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REMOVAL, IA
With enlarged and increased MA
facilities.
8. l. co.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL -
SADDLE AMI ESS MANUFACTURERS,
NO. l29 MAIN STREET,
Have removed to their new house. opposite the
old stand, where they are prepared to exhibit to
their trends and the public generally q stock OF
SADDLES and HARNESS not to be surpassed by
any house in this country.
They return their grateful thanks to their friends
and patrons for the very liberal patronage be,
slowed upon them for the past TWENTY years. ard
can assure them that. in their new house, every
effort IN their power will be made to please:
article usual. kept in a frst-class establishment
in our line of business. Also, the manufactory OF
all kinds of Hillary Goods, and in additl n there
to a large ana general assortment Of the very best
quality TRAVELLING TRUNKS. &c. Every ar
we pledge to sell as low as they can be bought IN
any house IN America. Dealers are respectfully
asked to exam'ne our stock before purchasing else
where, We have secured the services of MI
JOHN OTEY. 50 long and favorably known to the
public, az will appear by the annexed card:
SAM,LS COTTKELL,
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- FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUM-
&Es ga: 4dsLs sSsa h. ;sn.: . % sda,,s 5; s r i:4 s.2:
go eng aged and going on board. will have quick
di j. isast For ''"'' e.: s. aS S5ka & . co.
~ AND MOST ECONOMICAL ROUTE TO THIS
@VIRGINlA SPRINGS. VIA RICH
S S%tfSSasfhF!tho ssTEh!SSESsFSSdFkssr 3Aas!EEsRG !a'as;e AS .
the ft ,Ts Sfs ,sp s%H!' W sHS%' s safphS2 an. and the i"~ s !s1s:t
Springs. t,okets to Bensack's Depot; $50; thence
by opposition mes of ;tases e. the Sweet SpT.nss,
being $3.50 to the Sweet and $40 to the Green
sIier White sulphur Springs: There are also op-
P yEsi tho R aas n * i Rsa sulphur aIIdh"'pss Ipn% ss and a a I'ns
# stages from the Montgomery White sulphur
Springs to the Grespbrier White sulphur Springs.
For C3iner's Springs. purchase tickets to Bon
For Roanoke Red Sulphur Springs, purchase
For A!lsshsny Servings, purchase tickets to
chase tickets 70 Big Tunnel. price Ss25
For Old Red Sulphur, spsinss. purchase tickets
to Dublin Depot price ss"' y GILL.
j. ,s-sm s.ra SUP. Va. { { Tenn S.E K r.
II. range. sos . S.snmyA ss as:iE. Sx faa nj! a. On
occupied by ?. 6. Cosby. ESQ. il %contains ten
rooms, base with entrance on front. and
eossss,s s.;s 'S9o .2S%:: SUI S::; .e y't e! : s1 I. Sts:1
Or Doctor. Apply to ! + i; 4: ~ J SLoPToS:
js ls-st Opp. Dickinson. Hill 1 CO.. Auct's.
a ,MAH0SlC:,;Th. Be llea q Dove
~ fHf .ii, o At s%sfE VII Ness kG0a 9Th n i. ss.h: q .
O'Clock. p; M to lay the c"rnsr-s stone Of the Sea-
Our sister Lodges in this District are PRESUMABLY
,n Tss Z ss :%4;s ~ ~ + l. espduetsd b, wor. JNo.
j. - s " order Of 'a SE Mci &. RSa fsiissj s.o,,.
A.lI ATTENTION, FAYETrE ARfIL-
NLERY..Meet, in undress uniform; at the
e ssssass s. Gd'' fS sHS fSss: S''i Evk shs IL.
S?:'s:.;; 5, order & cssf ~; :, ,' s.a.,
= nEADQ'RScO. b. lsr REG. VA. v0Ls..l
June 10Th. 1850.
Attend . meeting and dritl Of your company,
3thie trUEsDAY! evening. at your srmory, q
y . Stefr u CAPT. c's !: fNfttikeAN. l.. s.r.'.. =
- ARMORY YOUNG GUARD,i
Richmond, June 10, 1884,
fSis eSap.sa will assemble q thsir ssnos,
- this TUESDAY! sysnlng. for drill, at 8 o'elk
!. sis s;s:i y jss :! ! \ tiEa aiJ 9sSf:S: =. ..,..,.
r COMPANY: 81 REG: or yoLs..I
H:ss.Sl; q y. Capitol ssa..., On Tugs
x 1R1 e.,. as1' . g : ~ VIII .;sSs az s. ', ssSs.. {; NJ =,
:%i;aSs;: ;lli Il ~ tS \ 1i,'', ..,''. :
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Fredericksburg Hotel.

S
The Nevs learns that the plan OF the new
hotel has been selected, aud the building will
b speedily begun. II asks: What other town
OF 1900 Inhabitants could do without . hotel
80 long1 There are few towns that have the
hospitality which renders hotels unnecessary.
III Among the guests ~ that. beautiful Ru.
raj Retreat. Ashland, 10 General WARD B.
BUausrr, tho hsritor Of the gold snuf-box
presented by the municipal authorities New
York 70 General JACKSON. As the reader
knows.t the General In his will bsQueatbed this
valued gift to "that patriots Of New York city.
who. in the next foreign war. should b. ad-
JUDGED ~ his countsymen 70 havs been the
most valiant In the defence Of the country and
our counsry's rights" Gen. B. commanded
The New York regiment In the Mexican war,
and thu general voice OF his brothers-in-arTns
indicated him - worthy Of the Invaluable b.
guest Gen. B. v now Surveyor General Of
Kansas and Nebraska. He II spendinG . few
days with his friend. A. MoIsg, Esq of Wash.
ington city. VIII with his family, 10 sojournins
ut present Ut ths Ashland Hotel, Il
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FORTUNATE FAMTLY.-Waites, a private
soldier in the British army, has lately re-
ceived the handsome present Of fl0.0oO from a
brother in Australia, who emigrated some
years ago, \ very poor working man, but Is
now possessed Of fi50.O0 ne mas sent 1xU.-
600 home to be equally divided between two
brothers, one OF whom is the above named
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n. Pric1s Reduced... Iindt.4 oer sycck 81
DRESS All other FANCY oUODs ~. an
h es,sS " hall fro" TINS '''' ''0''.
Hand.oms french Printed gERE9EXSih q %c Mn
Very prett. email II ;u!ed HALF
sa,sT frsn,h oRGANDIBs. - cents.
Super Frensh JACON ET, 2 centn rs. IN cents.
Fancy 6RiJ: SILKS. all bought this 0p'''s At
q IN FIJI Es ~ GG6InipSS' all qualities. ct cost.
Silk. Lace. Peplin and other MANAAH'' o. -
duced prces. al. EEVES
on nsx :,s Snc = Staple GOODS is a. sood a. il
"G n.teTninedto reduce the stock, va shall ono
the E"ods a. Nv p'''e cHILEs l. CHENERY.
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IN si:, 1:::is: Ss =, 4 & ls''1a''''s'''''l'
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Thsrs are roo visitors st The xonteomsTy
VIM Sulphur spring..
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r INTHLLI0 ENCH
PORT OF RICHMOND. JUNE IS.
High Wassv this day Tuesday, * o'eIoel
ARRIVED,

ARRIVED.
Steamship Yorktown, Parrish. New YORK, mdze
and passengers i.udlam Il Watson. u.,...,
oseamea lily oa rn"sTs. &. r. Cardcao.
Schr. ClaremOnt, Johnson, New York. nay MARI
DOwney. ..,,cr
Steamship Virginia, Kelley, Philadelphia, mdze
and passengers, C.. p. CardozO.
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IA Dress Goods, an r,n,,cr n pp1cEs.
Having just finished our annual inventory .
have PLACED on our counters many STYLES g!
SrRINI N SUMMER DRESS GOODS.
which We shall offer from date at prices y hlch must
appear exceedingly cheap and insure thelE SAFE.
and customers will call and examine the goods, We
will |. tisfy them that what we say is SO.
VIZ BREEDEN l. FOX,
;.1o-eod3t 217 Broad street.
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aERvANT3 FOR HIRE SALE.
A SERVANT GIRL FOR HIRE.-I have
n for hire a SERVANT GIRL who u SAD 70 De
je l3-tS JAMC 60 NVOAc.
NOR SALE PRIvATELY-A likely young
+ NEGRO WOMAN. Apply to ppo
je6-h hAuLANU onO'
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NOTICE.-Haying left the Columbian Hotel.
~ take thi. method of Informing ny f.iends
that in future l can be found 1t the ST. CHARLES.
where | will be most happy at all times to serve
The house has changed hands: Our room. and
single. Our table il not surpassed BY any house IN
excsIIsnt. The house = veil located it fronts d.
sins.s houses. JAS MASsENBuRG. JE..
10 = General superintendent
DUNIONS, COINS, DEFORMED NAILS,
u &c, removed without pain in a few secqnda -
In answer to many applications. DR..
bags TO state that, being anxious to do Justice to
main any longer in this city. than Monday. 18th
inst, when he most positively Leaves. lin there
fore absolutely necessary for those yhO wisk hte
cid 20 apply At once. Once Wall stree h1tsl'
Door AND SHOE MANUFACTUKARS-
- : ., Sr ts !" .,: :SSs: e ne ;n YfEFaS b FL p IsB6R. So A.
Wing MACHINES, without feeling .ndsr oblika,,
tions 70 D~urohase; ! shall b pIee:ed 20 give al
forrmstioc Ia regard to boot and Shoe mAchissry.
Entiro out6ts Furnished and shipped without max
20 ~ iS~1ssvxcviMs ]. A. BAFFORD, Ast.
II III that Nj. 4. ]. bEy!ILi: @X auth .,!ssd
hko4 & Jetessvijls. Ansiis county, ". THIS,
x..... :. WE \! a suar0s' 5 !: s:.s:... Y.
.'Ea " jiIii'iE S;1'; 4:
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900 FOR Hill ID T. l. A.
dEEN The A No. l Steamship CITY OF
1 RICHMOND. Captain Z. MITCHELL,
10 now ready to receive freight, and will leave on
THURSDAY merning, the 2Ist inst, at So O'Clock
A. M.
Fo, freight or passage. having superior accom-
modatiOns, apply to the Captain on board, or to
C. P. CARDOZO, Agent,
Rockets, or log Main street.
Boston cOnsignments solicited and taken through
by steam, at reduced rates. and with dispatch.
IA 1O-4
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apDmAI NOTICES.

1T g6;;Hsss aooDs.---
NEW AND BE- gfIrXh IN LYLE A.
Fins s1EEEOONHx1 and ORGANIZE: go
T"' Plaiu11d Fl0e3N'
FRENCH BEl9GEe-Rlain sn1 lcancse1
P5SnEs a.. SSff66SxnisisNSEsTas. -.
silks AND SILK ROBES. 20, &c.
The sisve and many other foods re on" i"t II
S Hns.st. 4 mske room for fall supplies. -.
all '6{ODs. Of every de:S,iRslTnn r! u eHF ssr1 4
cnn r. ks.t complete BY constant eddlGons.
GREYBEkEGE ANGLAISE. low Dr'oed' 70
eetvins az ~ Al MI s and SHAW1S g. s VERY
ane. Ijeis I'M WATKINS
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LrnCnsu1o, Jane is.
The bloody ARRAY. At Amherst u: has
sasasss.y ss sna ,Ss = s,ss, o. s "A sSs r S 81 Ia ID
~yestGr6ny's issue NJ erroneous 70 00e ex.
trnt, I hasten to make the correction. An al.
tercatton (the result Of some petty mlsnnder.
standine,) occurred between the parttee aftef
dark, Oh Friday evening, In front OF . hotel.
when Fletcher aimed . blow At and struck
Brown on the thigh with . cavalry sabre, In.
fiictiEg . terrible cash, reaching to the bone.
and extending the whole length Of bis tnign.
In the meantime, Brown succeeded in firing
three shots. which took effect aud brought his
antagonist 10 the ground. Alta O'Clock, r. M,
yesterday. neither Of the comhatants were
dead though 1t 10 thought that Fletcher can
not possibly survive, while no doubt IL enter
tanned of Brown's recovery. u. n.
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OUTER, LARD AND W HiSkEY.-
~ Is packages choice new BUTTER.
70 bbls. extra LEAF LARD.
81 bbls. Rockbridse KY WHISKY.
~ bbis. Allegheny RYE WHISkEY.
~ bills. Magnolia RN 4 WHISKEY.
100 bbls BRANDY, GIN. WINE: Ac:
For sale BY PARKS l. MINER.
ie lists 18th st., near Cary.
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N1OTICE,-NIss i, A. BIDGOOD, corner Of
~ TN and Main sts., has DESIRABLE kOOMS
vacant. suitable for families.
n DAY BOAKDERS can be acc omnodated.
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RRxARKABLB EscAPR.-On Wednesday last,
near Hilisboro', NC, q mule belonging 70
DIR. Pride Jones was killed by lightning. A
boy had taken two Of them TO q branch IN the
rear Of the dwelling to water, and was aoout
" return, when a nash of lightning FRUSTRATED
both mules, killing instantly the one on
which he was seated. The boy, seated on the
mule killed, felt q severe shock, but was NOT
in the slightest degree injured.
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BOARDING.

lNG-Several gentlemen can he &C
10 cOmmOdated with OAR D. in a private family,
by applyin Ing On 9Th street, I'd door beyond Leigh.
- dat
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~ foregope conclusion ON the part OF Russia,
and fts publication will be sure TO bring about,
ia Turkey, the very state Of things which che
quotes TO Justify her Intervention that 10 to
.ay. i, will be sure 70 foment any troubles that
NAV arise in Servia, Bulgaria and
The people Of those countries, already sum-
ci.ntIy exasperafed against the Ports. will re-
ceivs these threats ~ q promise OF aid, and an
iacitemsn, TO insurrection. Russia will then
follow hsr traditional policy Of sending troops
- keep down insurrection, and ending BY TAX
ing possession Of the oountry. That 10 The
way she acted with regard 70 the Grimes, and
To Poisnd. At present, II u not 70 b supposed
that the Inhabitants have any particular do
sire ~ b swallowed mp In the Empire Of Rus.
sia, and, doubtless. they would greatly prefeY
m Independent sxistencs. But they viii do
anything 70 be Tsvenged on the Porte, aud the
stupid policy Of France = Engiaud. M.
holding the miserable relic Of Ottoman power
alwAys ready to crumble " pieces 1T a touch.
viii ersally assist the views Of Russia
The thoughts Of the allies, II they really
wished 70 stop the advance Of Russia upou
Constantipopl@, ought 70 have been tur>ed u
the formation Of . powerful Christian King.
d,m out Of Servta, Bosnia, Roumeiia, Walla.
rhis and Bulgaria, 70 b united with Hun.
gary. Trsnsylysnia. Croatia, Sclavonss AND
Daimatia. No Intervention ought 70 havt
besn allowed, when thess provinces showed
disposition 10 revolt from the cnete monsr
chies 70 which they are attached. Extending
az an empire thus formed wouid sxtsnd. 70 tn
Balkan range. II would nsmhsr twenty-five
millions sf soais--as bravss popuiation, ~ In
tetUgru,. and ~ capable ofimpsossneas,as an
IN The world. IL wosA - master Of o0tt
sfdes Of the Lssubs, asA would lie directly n
Rsssia's path 70 Inc Bosph0rus. Win I'll
.motre IN front. and 0rsscs On ~ flank, tn
porte wesld peese y szist, = all Europt
.aa.tA ~ QAristian II jsss has 1Ny years.
rs. rarhs WssbA sstass - Ala, whsase ~,
snsss seyss y tavs tesa aiisws4 - iAsssyA
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THE SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION

p EAPERS.-SFLECT THE BEST, BY
II TRIAL OR OThERWISE.-I have in store,
ready g ship at an hours nc1IGei y e 5000 st" s OF
two and four horses, with all improvements 70,
1860. Pamphlets. giving full particulars. pr ce and
the KIRBY'S AMERICAN HARVESTER. pos
sessing man, advantages. entirely new, as a
easiest draft machine maze. Its capacity to NOV
on undulatlng grounds is unsurpassed. A few 9th
er pitterns on hand. ID. NJ. SMITH
ie lS-lW
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The last period is for SIX ,e@rs. 1856 being the
latant return at hand with the writer. By these
staIe it appears that from the FIRST to the
third period, or Tor an averase Of twenty years
tenfolo. or f,Om II O0J annually to Isl ,0OO annual
~. again. the second decade gives the same com
parison with the last period OF six years, the m
vears-ths 81 OO annually Of 1880 to 1889 being IN
ere ssed to 37V wv annually for the average OF 1851
A. roEe
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The Transatlantic Passenger Traffic.
Some startling facts upon this subject, de-
rived from British aud American official
sources, would seem to indicate that such ves-
sells as the Great Eastern cannot be built too
soon for the demands Of the great ferry be-
tween the Old World and the New. The
Philadelphia North Americas copies tables and
statements, by which it appears that the
westward passengers from Europe, emigrant
and all other, were as follows, for periods OF
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49, - a esn make the Rest eight suocs.sMsn-
sSoss e 4. -. ns:sssigs f'em re esnts VIZ
M Dur.LHn A1tra ehasss fos 1nsts..Sseh s
St ss:sI. 's 5 'cs .ii S0a Eldaf siSf's'
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ea91NMeS-1soo a 5xEEsnAF: I. : y !. ..,l
.esas,S "a Vic O. 800 Ss is,ss ss:sssasissst,oss.
iss. q Ioessssi.e sss ::s.S ~, q . liberal salary
HsyS Ewan Droto3sd. "cpOcERS"
with - nance
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- FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUM-
A8xr BIA.-The good schr. WIN. 8. RYLAND,
~Capt. 1oLLEY, having a portion of her car
go eng aged and going on board, will have quick
dispatch. For remainder, apply to
je I9-5t W. D. CULQUITT l. CO.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-04-24
Social Amusements. A

Put no obstacle in the way of the en-
joyment Of everything that wealth and
liberality can contribute to divert the
spirits and crafty the Imagination and
elevate the heart; but let it be remem-
bered, that over all these preparations,
the spirit of intelligence and discretion
should preside; and that there can be no
permanent happiness where there is a
departure from propriety. He is not the
kindest friend who pours forth the most
literally of his abundance; but he who
SO manages his contributions, that, while
he promotes the innocent hilarity, does
not jeopardize the moral habits of the
companions collected around him.
We are all getting to be more grave,
and dull, and phlegnlatic, than is wise
or prudent The plan of our association
is too strictly utilitarian. We prune
off und pare down, until the fruit, as
we'll as the foliage, is in danger of de-
struction. We are very little of an i'm
aginative people. There is not much
that seems expedient, unless its exact
value is first mathematically ascertained.
The May-poles are cut down; the sports
and gambols of merry England, the. jo-
cund hilarity of beautiful France; the
song, the dance, the improvisatore Of ro-
mantle Italy, are out of climate; and our
public days are too often days of dis
graceful intemperance, because there are
no national games, no lawful, pleasure
BILE pastimes, which may be honestly
substituted for the daily labor of life
James z. dustin.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-04-24
The Charms of Life.


There are thousand things. in this
world to afflict and sadden, but, oh how
many that are beautiful and good! The
world teens with beauty-and objects
which gladden. the eye and warm the
heart. We might be happy if we would.
There are ills that we cannot escape
the approach of disease and death, of
misfortune, the sundering of earthly
ties, and the canker-worm of grief; but
a vast majority of the evils that beset us
might be avoided. The curse of intem-
ance, interviewer as it is with all the lig-
aments of society, is one that never
strikes but to destroy. There is not one
bright page upon the record of its pro-
gress, nothing to shield it from the hear
tiest execration of the human race. 1t
should not exist-it ought not. Do
away with all this let wars come to an
end, and kindness, mark the intercourse
between man and man. We are too self
| ish, as if the world was made for us
alone. How much happier would we be
mote each others good. God has blessed
us with a home that is not dark
There is sunshine everywhere-in the
sky, upon the earth-there would be in
most hearts, if we would look around US.
The storm dies away and bright sun
shines out. Summer drops her tinged
curtain upon earth, which is very beau
tiful, even when autumn breathes her
changing breath upon it. God reigns
in heaven. Murmur not at Being so
bountiful, and we can live happier than
we do.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-04-24
How the Thistle saved Scotia.

The following is related as the origin
of the use of the thistle as the national
emblem of Scotland When the Danes
invaded Scotland, they availed them
selves of the pitch darkness of night to
attack the Scottish forces unawares.-
In approaching them unobserved, and
marching barefooted to prevent their
tramp being heard, one of the Danes
trod upon large prickly thistle, and the
sharp cry of pain which he instantly ut
tered suddenly apprised the Scots of
their danger, who Immediately ran to
their arms, and defeated the foe with
great slaughter. The thistle was thence
forward adopted as the national insignia
of Scotland,
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-04-24
Misery i'm Hungary.

Hungary seems to be in very precari-
Gus state. We translate the following
from the Opinione Nationale Of March
10: A letter from Pesth informs US
that the Austrian Government has just
ordered the fiscal agents to Immediately
collect by all possible means sac months
tanes IN advance. The regular taxes
have doubled during the last ten years;
they have also doubled during the last
war, and have become so heavy that
many tax payers have preferred to aban-
don their property rather than pay any
longer taxes which exceed the income.
Notwithstanding the forced recoveries of
the fsc, the levies, the sales at auction,
&C., the treasury last year has only been
able to close it's accounts with an arrier
of twenty per cent. The misery has be-
come SO frightful in several parts of
Hungary that the government has been
forced to establish Commissioners of
Want, and in many places the unfortu-
nate peasantry were obliged to devour
grain put aside for sowing. In view of
such facts is it not provocation to
open insurrection?
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-04-24
SHADOWS OF NEW YORK LIFE.

The truth of the adage, "One half of
the world knows not how the other half
hvss," is wildly realized by the recent
developments made with reference to the
tenements of the New York city poor.
Ft has been shown that half million
of men and women-two-thirds Of the
population Of New York-are compelled
BY poverty and the avarice of Shylocks,
to. live in novels, technically called "ten-
ement houses" in parcels, on an aver
age, Of thirty persons to each house.
But this is only an average. In the
eleventh ward FI3 rear houses contain
1853 families, or nearly 20 souls each;
24 others contain 407 families, being an
average of 80 souls to each; and in an
other ward, E2 such houses contain no
less than 10 families, OF 95 souls each!
But this is, by no means, the worst.
There are $50 tenement houses in
New York which contain, by actual
count, 1O,a9a families, or about s5 per-
sons to each; 1913 others, which accom-
modate Ill persons each; II others,
which cover 140 each; and, finally, 20
which have a total population Of no less
than $40 souls, or 1877 to each house!
The tenement house, . which is now
one of the Constitution" of New York,
stands usually upon lot 25 by 100 feet,
is from four to six stories high, and is
so divided internally as to contain four
families on each foor-each family eat
ing, drinking, sleeping, cooking, wash
ing, and fighting in room eight feet by
ten, and bed room six feet by ten; un-
less, indeed-aohich rery frequently hap
pens, says Mr.. Halliday-the family
renting these two rooms takes IN another
fatoily to board, or sub-lets one room to
one or evep tn,o other families
The "modern improvements" of these
"barracks" are astounding.
One of the largest and most recently
built of the New York "barracks" has
apartments for 126 families. 1t was
built especially for this use. It stands
on lot so by 25O feet, is entered at the
sides from alleys eight feet wide, and by
reason of the vicinity of another barrack
of equal height, the rooms are so dark
ened that on a cloudy day it is impossi-
BILE to read or sew in them without arti-
fetal light. It has not one room which
can in any way be thoroughly ventilated.
The vaults and sewers which are to carry
off the filth Of the 1875 families have
grated openings in the alleys, and door
ways in the cellars, through which the
noisome and deadly miasmata penetrate
and poison the dank air of the house and
the courts. The water-closets for the
whole vast establishment are range of
stalls without doors, and accessible not
only from the building, but even from
the street Comfort is here out of the
question; common decency has been rem
dered impossible; and horrible brutali-
ties of the passenger-ship, are day after
day repeated-but on larger scale
And yet this is fair specimen. And
for such hideous and necessarily demor-
alizing habitations for two rooms,
stencil, indecency and gloom, the poor
family pays-and the rich builder re-
ceives- thirty ,tfve per cent annually on
the cost of the apartnnents'