The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-13
C0regpondenes ofuls Intelliqenee.r,..
NEW YORK. Jan. In ieI

NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 1858.
When you meet man in our clty. at
the present time and ask him what the
news is, heiwill at once begin totallx
about what Is going on in Washington.
what Congress is expected to do or not
to do, whatthe prospects are for the
country, Presidential campaign, and
such like. OR again he will discuss the
quarrels which Napoleon and the Ital.
ian people, and the. Gar and the Grand
Turk are engaged in, mention the king
OF russia, and in fact talk about every
and anything, except home matters. In
some respects he Is indeed excusable
for there is little to talk about in5tbis
metropolis which your readers NAV
care to know. The discussions among
the commissioners appointed to super.
intend the construction of the new post
office building, give occasion for much
tun among the pablo. Unfortunately
ouEc cittZens have toipaY forthe wisdom
eyihced, by these gentlemen. Among
the resolutions adopted In that matter
we Will for instance mention the one
by virtue OF which every plan of a
building presented by them will be
pafd, and that part of it selected which
practical. Thus we may expect TO
see building erected which will
representa- dozen different STYLES and
tastes of oEarchitecture. AS soon as the
weather begins to moderate, it is In
tended that the construction of the
work shall be at once commenced. Jack
Frost does indeed begin to,swinRs his
sceptre again with much severity, and
the houselesS and homeless are suffer-
ing intensely. The price of labor ia
greatly reduced, and hundreds of
men. are looking for employment The
h NkNN -e.k1
Will continue until the return of mild
weather will call for hands to build
houses or for help on our wharVes.
The present year Seems indeed to be-
come favorable one for the erection
OF buildings, in preference to the time
when labor was paid atthe rate of s. 90
to s. 90 az day. We have plenty of va.
cant lots In our uptown streets left, |
and the; construction of new houses
would necessarily bring rents down,
which, although lower than In former
years. are still out of proportion with
the general amount of business trans |
acted. The few American vessels which |
arrive" at our port are sufficient eyi- |
dence of the fact that ship. building is |
at complete stand still In our country. |
Nor there any hope for that line OF |
business reVtving very soon. Among |
the numerous emigrant vessels which |
arrived at our port during the last
month, only tive were American, the |
majority Of them sailing under the
German or British flag. In spite of the
tnclement season, Immigration is |
very brisk, and 1t is a favorable sign of |
the times that the majority of the res
cent arrivals are at once proceeding |
West, instead of depending what money /
they have in the vain hope of obtaining
employment in this city. The country
west of here needs hands, and is able |
and ready to give employment to who
ever ts willing,to work and to create
himself an Independent position, and
even the young men who have been
clerks and office employees in the old
country will do better to seize the
plough for some time and earn them-
selves homestead rather than to i'm
crease the number of the unemployed
individuals, with which every large
city is crowded. The population of the
United States promises 70 increase con.
siderably this year by Immigration, I'D
we are to believe the reports which
reach us from abroad. Well, let them
come, we have room for all OF them,
and the faster they arrive the more
favorable the prospects must certainly
become for the increase of our CONNER
cial prosperity, and for the improye.
ment of the country generally.