New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-10-04

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passes Whoorah here be comes, shouting and eng
inr with sort Of Titanic jo.liy, Ike Cyclops on
bender. ard calling with whip and voice upon hi
crab u 70 i or break leg while LIE, cling
Ing to the seat with death grip either hand lower
her Bowery eu,-wsier as 70 present the smales
possible space TO the atmosphere and setting her teet
hard and bracng her feet firmly against the foot5osrd
/. prepared for any emergency Here everybody S OF
an equality save that whoever bss the fastest horse
the best man. The aris,ocrstic dandy Of the Opera
the spendthrin clerk from Frontstreet- the Hasbl
sporting man with his unimpeaohabie turnout all &C
the same road and appear upon the same level socia
INEQUALITIES are. Ike the avenue itself Macs amzed-
though much more evenly. unless il has mendcd It.
ways since as, we rode IL dusty pillows until We
got thoroughly sea sick OF fine afternoon :, swarm.
with verita5e specimens Of the Bhoy arrsyed in oure
vest and fsnneller.ed pantes, and with enormous
Grape band around the hat their way To Cstos or
the Red House. or strykers Bay. or the High Bridge
or some other Of the innumerable resorts Of outot
town vsitauts with which the vicinity Of Newly is
planted.
Another scene dear to the tender sensibites Of TIE
Bhoy is the prize fght-that mos, brutal exhibition Of
degraded and bestalized humanity. Here the influence
of the scene adds crocty TO every evil propensity and
sharpens deprsved appetite with the scent Of blood
The influence Of prizehghi upon minds and charac-
ters thus prepared to receive it, horri teachings
not be otherwise than fatal. The young rowdy, stl
retaining some faint 2 mmerings Of that refinement
which Nature besiows even upon her humblest chill
dren will on his hrst visit 20 przehsh have al the
good completely obli,eratcd aud all the evil strength
eped and confirmed The fierce excitement OF human
batile-the blood, the brayoes the ambition the
dsuntess courage and contempt Tor pain and dan
ger, and even life which make up the elements Of a
prize.hght leave their impress ndeibly upon heart
and brain and are of themselves enough TO stamp with
heavcndefacing brutality the line,mens OF the human
soul that takes delight In then. From the prize
fighters ring emanates bloody and bull dog spirit
which his our street. with ruaIs and disgraces civil
zaiion and the age with and incidents worthy
only of the savage IN his Wilderness. And yet these
bloody ouirsges upon public d,cency and morality
these cattle shows and premium airs Of human demo
nisrn-are permitted 10 be advertised week after week
in some Of the public paper aid TO take place in the
very suburbs OF the metropolis without any eihcieut
step being taken by the authorities TO put stop to
them Not many years ago Yung man was actually
beaten to death ia the ring and reathed HE last in the
arms OF bis bote-hoder II uHde quite noise At the
time and W. remember that The groggeres and tiger
deps in Park place and Centrts,rcet and Chatham
street and the sixth Ward centrally were IN quite n
Hut,er for several hour. But thy had no need The
pspers stormed ate the Police office clustered htile
and that was all In few months after, company Of
two or three hundred rowdes haing Dragged Of what
they were about to do for weeks beforehand embarked
At midnight on the East River addressed over to Con
nectcut where the champions nrrounded by their
partsans and friends battered bruised each other
nj ~ IN she ~ inn
lested-with the exception Of trIng interruption by
a Connecticut deacon, who sooI got his spectsces
smashed and was driven of the premises with black
eye and a flea in his ear.
Now there is no use, we suppoe. OF blowing up the
authorities for doing their plan and manifest duty
in surprising with the strong hand these and similar
public wrongs but It appears cerhn that fthey 0nld
bestr themselves and put down hese prize fights and
fre riots and abolish three quarters OF the grogseres
and other vile haunts of Dwdyisn the moral atrnos
pbere would al once become purified, and the Bhoy-
whom we are now compled 10 regard AS the disgrace
Of the tmes-would lrc0me a cheerful Industrious
well TODD and valuabl member of the community
But for all these desiable deliberations must wait
the slow yet ineyitabA movement which civilization,
amid many struggles and backsidinss, il yet ever
making in an onward nd upward direction.
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