New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-03
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ready made gu them. No reasona bic nsa ought IA
wish them lswer Hn nF tT r.
As tO those wbo can 6riog stout arms only, do
ret think tho chances nre NV eo'd as they once
were. Wages 1e Dot 50 high ne they have been.
There lie much l-ss digging, erick-msk'ns, bulldog,
&c thar there recently was, and there ought to DO
far less umoering, but .uspect there Ia not; Tor
numbering il HE gambling: whoever once g'Vss
tims.f up 10 either can never afterward resist toe
fascinst0ns of It's chances, hut plays away 80 long
as be can get auytb'ng t. play with. could no.
advise q poor man TO cone wet III q"o'' VI
employ ment by which to earn his living ana tnat OF
his family a. hreiDg; ir | believe ~ can 40
quite az well and End quite as STEADY WORK ~ Tue
Ess.. And vet # poor man who has Any clear
idea Of the requirements aud priSahons OF p'oaeer
Efe can RAISE the wberewlthal tn take his family
e.ar into The wilderness, beyond the desolatlog
sweep of land speculation, where oe can squat up
a qusrer--ecton Of publ land, / shall not discour-
age hm from doing Let hun fle ois CLAIM to
prramptiOn, which secures him two years peaceaole
possess Of any quarter. section already exposed
tor sale; snG before the two years can expire, We
shall have the Homestead bill through Congress in
some form, aud be Will tbenceforth be his ow0 land
lord tor life, AID his children may live and die IN
rugged independence on the coil which his courage
has made ibeirs. would advise 10 mao WHO can
pay for jsud thus to struggle out of sight and hear
ing of churches schools, mills, sp rec, &c. away
even from reads and bridgos-'or think any ooe
whp has 81 COO eau do better, aud keep almost
within sound Of u railroad whistle; but better
plunge into the unbroken W ld-ness for wnile
than to live and die other mems teaants aod hire
Igs
Tho currency of these States is not very salts
factory. IL is mainly composed Of rather ragged
81, 50 and SO notes Of petty banks which are
about as plenty as gogshops, but Il think little
lcss pestiferous. Trey all pretend to be specie
payirg which they are not in any practical sense;
for. il they were, exchange on New York could not
rule at three per cent premium at Chicago. To
talk Of the brokers putting up the rate Of exchange
is sheer nonsen-e; if the banks really redeemed
their notes they would be very glad to furnish ex-
change on New-YOrk (tbe market of Dear'y all this
regions produce) ct one per cent Exchange at
three per cent. means that Illinois can't pay her
oeols, anu 10 scaH"S 1'c" "! o" "'"N' =" ''' w
postpone their payment ut all. Whenever the
merchants who owe New-York for goods have the
Wheat Corn, Flour, Pork or Cattle wherewith to
pay those debts and are actually sending or willing
t. send it forward, exchange can no more rn'e
az three per cent thnn Lake Champain could lie
on the sumunits Of the Green Mountains. And
when Illinois bas the Produce In store or moving
forward wherewith to pay her past-due debts at
the East her Banks can really and honestly redeem
their notes III specie, which otherwise they will not
and cannot
The Winter is most delghtful the shedding
has been excellent but il now vanishing under the
influence of a decided January tha~. The West
| has never had better Winter for business than
| this has thus far been. II. g.