The New York herald., 1870-01-16
A CRUSADE In THE SLUMS.
The Wickedest People In Water Street to
be Reclaimed-s'Kit'' Burns Dog Ken
mel as House of Refuge-A Three
Years. Lease and Another
s'Pit' in Prospect.

The glories OF Water street have been made sacred
In poetry and prose at manv drunken row ana
sorrowful wedding and jolly wake and these glorles
IN more ways than one, have been amalgamated
with the prayers and hymns OF long faced mission.
arlea who have. wholesome fear OF the devil after
twelve O'Clock at night
ANY one who reads the daily papers can, without
much stretch Of memory, REGAL to miad tie scenes
enacted in Water street about year ago, when
Johnny Allen, the 'wlckedest man in the world,
was at the height Of his heavenly ecstasy ana pecu-
MARY profit when the pious young girls from upper
tendon, with the love OF the Lord In their
hearts and the latest styles Of bonnets on
their heads, paid daily visits to this puriieu OF
infamy. How Johnny became convinced that he
should turn his back on his old associates and
make strike for the hill OF Zion, and how he
marched up that hill and then marched down again,
Is now matter OF "profane history" The good and
pious men, the worthy men, the honorable men, who
did all IN their power to make their raid the street
at the time q thing that would in after days re-
dound to the greater honor and glory OF God, were
as matter Of course, very much discounted In the
end, and had to beat ingorous retreat after fight
ing the devil tooth apd mail Tor long period at
given sum per month. Many people VINO through
religious zeal attended that notorious revival came
TO the conclusion that the vineyard OF che Lord could
not De planted in Water street with anything like
immortal prohit, and SO they
Folded their tents like the Arabs,
And as silently stole away
to other parts OF the sinful metropolis where the
seed fell on good ground, and there was q conse-
quent rejoicing In heaven over sinners converted.
10 tne really Jealous or ianatlcal missionary there
roadway and cry out 81 can 60 further;' at LEASE
50 il would seem 70 be in the case OF that great obsta
Gle to pley and religious crvOr Water street. for we
are TO again to have another revival. Whether It
viii be productive or more good than that Of year
ago Is q question which time alone can determine;
but tnat it will last longer Is certain, Judging from
the conditions upon which the missionaries have
TO make long story short, the renowned "Kit,
Burn, the dog fighter and 'purp'' fancier, has
leased bis place, 27S Water street. to the mission
than polite. They have leased 1t term Of three
years, the whole house with It's seventeen rooms,
choice Apartments for the use Of hs domestic and
dOmesticated household.
what are you gong to do with your pitY' in-
guired HERALD reporter yesterday of Kit as the
latter placed q decanter on the counter and wanted
to know what the quill driver would have.
shras o s
and Pm going to sell my dogs am; can't be
.!Yo1 are really going to do away with the pitt"
II am that; but then l can get up mother one
there, don't We seer" said the genius with leer as
he pointed to another room.
.!Oh yes, yes" exclaimed the reporter. very much
edifed with kits" manner Of "doing away" with
but what do they intend to do, Kitf the mission
aries, | mean"
"Wal, now, tnars morn know. 81 long as Ees
my money don't care d-n what they do"
"Ihey take seventeen rooms, you said while
ag0p
Eyes, all OF em. This 'ere bar won't 60, though |:
so you see It'll be handy for the mlssioners when
they gets dry" and Kit laugnted at his own joke
quite heartily.
YOU'RE slandering those good folks, Kit; they
Wouldn't do anything OF that SORT"
.They wouldn't, eh Oh no. Dye 'spOBe
warn't here when those other chaps was2 But come
TO think, don't know as they Is the same ones SO
they mayn't do it. after ALL"
lyon don't seem to be making ready for them,
Kits'
mo aint," was the reply. They'll come when
they gets ready. Ye see they've rented the places
| from the 1st OF next month"
'sDo you know what they intend to d0r
'.Guess DO little. spose they'll hev preachins
and all that, and then there'll be Jolly crowd OF
| folks down here preachm'. That's all right for
people what Ike 1t. Then thar g0ln' to turn that
air pit into Kitchen and up stairs they'll hx 1t up
| for the institoot.n
'srney intend to make a sort of refuge, is that
| their ideaW
sDon't know. Spect somethin' ike that. don't
care what they're goin for to do 80 long a. tney
| pays up"
At this stage Of the conversation friend OF Kits
called TO see him on special business and our re-
| porter left fercely eyed by bull dog tnat lay
| couched on the noor by the stove, until ne mao
reached the street and left Klcs place Tar ID the