Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-03

New York would seem djnost deserted, deser.
ted ys. full Of people. Every railroad ,h.. has
it, terminus in this city and suburbs. have for
the last two weeks bsea selling their excursion
tickets to the Great Casters. We have thus
srural population throOgine Broadway which
makes up for our own residents. that are Cd
breathing the sea breezes at Newport and Cape
Nay, enjoying the cool cir Of the White Noun
tains and Cstskill, admiring the noisy and
foaming Niagara. Of drinkiag from the fssh-
ionable cup as Saratoga. whilst ouI rural visl-
tore give TO Broadway an ever restless and
throbbing appearance. A ride through Fifth
Avenue presents precisely the reverse That
aristocratic street. with its splendid g'lded pal
aces, all appear lonesome and deserted. Those
dwellings, the most comfortable place in the
city to spend the summer months. are bolted
and barred Not living soul to be seen, but
ali is % silent a. death. II by chance there are
any that have been compelled to remain in the
city, the back room IL their home. the dust on
the door sill remains undisturbed for fear that
it may be discovered that the occupants are
really at home, and not st Saratoga.
From these palaces Of comfort and ease. yet
deserted by it's aristocratic inhabitants. ve will
pass to its opposite-Centre street rickety and
dilapidated. Here We find the doors all open
to catch every breeze, out Of each window are
pesriDg half Q dozen heads, as if their only
opportunity TO breathe the cir from the streets,
which Just now 10 mixture exceeding the two
and seventy smells counted by Coleridge in the
city Of Cologne. Fifth Avenue on . SUNNI or
evening 10 dark and silent Centre aud its ed
iacent streets sre full of life and Lustle out Of
each dwelling pours stream Of humanity like
bees from we'll filled hive. Here the live
whole family. 10 a 9xlO room, and only too
glad for the hot summer weather that they
may find their way into the streets, and breathe
those stenches, instead Of the Ose air Of their
rooms. Thus they pass day after day. year
now and then uttering . Sigh for the whole
some air of Fifth Avenue. which is Deserted
What contrast between the two locations -
On epossessing all the comforts that human be
ing can ask for and deserted by the creatures Of
fashion that occupy them-the other narrow,
contracted, crowded, and unnviting, full Of
human beings. without one attractive or one
comfortable feature. The contrast between
Princes and serfs cannot be greater.
The census takers report q degree of suffer
ing and misery in our tenement houses un
heared Of before. Their description of the
pallid and care-worn countenances; thu ema-
cisted human forms. occupying the piles of
straw in the corner Of tae rooms, where there
is not comfort to be found; no chair, table
or beds without parallel in this country
Our merchants have been subscribing literally
to relieve Father Chiriquy's COLONY, sending
their gold to assist the struggling Italians
whilst at their very door is poverty stricken
class who are bowling before the stern DEGREES
of the tyrant in . free land, and silently sui.
fering, no one but their penarious landlord
knowing their condition until the census takers
dropped in upon them, and discovers their
emaciated forms lying upon bundle of straw,
to weak to rise and bid him welcome, or offer
him . chair. il there was such thing 10 their
room These officials are not called upon to
record the condition in which they ird those
that they visit-hence the world will never
know the extent Of their sufferings, unless it
be now aud then an isolated case, which may
be related by them to . friend. Their suffer.
ings, however, are far beyond anything that
has heretofore been written about them
Within sight Of the gilded mansions occupied
BY the BUTTERFLIES of fashion, near enough to
the marble stores Of Broadway, or the bulls
and bears Of Wall street. for them to hear their
means. as the wealth is pouring into their cof-
fers within . stones throw of those edi-
tors whose pens are busy describing the condi-
ton of the slaves OF the South, and appealing
to their readers in behalf Of the bonds Of the
Africans, which 10 o bond Of roses compared
with that Of the poverty-stricken creatures at
their door.
Better let the well-fed negroes remain in the
oh If ooko n ~ n. >,l
talents to the poverty stricken creatures in
their midst Better let their pens record the
real suffering in their midst, and appeal to
their readers to assist in removing the chains
of the unfortul ate creatures. rather than draw.
ing from their Imagination black pictures,
without any reality, Of the condition of the
blacks of the South.
Everything political is in decidedly un-
settled condition !; no one knows where to find
himself. the political currents are daily chang
ing 90 rapidly. Douglas and his friends are
however still quite sanguine Of the result. A
friend who had private interview with the
Little Giant" the day before he left this city,
informed me that Mr.. Douglas predicted the
election of johnson as President. In hi. opiD-
ion there would be no election by the people !;
it would 60 to the House and that body fail to
elect, when the Senate would have to select
from the two candidates for Vice President !;
the result was fixed fact. How near correct
the Little Giant" is in his prediction, time
alone can tell.
The Swedish movement cure" that attract.
ed so much attention in Sweden, tor SO many
years causing many from adjoining nations to
seek the Capital Of that Kingdom for physical
training, is now attracting much attention
here, and meeting with decided success. Hun
dreds Of unfortunate creatures rush to it and
are restored to health, which they had long
been trying to accomplish with drugs but in
vain
DR.. Geo. II. Taylor the American Nvy. and
father of this science for this country, has
written q work. giving full detailed sketch
Of the principles OF this SC ence as applied to
the cure Of disease. together with cuts and ex.
smples for putting the prineipls into practice
making altogether heat and valuable vol.
ume for any aud every person that has the
least desire for good physical form and the
health which attends it. 1t is published by
Fowler 4 Wells.
The number of votaries in { ID country to
this new mode Of relieving It an FROM his aches
and palms. is really astonishing. Two large es-
tabli shments 10 this city are in fourishing
condition, both overrun with patients the
greater part of the year; but few apply for
relief without obtaining it. through the simple
yet effective movements that are preecibed
for them. MANHATTAN.
From the American Stock Journal.
Description Of a Beautiful Horse.
The follow eloquent description of a