The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-29

playing 10 an acknowledgement 10 which they
ffeen snt sixteen viii handle sssir S esrds ~,sh
the skiIl OF y crOupitr OF sixty, and play piquet
with perfection.
SOCIAL RESORTS or nALEpAcroRs.
Criminal Paris, like fashionable Paris, haa ita
pleasure haunts. Being OF hiRhly progressive
character, II has lately added To them a cdfS
concert on very large scale 10 the heiRhborbo God
One Of their bail rooms ls thus described "It
exactly resembles those vast sheds raised TO
shelter ships which have not vet left the dock
yard. The walls, painted white, are covered with
tri-color hags There are plenty OF dancers and
the gestures Of the danseuses are OF the freest
character. he music selected is remarkable
for Kind OF violent rhythm" 1t may be de-
scribed as the brutal ecstasy OF cadence and
sound, and Is highly exciung to the nervous
system.
This place Is frequentod by HUMANS and muir
derers. They enter II revolving IN their minds
robheries which will AFFORD them means Of co.
JOyncnt on the morrow; but when they nave
i9r snort time oeen under the Influence. OF
TINS internal music thew become excited as
TO feel wound up" for the commission OF anv
crime. with these sounds ringing IN their ears
they VIII meet uton the waterside, throw them
selves upon the belated passenger, striuRle and
roo him, and cast the corpse into tho GOOD be.
noath. Those who under such citcums stances
have been arrested aud questioned nave replied
truly SAD. :" was beside myself" They have
been under the influence OF mental intoxica-
uOn, brought about by All abuse of the power OF
sound, ~ skilfIlly accomplished "a to Oe likely
10 AFFECT the strongest and best regulated mind.
Although II Is imposaiDle to TX, even approxi-
matelN, the number Of criminals VINO resi- le IN
Paris, II 10 at least possible to say what number
the Prefecture OF Police has arrested The mum
Der appears 10 have been steaully on the In
crease. In 1851. @.i26 arrests were made; IN
1855, 2J,50; and IN 1887, 3ltj1; while In 1868 the
number h ID reached 1871. This charming In
crease, VI. Du camp thinks may In some slight
degree, be traced to the Increased vigilance,
aud ever-improving machinery OF the police.
Mainly. however, he attributes both the incre ise
OF th0 criminal clIs-, and that OF the number of
bodies found at tue Morgus to very remrKa-
impresses most French people. II IL notable
that tue same quarterly returns Of emigration
to New York which nut Germans down at ~, wv,
nut FrenchnJn at lj3.
CONSEQUENCES.
No other race, he says, l. 40 devoted to It's ma
tive soil. The consequence Il tn u the safety
valve, so salutary to the Saxon and Teuton races,
IL closed, ana the surplus population OF rowing
ndNenturers from the provinces Is turned into
Paris. instead Of finding vent for its enterprise
aud exertiOn IN "A new world. For one VINO
comes to the capitaA and succeeds, how many
thlF Inc man, IN TOO many Instances, becomes
avasabond, and the woman. worse.
This frigntful number Of 81, 75l arrests includ
these wretched people had only been In Paris a
lew days, but we're already reduced TO the most
aoject condition Of misery.
Immigration appears to contribute to the Paris
ian thief class. Even China and Persia Is re- ore
sented. In 1863, 2 9TS foreigners were arrested.
THIS NUMBER included 69S Italians, 1888 Belglans,
2I3 Prussians. 2S2 SWISS, aud 20 Americans. odd
ly euough.the number Of British Is not given. 7 he
criminal list for the same year included 7 archi-
tects, advocates. notary, 80 persons who de-
scrioed themselves rs literary men," is engi-
neers. o. teachers, and Fl physicians.
Tue low criminal sleeping houses, which 20
10y the term gdfnts Il u NUT, are described as
being Of the most revolving character, and en-
aule one who b rs seen them to well appreciate
fer hsgstones and frost to nignt passed amid
such dens OF vermin.