The New York herald., 1872-07-10

Inc y0yO OI tuib uOuSo 10 Hoieuoi VbVou hOi Piop-
erly graded; heaps Of refuse NTH are piled UP In
it In all directions Water runs from leaky n.y.
snS e. sCU oS Ess n
in q pool beneath the hoor OF an outbuildine used
The closet vault of the house is full and emlts q
fearful odor; 1t has not been cleaned the people
IL the sSss ao SAY S M 81 TS
street.-the HERALD reporters found house with
the walls and ceilings In most disgrscefIl condi-
tion. They were filthy almost black with slime,
and the piastering was inclined to drop In several
places from the unhealthy moisture.
The closet vault Of $40 East Twenty-fourth street
is O nuisance to the entire neighbOrhoOd, and is
complained Of by almost every one living in the
district, the pipes are stopped, and the conse-
MOST DISGUSTING FILTH.
The cellar OF the house is In a similar condition,
and the noors Of the Landings and stairways e are
they the exist exist in it really an M enigma.
Soors Of II
rushed into the hallway and looked at him in
amazement, as 4 they wondered at his rashness:
White, sckly little things they looked; and u 70 not
to be wondered at. judging rom the state OF things
to be met with at almost every step In New
Yf IN % ses gasy % the Ss eS% donse saSSss
their hrst years are spent. That the criminal
where the houses Of the poor are so wretched, ls
not astonishing, for the very nature OF these dens
the yoa sass s nS s
not vicious themselves, habits and tricks are soon
picked up that a 9nfortunately lead to the prissn
snat has e eeaas
sEeYg p with S ass gsSre"ss Ss Sa and rubbish
sssIxdy sfs alsscged & ahs sSadition sai SaS
fectins hand Of the Board of Health.
found house ut 211 y Division street In which six
iaGiiiess resided Many Of these people keep
sges Sas s and PERSONS IT IS nVs sy S Sp sp
is uSii iu of the usual house NTH Reekine garbage
throughout the house are frightuly defective. Here
is another place In which sewer pipe gases have
most fertile field for their stenches
DONOvAN's LANE.
Donovan's lane is in the very heart OF the great
city. Within stones throw, are costly ware
ngs are dilapidated tenement houses,
a kng na su half rests ssyeu reefng as onen wtn
stories of these are inhabited by dealers In old
clothes and green grocers. Occasionally base
shop, and Is occupied by shoemaker, or some
other tradesman or manufacturer IN petty way,
has been carried, struggling, downwards by the
under-tow.
Many thousand people pass almost under the
caves of the building overhangtug Donovan's lane
daily, and yet few OF them probably have ever
heard of the name. Hundreds of the most miser-
able OF New Yorks poor glide by one or the other
lie not that In the depths of their misfortune they
have yet failed to touch the lowest level possible
Who OF those who ride daily to and fro In the Third
avenue cars ever heard OF DOnOvans lane Still
these pass within two hundred feet OF the spot
Leaving the marble Palace OF & Justice in CITY Han
companed by Francis Caddell, welknown olllcer
of the sixth precinct, plunged into the miserable
purlieus Of the Five Points, and the two threaded
the intrcaces Of Baxter street, chatting, as they
went Of its fearful fame In days gone by. Italians
and Chinese, with mixture Of Irish, seemed to be
- '''' ''''crIiE The DENlzsSs OF THE PLACE.
Dleared and bOated women, clothed in rags; !.
both sexes and all ages, logged against them as
they passed Little children, barely beyond baby
a%5dd II Faces o%
from 'on1 noisome a underground Kennels. Skeleton
dilapidated wagons loaded with halfdecayed fruit.
Halfstarved ours dodged in and out from open
doorways and the very atmosphere seemed laden
Arriving az q short distance from Chatham street
the officer suddenly led she way through an open
was reached. lhis cs~ de sac intercepts the
narrow way between the buildings. The lane con.
tinues with tortuous bending till it opens out on
Pearl street in the rear. The buildings which
fringe it are wretched tenements dingy in color
and filthy in keeping. They have the appearance
OF Italian houses, upon which
THE CURSE OF ETERNAL UNCLEANLINEsS
has fallen Upon the roofs and over the alley were
suspended dingy clothes newly washed.
formed by " projecting tenement more dirty and
discOOred than the others an overpOwering stencil
suddenly grew up which caused nssa,oa an nstantS
vance was made, and the cause OF the stencil dis
covered in a pile Of filth and garbage, which
removed by short and gosslpy Hibernian-a man
whom nature had evidently forgotten to give any
organs of smell, hnt had bountifully endowed with
the gift of CAB. He desisted from his occupation OF
disturbing the decomposed mass and ogling the
officer said, "Misther Frank, why dye yes not sind
q carparation keart to be afther takin' this stuff
away Hiven save u.s." he added. turning over the
mass. .energetically,
IRIS FAREFUL STINK
1t makes. Cad, it's shame, 1t Is Ply the devil
don't they sind the carparation keart ~ This last
coaXingly.
oficer pointed to a great heap Of offal and horse
manure lying further down the alley, and swelter.
ing under the fierce rays OF the sun. The air for
many yards around 1t was filed with midges,
and a pestilenttal vapOr arose from the surface
and curled about IN deadly wreaths. The odor
coming from 1t to the windows Of the tenements
was, for any length Of time, unbearable to nosrils
not accustomed to 1t. The officer next led the way
to the first basement door of the darkest build
ing. Entering, scene OF the most indescribable
wretchedness was presented. The n0lsome
cellar contained contained six SgI'a sSga'alid beings five o
unmistakable marks Of q recent debauch
The sixth was a short, stout, freckled-faced and
comparatively cleany Irish woman, the mistress Of
the place. Peering into dark room at the right
provided with no opeqing to make ventilation pos
sible, man OF about thirty-nve years OF age, but
looking at the first glance to be fifty was seen bent
over upon
sOILED AND TATTERED BED,
and woman was lying upon the floor, with o look
OF miserable resignation upon her face and In heI
eyes, In a room to the left woman, clad only In
O chemise and brown skirt, sat upon the bed, with
lures, once, doubtless, very comeiy, but now,
at thirty, exhibiting all the marks OF
long and ill-spent life. Leaving this
by seven persons equally wretched fifty and de.
bauched There were rear bedrooms similar to
those In the first cellar visited, in each Of which
men and women, companions in wretchedness and,
|, perhaps, IN guilt, were huddled together AS In
the first also there was no means of venti-
lation save such as the low, narrow
front windows and open doorways afforded.
The third cellar contained three persons sleeping
off the effects OF drunkenness. One a woman.