The New York herald., 1874-08-21

WIN be their passport TO Oh they DESIRE They are
have remained every here, and through untold
prosecutions and tribulations-a distinctive race.
Where the CHRISTIAN mmgies Win tine Jew a. "a 70
swallows up the Christian. But in such numbers
do they abound here that the Tenth ward is, par
THE IRISH AND GERMAN QUARTER.
No very distinctive quarter can be assigned to
they abound almost everywhere. As o centre,
however, ior Dorh the Soventeenth ward might be
popuiarion. There is story told thai at e public
meeting, when the ward off1ces were TO be har-
monleusy Distributed toe CHAIRMAN was s, q Ger,
was gwen to the Germans and the Assistant
Alderman to the Irish, and several MINOR of1ces
were DISTRIBUTED among the two nan0nalities.
When ali had been harm6niousiy arranged a per-
son rose and said that one very small once had
been forgotten aud he moved taat II be given 20
an American. At this the whole meeting rose up
10 arms, and the speaker was ANONYMOUSLY
turned out Of the meeting. t, IL Is onw s.1ryi pIs
VI the two natfonalities spoken oi In the seven
teenth ward II Is also one oi the great tenement
poverty and, taking all In all, Is probably the
most populoos quarter in the CITY. M ti
- THE CoLoRgD QUARTER.
The colored people. OF whom New York is blessed
with no small population, seem TO have elected
the Eighth ward as % their grand ;en centre, ana
Thompson and parallel streets on that side OF the
city, they are gathered in large numbers innabit-
clusion OF white people. Years ago colony Of
them moved up 10 the confines OF sixth avenue,
and they gather IN some what formidable numbers
on the west side OF the avenue, from fifteenth
up TO Nineteenth street, another large colony
being found in Thrty-third street, near sixth ave-
nne. Indeed this avenue has grown to be such
favorite with the colored folks as TO have been dig
ni1ed with the euph0nious title OF "Nigger Broad
coiored i people lie is % aoan in In f' The Eighth ward ward
from which all these outside colonies startet and
are as marked and more so
as the separation OF classes amongst the people Of
the most erete MONARCHY. Money and color are
the two principal motors OF these varieties OF
feelings the well 10 do ana the light cclored be-
leylng themselves TO be Infinitely superior in
caste TO tue black and the poor. Occasionally you
NAV see some cream coiored lady married 10 some
jet colored gentleman, but IN this case you may
rely on 1t that the vile has acted against the ad-
vice Of her parents. In thts quarter there are ot
course, col0red bandits and thieves but taken rs
rule the cotored population Ia much the most
Brawls and fights are almost unknown among
them. and though II Is latent suspicion that the
coiored ohoys around here all carry razors lol
sel;-defence, It ts no doubt, weak Invention OF
the enemy, lor these razors never see light The
case OF jackson, over year ago, seems to have
been the only case OF negro crime In this populous
quarter ior very long time.
rHE THIHvEs' QUARTER
..ranes" existed. Which Tor many wears the police
ineffectually endeavoIed to exnrpate was also 10
the Eighth ward, namely, Ia Spring and Prince
broke mp on the hanging OF Jerry O'Brien, tAt
murderer, had it's Headquarters established IL
tTluCe StIcct, near WOOStoT, JOE HAauy vcdE6 q
captain or police, who was seriously annoyed and
almost ''broke" Tor several burg'arics committed
Ia the precinct, determined he wOu.d make one
supreme effort to rid himself OF this uncomfortable
constituency. Hitherto there hal been kind q
tact unde rstandng tnat the thieves should not d.
ANYTHING In rhe ward where they lived; but a!
they were the nrst TO break through rhis lie be
sieged them day and night and at length they
were obliged TO move Since that time they have
elected the Fourteenth ward as their STRONGHOLD
and here, IN the small streets adjoining the Bow
cry they exiat IN great numbers. and rom hert
they verge outwarsls thronyh al parts Of the citI
| IN search OF "swag." These are very duh times,
! however, and there is great complaint among
these gentle men thet the day when New York wa
the paradise Of thieves Is passed. II is not tina
the police have improved at all In effic:ency, bu
that there does not seem to be the Opportunti
there used to be. Justlre is also u little better
administered than formerly, and political influence
doesn't go far 1t uld 10 save men from state
Prison. All the good Old days OF Tammany when
II Vas only necessary 10 be IN with the gang Il
escape sept free on everything are gone. But, In
the meantime, these gentlemen lead somewhat
poor life OF II. Just now New ork Is pretty lret
ronl thepl they have gone to ply their trade IL
tic County districts as usual at this time OF year
But they return IN great numbers in the iall whef
the State iar5 are over, at which state fairs they
ply their Industry very consciensiously.