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The Baltimore Clipper sets up in defence, that however wicked the American-governed city of Baltimore

may be, it is it it it is not so bad as the Republican city of Boston, or the Democratic city of Brooklyn

the ratio of crime is great in proportion to the population than in any of the large cities on our seaboard

than in any other of the five cities which have been mentioned.

We have been used to hear Brooklyn called the City of Churches and its population a most moral and virtuous

Parks are required, of all cities, least in a suburban city like Brooklyn; and of all locations Ridgewood

Cypress Hills and Evergreens —which will when finished be park enough for ten times our present population

The 14th and 12th wards of the city are the localities were parks should be made, some quarter century

present and until that period we have quite as much open space and as many breathing spots as our population

The Spanish American Republics THE SPANISH AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

abroad, before we attempt the acquisition of any Territory belonging to any of the Central or South American

Are we willing to take the population of Central America, uneducated as they are, and unfit to judge

Our own people do not seem to know that this is the population that we must take with the Central American

We do not think that we are prepared to annex the Central American republics to this confederacy.

The slopes of the hill were occupied by cornfields and potatoe patches; the summits were covered with

rank vegetation and great forest trees, and the valleys were swamps.

There are also a large number of removals going on from city grave yards.

The establishment of the Cemetery has done much to populate the neighborhood.

populous village has grown up in the valley.

The young men of Athens, and other Greek cities, were trained in their bodily, mental, and moral developments

cities.

Nor were they, for all these rough exercises, a brutal or bloody-minded race; but, on the contrary, were

There were also songs, dances, and musical instruments.

They were also invariably held in the open air.

Two years later, it will appear for the first time in Leaves of Grass (1860 edition), in "Proto-Leaf,

Silver's "Whitman in 1850: Three Uncollected Articles," in American Literature 19, no. 4 (1948): 301—

, 1984), 6:2233.; Our transcription is based on a digital image of an original issue held at the American

here; for literally every one went from both districts of this city to the other side of the river.

The cars, the ferry boats, the City Hall, all the public and many private buildings, were decorated by

of population, the day might have been almost mistaken for Sunday.

As the morning advanced, crowds of another character were on the move.

who are residents of Brooklyn, and who were about to join their respective corps.

Were but one million of families enabled to spend fifty-six dollars each additional, it would procure

Our policy should be to prevent the accumulation of a pauper population around large cities—populate

In this connection he incidentally expressed the belief that were a few ultras of teh North and South

Here we have locomotives passing through a not overcrowded or populous avenue of the city, at a carefully

constituents, but this feeling, laudable as it is, may be carried to excess, and the interests of the city

the sense in which they did last evening, we may as well call a mass meeting weekly to conduct the city

this Atlantic street matter, but the firemen’s squabbles which occupied two thirds of the meeting, were

These subjects were introduced solely to make capital for the ensuing election; and they were discussed

voted for the Wilmot Proviso, and that in 1858, to the great disgust not only of the Republican and American

in Kansas affairs, he would have retired from power, receiving that homage and respect which the American

The Democratic members of the 35th Congress were elected on the platform of principles enunciated by

That bill, which in effect declared that Kansas had population sufficient to be admitted as a State with

Maclay, notwithstanding that, before his votes were given, a Committee of Congress appointed to visit

Rents are singularly low, in certain parts of the city, especially in East Brooklyn.

One reason of this is, that building speculations, up to about a year and a half ago, were enormously

Large tracts of ground were bought on credit, and rows of houses built in the same manner—the debts to

It has had the effect to cover several sections of the city with very handsome rows of unoccupied houses

Perhaps the principal reason after all, of the unprecedented growth of Brooklyn in population is to be

Warren Cleveland, we are enabled to present an abstract from the annual report of deaths in the city

This shows an apparent excess of mortality over that of last year of 2071, notwithstanding our city has

Of the victims of this disease 321 were native born and 393 were born, in foreign countries.

1459 were of foreign birth.

favorably with the mortality of other cities.

It only needs to be considered, for a moment, what a proportion of the parents, in great cities, bear

Then again—same source as above— "Of the deaths in New York City last year, 14,948, more than half of

the whole number, were of children under five years.

It is a proportion of infant mortality that is scarcely paralleled in any other Christian city; but its

The wretched poverty of the newly-arrived emigrant population, the damp, mouldy cellars in which they

Unless the whole constitution of the world were altered our very existence depends upon our sensibility

foot while he was swimming with out his entertaining the slightest suspicion of the ravages which were

Without pain, this limit would be constantly exceeded, and epicures, experiencing no uneasy sensations

This of itself would be an accident of incessant occurrence if the monitor were wanting which makes us

When one looks at the hosts of our “city young men” who are prematurely faded by contact with day-book

enactment, decided on certain physiological purgings (if we may call them so,) that mark a new era in American

By its repressive policy, maintained for centuries, it has accumulated upon its vast area a population

these copper colored men may overwhelm the other races on this coast by their numbers—as limitless as were

We are also to remember that, while we write this, the population there in China comprises nearly four

From our American position on the shores of the Pacific, we cannot but look with deep interest on all

has vastly increased, and that a regular stampede has taken place which threatens to depopulate the city

the other side of the Rocky Mountains, but that our own States will be more or less affected as they were

The new territory will be populated as if by magic and what is now a wilderness will be thickly studded

with cities and towns.

THE NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPÆDIA: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge.

the initiatory volumes, supply a want long and painfully felt, and reflect infinite credit upon American

During that time we have doubled our population and our area—peopled one vast gold region and are now

city from Fulton and Hamilton avenue ferries in all directions.

The three gas companies by which the city is lighted have a capital of nearly $3000,000.

organizing a proper and befitting celebration on the occasion of the introduction of water into the city

introduction of a certain and plentiful supply of pure and wholesome water into the streets of our city

condition—that it is to immensely increase the comfort, convenience and business resources of our population—and

As we hope to derive the advantage of an increase of population and business, and consequently an enhancement

place of residence or business thoroughly known, and we need never fear a diversion of the tide of population

passing the memory of any now living among us, that the line of fortified posts and entrenchments were

On the same neighborhood were thrown up hasty entrenchments during the last war,—the men and boys of

These Powder Houses were covered with slate, and were the only edifices in the neighborhood—being placed

appropriated to a free city Burial Yard, or Potter's Field.

Part of it was, in due time, filled up by the city, and forms the present City Park, with its northerly

seems, in modern life, to be under the curse of an insane appetite, especially among the youth of cities

We say this state of things is throwing a bad ingredient in the stock of the population of our cities

There is no doubt, as things now are, among the young men of modern civilized life, in cities, that a

, and of all great cities, a sure and increasing amount of the tainted blood of prostitution, morbid,

In fact, three more installments of the series were published.

Eleventh of Poland, is lifted, much of it verbatim, from an article on "Muscular strength" in the American

thousand hours.; This sentence is also taken from the same article on "Muscular strength" in the American

, no.6 (June 1846): 194–195.; [CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.]In fact, three more installments of the series were

published.; In fact, three more installments of the series were published.; Our transcription is based

on a digital image of an original issue held at the American Antiquarian Society.

How To Build Up the City HOW TO BUILD UP THE CITY.

since, started an idea which does not appear to us altogether unreasonable—to lay the bulk of the city

In the 16th and other Wards of this city, there are acres of lots which have been held for years past

by non-resident speculators, who care not a straw for the growth or prosperity of the city, except so

In either event the city would be the gainer.

The American farmer breathes pure air all day in the fields, but shuts himself up in a small unventilated

we have certainly found a cause for much of the ill health which prevails among our agricultural population

Under proper physical and moral training, were this possible, their health and comfort might be greatly

The filing of cast iron is, however, exceeding hurtful from the minute metallic particles received into

works are finished, and the "liquid tide" runs through them, we shall not only have enough to supply a city

of 230,000 inhabitants—our present population, be it remembered—but the works can easily be added to

, to make a capacity for a city of a million people.

been formed for the purpose of providing gratuitous and safe public baths for the residents of that city

In all the great cities of the Old World, say they, these wants of the people are much better cared for

than in the Metropolitan cities of the new and the free world.

Besides, no city is better situated to afford its inhabitants the refreshing and healthful pleasures

In the earlier periods of our city, the many secluded places along the shores of these streams of themselves

still less euphonious, and we have often thought it a great pity that at the Revolution the Empire City

cognomen of “East New York,” and affixed it to the pretty suburb on the north-eastern frontier of this city

is that it has grown and thriven amazingly—quite as fast, in proportion, as either district of this city

We learn from the paper referred to that East New York contains already a population of 2000, which number

of contests for physical superiority were common.

Nor are we afraid of the Americans being too combative.

At the time of this installment's publication, the editors of the Atlas were Herrick and A. G.

Many Tartar (or Mongol) horsemen were mounted archers, circa the thirteenth century.

In the same train of thought, we would remark that the "sporting men" of our American cities afford quite

Whitman's poetry, see an anonymous review of Leaves of Grass in Southern Field and Fireside (June 9, 1860

Training," though it is unclear whether he ever completed or sent it.; The founding editors of the Atlas were

At the time of this installment's publication, the editors of the Atlas were Herrick and A. G.

Seaman.; Many Tartar (or Mongol) horsemen were mounted archers, circa the thirteenth century.; New York

TO BE CONTINUED.]; Our transcription is based on a digital image of an original issue held at the American

yesterday in honor of the successful termination of the grand Telegraphic enterprise, was worthy of the city

throughout its length and breadth since the first few words from the Mother Country electrified the American

people, found vent yesterday in our city, in every possible form, from the interchange of kindly and

Suffice it to say, that the City has testified her appreciation of the perseverance, skill and energy

In our own District the people were wide-awake to the exigencies of the occasion, and manifested so far

support of Common Schools in this State is $8,403,139, of which nearly one-half is expended in the cities

Referring to the American Almanac, we find that the sum expended annually in Massachusetts is $2,346,309

and 293 female; 100 private schools, and 46,000 children residing in the districts, 35,817 of whom were

There are 29,511 volumes in the school libraries of this city; 13 frame school houses, and 17 of brick

The cost per month per pupil in Kings County towns is given at 92 cents 9 mills, and in Brooklyn city

Their laws of peace and war were barbarous and deplorable.

So little were mankind accustomed to regard the rights of persons or property, or to perceive the value

There were powerful Grecian States that avowed the practice of piracy; and the fleets of Athens, the

The Romans were a sublime band of cut-throats.

And it was the received opinion that Greeks, even as between their own cities and states, were bound

characterized as the finest in the country, and showed that when our extraordinary manufacturing facilities were

developed, that then and not till then would Brooklyn attain that commanding position in point of population

All our hopes and prospects were dependent upon a water supply, and the speaker was unwilling to permit

While we were about it, he went in for doing the thing up right.

the suburbs of New York—will be one great inducement, if permanently secured, for swelling our population

could cross the upper ferries for two cents, we should doubtless experience a large addition to the population

recent establishment of a Mercantile Library shows their consciousness of the wants of a thriving city

publish specimens from a mythical newspaper which it denominated "The Bunkum Flagstaff" and which were

We were reminded of these "Bunkum" papers, last night, in listening to a preamble and resolutions concerning

A bit of pathos:—"Many a tear of remembrance will have been shed in this city to Captain Hudson, who

" Resolved , That Americans can rejoice (is it possible Mr. D?

Hall in this city."

City Young Men—the Masses CITY YOUNG MEN—THE MASSES.

About Brooklyn and New York, (and doubtless other American cities, just the same,) there is no problem

prophetic of something of the same sort, here in Brooklyn, in the future): "The experience of our city

We have beheld streets crowded with lads and young men armed with pistols and muskets, who were waging

As a general thing, the masses, (probably two thirds) of city young men, in common life, hold themselves

New Publications NEW PUBLICATIONS Appleton’s New American Cyclopœdia.

which the work has already obtained for thoroughness and adaptation to the wants of intelligent American

D., an American clergyman, born in Union Village, Washington County, N.

His religious views were originally affected powerfully by Dr.

Several copies of the list were made and distributed through the meeting, each person placing a mark

We have for some years preserved a file of the Jersey City Telegraph , which is justly regarded in these

little over four millions of periodicals of all kinds, Massachusetts, with only about twice the population

We dwell upon this the more, because we notice that too many of the tendencies of American city life

diplomat, politician, and scientist; and Noah Webster (1758–1843) an American lexicographer.

CITY LIFE.

And why could we not have a good atmosphere in the city?

During the fall, winter and spring, most of our cities are as healthy as any country place.

York: New York University Press, 1984), 6: 2259, hereafter abbreviated as NUPM: "Since these articles were

the American race"; Other than minor variations of spelling and word inversions, Whitman takes this passage

Walter Scott (1771–1832) was a popular Scottish novelist and poet, Daniel Webster (1782–1852) an American

and scientist; William Harvey (1578–1657) an English anatomist; Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) an American

diplomat, politician, and scientist; and Noah Webster (1758–1843) an American lexicographer.

City .

Whitman copies nearly word-for-word from "Recorded Ages attained by Man," an article in the American

Hannah Gough, who died in New York city in 1846, at the age of 110 years.

This case is interesting, as one of not a few that prove the city capable of conferring life as well

This paragraph originates in A Year in Spain , by "A Young American," 2 vols.

Whitman copies nearly word-for-word from "Recorded Ages attained by Man," an article in the American

Whitman reproduces nearly verbatim from an article in the American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany

beginning with "In cold climates . . .") are taken verbatim from an article on "Great Age" in the American

indication that he was a vegetarian.; This paragraph originates in A Year in Spain, by "A Young American

TO BE CONTINUED.); Our transcription is based on a digital image of an original issue held at the American

Soon, the city will begin to fill up, and the fashionables, who are even now beginning to find their

, sea bathing, etc., are made, at present, altogether too inaccessible to the great bulk of our population

what were we going to say!

But beyond that, and nearer home, with regard to city schools, even those in Brooklyn and New York, how

The people are not so quick and showy as city people; but the opinions of the latter are generally surface-opinions

Rightly viewed, there is no subject more interesting to country or city—none that comes closer home to

them out from the mere half-dead formulas they are now, and elevating them to live schools, forming American

For some years a notion had grown into a belief that certain manufactories were prejudicial to health

months, confining themselves to factories in which sulphuric acid, soda, copperas, and chloride of lime were

animals, the commission find the proportion of deaths per cent. to be lower now in the surrounding population

than before the factories were established: from 1 in 58 it has fallen to 1 in 66.

The population of China, the lecturer states was not less than 360 millions, inhabiting a country which

There was a dead uniformity in the Chinese character—the habits, dress, and tastes of each were the same

Progress and change were to him unkown.

—The Chinese were essentially deficient in the spiritual sense.

The Roman Catholic missions were commenced in that country as early as the days of Marco Polo, and some

Your stick-in-the-mud population is incapable of becoming so agitated, or of understanding the extent

There were then 4,000,000 adult white men in the Union, of whom 100,000, or one in 40, left for California

On the 1st of April, there were 150,000 adult white men in this State; 12,000 (some say 22,000) or one

seem to point—and all the little stipendiaries of the Administration party (such as the Eagle of this city

The Jersey Telegraph probably will again hoist his name to its mast-head as the candidate for 1860.

Among the party were Ex-Mayor Wall, and Nicholas Wyckoff, Daniel Van Voorhies, Water Commissioners, Mr

While the company were standing on the banks of the canal, during yesterday's jaunt, Mr.

Upon inquiry among the engineers, we were told that the opinion there is unanimous as to the inefficiency

and that to be remedied—every thing on a scale fit for the people of one of the principal and most populous

cities of America—with, it remains to be added, that exception, the open canal between the Hempstead

a spite against the tenant of the third floor, they fight it out vi et armis , the rest of the population

Whoever will solve this will deserve the gratitude of the city justices, by easing them of half their

emancipation of 800,000 slaves; and they would come together in much better spirits, he thought, if they were

said he had expected to see the great guns—Culver, Garrison, Goodel, and Garnet—but none of these were

Speeches were made in the usual tone, but no particular points call for special comment.

About noon the company took refuge in the church, where the exercises of the day were finished.

There is one feature in connection with these celebrations of our colored population that we wish to

Un-American Sunday Force Laws in the Eastern District Un-American Sunday Force Laws in the Eastern District

We think, in cities like Brooklyn or New York, comprehending a million of people, of diverse tastes,

The un-American Sunday laws are the more objectionable, because there has nothing occurred to make a

We advise the Mayors of our cities and the heads of the Metropolitan Police to let well enough alone.

Americans are not exactly fit subjects for the sumptuary and ecclesiastical statutes of the despots of

What man, among the masses who, in their various occupations, toil for their living, in city or country

Merchants, lawyers, professional people, politicians, &c., (and perhaps the American people generally

Many of those who dash about, city and country, with an artificial glow, kept up by the excitement of

Probably one-fourth of the whole population of the world dies of consumption, or of diseases that have

THE GREAT AMERICAN EVIL—INDIGESTION.

consumption," or tuberculosis, was responsible annually for roughly one in every 500 deaths in New York City

.; Our transcription is based on a digital image of an original issue held at the American Antiquarian

prohibits colored persons, either slave or free, from entering the State—making an exclusively white population

No, not if there were the shadow of a hope that battling against this prejudice will ever succeed in

Yet we believe there is enough material in the colored race, if they were in some secure and ample part

making billiard-tables, the enormous number of rooms where tables are let out for hire in every populous

the number of establishments one sees along our principal thoroughfares, and we believe that our American

Its population and its productions, its mountians and its rivers have been shrouded in fable.

Park found populous tribes living on the spontaneous growth of the genial tropical clime; he fell in

possessing an exuberance of soil, equal to the prairies of the west, and able to sustain millions of population