The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-04
THE DAILY DISPATCH
Morning. March a. 1897.


Metropolitan Mornis'
The Philadelphia and New YORK p"p.
rsred In an animated discussion as W
80 .,.,, re.ose,tvs titles. The Burdeh muroi
.,.. Ia, t,rr;shed the Phisdelph'anS a s"opt
IL. .r,,,., ,b. New Workers, 10 say moving o'
a.. ,,,t.-,,s, ~arotiugs which rake pace u
CO., p,usssI,tia however is not whhou
,,-...,.,., ~ ,bfs kind OF which tie New ORR
f,u N reu,iad II, as wei, as of the fe'
',N.,,u,o,s ppos.er who has persuaded soms
' -. ., tbs, ely to put so much faith In her re-
- give m 10 hor keeping Their money
.nd ,.I,ahles Phi'adeifh;a ia very quiet anf
v.rv neat city. having far more simple provision
t,- the comfort of the working masses than New
yo,t In, the New Yorke rs persist in remembering
the famous Philadelphia mohs. in which churches
were burned and people killed. Both, cities, u"
doubt. have enough to answer for In the way Ct
crimo aud immortality hut, ~ present, the balance
seems to be against New York However ma
city ia sort cf publican among cities, not TnaSioF
much p-etensions II extraordinary prorrte'V q
life. but living in reckless tohacco sTnok'ne' w
Iep drinking. &c. sort of wav. whereas
phia ia the most rrim rnd the mns' p'e0Se -
citas. cultivatipg great gravity o'
walking with a solemn vfsaee, with hF"an S'"'.
ard with a measured tread through 'h'' ''ie -
tears and ever and anon, expressing 'o'""S
her newsr-ner organs her modest gra''tune i'"'
she ia rot Ike other cities Consequently we '6
nor, ors.. deal more from her than from that
publican and sinner Manhattan Bay "'o' "
.uav.r,s Il mt "a immaculate rs his Phiiadel.
mia neiphbar. has at leas. the virtue OF freedom
from hypocr
There seems 70 be general opinion that AL
sre.. cities are uum;tigated sinks CT corruption,
and that New York in particu'a-, is entitled 20
thu "bed eroper ce" of being the most corrupt and
;nf.mops of ci,i7s since the downfall Of Sodom
and Gonorrah II ia generally believed that no.
thing but visitation Of Gre and birthstone, or
another deluge, would purify that polluted metro
polls. /. ia received idea in many quarters that
such a thing az integrity among men, or virtue
amorg women is rarely to be found in the En-
pire City.
There is no doubt plenty of rascali'y, fraud
and corruption 10 New York society. stranger
who visits that interesting town, should Keep
both eyes open, if he does not wish to De pecU'
nisriIy aouged in a manner, compared with when
the eoneing attributed by I3sac Weld to the an
Gent Rjcbmopders were mere chid's play There
are multi,udes Of vilsics in New York, but there
are ais, multitudes Of people brought there from
all quarters of til world Much of the crime that
i, committed in New York, the robberiss, rlur
ders. deductions, rapes, househurnings, &c, are
pernatra.ed by villains from Earope aud from
other sections CT the United States. The man
rckal CHARGED with the murder Of DR.. Burdell, is
a native Of New Jersey We dare say, that ma
nv similar a.rocites if traced to their real origin
have been perpetrated by people drawn to tue
great emporium by those attractions which bring
te,s of thousands annually to its streets. from
other quarters Of the L ion the love Of gsin
and of adventure 1t is DO doubt true that an
unusual amount Of corruption and deprsvity may
be found ia the two extremes of New York
cietv: its pampered, paryenue arstocrac, the
one hand ard on the other its hordes of Five
Pointers famishing and ferocious, impelied by
want to robbery and every species OF crime -
Blu, it should be recollccted that, between these
two x!remts are some hundreds CT thousands OF
D ,ople occupying the golden meaE,' having moi
Their poverty nor riches, and consequently net
t.mtted 70 the peculiar vices of ether c0uditc l.
T, this ,agy aud Influential class will be foui d,
wa venture to say, as much moral worth, viitye,
Intelligence benevoleuce and religion as can be
found ii any other city on the face of the earth.
Another disadvantage undci which New York
bors, is its miserable police system, AMI the in
efficiency of its Ulcers. Ich at least seems 10
be the fac; from the general testimony of the pa
pers. and from the manner in which rogues AID
ruffians are SO frequently permitted to go Lot
only UNIV hipt, but unc 2ught, of justice. A great
optcry WAS made when Fernando Wood became
Mayor Ct his onderful qualifications for that pc
si,ion, and be did seem, fer awhile, to sweep re-
markabiy clean Bat we hear very little now OF
the superhuman vigilance and energy CT Mayor
Wood. The streets, alt save the grand thorough-
fares, are SO insecure a: night, that gentlemen
are compelled to wear reyo!yers, for their o" n
protection This terrible state Of things is Owing
TO tue fact that the whole world disg0rges its ruff
faos ami murieraTs into New York, and that 1t
has he worst police OF any city on the continent
Let Mayor Wood open a correspondence With the
Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, and per.
haps he can give lin hints as to the mar
i'll " hch city can be governed aad peace
and order secured