Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-01-23
Correspondence.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
THE LABOR QUESTION - TAMMANY -
wTNES-A FUNNY INCIDENT-BCSINESS
NEW YORY, Jan,tary 20, 1874.
THE AROERS EMEUTE,

THE LABOERs' EMEUTE.
The threatened demonstration of the un- .
employed laborers Of the CITY took place on .
the 14th. 1t amounted TO nothing. An |
effort has been made for weeks to incite the |
laboring population to riot aid violence, !
but with little effect. The read laborers
looked with suspicion upon the orators who |.
were believing at their meetings.
"Who is he, and where does he work ?''
became a very common question rs to the
red-nosed individual. who were making
spread eagle appeals in behalf Of 1--WE Ia
borers.'' And, as it never could be ascer-
tanned that the red noses had ever illumined
any shop or factory, or other place of Ia
Dor, their claims to be considered laborers
were secuted. Notwithstanding the in
| fammatory appeals to the laborers out of
work to Join in demonstration Tuesday,
and demand Bread" presenting the al
| tentative of blood, " only three or four thou
sand gathered in Tompkns Square, and of
these but few were laborers, that is, regular
laborers. They were agitators, whose ideas
| of property were exceedingly vague-men
who believe in the doctrine that the man
who has saved something by industry and
sobriety, shall share it with the man whose
intemperancc and laziness has prevented
him from saving anything. These fellows,
mostly foreigners, met with red flags and
badges, and--that was all. The police Or
dered them to dispersal few of them
showed fight, and were promptly Knocked
down, and the rest-the orators being first
ran for sweet life. And that ended
it, Thirty of the agitatOrs were arrested
and committed TO Jail. They were all for
eigners, which fact has significance. There
are in New York thousands of French,
English, and German communists, who
are working vigorously to organize the la
Dor OF the country into raid upon capital
but the real laborers are steadfastly op-
posed to anything of the sort, and the
movement failed. The prudence and good
sense of the laborers saved the city terri
bic riot.
TAMMANY'S DEMANDS.
Tammany has no idea of giving up the
ghost, or of reinquishing a single iota of
its former power. The society has been
somewhat modest for year or two, but the
elections last fall going Democratic, as they
did, gave it new courage. Tammany pro-
poses to take charge of the courts again,
and, as the first step, has divided up the
appointments, riHt0m consulting the
:..lr~.- orrv rftvr0v.., ,--r-----s:..5 Tdru-
many in the Twentieth Assembly District,
notified Judge HacKett that one Deputy
Clerk and one officer Of his Court had been
assigned by Tammauy to his District, and
that lie should designate the two men.
Judge Hackctt was somewhat surprised
at this lie couldn't understand what the
ring of thieves, headed by gambler, had
to do with making appointments of officers
in his court, and he so told Mr.. MiersOn.
Thereupon Mr.. Mierson waxed wrOtb, and
notified Judge Hackett that, when the time
came, Tammany would 90 for Judge Hack
etts scalp.
You see what chance New York has for
decent Courts, so long as mob Of rum
mill frequenters dare to dictate appoint
ments like these.
WHAT WE DRINK FOR WINE.
This is shaking among the dry-bones that
arc habitually moistened with wine. Yes
terday case came before one ofthe courts,
which turned upon the genuineness OF
favorite brand of wine. What do you sup
pose the Sherry drank in the country in
made of? Read, We wine drinkers.
An analysis of standard brand
showed that it was composed of forty gal
Ions of potato spirit, fifty six gallons of wa
ter, four gallons of sapiIlaire, and ten gal
Ions of grape juice. This delectable mix
ture makes 40 dozen quarts, which sells in
the market at S3S per dozen. Rather
profitable business for everybody, except
the consumers they need stomachs glass
lined and backed with fire brick. The fact
is, there Is but little actual wine imported.
The Sherries are adulterated with sui
phuric acid, and strengthened with al
cohol, the Champagnes are made Of cider
and alcohol, Port is villainous decoction,
and so on through the list. Still the fastidi-
Gus drinker smacks his lips over his sui
phuric acid, its price and its foreign name
commenting it to him, Not one OF them
can be induced to touch the real wine, made
from real grapes, grown in America.
AN INCIDENT IN THE EXPERIENCE OF AN
ACTRESS.
Actresses, rs a rule, retain their maiden
names after they are married, the reason
being that having made their reputation
before marriage, 4 change of name would
be injurious. Out of this practice very
funny incident occurred last Saturday night.
A well-known actress, 4 respectable wo-
man, and the wife of an excellent actor, is
is still known by her maiden name, we will
saw, Agnes Morton. She had been filling
an engagement in Philadelphia, her hus-
band at the same time filing one in Pro-
vidence. They were to meet in New IOrk,
Saturday night. The lady arrived at s p.
NJ, and went to one of our best hotels, the
| proprietor oi WHICH hic" hol ''n" ii'i iu'
band. He was in the Office ut the time,
and registered her name, ''Miss Agnes
Norton and assigned her room. At
II p. VI. the husband arrived and register
ing his name, John smith," looked over
the register for the room assigned his wife,
and rushed thther rs any loving husband
would who had been separated from his
wife two months Now all the hotels keep
a watch in the halls to see that no impro-
per characters get into the rooms, and the
watch in this hail was an exceedingly con-
scientious Irishmau. Seeing the man en-
Ter a lady's room, he went to the Office.