Daily national Republican., 1863-08-25
ny A l. A d 7 q.

We commend to our readers the following
communication describing most graphically
some Of the nuissncss that daily exist In the
street cars of this city. While We endorse
all that the writer says, there are other
evils thsn thoss nsneA. Ono Of these 10
the outrage committed upon hard-working
men sud women who ars entitled to 4
seat, especially when they enter car and
psy their money, but who, In consequence
Of the want Of enough cars on the road, are
frequently compelled to stand. Besides, this
very class are generally selected from all Others
and requested to surrender their seats to the
crinoline sristocracy. weshall treat this sub.
,ject more fully in few days; In the mean
time, We SIX our rssdsrs TO llstsu TO the words
OF "Justice.' ,-,
-.. WAsnHasps. August 81, 1853.
To ~ Edasr crhe Nssysasi ApsA,icss.
Editors are proverhtaiiy patient patient,
lons-surering, and slow 70 wrath. This was
impressed on my mindas very tender age
inssmuch that II was accompanied BY the idea
that It vas through their posseaaing the virtue
Of patience In extraordinary perfection, that
thsy were eustlsd to accomplish such quaint.
ties of ".ob printing" Be that "a IL may,
have found them . most smiable class OF peo-
pie. -r
But II you, Mr.. Editor, being unusually
modest aud not given to msgnifNng your
odice, should you ever have any misgivings con-
cerning your stock Of this rsre Christian grace,
and shonld you desire 10 lest its quality and
quantity, I can direct you how to proceed, and
will warrant that the result shall be conclusive,
II not satisfactory. Here followetb the recipe {:
Ehtp sreet car for a trip up the Avenue on a
market morning.
You sink into the nearest seat, willing to
take up as little room IS may be, for it is
d hot day and the car will he crowded to
suirocation before you reach willsrds', and
worse afterward. Presently the car stops; q
procession Of great market-women, chiefly
Ihsh-perhsps dirty and ragged-esrtainly fat
and cosrse,-enter the car, each with bushel.
basket fnn of marketing, which she drags
across your knees 70 the great detriment of your
new pantaloons-and then, sitting down be-
side you, If not really obscuring you altogether,
she places the basket half on your lap, and
permits you the privilege Of carrying 1t US
long as she stays. Directly, another detach-
men. arrives-more women, more baskets.
One bowsey female sits down on the other side
of you, and places her basket on the knee which
YOU have carefully preserved from contact
with the other woman's eatables. So you are
completely sandwiched between them. Your
pet new suit is soiled and smutched with the
mud from the bottoms of their baskets; your
olfactories are RECALLED with the odor of their
prospective dinncrs, NO natter whether 1t be
tsh or flesh, sauced butter or onions-you
are welcome TO Il all the same; aud happy
If no leakage from the mass makes your
plight still more pitiablc. If you succeed In
extricatlng yoursclf from your entanglements
In time to leave the car two or three squares
are happy man, and 20 on your way rejoicing
that your fate 10 NO worse. All this for five
cents, postage currency.
Now. Mr.. Editor, ! ask You If this state OF
things is not 3 trial even to the patience OF
your amiahe frdterpityi And here let me as.
cure you that ii is rot half so ycxatious to men
as To women. The other morning came up
the Avenue In car, as usual. A very pretty girl
-arare sight in Washington--sa sat opposite; not
rchiy but very neatly and prettily dressed.
che had sweet, fresh face, and rose
fora brooch. che wore delicate muslin dress,
clear and tender'colored, new and uncrumpled
but 1t was market day. A coarse, rude vi.
rago entered the cur with monstrous
bssket--a baske; dirty and broken, the sharp
ends Of the wicker tangllng In every gar
ment she passed. OF course 1t engaged at
once the light dress Of my pretty neighbor, who
made vain snd blushlng attempt to rescue
her drapcry-but the ogress Of the basket pulled
it roughly along, sending the muslin up and
down, until 1t really seemed as though the poor
girls dress was literally torn off her. The
dress was utterly rulned-the poor girl burst
into tsars-how could she get home In that
plight
Now, 10 not this an outrage on good nature !
But where Is the redressi The conductor, sp-
piled to in such an emergency, replies; cone
womsn's money 10 - good % another's. AL
have the same right to seats. No srlstocrscy
here"