The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-30
Witness:
GEORGE A. WAsHINGToN.
TOBIAS LEAR.

IHE HOMES OF THE Poor IN New YoRK
Tribune says it is estimated that in the first second
fourth fifth and six wards only of that city, there
are about four hundred and fifty lodging houses of
very interior character. The average number of
male and female dodgers every night throughout the
year Is SAID to be about twenty-five, or a total of
eleven thousand two hundred and fifty persons
Ihree Thousand pay as high as three cents per
night TOR the privileges peculiar to a lodging house
at that price; four thousand pay six cents and the
remainder pay twelve cents per night. Thus about
$50 Tor three cent BEDS S240 for six cent beds and
ooUo ior Twelve cent bedsor total of $40 is paid
every night for the meanest kind of accommodation
IN the name of lodgings The amount annually
excepting every seventh night, which, in most ca
ses, is thrown in by the magnanimous propretors is
not less than S264 600 More than half of this sum
or at least Sl50,000 of this anuunt besides large
quantities of clothing and victuals, are procured
from people who pay more than a shilling a
night for their lodging rent.
large number of three cent places are under
ground; the accommodations being ga kind of fire
In some corner or other" 'several shavngs covered
over with fabrics of questionable character the relics
OF chair or stool, and mayhap table of question
abe origin. The eight Of the world" is occasion
ally admitted by door, or if anything should steal
or otherwise abstract the bundle of shavings from
the window, then, for tme light gets in by its le-
gitimate channel. The ventilation of the premises
need not be described.
In the siXpennv houses, shayinps straw and
various other collections of material constitute the
resting point of dodgers. In many of them the as
pect much the same as that presented by the fore
castle OF an English vessel Hammocks may be
observed slung between the sides of the apartment
Whlle regions OF darkness lay beyond human scan
the interior of which the boldness of exploration
only would be able to describe.
The shilling, or twelve cent houses are generally
on more respectable scale. The sheets on the bed
are not allowed to be cleaned oftener than once in
SIX weeks. Not more than four persons are expect
ed to sleep in one bed at the same time and five or
six beds have been found in some rooms large
Onlv rIp1ar r1in ~,
cumstances. In many of these houses rum is Sold
much to the sacrifice of the community.
DEATH OF TWO Horse THIEvEs.-We announced
some days ago that Mr.. L. b. Cooper, of Tuscumbia
Ala, had had two horses stolen from him. Mr.
Cooper thought it probable that the thieves were
snil in the neighborhood and, with the view of de-
tectlng them, employed a gentleman named Gibson
to pursue them. On Saturday last, the goth inst,
when Mr. Gibson was on his way to Decatur Ala,
| he met two men who were mounted upon the fden-
teal horses that had been stolen, several miles dis
tant from Decatur. Mr.. G. stopped the horsemen
and engaged them in conversation in reference to
horses, and perhaps, proposed a swap, with the
expectation of OBTAINING the thieves until he could
secure assistance to enable him to arrest them
That effort failed however, and Mr.. G. accompanied
the two men short distance on their way. Seeing
man engaged at work in field near by, Mr. Glib
son called to him. but the labOrer was afflicted with
deafness, and did not hear the call. Mr. g. then
dismounted and caught the horse of each rider by
the bride, charging that the horses had been stolen
VI course renconfre ensued, during which one
OF the men called upon his companion to kill Glib
son.
=, The fight for time desperate and uncertain
Mr.. Gibson finding that he inferior to the ply
scai energy OF two powerful men, drew a bowie
KNIFE from his BOSOM with which to defend himself
but the scabbard remained upon the knife after it
was drawn, thus rendering the weapon useless
fortunately one of the men grasped the scabbard
hrmly, and the knife was thus unsheathed Then,
In an Unequal handto-hand fight, Mr.. Gibson kill
ed both the men and took possession of the stolen
property. The thieves named respectively
Fat Chamberlain, Chamberless, an Irishman
and John Smith, who is represented to be from
Kentucky
When we consider the superior force against him,
we regard Mr.. Gibson's success as remarkable One
OF the men lived long enough to make confession
before magistrates court, which was Immediately
instituted for the examination of Mr. Gibson, and
by which tribunal Mr.. G. was promptly acquitted
The particulars of Mr. Gibson's exploit were imme-
dlately telegraphed to Tuscumbia, and, as NAV be
imagined, the circumstance created high degree
OF excitement in that vicinity.