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A correspondent of the New York Ga. zette states that there are upwards of one thousand "bag' men and women who daily perambulate the streets of that city, for the purposes of stealing any thing which comes m their way. He says.-

 Many of them carry hammers, chisels, pincliers, and other tools, to detach metals from buildings ,---oihefs carry knives, spoons, and bags, with he aid of which they abstract from 20 to 20 lbs, of coffee, sugar and spices from the merchandise daily ex- posed for sale al the different auctions in ihe city :--another class employ themselves under the direction of old burglars, in steal ing keys ifom the street doors, preparatory 10 more extensive robberies. Most of these robbers are ioreigners-or originally all were foreigners. 4 great many native boys and girls have taken up the trade within the last year"