, 1860-04-16
> Carrying Deadly Weapons.

4 young gtl, ssamatreas, dependent upon
h&r daily labor for hsr livelihood, wsR crossing
the Park yesterday morning, On her way to her
work, when she was overtaken By lii. Daniel
passing her, Mckay made spring in order to
axoid puddle, dropped pistol from his pocket.
which exploded on reaching lhe ground, and
the ball, after striking the girls fore6pger tra-
versed her right wrist, and lodged in her arm,
and 50 far, has not been extracted. The wound,
il not dangerous, is painful. may probably disa-
bic her for life, and in the meantime, leaTes her
helpleas in the hospital.
This unfortunate woman is one more added
to the list Of the victims Of the impunity which
attends the disgraccful practice Of carrying
concealed Weapons. That it should be 50 gene
raj as It is-for there is hardly loaier, rowdy,
or fireman, or " fast" man. in the City, WHOSE g
grace to our civilization. We ere In the habit
Of setting down people Who 90 about their daas5
business with guns on their shoulders, or JatA"
ghans in their belts, as barba1ians; but the open
exhibition Of ones personal armory i decent and
Christian compared with our practice OF stow
CAUSE it is not cowardly and it is not treacher.
ous. The usage which prevailed IN the Last
century, Of wearing ANAL swords, is generally
supposed to have given way to the strength
and the efficiency Of the Law, and the increasing
refinement Of our manners. hut the set OF men
in this city who carry deadly weapons under
the black coat Of peaceful looking ahopEeepers
and clerks, md under the eye Of the Netropoli-
tan police, are far greater baGba1ians than aDJ
sSashbucl!er that eyer haunted Alsatia. The
old-fashioned bully Haunted his weapons before
the world, showed his rapier and his s"agger
in the streets, and enabled peaceful people to
get out Of his way. Ours sneaks along with the
dress and air Of deacon, tnlks like taxpayer,
grumbles over the iueficiency Of the police,
and keeps his implements Of assassination
carefully concealed in the breast.pocket Of a
seedy black swallow-taiL The results OF this
manly custom arc known to ever5body- 1t
causes nine out of every twelve petty roWs
to end in murder. 1t pisces the most inoteu-
sire Of the community ut the mercy OF its
scum. It leads every year to innuneEable &C
cidents. The fact Of its being punishable Of
fence does not seem to make the least difference.
Nobody scans TO fear any iegsi consequences
from the sudden revelation Of his prasate AZ"
seual to tue public gaze. If all men who walk
up Broadway every day we're searched, the
number of those who would be found in posses
sion of the means Of numbering their neighbors,
without moments warning, would astonlSh
people who judge Of our manners By the extent
Of our religious organizations, and who are in
the habit Of supporting life in New York very
different thing from Life in the CMneseseas.
We do Dot deny the propriety Of a tnau's
arming himself who has to venture At night into
lint, can guarantee everybody against The !at.
iianism Of snch places as the Sixth and First
Wards; and We hold that every citizen upon
whom night attack is made by q rutian, ren-
ders society service bT treuting his assailans
Ike Wild animal. but what business have
such people IS Daniel Mckay, "book-keeper at
400 Bssadway," with loaded pistols in the;1
pockets, Mt s O'Clock in the morning, in front o1
The City Hail? N'hat is the meaning Of shop
man going to his employers counting roon'
ter death among thc passers.by at every plunge
and tumble he makes through the municipal
| mud. The unfortunate victim in this case fur
nisles one more illustration Of the extent t.
| which the poor and helpless arc made, In thi'
city. the butts and playthings sf rccklcssnes.
and disregard Of law, and she is entitled at leas
to the sympathy Of the public, since she canoo
hare its prOtectiou.