New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-03-08

would yield good interest on the investment and
be of incalculable benefit to the health and order
of the city.
Another evil is pointed out in the existence of a
class of persons who live BY securing the streets
for whatever may have been thrown out, OF which
any use can be made As this class OF persons is
Of recent growth among Us, We copy Dr. G. des-
cription of them entire.
" Within few years there have been introduced
among Us class Of people whose persons, like
their occupation, are the mos, filthy and degraded
imaginable, and whose peculiarities demand for
them brief particuarization. These are the ckJ
toniers, or ag-picke-s OF Paris London and other
European cities. They may BE seen already in
considerable numbers, in our streets, furnished with
their apparatus of labor, consisting of long
handled iron hook, with which they rake the ken
nels, and overturn the heaps of rubbish and filth,
in search of rags, bones bits OF paper, Sc, and
q basket on one arm, or large bag slung across
the shoulder which receives their gatherings reek
ing with mud and filth. From early dawn, these
degraded hunters after the apparently most worth
less OF all matters, pursue their avocation, until
night compels them to dessti ard for food, they
may not unftequcntly be seen picking mp the garb-
age thrown into the cutters from the adjacent
houses, which they either depo,. in separate re-
ceptace, TO be re-cooked at home, or eat upon the
spot. They are Of all ages and both sexes, thosgh
| an happy to express my belief that nst an Au1e-
rican can be found among them Yetit is evdentth
this consolation cannot long remain to Va, if the
present facilities for their occupation are continued.
The children, growing up in utter ignorance, and
untitled for better occupation will be no better off,
and having and desiring no other means of sub
sistencc, while they remain here, their children
will continue the occupation, and we shall finally
have horde of native Americans, engaged in one
of the most disgusting occupations the world caR
adduce.
% Let any one inspect closely the personal ap-
pearance of chitioner, as he or she persever-
ingly overhauls heap of street manure, or drags
the gutter before his house, in search OF spoils
let the living personhcstion of uncleanness be tho
roughly impressed upon his recollection, and then
if he will not visit it, let his mag inatien carry him
to the home of the family, and see them drop III
successfully with the proceeds of their daily labor
and deposit them in e corner or under the tee-ta-
bic, in the room, which is, at the same time, par
lor chamber and kitchen, and find them In every
part of the premises will he wonder that, amidst
such heaps of abomination, poisoning The atmos'
phere with nauseors gases, these wretched, I'M
washed exocs, from transatlantic cities, outcasts
from society and fed upon the coarsest food,
should be subject to diseases OF The most aggrava-
ted and malignant character, and that conta gion
should there assume its direct form Tho dwellings
of these people must constitute the very hat-oeos
Of pestilence, should it again come forth among
US and with the knowledge of their existence,
shall we be able truly to say, it welketh in dark
NJ, IT l. e. -. he
face of this City, the erterminator of this new
evil. is apparent; it is clean streets; with them
the occupation of the chifonier is gone
The dSfssstsss mode of cleaning sinks the
erection Of pig-ssyes in various parts OF the
city, is not prohibited oy an adequate PEN
atty ;-the location of slaughtsr-houses, filthy in
their arrangements, and debasing in their influence
upon the public morals the intolerable nuisance
of swine running in the ets;-the mix obtained
from coucs fed on distilisry slOps-the sale OF
which the Inspector thinks should be prohibited
and.she pools and marshes of the Twelfth Ward,
fornied by damming drains for the formation OF
ice ponds, us well as natural marshes in various
paris of the IslaRd-are severaly treated us fruit
ful sources of much of the disease which aficts
the city.
OF the Preventive Sanitary Measures recon-
mended to the attention of the Common Council,
the FIRST mentioned is that of remo0ing the Jtltn
of the City by means of Savers. which DR., o.
says can be shown tobe the Snost efficient and the
cheapest methodist renewing noxi0us refuse
Recent experiments ingLoPeon have shown that
street sweepings may be thus removed. This
method of removing filth would prevent offensive
matter being thrown into the streets the injury
to pavenents would be- lessened and other advan-
tages Would, be derived, Great care should BE
used in the construction OF sewers, which would
generally be pIared beneath the streets. Dr. q.
anticipates most beneficial results also from the
introduction of the Croton Water into the City;
and he specifies the erection OF public baths, hy-
arants, &C., among the means by which It's bene-
fits NAV be most generally diffused.
The Report is u highly interesting and valuable
document and will receive diligent attention. we
trust, not only from those to whom ii is directly
addressed but from every citizen who has con-
Germ in the subject which it treats.
V,HREE DOLLAR BO0TS.--The
question is often asked, Z" how are they made for Tie
price By division o. labor, requiring thirteen naos
10 complete each boot his system, tn the low price OF
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