The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-23
LOCAL NEWS.
BKw YORK AND THB VICINITY

Out iB effect upon ue prlco VI p'"'' -" ~
IN ordinary times. clearinghouse keepers o' oo'n
gxer, fully alive 70 tho Importance OF charging
enough H. pay expenses, and adding q largo MAT
gin for profits. II canno, IL doubted thai tho IN
aation Of everything else has unnaturaHy expand
cd Ispdlsiics' ideas o. fair price for board and
LODGING. Under tho new Internal Revenue
law, the duties on staple articles arc 90
much increased. and such variety
Of new licenses arc required, that spcculstors and
all who have IN opportunity 70 do 40 are inclined
10 reap temporary harvest, by taking advantage
Of tho necessities Of their felow.bcngs. Those
persons who take bosrders are in ono sense spec
nlstors. They consider themselves entitled TO
profit for the labor and skill bestowed In supplying
a family Of boarders with the comforts Of life, on
The principle that the '1aboer Ia worthy Of his hire"
n n man with moderate incomesis 40 unfortunate
Nj 10 be like Noah's dove, compelled 10 20 wander.
ing about in search OF resting place, he will hpd
II the most uncomfortable business he engaged
In. II liz like pursuing IN t1nis rdtuus; jus, when
the object seems within the reach, II disappears.
II II il desired " ascertain the state Of the market
there Ia nothing equal 70 the information gained
while looking afser boarding place. All the daily
newspapers, commercial reporters and prices cur
r,nt combined fall to furnish ~ much knowledge
90 the subject ono will lcarn Ia 9 single days
search for winter quarters. Tho price Of meat, %
i'nur, Of potatoes Of conl. gas servants wages,
and all the other interesting details Of
household management, related with u pre-
cision and emphasis and such scrupulous regard
10 accuracy, fairly casts many modern novclists
IN the shade. And herein consists the deception
practiced on the ''poor t.ifortunses" who sim
pie enough 70 think thst landlads aud landlsdies
always pstronize the most expensive groccrs,
butchers and bakers or always employ the most
desirable domssxcs I, il greatly to DO feared that
Notes from the private diary Of boarding house
keeper" would reveal some acts not only startling
In moral sense, b,i, in the highest degree curious
and Instructive, In AL economical point ~ view.
That ''ecoHomy IL wealth" rs well known 10
those who live by catering 10 the appeti,e and In
no place in practical economy 30 well
illusaratsd, A. In frst-cass boarding house kitch
en-. No doubt the price Of board should be higher,
but 70 increase II two or three hundred per cent.
over last year, simply because Grant has not YET
taken Richmond, Uor there Ia no better reason than
that given) " actual extc~on, and ought not to be
considered valid. II Is suggested that before such
high prices are paid. a thorough investigation
should be made, in order TO be well satsfod that
board In furnished according TO tho sample
]; is very easy W talk one way and mean and do
another; and those who keep boarders ore
generally Possessed OF glib tongues and indin
rubber conscicnccs. While fair compcnsa-
tion for board ought not 10 be denied, those who
charge extravsgant prices should either he held to
the strict letter Of their plea and compelled to fur
aish articles Of The best quality they should no,
be- patropized. so says an 'nniortunatc" who hs.
experienced the Iniscries and mysteries Of search
after u boarding house.
MILITARY AFrAIRs-RECRrITISG-
or THE BoARD OF CouScILsrs-rnE "MsuTI
Men," ETo.-h is now considered u fixed fact
that the drsh will positively take place on the 5tl
September. Recruiting is certainly not gong OF
as briskly NJ could be wished, the public bounte
falling far short Of what IL offered for substitutes b,
private individuals. Other States, too, are sdver
tising for men, and Offering large inducements 70
them 70 leave the State. All who eau manage L
make any reasonable excuse IRE running for OK
empkion papers, aud as some are not aware VIII
nre not liable. we publish LIST once more fo
the benefit Of our readers ALIENS parties undc
charged after two yesrs' service from the nnvs
and military service of the United states thos
who are In either service at the time Of the drait
and, Of COURSE, all VINO are unable to serve iron
disease Of mind body.
An ordinance WAS passed yesterday BY the Boar,
OF Councilrnen infcting = heavy penalty Of fin
and imprisonment for the eulis,men, Of volunteer
to BE credited To any other locality than New York
Tie Court Martial 81 II State street, resumed It
session yesterday at noon, General Hartsuf prcsid
Ing. The csse Of General spnuls was again ON III
tASA bui DO evidence will lie permitted to be pub
hsrsed u-Isl tie IA concluded.
Ons surdyec veterans from the ninth Arm
C.~ra s,rf'sc " ~. ci,y yesterday morning, an
h.ra 49,. ~ x-<2y tpu-ss IN NE afternoon. The
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