National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-09

The New York Herald has compiled an In
teresting article from the census tables giving
the occupation Of every man, woman ant
child In the Empire city. We make few
extracts as follows:
chiefly IN those branches which come undel
the head of trade and transportation, where
ont Of SO, GIL employed therein, 1t has 43, 81
(nearly half the Irish being second on tht
list, with Is, 400, and Germans third, will
IS, ISL. England and Wales have 1856 and
tho Scotch 1856. In the list Of mechanical
and mining out of ,S the who
So, 1876; the German, 1881; Irish, IS, 3l8
England and Wales, 6,575; Scotch, 2.441
Among those engaged In professional ser.
vices out of the whole number Ql5, 259) the
American element has 80, SSI; the Irish, 81,
2s2; German, l8,3SS England and Wales,
9, $40; Scotch, $50. OF the persons engaged
In agriculture, out Of the whole number
d, 4Oi) 4O7 arc American, 554 Germans, 2i7
Irish, "a English or Welsh, 25 Scotch, and
the small remainder Variously distributed.
The Irish. seem to excel under the head OF
personal and professional services having
"a 2s2 employed therein. This head has
classified under clergymen, Journalists, law
yers, physicians, teachers, boarding and
lodging house keepers, domestic servants,
DufDtfh anu uulEuEttStfc, ihuOfNIb, IL
der the head Of trade and transportation
they excel all other foreign nationalities.
This class includes railroad officers and en-
ployees, hucksters, peddlers, commercial
travellers, clerks In stores, salesmen, dealers
In stocks, street car employees, telegraph
employees, &c. III manufactures and me,
chanical and mining industries the Germans
excel all other foreign nationalties. This
takes under its head bakers, blacksmiths,
boot and shoemakers, brewers, clerks and
bookkcepers In manufacturing establish
ments, plumbers, printers, coopers, butchers,
hat and cap makers, machinists, millers, tin
ners, wheelwrights, dc.
now LABOR WAS DISTRIBUTED.
The tables thus far given show In bulk
how the great mass OF humanity living IN
New York eked out o livelihood. How the
great number who daily pass up and down
our busy thoroughfares engaged their time
and talents TO the end of money getting. II
seems almost impossible that the army Of
enumerators who compiled Uncle Sans pop
ulation could have had report from each
particular person, and the more so on 40
count of the limited time allowed them to do
the work. The peculiarities Of the census
loom up In different phase when labor is
taken by detail and the various vacations
studied seriatim. In our great city "a agri-
cultural laborers TILED the ROil and gathered
the crops; 40 dairymen and dairywOmen or
dered their drivers to stop at the pumps up
town to water the milk with which tho city
was supplied; 2l3 farmers and plunters lived
the most independent Of lives, employing %
overseers TO look after their interests, while
S55 gardeners, nurserymen and yine-growers
found profit In developing the resources OF
mother earth. Tho superfuous hlrsute
growth OF our entire population was removed
by 2,549 BARRIERS and hairdressers, who learned
when quite young the FIRST duties Of tho rising
tonsorial knight, and the exclamation
NEXT GENTLEMAN
Tho younger portion OF our rising genera
tion paironized ~ billiard and bowling saloons;
|, 535 boarding aud lodging house keepers
scanned trunks with critics eye and Kept
Jealous vigil over them until paid each week
Tor the proyender which tended to put fat on
ho bones OF those who lived with them. The
NARROW PATH TO UK4vEs
md the besetting sins Of large community
we're pointed out by us clergymen, arrayod
in the clerical robes which make this class a
feature from the large run of
sinners. The duties of the household and
he scrubbing and hard work OF our many |
lotels were attended TO by 40, 40 domestlcs; |
|, SS2 hotel and restaurant keepers and their |
employees invited tired and thirsty men to
'omo buy wine and milk, but not without
money or price The public mind was
EDUCATED AND DIRECTED
~ Sl6 Journalists, which may or may not In
'lude the army Of Bohemlans, who live on