The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-15

me present OBSTRUCTION going on III tne
value Of produce and other property, North
and South, reminds US Of the story Of stock
exchange broker, who had met with difficulties
in his business and suffered severe and serious
losses. One day, in the crisis Of his troubles,
he went home to his uptown residence to din
neT in very unsettled state Of mind His wife
had set out his meal for him; he pulled OF his
coat and sat down to eat it. Looking over the
table, he exclaimed, in an excited tone, that ii
was not At for hog to eat; when his spouse,
in an equally excited manner, replied that
she did not expect hog to dinner, otherwise
she would have prepared il differently. One
word led to another, until they mutually COM
Menced destroying the furniture Of the house;
he pitched the crockery, with the dinner, into
the street; she followed this movement by
throwing after it tea set and workstand he
then pitched out centre tables and mahogany
chairs, when she followed suit with q pier glass;
One aggression followed another, each striving
to see who could destroy the greatest amount
Of property till finally the indefatigable broker
procured Ratchet, sailed into the street and
the view of splitting and breaking it to pieces.
AT this stage Of his career he was arrested in his
work bya policeman, who requested him to de-
sist Has not man, said he, "a right to cutu up
his own furnit,lresr "No,' replied the police
man, .'madmen are to be looked after "And
mad woman, too, I suppose said The ex-
cited broker. go into the house and take my
wife in charge: she has done rs much TO de-
stroy this furniture as ] have: in fact il has
been joint stock operation throughout.
The policeman, in this ease counselled
the parties to make friends again, and to get
their furniture repaired or replaced; set the
house to rights. respect each Others conjugal
rights and commence he world anew under
new family guarantees in favor of peace and
happiness.
The moral Of this story Is, that there is no
difficulty however small, that may not be in
famed by mutual elimination and recrinina
ton into he most fatal and disastrous results:
and there is no misunderstanding, however Sc
rious. that may not be soothed down and ami
cabiy adjusted by kind words and mutual con-
cession and the Iaoral bears forcibly upon the
present AFFAIR Of this country
In our present excited condition the North
points 10 The south and tells hci how much she
South points back again to the North. and tells
her Of The great TALL in stocks, the closing Of
factories, the turning adrift her laboTers 10
staryc. he fall in -four, grain. iron, wool and
other products. Each seems content to sutf,r
while assured that the other i also on the rack
To form some estimate of what The South
may suffer in cotton alone, We may state thai
the crop thu year has fallen off 100000 bales
below tina. Of last year being 1000 900,
against 100000 bales. OF this four
million bales the South Las already sold 10
the North and 10 Europe about 100000
bales, leaving about 100000 bales in The
country unsold, on which, allowing for the
difference on sterling exchange, the loss
has been, since Lincoln's election. about one
and quarter cents per pound, or six dollars
per bale-making an aggregate loss of sls,0OO,-
600, TO which, ii we add the depreciation on
rice, tobacco. naval stores, &c, Of probably
$2,O00,00O more, we will have the sum of
$50 200, 900. The South has invested in rail
road shares, bonds, stocks, city and county
and other public securities, about 500, 900 900,
on which there has been a depreciation on the
average of ten fifteen per cent This gives
a loss Of from 81 100000 TO $4,000, 900, show
ing total Of s3O,5OO,O0O Add to this the pro-
babe depreciation on lands and negroes of
sl50,00o,oO0, and we have q grand total of
$50, SOC. 900.
Now, what has the North lost? Since Lin
coin 5 election: Flour has fallen one dollar per
barrel. There are in this city and Albany
about 100000 Of barrels, giving loss Of
81 100000. There il stock Of wheat in this
market Of at least 100000 bushels, on which
there has been a loss Of twenty cents per
bushel, or a loss Of 100000. The stock Of
corn here il abou, 5000 900 bushels, on which
there has been decline Of ten twelve cents per
bushel, call il ten loss OF about S360,O0O
The supply OF -four in the interior of the North
is estimated at about 100000 10 10000, 900
barrels, which gives decline of ais, 900, 900
10 s20,oco,ooo. The supply of wheat in the in
terror Is estimated at 50,e00O bushels: loss
Of sio,ooo,coo The supply Of old and new
corn in the country is estimated at 10000, 900
bushels; here here !. q loss of $4,000, 900
Pork has fallen three dollars per barrel: the
average crop ii the West 70 Come forward, Is
estimated n, 20. 600 harvc'e which gives . ioss
of $3.50. 400: ~ say nothing 81 he los on beef
lard &c Tho WOOL grown ~ tbc free States of the
North according 10 The censnsog 1850, a,-A,,cd
10 3s,s27 300 pesnds. |, was larger lhis year:
but lot n call Il the same. The decline has
bees since i.iaceln's election from ten to fifteen
cents per pound; but call Il ten ceuts and the
lose on this article alone amounts "a the sum 81
s370o,eoo. The loss on both imported and do
mestic manufactures &c wooiicn- iron aud
other afticics i enormous, and ~ have no
means Of stating The amount with cysctuc-s,
but may put IL down q. tbc low estimate Of
$50 100000. TO be added - ,h- are The lo..cs
sustained hy the srspcn-ion or hslf time work