The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-13
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
Hard Times in Boston.


1t appears that quite a number of our neo,Ia op+
OF employment, have made application Ia the c;t-
Tor work, and means have been taken So lar a. NOS
sloie to aid those who found to be in actnoI
want The city not having work for a Isrga nrI,
Der oI men at this time, many of those who made
aPnheatlon we're necessarily not put to work
, considerable talk was INDUCED in bv some Of
tnetn, ana even threats were uttered. They vera
ADVISED TO return home and wait patiently and
some means would be taken for their aid Not
satisfied with this, some of the leaders vesterdav
procured LOT OF hand-bills, and posted them about
the streets, calling upon the lab0ring men of ROY
oury, who are out OF employment, to meet in front
o, the p9st-ohca this morning at O'Clock =
Boston Journal, l0h
The editor ofthe Knoxville Whiq saws.
Our weekly expenses about one hundred and
h'ty dollars, and these must be met or our pnbI;
cation suspended. We are talking it ont inst a. -
Is ihis Is no time Ior a play upon words hut a
time for plain talk, and for action We have IN
meet eur liabilities, and others owing us must nav
up. We conclude as we set Out-We must hava
money.
The Poor in PhiIadelphia
=. n report from the Guardians OF the Poor set
ung forth the necessity of all additional appropria
ton OF $40 600 or S2 900 to meet the demands of
the increasing population of the Almshouse, has
Dren presented to the Common Branch of the CITY
Council in Philadelphia '
Great Fall i'm Real Estate,
property has greatly deprecated in PhilsdeInhia
on Chesnus ssreet, between Sixth and Seventh
streets, many hue buildings'are now nearly vacant
and the rents which should be received nv tbo
o"her, Dr. JAYNE, from the portion now vacant
amount to S22, ,OOO per annum. This loss it must
De borne in mind, is one square, and reductions
and vacancies of a similar character be found
aI nearly every point between the Delaware and
the Schuylkill. On the South side of the street.
In the square already mentioned, many buildings
are partially untenanted.
Wisconsin Bonds Not Negotiable.
Inc La Crosse Denlrcrdt Of the 2lst inst saws:
All efforts to dispose of the war bonds of his
hav Iar foil,
session OF the Legislature will probably be held to
devise wavs to raise means to dispose of them
Commenting upon this. the Dubuque (Iowa) Her.
did says Ii this be true of the bonds of the Stata
OF Wisconsin, it will be no less the case with ,bosa
oi Iowa. The fact is, that So many State loans
have been authorized to be made fr war purposes,
that State bonds and United States Government
stock have become a drug in the money markets.
Shortening Of Business Hours.
The commission houses ot Philadelphia have
agreed to close their business places at four
o'clock in the afternoon, with the exception of
until the 18th of August
About Newspapers.
The absence OF advertiSr meats in the present de-
pressed condition Of business is still telling terribly
on newspapers. A New HAMPSHIRE paper annnun-
ces that "six Abolition :urnals in New Eng
land have suspended since the 4th If March
The Boston Atlas and Bee strong Administra-
ton war paper, has ust been obliged to suspend.
The New Iurk Times one of the IN st enterprsinrr
and SNOWY 'urnala in New York, has been obliged
to reduce the size of its sheet very considerably.
The New York Spirit Of the Times, the oldest
sporting paper in the country, has suspended pub
hcation.
The Christian Adooccfe has lately closed up.
The Mount Vernsn {Ohio} Banner says:
These are times that try the bottom of newsoa-
pers We can scarcely pick up one of our ex-
changes Eith'Sat finding the most promioent arii-
cIe IN 1t" 6"". And our editorial friends state
their cases well. The following is from he Frs
mont Nesse"ger, and it applies SO well to our own
case that we adopt it:
we dislike to dun through columns; but
nave word to say to a large number of our pa
irons irons and cannot well say it in any other way
lines are cl"se-money is a very scarce article
Three months more of business stagnatiou will
PROBABLY torce one-half of the journals in the coun
try to susnend 5000