Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-12-21

Prom our specin, Cosvesponaens. !

Meeting--Nec Books.
NEW YouK, Dec. 18th, 1869.
Winter, with ito cold and icy fettors is
at length upon us The expensive fur
robes have been brought out Of their hi
ding place, and are nov exhibited upon !
Broadway. The LAST three or four days
have been 40 cool % it is neces sarv for |
ordinary purposes, and full a. Pinchiug
as the poor Of New York can stand
The different mission and soup houses
are now in full blast, furnishing food for
the otherwise neglected and foraker
poor, Who can hardly manage to keep
their bodies covered even With d'lspida-
ted garments; yet with oil Of their efforts
they will not be able to relieve but .
email portion Of this numerous class in
New York, whose pititul means are
heard in almost every locality, coming
forth from amidst the teeming multitude
that have not Samaritan's heart to 60
out in sympathy for this forsaken class,
that is almost as numerous a. the veal
thy. The brown stone and marble pal
aces Of Fifth Avenue, with the velvet
carpets and gilt edged throughout,
have each their opposite in the lower
wards of the citv, where instead of rest
ing their bodies upon downy beds. they
are thankful for bundle of straw and
few rags to cover them, inhabiting the
rickety dwellings, through the cracks Of
which the wind is dolefulIy whstling.
A stranger visiting New York cannot
fail to notice . ragged set Of boys in the
city Hall Park, and other points in the
business part of the city, where the
busy throng daily rush by, that are
continually CRYING out, swami your
boots backed!" "shine en- up" They
are similar in their appearance to the
news boys, but not usually as iutelIi-
gent, aud are very clanish. They form
themselves into squads Of three or four
together, each party having its par
ticular station as much a. Wall street
banker has his Office. One squad will
be stationed on q certain corner of the
street, another at certain gate or en-
trance to the City Hall Park, and ifone
Of the energetic boot-blacks is seen
backing boots upon any other persons
ground, he is At once taken in hand aud
summarily dealt with. No person will
be admitted to the business unless he
happens to suit those with whom he
tries to connect himself. All interlopers
are tormented by them until glad Of an
opportunity to leave in peace. 1t is no
unusual thing for these boys to make
from fifty to seventy.five cents per
day. It's however rare thing for one
to lay up anything OF improve his gener-
al appearance. They seem to delight
in dilapidated clothes, and when they
are not engaged backing boots, arc sure
to be seen tossing coppers to see who
shall have the whole. They are 9TH
erwise quite energetic, and were it no,
for this propensity of gaming, many of
them would work their way into in
fluence. BY watching them and the
news boys, person can generally tell
what is gong on at the different places
of amusement. For instance, when the
Ravels were performing at Niblos, these
young specimens of humanity could be
seen going through al kinds Of II onkey
shines, and the manGvers of that troop,
some Of them performing with great
skill. Barney Williams, IN his Irish
dress, was daily personified by these ur-
chins, who would be sure to put on the
airs assumed by that actor the night
previous. The same course would be
adopted in imitation of xll public per-
formances that attract public attention.
Even to the hanging Of John Brown,
there were the imitators of both Govern
or Wise and Brown-could there have
been gallows and hemp furoished them,
that Charlestown affair would have been
repeated by these imitstors of the doinga
and scenes of the world at large.
The Wholesale houses are just now
in tight place. The agents of near
ly all Of them, are returning from the
South without their usual orders. The
Southern merchants do not in the least
show any disposition to purchase their
goods in New York. The amount de-
manded by the western merchants being
also limited, our Wholesale houses are in
a quandry, bordering panic.
At . Republican meeting = short time
since, the presiding officer asked the re-
porter to leave bis name out of the repor,
stating that if it was seen by the South
eru merchants his business would be
ruined. He seemed to feel guilty of be-
ing in bad company, but still held on to
hi. delusiop.
There is to be this evening = great
meeting at the Cooper Institute. at
which Wendell Phillips and DR.. Cheev-
or will speak for the benefit Of the John
Brown fund. Verify the insurrectionist
is becoming immortalized, and bis widow
is fast becoming = woman OF wealth. All
of this for the niger. who is well provi-
ded for by their masters, whilst scores Of
poor whites are begging at the doors Of
these freedom shriekers, for the crumbs
that fall from their tables, and not al.
lowed that much Of sympathy from the
pretended lovers of freedom. A white
man who sleeps in one Of the rickety
garrets upon = pile of straw is not
worthy Of their aims, whilst they can
Pharisee-llke, make = great noise about
the negroes Of the South. The boys arc
selling Browns likeness around the
streets for ten cents.
Messrs. Rudd 4 Carleton have pub
lished Rev. DR.. Cummings new work,
1.-THE Great Trlbulation" or things COM
ing upon tho earth. The first edition OF