New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-04-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ANOTHER or VICTOR HUGOs PICTURES
Tho following Portaiiure Of certain phase Of modem
social lifo is painted with The intense colohng which
NAILS Tic style Of thc au,hor But Mood not 50 e.
from home in this city fad proof that ho terrible sketch
is not entirely tho work ofihe Imagination.
LTE IN A Stun
Forty years ago st. Malo possessed alley known ,, The
name the Rneo CouianohcA This alley no loDgof oSals.
having been moved for She improvements Of the
IL was double row houses sanng toward Tho oihor
and leaving between them t room enough Tor barrow r u
let which vas called Oh. street ~ ieic.nS vac veg, .
possible walk both sides Of tho htc fiream touching
with bead or elbows 90 you "sL we LOUIS o'Iga ~n ss
have almost human interest Iagbedo~n house, and sof'
hanging walls tor bowed Penthouse aad their % tlck set
irons Ike ps, ohns ho9 and eycpiO"s Inc gHIet
botolT cheek The opposite houses LAY their forehead To-
seibcr they were plotting some malicious deel ~ nose
koa closely connected with architecture Of this kind.
One Of these houses ia tho acy1e largest and the most
famous nooroGG-wn known b the name OF he Jsefe'
The Jacre.aio wa, lodging ouse FOR people who do not
Ssg 1nt 6nes the ioset Stratum Of society sort Of
resduum vsgsbonds who are more than match Tor astce
always dropping their lives gain nto the mellngpot
Sep wtbered fruits Of ToFgep BANKRUPT oitSnces, con
that have filed their schedule; gentlemen who have
failed tho HOUSEKEEPING business or grca, masters Of
burglary move higher sphefo wOrkmen wOIkwomen
In tie trade Of wckodncss Oddities male ard femsc 10
coats ont II elbows scoundrc reduced 10 ndgence rogue
WHO have missed the wages Of roguey who have
hi in tho soca DUEL hafpes who have longer any prey
pety arcencs peur the double and unhappy meaning OF
that word Such tho constituents Of that living
Human Intelligence Is hero reduced to something beSta II
ner where from time TO time doccnds that dreaded
which ia known by the Of police In st Mo Jacrossade
II il moi in deas Of this sort that we find tho hghcass
omna-hc robbers orgers and other great products Of
Generally in the person drnnkard in the mat
ofrobbery the company rarely rise higher than the mere
sharper Tie vagran there but not the hghwayman II
would not however be safe to trust this distinction This
last stage OF vagabondage may have It's extremes OF scoundre
Epsoie-wich Paris what the Jacressadc In ST.
Mao-that police captured the notorious Laconaire.
These luingpaces refuse nobody To fall In tho social
scale has tendency TO orng men to one level Sometimes
honesty attes found itself there Virtue aud prObiy have
been before to be brought to strange passes We
Judge always by appearances even In the palace
lion require testing Surprising results sometimes proceed
from this principle euge may be discovered In tho sews
pearl In the dungh Such sad and dazzling discoveries
The Jaccssade was rather court yard than houso and
OF well than courtyard II had no stories looking
the street Its ide simply high wall with low gate
way You raised the latch pushed the GATE and we're ut once
In the midst Of this yard might DO perceived round hole
oncirced with margin OF and with the ground.
The yard was small the well large broken pavement sur.
The courtyard square and built round three sides
only On the side OF the street only the wall; facing
as you the gateway stood the house the two wings Of
which rmod the sides TO right and left.
peril would heard confused murmur Of voices and
there had been moonlight starlight enough to give shape to
The oouryard-ho well Around tho court yard In front
of tho gate she'd sort OF horseshoe form, but
with square rotten gallery with roof Of osis sup
Dor by stone pillars at unequal distances In the center
the WE'LL around the well upon Hitter OF straw Kind Of cir
cnar ohapet formed tho oes Of boots and shoes
trodden down at heel showing the Of the weare
the naked heels The feet men, womcn and children,
all asleep. $500
Beyond these feet the eye might have distinguished In the
shadow OF she'd bodies dropping heads forms stretched
ont laziy bundles Of rags OF both sexes pronscuous
blsgc assnge and revolving mass OF life Iee accommoda
o Of this sleeping chamber open to all at the rate Of two
sous Der On stormy night the rain fell upon the feet
the whrng settled on the bodies OF those wretohed
sleepers
Al night and the morning. Creatures of this kind
ness and paid nothing The greater part had scarcely eaten
during the day kinds OF vice and basepess every sort OF
moral Infection every species Of distress were there The
sleep settled down all In this bed oil NTH Ihs
dreams Of all these companions 10 misery went on side by side
dismal meeting place. where misery and weakness half.
sobsred debauohey WEAKNESS from long walking 70 ana no.
with evil thoughts quest OF bread pafor with closed eye.
lids remorse envy lay mingled and fostering In the same
miama with faces that had the look OF death and dsfveied
hair mixed With the filth aud sweepng OF the streets such
the putrid heap Ofe fermentng In this dismal spot An
unacky turn in the wheel Of fortune ship arrived on the
day before dschargs from prison. the dark Night or some
other chance had them here 20 find miserable shelter
Ivory day brought some accumulation OF such misery
Let him enter who would sleep who could speak who dared
for II place OF Whispers Toe new oomers hastened 10
bury themselves In the mass tried 60 see oblivion Ia sleep
since there IN the darkness u the place They
snstood what c themselves they could from the Jaws Of
DEATH They closed hs eyes In that confusion OF horrors
which every day renewed. They The embOdment on
misery cast up from society, thc fron The sea-
YES MOB sVsr onA Who oouli sTea cal share Of As