Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-06-08
I.ntt.r FROM, New York.
Correspondence Of tdd Richmond Enquirer
a.. Van. T,pn 4 1870

The Grid l,Dn Raili0adS. recently lncnr
:nra.ca hy tie Black Republican Legislature
81; Albany, arg IA hr fought IN the Courts
, Money Is being contributed " private citizens
IL rcsjs, ;hcir construction. The COMMON
! Council have adontcd a resolution instructing
the ~rorporat;nn attorney 10 Obtain wits OF III
junction against every a:tc'npt 10 uig up the
! streets ;1T laying '!own an.y' ore al these roads.
The nlai % the operators WAS. 1" have com
Incnccii list .~lun,iav. with l,uao mei, to dlg
mp tic streets a! "arioiIS lI"lnis simultaneously,
so as Ia m:.Sc iIeatiwav hc!orc inlnnc!ionS could
reach them. It is SAID that tie corporatoTS
were backed AT .Aiban:', ny ilcaTy iron interests.
The Ghiec. was obTic;:S: :! was In nave Oh
tanned The cnntrac, icr supplying iron rails.
MIcss,.. rclrg Cooper, iIcwcIt ii Co., whose
larrr works nc situated rear Trenton, arc the
na;rulacs nf the grn3yrI wrought iron rail, Us
well ~ 6r the n-riv cn;,riycd wrought iron
neams for hCiii;nas, ~ "h:eii :i!ry are ren-
dercd fire proof.
1t is said. while experimenting 'n machinery
for thu rolling nr wrought iron beams of any
desired SIC, they :pG!ir some $Io,ouQ; but
subsequently,, i'll their contracts with the t..
5. government, Tor supplyin. them for public
buildings il Washington, ihey realized several
hundred Thousand dollars profit. Their beams
ara now extensively used in the construction Of
lire pr.,of buildings in New York, while sup
plies arc stripped TO other places.
4. lar@c proportion, .: our producer commission
houses nn,i dealers are hard tn suit in a mace
iGr ~llol1ing y daily Exchange.
Willie titu merchants u lnuSt rlLlc:; arc
contcri 10 hold uac Exchange '!aity al
$onIr central point. :hoSc Of New York
haze been, !1T seine TING, holding three
daily. The first meeting j.: held 1T l0t
\. NJ, IN tic building, o" rather :: congerics Of
buildings, Il; the roIlie- Of South and Broad
streets, known ~ the Corn Exchange, and
which j. attended chiefly by those engaged in
the liour and grain trade, ship owners, &c.--
The second IS hcl! in The large rotunda Of the
Merchants Exchange, in Wall street. which
commences ut II i. Nj, and ends al from Il
To 10! r. NJ. Those assembling ri that time
and place are composed Gf those in the provi-
sionS trade, ship owners, bankers. dealers
III foreign exchange, St. The third exchange
j: held at tic si;ne p!2cc, and ASSEMBLIES at -
=. u, and c!ost:; It. < J.. II. This is attended
i.y cotton dealers. ship owners and ship bro.
kers. freight agents, hay dealers, rice and naval
store men, &c. Tie subscribing mem
Lfi.' ~ liz. ~ u 'ssbl W. tlilIl,S EA'
change. who daily, ronsrrgatc at onc cE-
change or .l!a 1l!!rT. nIInbcr in the aggregate
from i.UGn 10 200, whose business r%ainitica.
lions vytcI!.: 80 al parts q. tho civilized world.
During high change in tie rnIunda Of the
Merchants Exchange, in Wall Street. ycu may
!iaar i large numhc: "f foreign languages sIo-
ken SI!cll Is ''rTman, French, Spanish.
Italian, tI#!c:, asst occasionally modern
Greek OF ~!:omanic Portuguese, &C. The
Greek merchants iioc!;el 10 'charlgc, in con-
siderable numbers, q few years, since, and
especially during, and SIl,sernen: u tie
iainin" Year "i l&i1. Their trade was c"n-
!iEed almost entirely Ii brcadsta.fs, though
they sometimes >pecuIated in cotton. They
had houses in london and New Orleans, with
qualifications ~ thn Continent. They we're
also importers OF Han;c curran;s anL other
'irict: fruits. They were Shrawil and hold in
Incl: operations, and their movements we're
sometimes :oniuctcd ni Il scale that quite as
taniShr.l ruf native merchants. One Of their
heaviest houses wcn! down in England during
the panic of lS5I->:ncc Wien they have been
seen less frequently on '~rnaGsc. They stood
high rs merchants, and conducted i:.cir affairs
with great integrity aai prulenrc.
There were o:,r o: two Of them in whose be-
half !:ii :nuc!, Interest aaH sympathy. This
WAS especially lie @ss, with :; comparatively
Young man, whose hair and romp.c*ion was Of
the best Caucasian hue. Hi: profile was per
pcndic,iar 10 IL plumb Ere, and with expressive
haze! eyes, g!ring. III the aggregate, u perfect.
specimen Of Grcali face Throughout. lie told
me tha, lie WAS born in tic island Of Scio. anu
that ri! his lari!lr were massacred by the bar
barous TURKS; and that he was not aware that
IL. had d solitary relative existing in The world
H. held III liigil reference the literature and
~!;rroiSi:i ii his renowned ancestral race lie
could read rG!i! glc!cE; and modern Greek, and
ccuil ,@Ci:r lines from Homer in the original
iar;.uar,:. .i5 4 merchant he was shrcw1, re-
served ana cautious. lie h~aS:inrc, 81 believe,
returned IL Greece.
TiIcr" we're ore o. w. Gthcr t,rcak merchants,
nctirr Of whom Is vel IS proposed sketches
oil other merchants, foreign and domestic,
must defer 10 another letter, and return 20 the
subject which | had in mind when CON-
mcnccd, aud thai is. The proposed new organi-
cation on the part Ct prodTc. dealers, CT n ncH
exchange, II which al xii: assemble. and with
the desire AID hope that tner': may DC but one
exchange Or meeting held ,Ga:iy. and that st .
single ppinr.
They !iryc sIccce'!cI III raising the sum ri
:li",V 0n H.: Subscription. in shares 81 80
each, and have purchased Inc large four story
building. iGu feet ty !lh, bounded by White
Hall. Pear and Water, ior the SUN OF SllI,0nh,
and haze elected their Trustees to carry the
plan into effect. They propose To fix the capt
tai stock at $500, COO.
VIII you allow ME 10 STEAK plain, ana L.,
express Il private opinion which, can in no visit
compromise The views Of the "E.aGuirer -
Then, !! hrgin, iirst, Dy saying that whenever
the Democratic part has triumpncd, II has
been up0;: principle; and that whenever It la,
been defeated, Or overtnrowu, it has been by
mcl. Pierce lr:umph.i By the conservative
principles OF Democracy, strengthened by con-
Scrva,iYc Influence, all over the %ccun;ry, in and
ont Of The party. lie was elected without the
vote CT Ne" York, and was therefore under no.
obligations to that State. and especially to thc
F:ce.soii wing Of the Democratic party. What
did he d: he 10 sooner took his seat than he
called Marc; II Do lis confidential adviser, aud
surrendered al New York appointments It's
him.
The batter l.n0reci ~ ia TIC c.ty and Stale
bat ,!u, rrtcat follower, &c Van Buren, ard
Adams, aiul the very men. such rs Waterbury,,
Fowl: and others, WHO had secretly at!einp:-
I'd 10 organize and run i free soil electors
ticket in opposition 10 Pierce. His appoint
u.rnts were, il Il majority at cases. alike dis
crcdilabIa :ml injurious u conservative primer
pies. He even wcn: farther, and attempted t"
force ihn conservative party 10 submit TO and
ccalcSce wit: the free soil wing. And because
Judge l~.:nnscn refused 10 submit Ia such y
humiliation i!u wa, removed irom office. Scarce
~ a year had elapsed after his inauguration
before the conservative elements, which had
elevated Pierce TO office, ''ccamc disgnsted and
al!cnatcd. Tie spirit , low and concealed
scctionalisin wa: made dominant in lha name
of Democracy, with Marcy As lis godfather and
protector, whieli drove. conservative ,ncn from
tie administration anu everywhere siiis up the
Democratic party.
.,r6 amidst Ills confusion Bucta..al: aE,l
| Fremont entered the field, and the conservative
clement: If the party i'll this city, BY their IN
nucrrc ard ?,ccuniary sacrifices, saved Bnchan-
49,. ,o,,:c, ~ rov,ur the yn,. uf pcnrSvlvr.