THE CIRCUS.
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MEssRs. EplToRs As | conceive your pa.
per is established for the suppression of vice
and the promotion of virtue generally, | wish
to call the attention of the community to the
benefits conferred on them bv circus exhibi-
tons being licensed in this city. First. These
exhibitions draw large numbers Of our youth,
who use every devise to gain admittance, and !,
if defeated Ill every other way, some will steal
money in order TO gain admlltance 10 these
exciting scenes. Here the vile and the vulgar
are herded together, and the most obscene and
vulgar language made use Of for the edifca-
ton OF the more refined who visit these places
of refined amusement Many of the boys re.
main out all night, to the great distress OF their
parents, and injury of their morals. We'd
nesday evening seven strange boys might
have been seen on the Avenue from the age
of ten years TO sixteen, some crying. When
asked what was the matter, they answered
that they were induced to leave Baltimore
with the circus, and that now they were turn
ed off and had no means TO return. Some had
left widowed mother; others had both pa
rents living; one the son of respectable
store keeper in Old Town. What must have
been the feelings of these parents, of the wild
owed mother, when she learned that her son
had gone with these dverting vagabonds.
understand these people take boys with them
from every place they visit who they think
will make good musician. rider or tumbler
without the consent Of parents or any one
else. Secondly. The large amount of money
taken out of the city by these vile exhibitions


MANY take their whole families TO these exhi


bons who owe their baker and grocer bills
of long standing. There are many other rea


sons that might be brought forward agains
the circus but lei these suffice Five OF the
bows above alluded to were taken home b,
our benevolent fellow citizen, Mr.. ID. Caggett
and sent heme by the cars this morning at hi,
expense. Thus are our citizens not only taxed
TO support these vagabonds, but also taxed tc
send bows home that are induced 10 come tc
the city with them. A FATHER.