The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-02-27

what ID hl1oeH 4 la611D4 outside the
Whit1ehSpa Wei Hos1s. lie never
XIV such ! plet11e Of miserable dessi.
tation Wills tfsvs1isg In any Of on,
slave States. Hear him
On the 9Th Of last November, /, The
conductor Of this jourasl, accompanied
by friend we'll Knows 10 The public,
accidentally strsysd Into Whiteohspel.
Il WAS u miserable evening, very dark,
very muddy, and faibiBg hard. There
are many wofbl sights II that part Of
London, and II has been we'll known
to me In ia1sl ofsits aspssts fsf mahy
years. W. hAd forgotten ths mud and
rain In slowly walking along and loeks
ing about III, when w feaAd ourselves
At g e'cleck, bsfors The workhouss.=..
Ctoaohsd sgainss The wall u The work.
house in The dark street, on the mud
dy pavement stones, with the rsi, rain.
ing upon them, we're i've bundles Of
rags. They wsfs motionlsss, and had
no resemblance u tbs humane firm.
Five great bsehivss covered with rass
Ave dead bodies taken In graves,
tied neck and, heels, And covered Win
rags would hAys locked iiks. those
i've bundles upon which the rain rain.
ed down III The public street. ,sse,
What IL this r. said my eetnpsnjoA
what Is this p "goins miserable
people shut out Of the easusl ward. !
think" said /. (Mr. Dickens then
described bis Inquiries In the work.
house. lie found thst the women
were shut OUT simply because The hesss
WAS fully We went 10 the ragged
bundles nearest the work-houss door.
and / touched IL. No movement 10.
plying, | gently shook II. The rays
began 10 be slowly stirred within, and
by little head WIS uo.brebdsd---the
head Of = young woman of three Or
four aud twenty, Asf should judge,
gaunt with want. and foul with dit,
but not naturally ugly. "Tell w.
said |, STOPPING down, /" Why are you |
lying hsrs r. because cant ret |
into the work house, She spoke In |
h faint, dull way, and had no curiosity |
Or interest left. She looked aresmily |
At the black sty and the falling rain,
but never looked 1t me Of my com |
panion.
Were you here last night r. "Yss
NJ, last night, and the night STORE, too.' |
I Do you know any Of tbsss others r.
know her ne1t but one; shs VA
'ere last night and she told me she
ZONE out of Essex. / dent know no
more Of herr You wtfs here I'll
a '. night but you have not been here
II day y " No not al day r. "Whsrs
'ave you been I'll day y About The
treets.' What hsvs you bad 70
at p Nothing GONE, y ssid /,
think = little. You are tired and
ave been asleep, and do not quite
onsidered Whist you are saying 70 NJ.
OH have had something to sst to-day.
'oms! think Of H." Nc / haven't.
Iothipg but such bits rs I could pick
= about the market. Why, ,ook At
y" She barred her neck, and /
ov ,,', it up again. :" II you had :
billing TO get some supper and q lodQ.
'g, should you know where TO ges IT,
Yes, I could do that." "Fof Gods
Ike get II, thcn.' /
] put tho money into her hand, and :
10 feebly rose and went sway. She
ever thanked me, never looked a. me. i
'elted away into the missrsbIs hiobt !
the strapgest manner l eyersaw.- :
have seen mary strange things, but
IT ops that has loft = deeper imrres. :
on on my memory than Tho duh i'm.
'ssive way in which that worn.ous =
zap misery took that piece Of money I.
ID wa lot. One by ono spoke 70 n
! the five. In every one interest md !.
!rIosity wers ~ extinct A 10 tho first.
hey were oil dull aud lspguid. No = =
'e made any sort Of profession Or !
mpIa'at, NO one cared to look q M.
one thanked me. When I came
The third. l suppose she saw that :
companion and l glanced, With a : :
W horror upon ~. 1t The lat two. :.
10 had dropped against esch oshSr i
their sleep. and were lying Ike y y
oxen imsges. She said she beliey. Il
they were young sister,, Thee y