The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-05-14

CITY Intelligence.
scsNEs THE FIVE PoMrs.-On Friday night last our
erorter visited the Five Points, In company with several
Southern gentlemen. who anxious to witness all
the tall sights which this great city Of Gotham Affords
built up h from the highest to the lowest classes Of
ociey. Arriving the ground called the Five Points
found large gas lamp which has been placed by the
sf Of police, in order to enighten that neghborhood
AID endeavor, If possible to throw a light on some
Of the ascaty practsed by the inhabitants Of that
gon The origin Of the Five Points from the fact Of
here being five streets meeting at this point which
i.rms admirable opportunity for the thief to escape
dens Of thieves and vagabonds, and also the various
lancc-houses by that efficient officer, Mr. McManus who
l. class Of characters under subecon which he does
must say to admiration. The first place entered
a negro dance house, situated in Cow Bay, where
sfsr descending several steps in the dark we arrived at
pine door. swinging with rope attacked to couple Of
looking negro doorkeeper, to take the price of adj
lance, 81 cents per head with the exception of the
best looking yellow gals who are admitted free Upon
entering the room the odour not quite pleasant
wa experienced at the last soiree visited in Eighth
rect But still our company were willing to bide lit
was filed with the most motley group that can possibly
be imagined, consisting Of black white yellow and In.
occupied the floor in the midst Of cotlon bowling and
scraPng in all the attitudes of the most ludicrous and
So%icsl forms imaginable One Of the females particu
woman. about as broad as she was long, weighing at
least between three and four hundred the Precipitation
streaming down her sable skim like water thrown against
the light fantastic toe' to partner little, dminu.
My eye To observe the movements Of this couple
as IT. truly ah. amusing The others were equally conf
side Of the room, which consisted of two 6ddlcs
aNd tamborine !; bar ]: likewise fixed at
&C.. and in the rear end Of the ballroom is a small
antiroom, wherein we saw some fifteen twenty men,
and whs ss S mostly 4. with the
-dcd into several "dens" ono Of which was filed with
negro sweeps night scavsngers and other miserable;
hy looking creatures with attered garments engaged
drinking with their wcnches apparently happy
as lords only not quite 90 slightly Amer passing through
Celebrated dance house Tor ,"Almacks.D kept BY the
king Of the dares, Pete Williams Ut will DO recol-
wherein he danced cotilon with the belle Of the room
Here we had some fun for one Of tho gentlemen Of
X aed
hand Miss Dnah, an elegantly formedyellow girl for
Ssr ON (which wa, accepted BY the fs, Dnah when
ae Polka that being the only music patronised by
MI. Williams at his public During this dance much
negroes opened their mouths with astonshmcnt to see
the dancing Of this visitor certainty rich sight
q d Ills wench was the identical one that Dickens
, saed with. After the :" Polka" came the "nigger (.
black boy employed by Pete Williams exclusively for
this Establishment and certainly of the most
" messed On passing along Orange street. we dropped
into another dance house. wherein we saw q very nte.
She executed in excellent time. and with much skill
10 give detailed account OF overy place visited
cce AZ y nosb bc most n nro
miaent places; and we sincerely think that strangers
visiting this city who omit seeing the Five Points,
ainy miss of the most interesting and impressive
sights they witnessed-one Of which. too. that
forms foundation for interesting stories relate to their
friends for years to come
A scEvE IN FAsHroSAsLE LuE-Cards of invitation
TO irs. Modishs select party had been distributed
for eyerd days and the elite were on the qui vipe
10 he present The longcxpccted evening arrved-thc
hal brilliantly acknowledgements cquipagcs lined
81 lin and severa1y announced The dancing had com
ed when, about ten o'clock, Count Rodoph
wss as
sweet To do him justice he fnc-looking man,
wit a graceful, easy carriage. He walked with his
f Ito tho upper part of the ROOM and paid his respects
to hostess after which he mingled In the mazes Of
the .iddy dance After dancing with several charming
da with hmhe requested the favor ofthe hostess for
the next set, which was freely given. And be-
rcun the The mischieflovng daredevil who had
Introduced tho supposed Count purpo:ey stationed him
Count was dancing with and he had not long to wait for
opportunity he desired, as mine host turned to him,
AM asked him whom his lady was dancing with. Why,
you know n loud enough for the whole room to
Z -" it's Mrs. Browns French cook" Had thunder
fallen in that room it could scarcely have produced
seater CONSERVATION than did that little word To think
Mr.. NJ was awful During the confusion, the Count
-'n'ahed; and then were heard, "insolent puppy |"
m Y did he get in y Thank fortune did not dance
im j" and sundry other epthets were freely applied
IT, IN watching how anxious .sS the ladies were to
with him; and when he threw the cold bath
me forc I 1 .: true s' picture Of human vanity
osss nothing from the fact that actually occurred
iter in one Of our Southern cities
II youro Max "Dorr roRr-A young man from
Dive county. who came down to the big city" in
n pc, perhaps. Of putting finishing touch TO- his
onhood IL Which had proved himself most dis
he'd feature stepped acros. from Lovejoy'. the
hey vent to- while bu,iiy engaged in reducing this
Rsry indy sppsoscS.d Sy two young sentismsn
elegantly sttrsd with breastpins whose 1ustre and
OPP ,ue-with gold chains, white Kid gloves, and q
splendid nuria and patent leather boots who induced
ss &c co and
towering rains Interested BY the happy and adrot man.
% he sssn to Id s: ds be
where they opened to him scheme which would ensure
him comfortable maintenance for life There IL now,
said they, vessel fully manned, well equipped and
abundaniy supplied, which Il in the Immediate want
Of supercsrgo Fiouris worth $40 per barrel at
without dinculty gain sccsss the port without the
usual duties or IN any way interfering with the laws pro-
have any available means now Is the time to strike
vsnes III. spPOum.n suS
how much means will be necessary to complete this
object why, If you have four or Eve hundred
very envisbie and profitable speculation" "'weIi,
have ut than about hundred and twenty dollars
with me now but get the balance by the return Of
the Rochester tomorrow night" Give that then,
and win you the place, and join you in the
enterprise-ws stop at the Aston. where we would be
happy you at dinncrr II 10 almost needless 70 OBJ
serve, that the young gentleman from Dutchess rcn.
cushed the right and title to his possessions that
be Is in eager expectation Of joining his friends at
dinner. ct the Aston House tomorrow. This Is whatwe
cell being done for May the sequel prove otherwise
iFurvY ArvArR.--A Mrs. Malnda s. left her
house about three days sgo and forgetting her marriage
COWS and her duty TO her lege lord went in company
With another loved swain to house Of sssignation.
There they remained shut from the the world
Saturday evening when the injured husband getting