The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-01-03
WHOLE NO. 157.

crime beyond thnto Of population, aue at a large
number Of indictments arc iound against minors,
both male and female
Young boys are frequentl, ken with ak or
four barrel revolvers in their poct IS
" The above changes in the mannc, and habits
OF certain classes in the city have taken place,
to great extent. within two years: and he evil
has Increased greatly within six months
From these statements it appears that en-,
mously NJ the sfPaNs, II crime b we increased
c,lm itself has increased IN . .til N re- alarming
ratio
The HoHoigJs referring 10 the same subject
some months since thus noticed the causes Of this
increase Of crime
AZ these sad and lamentahlc lie, loourcs n
thinking man need w,ndet The in,r,ase of
travel and of inequality liz wFIirn-- the cgdey,cy
OF improved machinery and 'he false COMMERCIAL
system 10 concentrate industry. and leave large
massesin idlcness-have some efec, in in,r.asing
crime beyond the increase Of population B,.tiu
these two or three past years il must DC rcm,,l-
mcr''h mai w have had great lrssoh on M io,a,
violence We have seen thr supreme authority
Of the lend carrying deadly weapons and plung
ing them into the living forms If ne.ghb5 ring
nation. Such lesson could not be lost upon thar
immense class of the people whose reading IL
chiefly ia tne newspapers. arl VINO look az d, a..
powers that be for their ethics The Mexican
war was demoralizing cause. which pervadodthe
whole land--every hamc, and village. and c,pe.
cially every city. We shall reap the bitter fruits
Of this war for years to come
The effect of the NcNiclu war is vcll assign
ed. All shows of violence tend 10 unbalsLse the
more degraded OF society, and the result Is crime
la confederation Of the above. We must quote from
the Mr. l0E V1.ut. the effect which the Uyer
and Sullivan brutality had upon the lower people
Never was yagabondsm 50 rampant IA New
York. Never wcr" its dark murdrrsus d,.,e lis
high and low hes. so Gerccy agitatcJ as hey
have been during the past few days-ant not
only while the ilyer and Sullivan bcastiucss was
pending but even now, we are panied TO see after
that now eycrto .he-notahlc event in the auualsof
lonfeIdom has taken place The waters of Styx
were never so horribly stirred up--ncver before
did the lanes and alleys, the cellars back rooms
the suhterrancnu hauuts and hiding places Of me
tropolitan hlackguardism in The ficc Of open day.
pour forth into the streets 20 dense 30 hideOus a
swarm We have not me heart 10 describe me
scene Mt Park Row and Chatham street where
these unclean spirits most do cougregatc present.
ed on the evening Of Thursday last Just after
the telegraph had announced the result OF the
contest The SPACE in front of the respective
headquarters Of the. comhatauts was literally
rocking with humanity in it, most degraded state.
boiling buhhling over with morbid excitation
that Mt one time threatened the peace of the city
ITSELF
After only two or three months from he tim.
Washington Gooic WAS hung in Boston we End
it noticed that eleven capital offences had been
committed since the hanging and tn cuprits
were lying in Jail.
The relation which emigration bears TO crime
may be seen from the fact that Of the number in
the penitentiary Of New York city, GO were for
eigners, and 2s5 only We're natives and Of the
902 persons in the Alms-l louise on Blackwels
Island go were foreigners or the 80 commit
ted TO the city prison of Rochester 40g were for
cigners. We need not multiply facts on this
point. because the Importance We attach TO il il
disputed by none
Another cause for the incro.so Of crime during
the two years past, may be assigned to the ablte-
mcnt Of zeal in the lenders Of the Temperance
Reform. 1t iswcl known that this zeal was much
diminished during this period 1t is the general
! complaint that drunkenness has very much in
creased throughout the land durinr the past two
years In Cincinnati there were 100 drinking
houses licensed during the year ending September
], lNlg. Drinking which was confined TO the
closet, or the coffee house with II secret entrance
. few years since IL now rra"tic J ilovcbolrl
and in open day. The young man ~ no longer
! ashamed TO take the Intoxicating drnughi rub-
licly md many are the acrcssions to our criminal
list through the influence ef incompetence OF
the $50 oom,atments toihe jill Of Hamilton coun-
! IT, Ohio 80 were aaid to he Incorporate
The trustees of the ams.honsc Of Baltimore
city and county say
" We must still bear sorrow lul testimony Ia the
hlneful vice of intempcrancr. NJ the grand cause
Of paupcrism, and again declare that 0H aims
LoaAa InoALl ScadaiR b, a,.&i IN Raim51t, mt {or
mis- Guns, Of m,tgg ant Jr0W'
Adults admitted during rhc year 092
known 10 be incorporate ga
OthCrc1ugCs iS
And out of ~ chjllrou. bona or admitted,
~ were brought to drslurlou ~ the drunken
ness of their porcnts'
In New York city. spirituous liquors were sold
at 5G7 shops; and il We cetmlto the number Of
patrons 10 each TO be fifty, we have mn aggregate
Of drinking men in that city nearly equal to the
whole male population
At q recent date, qne.haifo Of the cnnyiGls in the
Ohio Pcnitcntinry declared themselves to have
been engaged in selling oxicatlpg drinks
Facts on this subject might be alnleiplied 10 e.
most any extent but it is not neeteuary
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