North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-06-20
~ Letter from ssClint.n
NEWARK, N. j., June Is, 1866.

SECS" will not be entirely devoid Of interest
to at least portion of the readers of the
,DemOcrat,=I propose, if desirable, to==re-7
sumo lmy former relation as an occasional
correspondent.
The people hereabouts, especially the
large proportion of them engaged in the
business of manufacturing hardware, lesth-
er, machinery, carriages, &c, complain
most wofully of the remarkable dullness of
trade. Prior to the war, Newark manu-
featured largely for the Southern market,
and upon the collapse of the rebellion much
effort was made to resume this relation -
but either the South is too poor to buy
more than the commonest necessities, or
the unsatisfactory relation it bears to the
Government Affords hepeople there little
encouragement to invest in Northern man.
ufactured articles. Be this as it may, our
about to he reconstructed fellow-citizens
pcctations forn ed of them, and well filled
shelves and empty work berches is the
order in our warehouses and workshops,
while the streets are filled with oilers
Then there is perceptible diminishing of
our :" resources"-We don't hold quite so
much money now as we held when "this
cruel war" WAS raging we are not so flush
rs we were-we don tslIngour piles around
so loosely as we did when everybody had
a contract with some Government agent
for the suppression of the rebellion.
New York merchants likewise complain
of dull times; and the same causes
doubtless, have aided this result. But there
is still another cause, and that is the cIy
of cholera, cholera" when there is no
cholera. The dailies must have a sensa
tion of some4ind, and in the absence of
anything better now that the great Fehian
war is ended, they freeze to the cholera
Day after day they are filed with reports
of "cases" which have no existence save in
the disordere imagination Of their own
hard eases. This newspaper epidemic is
not without its effect upon the cousins from
the country, with whom New Workers us
ually have much dealing-so the rural rel
atives, who are accustomed to make peri
odcai visits to the metropolis for business
and pleasure, get cared,panic.stricken and
remain among their own hills and valleys,
and thus the city loses by their absence.
The only epidemic we have among US,
and which is now raging among the fair
sex, is that which has taken the form of
collar-a. Every other lady you meet
wears collar, the peaks of which peak
out in most peculiar manner. In fact, 50
to speak, this is peakadilIo Of the ladies
that am at a loss to account for. But
what's around? Have the storekecpers
been imposing their wares on the unwary +?
1t is said that the collars now in vogue,
(and from which invoke the Gods to de-
liver US, are called the Shakespeare but
this is probably another outrage upon the
immortal bard, who is now declared from
owning them. This female disease, how
ever, can only injure devoted husbands and
indnlgent papas in their currency holders.
1t is harmless epidemic, which comes
home TO the bosom of every well regulated
family. The dailies may enlarge upon that
to thei- hearts content, and the CITY will
prosper under it. -.......
Although the population of Newark is
essentially working one, we are not with
out our Observation-Disclosures, concerts,
excursions.&e, and one can usually have a
choice. Last night, by way of variety, we
bad splendid fire within block Or two
Of our toddering house! and Dick and
(you know Dick) watched sour brave fire.
men," for an hour or more fitting around
among the flames, like so many salaman-
ders. The building, a large oil cloth and
Japaned leather mandatory, was, howcv-
er, entirely destroyed. Dick enjoyed the
sight hugely, and thought the show quite
as good as a circus, or a nigger minstrel
performance.
Speaking Of nigeer minstrels, in my
walks about town sometimes drop in at a
nigger meeting" which is decided i'm
provemcnt on the minstrel entertainments.
| visited " class" a few evenings since,
whereat a number of the "most eminent
dvines had assembled, the occasion being
an extra effort IN the cause of the Freed
mems bureau" The black Demosthenes
of the evening was "whilc wash man, -
and Andy Johnson seemed to be his great
object of attack Said re: "Who is Andy
johnson, I'd like to know? Whar did he
come from? He didn't know muffin, till
his sister tont him, didn't she? Couldn't
spell his own name at de very time you
niggas was agoin trou Horace Greedy
History of de War. Wasn't it? Dress
ole Brudder Greely-bre>s de lam. Is
such Encomp"op as dat fit to veto dat
bureau, which was built to hold all de hu-
man family! Hay! (Crics of "Oh heavc
um, heave Ole Andy Johnson high. Stan
bv, Biggas, while de fire am burning. }
What is he? What is dis runagau Pres
ident? Ony a tailor; and doesn't de
dead and gone John Wesley say dat tai
lor is but de ninth part OBJ man Doesn't
hel (Oh. hear dat; hear nm talk. Hi
vi! isn't dat de gospel troofD And jest
to see de acts Of de man to git into de
cheer What did he doi Didn't he