New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-29

He house sitzs;sd a street Bansl Bedford X and
rieknan1,d smana IL . narro~. madls. and fal OF
~re,shsd tensnrsris inbabited By ard wouin who
.e n 20 have been made expressly for such dirty dwellings
There are equally drgracel streets in New York bat
New orb claims 10 be regarded city OF Brother
" Love In he comInsria metropolis a i looked
uron nenly a machine FIR making money; bu. The
ILlad,lIh hans pretend regard him Tar different
light Let u judge them by their fruits
entered Gums barroom--a little filthy apartment
nj instantly behed six Of the victims of a yae
y u viecs-men and women colored snd uncolOredss
degraded specimens Of human nature it IS possible
conceive Of Each had some marx of the beast on his
yfSge-s black or bloOishot eve a bruised brow a
swollen cheek. On form sleeping hideous hooking
divert He was yellow pale that mistook him q; first
sight for corpse Hight judged about four fee; noth
ing That, said tie oicer who observed ny sstoHish-
mont is the real original Jenny Qun-~
Several OF the poor wrefcbes present-esTeciaIy the
dsIkies-sppeared to be very full OF the mix Of haman
kindness They shook NE very cordially by the hand
and seemed to be very desrous Of pressing to their
bosoms. Having lately drawn a check, however felt
compelled 10 check their mptoms Of Brotherly Love
Sir" said enseiaied drunkard who arose from the
floor on which be had been lying he advanced toward
me with Timothy TOOdles Burden ar "sir-you srs
gentleman A. a sheep beneath her shearers i dumb
20 | opened not my mouth Again be exclaimed after
solemn pause Sir you gen;lemsn-snd you Il give
mes ftp"
What's ZIP | asked
"A ftp, Sir ard you give me one-ior you're gentle
man, was the reply
II Il be allowable compare small things with great
Germs prince of G ta;y patch territory With CT
tzen Of Republic and writer for powerful pres
would say exactly the position which Prince
Albert occupied whn he asked the cook wha; iat
II = -
what i It made Of cook May Il please your High
ness sa.d the cook" there's cabbage int and there's
beef int and. there's barley int But wha mt p
asked the Anglo German Prince who did comprehend
he abbrevstion employed May it please you High
ness reiored The cook as was saying-heres cabbage
int and theres-&c"
could not earn WHIT ftp was until in despair Of OBJ
;ainng definition | applied 10 my friend the IL who
tod that meant ,Ipence in other words the price
Of a drink of liquid crime
We went from the bar room into the back yard, and
viewed the dismal dornors OF these degraded children Of
destiiuion The yard Wa srewn with rOton straw ofl
and o,her purd substances The officer pointed to eel
lar ard informed me that that was one Of Jemmys
suite Of chamber asked him if would be permitted to
desctndi "Yes" he replied you may go down" lie re-
ptated this in which showed that poieness alone
prevented him ircm adding but youll b. fool II you DO
sol"
DESCENDED The stair lacked several steps. The room
which might be about twelve feet square presented sad
picture Of low n fact uhteIsnesn life in the chief city Of
Perns,kania Ventilation there was none-no straw-no
oletnness. Upon be bare boards lay middle ag-d ne
gro ard reercss Tie woman wrapped in old rag
eed brown cloak the man, stretched at her side,
dresfed in be ordinary Of the poorest class OF
laboTers Both GUS Of my presence For some
Tine stood silently gazing the strange spectacle before and
around ne had seen equally wretched before, but
not America almost pented Of having aid that any OF
Tie pr,ons Of New York unit for human habiaton
soon earned what the moral fleet Of thes lodging houses
b,-noi by thinking but by Witnessing sight which
would have caused any clergyman TO fee from the cellar in
horror.
Tie other rooms visited filthy, as unventl
aied ard vemnous as the cellar No one can stay IN
thee places longer than few minutes without carrying of
with N a colony of is insect shabItants.
From }, nmy Gums home vent TO Dufys cottages
in en- adjoining street
They are situated in an alley, about yard wide, and
which e paved with putTd filth The stencil airing from
hese accuu uafons passed rom alley TO another
was ntoerabe And the souls OF the who spoke to
a. 90 we strobe onward seemed to have been made Of the
rutr.tc. Mt pavement We walked upon.
Duys rooms are twelve feet square bat in consequence
Of the fpace occupied by the stairs they actually not
more than ten BY twelve Yet each room almost every
NIGHT onans eight or nine human beings white and ba h.
Of both .e,es and Of different ages They locked in
1t certain hour and released by the pOprstor OF the
place in tie morning The vast majority Of the people
who f QUE Mt these rooms have lite Of shame
beasts have sub the statement Of tn Officer and
after What had witnessed at Guns did not feel disposed
to doubt the accuracy of his assertion.