New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-15

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t,,r street. are beginning to war hess expensive
cl, thing sure they look as attractive as
ever. Of my own know ledge, can gay that nu.
me Gus drinking houses have been shut up. while
IN tbosr that remain open, there are many gu.
periuous toddy- -sticks. The number of panpers
in the Aims. House has increased fifth, aud as
there il no unmixed evil in this world, the curse
of poc, gan, bling has been abated by the eI-
poson of the Delaware lottery business. The
lottery company there haviog failed to pay tho
last half.yearIy bonus OF $I6,C0O, tho grant 10
forfeited by the delinquency. The managers
alone will lose by tins forte ture. The policy
shops here and with you will many OF them Ole
out, but the poor plundsred aboring masses will
save enough to buy themselves bread. 1t must
be terrible stringency that closes the groggeries
and breaks up the lotrerIes.
Senator Mason s in fair way to have his pccun-
iary arrangements in this quarter unpleasanty In
teriered with. lie s interested in the Chew estate
& Germantown by marriage. Mr.. Chew applied
the other day to Judge Ludlow for an Injunction to
restrain Mason from drawing money from the estate
III which be is interested. When asking for the
order Mr. Chew said, II apply to your honor for
an order to prevent james NJ. Mason from taking
out of the jurisdiction Of the Court funds which the
trustees have invested under the order OF the Or
phans' Court. Already very large SUN has been
taken out of the State by that very remarkable
traitor aud have prospect Of ever getting retri
button if the balance of the funds is taken away.
Mason has ten days allowed him in which ~ appear
and answer.
The copious rains Of this week have saved both
the corn and potato crops here and over New'Jer'
sey But the truckmen in the latter State are dong
profitable business. They have had excellent
crops. They obeyed the command to plant noie
corn, but included therein both squashes and tonia
toes As consequence, the market s giu''ed'
These vegetables ale now 50 abundant that lhey WIZ
not pay cost of picking and bringing to market.
Quantities of both have been taken back by the
growers 10 throw 10 the pigs. Thus the poor who
can bring their stomachs down to vegetable soup
are having good time Of it. The farmers VIII do
well enough, notwithstanding--t have had years
of uninterrupted prosperity, and II not actually
making anything, are losing nothing. 1be owners
Of peach orchards that escaped the frost are doing
wel
But the vicissitudes Of life and business that
we in ali tie Northern cities are now e1perirnc-
ing. dwinde into nothing when compared with
those which We are assured the people oi the
rebrlllous once are feeling. NarIouss fugitive
farmers from Virginia, aud one or TWO ciIzcns
of Richmond and Charleston. have coutriyed to
escape and reach here within fortnight. Two
of them literally begged their way from Ale1an.
dria. One. a lazy. with seven children, whore
husband had previously escaped, suffered incred-
tile bardsbips on the journey. Terror covers
and Rebellion is de.ola,ing Virginia. Every barn
ia sacked, every barnyard cl-ared OF ia horses
and cattle. In the cities, the gentlemen say
tuat the annihilatlon OF business is complete.
Lsborine meo roam about seeking anything TO
do AID gladly take up with priyateeriDg to keep
from starving. Their families aIo in many
places dwndllng 10 skeletons TOR want OF food.
Provisions OF oil kinds are very high, coffee aud
sugar are up beyond tho reach Of Thousands.
The blockade, IN spite OF its f-ebeness, is doing
this aud even more. Wheo it is made ehectual.
there will be little but bog and hominy to cot,
AID that, too, with very little Of the bog. had
these particu ars from a refugee who came away
a ruined man. He left store full Of goods
b, bind him, glad enough to get of with he. We
have NO ,uch coodi'ion Of things in any Northern
city, nor is it possible for US even 10 bo COM
PEELED to succumb to hog and homny.
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