The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-09-08


LIFE IN NEW York C1rY.-A New
correspondent of the Philadelphia Press,
recent letter, writes:
4 look in this morning upon the 's'barra,
in Cherry street, where from yesterday
dragged a gang5of negro thieves and recei
of stolen goods, brings to my notice
repulsire and unnatural phase of human
In this horrible abode and rendezvous OF C
inals-owned. it is said, by a wealthy viii
are congregatcd, By day and night. a hun
squalld human beings of both sexes, in
Or cells, with wooden walls, like the stall
cattle in market. Here ruffians harbored
concocted their nefarious schemes, and /
doubtless. our yellow colored literati might
characters for their novels, without brin
robbers from Abruzzi passes, orroYers from
Caribbean sea, Here might be found or9l
Lafttes, Blackbeards and Kids, going IT,
PROV. from dock to dock for plunder; tu-
and Durals, waylaying pedestrians wiz g.
shots and garrote- chords; Jack Shephs
Bill Sykeses, playing their desperate .a
under the very caves Of our strong pris .a
ses. In such premises the prisoner 1t~1
his ''soon-speeding gear" for who 50
wishes tooput enemy or relative out of
the bravo sharpens his knife and To- =
blud geon; the libertne finds instruu 81
carry out his wicked purposes, --ss----s. ,s
The underground population" Durr, @a
a New York tenant house are the c. ,v
danger of our metropolis; for there is ii
that oath bound gangs of thieves, widt apt
considerations of counterfeiters, and 1et
of stolen goods, find their centres, dep
lng-places and council-rooms, in such1 ~.
this den of Cherry street. Here vilairy fr
and expands, and thence famifes tbrt XII
city and country. How many public rEot-
private assassinations and arsons. it =as}
necessary for newspapers to chronic 1t
authority lays its strong hand upon the * fri
houses and their owners--cleansing IL eas, -
as with fire'-I know not; but until lie e
of extirpating disorder goes down her lo
base of evil growths, we. may lop off lra@,
and shoots forever without decreas,ag
plaques that surround our community
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M. DUMAS RECEIPT FOR CHICKEN R9A5l
SdD you fOttSl IL C!ltCkSU. GS,
you say; Everybody can roast chicl On -
pecially with our patent ovens. Put tht chit
in a dish, fill the dish with butter, / lace
dish in the oven, and baste the chicE.44
quently, and it will soon be roasted = r'P
| really cannot talk with such boor &. -
will be time lost. a roast, baked in t.. d
Why, that is fit only for Esquimaux, HI
and Arabs!' "Eery well, then, roast ou
spit" All! that's better; but you know sh
the infancy of the culinary art. % THE nj
of the a1t?' ''Yes, my good friend w.
me how many holes do you make ii
chicken, when roasted in this vay?" II ea
am not mistaken-two horizontally ar
vertically.' "Well, that is three too s..
For, the more holes the chicken has, the 4
juice it ooses; and the juice of chickens, s.
it has once fallea into the grayy-bowl, is #
nothing but to pour on spinach-and,
will belive me, spinach is better still wi &
fat of qualls Use no spit, my dear child
no skewers; try a simple twne string
you chicken, thrust its head in between lis
collar bones, SO as to make the head e
the cavity Of the trunk (this is the B..
manner;) then sew the skin of the neck, 81
to close hermetically the wounds of the hr@
Turn the chicken and thrust into i. the liz
small onion, piece Of butter rolled in PEI
and salt, and before bright vood fire i
your chicken by the legs to twine strint
turn the string with your fingers. Thel
into the dippingpan a large teacup of ~
and piece of butter the size of an egg; b
the chicken with this butter and cream II
together, and introduce as much of it a.
can"
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4 solution of the peculiar phenomenJ
the twinkling of celestial bodies, is offer
an eminent European astronomer, as fol
He maintains that the only satisfactory t e.
which can be advanced on the subject, i,
which connects the phenomenon with the 8
ciple Of the interference of light. The
is illustrated by the well know