The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-17
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.


10 rIrE EDITOR OF THE NEW NORTHWEST;
The railroads, hotels, merchants and
brokers report unusually good business
for some weeks past, and the spring
trade is expected to be very extraordi-
nary. There is already an increase Of
one third I'm buyers. Immense quanti-
ties offreight are coming from the West,
aud large shipments are being made
from New York to various parts of the
country. The South being now an en-
couraging purchaser, our exports are
heavy, and foreign countries are said to
be Jealous A half-dozen new piers are
to be built Immediately in this city, in
order to afford increased facilities for
the handling Of freight. There is pros
pect for a rush Of business upon the
opening Of navigation, and the outlook
is gratifying. The Chamber Of Com
merce wants the canals of the State put
Into excellent condition without delay.
Ii has been discussing the prospects Of
foreign aud domestic trade, and will do
everything practicable to increase it. \
conventional tariff with France, it is
E said, would bring to this country busi-
= ness amounting to four hundred million
{ francs annually. The mechanics and
laborers Of New York have been expert
enciug very hard times since the panic
Of 1873, but there is a cheerful feeling
among then now, for general revival
of industry is approaching, after years
7 Of depression. Three winters ago there
were sixty thousand idle men in the
= city, but il is estimated that no more
than ten thousand are out Of work at
( present, and this number will be greatly
j reduced before long, as the freight hand
r ling along the river, park, dock, elevated
= railroad work, etc, will shortly give
= employment to an army Of men. The
lodgiug-rooms in many of the police
. stations have been abandoned by the
% wanderers who used TO crowd them in
{ times past. The scarcity Of unfor-
e tuuate men for station-house lodging is
} now, however, not altogether due to the
q revival Of industry, but partly owing TO
D milder weather and eheapness of bread,
p coffee and lodgings at various places.
} Houses are to be found now where a
= man can get tolerable bed and a cup
(. OF hot coffee and roll in the morning
], for few cents. At the close Of business
: st the custom-house on Monday even
e ing it was found that nine hundred reg
b istered entries Of merchandise had been
j. made on that day, and that many more
J. were offered which had to lie over until
= yesterday. This is the largest days
e work that has been done in the custom
e house since August /. 1872, when the
e new tariff went into effect. There was
% collected on Monday over $500, 600.
.r An interesting trial was opened TO day
j. in the United States District Court. The
e case is that Of fDeBoigne NJ Bennett, who
J. was indicted for sending obscene matter
n through the mails. Bennett is a book
sT seller in this city. This book is the
'e same for which f II. Haywood was
l. convicted for circulating in Boston. He
% was aiterward pardoned by Mr.. Hayes
J. Anthony COmstock wrote a decoy letter
il TO Bennett, and IN reply a fictitiou.
IN name Of the book was forwarded The
10 defense will be that the volume in ques
e. tion is simply discussion Of the mar
e. riage relations. In support of this the
II. ory, the following witnesses will b,
ne called: o. p. Rockingham, Joseph Sa
ed bin, J. y. Benton. Or. T. B. Foote, Cort
Us land l.. Nalmer, Professor Alex. Wilde
III and Alfred L. Ransom.
be a letter from Paris says: an. DeCoch
.e, cry, the new minister Of posts and tele
nd graphs, has submitted a bill to tn
up chamber, under which the post ofic
'will undertake the collection Of bill
ed aud other debts not exceeding fiv
IS. hundred francs. The creditor will send
er registered letter to debtors through tb
ch post Office, which in case Of failure vii
be return TO him without being bound {
y assign any reason. y letter will cos
be twenty-five centimes, the postmau wi
en- be allowed twenty-five centimes, an
Ia, the collecting Office will charge twenty
-y. five ceutimes, bat the two latter sum
on will be reduced to ten eentimes in th
ie. case OF any debt under ten francs. Tn
ng committee will be sent by post Ofiie
its order by the usual rule. The post oftic
I'd may also receive subscriptions for news
Of papers and magazines at charge
three per cent. The experiment will 8
ks first be confined to the principal towns.
are Il is said that the New York Wort
tor has been sold to George w. Childs,
me the Philadelphia Ledger, who will tab
ne possession Of it on the 1st Of May, an
are make clean sweep OF the present ed
lily torial department. Mr.. Childs so il
ler formed his friend, Paul duChaillu, Ii
rt- explorer, who told the informant
ped your correspondent. AUGUST.
me New York, March -, 1879.
r.n
md a Detroit husband Of a month did NJ
led come home at night, and, as this vi
.at his first irregularity, his wife sat 4