The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-17

That they may se the better prepares TO their
dutiee on the morrow. There others who deal az
clusively for themselves among whom are soma or
strict integrity OF character. One Of these, q boy
about Is years Of cells the of his n
the passengers in the railroad cars and those p,r
sons who reside in the upper part Of the city He
regularly at his post, regardless of the storm the
heat, cold lie is look, for with much
by the inhabitants of the Fourth avenue, though
his appearance brought glad tidngs of great joy"
busines is just as good for no other succeed with
his customer By his work he is enabled to support .
widowed mother in very comfortable manner, and he
Is respected and esteemed by all who know him. There
are others who attend the steamboat landings, who
to be possessed Of great deal of and
Of papers, but will not sell paper singly just before
the boats are about to leave the docks they cry
names OF the papers with three for sixpenos" 90
purchase three By this they are to rake
the business very profitable Others have their
all nicely arranged and they are most polite aud
accommodating There Is also class of this business
who are Iscksss and Of disso!9te habits aud only
their vice. They are very wicked, and render
themselves nuissnce wherever they may chance
among themselves, and are the terror Of all who
have any dealings with them. If they do not
sns they hsy on sn
the steamboats, and sell them to the great injury Of
those who are honest With persons, however, who
full for having been deceived they are careful to
examine the date. At the present day the regular
indispensable
looked upon Is most useful class. city In the
world is the business the same extent as
In this. In the European cities such thing is un-
known. There the papers dear that the poorer
class of persons are not able to purchase them and if
they cannot hire them which business is practised to
some extent, they obliged to do without the news
In London the principal papers cost ten cents each
which precudes the possibility of engaging profit
IN the business In this respect, as in many Others
New York Is the first city of the world and 1t IL not at
all improbable that of the newsboys alb I'VE alluded
to may one day occupy the station Of the counseors
thing to ose for until they were taken INTO this bust
ness they promised to be nothing than dissolute
and abandoned characters, bereft of all the ssutary
influences which could tend to elevate them to level
with the respectable portion of mankind. And it Ia
certain too that there many Of the character last
spoken OF, who, by their dishonest and prohigate
course will find their Of like character
home among the inmates Of the State prisons and
penite ntaries But the opportunity of becoming
spectacle and useful members of society alone with
themselves and however reckless they may be- it can
not, with the reasonable portion of the commu uty,
an upright course.
TEMPERANCE LEAGUE MEETING.-A meeting of the
friends Of the temperance cause was held last night
at the Temperance Hail. $50 Broadway, to take into
consideration the best calculated to promote
the objects of the league, which founded in con-
nection with the State Society on the 9th inst The
object of the society is to propagate temperance by
the combination and concentration of the efforts of
all who take an interest in the good work. and for
out every district in the city This society partiou
larry commends itself to public appreciation from the
Efforts made by 1t to procure clothing for the poor
The Rev. MIR. Beecher and Mr. Buckingham, the elo.
quent lecturer, from England, advertised to ad.
dress the meeting but from some cause or other
neither of these gentle men made their appearance
Considerable disappointment was felt in conseouencs
by large audience who had doubtless assembled to
hear these eloquent Speakers well from desire
to encourage the temperance movement Mr.. Buff
FUN, thepresdent Of the society, addressed few OBJ
eervations to the meeting the necessity of uniting
ted himself and the committee from all blame With
regard to the absence of the invited speakers After
few remarks from some other friends Of temperance
the meeting separated.
Miss MARIETTA SMITH.-The sudden disappearsuce
Of this young woman has caused the greatest excite
ment throughout the city. She has now been absent
to discover her has proved unavang 1t IL unchari-
table to suppose that she has willingly absented her
tested the greatest is Affection and obsdsnSs Pos
sessed of lively disposition, her absence day or
two would not have the effect to ALARM but an
absence Of nearly two weeks has thrown gloom over
her family circle, which will probably ripen into des.
pair. 1t is indeed strange that nothing has been
heard Of herhst .he could be fOrcbly taken in the
open day, without the knowledge of any one After
leaving the Normal School, the day Of her dlsap.
pearapce, she called friend in Elizabeth street.
easinees. When che left, her young friend accom-.
panied her to the door, and that she went
In asS tS to that She
this she paid no attention, and kept her way. That
was the last time she was by any Of her friends
villain who gained hold her young affections and
thereby decoyed herfrom her home and friends There
should be some measure taken for more thorough
search, and should that fail to discover her where
abouts then should the city authorities take the mat
ter In hand and offer a reward sufficient to induce
general inquiry and search throughout the country
II her young life has been sacrificed it would be better
for her disconsoate parents to 1t tnsn remain
in the awful suspense and suffer the painful axiety
they are now Obliged to endure. Let every hou.e Of
suspicious character in the city be searched for is
not impossible that in her simple confidence shs may
bsve fallen victim to the subtle acts of the ssducer
Her parents are most worthy and respectable people,
and their hearts left to bleed over the Unknown
fate of their lost one 1t Is be hoped that nothing will
be left undone to restore the wapderer to her home
and make glad the sorrowing hearts of her grief
stricke parents.
Aec,DENrAL DEATH.-The Coroner held an inquest
yesterday, at No. 253 West Sixteenth street on the
body Of Francis Williams aged rs years native of
Connecticut who fell from shed while endesvorins
to extingush fire which consuming a stable in
the of Sey nteenth where horse was burnt
up. In his fall be accidentally struck his head against
some hard substance inuring him severely that he
dict accordingly The sixteenth Ward appears to bs
vissd by some daring ince ndares who pro vi about
the whole section Of that part Of the CITY
This very stable and premises where this fatal acct
dent happened, has been fred by the hand Of the in
cendiary, three times within few weeks We UNDER
stand that the citizens of that neighborhood have
several hundred dollars be applied in the
ians no have been wifuly setting re to the different
buildings. We hope sincerely they viii succeed in
catching the rascal.
JOHN .. AUSTIN COMMITTED-During the sitting OF
the Court OF General Sessions yesterday John s. Aus
ten came in, attended by officer and vas duly COM
mitted to answer to the charge af numbering Timothy
Shea, In Leonard street in September last.
The TELEGRAPH AND THE ELECTION ErURNs--
The facilities afforded by this invention, are as
yet but lmpertectly understood, and little appre-
ciattd. The interest telt in the result of the re-
cent election has attracted the attention of people
here to the subject; and their inquiries and CON-
ments are sometimes not little amusing. The
tone OF the remarks often heard, might lead one
intelligence from the elections in other States
now was tardy, In comparison with that of former
elections. We have had the curiosity to look into
file OF papers OF 1914, for the sake of compare
strikingly, the advantages Of the magnetic tele,
graph In transmitting intelligence. We give be-
low, the day OF election IN some Of the States in