, 1866-03-09
NUMBER 1S-
tFrOm The Rlohmoad wbIs] &,
-ospentY North, AdverIltY south.


The North is prosperous, more prosperous, 4
II Is said, than It tever was before. Petroleum,
war contracts, the market afforded during The
war for its Manufacture, and the products oftbS
soil, all conspired to increase its wealth-it1
canals railroads, and all other works Of internal
I'm proTement are in perfect order. The domestic
establishments the equippages, the drssz. and
appointments ofthe people are on a scale OF eieI
ganee hitherto unknown. The hotels. rsstaul
rants saloons, theatres, as indeed all places Of
accommodation and amusement are iuxurioua
and attractive toiau extent that lis suSprislupI
Many OF both sexes are tempted from the plainsr
Pless2res OF home to the eountless places Of
which the Northern cities are filed 10 .report
oi the Board OF Police for New York shows that
the saloous alone Of that city muster nearlytwo
regiments Of handsome waiter girls numbering
twelve hundred equipped with ali TIE metricious
charms and Establishments that women Of that
class know so well how to make effective Tha
total number OF these Saloons are z23 the num-
Der ofYisitors per day is set dowulat DO $50. and
the receipts per week at S3l 562 ThisiI but an
item or luxury and extrayagance in one of the
Northern cities The police report informs ut
that the number of these "daughters of perditionl
IS rapidly increasins;" that their dupes and Vic.
TINS are counted by Thousands; and are men who
move in the best, most cultiya1ed and highest
circles Of society.' Thess twelve hundred
daughters Of PerditioR" are womeu who have
not quite lost al shame. The numerous dsns
OF inlquity, where all shame and modesty are
thrown aside, Am5itiously attempt 10 supply
their place by all the glittering attractions Of
luxury and magnifcence.
This luxury and e1travagance prevails through.
the whole North. How different the picture
presented by the Southw In T.-..
The South is badly of worse off BY far than itAv.
er was, or we trust than it ever will be again Il
lost all 1t owned but Its land aud houses-and
many persons lost these. Its currency and se.
curtles, in which all ofits people were interested
perished in an hour. Its horses, cattle and poul.
try even were destroyed. It's farms were, in
many loeahtieOas efectually desolated as if an
army OF locusts had devoured them. Its negroes
to the value of two thousand million Of dollars,
were set fee. Its railroads and other public
works were broken up. The elegant eduippaees
that were seen before the war are no longer seen!
The few that remain belong to strangers who
have come among US, or to fancy men to whom
hne turn out is a sort of sign or advertisements.
There is no display of dress and no Gttsnpt to
follow the fashions. Dwelling houses look old
and dilapidated The furniture is defaced and.
broken. The places OF amusement are for the
most part closed, and the hotels are plain, mod
est and uapretendtng, There are, fortunately.
no magnificent saloons, no pretty waiter girls to
allure young men to their ruin There are drink
ing shops, and abundance of them-but they do
not resort to such auxllaries to make them at
hfhs fidDoRPSsT are Rnd
good seuse to practice rigid economy. (, ...
Our vices dre not the vices generated by an
inflated prosperity. They are those developed
by privGtion and poverty. We are now learning
those lessons taught in the severe school Of af-
Fiction, and it will, perhaps, be all the better
for us, in the end, that we had so rough q be-
gieing. Economy. frugal;ty industry, puuetu4
atty and morality are at present forced upon US
by the necessities of our situation. We hope,
that they will become the habits aud governing
principles of our lives, so that should we once
more be blessed with prosperity-and these are
the means by which it is attained-we will know
how TO enjoy, without abusing it. p