains him in his effort TO check it.
Jefferson Medical College turned out 10 young
doctors on Tuesday aud Oh wednesday, that Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania there were l6S more. OF
the whole number of 33S, there were 300 from the