New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-28

enjoy it," little previous to this he wrote 10 his WIFE,
al have no idea that J shalt be chosen PrcsidehtA
second time. though this Ia not to he talked OIL Inc
business Of the Office is 30 oppressive that shall hardly
eupport Il two years longer Tonight must go to the
ball. where suppose shall get cold and nave 10 eat
Cruel for breakfast for wcok afterward This VIII DC
no punishment
prominent dry goods commission merchant s"'u "
that during the holidays he anticipated very o"
year for business. but In January the sisrs hao oh
strengthened IN favor OF booming year lhcIc was"
particularly good Ncw-York trade with oregon ana N"i
fornia Nevertheless there were 2Oooo looms III East
en Pennsylvania. including Philadelphia 'ue' anu lnat
amounted 20 the dlcncss Of 10 600 operatives two looms
being considered occupation for one person Inc s'ocks
Of goods through the country have been much depleted
large as they WERE through the habits OF the people not
| having suffered any check 10y the doubts whcn had
been formed in the large cities of the years prospects
| and therefore there was demand Tor more goods'
| A steamship man recently told me that while the
Americans were covctng a share OF the large British
commerce on the North Atlantic. thoy had saved thom-
selves considerable worry and probably loss hecauSc
from various steamship freGhs had been very
unequal and uncertain, and profits were cxccp'oh"i
among the corporations One OF the greatest OF 'hese
maritime companies had watcrcd its stock and soid
to the general British public and 1t was only paying
ncr cent q year In another remarkable losses OF
vessels had absorbed the profits In third case an ou
established line barely made per cent ana oi'en c""u
not get freight to Europe sufficient for ballast Oh account
of the higher prices OF produce and grain prevailing mere
than in Liverpool Another line managed to exist ana
earn small profits 10y paying the minimum prices 'or
officers aud labor Several ships OF which great Things
had been expected had turned out failures ana the
largest one all had 10 I've completely rebuilt ms o' VI
carrying matter and OF consequent respectapc
freight had extended to the German ana otner noS' ~
while cabin passengers had increased In number during
/ Than rad hep
age business. still the competition was ek'raoru!'
and Americans would not he contened with the average
profits of British ship owners
| The same competition existed among the snip puma
crs who to keep their yards active had taken largo III
forests In different lines and suffered win the oe'
stockholders by possibly artificial reardlne OF reshS
from this side European frcghts to America had be
come very small under tho operations OF the American
tariff and the reduced prices for iron wo0cn go"dS cc
For two or TIRES years much gloom had existed among
the lines trading to America. Notwithstanding the pro
life nature Of the building interest which was per
petualy forcing and larger vessels into the 'nue'
while the ocean tramps" that great class OF ships
without any Fixed destination Ia styled, had muupheo
almost 10 thousands and had cut the rates IN every u
rectlon managed very much like the od Yankee s"hs
shps where tho shipping was at once nerchaht
and navigator and ran between any points that wOnia
furnish him frcigts cutting living down to starvation
lines MY informant said that steam shipping had re
solved itself to two points: extreme economy OF icodhg
and paying crews and obtaining something to carry
from country like ours, which was 40 rapidly hing up
that vast as its and productions wcro bad or
moderate year gave IL but httlo to send away Com
parcd to tho profits of American railroads.. said my
friend the profits OF ocean shipping almost
contemptible"
Tho time may come when we shall sec hotels dowr-
town again as far as tho Battery know bank pres-
inf Tho dor l6tn
building and has his room elegantly furnished with
paiptincs brlc abrac books prints and genial
sdcboard and no says that he often cntertans gentle
iacn and sometimes ladies' In his Bohemian nest. and
frequently docs not uptown OF nights for week.
and IA Just as Brooklyn York. ana can put
himself at tho City Hall OF the former city In fifteen
minutes. There is suggestion downtown to an
rhetorical mind than tho palaces OF upper Fifth
ave In the former Morse kept his frugal studio. and
Irving had his library and Cooper worked during the
winters while the first Congress assembling under the
Constitution dispersed all through the little streets
like Cherry and Beaver. which accommodate wine
agents emigrant runners and tenement houses; .bnt
there less transformation OF this old portion OF
tho town than In the parts above Fourteenth ST.
In the particularly. tho parts OF New York adj
acent the Battery freshcned by sea breeze aud
are most available to tho steamboats, which orOss the
bay TO tho coasts tho islands and up both rivers. who
hot locomoton from far up town TO business
DO avoided by lodging in tho business vicinity and
necessary spending the evenings Off in tho harbor
While the obscurcr and Irish elements much
absorbed Ia schemes 10 ouwit perpcx England the
older Irish patriotic cOmponcnts OF NcwYOrk very
cthardc about the grefs OF modern Ireland. The de
scendans OF Robert ;.mmets brother quite nuner
Gus here. aud not only conservative citizens but
some OF them have fallen into tho English mania and
pronounce their words IN the Pail Mall than the
| sackvie- st. style. Mr. O'Gorman who has just as
cendcd tho bench by the votes OF s Irish fellow citizens
has had little TO say for long time about irish woes,
aud thinks Burke the greatest rlshman Tory ms he
wh,o other former patriots after tho fashion OF darcy
Mo(ec have rather rcpcnted OF the fOllics OF their
| youth and become advocates OF tho English system
The best rlshman can be put TO IN America"
said one these former enthusiastic to me- Is to absorb
himself completely In the most progrt ssive American
schooi and show what Irishmen do by assisting all
good onward movements aud liberal things In the land
of his adoption. where his children TO dwell II Ire
land thrown OPEN" continued this gentleman.
for backward emigration from America with an Irish
Parliament Dublin Green there~woud not be enough
patronage TO affect tho fortunes OF single steamship
line movement toward Ireland would fall az fat Us
orthodox Jewish movement to so settle and re-
| vive Palestine"
The Ioos Club building at the corner Of Twenty rst-
IT. and Fifth ave has been leased for five years for
$4,000 year. an increase OF more than $1,000 over
tho lease just expiring Is presumed that tho taxes on
| this property amount 10 nearly $1,000. building on
OF the adjacent not elaborate ntcriory
| rents for 81 5000. NcwYOrk clubs continue without
exactly 1ourslng because the Americans a club
babe race having given their attention Ia their homes
ON the side and their business the other most
CT tho New York clubs show two needs the first OF mis-
ccaneous evening patrons. to bcguic tho time better
than he filled at public amnsemcnts at home;
and next the want of business connections At the clnbs
out OF which suggestion and acquaintance, will arise
| to-morrow's profits.
The extension OF prenoms, which is noticed in OF
the oristocratic English families. IA wholly unknown
In this country The OF the vito Senator George
| Pendlcton Ia" Mary Alicia Lloyd Ncvins Key" Where