New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-10

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lated place New iofk appears 10 contain than
an average proportion OF persons engaged street
,hlDps, probably account, Us before suggested, IA
lfcnt measure Of the iBhu1 oi needy orcisnrr-, HhO
unpofefrcd Of trade, and destitute Of tie means 10
Transport themselves into the Interior are compelled
to- resort 10 any that presents teli u enable
item 10 subsst. We are strengthened n this opinion
by the fact that each sreettrade IA pursued almost
rey BY persons OF one natOnalltyfOr instance ma
jory Of the ragpickers are Germans; the organgrni-
efR Italians the keepers Oiruitsals Irish ami with
OtLcr yocatiOns III addition 10 those We have eau
meTated may be mentioned the collectors OF wood um
Der merchants they call themselves the ltnerans deal
ers W confectionery, the sellers ct toys aud the uVe
nile Iprters Of light parcels (subsdzei and voluntary
the tfrr being rather too mercurial y and, patron
ised ~ all these the second-bandOOd shop ami soup
housa-a restaurant much affected by the fashion OF
certain portion OF the town ana the home OF the FOR
tune teller quite authority within large circle
surrounding her Temple
But we shall in the present instance necessarl! con
fine ourseyes TO the introduction to the public OF the
seekers of such walls and srays AS either cleanliness
or negligence may have caused 70 be elected upon the
street or into the asl-bsrre and, considered numer-
cally foremost among " the pckers-up OF uneonslder-
cd tTince, are
THE RAG-GATHFRERs,
ss they are generally termed, expression BY no
means sufficiently descriptive OF their vocation, As these
itinerants likewise collect paper boner cofhs broken
bottles pieces OF wood leather, all Kinds oi metal,
IOpl, Nltlltr huLlhl Ut Nt-tto'i'i " NV
nearly every article that il thrown into the streets as
worthless but which knowledge of chemistry and the
improved machinery OF the present ia! invest WIN n
certain value tact which may appear barely credDl
~ such portions Of the pubic as ever gave tn0u5at
"a the Oh ect and remuneration OF the lab0rs OF that
class If sfreetwanderers of which we treating
Though the majority OF the reuse-collectOrs OF TINS
and the neighborng cities belong before stated, 10
that large and mixed portion oi our population copre
he1siy ely desg nated as Dutch orUeruahs YET tcre
are Likewise many hundreds OF the children OF the Emo
raid Isle as well considerable prnkng OF Italians
10 be oundin the RANKS and rule, their abodes ac
eOrdng to their re- pectiye naOnalies, MAJ DC iouhd
in different parts the city, though TINS not MA
Tiaby the case The German members OF this cft are
principally located in that quarter OF the town known
IA :. little GERMANY" hnd are 20 be found tmchly
scattered along certain portions of the Avenues b. "
and D. especially tie l8tter) and their immediate VI
entity Tie Irish congTegate IN the lower part OF tne
CITY and in Water-stTeet and other highways near 'ho
East River though few OF them, together Win some
of the Italians reside in themprogng neghborhood OF
the Five Points. II,
horrible attributes with which modern trench novel,
lists have delighted to invest the ehlgoaers Of tlelf
LARGE cities as the criminal prOpenstics ol their New
YORK coreres are limited to smali cases oil petty lar
cepy and they rarely il figure in our courts OF
Justice under the imputation OF burglary or murder
Indeed the police records Will show this class 70 appear
in sipgulaI few cases. when consider the degree OF
" exposed In their nocturnal Tamb,s among aurngy
Inprttected habitatons and their constant collision
with ramtlers returning from some debauch IN state
OF helpless inebriety But whether this freedom rom
imputation aries much from resistance to temPtl-
ton or immaculate honesty from the skill with
which they conduct their pcccadiloes or even from
cause sufficiently possible to permit us to hunt ut II
without ncnrIng the risk OF paraysing our readers o.
It's noyeltyihe nctciency COMM ance oil the pO-
lice-we do not undertake 70 determine.
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each sex the female however pleponderatng, repre-
sertiug every country which forms principal source
OF our immigration are equay motley as to age, dress
and We NAY add success Boys and girls, whose year.,
In more favored circles would Only allow them to De
considered infants are possessed Ia ths OF preco-
cous cunning, Stimulating but forming hchenihg SUD
sttute Tor the intelligence of adolescence, AID often
so with physical development tar beyond their years,
Though the reverse is OccasiaDally seen anu "a
soon AS cir strength is sufficiently developed they are
turned by their parents Tor OWrers, Tor the chireh
have frequently been bought or s.oien-" adopted Is
tle diplomatic language 81 the region ~ when aey are
brought when in their earliest infancy Tor the Plr-
noses of extracting charity az the time SO puny men,
bers of large iaiuy and with view to after unseru-
puOus services at matGTer !edis, according W ,ne'
sex into the Streets 10 earn their share Vi the Giy
expenses Without any moral training, even suhcien!
10 give them qlimmering Of good and evil as prnci-
pes and conscious only Of such IDEAS so far az they al
feet their material wantsa full or empty stomach be-
iug the standard BY which they Judge-cast on the
streets at al hours of the day and night en-,
countcrng all that is foul and criminal in depraYed
city home and abroad mixing with their coaDorers
day and night sleeping aud waking. without distinction
Of fcxwlnt wonder that the Investigator into the con-
diion Of The City poor finds seethng mass of corrup-
iion-,liscovers the hourly practice OF anspeahablc
,ices--and fccs a peryading ignorance OF highest
truths which would be astounding II related OF The
most laibAfous Of heather tribes
There arc various grades Of rsgdcalcre, irom the