New-York tribune., 1869-02-27
orR. .coLoREp POPULATION
CHARACrEEIsTICs,, AvOCATIoNs, SOCIAL AND
bIG ,sgfRELIGIoUs CLASSES, ETC., Dil' ~,

baa ,sEfRELIGIoUs CLASSES, Etc. DIE ~"
The colored people Of this city are to be,
found in numbers insthe Eighth and Ninth Wards and
wa the Ierrhgry bounded by Fifteenth and Fortieth-
sts and the Eighth and Tenth-aves In the Fourth and
Fifth wards their number has lesseled within the past
fouryearS A great many have emigrated to the small
towns and villages adjacent TO the CITY, while others have
gone to the South to accept the offers held out by the
change m the condition Of affairs in that region
Sofew avenues are open to colored persons TO enable
them to reach the higher calngs Of Industry that the
majority are necessarily menials such as baIbers walt
ers cooks, hVse servants coachmen store p1rers and
common jobbers. who work by the hour at whatever
turns mp" In the busy they can realize from
to 81 per week Their average earnings are $ and So
The wives Of many OF them contribute much aid toward
the support Of their families by their dali labor atsorub
bineo Washing and ironing and nsrslngS The Walters
"caereTss as Veil as Walters The BARRIERS are generally
Young and single men and are not 70 be frugal
carefof the morrow PoTteEs fh stores are pretty well
paid! Even they, however, can save but little IL any
few eoIed eoaduct printing offices in this city
Sa and srG9ssn fey Ek a. jOSsss@epS , S SSsss
The ThsF rare s sEssS ipaRg SsrEs9ts sSHSs
cleaners, bSof ana Shoe makers afid BASKET makefs
few eolesfd men are also ereaged IA dagne
engraving and blarksmthing The professiohsoc ON tho
other band re praeticed quite extensively Physletitus
have constant and lucrative practice. and musicians
(nany Of them COMPOSERS Of and Instructors in musc)
have earned envabie regulations A few interested
Drug lse kept by them in which prescriptions
Thsr one coUes %k Who St
trades s snploys Ia klrge nnmber Of eolOred yonne
s aoS s Ssss sSoed e iP SSpS
and tnceive erl suppQrtc Tho restaurants they keep
Sre ar and Nam %S$S S SJs sTsSs tsS are ysS s
and brissataasI dag Uses lodging houses There
sTs s5sf yGaas f fP Sens 3SS e s @
On nsrants and banlhs ofces. s shipping clerks
and hyed
A. IN vs & Sosts ~ Srd W ~
Astegatds te doDssiei habits Of tho eolored people,
hoss TaS . eSPs dIg ne s995 ssSsS. SS cheap but
niture i've uIeaHly dress plaiply aud are cOnIualy
thinking about 5e ana Rroa4s Is Hs e. aey can TOR 9
instStiGssl md GaSt aud receive respect from their
children a gFsat many hays snSeeegsd y 49ns run
usaHces thOuFnds OF dollars. and haze ac4uledh nt
Jle prOIrtYd Those who been reared IN the North
for themselves the more extFavagapt style OF domestic
comlts. They desire 10 he we'll spoken OF by their
enss i5- & fa & Is 6Siac 2 4 eae Sf IL 1 cSaeS 4s
A. le thr yape compelled 70 them seys
with fgl ftla hots+feOn account or the hief1eDsl
Nearly5 All oEo IrgGts ar tiG PRESENT time inges
the lc tcir cteHi will orcoPy sosltiens iD cleo
msiory Dl IhSin teHl from SCHOOL 81 the age
Of iIoIlYI 90 itss ~ :f ING tssRiiS Gl o. eSy y
tunes Hgr Entne sppgt or of MN y9anS Z Haa t..
addrceS ETC. IA de Methodist hl'yt tDeetlng whea DOT
urreenenty,u eOlueoa s eailed 1Oe toatd III sending
him 40 ac0ttge We areaiaVrnitd ohat qcpoofed 3oanS
men have been enAbled ~ prosecute their
sindRs by the 9 their wives yepder9a then by
living s tclyes ard fYEYsefhg thsr " ,s 1sn,
numbgT young men ar W.T. sade
The ISls Of he bOIeTed schools have exeelled In the
various bra NJ study. when o0mpared with tlIe
pupils o. LEI se1o"s Lsss tS as weI
tended one y oeatsd an MplosrTy,st one ip 1,ssss
ST. St one n fisdc The one n tbS EarI pIStTct
They arc al well attended aud the teachers are well
Thsrs lodges hodges
OF o. OF o. q. Nui0as Secret tOelees for benepoiens
wants tbes sak and Sylg tstr dead decent bqriaef
Only unpeas1pt }i,tpre connects ltsf Win LAfhe
SoStd STgSs11o16 IL 6s We df fta ssY %
Could hee exp6hdithres be MAIDS IN other drections
therdtat1Ati,a are the Councils of the " a. Of A.
a Youug Meny TsTinl Ass6catioD, and few 0liIersry
IAN advisory board OF ealored men control
6ankfstASfhsa Anq mp s9spSes oi sSs trssdMH1
Sati9nll s9FlnH ana IstlSL Company Ihe RnIaipR "a
which the busiuesS carried Is located ~ Bleeckerst,
near McDoqgal, aud Is Cyped by company Of coored
hiTb Tbe RELIGIONS organizations tnsdutan nueh greater
among Osi eoors 10 Pdlatiou than any other
organizations The 6otpEGaions that arise from differ
Ss0 sgs "a scp SroseT nny exists The deno,Ssa
tons that support church corporations are Methodist
B,PsE set ftsS 4 lSs & aa 4e sSRa@Sep includes
ana wonea nsiohg 70 ALMOST every Tfsde s Or
exhitioa or many tts OF character that man
display Sssy sss s b Sss oes Ins my
praeee II e9niBalle u tesir S9sn msaes 5he
sion tund sld, % othef objects, beget Ia
tlcls strong sense Oh tbe Obligation resting upon them
10 a st Wherever and whepeyer material aid u needed
A. arue they attend wolslip mere reknary tan mem
befs Of other sects. The cp of 1oy OF aiethodlst
yetoran of the Cross is f eui hot De prevents IN at
tendance at elass meeBg. or on Sab9gl1 IAorhng
cass esenlngH These iiisSsses gFe 10 th9 Church
men among The laiiy ags chosen y take ehagge such
patts of the mepberSlip as yloess p ' most Jealous
fify tie ndwengs the Holy spr ifd * rtesstheir
feeling of cOnHiton for manifest deyiios from the
ngsY are occasions OF great interest On sne days the
IneneFs OF churches distance h0ck 10 whsheyer
CHURCH meeting is 10 be held at where during the re-.
fi0, r,fJ rr0G t1r. 10 a0IauI.sN adt fGb