The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-22

The Condition or the North.

sErcvd and obseryant gentleman of
Charleston, vho has just returned from a
horte " hat extended trip throush the North,
gives Us sof1e III teres ting and reiiabls ae-
counts Of tne state of affairs In that sec ton
v hen he left New York ION the u tn inst J
the war feeling had not abated a whit In bit
terness, and The sen tiInent general among the
masses was, that the South must be brought
In to submission 70 the Lincoln Goternmeut
at whatever cost of men or money There
was but little talk Of Holi tics and the t!niver-
sal topic OF cooperation was the terrible
condition Of the United States The rrostra-
ton OF Northern commerce IL Complete The
flow of money from the South has ceased
The grain markets of New England and Eu-
rope ar" already gutted, and the West cut
OF from the Southern market and unable 20
dispose OF its immense surplus stocks ofg grain
ana proVlslon, is, in turn, unable to buy
goods IN New York Failures all over The
North and Yves: are multiplying a fright
full extent, and, dark as is the present the fu-
ture seems even more dismal. 1t has come to
be an admitted fact that the commercial crash
Will soon be UNIVERSAL
The depreciation OF real estate in New York
is appalling. Leading firms, which have
heretofore paid many thousands annually as
rent FOR their Offices, now occupy the same
buildings free of chargs-the landlords being
ANXIOUS 10 Keep up appearances, and unable To
retain lieir tenants upon any ther terms. The
state OF affairs IS even worse in Philadel phia,
where, ia the most fashionable quarters,
WhOie blocks OF elegant residences are tenant
| less and 20 begging at less than a third OF
me rents they readily drew tWelyemonth
ago.
La the midst of the wide spread ruin of the
~ lii commercial grandeur, the war spirit
seems 10 gather new strength and terocity.-
AT the bidding or the Lincoln Government,
the starving scam OF the great cities are
listing by tens Of thousands, and are armed,
equipped and dispatched to the border wi tb
surprising rapidly. The material of these
clty battaiious is the poorest that can be ina
gined. Not so. however, with the regiment
aud brIgades from the interior, which, III ma
ny instances, are composed Of men Who wOul1
do credit to any army. The Rhode Island r~-
gImentS, par ticnlaTly, are noticeable for their
stalwart appearance, and for the excellence
and completeness OF their orgfniZ9uoa. On
| the whole our informant IS of opinion thai
our enemies are, to a certain extent, underT;-
ed by public opinion throughout The South
There are Signs OF discomfort among tht
| foreign element in New y ork, especially the
! Germans. 4 leading German paper has
| roundly declared that the military power ui
| he North rests upon the arms OF the adopted
citizens, and that the pulling boys of the IA
nous It'll Regiment are fl onl. TO wait upon
! the ny sterIcai women Of New York"
Every thing in the march OF events at thu
North betOktns the early re, ignition of tn,
| fact thai the non slavehoidng States can
! here only by establishing de jHre, that which
| ttready exists among them DE- fdcto--a coGsol-
| ida ted centralized, "stroug government,
differing from a military despotism III 1t dll
fer At dli) only In the name. charleston Aer
curry.