The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-04-24

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Burglarles, tef,s and violence arr rife in our
streets, II the perpetrators arr. BY chance.
discovered and arrested, there IL NO certainty
that they will be convicted, The mass Of our
population imperatively demand reform In
our Police system. II is now nothing but a
machine Tor political influence
The consolidation Of New York and Brook
lyn Ia measure destined to be popular aud
bene6cial. Tho union OF the great mass OF
humanity here copyrighted, and the elevation
10 oficc Of our best citixcns. would result, in q
lew YEARS, IN making this the metropolis Of thu
, world, in commerce. wealth. art and population
and in securing TO all lis dwellers Justice, ~
curity, and prosperity, These inalicnablc rights
u man have scarSely booa known here, with
out alloy, since the good. old. honest and strong
government Of Pc,rs StuyNcsant -
Nsw YosS. April 10, 1856,
Ceasrsi America -reaaa, heases~-see~s History Of
He.ss saa Rsstaaraau.--o se usndrsd yes. Ago 10
| Public Virtue and Morality,
Tho gra, Powers Of tho earth are about TO
have rest from the game Of Kings, and the
" one horse governments will probably com.
nacnce playing their r!s Of pcpgun war,
Central America viii soon he the field Of glory,
and the swash bucklers Of all lands can gather
there TO find fortune or the fever, There is
doubtless, u buried Empire thcrc; ao Empirn
Of light and gold and beauty such as only the
tropics can parade, Some lowborn Yankee
Aladdins will 80, find the wonderful lamp
OF their destiny among those central volcanoes,
and send their names AMI their good luck down
to the siory.tcllcrs Of the future.
The runkums OF the New York Legislature
have bccn lately getting up Investigations into
the construction and management of the tenant
houses Of tho poor, We would hint 10 them
that world Of romance, and positive bemht
10 the community might he realized, by extend
ing their protosoes into the entrances and exits,
and the interior history OF our RotuaraniiIo,
tels The bad ventilation tho narrow eutran.
cs~ the dark corridors, the black mail. the" Ia.
dsesin waiting" and the inevitable widows,
watching for ili~. Of these great human cara.
vanseras would supply useful statistics for the
philan'hropist and Legislation. The iormsr r.
wing House is IN process Of demolition, with
the promise Of mor cn,lnring succession ai
stores IN its foundation. This building was
the scene Of the mur,ier 81 Adams II never
seemed to recover from the haunting spirit Of
that tragedy so Of Stanwix Hall, the arena
Of the death Of Poo,r II Ia now about TO IN
buried away from human sight How the mem.
DRY and the stain oi violence sems 10 cling h
tho theatrc Of lie action Iharu are some spots
In this city which crime and liz punishment,
have 40 desecrated, thai years will pass before
heller purposes shall reclaim them One hun
dresl years since. the eibbet and the stake Of
Manhattan were located on tho borders II tho
Collect Pond, near the present Five Points ---
On the same spot now stands the Tombs, where
crime Is fcttercd, AMI loyal death il still infict
el Here were ena, "a those horrible a~nes
OF ha,xing AMI burning which marked lsAl.-
gloomy year Of New York history. Il Inns
almost passed from the memory Of men, AMI by
many would scarcely he credited that, irosn
May 10 August II that year twenty.,hrce NJ
groes AMI fo,ir white persons werv hang and
sixteen peNr0es were burnt al thu stake, while
nearly one hundred were transported. Among
the number who wer hung was u supposesl
Roman Catholic priest These persons were
convicted upon the evidence, principally, Of a
woman who received one hundred pounds foi
her disclosures. The magistrates oi that day
imprisoned nearly two hundred persons on sus-
picion, ard by the offer Of pardon on the one
hand. and the certainty u death IN case Of u
refusal 10 confess, most Of them gave their tcs.
timony, in connection with tho woman. against