Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-12
Tie C3.o.aa People Of Philadelphia.

to mere defamation and yi,,en, assertion
W. were glad to peruse the article with
care, hoping to fud something reliable
and satisfactory. The reporter, in con pany
with ars,pre'4jle coloreI man, frs, paid
2 series q visits to what be calls the "Col.
orod Up Fter!.m," chiefly in Rodman
street. lie next visited the shops and
places Of business Of the Africans, and fn-
i,he. with yi=i;-accom?au;el by a 20
.ieeman-tl The hauu:s Of poverty, drunk.
eoGess aud crime il Baker, Bedford aud
other similar streets Ia the first named
street, lie found the tall marble frou,ea
dwellings, with their tasteful parlors, their
haFPs, their pianos, their books and period
icals, aci with the conversation and man.
ners Of the occupants exactly ike wha, Que
finds in Chestnut aLd Walnu; streets. In
Baker. &c, Le encountered all ,ha. human
tol.y and wicacduess could show, to shock
ana h1-r.fy the heart. Ia Ro!man street,
however, be found tie society-exclusively
li!'cln, while the dcus Of horror in Baker
-hI tie Ike were filed With a mingled
mas If "-.;es aul blacks, alike in nothing
besides tL-.r I Ia;i5n.
There are abgu, twenty fre thousand
free blacks in PE.l-le.?Lia, whose average
c0udul]l IS inferior ouly to those Of New
Bedford and some other eastern towns. Ia
$3.50, these free blacks owned $500, 900
o:Pr5Ier:y, divided among Il, 600 persons.
Tie pressIt Population, Of abou, %, 600,
is assessed IS owning nearly Three Millions
of Dollars worth q property.
BY some statistics, Published three or
f7u. years ago, it appears that the colored
population MAKE 4,Ol0 families, of which
2iI are living il their own houses. Abou.
5000 Of these, are abIe-bodied men, over
y years Of age; ISL are Iaborers, 256
MECHANICS, 10 sailors, les shopkeePers,
go c0achmen and caEters, 557 walters,
l59 BARRIERS and hair-dressers. "Thoss
negroes Of this city who pursue what may
Be called tie higher mechanical branches,
acquire their knowledge chiefly in the
North and East The principal of the
co.oE-d Academy Of this city is from New
Haven-most Of the c5.Ored teachers are
from Boston, Providence aud New York.
There are several bona fie negro physi-
Clans in southern Philadelphia. Some Of
these managed to acquire odds and ends
Of medical education il our OWL medical
c. e.l'esas, but they Perfected themselves in
the List
Their clcrgymen are, as class, con-
7ersaut with theological differences, ard
some Of them acute reasontrs. There is
not co!5rel lawyer in this city that We
have heard Of
"Th-re are two large African literary
societies, and more than twenty beneficial
associations. They have elegant Masonic,
Ola Fellows aul Temperance Halls, lodges
If every kind, several exce!len: private
schools and some half dozen public libra
ii -
"Ihose who lock lightly upon the negro
Is Of no practical value to this city are un-
wise, f,r lie full!s functions dis,astefal to
most whites, auI in certain departments
abors WIKI an a2tness which whites could
not saFr.y.'
We saw some years ago table made up
rom the Assessors lists, the Peniteu,iary
.ud Aims House Reports, aud records Of
be Courts Of Philadelphia AID New York,
rom which it appeared that crime and
1auperisn were decreasing among the
blacks, while there were increasing among
he whites; that the proportion OF beued-
,i-l societies, the number Of children at
choo.s, aud Of zeal property to the whole
population, was greater among the blacks
han whites Wecolfess We were surprised
t tbs, but as the tables were made up by
white officials, there could be 10 partiality
] the Ja>.ne-s-they must be correct.
The reporter remarks that there are few
but some very noted burglars,
mens the c5!-rod population Of pLliaiel-
hia.
We are sorry that We can not lay ths
hole rePort before our readers, it being
.r.i;er wi'h much ability, and emboiyius
vast amount Of information in most az
active form. y number Of Illustrative
aecdotes give life to the production, which
e earnestly recommend to tie notice of
L who desire information on a sutjcl:
hich the necessities Of the times and the
,:ion of all political parties is making
ore important every day.
The report is contained in Vol. !, No.
}, Of the Pre.s-[CorrespoudeDce Of tho
tucy Lraaaa.g.
As tie same sunlight tints the flowers
d col0rs the rocks, and alternately
arkles il the dew-drop aud shines in tho
oad ocean-so the true religious sgiri.
presen. in the humble bargain, tHo
allest act, and the loWliest word OF
, ,Jnas- a., ,,u,L o- IN the rr.nl sODrs