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2-3New York City notebookloc.00348xxx.00994xxx.01169Notebook Walt Whitman1857-1862prosepoetry32 leaveshandwritten

The lines were edited and published posthumously as The Two Vaults.

contains the notes (see surfaces 23 to 44 and 47 to 59) about the Jamaica Presbyterian bicentennial which were

Whitman in the article Important Ecclesiastical Gathering at Jamaica, L.I. published in the Brooklyn City

See Stovall, "Notes on Whitman's Reading," American Literature 26 (November 1954), 348.

See Stovall, "Notes on Whitman's Reading," American Literature 26 (November 1954), 348.; Transcribed

It is good because it shows that the American mind does not become callous, with all its closeness of

In reply to our remark that "if lager bier or tobacco were half so pernicious in their effects as Dr.

Dixon would have his readers believe, the American race would become extinct within a few years," the

waiting for Jack to do his errands, blacken his boots, harness his horses and drive them after they were

they might have embraced and enjoyed their precious delusion of property in human flesh till they were

objection urged by the Star is equally untenable—that New York rowdies would be attracted here if the cars were

rowdies with the means of coming here; but running the cars can tend only to convenience our own population

carrying out the view which his Honor the Mayor, in common with nineteen-twentieths of the public of our city

, entertain as to the necessity and expediency of directing the City Railroad Company to place on their

a sufficient number of cars to accommodate all wishing on that day to travel from one part of the city

All city, town, and village officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution

, shall be elected by the electors of such cities, towns and villages, or of some divisions thereof,

Cushing, as we stated yesterday, has given the opinion that "no officer whose duties pertain to cities

with the Brooklyn Water Act, since in the latter seven commissioners, whose duties pertain to the city

We notice that a new plan has been adopted in some European cities (Paris among the rest) for deodorising

the engineers just appointed by the Common Council to report on a general plan of drainage for the city

attention to the subject, has expressed the opinion that the entire cost of the sanitary government of a city

From the Corporation papers—as will be seen in a speech elsewhere reported—the city derives a revenue

Thus it should be with every department of city government.

Cincinnati papers relative to the amount of poison contained in the lager beer that is manufactured in that city

We have met but few of the over-nice people who could "smell of the shop" so readily, who were not more

the most useful works on health science and educational matters, that have been issued from the American

, sometimes funny scenes occur in these distributions—we will mention one that took place while we were

Supposing they were to be paid for, she declined, "being short of money."

At last she was made to understand that they were gifts to accompany her purchases.

Sunday Railroad Travel—Proportion of Churches to Population Sunday Railroad Travel—Proportion of Churches

to Population.

That the non-church-going class, even of the City of Churches, is a majority of the population, is a

The population numbers about 200,000. In other words, there is one church per 1428 people.

The inference is, that only about one third of the population are habitual church-goers.

[The German Turners of this] ☞The German Turners of this city intend giving a Grand Exhibition of Gymnastic

To show that his censures on this species of literature were merited, he read an extract from a Sunday

Does not the Convenience of the Citizens of Brooklyn Demand the Continued Running of the City Railroad

Consolidated Brooklyn, an immense city, or rather union of cities, sprawled out in different directions

We are not some little country village; we form one of the great cities of the earth.

The City cars are needed for this convenience.

were unfortunately caught napping at the onset.

advertised in our columns; in fact, the remark has often been made to us, that the columns of our paper were

basement portion of the premises, at which some fifteen hundred of the press and publishing fraternity were

Toasts were drank, songs sung, speeches made, and a good time generally was had.

Among those who were noticeable were Dr. McKinzie and Dr.

excellent, and the athletic and agile performances of about sixty adults, and thirty lads, who took part, were

Car Question, after a thorough discussion on the part of the speakers, preachers, and writers of the city

Brooklyn, by general consent, has received the appellation of the City of Churches, and in common with

were habitual attendants at places of worship.

, rather than to the consolidated city; and that the proportion of churches to population is greater

We need go no further than the Sunday car discussion in this city to illustrate our meaning.

The vast population of the Chinese Empire, the comparative ignorance respecting it under which other

nations labor, and the present disturbed state of the relations between the Chinese authority and the American

Less than a century ago, only about 200 chests of opium were imported annually into China; but that amount

Pohlman, an American missionary, who has resided several years in China, "holds its victim by a tighter

Because they were implanted in us by God for this and no other purpose; 2d.

enter respectively into marital relations with new partners, then we say that his views on this point were

It was stated that in London, Bristol, and other large British cities where an artificial supply of water

had been introduced, meters of different kinds were in use.

Morgan, City Surveyor, Mr. Padean, of the Collector's office, Mr. Mackay, of Brooklyn, Mr.

Burr, the deputy City Clerk, and Mr. Rend, and has just been patented in their name.

introduction of a water supply, and when it is in contemplation to establish new Gas works in the city

counties embraced by the said "The Metropolitan Police District," and by the Comptrollers of the cities

It may centre in the cities, but it overflows through the suburban districts; and the power of the law

They were bound to give their own supporters a majority; and they have done no more.

Four Republicans, two Democratic Mayors, and one American, comprise the Board.

support depends upon the activity of their brain, often find their faculties clouded by and as it were

Population of the World. Mr. C. F. W.

Deitterich, a statistician and director of the Statistical Department of Berlin, estimating the population

American Institute Farmers Club April 21, '57 Origin and unchangeable nature of Plants and Animals. —

also contends that there is no upward progression into another of any species—that all are as they were

The North American Indian, as he was found here by our ancestors, was a carnivorous animal, as untamable

Yet when we suppose the age was faultless, or that all were actuated by pure and patriotic motives, or

American Institute Farmers Club

Hope Chapel in March last, and with which the reports in the newspapers at the time, abridged as they were

He is quite as severe on the American for his tobacco chewing and spirit drinking.

must also present a freeholders' petition, and keep lodging accommodations for man and (except in cities

Everybody admits that the control of the Police in both cities needed to be changed, and the systems

Yesterday the Water Commissioners of the city of Brooklyn paid a visit of inspection to the water works

Invitations were extended to the Mayor, Common Council Water Committee, representatives of the press,

Among the party assembled were, his honor the Mayor, Samuel S. Powell; Ald.

made from tobacco raised in the 18th ward of our own goodly city.

supply, than the Croton, or the water supply of any city in the Union.

thought the new Commissioners intended to act in this way, and that instead of a Democratic force we were

restraining them from acting—so that legally there is no police commission now existing in the sister city

The liquor dealers of this city are resolved not to be behind those of New York in their resistance to

Copper were retained to contest the constitutionality of the law; nearly a thousand dollars being contributed

The Aldermen of New York city are the last persons who should denounce the State Legislature as criminal

of placing the government of that city in purer hands than those who hold it now.

It has been charged by the opponents of the new laws that they were passed by the Legislature in order

to punish New York city for its vote for Buchanan.

not guided solely by party motives, nor did they seek to "punish" the cities for holding a different

of the Washington Park Commissioners and several other enactments affecting the interests of this city

Pending the decision of the court, it would be imprudent, to say the least of it, were he to assume the

The Board of Commissioners cannot stir one peg without the consent of the city or county authorities.

The new Police law reads as follows: "The police of the Cities of New York and Brooklyn, officers and

the new law take all control of the payment of the Police force from the financial officers of the City

of Brooklyn or to the County of Kings, or to the City and County of New York."

The American edition of Blackwood is published by Messre Leonard Scott & Co., 79 Fulton street, New York

whatever is proffered him, with assurances of benefit; and thus the ninety-nine quacks of New York city

For example, the mechanics of this city, every section of it, the Eastern District, (Williamsburgh, Greenpoint

Moses in the wilderness,) but the five-sixths of the solid body of the people of consolidated Brooklyn were

Gentlemen of the City Hall! and gentlemen of the Railroad Directors' Committee!

.— The Board of Directors of the City Railroad Company will probably take final action at their meeting

Passing the neighborhood of the New York City Hall this forenoon, we noticed carpenters busily at work

meeting to-night, which is intended to protest, in the name of the people of New York and Brooklyn cities

.— The result of the meeting last night of the Brooklyn City Railroads, was, in effect, that the cars

We are more and more confirmed in our opinion that the time has arrived when the Brooklyn city cars should

Health of Brooklyn the Coming Summer Officially the good people of Brooklyn (or any city) have such ceremonies

According to an official rgport report there were, in 1828, in the empire, 828 centenarians, of whom

40 had exceeded 120 years; fifteen, 130; nine, 136; and three, 138 years.

one week's issue of patents from the National Patent office at Washington illustrates America and American

—(Remember the show at the Crystal Palace, and the American Institute Fairs.)

Gallegher, Alleghany City, Pa. Needles for sewing: Benjamin Garvey, New York, N. Y.

bring the counties adjoining New York within the same measure of police legislation as that of the city

Were the Court of Appeals to decide that question in favor of the Legislature, the point is so clear

But in a republic, the man who would coolly and deliberately plunge a city into anarchy, by refusing

One would suppose the Kansian population to be a subject race, serfs, villeins—and their high and mighty

whether it be submitted to the inhabitants of that territory for their fiat, the great cause of American

But if slavery is put through under Buchanan, as it was under Pierce, the radical revolution in American

there—to be reprobated all over the North and West—and to be barred out indignantly from all fresh American

the new police law has been decided to be constitutional, by the Judges of the Supreme Court of the city

From the decision of these city jurists, Mayor Wood, the burden of whose song is that the city authorities

, and not those of the State, should rule the city, will appeal to the State Judges of the Court of Appeals

police force; forgetting that the leading provision of those charters is, that the Mayor of New York city

object of this call was kept secret even from the officers themselves, and it was understood that they were

At the hour appointed, however, each of the Captains were presented with a copy of Mr.

as to the comparative philo-progenitiveness—to use a Phrenologic term—of the native and emigrant population

The total population of the State is given as 1,132,369, of whom about one-sixth are foreign born.

The total number of marriages which took place during that year are stated at 12,829, of which 6,918 were

The native five-sixths of the population have only 15,947 children during the year, while the foreign-born

speaks thus of the terrible privations which the filibuster force must have undergone before they were

Dogs, cats and other animals were sometimes killed to furnish a novelty.

It is estimated that during two years, of 2,500 men enlisted or holding commissions, about 1,000 were

killed or died of their wounds or sickness, about 700 deserted, 250 were discharged, 435 were at Rivas

it has been customary for the Legislature to appoint Commissioners to fulfil local duties in the cities

In this city, the appointment of Water Commissioners, Washington Park Commissioners, and other instances

In 1834, five Commissioners were appointed by the Governor under an act "to provide for supplying the

City of New York with pure and wholesome water,"—known now as the Croton Water act, although at its

In 1845, Commissioners were appointed by the Governor to grant ferry licenses between the City of New

It is indeed a fester, a well-populated blotch, an immense raw to that part of our beautiful city.

diseases (diseases from local causes, bad air, &c.), are the ones most to be dreaded in summer, in cities

and makes it a serious contagion, depopulating neighborhoods, and sometimes large wards, towns, or cities

a discontented thing the human soul is, that it has also been said (in whispers, when no strangers were

near), that the reason why the common ordinances of our mother, the City, vital for her decencies and