Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-02-15
SOCIETY, NEW BOOKS, AND THE FINE ARTS
IN NEW YORK.
NRw YoRK. FKHRu.RY q. |,

New YoRK, FEBRUARY 8, 1851.
Hrapd increase of population be any indication
OF prosperity, New York may regard herself as
amongst the most prosperous of States. The GEN.
sus returns for the fourteen counties composing the
southern district Of New York, and embracing the
most popuous part of the StaIe, have just been
completed by Mr.. TALLMADGE, the marshal Of this
district whose share in the numbering of the peo-
pie at the present census has been no sinecure.
They show addition of 362,S65 inhabitants
from the lst of June, 1910, to the lst of June,
1850, the aggregate population of the district at the
hrst date being 745,653 and at the last l0s 7l6.
VI this increase the cities of New York and Brook
lyn contribute over 250,0OO, or more than two
thirds. For part of this quarter Of million,
however, they have drawn upon the surrounding
counties, that the relative growth of the cities is
not disproportionate. In every county of the State
thus far the present returns show large increase
over the last, with single exception, the county of
Columbia, which for some local reason or other
has ret regarded while all her sister counties have
advanced in population, and which shows falling
of during the last ten years of 24S inhabitants.
The opposite county of Greene, on the other side
of the Hudson river presents addition during the same
period Of thousand cspcoss are the changes
of population Persons curious in such matters fnd much
room for speculation and theozng in the statistics of the
census reurns the of the community draw from them
most satisfactory and encouraging proof of the national
progress
The fact that this city has within the decade Of years
added hundred thousand souls to the list Of its in
habtsnt has almost the force SURPRISE Notwithstanding
that every has had the daily indications Of its rapid
growth before his eyes, But what take Of in de-
tail strikes all the strongly in the general result. The
changes in the faces and figures Of familiar friends
make impression upon us, bat the man whom have
r Il 14I.. /. .t.Et
ing, and have his. Just people who have lived
quietly in the hustle and business Of New York since
s4O troubling themselves very little about what was going
around hem and taking of the progress Of the
age, hardly realize that during this brief space Of time
many inhabitants have mpeceptbly settled around
them. The half million towards which have been gadu-
ally tending it was hardly supposed BY sangune New
Workers. that should arrive at during the first half of the
nineteenth century, but began the year 1851 fairly the
further side Of it, and within reach Of the few remain
ing capitals which yet outsp True population in
sases poverty increases crime increases and the crust of
and vice which forms the artificial life Of every
great city, hardens and oughens with age, but for all that
there something grand and inspiring in the prodgous
gress of metropolis like this rich in resources, and
unlimited in the possibilities of its destiny.
MUNICIPAL REFORM.
In New York, whenever Mayor is elected it is ge-
neray the strength of very potent pledges Of muni
cPal reform, retrenchment promised redress
the ills that well disposed citizens heirs to,
Of the abuses Of their less dspos
ed good order and the general veal Consequently every
mayoray distinguishes itself by stringent enforcement
Of various regulations and ordinances Of civic character
and the official broom sweeps clean possible Ac-
corngy just now, in addition to being the largest and
popuous city the western hemisphere, New York bids
fair to be the best regulated. Mayor KISssLAsD, the
incumbent Of that horny seat the chair Of municipal state
in this troublesome capital has brought down upon himself
the praises Of the lovers Of good oe and the anahcmas Of
the turbulent and practically democratic portion Of his
constituency by vgorous onslaught upon various
shed abuses against which appears there r spa,
but long ago and totally out Of sight and out Of mind
to have lost all its high legislative sancons and be
than the deadest Of dead letters Omnibus drivers who
formerly whirled ng Broadway first this side Of the
and then the other, forbidden rush madly from
their Spheres and restricted the right side Of the way
strictly the gentleman in the forward two" Of quad
rie All the show bills which used decorate Broadway,
large boards supported against the ampposts all along the
street, have disappeared the oreof this despo,c Mayor
awning trembling and falling under his edic and
denounced against those distube of the public peace
who persist in png boxes and bales the sidewalks in the
way Of pedestrians Increased activity in the police depart
men has been another symptom Of the regime perhsps
to be accounted for by the fact that many old ncumbents
depended for their places upon the will Of the executive
The last exploit Of this branch Of the public service has been
the breaking Industrial Manufacturing Company for
the Promotion Of Industry incorporated under of the
State Legislature authorizing the formation Of corporations
for manufacturing, mining, chemical purposes, and which
has been carrying its schemes Of industrial promotion in
the Bwey The principal man in the company rejoces in
the wealthy paronymc Of Rothschd and himself and his
appear to be very accomplished cheuGEers
dndsre however they fail to bring themselves within the
provisions of the legislative act under which they have
ganized The company incorporated for Fifty years, bad
capital stock Of 900 divided into 900 shares Of 81
each, and appears the whole system of operations
mammoth swiudle the lottery principle, each share
holder having chance in the distribution Of certain pre-
miums for the encouragement Of industry consisting Of clocks
teaspoons porcelain, and other fancy goods, representing
miseraby small proportion Of the invested in the
company The business Of disguised lotteries has broken
with great force this winter beng of the peculiartes
Of crime that its particular species in the way Of epde
mics and almost always display themselves in groupat
it is all burglary, another shoping, at another
forgery In New York this winter il is all gambling, in
form or another.
BABEL CONCERT.
Under the head Of the CREATES, novelty introduced
KRAUss Hungarian musician, which he styles the Con-
fusion of Babel and in which this original vocalist promises
to sing thirty different melodies in many different Ian