Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-04-03
Letter from New York.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Enquirer.)
New York Clrr. March 81, lSCp.

This is the last day Of the political canvass IN
Connecticut. Both parties are sangulnc nl
success. The Democrats speak confidently IN
~iayor.of carrying the State. On taxing \ seat
in u CITY car last evening, Il man entered II,
who, being once seen, his identity $50 long as
drab cloth is made into Ovcrcoats) can never be
mistaken. He wore u broad brim hat, well
covered with dust, and unbrushcd, looscly-tt-
| tinr upderclothes, and was as hOarse US IL boat
spain in q gale. His face was flushed and
( full, with small blue eyes, and in height about
five feet eight inches. This individual was no
other than the Hon. Horace Greeley, of the
Tribune just from Connecticut, where he
had been frantically bawling Black Republican
ism into the cars of the Connecticut people.
His zeal was no doubt quickcned by his fears
of the result. In conversation with Il hire
party, he claimed that Connecticut would go
for the Republicans, but that he gave up Rhode
Island in favor Of Sprague, the Democratic
nominee for Governor.
1t has come to such n pass in this State, that
the people OF this city look to the meeting. OF
| the legislature with that peculiar dread which
an industrial Community would feel on the
convocation Of n lcaguc1 force OF bandits in
tent upon dcspoiling them of their property:
1t was formerly the case that the assembling
of representatives in legislative nails was
looked forward to with hope and confidence,
and with the reasonable expectation that abuses
would be reformed and wise laws enacted ior
the public good. All this has gone by. The
people now dread the acts oil small beer dclna-
gogucs, and Scliisl. and INSCRIPTIONS poHtl-
clans, who Use their positions to enrich THEM
selves and friends at the public eSpensc-eX-
| hjbitinr by their acts not only a total absence
l,. ,yhnt - t.OrSn pG HODkSiU
The Camden and .Amboy Railroad monopoly
| n New jersey, by the liberal dispcnsatlon Of
means, bought up q majority OF the members
of the recent Legislature of that State, and
had ,hcm TO do just as they pleased. They
provided free board for them-lt the best Hotels,
and supplied them with an abundance Of the
best LIQUORS, including baskets of champagne,
and caused them 10 pass a bill, virtually viola
TING the charter Of the New Jersey transporta-
ton Railroad Company. extending from New
Brunswick to Jersey City, and in effect, in
tended to extend their exclusive monopoly
across the State. from the Delaware to the
Hudson. The Black Republican Governor
signed this illegal enactment. After the nd
iolrnlncnt of the Legislature sine die, the
mcmbcrs who had been in the pay Of the Cam
| den and .Amboy monopoly, held d festival meet
Inv. ana DdSSCu ICSbiullptls, liItt''hi'0 tHS
| officers of the Road for the liberal and hospita.
| bile manner in which they had been entertained
by them.
The members of the Albany Legislature
| having rushed through the most iniquitouS
fraud: ,non the people of this city, we suppose
will like their Jersey exemplarS, after they adj
iourn, hold a Jubilee and pass iaudatory rcso-
%lutions compliincnting Geo. Law and his con-
| fcdcratcs for their LIBEnALiTr. The passive
ness of the people Of this city, to Albany des-
potism, is beyond belief.
The most important features Of tho foreign
news by the Arabia, in 4 commercial point al
view, were the adriccs Of an improvement III
wheat, while corn and -four were also looking
up. Corn and cotton are like weights At the
extreme end of n balanced levcr-whcn one
goes down the other goes up, and rice rersa.-
The pa.t wear or two Of cheap bread, and mo-
ncy IN England. has had \ wonderful influence
on the consumption of cotton. Not only was
the crop of 9, 800, 600 lIales Of 1850 con-
sunncd, but the enormous crop Of ls59-G0 les
timatcd at i. 800, 900 bales) has also been largely
taken already, ard that without material dlini-
mutton in prices. The cheap food, cheap mo-
ncv and cheap labor in England, has enabled
the cot,orrspinncrs Of Manchester, during the
past wear, TO make enormous proiits--estimatrd
in MANY cases 1T 50 per bale.
4 large cotton mandatory in that city last
year. it is said, actually used up about 100000
bales. showing profits tn the amount o!
$500, 000. -.
We submit the follow extract of the letter OF
s.Spcctator." the London Correspondent OF the
Commercial Advertiser, in reference to this
subject:
The Manchester people, however, have been
aroused Enthusiastically by n discussion on
,bc;r profis. \ correspondent of the Times
stated that three persons in that city, have each
returned 4 total equal to sjO0,0Up TO the In
rome Tax Commissioners, is the amount oi
their annual gains, and that it has been cs1l-
,ro;cd that the profits Of the cotton trade, &C.
nnrallv. are now at the rate Of 10000 n
month. st this revelation, or pretended rcvc-
],,ion tho Manchester miliionaircs were eX-
cocdinnlv Indignant. Such statements stllnu-
lutc the operatives to look for higher wages,
and also awaken the vigilance OF the Income
Tax Assessors, in cases where individuals who
o,ncor TO be as active as any Of their colnpetl-
tors make a poor return. There was, consc-
on.n,ly. a general denial that the figures in
question have any foundation. Most OF the re-
CONSTANTS. however, admit, in Il quiet way,
i'm, they arc "doing WELL and some OF their
lcodino friends 10 not mind mentioning in pri-
r,,c society, that they believe the cStimatesiur
n;shcd TO the Times are extremely near the
truth c,.
This income tax is severely complained Of by
.bc nron]e. Not long since, 4 clergyman OF
w,Irrs wrote a letter to Mr.. Gladstone, Minis
ter Of the Crown, strongly protesting against
the burdens Of the income tax. The latter re-
rl;ad that the cause Of the tax was not 10 be
fnrnd in the will of minister, but in the vii.
or q nation which now thinks fit TO spend
| $3.50, 900, 600 per annum on supply service, in
c,a,d IF slO5, 000, 600, and concluded by say
ing that he had not observed, on the part Of
he clergy, any desire to check the eXpendl-
tmrc The great fortune Of the Gladstone
c,r,;lv was first acquired in the African. slave
,-odn The present Minister is the proprietor
! r. largo sugar estates in British India. The
oo.t of machinery, for boiling, refining and
rnm distillcry, sent out n few years since
rram London for him, was about $4,000.
One Of the most important improvements late.
10 introduced, so far rs cotton planters arc
concerned, is that for hulling cotton Secd, and
tGc manufactare IF oil from than. The hrlled
snc1 in New York, sells readily ut sl.05 cents
Nor husbcl. At this price 20,0U0 bushels could
in sold tomorrow. The hullcd seed sells by
weioh, 4, sc lbs. to the bushel. The price Of
the oil is low Ut the present time, selling at %
"a "a cents per gallon, according to quality
The .oil cake, or residium Of the seed, alter
pressure, sells, for the English market, at So
nor ton. The sale of the oil, it is said, about
NAYS the expense of crushing the seed. 1t is
I'D that it takes about three bushels Of seed
in the rough to make one bushel of hulled seed,
making the cost Of the rough seed about BAL
cnn,s ncr bushcl. This is 4 low figure, and we
In NOT sec how it can be made to pay.
The hulling machines, which arc patented,
arc said to be cheap and portable, and that they
con be set up on q plantation at n moderate eX-
nense and driven by the same power which
runs the gins. Ilulling the seed greatly re.
duces their bulk and lessons the expense of
transportation. 70 be placed in this market,