The New York herald., 1873-09-16
THE PADRoNEs ON THE MOVE.

OF Police, along with several OF his captains left
she Central Headquarters, and, unknown to any
one, proceeded to the corner Of Eighth and Wash
mgton streets There they joined reserve of
terty select officers, and along with them, set out
n the direction of the dismal and dreary Italian
quarter of the town TO reach this region it
was necessary to pass along thoroughfarcs
familiar to- me, for the filth in the
gutter and the tottering forms in the rum
shops Indicated that the officers were
hard by Alaska street ana ST. Mary's. passed
ten minutes IN rear Of the policemen in this dread
mi neighborhood, and the negroes peeping out
from behind broken shutters and crumbling door
posts, jccred at, tnsulted and cursed me at every
step. One sight that met my eyes was that Of
Selirious mulatto, drunken and frenzied by gin,
ngRtng the air with his lists. and striking an iron
post with his head. There was no time to take
cegnlzance Of acenes- like these, for the Italian
quarters were several squares below. At last the
officers reached them. They begin at No. 1888 Car
penter street. and run regularly along for an en-
tire block. The officers forced an entrance in
Ne. 5Sa.
sss All WHAT SIGHT,
Thare were three rooms In the house and three
beds In room. In them were huddled. with and
without clothing, men, women and children. The
latter were exceedingly numerous, and laid there
Under circumstances OF the most abject poverty
and woe. The onset created the greotest conster-
nation. The air was filed with cries Of terror, an
guish ana distress, blended with growls and Kisses
Of displeasure. Dark, dire faces-some young.
some DID, some fcar-stricken and some devilish and
towerlng-peered up from every corner, as. IN q
SHOWS or mingled in indescrlbabls % % Confusion s
N the centre OF the room; One bed
ped Up o Straw MEANS Se sOor
Some were clothed In tattere1 undergarmenrs,
nlthy and ioul from wear, and Some were entirely
escape to the windows, While others clasped their
hands as II in Tear and prayer.
tne children fixed their eyes, Il for aid, and by
this the officers knew that he was the stern, hard
nHnse GGeye was peseG ana tine
e0rlnes and musical instruments OF every nature
alled up the narrow spaces IN odd corners about
rnSe s1nss om the wa eSe rear q
the house was musical repair shop with tools
fusiop From this one mousse the three rooms, of.
which each measured BY rule eight ieet BY ten,
torty-six parties were taken and ana hurried 70 the
tered was also located IN Carpenter street. No. S2
This place was louler still 1t contained two rooms,
lures as In the other house, but there was some
thing more. Beneath the front room there was
atS eSoso OF sma Children have
already described the cellar OF Alaska street,
and this underground apartment was almost the
same. The hole was full OF filthy garbage. cabbage
leaves and the decaying relics OF many unfrugal
meals. It was an abominable place. the breeding
min. Some OF the children screamed as the 0f1cers
came down, and naked younglings crouched In ter
ror and anguish against the damp and clammy ut-
Dents in their underground den.
THE AWFUL CHILL AND DAMPNEss
w0uld have ruined their strings Strange Is it to
good and Christian people taat the raw catgut OF
= violin sheuld have been Of more import than
heart The children were ordered to put on their
Farments: Why need | tell you what they were:
Look ct the rsgamunins ss every corner; Behold
touch, and breeding modification in the lips Of the
put on; and stretching out their dark and slender
arms the children, graspng with their little nngers
Weeping ascended the stairs Sixteen weIe ar
rested here and sent away In the dawning light Of
early morning to join those sent on before. In de-
ScriDing their house have also described the one
next to 1t, for it was modelled precisely the same.
Fourteen occupants were found herein.
and over again, as It was seen In different lights
under q dozen diferent roofs and 80 l pass to No.
1908 In the same thoroughiare.
TO describe this place Is impossible Any accu-
rate delneation of 1t would meet with no belief
Its foulness was terrible, and its stencil caused
There were six rooms which, by rule, measured
eight feet by ten. small tobacco shop, in front,
that store were conditions OF NTH which no
one would imagine humanity could bear.
The no0r was strewn with rinds OF melons, ap-
plcs and other seasonable fruits, along with heaps
OF animal and vegetable matter In every stage OF
decay. The children positively laid directly In the
they drew sucked In Its poisonous fumes. Reaches
meas and ice even, In the dim liget tnat found US
clearly be seen clustering at each point where ntn
and decay had wrought the fullest work. and the
enough to send its token to the charitable world
from the quarters OF It's wretched prison: Fathers
and mothers imagine your children sleeping tnere;
heart with the woe and misery OF these little
spirits, which, to some one IN distant land, are
Picture your own dear ones gong out at day
Sreak, weak, faint wan, weeping, bearing neavy
returning to dreary homes like those have de.
scribed, only to be struck, beaten and lashed, be-
cause the world had been less generous TO them
domlneerine aend imagined that il would be.
Take this picture hang It up in your dwellings, for
in ts proper light This tsisn system" ri has been
brought up before you time and time agan-mine
grows and becomes more henous sever every day. day. aA'
nave no % nears 70 carry this matter to further
Particular surlce II to say that lss arrests were
ruled BY the curse and the lash OF q single man.
This afternoon at five O'Clock, these children win
woes. An interpreter win be furnished by the au.
thorities Of the Italian government residing here,
ana strange things wil no doubt, be revealed.
Seventy Of the Arrested Children RE.
leased-The Police TO Arrest All Boy
Musicians Found I'm the streets-The
Padrones In Despair and Preparing to
Move.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. Is, 1879.
do NOT think that any arrests ever made in this
city cansed such excitement as did the arraign-
ment Of the Italians. have spent the entire day
anong ne restaurants and drinking saloons kept