Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-12-03


the neighborhood Of the basin--wha
sights! Ihays read Of New York slums
and Smoky CITY slums are like them. A
slam !. a place where there srs the mos
possible dirt and the most possible numbe
ef -ehldren in the least possible space
/ he language spoken here is q strange jar
IOo;, Of the different languages of cOntinen
tai Europe, VIII no light sPrinkling o
English and Irish. Some WOrG:;, hOWev
er, are well understood, such as night-Ws:.cclh
police, alderman, mayor, tombs, etc. Stand.
ing by hydrant, issuing commands to q
small urchin, whose actions indicated any,
thing else but willingness to obey, was a
woman who, to poetic mind, would have
suggested counterpart to that line Of
Keats Endymion--
IA thing Of beauty is joy forever"
Close by l saw others that made me think
of passage of scripture which 1 learned
when Sabbath school scholar. If my
memory serves me right it was in The fifth
chapter and fifth verse Of Proverbs. A
little farther on my attention was attracted
to window, which I discovered was the
front window of a grocery. Here is an
inventory Of the articles exposed for sale:
2 jars candy, l bladder snuff, plugs cav.
indish tobacco, ! dOz. backing brushes, /
doz. tobacco pipes, Q dOz. Jackson crackers,
doz. boxes Mason's backing, papers
pins, 5 spOols thread, 2 dOz, boxes Lucifer
matches, broom, 1 keg rectifed whiskey,
a variety Of chiljren's toys, some eggs and
apples, l box figs and few oranges. The
person whose business it was to sell the
above articles was female. The smirk
on her counteuauce and her peculiar &C.
cent brought wildly to my "mind's eye"
the words r... .... 90 ..,-
"Erin go braugh." ..a-
Neither our vision nor our olfactories be-
ing much gratifed in this locality, we
made our way to Wyhe street and down
to the head of Fifth Avenue. Here we
breathed different atmosphere; for here
luxury is profuse. Vending their ways.
among the many gay and grand that
promenade this avenue to exhibit their
gaudy exterior, are seen the daughters Of
want, who for a morsel of bread are COM
PEELED to vend some triAing commodity, as
fruit or flowers. Meeting one of these.
who for half century had witnessed the
return of happy spring with her April
showers, profuse as maidens' tears, and
garlanded with flowers; and who for many
a long year had grown sad in the somber
days of autumn, as she compared the BIZ.
larity and hopes of youth with the decrip.
itude aud waning faculties of age, could
not but repeat these lines of the poet:
"POOr Peggy sells flowers from street to street,
And-think of that, you who find life sweet
She hates the smell of roses"
Yes, sighed, she hates the smell Of roses;'
but Rire, with his wanted laugh, said,
"Humph this is mankind; this is the way
they do things in this world, and so, be-
lieve, the world is going to wag on"
Nearly opposite the Custom House we
stopped into the Young Mems Christian
Association Rooms. Here, finding relief
from the clatter without. we rested awhile.
And truly fine place are these rooms to
rest; for here is great variety Of newspa-
pers from all parts of the land, with the
eading journals and principal magazines
of tLis country and England. These
looms are we'll warmed and lighted and |
supplied with reading desks and chairs.-
Should any Of the young men who read !
your paper, come to this city, let them not |
all TO call at these rooms, as here reliable
Information is given as to respectable board
ng houses and situations for employment
n the city.
The case of James Jones, on which the
ury was out when I wrote you last, ha,
,een decided. The verdict, "not guilty."
vas rendered, surprising, it is said, not on.
: the citizens generally, but Jones himself.
IN this case hear the Daily Dispatch:
IT is usual to drop the curtain when
arce Unexpectedly intrutes itself upon the
rogress of serious drama; and when
pan, using deadly weapon and with
eadly resugt-.accidental perhaps, but
'rought about as much BY bis inebriato
onditiOn as by any other cause-is exhOn.
rated from the slightest censure, not to
ay punishment, Of the law We can see ne
,ood end TO be subserved by the holding
f courts and are quite prepared to coin.
ide with the suggestion of one of the
ounsel. that court houses might as well be
'zed." And again it says, 4The verdict
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