The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-22

mat tnefe are about 81, UUO head OF cattle In
the vicinity Of Abilone. At an average Of
s25, per head, these cattle are worth ST.
625, 900. About II 900 head have already
been shipped, during the present season., to
Chicago alone. These cattle were worth in
the Abilene market, $2GO, 1000. The large
bulk Of the shipments are vet to be made,
and the trade is to he very active for the
next three months. The following may be
considered the ruling prices: Beeves-COm
mon, S2OG25; first class cattle 364Ic
Stock Catile-Iearlings, S6(G7; two-year-
ODDS, S10S15; three-year-Olds and COWS,
$l560.
OUT OF THE DEPTHS.
The Proenrc~s-HOW Y0an= W00ea
Are lndmeesl 90 Leave Their Homes
a Notorious COaraesan OatEeoef.
From the New York Herald.
New York city is regularly made the de-
pot for traffic in the merchandise of the purity
and honor of uns,lspicious and thOughtless
girls by the evil-minded and witty prOcuress
who plays with hypocritical skill upon the
cre,lulity Of the innocent Of her own sex. 1t
is a we'll known fact that the proprietors of
the palaces Of
1.-THE SCARLET WOMEN"
visit this city at regular intervals yearly,
from New Orleans and elsewhere in the
South and Southwest, in quest of new vic
tins for the devils grist mill. These vile
PROGRESSES and agents in the social evil traf-
tic are chiefly females, who come on here be-
decked with costly jewelry and diamonds,
and other precious gems-the signs of ex-
travagance and the badges of their trade
and with soft and subtle ingenuity allure the
unwary fly into their parlor.
THEY PLAY UPON THE sYsiPATHIEs
of young girls who are out of employ
ment-of whom thousands may be
readily met with daily in the public streets
and by offering such inducements As false
pledges Of lucrative employment, in what
ever trade or business the unsuspecting may
he seeking for work, they enli5a their Gre
dence. Then few purchases Of needed arti-
cles of dress suffice to confirm the belief Of
the sincerity which arises in the mind Of
the poor girl who is soon to be
CAUGHT IN THE MEsHEs
Of sin. Clothing is bought by this "kind-
hearted philanthropic lady" for the moth,
which is already burning its wings in the
scorchins glare Of the light Internal. The
passage-cabin i,;,ssage-the hest accOmmo-
dations too-all is paid for by that dear soul
Of hellish generosity, and the voyage Of sin
has fairly begun. The outfits tins furnished
are money paid out by
THE PIOCUREsS,
in the g,Iise Of the beneiactress, and charged
20 the future account of this unfortunate
one thus waylaid ond entrappe,l, who in the
''brief iuln,~s Of time" is made to pay, even
pecuniarly, 100 per cent for every dime ex-
pended on her by the she demon.
CASE IN POINT
has come within the observation Of our ubi-
quitous corps of representatives. 1t is that
We withhold the namel, Il resident Of one Oi
the down town wards, who fell into the trap
set for her by a notorious courtesan of New
Orleans. The girl, who is a compositrcss
by occupation, had been out Unemployment
for long time, and was much reduced in
circumstances, when she was met by Mollie
Mitchell, of the Crescent City. This woman,
who keeps den of prostitution in that city,
was on 4 visit to Gotham in quest of human
merchandise, few weeks ago. She is about
fifty years of age, and dresses in most
ga,niy and costly manner. Her voice is flex-
iblc, and her impudent hypocrisy Is some
thing significant To contemplate. Engag-
ing the girl i'm conversation she soon discov-
cred
HER IMPECUNIoUs CONDITION.
and promised 10 remedy it by obtaining her
employment in store in New Orleans, il
she would accompany her to that place
Miss, who is 4 very pretty, modest ap-
pcaring young person, about eighteen years
of age, the entire support Ofan aged mother,
at first declined TO accept the profcrcd pros
poet of employment, but subsequently aolni-
esced upon hearing the glowing inducements
held out by the tcmptreSs. Strange 10 say,
she withheld her intentions FROM her mother,
and
LEFT HER HOME
one Saturday morning in the early part OF
August, and went on board the steamer
Mississippi, which runs between this city
and New Orleans. Here she was met by
The old monster Of iniiuiiy and four other
Young people of her own sex, who were also
under the maternal care of Mollie Mitchell.
Before the steamer Lett her pier on the North
river. a detective boarded the vessel and
quietly escorted one of the would-be victims
Of the bag down the gangi lank and ashore.
The rescued one had been tracked in time.
There was no scene, and the suspicious OF
the heroine of this episode were not at the
time awakened to the situation. Ii was not
until the Mississippi had been couple OF
days cut at sea that Providence came to her
rescue and saved her from the very
JAWS OF MORAL DEATH.
Her modest and sad demeanor at this
period attracted the attention of one of the
officers of the steamer, 4 really kind-hearte,l
and worthy man, 4 resident Of Brooklyn,
who ut once took an interest i'm her welfare,
knowing the detestible character of the no
torious MOllie Mitchell, in whose company
she was. lie decided at once upon his
course Of procedure, and determined to save
her from the fate which awaited her in the
event of an incarceration in the Tella,IpatOll-
las street den.
Mr.. Nh accordingly addressed the
cir, ssand inquired if she knew whittier she
was bonnd. She replied that she was going
to fill situation as s;,leswoman in a store in
New Orleans, which that lady, Mrs. Mitch
ell, had procured for her. When informed
of the true character Of her sol disunt bene-
E,c,ress, she was greatly moved and Mortified
and wept bitterly. Thus
WARNED OF DANGER,
she was, however, enabled to shun it, and
thanking the officer who had thus most Provi-
dentially come to her rescue, in the hour of
extreme peril, she accepted the profiered
passage back to New York upon the return
Of the Mississippi. Du.ins the week that
the vessel remained in port she kept herself
locked up in her room, and when the day
came for the departure of the steamer, she
fled unobserve,i, on board. She was safely
restored to her aged mother, who had begun
to despair of ever seeing her again, and
given her up as lost indeed. Such would
have been her inevitable fate, Us it is the
fate Of hundreds yearly, had she not been
singularly favored in the phianthropic SYM
pathy excited in her behalf in the mind Of
a total stranger, the worthy officer of the
Mississippi, who effected her reSue from
coils Of the procuress.
Victor Hugo and France.
A Paris letter of the 18th saws: Yesterday
| obtained an interview with Victor Hugo.
lie has determined to address 4 special APP
peal to the American people.
''.Since you saw me las" he said, the