The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-02

liable Hints for the Police Commissiencras
&C.. &C..
An old adsge tells rs that s'ons half Of tho world dosa
mot know how the other half lives" Nowhere b tha1
adags strkngly illustrated than In New YORK. On
our island or Manhattan, and the glad waters thas
Franc In svery beauty there Thousands Of msa,
women and children whose OF subsistence N
known and even unsupported BY nns-seuths Of our
ctzens-by the honest the toing the easy In circun-
stances and the phiIanthroplo II the-as yet unsss
periodically and hourly doings OF those thss-
sands could suddenly BE- revesed, the honssv
tho toilng and the complaisantly comfortable whe
unoonsciousy rub shoulders In thronged streets
with the arfnl swndler, tho invsterate thief, snl
the fearless and ferocious ruan would Just suddenly
become stricken with dsmay and shrink into their
houses pale and trembling as astonished women whom
the armed fosmen Numbered at the gates OF BE-
iesguered city. Our ordinary policemen are numsrouas
ssalwart and to certain extent we'll appointed and wen
disciplined and detectives are conlessedly unsuE
passed In asuteness In perseverance and In courage
Yet spite OF the strength Of the former body Of 20
ce and Of the astusene and Of the ias
ter there mot an honest and wstodo citizea amono
us who is not q constantly unconsciously sleeping.
a It were upon the very brink Of volcano To poo
ityely awful cxtsnt Ne have in midst many thoa
sands Of men against whoeo rufanism the strength &
the ordinary police Is comparatively impotent, an9
against whose cunning the astuteness Of the deteov
Is positively &c. Learned judges and exceedingly wei
informed Journalists occasionally staze even the lca
thoughtful among BY their statements Of the rans
crime that in this that especial branch Of nay
has abode In city; yet the half Of II nay, svcA
the tithe OF IT, has never been denounced by judge .
narrated by journalist
spoken river thieves, does honest man In Nsw
York In thousand suspect the extent OF that body q
thieves or the annual value OF It's pckngs and seangs
We fearlessly assure our readers Of the very
police there very many who could not tell thos9
things II they would; and not fsv who can. but win
not Corruption Is not confined to the Aldermante -
the political rng thousands Of thieves and receivess
live and thrive unmoestsd By we'll paid and faithiec
Character but particular crimes Of those thieves
and receivers but have vested interest In letng them
S.s sncsd snou to allow hs 70 retro
respectable private lfs there 10 die with every out
ward and visible sign Of pety 70 DO celebrated IN ne
funeral Of some goddess parson ana 10 10
lying epitaph that will plant IT. lies till the very tomb
stone rots. tho vie creature whom Il covers
few days ago reporter Of the HERALD was drecte4
to make inspection and inquiry in certain longshoeo
neighborhood with Wow 70 ascertaining. 1t least Ap
the numbers q the vsr Ts ana -
had result very different from thai which either tos
editor reporter had anticipated. Known river thieves
few we fear-very properly aud very zeaously huns
down, are, comparatively speaking. very few 10 nuoss
boid sturdy active fellows who arc good hands 4 ths
sail who board ship or scow withou care Tor s0o
sleeping crew and who =. pinch would not nssi, *.
police galley and It's well appointed crew. and second
the squalid pckers up Of unconsidercd trifcs. The
sswharf.ratap mostly mere boys or very young men,
whose meagreness and squaor show that their parouas
line Of 6u.insss y unpronabe % the individual a. g
mischievous 70 The rverain community. - X
Their petty thievng however, mschievous - Il =.
amounts 10 only fraction whom compared TO Tho
amount that is stolen by mon, and women too any Z
whom. II plainly denounced as thiefof the worst I'D
most cs ssS si Sss y
thieves-shese amateur thieves who arc ostensbly e-
ployed both honestly and usefuliy,s legion. PstY
hundred and dock and wharf sbofers By the shousaa
arc daily and nightly engaged IN th'eving from thsls
great traveller once refused 10 ten his advenlurss o
the plea that they had been 50 strange that the na
ton Of them would b too incredible, snd that ne ~
fasehood In ke.manner We refrain from telling whae
have asccr,ained TO the frghtfu commences q
few Who arc mot only Fespectabls" IN outward shew
and impudently loud profession, but substantially wsn
CO. ~ e ps SSsds Is soe n: :s
set down the sum total OF tho prcduca
Of the thieying Of those people sven one,aisA
cules not nom his foot. but from the nero tip Of hs
quite q number q wharf iaborsrs were assembled =
their dinner time one man, better dressed than tho
restout for bis over loud waisccat over which sesss
by-treated two or three OF them with whom, ffo1
their conversation, IL seemed that be had formerly
few minutes and when no had gone Of his fisndsss
Marked Ah that's the man % 90 through the wosidt
msE rW o supSu sic thief cans The sSsvns By Ss
liter term o. makng) nity pounds Of cotton DAY.
and instead Of spending his money q We poor misos.
: GOOD CRIB IN the junk Ina Ana mixht have dsss
the same, for made = much u be did" Those i've
than The ssnsrsy Of their es but = L Is woil kse~a
that thsSs pickes add sseaIs never 90 70 dinner -
sys .ss = nigh, Sg. empty o. pay
pretend accurately 10 state the aggregate amount
cngshors thisvins done in ne sags article q essas
asd various wines and spirits asisn by tie qaa pas -
Ices quantity, - tne and who vii pretsnd -
pssssng smrisyssf Ard WA. ohi vho vin pvssssAls
sstimeas The amount O. demcealisaison that daily ~
sSi:sss one. sssr o~s wives sSS cBss ssS .
compa1oas Of shese astses 50 snormous arc the loe
which srs annually thus inflicted upon the ionyseess
srs bonsst wssshy ana sucisnsiy suspicious "a
vaschfu that ~ do NOS hesitate 70 afm that thsss
they % suSsciSs ssd psS four snss siss sss svss
ten se he salary The PRECEDENT d the United dasss
y chisf q police both able and xing s DEVISE -
ssesivss woud evsn consadsiasy dimini.h this As
fuIiy great trbote levied ~ sssa rtvsr this.ses
whom police steamboat and police rowbesss utterly
ineffective n pasrolmsn and dsssosves honestly wanssA
sSdssy eas. 70 smS s. -
neither the other cass Of poloe II anything nko
sufssently supervised The astounding though msesly
and cxcesdiu9ly partial revelations made some tirno
since the'subcct Of police bribery and oosrupttsA
sufficiently proves that the upper well tbs lower
members Of the police force should supervised BY
officer who In the very natare Of Things must BE- moor
yuptible His salary should Be- % large 70 place him
above want and his character gained In active service
as military officer during the war, should put him
above suspicion But even there precautions should
not stop The same law that should appoint him TO
responsible and lucrative IN once should also make
the Penitentiary for o long time the penalty Of
malfsasancc in once; and surely he would DO an
oddly constituted man, . man moro At for the
lunatic asylum than for once. who would lose
such position and ofBclal profit and incur -
terrible penalty FOR the aks Of any brbe that could b
offered 70 him Further. vast Is the mischief the
rfvcrnin hevne does 70 the community and rapidly
does increase m itself and In s demorsxaon OF the
riverain population that have constitutional
amendments, We would include among them one DEPRIVE
ing the Pedent Of the United States and the Governor
Of the state Of New York OF the pardoning In the
case of the General Superintendent Of New York Police
His should he great and his salary even extremely
liberal but his utter un should b certain rrcmedabas
by any other coupsion, In Of HIS Official mafeas-