New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-24
NemUprk Daily G.ibn,ss
TIE WITCHES OF NEW-YoRK. No. III.
MADAME LEANDER LENT.

throughout the neis hboIhoCd as triumph OF ingenuity
and Perseverance. II Hercules would come 10 Gotham
sId ny bis hard q; the purSsten vi Mulberry street,
our ord for L. he would, in less than a week, knock
out bic brains with BIS own clGb ia utter despair.
There never vet were swine with ,.cmachs strong
enough TO feed upon tie gaibsse OF IL cutters With
instincts so perverted as TO walow in IT, nlth. Dog',
lean and w.l-eyed the outeasts of the ca0ile wodd,
sometimes, driven by sore stress of hunger, sneak
| here with dropping tails and fhameiacod Fcok', t.
eaIch for bones; and then, conscience smtten, draS
thcm to Z distance, sId upon some sunny mud heap
cine IN dainty nea;1csS. Thcyey pavement IS broken
rto countless hrocks and ruts Like waves as Il, IN
utter disgust a. the place and liz assilons the street
was trying to roll itself away in stony biloss The
shattered wrecks Of WORKOUT days aud cars S'and
orsaken in the street keeping each other dismal com
papv, while an occasional shRCky WhcelbarTOw make
lie place look as though afer some monstr0us fashion,
were j. ing-in hospital foy poverty veh'eies,
and the nheeljairoUs were the newborn children,
de,-eri. even in their babyhood. The houses il this
lleasaut vale have q dLhcartencd, tdmtlelo~n l'ok
fnI sive the impression OF having b,on on ,oaly bull
by apprentices out of secondhand material They
|, an malciou.y over he sidewalks, and keep
NJ a constant Threatening Of sudden cclipse and
general smash Of passers-by. Ii the house. are not
dhtisr than the street. Only because every possible
element of filth enters INTO the Latter If they are not
dirter Idle than outside L is because supchatIyes
have no superlatiye.
H. this one Of the drest streets in hi. dirty metrOpo
ill., directly opposite the English Lutheran Chugch Of
St. james in one OF the diTtcst tenant houses in the
street, abdeth Madame Leanjer Lent the 'phe.e's
Why the mysterious powers didn't select IN earthly
representative with reputable dwcsns-pdce IS
mystery 10 our reporters bat there seems to DO an
1separable corgeniaty betwc prophetic knowl, dye
and concentrated nestuess utterly beyond his power
of explanation. The Madame advises the pablo OF
her busiuCss in the terms following:
sTRoLOGY.-Madamc LE>NDER LENT cln be
con,uted about love naae and absea t"sd Sc Gus AL
Tdi, 3 cents; gent 20 cents Soc causes '.''dJ ".'''S
Chsrse extra
orr reporter, who waited & spec y marriage and
ciGu mind the extra charge went TO the street, found
the number and hcroicaly entered the house IN the
very face If a threatened wccan baptism from the
upper Window His iimid knock al the do'r OF the
room W as answered by n sturdy "comc is from the
inside: hat dofcrcpally IL hand he modesy entered,
and was received By Eat woman wiki 1 bust OF pro-
portions exceeding those Of Mr.. MeTile in Little
Dna." and who was alfred in a dress which may
lave been clean IN the earlier years OF IT. history,
though the suppcsion is exceedingly apOcryphaL
This lady pointed to chair aud then cOmpOsedsy
seated hers, If and resumed her chronological cXpOgd
ous with a copb in the hair Of vicious boy Of about
three yCsrs old the eldest scion Of VI idamo Lcani-r.
Our reporter was informed that AIilame L. would be
disoDeaged shortly meantime, he took an obseIv alton
Two chas an old lounge Hiih It, dnSy, red cover,
fastened on with pins, and trunk NoIcd with an
Old bit carpet were the accommodations Tor visitors
&C king stove, and sufpicious-ooJking wash-bo"l
which stood in the corner Of the room without pitch
r. were probably for the accommodation Of the Md
ame ard ihe lady with the comb. On the shabby
huncc SIT q stolil-ookng Irish girl who was woitioS
lcr turn to have her fortune told Having fully cJm-
',icLcIGed the room and everything IN It, our re-
,rtsr TUNED lis attention to literary pursuits andthor-
Usbly puused an odd copy Of Tile Ncr- Io'k L"s'r
which lay in,lipsy on the table
Vi,itors kept dropping in, mostly scrraot-appc1uns
ci.s. though there were three women alfred N elk
aud lac,s wto would have appeared respectable had
their faces been 3den and their conyers 'ton been
suppressed The lady with the comb and The boy PREF
erty departed to some unknown REGION, and soon r.
turn ed with q reinforcement U. chars and Stools Inc
number of VIZ tors increased, uLt beside our reporter,
Line were waiting. Among othel', there dfopped 10,
in friendly way but It'll with sharp eye to busidc'-,
tall woman, auucd in red dress md purple bon
p.t who is the keeper Of wcll-krown house in
A.-+N
police An unrC strained business conversation ensued
ictwe, her aud TIE lady with the comb, which mut
have been interesting TO the female Gstenens.
ora hour and eleven minutes did cur report; pa
t,py wait before he was admitted to the mysterious
conference with Tie queen Of magic. At hst, after the
man who was at frat co.ctsd with her had concluded
his INQUIRIES and the stUld Ih gil had beea disposed
Of the woman with the suggestive bust beckoncd our
reporter to follow aud he lealfay entered the s-nc
tum The room Of eos uatiVn was a closet, dark anu
dirty and wac lighted BY ole talo" candle, stack III
scotch ale bottle. number Of shabby dresses, bony
rotcoats. AID cLer mysterious articles OF Woinens
gear Lung upon the walls two Weakened chars,
attered bit Of carpet upon about two feet square OF The
fcor and lille table covered With stea'y oIc.oIh,
comrosed the furniture Of the mystic cell lac eaba-
rs,ic paisphernalis was limited, there beng nothing
but dirty pack Of loubeheGdcd cards, small paste
Load Lox with come scraps OF paper IN H. ana Two
kuds of powder in little bVttes, Ike haH-oI p"ts'
N,5sue Int ia woman OF mediu hight about
thlrty.fyc yeaIs Of age, with hGhtSray eyes aIse
tech head nearly bald, AID hair, what there IL oil IT.
f bright red. Hex manner is hunied and confused,
AID she LIS t-k Of drawing her upper no disagree
aLly ID uutCr the end Of her nose wnch loa d-stor-
ron size doubtless intends for smile. She vas ROBBED
in brqht-colored Plad drets dirty lace collar, and
coar.e ucoen shawl over her shoulders. Moti'n.nS
or reporter to enc chair she istaay seated nG''1 IN
the ttLer, and without demanding pay II advance,
oonmcpcCd operations. she handed the cards to be
at and then ayp them out IL Their pl,', uttered the
following sentences:
"Your card. run rather mixed W, you have been
much worril in you: head sou we've BON under
two r,anets which means that you have seen great
deal II trouble in your younger days bat you ara nov
80, +, md vour O. ard. Tdn 10 better luck bat i.