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have passed into the Park, within the period of a little over 

 two months last past. ; So large a number of visitors at this 

 early stage of our enterprise, the genuine pleasure manifest- 

 ed in the appearance of all, and the quiet and orderly be- 

 havior exhibited by the miscellaneous multitude who throng 

 the Park almost " from early dawn to dewy eve," show un- 

 mistakably, not only how welcome all such breathing spots 

 are to our pent up population, but also their decidedly 

 educational tendency, as well aesthetically as by the sug- 

 gestion and inculcation of habits of good order and pro- 

 priety among the people at large. Who, after this, can 

 doubt the utility of our noble Park, or question the duty 

 incumbent on society, of creating and maintaining such 

 plans of public improvement, as minister to the amusement, 

 the morals, and the health of the masses. Or who shall 

 deny the policy of developing and extending all such op- 

 portunities of innocent and intellectual recreation, as the 

 most effective rivals of the ale house and the gambling table. 



As the boundaries of the Park were enlarged, and the 

 number of persons employed upon it were increased, it 

 became more difficult to preserve order, and to protect the 

 tools and materials scattered over the grounds, many of 

 which must necessarily be left out at night. Other Parks 

 also, Avere put under the charge of the Commissioners, re- 

 quiring protection, and the main Park was about to be 

 thrown open to the public. For these reasons, police duty 

 as it had formerly been discharged, by ordinary watchmen, 

 was found to be inadequate to the requirements made and 

 about to be made upon it. It became necessary therefore, 

 to organize a new force of Park keepers, for the protection 

 of property, and the preservation of order. 



An efficient body of men has accordingly been selected 

 and uniformed, and they are now being carefully drilled and 

 instructed in their duties. They are reinforced by the gar- 



