The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-17

and thoroughly sympahizng with the poor these men
do good trade in breadstus provisions and 50 forth
am acquainted with two OF them engaged in lhe
corn trade who are credit to any mercantile COM
munity These men pay considerable sums Of money in
wages and the cash, being given with regularity and
good heart appears TO do the recipients good Indeed
the men who are permanently employed by the parties
be as Well of as Il they We're in America; but, I'm.
happily for Dublin, this excellent body Of employees is
very small In number.
Dublin make some money as proprietors and drivers OF
city cabs and ''outside cars plying for hire within the
municipal limits II is, however hard work; and when
such man has his license paid and his horse and
kept in strength and order he has very little left
family and rooms in anything like the comfort and style
in which the drivers OF the omnbusos and city railroad
cars in New York do and to take the same amount Of
personal comfort and amusement his earnings for six
months would not cover his expenditure in one.
believe that have here enumerated all the
OF employment ut present existing In Dublin with the
ccption Of that found by young and women in the
dry goods boot and shoe and millinery stores govern
men situations in the learned professions III literary
life,
THE RATE OF WAGES.
The wages Of all are very small in comparison to the
rem unelatlon found for such services in the United
ssies think am accurate In saying that the average
weekly wages OF Dublin mechanic full employment
= eighteen shlings sterling, one week with the other,
police receive fteeen shllngs week and laborers in
steady work either at railroads or house building from
eight shillngs TO nine and sixpcnce sterling I have
rarely met any OF them who nine ten dollars
week with regularity either by trades or labor
compositors engaged on the daily newspapers
from fifteen 10 twenty shihings week. Their average
wages is also about eighteen shlings; dol
lars aud about cents Tin greenbacks was worth
twenty shllings sterling In New York when left the
city the printers engaged the HERALD and other large
American daies may easily figure out how much money
Dublin conpositor takes home Saturday night after
having had his ''btters duly for the six days.
During the hay harvest good many mon receive
from two shngs and siypence to three shillings day
IN 'ricking hay for darym who keep number Of
COWS ia the suburbs OF Dublin This description of en-
pioyment continues only for few weeks, and the poor
fellows who have sort OF craft perfected by practice
~ rcsDg.p are frequently idle for months afterwards.
The wages Of the clerks In tho stores are SO varied
according 20 circumstances that cannot state them with
any degree Of accuracy Tho government clerks in the
Poe Once and other departments with bank clerks and
Custom House officials get from atty to hundred and
twenty pounds STERLING year The classes last referred
- are outside the capitalists and arstocracy the only
really well dressed and apparently comfortable persons
you meet
SEWING GIRLS AT sIxPENCE DAY.
The largest number OF the girls who 90 out TO sew in
soros and warorooms are paid ut the rate sxpenco
sterling day three shlinge sterling for the working
days Or q week.
Row THE PEOPLE 1--we.
From such incomes you must infer that tTadesmen
and abOrer live very poorly and that their families
Joy very little OF the comforts Of life Such r. unfortu
nately tho These people have TO hire rooms the
rene of which range from two and siypence unfurDshed
20 hvc sbngs turLished) for two rooms These rooms
are OF course uucarretod, no. supplied with water
and have very wfeched outdoor accommodation in the
way Of water closets &c The tires in tho rooms are
lighted With peat fuel, which article is mostly used for
hnrnr. ~ iS sometimes mixed with coal, but IL rs
very urcy that Dublin trsdosman can now anord 10
burn coal ~ through tho year IN the winter season
their condition Is very nncomforaeo miserable II they
out If work With them Il Is, for the most part,
continuous lie Of toll, unreicrcd by any Distinct
might say any worldly hope Of enjoyment wealth or
happiness Tor their children. The Dublin trades
man rarely sees his wife and children clad
wei and neatly, IL scarcely ever able to
.d any avenue of siyauccnent omen 10 his children in
part 81 his native land and s forced to keep them in
miserable tenecnts, shoeless end i'll clad He must see
bic wife daily drudge perhaps engaged IN feeding posi-
MIN hu In cola of lateh
they may hope TO realize few pounds TO supply the de
nc Of wages which should have been had TO enable him
to live ho ought and he deserves to- The trades
men OF Dublin aro.yery intelligent men, and sound poll
cians ALSO hut they really remedy themsey Gs
religious body % men, and really believe that il is from
the practice VI their religion they draw their only com.
fort and also tina, to this practice OF their religion
that England IL indebted for tho opporuntes which she
has had and 20 pcousy prohted by OF working tholi
worldly ruin.
THEIR room AND HEvgRAGE-rRICEs OF PRovI.
sIONs
Not having az yet realized tho dread and cheese fore.
told by sydney smith, the food Of the regular Dublin
aicsnsn IL of very inferior description particr-
larry nj the present moment as the price OF every descrp
ton OF flesh meat rules very high in consequence OF the
heavy exports of food 10 Fngland-exports which are
necessary 20 the English than AT any former
period, owing 10 the loss OF live stock caused IN their
own country by The cattle plague Bcelseak sells TO
DAY In Dublin az from thirteen to fourteen pence sterl
ing ltweyeronce u worth thirty cents per pound;
mutton q, from nine 70 twelve pence, butter ., from
fourteen 10 sixteen pence bacon ut ten pence and bread
atfEom Ayo 70 sispence per Loaf weighing little over
two pounds
The late reduction OF the duty on tea aud coffee be The
government u England had tho effect OF hespcnng
the prices Ul these articles very much and their
consumption by the families Of the working classes Is
~ Increased, and WITH am happy TO say the most
excellent effects their health and morals The free
use OF tes has removed 70 great extent the wish OF
necessity which formerly existed among them OF having
10 the whiskey shop FOR ready, cheap and
stimulating beverage Mhiskoy drinking has in congo
's s I so
sterng not at oil 80 generally taken ss il has been
by the worsinsmen. The excellent porter which Is
browcd IN Dublin ia also cheap sne is more IN use as
beverage pint o. 10 had for twopence sterling,
mat IN respect family drinks the condition of the
men has improved 70 very pleasing extent
! DIET OF CAsBASrs App TURSiPs-sUTTxRyILE
As 4 DRINK.
~, sorry 70 that the Irish craftsman does not buy
very ieaoh befs's:s o. Iu.ion chop bacon :. any
ncy q potatoes cabbssss iurnps an ese or Two and
some bn..ennlk. The immense breadth Of lspd thrown
ssSss sav,. ". Tor green sT.ss .ssdsm ;nII s", o.
pspa., quite Number Of sruips for kbsssms smesDt
and fourteen pcapas weigh. OF poss'osssr had for SIX
iuss '' nov in irsispd Having g. rid Of Is many
VI the population Of ths ceontiy possible
rsa % 10 we work 'a q .s.
areen crops In order 10 feed The cattle with which
they replaced 'hs'r fellow man but tho cattle plaque
sent II 10 the order Of Gods Providence 70 show them
bow futile human csl.ulstcns u tbs, sor,-hss
either s~sp, away The cAsn or necssstsled ,hsI ssie
The cattle gone inc green crops arc o. scarcely any
naming hefe for human food
gyyEcrs oy RIM NV pfyf.
The con lnnoue use Of THE die, enfeebcs the franc
aud irpoyefi.hes tie blood that fcvers, cJn-umpgn
ophthsia gfanulaed eyeliis ard other dseases which
spring from such causes are very prevalent among the
Dublin trsdesmen and their families Not being In .
condition 10 Zee medcsl man he H. foncei 20 SEGA
lief either inside the vorkhouse dspen.aT.es Which
are supported from the Poor law tar,
TIE LKipSgD PROFESSIONS.
The pocunlary condition 10 which the tradcsusn have
been brought hag completely altered the condition Of tho
medical profession, aud leaves great many % Ne
bers entirely dependent Ter living Their having suf
ciont interest 70 got appointed ~ the supers ndence 81
one ~ these establishments
There arc great many lawyers and lAw clerks In
Dublin and tho courts IN fal blast ~ almost an se.
u the year Entertaining the same olinion
held by Peter the Great Of Russia with regard the
naturalization OF The legal fraternity tie