The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-22
THE NEW YORK SUN
SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. %, 1862.
iha New Ysrk City Pc.

THr WORLD shows that TIE parties, a. rep
resented by the HERALD, who are now advo.
eating premature compromise with ebslliou,
are the same who, q short time since, were It's
earnos. advocates, and helped Davis, Mason,
Toombs and :heir CO. ?~er~, in the unholy war
q treason. Wnen secessicnism ahall have besn
struck dead, there will be a generous oblivion
for the misguided masses Of the Soutt, but for
tie leaders thtrc can only await disc,imini.
tion Of punishment according to their guilt.
Its Washington correspondent gives tho fol.
loving picture VI society in ths capital
Perhaps there is not 10 much vice her. as has
rioted in Vienna, PaiA Lisbon, BatlIl d, or
Brussels, during the historic periods OF their
military occupation. But those are larger cit
lee. Here, where ak thousand buildings aud
eight times % many resident people constitute
the town, the amount Of vice aud crims brought
with and bred among an army Of 10 ,0O0 mea
b frightfully concentrated and apparent. Ii
centiousness, debauchery and gsmbliog have
ragged like the typhoid and contagious fevers Of
the camps. Worse; the latter Il utish inver.ely
with coed weather; the former seem to increase
contil uously, maintaining a rising average
through rain, bail, sleot, and sunshine.
List evening, those who took th sir evening
wax n pcnnsy lvAnia avenue heard the chsery
.lei. h-btlls jingle, ard fot the moment thought
thomselves in lioston or New York. But thu
voylgers thus III ding over the avenue were all
women, and, though young, gsy, and sufficient
ly pictur,sque and melodiols, | take 1t that
few, even OF our Young officers who hav0 long
sst aifed their epaulots In Washington wogld
have cared about taking public seat amonS
them. But the number OF toeir unfortunate
class now corgrega,ed in Washington Is almost
beyond belief. Ttoy have co ne from every
city in tn, North, end even from across tbs
ccsiu, oceuyJi iog hundred houses, crow led
into hotels, six ard feAthering along tbs
p,vements. There is one hotel in town
whero respectable ladies have long re-
tei, and which they cannot leave bscause
every boarding house in the city is choke-full-
toto which the landlord has grad Ially received
such n cloud Of adventures os, fast women, and
,fiissfs' mi ttesses, that, ! am Informed, the
new patrons outnumber and push TO the wall
me reputable boAiders. There are others, for.
mc,lv possessing decent characters, now sl most
as shlmelosslv and insultingiy kept.
Moreover, the gambling houses Those IN.
situtions-roinlorcod from New York, Bosto1,
Phlaiclphis ard Bdltimore--haNe possessed
themselves Of quarter of the second story
Hoo on the Avenue. They do an enormous
business. The best faro, roulette. aud poker
talent of the North is represented behind their
tal les.
Toe TIME, donounces the efforts Of the abo-
HtlOn lrees 10 sur up ia ioollhk amohB ths
Generals Of our army and weaken public cond-
denco in their ability.
The Washington correspondent Of the JorR-
NN. or COMMERCE. saws!
Il IL no secret hero thstthe ul'ra.ahjlitionists
-eprot the rscoLt victories ard aro res " to re-
i,so q, q reverse. A permanent dissolution Of
a. 4 ion is their ca nest desire, and next 10
. g., tbhy wish ioi such disasuou, elults as
u.s I,Iugf it "a mill ary Loesssity' to enlist
.rg d., q. l.. r. % allies.