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Show . .-- -- -- 288 APPENDIX TO NOTES. nffiictcU by nll tlmt I h~vo s~en. ITo~ "'1\ly soul hns_hcen dccplY80 fitr ns 1 cnn judge, J!l 8pttc o~ tl_tclr many hmnn-n ])C in ~s lost. , JCrishing under th_e w01 g:ht of d• sc.tse. wusting :tway, all are yo ~u~7' 11 Or waut of 1ww·1.s!tme!tt. Croups of ]I lost of them arc ~rop~ 10 •1 . \ .... 1 lmvc 0,.0r scC'n, sciOn~ of a :nee chi ldren, the . most mt.crcsl llr~mnrkablc for their smn\1\unbs, wrmkdoomcd to mtsfortunc, ~'"ore f 8 indlcs-rllld not n. r~g to cover th ~m I 1 d and r ed uced to the 8 1"-0 0 . P 11 thi ::~ JcstructJOn of humamty, .And to th ink that all this llll~'~rC?, ~~inccl colony, might have been nil th is waste of tho stuc~ 0a r:n~ God 1 it is painful l~cyond exavoided, lmt h~s not hc.cn .~ n c,.Jcct of duty and huma!t1ty on tho pression, to thm~ of such .'. , ~ well of the metropolis as of the pA.rt of tho coloUJal authontws, ,\s * * colony. * * * * .. * * ..,.J t to a g;r e:tt extent murderous; . the v1ctnns "• I can pro~·o n. ~1 ;r .f'~ l·td · (in i<·~s than one year, as 1s shown by :\tO Tnt! ian Coolies of lrt7 11 :~a~ul <·orp:-;cs of thcfle unfortunat~ c~caofli cial d oc umC itt~, l!co 11f\ tl 0 c•·ows of tho islam! ,) and a Sllmlar turcs h~\·o fnmi .shcd fuo~d 0 wi\hout puni shment, but without e1•en sy.st<'.m Iii pnl'~lH:ti,. 11 ~} ~u/ofli~i:tl inque~t. Stmn;:;c nnd dt>plorab!e fonnm ~ t.he s n! J.J{'1 t' the nat inn which gi\'es us _tln scx~mpl c, i_JO!lsts contmt\tdJOil 1 and )f',t. f. . . !Cl'tion un:w :li\1 t~ ~ U\.JectS, Without of C'xtcnding th ~ :.cf.s. 0 , ~~:~~p:tto. that co n1pl a rC' ntly takC'~ to it~clf di stinc ti~•n 1 It IS ~ 1 ~'l •11 ·~ ice'1,1111ally over all cla.-;~e:-:, o.wr.thehJ,rdly the crethl of extcml :~n~l1~~·/(!ct witllot;t fe:u·, f:~vor, or aflcctwn! pcm· :twlthe ltumb!t, \; ~~(''11' the (•nd. f·b:• :d:<u API!t'IHiix,. :· . .'the Euro JNlll Contin ent, I havcnotsuffi. Qf the labon.n~. c\;Jss< s ?1 . ::;o 1!•:~::;::; them 0\'C r, am\. come at once ci('ntly rL u thcn tl ~; ltllormatLon' to out' owu country. APPENDIX TO NOTES. 289 o.ro put up very slightly, n.t n. comparatively smnll expense, nnd tho revenues a~cru.mg to the owners, from rents, form a largo per ccntago on the ca.p1bd lll\'t'S!cd. One s tructu~e on Third s treet, owned by a. late State Senator, IS calculated .to y1cld a monthly income of $168, equal to $2,016 P?r .nnnum. It 1s rmpn.mtcd in the r ear by a court from another LUJldmg of the samo description, yield ing nearly tho same amount of revenue. Each floor forms twelve apartments ftlled by as many famili es, each of which pn.ys S3 50, S·[ 50, or S5 per ~onth according to locat ion. There is no pccuninry motive of putting uP buildings o~ any othe r descr iption. in. this locn.liLy. Though they arc often filthy m the extreme, new bmldmgs of a better quality would be filled by the same occupants with tho snmo habits. "Thet·c are many other houses of the same character, similarly occupied. On Sheriff st1·ect, is a largo rear building containing about fifty families. Tho habitations of the ra,s-pickcrs may generally bo reco~nized by the long rows of ragR swingmg from lines, to dry, and Jookmg some like the brown wetted loaves in a tobacco shed. "About ~ n.y light the colonies arc in motion, n.nd tho able bodied, equipped w1th basket~ and pokers, sally forth, cnch emulous to anticipate the rest in reaching the field of gain. Sometimes the city is partitioned ofl' into di strict~, n.ud it is a-s much a trespass to overstep the boumlal'ics assig;ncd, as for a fire eng ine to run out of its district. A few more nwored than the r est, hal'c carts with which to collect tho refu se ami ofl'al of kitchen and Lntcbcr shopS' ; nnd tho wife and a dog, well bn.rn c!!scd, exert thcmselrcs in conce rt in urg ing it forward, At tho close of the day, when the c ircuit has been completed, tho baskets, hn.gs and carts arc emptied, and a pile formed of the ir contents. 'l'he latter arc then carefully sorted, and generally afford, aside from the rngs and Lones, both food nnd fuel. '£he rags nro sold to shops adjacent, for two ce nt." n. pound for cotton nnd linen, and something less for woollen, suita.Ulc l'or carpets. The bones nrc sold for thirty cents a bushel, after lnwing been well scmped and boil ed, to secure the nutritious portions for food. 'l'hc bones from the gutter, after being washed, suflicc to provide for n ecess ities for the family proper, including the cn.ninc dependencies. The food and fu el thus secured, arc the emoluments thus r ecci,·cd over and above the in come from bones and rags, n.ud ~~re incide ntal to the main purpose. '!'he process rendered necessary by the tn1nsaelion of business so vn.rious, all conducted in the apartment used as kitchen, bt'd-room, sitting nnd store room-imparts a peculiar odor to the a tmosp hct·e, di sccrna.blC at some di stance. l t c;u. cal:!ily be imagined Lhat tho melancholy mode ?f Ii\'ing thus described, with unsuit:tb lc. fooll,,and conlJ·~L~tod and •ll ventilated apartmen ts, arc not promotii'O of health. lbo cholera., accordingly, in past yea rs, made a. fen.rful !H~voc nmong these people. "Notwith ~ta.nd in "' the ex treme degmdatJOil of the Gormnn rag ptckers, they appear happy, and exhibit no sig ns of d iscontent. With many, the Western States 1s tho promised bnd, and every cfl'ort is made to accumulate s ufficient funds to enaiJ\c them to emigrate. A colony of threo hundred persons is mentioned, which occuyied n. siugle basement fast yenr, li\'ing promiscuously togetl.1er, wtth a. ?Ommon b<!ne heap, to which all coutri butcd, und from wb1ch was den\'ed a. portiOn z |