New-York daily tribune., 1865-09-30

.t.nd. IN which lean women pash their norpy es' -"
,,,oh;ns acn,t the only water they ever employ ovef
o.oh otbor,s matted hairs in sport Crsmmed In 'nee
h,ch ssou,tures life il waiting like heap OF decays
for the ide arms of Father Cholera to gaines
u into Lis broad pstorna threshold. Here, as every
bere arc babes boz, into the world and more OF tne
bv an acre than upon Ffhaye. while the dogs w"'cs
hauut these parts pass oil enumeration. NO man
ever so poor that he cannot keep a dog.
This norton of New.York Of which we SPEAK iies
osc IN the greatest interests Of the city close W 's
daily intelligence close 70 the aggregation OF steam
presses close to ships which sail in rom all the se's'
II used 10 be fashionable quarter but the Inns na's
occupied its imperial quarter and os btte party
reinforced BY "roundsmap" shoots down ono OF 'no
aises of the Sixth Ward draw closely toge'ner ana
only look askant and fugtvely at petrihed ~o'neA.
rlaring impotentS beneath the steady easaDpe' anu
Knots of fellows thickest at the throat VINO SuPpi's'
their loud gesticulation as we come
"Why won't these people move up townT "eseys
what object have they in crowdng these dense
torsi They might get cir, secluslon, cheaper ren"
Officer Zoon explains, through the roundsman, tnas
all bees live In hives that the occnpsfions OF mces"
these people lie around ITEM; that they are iond ?"
filth and fatten upon it; and that they nave quios
local pride in their old haunts and fraditiohai S@'s
ton in living Just here and nowhere else Inc foonus-
man savs that our men are often fred upon as they
walk these paces that the club is never spared "neo
the blue 6annes menaced and that the ward e'sA
rs we see it, isn't what it was, but s mcndng o'"J
year.
All this does not satisfy US that the "srd
not n great abomination. Tie French Emperor has .
sanitary way of scattering crime and dirt by running
street through the modelling his system no doubt upon
I IN. hos opdu ole
stable Yet the lofty mentlee of PaIis-frs-
onently eight and even ten stories hieh and filed with
famiee, and lying upon streets quite as narrow 40
Iooseyeltst or ,Jaues.st.-neyer accumulate the
wretchedness and impunity of or dense American
ouarters IL possible have clean tenement houses
be they ever packed and hgf but not when they are
constructed with bad sewerage and bad Ventilation a.
are the mass of those around U.s.
TIE DANcE-HoUsTs OF wATEE-sr.
So we stop directly before station'house. In tho
pitch of this sopng and byrinthLe section our heads
20 turned that if We tie Pointers Of the Greas
Bear We should miss the pole star aud again reinforced
as for some desperate venture plunge at an elbow INTO
Water-st with its smells Of tar and oakum, and its
quantities of obaccoshops, and all around US the toor
ing of fdders striking up the dances u the night.
Ofthese sailor danehouses there are several hund'
red along the East River 'front.' and they have existed
there for 30 years Iato Of these we 60 single hd
through a Venetian half door, and see before mar.
row. sandei floor bench either side against the
wall bars and sort Of upper cupboard, where ths
musicians stop. In every dance house there are uss
two musicians the tamboIrist and the yioliDist IL
one Of them is not either lame blind in the nature
things he must be au impostor. No fiddle Is comp"H
without a cripple at tie end oft.
So from this little cupboard, at ouAenrance, which
tto mon
ouadr,le and the eight or girls employed here al
dollar night to dance with visitors fl. into the arms
Of four or five seafaring and many lubbers o.
the land and tho little place grows hilarious as snaps
s;eerage of stormy night For every dance the man
uust treat his partner and himself at the bar ana go0~
fellowship entities the fiddler to gra'uity.
NATURAL HISTORY OF DANcEB0UsEs.
The romance Of the land ard the that transptres
in these little pleasure places passes all combination
Yonder is q German girl the shoulder OF a swathy
Spsniard keeping his unsteady steps to the prompt
ness of the strains as they 90 wnlriing. Ine onoe1
saws that she sailed year ago from Bremen TO JOIN
some relatives tho West she spoke no Engishi they
ured her from the emigrant landins to this dance
house: here She will dance and die. There Is ouxom
hile woman further Up who has been five times mar
red and gets half the pay every month OF each OF her
absent husbands. They come home periodically. but
ships them for commission again. and looks as If she
could marry tonight at moments notice
Are these sailors the only men wio fight the winds
for such enehantresses Oh the ships that are manned
by bad womans SMILE
Through Water ST. 60, all gay with this music.
which keeps the year round every twilight and mid
night III those who 90 not dance for TerpischoEe bus
for turpi;ule nor hTt for Mouus, but for Mammon
Who does not know John Halam by name the gentle
man who keeps the F1og Of Our County, end de-
Cerds il with two or three 0unGerbusses horsepstol
and caantity Of grapevine ciubsi He would faia
mako oven u.s. Scribes Gnd Pharsees, daneo in tho
favor Of ladys brea,hs who chew tobacco and Us IN
additional incentive one of the ronndsmen sags
"you lout know that man; he's worth az indcpend'
mt fortune; he's married to lis second WIFE,"
! The whole OF WGter.st after dark, for many blocks
is great lance house; the several establishments are
differently named but all with national significance.
We entered the Jolly Tar the Jack Asbore," tho
Ped White and Blue the Union Jack. the "Iton-
sides" the "Star Srangled Banner" Some Of them
were vii all ously low. aud the girls famar in others
wa could SEE uuder critical ganees. the cyesof
the hardened fold. and glow little Ike blush curl
upon the cheek.
THE SENTIMENT OF THE UNDERWORLD.
Why do We sentimentaze' Every unit in the world
has its in the Before We suggest the burning
Of these Kennels cndes let us hit upon some derico
to please the sailor weary with wave and SAIL whea he
drops down in port for season. VIII you build him
reading roornsl Reading is no particular anusemens
for a who knows just enough II tie alphabet TO
tattoo Lis wfes initials lis breast. Shall he have
an institution that will ring him up for morning wor'