New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-19

great responsibility must rest upon the authorities;
who, from sordl and Gih04t motives, reinsc 10 ria
item OF Tao filth which naturally collects ~ tho streets
OF all dcnsely crowded localities and for which the tax
payers pay 80 heavily TO have removed IN speaking o.
this responsibility it is usual TO dwel 0ny upon IL III
sanitary point Of view. bat no obseIvant iohu ca
witness the squnOr and dcproyity OF the lnbhDlass
without also seriously reg riding the street contractors
amcnable in n moral Since It is indubitabie
that muce OF the vice profanity and dcpaty there 10
be IL caused by the dcblsng influence Of the rcek
ing pc'cntia atmosphere IN which these people exist,
and in which their children die like NANCY puppies. or
grow up to an iniimy which rs death in life
TiiE GRO SIS REETs.
The crOss.streets. with very lew EXCEPTIONS oil the
down and running between Iilstayc. ANA Ayen re
b. almost wholly occupied by tenement houses,
tersperSed with grogslops, houses OF prostitution and
now and then factory or machine-shop Almost all
of them arc hordcred with sinking garbage boxes
liteg,d with filth, frequently many inches deep, aud
bear bo general appearance Of having been utterly iu-
nocent Of OrOOm hoe on any other attempt upon their
virgin unciaaLlinoss, for q number Of years.
The one buc. OF IAirt 1eal-st., betweeA Avenue 4
ond Il prcsentcd on Saturday display OF 90 garbage
boxes Tiled TO the bin. % hideous piles Of rot
TING vegetables and black mud in the middle Of TIC
sfIcel nm. one horrible area or lot containing minia
ure lake OF BLACK. saenart nois3me slime. wherein
email swaim OF children dabbiBg among the float
ns carcases Of dead eats AID dogs. Iweiilh.st wa'
somewhat better Eleyant was worse, FINN and Foul
we're reakirc wretchod aud horrible beyond desciip
ton and IN pa ssing through tie single block Of Second
St. between Avenues a and T., our reporter c0uhIef
double row II fhhc0ps % ~ all where (eeort1l e
IN old ilh bltanD they hal been sefaPed together D
Tie scrapcrs DAYS before. When they were 10 be
carteI away The old ilhabitant' did not seem e
know nUr specially His olfectory organs wer'
oyiJeutly blulted 10 q considerable extent.
A SLIGHT RELIEF.
little relief is occuioned upon reaching Houston
st. which Is only in a state of Ordinary hlth; Sario1
~ and Eivington the southern be ndery OF the ard
aye aso supportablc; but the streets crossing them ar
al in state hardy less sickenng that what has been
described in the case OF Thirteenthst, and Others
Clinton Attorney ana Essex SITS, should be mentioned
as being in particularly and dangerously NTH! con
dition.
CHARMING PROSPECT OF THE FUTURE.
Over the Eastern portion Of the Seventeenth ward,
unless the streets be properly cleaned ard renovated
there must ever hang pestiential yapor which j,
frosted mo comparative harmessncss in the Winter
tine; but In tie sulry glaring heat Of the rre'en'
days aud the Guli tiaing atmosphere OF the preseh'
nights Il is d,aGlier than would be tho spreading
branches OF giant Upas tree. Disease and Vice and
Crime are throued among those poisonous Clouds aud
shord the cholera, any other CHASTITY plague sweep
in from the with destroying scythe, there VIII he
thick harvest Of death 10 t6e crowded tenemeI,s
tao Seventeenth Ward aud Mackerelyile.