New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-13

=, 49,, time when the weather Is not TOO cold,
s,vs,p,s Of children whose appearance IS the best
argument that can be found in favor o! public wash
,,oT,e, covered in rags, encased ia coat Of dirt,
MAT from long hardening he's become & sort OF wa
70, and FIRE proof paint their hair matted into one
mass with crease and dast, their limbs distorted by
disease or bruised and 6isligared by accident Goa
,.sntlv IN contact with the more vicious Of the
street roaming vsgabonda Of larger growth, utterly
ignorant Of such place rs school, perfectly obi
y,ous Of tie use Of the slPasbet, they gov up Ia
ignorsnce and Wrotchedncs8 70 a future OF vice and
n;serv, It's from these subtcuanean fountains o.!
poverty ard iniamy, IN great measure that the
great army cfJGyenie Migrants Is constantly re-
cruited.
These Instances presupPoss cases where At
least a semslaDce Of virtue is kept up. We may
next turn 20 class Of cellars far CLEANER physically
but morally the loves: Of she low. 1t is beyond
our province 10 describe them; indeed Il is no.
Necessary to DO SO, since they are Tue staple text
of hn the "Bystery" literature Of the day.
Those who pauder to tho taste hardly lsss vulgar
than It's procuTcr, would be bankrupt were they
deprived Of the Dance Cellars and the classes who
dwell ia them. These pieces are openly undis-
guisedly dens Of prostitution from whose Jaws we
now and then hear of some mere child beng res
cued by the Police, but Of the hundreds who are
M. vasrsd only the grave digg ers on Potters Field
Or ubs Laeners of the Lunatc Asylum can hear
From the necessity of keeping up an inviting
ssnect these places are generally clean bat the
cnnhosrd bedrooms snd.the badly ventilated par
loy .reorowded With drunken and diseased occu-
n,nta rom whom little health and less morality,
can be expected
OF course all Of these Dance Cellars are rum
shops; but there is large class Of Easements de-
voted entirely to the sale Of liquor. We have ice-
oueptly passed one Of this kind in the Eighth
Ward. where the addition Of gambling keeps
rowd oftwenty men closely shut up in hot Sum
mer night the room filed with smoke and such air
m only drunken man could be made to breathe
TIE rum cellars proper are favorite haunts for the
owest class of sots, because Of their secusion the
solid board blinds and the closed doors screen them
from the eyes Of policemen and acquaintance and
give them the largest liberty to drink their hH
without moestation. 1t is not improbable that i've
bandred subterranean rum shops are in full blast,
in each Of which. during the FIRST half of the night
there are constantly say ten persons breathing the
air that is insufficient for the proper support OF two
With the rum we have at present nothing to do.
The Boarding and Lodging Cellars are the last
we shall mention In several Of these there are
three classes of boardsrs taken the first class pay
81 cests per week for board aud lodging, having
straw loose on the Hoor) to sleep upon and being
entitled to the frat table the second class pay Isl
cents per week, sleep the bare floor and eat at
he second table; the third class pay Q cents per
week. are turned out when there is lack OF lodg
me- ROOM and eat at the third and last table. These
CELLARS are generally bare Of furniture except one
Dr. two benches and large table. The marketing |
a done by the children who are sent out to beg
,od victuals except in some instances where there
ire too many boarders TO risk such hazardous
source Of supply and then the keeper OF the cellar
makes q special contract with three or four pro-
rassional beggar women, who sell the product OF
,bo;r spoeals in behalf of starving children and
mol, husbands. for mere triAe. All the baskets are
rot in at a certain hour, when the boarders assem-
BILE. and at the time OF feeding, the whole mass is
emnt;ed upon the table. The iirstclass or three
.b;ll;nps. A week boarders have the first picking
and in trice the fingers OF the first table gour'
mands are knuckle deep in the feast oil lat tmngs'
and for quarter of an hour they poke over the
Dls SELECTING the choice bits-the scraps oil chcken'
chon ham. mullins, clean bread, sc. seasoning the
,sr;etv with pickle, salad, and such condiments as
fancy and delicate appetite may select Having
satisfied their tastes, they depart with contemPtu-
ous chances at the eighteen-penny table, or look
os pity upon the expectant nine.Pence folks The
second class 20 over the table in less dainty man
uer. and by the time their onnivorous appet'es are
appeased there is little LEFT but stale pieces ana
hare bones for the last feeders. The nlne'Penny
wretches fall ike wolves upon their lean portion
and not unfrequently q general light ensues' IN
uh;ch the bones that few hours before graced
.ristocratio china above BECKER are wnirIed
about the cellar in most admired disorder 70 tne
great damage of the heads and limbs OF the BOARD
srs" II will be at once surmised that the beings
ho hoard in these places are Of the lowest classes
of SOciety--professed thieves OF all kinds young
burglars, brokendown gamblers homeless ioa'er'
and bsgears. The ample innocence oil the oessar
Girl. who, when questioned as to what sne oiu Win
such Quantities of cold victuals, replied "Mo'nef
takes bosrders," has been ridiculed as mere nc
ton; vet it is literally true.
The lodging system in these places is, to spread
.,orr ono side of the room layer Of straw on
which the frat class boArders stretch themselves
living generally very close together the next tier,
ON the bare Aoor are Of the second class ana
the patronage be extensive the whole MOOR OUTSIDE
the straw will be packed with these persons as
closely as it is possible to make human beings he
Should this class fill tho room the ninePenny vasa
bonds are unceremoniOusly thrust into the street,
regardless Of rain or snow, 10 crawl into alleys ana
under door steps for the night Thus packed the
room becomes in a few minutes filed with nitrogen
and carbonic gas sufficient to poison regiment
The door being barred and the windows closed
,hor I. not the sshtest chance for fresh air to get