The New York Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1870, Page 5

THE AOUIAL Wh. | A Practical View of Female Depravity. Debauchery in Paris and Euro- pean Cities. The Evil in This City---Statis- tics and Facts for the Legislature. what Is and What Is Not—Remedial * Measures. A thousand years-—ten thousand years together Naked, fasting upon a barren mountain, ‘And tii! winter, in storms perpetual, Could not move the goda to look that way thou wert. In collecting facts wherewith to thoroughly inves- Ugate such a subject as the social evil Superintendent Jonn A, Kennedy was recently called upon by the re- porter. After turning the heavy door of room No. 9 at Police Headquarters, he sivod in the kingly presence, oppressed by the awiul majesty of the most impe- rial of men, The most imperial of men received the writer with all the gentle urbanity and polished Politeness becoming a true Odd Fellow. Rerort: R=! am from the HekaLp, and wish to Procure whag statistics you may bave touching the social evi! (Ma king obetsance to his Majesty). Mr. Ke) NEDY—I have nothing to give. You are engaged in a work of damnation, You ought to know better, You insult me, (48 he spoke he at- tained such @ high note that every musician 1s ad- vised to form his instantaneous acquaintance, because he has no doubt succeeded in making a valuable acquisition to pitch in the voice.) REPORTER (meekly)--Sir-— Mr. KeNNEDY--You come here to insult me—to Insultme! Damnation! REPORTER—Sitr—. Mr. KBNNEDY—You insult me! I won't give you any facts, There ! of it, Rerorrer—t hardly see the force of your observa- tions, = * Mr. Kennepy—You're a foot; you'll know more when you are of myage. Of course you chn't see 4%. You insult me. RePoRrER (with a smile intended to be sweet)--It is dimcnis for me to understand how the jaoral forces of the HERALD, turped agatust sin, are dam- nation. Mr. Kennepy (frantically)—l have said you sha‘nt have these facts, and you sha’nt! (bringing his fist down on the table.) You msuit me! ‘The reporter then found it necessary to part coin- pany with Mr. Kennedy. Chief Detective Kelso was then called upon, and gave many valuable sog- gestions. $ * THE SOCIAL EVIL OF TO-DAY. . Since the city first began to crystallize into the” present dense population New York has been afilicted with the scourge of prostitution to a degree notexceeded in any otber cily in. America, To such an extent has the evil grown that the present proportions are spreading an alarm through all classes of the community, whence comes the cry, “Can we not stay it?? A close and intelligent ex- amination of the facts placed beforegithe readers of the HERALD wili enable them to decide for them- selves upon this point. Surely it is now time ior the most powerfui agents to be at work; it is now time to concentrate all active energies to extinguish a vice which tis doing more to desecrate peaceful homes, to disorganize society, to multiply disease, and to indoctrinate with suptie poisons the high and the low, the rich aud the poor, than any other Species Of dissipation. It isthe parent of evil, It is not only @ social evil, itis @ sanitary evil, a financial evil, aud is even becoming a political evil. Let any one reflect upon its enormity—that lt comprehends every excess and panders to every appetite. Let him reflect that, like every vice, it is boundless, Unless restrained, unless hemmed in and naryowed down to prescribed limits, who can tell where the foul waters will not flow? Who is prepared to say that an iniquity com- prebending all others, the most powerful on earth, attacking the greatest weakness of men, will not, tf negiectea, plunge socieiy into a depauchery that ‘Was respectable when Rome was glorious, and re- fined when Greece was in the day of her proud philosophy? A retroapection must convince any one that the social evil is achild of rapid growth. tis nartured by low passions, supported by pie- thoric purses, having among its patrons politicians, lawyers, doctors, jadges, and even ministers, whose combined influence supports and keeps cbe institn- tion alive, for they have made it an mativution. At first, as far as there are authentic records, the evil was rife among the !ow and base-born of mer. It flourished there. No laws, no pronunciamentos of the Church, no eloquent pleading of Christianity, no wisdom from the moralist could in turn check it. The institution matured, AS Was its mission its devotees swelled in number, its victhus became more tierce in their efforts to obtain a bigher hold upon the superior Classes until the day of its iumph drew nigh. Thrones groveiled in the dust of prosti- tution, monarchs became customers of the vice, in- trigue was the rule at courts and vittue was re- garded as a vulgar error. All the niceties of lewa- ness took their place in dress and modesty became a common vagrant, Such is the history of the social evil Jrom the hour when the Jews first ceflled the purity of the race, and each succeeding century has shown that its foothold is becoming firmer and firmer. As public morals existed in the natious of antiquity a steady Gecline can be noted from the day when pros:tiution became au established fact. Take Athens, When this flouristamg State of tae remote ages permitted the vile creatures to solicit mem in the public places and placed the seal of oficial approval upon the most aggravating forms of debauchery, it was then that Athens began to be overhung by the dark clouds of her future, uselessness. The same is true of Rome, Public orgies were admitted, nay, im some cases compelled by law, and the higher classes became tainted and speedily gave themselves to unrestrained Mcentiousness. At this tiie the traveller abroad can see the re- mains of the frightful excesses to which the Roman people carried their vices. At Pompeii there have been excavatea the houses wherein syrens carried on their, base business, exhibiting statuary in the most indecent postures. Figures carved in stone and indicating by the most revolting emblems the nature of the house, are to this day visible among ‘he ruins Of the buried city. Tbe scenes, in painting and relief alone, attest4o what depravity men can eink, In glancing at the evil in the countries existing at a later day the same truths are apparent. Every- where that ignoraace, prejudice and superstition had sway there could be found a looseness among the female population. In Spain, during the biack and bioody days of the Roman Church; among the filthy brothels of Italian States; in France, during the barbarities of the middie ages; in Portugal, where “women have been universally depraved; in Belgium, Pruasia, Russia, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden ana ‘Norway, Great Britain, Mexico, Ceniral and South America, Jaya, Sumatra, Borneo, and among the semi-civilizea nations the evil has existed like a spreading contagion. Inthe more enlightened and progress! ve of the countries pamcd it Has appeared in the lesser degrees. Hence the syuonym of the Boctal evil is ignorance, But from the time of the Jewish harlots to this hour in the city of New York there has been no modification of the vive, save that it has, perlaps, intensified and gathered most of its disgusting leatures from the al radicalism of todern times. Througn all the 6,000 years it ts proper bere to remark thore has been no invention if man capadie of ona viotung out prosutation. us attempts to legitimatize and place it under poiice control have been successful in pearly every Kuro- pan city. The question 1s, can New York profit oy rausaUanticexperience? Let us see. THR BOCIAL EVIL IN PARIS. There are now upwards of 10,000 common women o i'aris, making about one to every 200 of the popu- ou. Of these the city of Paris furnishes not over @ne-third. The largest pumber are the daughters of Guy laborers. Shoewakerk; stage drivers, wuldiers You insult me! Make the most and carpenters‘are the parents whose daughters follow the practice to the degree and tn the order named. About one-fourth of those born in Paris are allegitim: outside of Parts about one-eighth. Over half of those born in the city cannot write their names, end one half are bewween the ages of twent apd twenty-seven. ‘These syrens, b\austics fled wit! Uke Pretect of Police have shown, practise their call- ing but @ few years and then sink mto premature graves. The causes of the evil m Paris have been traced by an eminent medical authority to be the following in fgures which we have taken the liberty of modifying #0 aS to preserve their value for we present day:— WADE... .eecrcceces serrensEpesssecees ++ 2,880 Expulsion from home or desertion by parents. 2,500 Desue to support old and infirm parents, 80. Desire to support other relatives Widows: with families to supports +» 60 Girls from the country to support themselves. Girls of soldiers, clerks, students, &c, Abandoned servants, seduced by mas! Concubines abanaoned by lovers.......... TOM). ...csorrccreseeerersrerereccecns 1t is a provision Of the police that there shall be but one occupant to cach room, and that each room shall be provided with soap, Water and all the uten- susof ablution; and that nove of the disgraceful panel games shall be allowed, ag are at present so flourishing fn this city, All houses are under complete control by the police, and no house will be tolerated within the walls of the city without an authenticated ucense., Every keeper of a house must be @ female, as she must have been a prostitute her- well, She must be sober and of steady habits with suf. ficient force of character to command @ houselui of reckless wud ungovernable bawds. She must have enough money to insure her against failure, and must own all the furniture of her house. in a pass- book, given by the police, she must enter the names of ail her boarders, and record ail inspections of phy- sicians, all domestic changes, all fresh arrivals, all Gepartures, and everything criminal or negligent among the girls, Fatiure to carry out these man- datory provisions is punished by a heavy pen- alty. Unlike the systemin New York, the girls are not allowed to recéive the earnings of their devauch- ery, but only the board, lodging and clothes, the lat- ter of which are very expensive. Prostitution is thus a regularly licensed business in Paris, the same as liquor selling is 12 New York, and many brothel- keepers have been known to retire with handsome fortnues, selitng their “good will” at a high figure. Ali the girls are visited weexly, and unless they sub- ject themselves to medical examination are severely punished, Safeguards of every mature protect the public, and the whole Parisian system works wisely and well. THE BaD INFLUENCE OF THE PARIRIAN SYSTEM. Jn Paris, society is and bas been for centuries rot. ten tothe core. The people live out of doors. There is no domestic sentiment, and the Frenchman ts in his glory when he is gaming, drinking and carous- ing. The capital of France is at this hour sought by Alnericans who, not secure in following easy and indulging lives at home, seek for them in the strange resorts of # foreign city. This tendency is not pecu- iar to our own country, but 18 marked tn Europeans ol every nauionaity. Let any one make a superficial inquiry into the accomplishments of au English nobleman, @ prince or an ar¢ghduke, aud he will find that no small part of mis necessary training, according to the ethics of bis royal clan, is among the organic libertinism of the Second Empire. Perhaps this of all phases of the social evil is the Worst a4 am argument for tiie license system. Napo- Jeonie codes have put such fine points to debauchery and go so far in their encouragement of gilded allurements, such as the Mabille and Jardin des Fleurs, that vice is really made attractive. No one will forget gither of the two celebrated gardens named. Th€ir fame is as wide as print can make theln, Or a8 Longue can speak their almost fabled enchantments, But who i ines that they could exist and flourish if they did not have the full encour- agement and even support of the law? Whomagines that the social evil would draw thousands of patrons to Paria were tt not for ap unusual degree of fiuish, aud at the same ume of abandon, in the vicer ‘fhe Mabille, for mstance, 1s probably never neglected by Uhe Parisian sight-seer. It is the magnet of Parts. When one enters it is mghtfall; and then a police regwiation dgciares that every woman, lady or not, in the streets of the city can be insuited witn im- pumty. The first thing that meets the eye are those ark masses of luxuriant follage which are secn everywhere in the great gardens of the French me- tropohs. Kows of colored globes, bigniy illumi- Dated by intense gas jets, gleam through the shrab- bery, aud a fee of five francs passes the visitor into a nigut park of Wondrous beauty. Cascades, enchanting bowers, shaded arbors, thick clusters of bushes, rus- tc seats, nicely contrived episodes have been placed by the hand of the landscape gardener with wonder- ful genins. About the centre of the gardon is a large Open space, a circular ring, in the centre or which 1s ch@ music stand, Seats skirt It rouud about, Cayés atretch away on the sloping mound, aud over- head patches of Uie starlit sky are visib.e tarough the lealy roof, Amid this beauty is the widest daucing in Paris. Here the common women are con- gregated, ‘Ihe cancan Mourishes, the harmonies float away on the evening air and thousands of Parisian heels are higher than thousands of Parisian heads. A few pounds brings the rich Englishman to Vuis scene, and he 1s uappy. Assignatious of course terminate tue orgies, lence probably the most frequent and exhaustiess source of impurity in the world, Such 18 the Paris system. It needs no coin- ment. Americans go there, who visit the scene as well as others. Young ladies return io this country tated. Lust has recelved the support of its most powerful ally, and the curreut once aetermined pursues its natural fow. Here resides a cause and eifect for the social sctentist. London 13 also @ bad city—worse, probably, than New York. ‘he Strand at midnight .is paced by abandoned womeu, who enact their revolting scenes by the implied sanction of the police. At the Alhambra, the Mabie of Paris fy reproduced, Other cities of Europe are equally licentious, bot none ts so foul as Hamburg, whicn, above the rest, spreads and increases the poison of prostitution, In Vienna, Berlin, Leipsic, Madrid, St. Petersburg, Liverpool, end particularly inseaport cities, the social evil may weli cause tne most familiar with crime to be surprised. ‘Lhe outpowring of eniigration from these cities, the contact of Ameri- ean travellers and tie induence which one locality must have on anotuer, however remote, ali have their effect upon the condition of the evil 1n this city. 10 BE OR NOT TO BE. From the facts presented it will be observed that the prostituuon here recognized and guarded vy law assumes a. forma deleterious to the weil being of society. Whole peoples become hbertines; virtue ig the exception and not the rule. Unilimited revelries succeed lax morality; domestic peace is overthrown, and the marriage tie is merely a civil contract, This ts bad, very bad; but is it worse than to have 5,000 women who carry on a business Which 1uss exist as jong a8 men and women are what they are, pursue their degrading calling, dis- seminating the seeds of ineradicabie disease among the pest biood of the Union? Is tt worse than to see the vitality of the people becoming dilated year oy year, and in each succeeding generation, sowing constitutional complaints that make offspring un- desirable acauisitions to society—glarmg evidences of parental weaknesses’ 1s it well to sacrifice the health of posterity—of millions of the unborn—te wake af innocent sufferer decrepit and tutirm, willie he yet should be healthy and vigorous? ‘that is tue Whole question. To state it 18 to answer it. Whatever may be the condition of prostitution in otyer parts of the world, in a physical and sanitary View, itis worse 1 New York tuan in any quarter of the gione. Two oui of, tive, it 18 declared suffer from incurable diseases. These they comm nicate Wo persons, Who, i turn, spread them broaa- cast Gil 1t ts BOW believed that nq one fs safe as to the biood be is to marry, or as to the dangers io store for a long line of possible posterity, THE BOCIAL RVIL IN NEW YORK, In this city the vice must be Boldly eacountered. ‘To understand it one has Lo perform the unpleasant duty of making facts of facts. Yet after all there are few statistics tat can be considered reliable. this is to be deplored. No pudlic institution has ever succeeded in ascertaining anything like accurate figures, and those we give rest greatly on speculation, and the experience of men who have devoted lives to the investigation of the sun- ject. They are believed 16 be fair, and are not pre- sented for the purpose of sensation, nor in the in- terest of a false purity, ‘the sources of informa- on are persougl observation, statistics of the Boards of Volice and Health, and compreliensive examinations of W. W. Sanger, M. D. Bat, unike any of Uiese authorities, we piace tne number of all females who indulge their appetites promiscuously for just or money at 10,000, Sanitary inspeciors, WHO see wore of domestic life than any other persons in the city, pronounce that there are at jeast 60,000 women Who make assignations with meu toward whom they bear a carnal affection. They assert that on the east side of the town, in the lower wards of the city, the couditiou of prevailing morals is frightful. Degradaiion i# almost universal. Amol the upper classes, of course, Lhere are no tangible evidences of mfdeiity; where there are edu- cation and refiuement there are wits at work, and concealment if almost absolutely certain. The occasional escapades that have occurred 1m social life, such as the Bicbardson cuse, have had a good effect upon the community, They have aroused tie clergy, called down the maledictions of the press and have, all in all, improved the tone of public morais, Fear, if not conscience, 18 the powerful agent of right. STATISTICS, Using the statistics compiled by Dr. W. W. Sanger ag a basis, but ailering his figures to conform to the evil ag it has increased, with 10,000 public women, the reader can ascertain valuable facts and draw his own conclusions:— Ages. Nos. Fitteen. - Sixteen - 86 a Seventee + Slo twenty-two, ‘880 Highteen, + 705 Twenty-three....... 765 Niveteon. . 1290 Above twenty-three 8,575 ‘Three-elgtiths of the prostutuses were born inthe Uulted States, aud the rest are of foreign countries, Of the United States New York furnished the most, then Pennsylvania, thén Massachusetts, then New Jersey, then Maine, theu Connecticut. The Eastern States furnish the most, the middie States the next largest number, then the Southern States and iastiy the Western States, Five-eighths were born abroad. Of these Ireland /urmshes more than one-valt, Ger- many about one-wixth, England one-tweilth, Briuish North America one-wentieth und the osier nation: alities the lewser proportions. in large num- bers these fallen girls begin their career of shame almost mediately upon . enter- ing the United States. The vast majority came to. New Yorke as emigrants elther to improve their worldly condition or to find relatives wio nad already emigrated to these shores. The coluuins of tie HERALD have from time to time plainiy spokeu of the gros@ Outrages perpetrated on innoceut pea- sant girts, and have severely condeuined tne beuial- ity of those Moating deans of infamy which, if they safely bear their cargoes to port, really wrecx ali we virtue they conumiD Om thé rock of hopeless preabitu- don. The intelligence of prostitutes may be judged from the joliowing figures:— Those who read and write well are...... ‘Those who read and write imperfectly are. ‘Those who read only are. Without education... ‘Tke abandoned women born ip this country are Much superior to those of foreign climes. Indeed, many of them are highly accomplished and lave all the airs and graces of true refinement. The follow ing shows their relations to society as concerned in the marriage tt Singie 6,030 Marnie 2,550 Widowe a 1,450 Ii! usage by husbands, desertions, intemperance, absence of husbands for @ prolonged time, infidelity, refusal to support wives, are all, im the order named, the several causes as assigned by married women for their depravity, Some husbands living with their. wives oeliberately prostitute them for Dire. Justice makes us record Uat this is seldom true of Americans. Nearly one-half of all prostitutes, single, marned aud widowed, bave had children and the rest have not, and the children all told in number are equal to toe abandoned women. Considerably iess than one- half are legitimate. About two-thirds of the total number live, The largest number of women have been on the town about one year, aud from this point the nutabers diminiaa both for a shorter aud a longer period, but a very small percentage surviving ten years, and but an incredibly smal: numver beyoud five years, ‘The resources of these women are gene- rally ascertained to ve as follows:— Depenuent solely upon prosutution Other means of support. tees Ly ‘Those who worked tor existence before adopting vice as a trade were servants (in the largest num- ber), Dressmakers, talioresses, seawetresses, mil- liners and saleswomen come next in order. In worldly pursunts it appears the daughters of farmers prevail over wby otiers; next lavorera, carpenters, Masous, merchants, blacksmiths and butchers. More than one-fourth have fathers living, and bul a litle greater number have mothers. They drink Splrituous liquors in tue following proportions:— Vo Not drink {iquor Drink with moderat Dring intemperately Mabicual drunkards.... xe 1,200 Intoxicauion 18 go intimately allied with prostitu- Mon that Dr. Sanger savs:—'-Our decided impression J that not one per cent of the prostitutes of New York practice their calling without partaking of in- toxicaling driuks.” Asa matier of fact tis is un- doubtediy true. Many young men, with tastes for abundoned women, bat none for drink, are thus driven into excesses over wine, whiskey aud gin, until Gnaily they embrace every species of crime and sink as low in (he social Beale as It 18 possibig for men to do. Few of the girls are followers of the Church; but about one-half are educated as Catholics aud the other half as Protestants, CAUSBS OF THE SOCIAL EVIL. So long as there 1 general prosperity, so long will Prostituuion deciine, Financial prostration belps it; ludeed, 1118 the main pillar, In generai, itis true ‘Unat so long as vice 18 in demand, just in the same measure will where be the supply. ‘touching the nature of its origin we have traced to the borders of tue primeval garden. What keeps ital to-day? What are its causes in New York? ‘The comprehensive cuuse 1s the care of children. It includes ati others, and is tie root of the evil. Any individual case will sufice to prove tis, ana the statement 1s boldly made that nine times out of ten the pareut 18 responsivie ior a ruied daughter, Letung moralizing go and adhering to facts, what can be noted now in this city? Young gi are taken to iewd exiubitions at tne theatres; they are encouraged i lascivious styles of uress; they are Supported in expensive habits; they are treated to doubtful literature, and thus woman's curiosity is fed until bothing will satisfy it but a complete surrender of virtue. A reliable physician says that more girls are seducea because of their curiosity than becduse of their lust. Desire 18 doubtiess g proiifiic source; but anxiety for fastuonable dress, for gaudy clothes, for luxurious lives, for general ease, for drink, for revenge, are, ali in all, poweriul Incentives. Facts disclose that dress is ruiming the sex. Married women secretly aban- don virtue for its tinsel attractions; young girls sur- render chastity to weir idol, and jittie is it dreamed low much Outward orpaments ure olten the symbois of inward infamy, Adopted children, a lady asserts, Who bas worked y years ina reformatory ipsu- tation, form the large class of common girls, This is something new to the auestion, and deserves attention. Unpleasant ilves, Want of acknowledged affecuon for their kind protectors and geuerai lmgrauilide are stated as common reasons. CLASSES OF WOMEN, Wherever @ woman comes from and under what- ever circumstances sue has a fixed position as a prostitute generally determined vy her personal beauty. Her refinement and accomplsouents Lave much to do with her status, and these of course naturally piace her in the higher walks. Foreign women rarely occupy houses of the best class, but those Where Tot aud debauchery bave the most un- lamited sway and the greatest ovscenity. We divide them into three classes:— #ivet—-Women who practice vice secretly to gratify lust or obtain money. ‘Second—W omen who 6!) houses of ill famo. Thira—Women of the dance houses and concert saloons, Of Ube first class nothing can be sald. No law could prevent their criminal practices im one form or auother, and they can only be left to their own consciences, The second class are the products of every misiortuue which has been referred to above. Whether trom the country, from abroad or native to New York, this class of women forins the bulk, the great mass of public bawds who are alinost hope- lessiy gone. ‘rhe average pfostitute is the girl of nineteen. She 1s fair m person, not beauurul, uses paints and cosmetics, and resorts to all the conveniences em- ployed in building up @ symmetrical female figure. Dhe is low tn her iauguage and vulgar in her ad- dress. She drinks, retires at two mn the morning in @ state of intoxication and has a voracious appe@e. She has at some ume of ber career beea anucted With diagase; she goes to the hospital; her health falis; she can no longer sustain her course of reeking ‘corruption, and she has either to reform or become a public pauper, She setves in the vilest Gens of the city. No longer with any self- respect, sbe enters the dance house of Water street, dissipates Into the Potter's Fieid, and is coMned in the city cemevery. ler career lasts but five years, and then death; but five years ot immorality—five years of Gepauchery—tive years of increasing re- morse—tive years of loathsome suifering—tive years Wrapped in the shroud oi an infamous death, turn- ing Wo ashes without a solitary mourner | * ‘The third class takes the dymg embers of the sec- ond, and, heaung them in the {furnaces of Water and Uberry streeis, fuses depravity witu depravity. CLASSES OF MEN, ‘The men who patronize houses of a doubiful cha- racter and give to the social evil the ouly support that it as may be divided into three classes: — First—The avowed liberunes, who consist of gamblers, sports and men of exquisite case. They drevs well, wea! Jewels, und have @ fascinating abandon, with which they ‘charm even virtuous women. ‘Second—The vast number of young men—clerks, country- nen, suleamon and students—who, too poor to marry, seek indulgence as @ processed nocessary recreation. They are by far the most numerous ‘The murried men. “Thi body is very larg and prey upon the earnings of the women, associate with them us lovers, and ll the station houses, court roms mud State pri- sous as Diacklegs and criminals. LOCALITIES. The localities where the social evil exists are con- Stuntly varying. ch iwt Of May tuds the grada- tious ascending the isiand with the flow of popula- tion, Now tue vilest pens are in the vermin of Water aud Coerry streets and about Baxter street, where dance houses abound, Greek boarding houses flourish, alu the sailors carry on their low carnival among ging and+ wiliskeys. Almost decom- posed masses of animated flesh degrade even the foul atmosphere of the fourth ward. , it would be indecent to descrine the average appéar- ance of one of these women. Greene street bas within a year descended to the level of Water street, ‘This thoroughfare 1s @ stagnant sewer of the vilest degradation. Murder is an ordinary concomitant of # midnight debauch, and panel houses are open to the patropage of credulous countrymen. By twelve o'clock the outrages commence aud the work of the police grows Warm. Merger street is nextin de- gree, but business has driven away most of the worst rendezvous, Here it would be pertinent to inquire why Trinity church, ® great pillar of morality, should rent, @rectiy or indirectly, its property for houses of prostitution, and derive revenues from the iowest species of personal sin. Crosby street, Houston street, Wooster street, Amity street and Bleecker street 1mproye littie upon the character of the oiver locales pimed. They are ali dangerous and filled with females worn out by long services. Clinton place ana Eighth street are both, perhaps, beiter than the above localities m point of safety from disease. Thompson and Sullivan streetsare known te ail as quarters of the worst description. Thirteenth street is still an improvement-—we speak ouly as “men of the world’? regard these thinga—for tacre is no distinction in vice. ‘Tweuty-fftn street 1s considered still bigner in the scale, and Twenty-seventh street tops the whole. The establishwuents here are furnished m the most luxuriant style; Axminster carpets, complete seta 1n satin, einborately wrought by hand; elegances that are unusual in private mansions are tuere to allure the caller. The rents are enormous, and the wages of wimare profitabie. It is a singular fact that tie gambling hells of and Ransom are in the imam and that the two vices wo Logether. Madison si 1s the nucleus of all shades of the most lu laxity, From this spot the social evil has less con- centration, but houses of the superior Class ex: over the city. Notorious women—such pames as McCready, Wood and Cozzens—sull carry on tueir business In their less fasionable ouses, REFORMATORY. It 18 gratifying to knuw that refornfatory institu- tions on the isiand are doing an important work. All statements to the contrary, they are gncompar- ably the worst foes of tite social evil. glance at the Midnight Mission, at No. 23 Amity street, will Gisciowe the operations of ail. The siruciure is & pialn three story brick louse, with accommodations for twenty-five inmates, During the past year 360 girls have been recianned trom prostitution. Tue system of optaining girisis by cards placed in the hands of a committee of gentlemen who scour the sixcels every Friday evening and circulate a card, be Wing to prot :— boven wrosnrenrs cone rerorerere sere sers® 3 ut be aes “tite MIDNIGHT MIssioN 3 wil by to see yua at tea, $ ON Fllvar EvVERING At WWUULUCK, =f $ ; STK GIST, 5 : Greeur and Mereor : $ Roc cpen every di 3 , from 2 to 4P. M., for private? eouveioativi and friendly wivtes % Qevcrcove rece noveonrer eevee: "Sars ntggarresore test ‘The gir.4 answer to t, @ number of a dozen a Wek NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 187¢.—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘They tell the old atory—a defiled emigrant, a #e- duced servant, a deceived country girl, drink, oplum, laudanum, morphine and disease. ‘ie better class rarely seek the Mission—only those broken down in héalth—but all enter voluntarily. Refresh- ments are served and offer extra inducements to the wris. Once in the institution the girls are sur- rounded by spiritual influences, and also made as far a8 possible to forget uheir former lives, & ma- jority do not sineerely reform. Those who are fur- nished work seek other States and finally marry. it is @ nobie institution. There have never been any deaths since i8 foundation, Work i8 found those with whom contrition is evident, ‘The following is from one for whom the Ladies? Committee procured a sitnation:— DECENHERD, 1863, Dan Miss B.—1 feel an if 1 could not wait any longer to write to you. I think a letter from you would conifort me. I foel so lonely. 1 ‘acl like one alone {n the wide world. Dear Miss B.. you don't know how hard itis forme to appear cheerful, w! feel sonad. Ltry to forget what is past, but Leannot. it Is always uppermost in my inind. 1 often think of you, and of how very {ind you. were to. me, nid Wik 1 could see you again and near you read Sunday night. ‘The following figures show the almost incredible @ 7 ount of work performed by the different religious: misgon8 up to January 1, 1870:— Cared For, Deaths. House of the Good Shepherd (Catholic)... 7 Midnight Missi 860 0 Home in West 4 80 0 House of Mercy, ............ sess = 118 8 New York Magdalen Benevolent Society. ...........4, sesoveesee 165 0 ‘Total.. sesseceess 1,403 10 OF these reclaimed prostitutes 745 ure foreign and 668 are native. While 1,403 are emerging from sin ap equal pumber til up the vacated rauks. THE REMEDY. There 18 none; but, as Dr. Harris claims, the evil can be lessened a hundred fold, These words close & report of the Board of Health, signed by three emiment physicians: Firs—To oblige all hospitals and dispensaries, which re ceive pecuniary aid from the pubiic, to treat venereal dis by Registrati if it Se —] wation of prostit: , Thed—Hoeplisis {or prostate” Fourth—The sanita something almple ae Proposed reform. wtitutes, ‘These, or foundation of the made are iptended to be ex planatory of thelr eft Know that we have not cov ered the whole subject of control or medical supervision, ‘This must be the work of the Legislature, Much must be left to persuasion aud to the fntluence of public #eutiment, whieh we believe is earnest in Its demund that prostitution shall be reatricted and cout Ok: 3 IN 0. STONE, M. Day WILLARD PARKER, M. v,f openiary JAMES CRANE, M D., <page Besides these suggestions all the good features of European cities should be adopted. Violence should be rendered impossibie; panel games and larceny placed under espionage; citizens should not have their homes polluted by too close contact of bawdy houses. ‘Those hotels in Broadway which invite open aasignations should be proclaimed by the law to be what they are. No bars or liquors of any kind should be permitted as adjuncts. ludecent public balls should be prohibited. Concert saioons should be broken up. Open solicitations im the street should be interdicted, Let safeguards of tuis nature be iramed by ine Legislature and the evil will soon be under police control. Then, tf there is not a reduc- tion In the $50,000,000 annually spent upon these wowen—ailowing $500 per head, disease will be less prevalent, vice less attractive aud prostitution will 0 into deciine. ‘The Legisiatare of 1868 undertook to enact laws to control the evil, but the opposition of moralists was too flerce, It was proposed to levy a fine of $500 once @ year upon every hoase carrying on the busi- ness, but Lhe Objection was that tne State should reap no revenue {roi crime. - Eforts will soon be nade to reinsroduce tue subject. With a probability that the authorities wil! take some remedial mea- sures. [tis useless to dell upon their necessity. Gvery man and woman connected with the missions, every physician, every citizen that cares for the pub- lio weal, every humauitarian and every true Chris tian pronounce with ong voice that the Legislature must act. Meanwihtie the po! are collecting sta- Ustics, Let the subje wadied ana mastered and a wise and politic statute framed. Reason has made this demand since New York was an infant colony. FEBRUARY TERM OF THE COURTS. SUPERIOR COURT. The Generai Term of this court§for the present month wul be held by Judges Barbour, McOunn and Freedman; Judge Spencer will preside over the Spe- cial ‘Term, Judge Moneli will ran the jury trial term in Part 1, and Judge Jones in Part 2. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Jn the Court of Cotumon Pleas the prospect of a rich harvest for the lawyers presents itself auring the February term. The calendars are heavy, and the Judges express a determination to “run them down” with all possible expedition, Judge Daly will preside over the jury trials in Part 1, Judge Loew in Part 2, and Judge Van Brunt holds Cham- bers during the mouth. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. Surreme CoURT—SreEciat dozo.—Court opens at half-past ten o'clock A. M.— ‘The entire calendar will be called, Surkeme CouRntT—Onamnurs.—Held by Judge Barnard.—First Monday caiendar called at twelve o’clock M. OYER AND TERMINER AND SuUPREMB CouRT, CrR- Part 1.—Judge Ingraham.—No Circuit ca- TerM.—Judge Car- Surreme Court—Crecu! Brady.—Oourt opens at ten o'clock A, M.—Nos, 064, 1626, 1576, 28, 1108, 416, 3674, 948, 1408, 1694, 1596, 1608, 1610, 1336, 1624, 244, 1550, 1488, 495, 1058, Surerion CourT—TriaL Tensw.—Before Judge Court opens at ll A.M. Part 1—Nos, 1077, a Part 2.—Betore Judge 1111, 763, 901, 13 ia 335, 1271, 677. Before Judge'Jones 2! 1636, 1208, 1646, 1844, 066, 102 138%, 1448, 1522, 1524, 1540, 1560, 1506, 47 1494, 1508, 1006, 1438, 1760, , 135% 1105, 1776, 1794, , 1506, 1662, 1672, 1682, 1712, 1180, 1312, 990, 1742, 1752, 67: 1738, 1714, 1010, Is34, 1836, 1962, 1858, 1800, 1892, 1594, 1896, 1814, 1925, S18, 1878, 1836, 1908, 1914, 1—Before Pueas—Tetal TerM.—Par Judge Daly.—Nos, 677, 120%, 587, 617, 46 446, 471, 477, 484, 601, 286, 635, 316, ¢ Before Judge Loew. 304, 208, 643, 714, 450, 87 56 t 1—Before 4821, 4522, Berore Judge 3, 140, 101, 159, Judge Alker.—Nos, 471, 4369, 4653», 29, 76, 94, 99, 10), 117, 119% Part Gross.--Nos. 231, 2, 479, 3, 122, 16044, 184, 18%, 160, 37, 267, 801, 160, COURT OF GENERAL SgssiONS.—Before J, _K. Hackett, Recorder.—Court opens at ten A. M.—The People va. Wiillam Lyons, robbery; Same vs, Ldward Scott, Eugenio Eduardo Garcia, Michael Carroll ana Williaui A, summers, grand larceny. WOW TO CATCH HOUES. ‘Yo THR Dprvor OF THE HeKALD: The new arter designating the forthcoming government of this city is an admirabie document 80 lar as tt goes, but the objection lies m its not making provision for eraaicating existing corrup- tions, and the more certain stay of crime im its progress. SBribes and rewards, which are the natural results of secrecy in the operations of the Police Department, must be legislated against ged eradicated before efficiency aud honesty charac- terize tia Mnportant branch of municipal govern- ment. Instead of secrecy in the movements of tne police being essential to success we would contend for directly the opposite, and make the crime and the criminal as public as possible, and thus do the double work of destroying corruption aud quickly detecting the criminal. Please allow the fol- lowing sipaes ton find tueir way to Albany through the colufins of the A£#RALD:—Firet— Select two dally newspapers in each city of the State and one in each county, as nearly central as pos- sible, in which the name of the criminal and as near as may be his personal description and the particu. jars attending the crime, shall be published. sec- ond—In case of serious crime and necessity of imme- diate arreat print in circular form all the particulars alluded to and wall to such portion of tie inhabl- tants under the jurisdiction of the department where the crime 1s committed as may be deemed advisable, communicating @ copy to the remaining police departments of the State, eack of which shal print ana circulate as mentioned. Third—Tne same method might be adopted with great success throughout the United States by originating What does not now exist—an interchange of written facts attending crime and the crim. inal, and a registry of such information ex- pressly lor this purpose 16 indispensadly essential to such intercommunication and the suppression of crime throughout the whole country. ihe present system of -‘datail” from city to cliy, or anywhere else, has not and cannot prove sulliciently effective. When the desperado learna that not only the police but the Lag aed at large are in possession of the description of his person and his antecedents he will conclude that he must become an honest man OF spend most of bis life in prison, as he 16 liable to arrest anywhere and at any momeni; and in pro- portion to the criminal becoming publicly known tye opportunities for corruption on the part of the police become lesa. POLICE CAPIALN, Jk. THE HEAVIEST DRINKING YET.—The Assessor of the Second Virginia district recently directed a gAuKer to luspect® quantity of apple brandy which ad been reported as distilled by a certain party in Southampton county, in that State. On re, the stlil be was informed that the amount diatiile: 448 gallons—bad been drank by the famuy of tue | aistilier, including his wife, mother, twe girls and four sons, im forty-five days, and that he had no | spirits for mapection, Tiere was no tutention of fraud, the party paid the tax, and his neighbors asserted that during the time specified the entue faroily were constantly under the imfuence of liquor. ‘The Assessor aso states that such an occurrence 1a ase excee servation. iH anything WAL bas come ander Lis ob- Washinglon Republican, ‘Thirteen pieces of gold were found Inside of a fowl! kikea at Svomington, Conn, the other day. Tuey Wer supposed Lo Have Deeu OFKIMAly Zoid beads. vt WucomMON, but the quantiiy consumed in this | THE CHINESE TREATY. Proclamation of the President Promul- gating the Burlingame Treaty Be- tween the United States and Chin By the President @f the United States of Auwerica. A PROCLAMATION, Whereas certain additional articles to the treaty How in force between the United States of America and the Ta-Tsing empire, signed at Tientsin the 18th day of June, 1858, were concluded and signed by thelr plenipotentiarics at Washington, the 28th day of July, 1868, which additional articles are word for Word as follows ADDITIONAL ARTICLES TO THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE TA- TSING EMPIRE OF THE ISTH OR JUNE, 1858. Whereas since the conclusion of the Ce. be- tween the United States of America and the ia-Tsing empire (China) of the isth of June, 1858, circum: stances have arisen suowing the necessi:y of addl- tional articles thereto, the President of t Slates and the august sovereign of the ‘l'a-Tsing em- pire have named tor their plenipotertiaries, to wit— the President of the United States of America, William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and his diajesty the Emperor of China, Anson buritugame, accredited as his Envoy Extraordinary aud Minister Pienipoleu- Uary, and Chin-Kaug and Sun Chia-Ku, of the second Chinese rank, associated high envoys and ininisters Of his #aid Majesty; and the said piepipotentiaries, after having exchanged their jull powers, lound to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon the following articies:— ARTICLE 1. ils Majesty the Emperor of China, being of opinion that in making coucessions to the cluzens or subjects of foreia Powers of the privi- Jege of residing on certain Wracts of lund or resorting to certain waters of that empire for purposes of trade, he bas by no mneaus relinquished his right of eminent domain or dominion over the said land and Waters, hereby agrees that no such concession or grant shai be construed to give to any Power or party Which may be at war with or hosule to the Uniied States the right to attack the cluzens of the United States or their property witnin tue said lands or waiera. And the United States, for themseives, hereby agree to abstain irom offensively attacking he citizens or subjects of any Power or party or their property with waich they may be at war, on any such tract of laud or waters of tue suid empire. Hut nothing in this urticle shall be construed to pre- Vent the United states (rom resisting an attack by any hostile Power or party upon their citizens or their property. 1t 18 further agreed that if any right Or interest 1u any tract of land in Ciina has been or shali hereafter ‘be granted by the roment of China vo the United states or their cluzens for pur- Doses of trade or commerce, that grant shail im no event be construed to divest the Chinese authorities of their right of jurisdiction over persons and prop- erty within said tract of land, except so far as iat right may have been expressly relinquished by weaty, Agr. 2, The United States of America and his Ma- Jesty the Emperor of China, believing inp the salely wud prosperity of comuerce will therdby best ve promovel, agree that any privilege or mbinuoity in respect to irade or navigauion within the Chinese dominions which may not have been stipulated for by treaty, shall be subject to the discretion of te Coinese government aud may be regulated uy it ac- cordingly, but not in & mnanner or spirit iacompatibie With We treaty supuiativns of the parties. Aw ‘The Kiporor of China shail bave the ngne appoint consuls at ports of the Uniied States, wuo shall enjoy the same privileges and Immuaities as se Which are enjoyed by pudiic laW and treaty in Cnited States by (he Consuis of Great Britain wud Kussia, or either of Laem, Abt. 4, ‘ihe 20th arucle of the treaty of the istn of June, 1368, having stipulated for the exemplion of Christian citizens of the Caited States and Cuiuese converts from persecution in China on account of their taith, 101s furiuer agreed that citizens of the United auaies im Chia of every religious persuasion, wud Chinese subjects in tue United States, shail en- Joy entire Lberty of conscience and 81 exempt from ali disabulty or persecution on account of their religious faith or Worship in either country. Ceme: teries for sepuiture of the dead of whatever nativity or nationality sail be heid in respect anu free frou disturbance or profauation. Aur. 6. ‘The Untied states of America and the Ein- peror of China cordiliy recognize the lavereot and inalienable right of mad to change his home and alie- glance, and aio the uLual advantage of Lue Iree mi- gration and cuuigraGion of sheir ciuzens and sub- Jects respectively from the one conutry to the other jor the purposes of curiosity, of — trade, or a8 permanent residents, ‘The high con: tracting purues, therelore, jom in repro- baung any other tnan an éntirely voluntary eligrauon for these purposes. They consequently agree 10 pass laws making ita penal offence for a cauizen Of the United states or Chinese subjects to take Chinese subjects either to the United states or to any other foreign country, or for a Chinese sub- Ject or citizen of the United states to lake citizens of the United Staves to Chiua or to auy other ioreign country without tueir free anu voluntary cousent respectively. Akt. 6. Cilizens of the United States visiting or residing in Cluna sail enjoy the same privileges, imuMuUitles OF @xXeupLdNs 12 Fespect to Wavel or Tesideace as way there be enjoyed by Lie citizens or subjects Of the most favored nation. And, recipro- cally, Chinese subjects visiing or residing m= the United States shail enjoy We same privleces, un- wuniies and exemptions in respect to travel or residence ag nay there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects Of the most favored nativn. But notuing hereim Contained shail be held to conler maturaliza- on upon eitizens of the United states in Cina nor upon Ube subjects of Cuina i Lhe United States, Axr. 7. Ciizeus Of tue United States slail enjoy all the privileges of the publuc educational insubu- tions under (he contro: of tue government of Ching, ahd reciprocally Chinese subjects shall epjoy all the privileges of the publics educational insuitutious under the control 0: the government of the United States Which are enjoyed in tig respective countries by the ciazens or subjects of the most favored uation, The citizens of the United States may ireely establish and maintain schools Within tbe empire of China av those places where foreigners ‘ace by treaty permitted vo reside, aud, reciprocatty. Chinese subjects may enjoy Lhe same privileges atid tumunities 1 the United ptaies, Ant. 8. The Uniled states, always disclauning and discouraging ali Dracuices of unnecessary dictauon and intervention by ope uation i tue affairs or do mestic Adiniuistracion of another, do hereby ireely disclaim and disavow any iutenuon or right w im- tervene iu the domestic administration of China, in regard to the construction of railroads, telegraphs or oluer material Iternal improvements. On the otuer and, bis Majesty, the Emperor of Cuina, reserves to Limsell tue right to decide the time a wanner and circumstances of introducing suca 1: provements withia ais dominions. With Wiis mutual undersianding itis agreed py the coatracting par- tes tual at any time mereatier his imperiai Ma- jesty shalt determine to construct or catise to be constructed works of the character mentioned within the empire, and siail make application ty | ibe United States or any otver Western Yower tor facilities to carry out that policy, the United States will, in that gase, desig and authorize suitable engiheers to Be Suplosed by the Chinese government aud will recommend to olver LaUOns An equal Compliance with such applica Uon, the Cuinese government in that case protecting such engineers in their ‘ons and property aud paying thew a reasunabe compeusauon for Wwelr service, ni faish whereof, the respective Pienipotentiaries have signed Ulls treaty aud thereto atiixed te seals of their arms. Done at Washington, the twenty-eighth day of duly, in the year of var Lord one thousand eile hundred and sixty-eight. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, ANSON BUKLINGANG. CHIB-K ANG. SUN CHIA-KU. And whereas the said additional articles have been duly ratified on both parts aud the respective ratifications of tue same have been exchanged, Now, therefore, be ib known that 1, Ulysses 8. Grant, President of the United States of Aucrtoa, have caused the said additional articles to be made public, to the end that the same, and every clause and article thereof, may be observed and fulfliled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof, ‘ ; In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States bo be af fixed. Done at the city of Washington, tis fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight bundred and seventy, and of the independ- ence of the United States the ninety-fourth By she President, U.S. GRANT, HAMILTON Fis, Secretary of State. Prince Kung’s Opinion of the Labors of the Burlingame Chinese Embassy—Nature of the Stipulations with Kuropean Powers—'The Rale of the Opium Smugglers Ended. WASHINUTON, D.C. Feb. 6, 4870. J. McLeary Brown, first secretary w the Buriin- game Chinese Legation, haying fulfilled the object of his visit to the American capital, wili leave here this evening for New York city, Om Wednesday night Eggiand, where he will tarry @ few days and then will have reached St. Petereburg. The American treaty, ithas already been stated, differs from the arrangements made with the other powers in consequence of dificuities at any time liable to | arise upon the question of the Cuinese upon Ameri- can soil and their rights. When Mr. Buriingaue ar- rived at the capital of the United Siates he was pos- | sessed of full powers to make such an arrangement as te saw Ot. In deliberating upon the various | phases of the relations present and prospective ex- { ising between China and the United States My | Mr. Brown proposes to depart from New York for | rejoin the Embassy, which atthat time it isexpected | ‘ 5 Burlingame considered that the mere interchange Of despatches between himseif and the Department of State of she Untied States would not secure one of he main oojects of placing citizens of China on an equality with citizens of the most favored nat.ons. He then proposed a treaty to embrace ail the points likely @t any time to arise between the two vernments. A treaty, wo, solomuly rained by the Senate of the United Staves, Would enable any questions of variance between the two couninie: or citizens of the two countries to be brought into the Supreme Court of the United States and ve there tried, It will be seen by such Acuion there at once appeared a tribunal were ques- tons of such an international character could be discussed in an tapardal manner, aod the local Cours, Warped by prejudice, would not have an opportunity to promulgate decisions and judicial precedents, which woulda be grossly unjust, ‘The perfection of tne treaty bevween Mr. Burlin- game on the partof China, aud Mr, Seward on the part of the Unite States and ie unanimous ratifica- tion by the Seaute are now facts of history. It was originally the intention of Mr. Burliugame to retain Gl the treaties in his possession, anucipaung a briefer stay among the western nations and present them himself ali together, when he could make any explanations that might be necessary, ith the governments of England, France, Prug- Siaand Russia it Was Not necessary to make aoy such formal stipulations. It was only ueceasary to have those governments define their policies and to see that their agreements were carried oul, Wher- ever the Embassy has opened negotiations a satu. factory understanding was the resuit. ‘ihe policy thus agreed upon with England and France is aup- stantially that embodied in the shape of @ treaty with the Unitea States. ‘The English government was evidently sineere in {ts determination to comply with its new course, but a pak ol persons 10 Cul alarmed at the suc- cess of Burlingaine’s mission, augurated a series of falseheous calculated to injure the mission. It was for this reason tha Mr. wo was sent back to China witb the American treaty, with instructions to lay It before the Chinese government, Mr. Brown jeit for Chtna in September last, and upon aay isl ing at Pekin ab once had ap ce with Prince Kung. The Prime Minis! read and deliberated upon the treaty. the members of che government were assembled and the important document was further considered, All expressed themseives highly pleased with the treaty, They spoke in the highest terms of Mr. Bur- lingame. The ieaty vow received tle seal of the Bmperor. An iuperial decree was issued appoint ing a Minister to exchange the treaties. That con- tafulng the imperial seal has been delivered to the Socretary of Siaie in Washington, aud that signed by vresident Johuson i in tue Foreign Ofice in China. Jt seeins the principal reason for the hostility of the enemies of progress in Clina was @ recognition of the strength tuparted to the Chinese government by the prospect of a more liberal course to be pursued io her laternatioual relations with other Powers. These envenomed vid semuggiere thought by setting up @ hue and cry they could frighten China back into her void ways, ‘The umely arrival, however, of Mr. Brown, with the American treaty lo begin with, strangled their efforts in their incipieucy. A question Will prol arige With Spain on the coolie quesuon, slthouge up to this time the subject has BOL been acted upon st all, All the sinalier Powers, @aving DO interest 1, the affairs of China, the Kinbassy have made visite ot ceremony, and were ualforuly received with great consideration and respect. It is expected that Mr. Burlingame will have go far completed his mission during we ensuing summer that he will be able to return to China next autumn. Our governinent expressed to Mr. brown 18 sale faction at the excaange of ratificadions, and that the United States bad uweady taken steps to enforces @ rigid compliance with every Word Of the Lreaty. A TALL GHOST. What Herr Grossman Saw in Harlem—Fearful Supernatural Appearance—It Demoralizes a Dutchman and Alarms the Na- tives—How It Came and Weat—What it Did. At the corner of 124th street and Firs: near Harlem river, opposite Hell Gate, there 1s @ graveyard; tombsvones slow thelr white faces to the street, rank grasses wave over raised graves aud there 18 tne usual appearance of sunken and decayed humanity about the place. On tue other side of the road is the sawmill of Messrs. Nolen & Steers, an institution of much noise and usefulness. At night,.when the engines are at rest ana the clamor of partiag umbers Is no nlore heard, tha neighborhood 13 exceedingly quict, and no doubt very duli for the honest Dutchman who guards the property of Messrs. Nolen & Steers from incendiary and robber, Welrd and wild in the uncertain star. ght—when tie wind blows freshly from te river and the wash and flow of the water on the rocka is heatd sigh- ing on the alv—the tall planks and um- bers up agaist the walls of the factory, m relief aguinst tue sky, have w ghostly aspect, And when these planks oow their heads in the wind and knock against each other with a creaking noise, even the most matter of fact person, com- petied to hurry by viem, could scarcely rejrain from assuring himself, by glances over the shouider, that taere was notbing very particular or unusual going he ueighourtug graveyard. Under any ctr- cumstance 1t1s not A NICH CORNER TO. “LOAF AT, and nobody uld be apt to choose it for a rendez- Vous alter tne witching hour of aight. Moreover, 1t bas @ bad name. Pevple are reported to have heard of respectable persous who said they saw dreadfal creatures spring from graveyard and guide abou the neloorhood in ghostly’ attire, regard. less of the ralu and Cold and the good opinion of society, Dogs, loo, are known to have howled a mally While passing the place: to have perspired so badiy and barked. so — loudly hep they succeeded, aller fearful experiences, runing with (ueir tails nowhere, i reacuing their accustomed dogy that there could be no doubt Whatever In the minds of their owuers that some- thing very strange and particular wus the matter. And, besides ail Uiis, Ho rooster of the neighborhood has ever had the temerity to give vent to is over- wrought leejngs in tie dead of wight, as roosiers sometines d6 iu tore Tavored localities; While, with tue proverbial caution of their race, the cals mock not the solemmity of the scene by nocturnai bowls of amatory import. Evidently, then, if nothing strange Was ever seen in tis remarkable vocality at night, 16 Would be less the fault of the things strange than of the miabitants of Harlem. Se much ay & preface. LEP TAR READER MOLD DOWN HIS HAIK while perusing What tollowa, Vor mauy years past Carl Grossman has watched, by the light of the moon, and wuen Uicre was no u10on OF stars, tue property of Messrs. Nolen. He Is a COUTAgeUUS Mian at Hight, aud it 13 recorded to his hovor (hut ast summer he warctied a deaa body ail night long and never lurned to fy, Six feet odd ia Wis BLOCKINgS, Ke Is broad shouldered, and so bulky that wien comfortably seated he occupies two chairs, He should siuwa bow! front to gost or wan. On the night of January 27, between twelve and one o'clock, Cari Gre c the Inmber yard of Nolen’s factory. ikeg of ‘ything around him, and huwuilng soiuy a melody of tue Vateriand, A CURRENT OF HOT AIR suddenly smote. fis capactous cheeks; his eayer cars dran@ in portentous Sounds, aud the night wind was flied with whisperings. The tail factory chimuey gcawed with unnatural light; we tmoers by the walls seemed to shiver | aud tv 3 Aluskan Snow, abd up from the iT boiling 1 Gale came Inelaacno.y moans and groans of aquatic anguish, Cari listened atien- tively, leaning on Mis stick, and presently Lig drops of sWeal Stood ONL on his forehead, Over aud above the noises In the alr around hum and out upon the rushing river he distinclly heard a “something” moving by the wail near the graveyard. Prince of Wales, fis motto was “Ich Dien; 80, With. out hesitating & Womens, be crossed the road vo re connottre. . Cari wore a tall hat and long hair; but wnat be saw before Lim, rollmg om the grodod, caused the latter W rise ty insurrection against the top of the former aud raise it above lis head, A uan tumbling over the earth; sometimes like a rideriess velect- pede, sometimes like @ boy’s Loop; spinning, turning and twistag about, but yet meking no progress. Cari yaced himself agamst the fence, opened his mouth With @ soap and ejaculated, “YAM! GETS UP MIT YOU!” The effect of this heroic summons was terrific. } The apparition, or whavever tt waa, suddenly stood | bolt upright and sneezed so loudly that the rocks of Astoria received the sound and thundered back an echo over troubled Heil Gate. Tae ghost was the tallest of his kind. As Carl watened it with wid stariug eyes, Is feet rooted to the road and bia knees aud toes turned in, it uncoiled ilseil slowly aud rose to twice the height of tne factory chimney, The horrified Duteoran plainly saw its piercing wyes, frau which a siream of ightiellou the river and marked the tightly drawn akin Ou its blanched Tace. TY WAS TRANSPARENT, Car! distinetiy counted six sireet lamps through its back and observed te seals on its Watch chaln, He saw a] Unis out could uot utver @ word or move from the placo where he first saw the elongated spirit, now moving slowly off, As the clock of the faclory Was &bouc striking the bour Of ove (at which hour all respectadle ghosts go home) the tall ghost | sent dewn a haud to its coat tal) pocket and, ex- | tracting a pocket baudkercilel #8 large as a winding sheet, BLEW 118 SCPRRNATURAL NORR. with a tremendous report which reverberated all over Hariem. ‘Then the clock struck clearly on the frosty air, the spirit melted into @ luminous mist and Cari Grossinan tamtea, | When te unfortunate wateh the morning he nad a pata in t cap of his Knee and felt utterly demoraized. His feartul story be- Ing told to the neighbors about the factory, who are | mostly Irish, an immense sensation was creaied aud much sympathy was expressed for the alarmed ‘Teuto lessrs. Nolen & Steers believe that if | Cari Grossman saw anything it Was some prowling robber, and that ue was frightened without cause. But Cari is willing to swear on ail the Bibies in New York, and on the Manua! of the Corporation if neces- wary, that he saw a gos, and the (aliest ove ever eucouulered by mortal Dutchman, in recovered in ~