The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-26
rHE GREAT METROPOLIS.
Features, P~eeuIiarities and Vices Of
the Great City.

ANAGH a. NAGEN Oh
the Great City.
The following are some interesting
facts about New York, furnished by the
City Mission
Until We have the official returns of
the State census lately taken, We must
rely on the United States census of
1860 to furnish the number of the pee
pie in New York, which was at that
date Sl3,G69.
The rate of increase for some time
previous to the war was > per cent Der
anuum. How much this has been
modified by the extraordinary circum.
stances of the period Just past we can
not determine, and we have no room
for speculations. Of the population of
the city in 1860, 1926 $50 were born in
the United States, and. 3S3 III were
born in foreign countries of42 different
nationalities. The number of marIi-
ages u the CITY in a year is 1922 The
number Of tirths in tie city durir z Il Q
year is 6,424 The number of dealnsi,.
the city during year is p, loo. There
are - ,33S dwelling houses in the CITY
There are l55, 107 families living in tie
city. There are nearly three families
on an average to every dwelling. There
are nearly 10 persons or an average to
every dwelling. There are $4,000 ten
ant houses, containing 1856 600 persons.
The city taxes are $4,000, 600 a year.
The money spent in public amusemenis
IS u 100000 q year For the support
Of the police 50 900, 900 a year is re-
CURED. Seventeen thousand immi-
grants per month land st Castle Gar
den There are $50 churches, chapeIs,
and missions Of all kinds, with accom-
modations for 100000 persons. There
are 2I5 Protestant places of worship,
with accommodations for 100000 pei
sons. There are PIC regularly organ
ICED Protestant churches, with an ay-
erage membership Of 800, which would
give q total of & 1909 communicate.
There are $50 Sabbath-Schools of all
denominations, with an attendance of
= 800 pupils. There are $50 Protest
ant Sabbath Schools, with an attendance
OF lU,UOd pupils The number ofchildren
in the city between the ages of . and Il
years is l46 400. In the schools, under
the care of the Board of Education,
there is an average attendance Of ST.
VIZ. In barOchisl schools, industrial
schools, private schools, colleges, etc,
there must be 10000 more. In the pub
lie schools and private schools, etc,
there are probably lOi,9'5 regularly in
attendance. OF the 4l,4S1 OF suitable
school age still remaining u~naceounted
for. we may estimate that p per cent
are detained at home by sickness and
poverty; p per cent are at work, and
the balance are found among the va
grants, beggars, pilierers, and rowdies.
1wenty-lour per cent of the population
are between the ages of 20 and 3OyeaTs.
Taking the census of 1860 still rs our
/ basis, II per cent OF Sl3 cog yields us
/ l65.26u the sexes being nearly equally
divided. this proportion would give us,
say q, 500 young men. 1t is probable
there are as many ~ 10000 places where
intoxicating liquors are sold Suppose
the receipts of these on an average TO
be only 500 each, we shall have 81
100000 as the gross amount expended
in that direction. There are hidden
works of darkness that elude all scru-
tiny, aud yet, from police investigations
and medical testimony, we a make
some calculations of the numbers OF
those who are leading a life of shame.
II will be safe TO say that there are
1900 prostitutes, and 500 other women
who visit houses Of ~assignatlon, etc
making a total OF 10000 The value oil
the real and personal property invested
in the business cannot be short OF -,
U0O. 900 Aud the amount ct money
spent in houses Of i'll fame, and the
amounts required for the expenses oil
criminal and humane institutions grow
ing out Of the terrible evil must make
a total of s., 100000 more. The ave
age duration Of liie>atter entering on u
course Of prostitution is four years. Sc
that more than 800 OF these miserable
women die every year.