New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-10
FROM PHILADELPHIA.

OUR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OUT OF DEbE
Erem ouz Own Correspondent ,Aao
,o,,c,A rece.tly sabshed here, entitled
" sorrav's Circuit" KIlds up an affecting picture
of fhe destitutiOn which reigDs at all seasons among
4As moor and ycvcs who occupy certain streets and
,,prxs corresponding to your Five Points. 1t is
SrOm the enof the Rev. Mr.. SeNRel missionary
of the you, men, whose sole bssiness it is to visit
the low dcns of the city, search out aud relieve
the sick cad starving and encourage the depraved
Ia reformation. world ef good deeds has been
dome by this unostentatioss mission. The book re-
fsrredro tells us Of shocking restitution, even IN
gumsAar; but now, in the depth of rigorous |
Winter, it is ascertaiGea to be horrible, with IN
tepss agerayations Of bedly suffering. Poverty has
reached higher phaseg of society than the habtualy
destitute Want Of employment with many, re-
,duoed wages with Others, all growing out ct the
warfare Of the Government on the industry of the
country, have made the present season one oil Pc
,suliar hardship aud suffering. Honest labor goes
sSithOut its loaf because no ono can afford TO en-
ploy il. Persons formerly able to support them
selves decently arc now crowdlsg Tor reket to Our
benevolent institutions. The visitors OF the latter
say that there "a more suffering than ever be-
fore known, Clothing, food and fael are daily
Siyeu away in large amOuntS, yet the cry OF DIS
fress continues. The sOap-bOnses have been COM
PEELED to reopen, and the charitable are taxed 10
the utmost. These suffering thousands are the
victims of the scandalOsls nnsgOveFzlment winch ass
palsied the energies of many branches OF an
dustry. They would gladly earn their bread II per-
United TO 90 so.
Yet the city has prOspered during the year, not
withdrawing this hostility its industry. AS many
as2IOO houses have been built, l,O92 being three
stores high; Sc were factories, churches ana
chapels ~ schoOl-hOuses, and railroad dePOts.
far heavier business IN new buildings has been done
than in 1858. Money has been plenter, capitalists
have been sickened with stocks, and the predgous
extension of street railroads to all the suburbs, has
stimulated improvements in quarters now accessi-
Bile for the first time. Oar whole impo is during
the year amounted 10 Sl5 603 769, and our exports
70 foreign countries So 29S 900. OF beeves, $3.50
were received, being 5000 more than an 1885;
while the falling off in the number OF COWS, hogs,
and sheen has been equal to l04,00 The
new Directory contains the names OF l3l, Az
adults, and fixes our whole population at 6oOO 0O
This population is contained in a surface % miles
long by 81 wide embracing 300 acres. The
number of arrivals from foreign ports was 5l9
against 493 in 1853; and Of coasters 1920 against
2S,642 the previous year. Our Fire Department
cost the city S56,979, but will this year cost
$4,000, there being 10 steamers to keep in order.
Property TO the amount OF $238, 800 was destroyed
by hre, on which the insurance amounted to
Sl9l 720. Our different water works pumped
L.
~ CGO, 900 daily OF gas-pipe, 60 miles were laid
showing how rapidly the city is extending; 900
burners are now in use, for which 562 UOO,OOO OF
cubic feet of gaswere manufactured. The mortal
ity of 1859 reaches 7l5, 929 less than in 1883
OF this mortality 1851 were under one year DID,
while 249 were over 80 years
OF the four railroad depots built the past year,
that for the Reading is Of colossal proportions.
Though not entirely finished, yet it is partially in
use. The Company own an entire square OF
1n1 Thtrfaaufh RTAQd tsallOWlll
10 Noble Streets all of which viii be covered by the
building The passenger portion is ll3 feet IN
front and near $50 Deep contains four tracks, and
will accommodate some GO cars. Its architecture
is plain, but exceedingly pleasing The span OF the
roof is IS feet, covered with corrugated iron. Two
towers on the BrOad-street front rise to hight Of
three stories in one of which are rooms "a feet
SQUARE for the transaction of the CompaDy's busi-
ness telegraph, &c. Every modern convenience
for the accommodation and safety of the passen-
gers has been introduced. The cost OF this i'm.
mense structure have not heard, but beyond
doubt it is one of the most imposing buildings in the
city, and gives good evidence of wholesome vItall-
ty In Reading in, spite of the representations OF
the bears.
The great railroad system of this city is converg-
ing 10 q FOCUS down town, just north of the Navy
Yard. The dead wall OF that establishment runs
UP from the river, closing up principal avenue
along the latter making stagnant, for business
great area of ground in the vicinity and depreci'
atlng llR Vaiue. ClObt ny is eucCt,
6ne wide avenue down which the Baltimore Rail-
road runs to the Delaware, where the New York
passengers enter the Baltimore cars by steamboat
from Camden. 1t is at this point that the Penn
sylvania Central have determined to locate their
terminus the road 10 be located to Gays Ferry, on
the west side Of the Schuylkil crossing that river
on the Baltimore Railroad bridge, and running
down to the Delaware on the rails OF
the latter. 1t is not only good conclusion, but
very economical one. New-YOrk passengers
going West viii thus be taken directly to the cars,
without being forced to fight their way through
strange city TO a remote depot ieeced by hackmen
and exposed to ell weathers. presume the Central
have secured, at low prices, as much OF the cheap
ground as they may need Since the location OF
the terminus, they have applied to Councils for per-
mission to lay track along the river front to Do;k
street, from which point as necessity occurs, they
may extend north along the entire front of the city,
thus accommodating an immense number OF inter-
ests / have heard it intimated that q vast beef
and pork packing business will now be transferred
10 this city from the West 1t is said that the In
creased value of hide and Oal here, over what they
command ia the West, will alone make packing
here highly profitable business
II lie Eumbly submitted that the UniOn-saVing
. farce is about played out here. Even the dough
faces reluctantly admit their fears touching such
conclusion These fellows are the MsrplOts and
Mawworms of the community. Retired dealers and
traders not interested about the payment OF notes.
except such as they have shaved, talk moderately
and calmly. They ere Conservatives; that's, they
blow neither not nor cOld-the very sort, the Scrip
ture tells us, shall assuredy be spewed out. Hav-
ing no goods 10 SELL they put up with circumstances
with good grace. But your business dOughface--
who has tape, or calico, notions to dispose Of
81 HofW mr..