Year: 1874

room IN the rear OF 1t is used Tor
gambling, and directly back of this
was once the entrance to the cellar,
but the stairs having been burned,
the cellar is now used as q receptacle
for human eXcrement.


No, G42 st. Mary street has the ap-
pearance of being a stable, and really
is so far as the ground floor is con-
cerned; .he one horse stabbed there
is the only decent animal in the
building; directly above him are two
small rooms occupied by "Tillie"
Burroughs, a white woman with her
three white, and ono black courte-
sans. Above these two rooms are
two others occupied by a dirty negro
wench and three white GIRLS.
No. G22 st. Mary street is the low
est hole [ ever witnessed; it is kept
by an Irishman, and is q sort Of eat
ing house. Here we found a woman
making soup out Of what are called
melts Of the COW and sheep plucks.
A quart bowl of this soup, with O
dirty bone and few potatoes in it,
is sold for two cents, half famished
Irishwomen were eagerly devouring
it; there were no black girls in this
place; evidently it was too low and
too filthy for black girl to enter
In this low hole we found servant
girl who stated she resided with a
leading wholesale druggist; directly
outside were three or four young
cracksmen, and it is not improbable
that this very servant girl will some
night let the young thieves into her
masters house to rob him.


At No. GIT st, Mary street shanty
kept by james Hutts, we found ten
white Irishwomen in the house and
yard, most Of them were drunk
One drunken waman was lying in the
yard where rotten bread, decaying
vegetables and sick chickens were
thickly strewed around her.


I will give single instance of the
enormity Of the sins practiced in this
spot of denominations. Two weeks
ago a well developed white child, not
quite IL years of age, was decoyed
into one of these pest places; for two
days she was the helpless victim of
brutal outrage, death seemed visible
in her countenance and to save her
life, or perhaps the cost of burial, she
WAS removed to the alms-house hos
pital of the county; the total pros
tration Of that child's nervous sys-
TEN during those two days of more
than mortal agony, brought on ST.
Vituss dance from which the little
girl will probably never recover
The most shameful part of this story
is that the parents refuse to prose-
cute the black wretches who perpe-
petrated the horrible crime. 1 am
of the opinion that the agony of the
doomed in hell is bliss in comparison
with the mental torments this poor
child must bear until she finds relief
only in death.


The foregoing is not a pleasant
picture for the pure minds Of many
country readers to contemplate, Ii
it has any merit it is to be found in
its truthfulness in depicting what 1
saw; what l did not sec is a thou
sand fold more terrible and offensive
in its loathsome reality. If by the
warning given, the unsuspecting man
from the country is led to avoid this
dangerous place, the sickening story
shall not have been in vain made
public.


SPECIAL SESSION.


1t is rumored here that Senator
Carpenter of Wisconsin is anxious
for the President to call a special
session of Congress about the first of
October, ostensibly for the purpose
of regulating affairs in the South but
really with the view Of repeating the
Poland press-gag law.


EANbOhs AAaD4ALh Is NbAflA+'s


In order to determine the question
now in dispute between the Belle
fonte Watchman, which says: "He
is" and the Bellefonte Republican,
which says: "He is not" / deter
mined to interview Ex-Gov. Curtin,
who has been on o visit to this city
for few days. For that purpose /
went to Col. MClure's Office and
awaited his arrival. Tho tall form
of the great war Governor soon pre-
scented Itself, and here let me observe
] never saw Governor Curtin looking
more robust. The Governor himself
appeared to be in an interviewing
frame Of mind, for upon taking a seat
he Immediately remarked:


Mcclure, | notice by the papers
that you have repented, and have
been re-admitted into the Republi-
can ranks. How is il?


To this Mcclure quickly replied:
Governor, l perceive by the papers
that you have lately joined the Dem
ocratic ranks. How is it?


Curtin-0ne is about as true as the
other, | presume.


M'Clure-I imagine it is.


With this conclusive determination
Of the mooted question 1 conclude
that the controversy between the two
distinguished editors will cease. /
will take occasion to say that if there
are any two men in the Common
wealth who are in the habit of ex-
pressing themselves in plain English
when they have anything to say it is
Gov. Curtin and Col. Mcclure.


l asked the Governor what he
thought Of Grant as a third term
President. He responded: / pre-
sumo that if Grant should again be
elected President he would doubtless
regard it as an honor and an Office
not be declined.


FREE EXCURSIONS.


Through the liberality Of our oiti-
zens ten free excursions by rail road