Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-22

fore us q negro moro hileous in his uglinees and
more terrible in his appearance than can de-
scribe. A mngling of what one reads of Fagin
and Bill Sykes; combination of craft and of
sensuality a brutalized idea of vulgcr Shy
lock and an inhuman bully.
" Well, lobe" sud our guide, " how ore
you tonight, and how are your wives ~
Pretty well, thank you, sir, he responded
bowling, and pointing to corner, where on
single pallet, with an unocoupied space between
lay two whitc females, who had once been wo-
men, and now were brutes.
1t was now verging upon the small hours and
we turned our attention to the station house OF
another ward On our way the officer picked
up "a little boy, with what seemed to be cigar
box slung over his shoulder-a boy not more
than five years old He was without father or
mother, had been peddLing his candies and beg
ging his pennies since morning, and seemed to
be glad to be captured because, all guiltless as
he was, he might thus secure resting. place for
tho night. Our officer informed US that it was
no uncommon thing for children, from ten to
fourteen, to be accomplished as pickpookct8 and
to mako a business of asking aims bat this
little fellow was not OF this class, We carried
him to the station house, and made ample com
pen2aton to him for oar ialifI}ron3e, because
that we had just seen seemed to ca79 for no hu-
man sympathy or assistance.
The lieutenant at this station kindly threw
open the dloys Of thelojsns rooms, and Of the
cells for prisoners taken up during The night
In one Of these rooms We counted fourteen wo-
men, homeless and iriondlo5s creatures, who had
there sought shelter. Some were asleep, and
those who walked dreT their showls over their
hag9 heads 10 avoid the gaze Of visitors. One
held in her arms child about two years old,
whose little pale face and attonuatod limbs in
dictated that the sands Of its lie were FAST run
uing cut, and that Providence intended to res,
cue from tho fate Of the poor wrotolcg around
it.
Outside of this small and close cell, on bench
es, were stretched other women. Not & few Of
their countcnanccs showed past beauty Of no or
dinary character The black, glossy hair Of
one, her white t2eth and her finely ch!s.lled
features were evidence that, young as she was,
she had Haunted her brief day as queen amoug
her class. But she, too, was not long for lis
life
At the end of the corridor was loom some.
what larger, occupied by the men dodgers. -
Here the degradation was more apparent. The
bruised and bloated faces, the ahoe!oss feet the
filth, and the nosome smell that oxhaled from
their bodies, created sensation of indcacFiba
bls-nausea- They s5eyeked in {ke herring.
all without exception, the Tictims Of drink and
itsattendant vices and crimes.
Down stairs were the cells in which the pris-
oners Of the night were confncd-sontenced on
various charges some for drunkenness and 9th
ers for theft and burglary. On one of the hard
pallets woman was reposing She reused up
at our approach and began to weep and moan in
the most heart rendng manner. Next door to
her was mother with a child in her arms
One cell contained three men. My attention
was called to ono Of these, an aged man, who
came forward and protested that his companion
was killing him. -" lie has beaten me" said
| the man, " for the last two hours; | am here
for nothing; have committed no crime
have seen better days. For the sake Of human
ity take me out Of this place" His appeal WAS
sustained by the appearance of his tormcntor
u young and atalwart lrishman, with hid
oous face, who poured out a torrent Of profAne
yitupcrations upon The old man. The officer
kindly released the latter, amid thomost earnest
expressions of gratitude.
The station houses seemed to be superior tC
those Of Philadelphia The accommodations
for the officers are neat and convenient and the
whole economy of the place almirable.- Most
Of the ljoutonants are men Of education and
character, and the discipline Of the rank anC
file Of the police seems to be exact and severe
A record is kept of all thoso who are lodged ant
confined; their ages, SEX occupation, and resi-
dence. The majority Of the guilty and Che pool
seemed to be males, but the proportion Of le
males was frlshtlully large.
The adventures of those unfortunates woull
furnish 3 startling commentary upon the scare
ity Of female employment, and the inadequac,
Of female wages Attracted TO New York, the,
run brief career, after as brief resistance t.
tho a}laremsnt3 Of yic3, and die al carly death
The history of 4 young girl from an adjacen
village was tod to US. She was extremely love
ly but, fond OF dress and admiration, was n
dqcad on ono occasion to pay visit to Ney
York by mtn who represented himself as
merchant, ami proved to b. gambler. Sh
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