Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-17
DAILY EVENING STAR.
CITY ITEMS.

y-,r York Tricks upon TrGreieIs.-Ihe thPhe
r,,y as IL sometimes calls itself, was sadly In want
ofmnnicipal reform, and now that II has got IT'D Oh
,hs IrrlIlzed thieves, we hope that the new CIVIC
J,t,re will turn their attention 10 get nd of the
r,-,I mes II l. notorious that the quays and rail
nd d,pots of that city infested with s'nss OF
,,~uss OF every description, who, under the names OF
.n,-,p, runners, forwarding agents, Sc, levyius
,,,ck mail with IMMUNITY, upon green-hornS and
.-,n,srs fact of this description lately came be
&c our notre, which it viii be a. well TO make
hc tn place Travellers and particularly emigranfs,
I'm their guard Two young folks, the other day,
,,,hsr and sister, arrived in New York from Boz
an, h one of the steans boat. roulette Charleston
. e.. intending TO take the cheapest way, as they
,,,rc no, Over well provided with money. There they
,,.,, accoscd by one Of these forwarding agents.
uho undertook TO send them OH the rsadiest route
and for this purpose sold them two tickets for sI0
tch would take them TO Baltimore, from whence
.b,v could easily continue their journey, which
uld he no great distance further. The siInplr
,,r,lcrs cunidins in the rogurs veracitv, paid hu
the money, but on thrir arrival at Philadelphia
,ouad that The railway tickets that they had bought
q, Ngw York would not be good for the remainder OF
rho Journey. They were consequently compelled &c
purchase others, 30 that by the time that they had
arrived in Washington, their money was all gone
and they found themselves compelled to wait unit
,bsr friends in Charleston send them more before
,bsy can continue on to their destination. Ii appear
from their account that several others, chiefly emf
,rants, were served in like manner by the sam.
any, and all If them placed in second class car
ne charge for which from New YORK TO Philadelphia
al 81 80 that this forwarding agent, az he might
he called in more sense than one forwarded his ONT
interest 10 a pretty considerable extent, with one
hanl What he obtained from other parties was not
s.eNn but II was doubtless commensurate with iliril
,r,dpIirv These fellows are we'll known 10 the
poIlce, and arc even licensed; and yet such is the
.uv.eness OF the authorities, that there is pro
lection for the millions ofisnorani and unsspc citing
Strangers that pass continually through that CITY, to
the north and west. From the circumstance OF the
majority being emicrants, who only pass through
New York, place OF transit to their destination.
there il not much likelihood of these raScals being
discovered; AZ the poor duPed traveller most often
never comes by the same route again. Truly this
need, re;urG, as much a did the Board of Alder
msn
Rousli,m.-On Monday evening, as a gentleman
was proceeding home, he observed 1T the corner OF
Pennsylvania avenue and 10Th street, north side,
three young men insulting and pushing against the
va.,ers by, one of whom struck him violent blow
with his fist IN the left eye. Perceiving that they
we're bent on mischief, and having stout stick in
h, hand, lie returned his assailant's blow with such
7oi effect, that but for new hat he would probably
have stunned HIM. At this, they al Immediately
urned upon the gentleman, and endcavored to seize
hIs .tick. Ono Of them menaced him With loaded
canr, while another Folding his band behind bis
back under his short cloak, was ready, apparently
With knife, TO deal ,teathy blow. BY this time
acrowd had collected, and the rascaIs evidently i'll
undated by the appearance of several gentlemen,
sho had witnessed The assault, thought fit TO let mat
rest there. The gentleman attacked used the
Utmost moderation, and If war fortunate 70. the as-
,allsnts that they went no further Two witnesses
the assault stated that they had followed these fcI-
ows come distance, and thanked our friend for hav-
ns 30 summaTlly brought them to their senses one
Of them had formidable stick in his hand, and in
tended using il upon the rascals had they continued
nc 1-esut. II IL well that these and other row.
iss should know that the citizens of Washington
viii not tolerate their brutality. We intend keeping
Eyes these fellows and whenever il is posi-
hs,s hall expose them.