New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-29

p-1f r. ere IIrrcrocs sn1 s.uavs Waf stfsn lel The
A-l9r House sn8 other similar high sounding es,ab
.hments 10 Baker small ard Marystreets. ere the
earthly psrsd sss up-n which s-4 Fixed Ell the waking
p and Hi5ush dreams ID The bellies and ssrsnts
OF The DARK hue There, on Saturday nights gather the
vory toothed ranks Of smiling Afric dsuzhter. and
the Periumed snd excr1cis;ing danles Of lie frs;
coio-ed circes 90 exchange soEs and protestations
imoDe soft nonsense ard lemonade with STICK 10 H.
and 20 chsse tie glowing hours with wing feet -
Everything here 's 0l conducted vi.h he most
elaborate and pcmpols ceremony. The smallest ree u..
ste % the most fastdlous etiquette is observed with
rs much grave rigor as q, the Queens Drsw.n- Room
Bat after the Ice is broken there Is nohngio equal
toe .prt and abandon with which it's entered into sd
common white folks balls ard dances are tame and
stupid compared to 81 gran f1RanFn0 with which our
co.ored bellies and beaux 20 into the business -
fney dance there never wss any more dancing %
be gotten On this earth and - If il doubtful
whether any so good as this would be found anywhere
else One thing viii BE- uniformly observed IN these
assefnoisges-amost every person on the fooT uvara
by keeps good time with the music and everything
comes 0ut a. regularly q dance or fsht 10 well
drilled meo drama The African has sn intense instinct
for music and time which when fairly developed and
refined by education will produce singers. instrumen-
tAts and dancers Of higher order than have ever yet
been heard Inc voices Of this race are gene
rally much richer and more aexibe than those Of any
other excep, the Italians and they inferior
that oily suppleaess and clnging adaptsbliiy 90 IL.
dspenssbe 20 the singer. TIE power Of sympathy or
imitation which the faculty mos, necessary 70 the
actor "a possessed in high degree By the African
People may sush # they please but that viii Mt pre-
o. from saying that we believe the stage IN al ts
d Ea-Am ID =
of tragedy VIII be eventually occupied by coored &C.
tors end actresses singers dancers and instrumental
performers It Is through this channel that The Afr
can mind viii frat rise 70 power over the souis Of the
other races and acquire the fame awarded TO unques
toned yet practically useless genius The abstract
love for the beautiful is much stronger and more uni
verss with the African than any white rsce except the
modern Italians and the sncen, Grecian' while The
Intellect snd Judgment ~ present far Inferior % al
In short We believe that alter the African race hss be-
come purified from the horrible stains and poIuons Of
cen,urie. Of blood slavery and oppression and ha.
found power 70 20 is natural level 10 will De- dis
covered to correspond to the female the minor
key In the grand analogy Of the universe.
Bnt these Of course specuia0us. OF no farther
value in practical than as they furnish sugges
tons Tor thought, One thing however, Is not merely
speculation but fsc,-the progressive development
OF the coored race Already is this strikingly sppar
eut 10 the meorsted condition Of the lower class Of
colored people, in Baker Lombard and Mary streets
and the adjoining neighborhoods The better classes
have taken the subject OF improving the condition OF
their less fortunate brethren vigorously in hand and
within tue asi three or four years arge sums have
been expended by the coored people Of Philadelphia
n rescuing many from want snd dissipation and evil
wave and restoring them 70 society Many have been
sent 70 comfortable places in the country where they
stil remain and altogether, the SEXUAL condition Of
the ooorsd race in Philadelphia s Al encouraging evil
dence Of their power Of sefprogress and OF the
active beneyolenca which exist among he members
IL The story OF the horrd murder oi Mr. John
son the Cleveland Droyer is now said 10 hsve been