, 1873-11-17

| Capitol arss moots hts oycs. It is, pnr or
oellonco, tho Mackerolvillo md AIoyamonnlng Of
tho Capital, Inhabited by onr-drjyorH, dggorH,
ditolera, aborors, cartors, md tint k wftoh lii
giyon to carous!pg in tho low cribs and slrnkng.
rejected Of tlio builder. al1 over It has sprung
up ahanties, cabins, mud novels, and structurea
made OF old lloapital-litmhor, with now culyort
running through. while ungratled Htroota point
ont of their distant abutrno,its drain-poa, like
nrtllo1y, to Elar'l this gyrsy-oanlp. lfonco, III
fornor tmes,-b before tlio negro oicctor rot to
catrying q razor to enforce tho right Of suffrage
the able-bodiod swatnpoollors from ripperary
aud Galway wore summoned TO cudgel through
popular election. Dig shados, crosa stayos
bonln Mt arms, otc., continue to mark this
q!tartor, which was always moro forlorn tliun
sh0nost tn a,i:,a and the oaptolno rig graSos gu
relation, gazod ut by tho bust Of Dom
Printing oliro.. But tho stnpondous improve
mensa Of tho place hayo stretched their wooden
arms around Hwampoodlc. from tho Dladeus-
bury Toll-dato, a now ard clennly town adj
vanccs upon 1t. In few years 1t will DO an
asl.heap and q remembrance only, puzzling tho
nntlquary by tho quantity Of clay-pipos In tho
| stratum.
This ia tho startling n9n'e given to = quantity
OF Hcantllugt canvas. aid stuGco shnftcs Which
cover the ;Bpacc between Ninth aud Fourteenth
aud between Q aud Boundary strcets, adjacent
! Washington. in tho rear OF tho State Depart
mont The lnnd hero Ia owned by avarlcioma
aud unenterprisIpg old citizsns, WHO col
Sands s % houueesa baos biovng n NJ muattoes
and a, worry fow. wllito yagrants. which
>aquattcd hero after tho beginning Of tho War.
A number b; Of low groegorlos splash tho monoto-
ny Of tits waste, and :s night tho in.abitanta
pop of CID slot-gung, and count over, in their
Kennels. the plundor brought in By tho negro
snoaIt-thioyen who harbor bore. fhiu district
has glyon for ten years tho greatest trouble to
bio from each other thnn white Offenders, md
are pcraihtent plundorors Of clothes-lincB back
yards, atoops, Ht1op-fronts and lall-parcels. 1t
Is dangerous to pass through Hollis Bottom af-
probably ASSN! d stranger picking his way over
that uplighted plateau A. now atreet-railway
Inns boon carried up this district, and mauy Of
| the streets paved and parked; and tho District
pese basas is snGsyoeng q b. @ %
good con1hgratlon, such as lights up tho con-
caves Of tho real place Of hia name, might sorvs
Hollis Bottom rlghtcousY.
this large t,nct. whero abide Of hide large per-
ccntage OF the 1000 negroes OF tho District, is
study In tho lntost accession to criminal char
actor.
THE WARRINGTON NEGRO
Is neither Indigenous nor sui gonoriB, Ho Ia
the Slave aud Border slates and h,s nntiye
nature s qualified by al tho varieties OF n,nster-
ship and by. white admi1ture. The Maryland
negro from tho old tobacco-peninsulas, Catholic
in religion md poor in experience, moeta tho
Carolina negro with all the elrowdncaa and
treachey Of mixed blood and pursuing sensu-
ality. Tho full-bloodcd African from Virgina,
Who was nonrslcd on tho tradition Of NAT
Turner, fluids his counterpart in some
younger rullan who has already acquired
tho science Of pugilis1, and is predatory
and quarrelaome. They covct each others woul-
tual annoyan little contents thom, and It is
awootest without work the whito man q town Is
near at hand, and ho is the aaily victim. They
find him ont by their waahcrwomon, houso-ser-
var vnas and wh4 penetrate his luxury
Of burglary amongst negro mechanics have oc-
currod, and the murdera Of Bomo Of tue full
bloodod Africana have boon Of cannibal cruelty. j
Ihore ;,, Vas Tom Wright, for example, who killed
closet, and diued beside tho body with his mis-
tresg and did not carry tho body of the promises
until O'Clock p. m: Yot this negro waB the
groes looked upon him with awo and admiration.
with such . population, yot in nhiftloss
heathenisln in thousands Of casos. Bome human
itarinna ara seeking to mix by force tho white
scholarB OF tho Washington public schools. md
make
1sHhAEL AND ISAAC
sit together, that the ono may communicate bis
liberation and tho other ls yermn. Tho
schools hero IRE Of tue leat character, as can bo
seen from Tho fact that $3.50, 900 has boon spout
upon thoir construction in period OF four or
five years.
THO whites and tho blacks have two different
Boards, but tho general management and super
vision are impartial, aud the Summer School
House, for colored childron. ia ono OF tho most
clegant buildings on tho Continent. The enroll
mont is b, 800 coofod to Ii, GOO whito pupils but
In Wow Of this mixed school project tho private
EHf1 mil nh MI
public. The cost por pupil is noarly 1926 per an
mum, and thus Tho local wl,ito residents will re-
quire to phy upward OF 9900,000 yearly to give
schoollng to these yast negro additions. ibis
there is more social approximation in daily life.
MURDER BAY AND THE DIVISION.
To Bee negro and white, rough and outcast,
we'll mixed, ono muBt 20 from tho suburbs to
vanis avenue Formerly ran noarly parallel to q
canal which was cut half century ago to lot |
boats pass across the central plan OF the city. !
This canal, being q tidal sewer as woll as q |
ton. rnaao one side Of the ano main avenue IN
popular md, taking advantage oftho dopraoiatod |
rents in that quarter, poverty and folly carly |
pitched upon the spot. In time the social ro-
Of s region got to BE- 50 bad that nobody
chants in vico bought property thoro.
And to-day. ns for forty years, tic space between
Tonth and Fourteenth streets, from tho ayonue
TO tiils canal ls tho rendezvous OF tho rough and
wretohod,-f Of their tavorna. "tives," gro
ceriea, sporting places, bagnios, aud haunts.
The whitos preponderate there, but the ncgroos
hayo always been numerous enough.
Tho appearance OF the region il broad streets
with holaas ill-pninted, wnaow-blin,'s generally |
cloaed, aiaowalks slattern1y and policemen mover
out Of tho vista without sen8e In tho visitor Of |
somo essential object wanted to perfect the
view. The ends Of the streets neareat tho ave-
nue. 60 by tho namo Of "Drab's Division !" far
ther on, towards the Preadont'a grounds, was
I" Murder Day,' now nearly cloacd up by the i'm
At this point nc pause to take breath for .
second excursion. GAru
MUSEUM OF THE NORTHWEST