Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-01-31

exlstS, are tnc peoPie muo oSny PoA'fesii AASSNO
to the whites of the South lost they should be
wanting in watchful caro- and tender morcy to
"the poor negro" "How long, oh Lord"
CHEAP LopGNGs.
The suryeonssz zRrpgrt; zherstpfM1 Isfszxea-toI
which fnhabit the tenement houses Of this city.
Bad and dangerous as these habisations are,
thoro are unfortunately others which are worse.
Extracts from the reports OF Capts Thorne OF the
Fourtb. and Jourdan Of the Sixth Precints, will
illustrate the fearful degradation and misery OF
class yet lower and more depraved than tho oc-
cunauts of tenement houses Capt. Thorne of
the Fourth Precinct, says; There are in this
nrecinct sixty Places or dens, whero the wretched
moor the criminals and tho doprayed, resort to
isdge, paying from 10 to Is cents per night for
the miserab accommodations.
"Thcsc places arc chiefly in cellars, with naked
Stone or brick walls, damp and decayed floors,
without beds or bedding ct for human beings.
They arc mainly unveutilatea or lighted, except
tbrouph the entrance door. In condition they
arc filthy and disgusting beyond description,
oysraswing with vermin and infected by rats.
"Into these hidcous placesarc packed nightly
an average of 10 persons to eich place. or 600 in
the aggregate. ~
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v;tb no reeard to tho family plntien, sleep pro-
m;scuously together, exhibiting less .f the i'm
nulses of dccency than the bTltc creation.
MProm tho character Of these apartments,
tbo;r owners and occupants, and tho manner of
their use. cleanliness is imp,Siblo, and hidcous
Diseases Of various clusses mo typos are cDgen-
lorcd and propagatod.
"While thus occupied thy cannot be made
deccut or healthy, and thosemho frequent them
arc beyond tho reach of rcfen, except through
the strong arm of the1aw."
Can't Jourdan of the Sixth Precinct, presents
pictures of several similar iollng places in his
precinct, as follows:s
No. IS Baxter. st., two room.,sach 10 by G, full
10 feet below the street; no windows other
ventilation; bare stone walls mo furniture
dirty. disgusting cave; II to l. lodgors nightly
ut 10 cents ornight. s-e
First floor of same premises drinking place,
the resort of thieves, beggars ad, prostitutes Of
tho loves. class. The Captain snys: 81 have
seen as dodgers is of both sem asleep in the
place during tho night"
No. Is RaZter-st., accllnr, II " Is: five beds;
naked stone walls; no'window, light or ventla-
ton; ii persons are accommodated, ,at cightI
cents per night. ~,
No. l6 Mulborry-st, one room Il by 10, with
.niuo beds, and two beds in adjining Kitchen |
cents per night. The-building iaho property Of
an officer of ons Of our city bank, and rents for
) 6 per. month. e.,1 -
No. 81. .Baxtor-st., second aoorpne room, Shy
5, contains three beds, kitchen adoiniug; several
bed on tho floor; IS persons loGs here, ut six
to eight cents per night; rent, ~ per month J;
owned by well-knosn citizen il Twonty- third.
street. 49,
A largo additional number o similar places
arc described by Capt Jourdan.. The Occupants
of these cheap lodgings const Of drunken
wretehos, male and female beggrs, rag-pickers
of the poorer sort, sneak thicverj erjuvenile pimps,
ragged and drunken prostitutes, len, women and
children, black anil white, herdni indiscriminate-
ly together. They como out of teso dcns in the,
daytime to prey upon exposed prperty.
From these filthy premises catinually arise
m malaria, poisoning ftho eatmo.phee slhat honest
and decent people are conn., elcd breathe. With
our laws and our tribunals Ms instituted, this
mischief seems to bo without ropdy,sq.