The New York Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1873, Page 3

“Bo degraded, 80 hopelessly lost as that which I saw - QUAKER CITY: SINS, Saturday Night in the Caves ang (y. lars-of Philadelphia, eee .CRIME UNBER GROUND. ———— ee A Midnight Journey in the Haunts of Vice. THE DANGEROUS CLASSES AT HOME. Horrible Scenes Witnessed by the Herald Commissioner. ‘WALLOWING IN FILTH An Exhibit Most Disgraceful to a Christian City Preparing for an Exhibition, PHILADELPHIA, Joly 14, 1873, In wy former communication I aimed to give an idea of the scenes enacted in this city at midday And at nightfall, and in this it shall be my en- aeavor to bring to light a few of those characters ard incidents which I saw last Saturday night in the cellars and caverns under ground, It often bappens in fiction that tne diseased imagination of the author forces upon his readers personages of a flendish order, whe are at once set down as hideous and impossible, and the fleld of poetry is full of men and women whom we despise because they have clothed humanity jn such filthy and obnoxious colors ; but neither poetry nor prose, neither a diseased brain nora mind enthusiastic in its devotion to reform, has ever given birth to character so foul, last Saturday night. ; “TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION.) Fancy, therefore. simu play ho part Bie Fepro* ‘Auction of these pletures, nor shall I cast upon any- thing a more sickening light than that m which I actually beheld it. I am not dealing with mental Abstractions, but with realities, and many ascene in which these realities took part I shall not even mention. I am not now dealing with the cabins and rookeries of St. Mary’s, but with holes and cellars under the earth I Bm not peeping through the shutters and beneath doors, but am going down, down, down ever so far into caverns and caves within which there isno light, and to which the blessed sunshine has never come. My letter must deal with a class nf people representing the lowest type of humanity that we ever beheld—men and women, lost to vir- tue, lost to heaven, steeped in crime and frenzied with drink, hated and jeered at by even the vaga- bonds and harlots of the street, and who, to bide their nakedness and escape death from the hands of the pavement flends, have reeled headlong into dungeons, among vermin, among filth and the most detestable forms of disease, never to come Into sunlight again and seldom to confront a jhuman being one single degree superior to them- selves. From the elegant but wicked house of BABY-FACED KATE, upon Locust street, down to the negro assignation den owned by a clergyman, there is a direct avenue of crime, dawning in parlor and culminat- ingin caves through whicn there is no vista— through which there is no light—but adown wich men and women are daily and hourly journeying. “The descent to hell is easy,” and in two brief years many a soul has run its awful course. At every piock the rum shops increase in nummbers-at- every corner the faces grow more lowering and drunken, until the bard curbings become a pillow and some dreary hole a grave. Such, then, are the characters with which I have to deal, and the scenes in which they figured—ah! how can I describe them ? We did not set out upon our mission antil after midnight. We did not arrive at Alaska street until about one. The neighborhood is extremely @angerous, and we went armed. The head of the police, in order to insure my personal safety, de- tailed two officers for my escort, Detective William F. Mears and Sergeant Duffy, who have been acquainted with this neighbornood for twenty years. Both of these gentlemen accompanied us in citizens’ dress, but wore their badges, in case of accident, under the lappels of their coats. I was cautioned to keep the strictest vigilance concern- ing wy action, and then OUR MIDNIGHT JOURNEY BEGAN, They were standing on Alaska street when the admonitions were given, and the Sergeant, stooping down, pulled almost from under our wery feet a rotten door, and bade us follow him, Upon the opening of that trap we drew back, for the stench that proceeded from below was terrible. “Hush! not a word; keep cool and go on!’ whispered Detective Mears, who brought up the | rear, and through that opening I let myself down. | There was no light, but a heat as intense as that of a furnace. Our coming had aroused the in- mates, and the dogs savagely sprung towards the entrance. I was standing upon a mass of filth and broken glass, and the brutes, rushing forward so unexpectedly, threw me over against the wall, I fell upon something human, and a grui! voice demanded who we were. Just at that moment the Sergeant strack a match, and for an instant there was light. I shudder as I recall ‘that picture ; IT WAS TERRIBLE, There were men and womén, some black, some white, some naked, and all of them drunken, lying | upon the ground, huddied together in groups, among garbage and vermin, among fleas and lice end creeping things, maimed, wounded, bleeding, ‘while some were as cold and stiff and unconscious as tnough they were really dead. Oh, such faces! Wild, savage, frightful faces, hollow-cheeked, suaken-eyed, bruised and bloody; women upan their knees, their hands clasped, their teeth clenched, their eyes glaring at us like coals of livid fire and their lips never opening save to curse. Not in one corner, but in all, they were piled; not from one spot, but from every foot of the ground, they roused themsetves from their stupor and, lift- ing their emaciated arms, silently pointed to the hole as a command for us to depart, Ali this re+ vealed in @ moment—in the burning of @ single match—in the winking of an eye. “Let us go,” 1 whispered: “Not yet; but presently,’ was the response. “No, no; go now; get out!’ cried a voice, with a curse. “Why do you come here to wake us up? Leave!” The cry of the speaker was caught up by the crowd, and “Leave!” “Leave!” was shouted upon every side. “Silence |”? thundered the Sergeant, striking an- other match and lighting a roll of paper. “Si- lence, | say, to every one of yeu, or I'll have you aragged out in the street.” The paper readily kindled and in an instant the cellar, ten feet by ten, was brilliantly illumined. It ‘was not now a single flash of a match, disclesing for one moment nakedness and misery, flenaish faces, murderous looks, intertwisted limbs and writhing forms, to be velled in utter darkness at Iiteous aream, © diseased aud Getarted Rae ue the torch, burning in nyiterhpsictanedatr AN ATMOSPHERE THAT WAS Polson <D FETT Dbiazing amid odor that ‘Almost. stuaned vas. ‘ae Played in perfect light every nook and corner upon all sides and ail the wretchedness of that loath- some hell. The men and women unwound them- selves. Some sprung to their feet, others raised themselves upon their elbows, but there were a Jew who gave not the slightest sign of conscious. ness, while the dogs, snapping and snarling, re- treated to the walls or growled at us trom between ; the extended limbs of the forms on the ground, “Get out, I tell you!’ shrieked @ tall, cen| Agure. “ust out! oF by God——” jaca cane Do you see this badge?” cried the The man dropped as if he had been shot, and AVL WO he disturbed Same mp im crane a i, Deere own there ‘paid ten cents. ¥Ive caere FOR A PLACE ON THE GROUND, and "en those with but two cents were leer turd away. There were littera of straw joy) 9°44 dirty, lymg about lousy and stinkip” ana the place was full of rats, By and by the “pane was consumed, the ight per sores expired ‘and the cella] grew dark. We crawled up te ine wveneng te saw again the clear blue 8E¥ and the bright golden stars. Oh, what a relies; was! U oe that den of filth; up trom ‘those awful odors; away from those istorted faced and ” tho: nu) 1anag eyes nit it were but Staten Over ivse te Of garbage huni ottenness which the Board of ‘Sieaith as #Wept Up, but left standing everywhere in the alley; even if it were to come in contact with Tiotous men and women wran under the gas light, or purposely exposing their persons as arm in arm they reeled down the street, Some of the FIBNDS OF THE UPPER REGION had heard us grovelling below and had stretched themselves upon the ground above to listen : others too drank to fully understand, had rolled to the mouth of the ded, amdbad to be moved aside in order for our coming out, No sooner were we upon our feet than a negro woman with a shriek came rushing from a cabin across the way, and, dancing wildly before us as if insane, cried out:— “Look there! Look there! He {s my husband and he {s going of with that other woman. Don’t let him do it! Don’t let him doit! Stop him or Pl kill you,” and she finished her sentence with Bhrieks and oaths, The woman, as she addressed ug, pointed to a pair going up the street, shouting as they went, The man was a huge negro, but the Woman was white. The speaker, with a curse, made @ dash fer them, and the entire street joined in the confusion. One yell after another cleared the air, dingy lights appeared in the kitchens of the cabins, an occasional flash shot up from the cellars, and everything was UPROAR, OBSORNITY AND STRIFE. The police of g thoroughfare beyond rushed down upon the scene. The crowd of whites and blacks closed around him; bot, grasping. the wench, who was iright(ully scratching and biting the white Woman, he attempted to drag her to the station house. Her shrieks and cries, her oaths and writhings, were terrible. At every stage of the way great rents were made in her garments and ieces of her clothing fell into the street. Like hawks bearing of pieces of festering flesh, the crowd, roaring and swearing behind, caught up the shreds ag they fell and made off with tuem to the grog shops. IN ANOTHER CELLAR, Alter this incident we passed down into another cellar, more circumscribed than the other, but in whicll a faint light was dimly burning, Behold the icture :— ria black man bending over a smouldering fire, hungrily sucking the claw Of a lobster; a vera bedstead, and an aged woman lying with but li tle SOVSERIE UE DH the blanket; an infant glumberin; upon her breast, a pinched expféssion reat Span the Httle black baby face, as if hunger hi alllicted it since its birth—a painful, touchins picture, which caused all three of uy to tremble and to draw nearer to the fire and the man. ‘There was no drunkenness, no obscenity here. Here were no disterted faces, no plereing eyes, no clutching fingers. Poverty had driven the pair {nto this dreary den, where the infant child, in an hour of pajyful agony, bad sound its pir, 2%, think of) Curwuan parents! A child born in auch @ place, under such circumstances in a lahd of wealth and charity, in a city of prosperity and brotherly love, “Are you sick?” the sergeant asked of this wo- man. “Yes, very,’? she answered him. “Can’t you find a better home than this?” “No; we are too poor. We have had a better place; but I grew sick, My man was feeble and we were driven here, Ihave tried to make the place clean. I worked one whole day carrying bucket- fulls of filth up stairs, and then I weuld have white- washed the walls only that night my head whirled and Foca not raige 1t next morning. My man, there, is itl too, and my baby, O my baby! I tear that it will die; it hag such spasms, such awiul, awful gripings, and J am so weak !’? Such was the st ry that she told. Poor woman! If we are not mistaken the sergeant has had her by this time removed to the Mission, where the generous Mrs. Long will have done for her all that medical skill and human charity can possibly do, MRS, M’GUIRE, AN IRISH WOMAN, We visited no more cellars under the pavement of Alaska street; but we crossed over and entered the house of Mrs. McGuire, an Irish woman, in whom we believe every generous sentiment and emotion tebe dead. She has lived in the house which she occupies at present for twelve yearay her residence has been the resort for the lowest Classes and her one dreary room the stage ol the most ungodly scenes. This woman is not worth her hundreds, but her thousands, and she secured them by pandering to the most detestable vices in the entire cata- logue of crime. How Innocent she claimed herself to be! How injured she felt at our intru- sion! “A poor widdy woman that had never done harm to no soul, what had no money to buy her bread, what could not see ay we had come.” If she had any lodgers she had hustied them out for the moment, because we saw none, “EAGLE’S NEST.’? Leaving her, we traversed a narrow alley, down which a stream of filth constantly Tanning) and through this we wi jliged to wade, Sud- denly we caime upon “Eagle's Negt.’! It is a building standing back, midway between the streets, and for many years has had a frigutfl history as an assignation house of the worst nature. It13 to this dark, fearful den that many | ete steai in from the street and indulge in their h ideous orgies. It is said to be deserted; it is said to be proof against any attempt at entrance. ‘The former is not the fact Lage means, and the latter is untrue to those who know the poiicy to be pur- sued, Severa! men and women passed us as we were going down the alley leading to Eagle’s Nest, and they could have come irom no other place than from = this, We had been in the street for 80, long a time that our resence had been discovered, and an alarm had gone ahead of us from house to house. Reflecting upon what we saw in Alaska Lane, we think one o! the local papers is right when it says that ‘nothing but fire will purge it.” Upon the corner of Spatford street a wench came running out, and, grasping another who was standing upon the curb, cried, “For heaven’s sake, come in andhelp me, Mary 18 in the outhouse, and she ts crazy.’ CRAZY MARY, In & moment we were across the way and stand- ing belore a rookery totaliy dark, out of which came the most disgusting odors. Sergeant Dufly forced open the door and we en- tered that awful blackness. In my haste to reach the place where Crazy Mary was lying | reeled and pitched over many ferme ly ng in the hall, We gained the outhouse at last, and in a mass of filth and vomit of the fenlest, flithiest nature, Mary was lying upon her face, ragged and speechless. Ky this time the sleepers were all aroused and crowded around us. Huge bodies knocked us against the wall, aud damp arms and shoulders preesed against our faces. The Sergeant, bending down, shook the woman, who sprung to her fect with a shriek, and, catching ler hair by both hands, her eyes burned in the darkness like those of a serpent. 1 had but little time to look at this, for a voice shouted— “You had better be careful, d—n you, Jor in here your life is not your own.”” A stout hand heid me by the arm, and 1 was con- scious that there was @ stairway behind me, and that this stairway was crowded with human forms, I was standing alone by myself, ior the two officers were striving to pene the crazy woman. | did not know what to do, but made no attempt to use the firearm I had withme. I caught the hand which bound my left arm by the wrist and brougit all my strength to force the creature to let go. The hand only tightened its grasp; bat Crazy Mary, breaking away rom the policemen, rushed to where I wag Ser ore and, striking against my arm and the arm of the one holding me under the grasp and made me free. Otherwise I do not know what I should have done. Quite near to the outhouse there was a huge box, very much broken, and in it there were four drunken men, A PICTURE OF FRIGHTFUL DEPRAYITY. Had not crazy Mary made 80 much noise we might have seen some fearful scenes in this abode; for among the houses of lowest prostitu- tion this ranks foremost, The harlots entering do not take the trounle to go in by the door but, half drunken, climb headiong through the window. Sergeant Duffy telly me that he has caught parties in certain acts, who, when brought under the light, proved to be young girls and boys, mere children. Farther up this street we came to another house of similar charac: ter owned by a Mr. Mulligan, a man of influence and wealth, who comes here irequently and buys the lowest rookeries he can find. Still further on is the “Continental No. 2,”’ as it 1s called, a low gin mill, kept by @ man named Leonard, open at all hours upon Sunday night. While we were stand- ing here a head was poked out froma small win- dow upon the other side of the way, aud our ser- eant was recognized in the light cast by a gas amp. "dargeant,” cried the voice, “there is a den be- hind us ere, filied with harlots and swearing men, br hd and fight 80 that we cannot sleop,”? “Who keeps it?” asked the sergeant. You’ a miserable, fufernal har," cried the voice of a woman from a window upon an opposite corner, and at once the parties began cursing each other until heads came out from all windows and the air grew foul with oaths, The sergeant worked like a hero to hush the disturbance, but it was kept up despite his efforts by hundreds, THE WORST STREET IN THE WORLD, He turned about to & to St. Mary’s. I have tried to give you some idea of this street before, but I am now forthe first time conscious of my failure. Itia the worst streetin the world; and we were taken through it—not by two peiicemen, but by four, two others having jomed us at the corner, From end to end, from side to side, it was crowded and jammed to suffocation; it was a hu- man sea of whrtes and blacks, of all 8 and in all stages of misery and intoxication. Wing in the gutters, in the doorways, in the et: they looked up {rom the pavement and they came up from the cellars; they were everywhero, and wherever we turned we could see fiends, “Hush,’? Sergeant Duffy ina whisper; ‘we will go in and see ig Gave. ‘ou go on ana | will follow behind. She hates me and will not let me enter, But while you are talking to her I will rush in suddenly unawares,” The little yaa worked nicely enongh with the exception of the rushing in part; for Big Gabe, seeing parties before her window with decent clothes on, knew very well that Sergent Duffy was attending them, so that just as the foot of this gentleman was on the top step the door went to with @ slam that sounded like the report of a arose to Rag, Wale Ble NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY ere no beds there; persons tumbling | ap“, extending her monstrot form from the win- wow, cursed the sergeant frightiully, Tm vain we asked to be permitted entrance; we offered her a Tound sum of money, but she would not yield. Finally Hengenat Duffy said he would wait outside if she would only permit bad ntleman from New ce ete wit! her Whereupon on, your jamal VaU. alper whic Sees dé: Bi toa Bi ag ata Rees & sin- gie sentence which does not begin and end with an oath, and, a8 we said before, her dep is an assignation house, and . > HE. PROSTITUTION POR ALL CLASSES and ae colors. Her tongue was not still for 4 momént, and, finally, because we would not de- he found something to hurl out upon us, but departure preserved our person and saved her the trouble. We did not visit any more places upon St. Mary's, but proceeded at once to a den kept by a man named Morrissy, It was growing morning, but the place was full. Gin and whiskey were sold in any quantity and at ahy price. There was one man there with one cheek laid oped, from which the blood was running in streams, There was @ woman lying there, whose hair was tangled in the filth of the floor and who Was entirely unconscious of anything passing OD around ker, and the most Rie sight of all—a sight which made us shudder to behold it—was @ white girl, young mm years, luring to lust a negro. DOGGY DOUGHERTY, Thence we went to the great resort for pick- ockets and thieves, kept by Doggy Dougherty. t, too, was full—filled with the lowest order of plunderers and fiends. They were evidently com- paring notes, aud the cast-iron face of the proprie- tor was dull and lowering. Such were the sights I saw at every 8! of my journey. I must have entered a hundred grog Shops, and allof them were crowded with men, Women and children. There was no place that we visited in which we did not see persons indulging in the most disgusting scenes. From the time we set out until the moment we bade goodby to the sergeant and pursued our homeward journey with Mr, Mears everything was dirty and loathsome and obscene. In the soent waste of humanity there was no bright spot—no sign of no evidence of shame, I pi all; there are some dens underground that I cannot find words to describe. Places devoted'to the sensuous amusement of men ex- clusively, and places where men and women, in a state of nudity, dance what they call the can-can. Nay, this is not imaginary, it is tr and I can take you to fifty places where OTR are nightly held, to prevent the enaction of which there is no law, because the authorities of no city or State care to acknowledge their foul existence by creating a special statute against them. THE TRUTH STRICTLY TOLD, My mission is now ended. I have finished work, and at every point in my labor Ihave ad- hered strictly to the truth. I could not have repre- sented anything in a more disgusting manner than that In which it really exists, nor would] have done so ifI ¢oa!d, Such, therefore, isthe condition of certain localitiesin Ppilade)phia, and could these districts be laid open to the world the great heart of humanity would be cleaved iu twain and the ree all grow dim with tears. Philadelphia is proud of her streets, her park aud the general prosperity of her business. Her churches are handsome and numerous and their tall spires mount heavenw- like sculptured prayers: but while ¢7 on4 Hagin, Of Lek SAbbath Melis Titiidreds’ Meet in the sacrec corridors, there are hundreds, nay thousand more, within whose hearts steals not the music of the chimes, and upon whose spirits fall no gentle benc- dictions. They live in abodes where the gospel never enters, and they grovel tn dens where the gentie Sabbath sunshine never penetrates. They do not lift their hands and pray, for the Quaker City, by treading them under foot, has signified that they are to be despised; but my parting wish is that Philadelphians, in this disclosure, may be fully aroused, and not turn away from that Christian hero, Dr. Long, when he comes to them for meaus of extending his mission. MONMOUTH PARK. First Day of the Second Racing Mecting at Long Branch—The Events on the Programme and the Probable Starters— Pool Selling Last Evening. This is the first day of the second racing meeting at Long Branch and will be continued to-morrow, Thursday and Saturday of this week. The pro- gramme offered by the management is rich in events, apd should the weather remain pleasant the amusement offered the thousands and tens of thousands of turf-loving people in this section of the country will be of the grandest character. In the number of entries and in the nature of the con- tests this meeting will surpass the first reunion, jRasmuch as all,the many horses there have become better seasoned by their prolonged stay at the Park, and thus being in first class rac- ing condition, their owners will bring them to the post in every race they have the least show to be- come victors, Again, the increased number of arrivals from all parts of the country to the Branch, many of them being men who have won distinction in all the walks of life, will tend to greatly augment the brilliancy of the coming mect- ing, a8 everybody at this popular seaside resort “go to the races” and make the many contests the subject of conversations which consume hours at atime. As before, admission to tne fleld will be free, and, n0 dowbt, it will pe taken advantage of by thousands of Jersey's sons and fair daughters, The first event on the card to-day is a hurdle race, purse $500, for all horses, twe miles, over eight hurdles; $400 to the first, $75 to the second and $26 to the third horse. Entered tor this are Duffy, 161 1bs.; Blind ‘Tom, 157 lbs. ; Maid of Athens, 145 ibs.; “Shylock, 148 ibs, ana’ Lucy Jackson, 6. Next will be a trial purse @f $400, for all ages, dasli of one mile; $400 to the first, $75 to the second aud $25 to the third horse. There will come jor the work in this Mark Jordan (formerly John Boulger) ; Artist, Quits, Buchu and Coffee's bay filly, by Beacon, dam Maiden. Third on the list is the Ocean Hotel Stakes, for colts and fillies, foals of 1870, one mile and three- quarters; to carry ninety-five pounds, fillies and geldings aliowed three pounds; vaiue $1,000, added to 9 sweepstakes of $60 each, play or pay; the second to receive $200 and the third horse $100 out of the stakes, There wiil come to the post for this contest representatives of the followin; stabies:—H. P. McGrath (Tom Bowling), Augus peal . . Withers, Thomas W. Doswell and S. . Bruce. ‘The last event of the day isa purse of $500, for all ages, mile heats; $400 to the first, $100 to the second and $60 to the third horse. This will bring before the starter Valley Brook, Jury, Warlike, Fadiadeen and Gorlitza. Poo!s were sold on the above races last evening at the rooms of Mr. Chamberlin’s, No, 1,146 Broadway, andat Mr. T. B. Jonnson’s, Twenty-eighth street and Broadway. The following average amounts will give an idea of what the betting fraternity think of the several entries :— HURDLE RACE. Chambertin’s. Johnson's. Dofty.... $25 42 36 6180 Blind Tom. 2 40 © 80 % 16 Shylock... 5 10 4 Maid of Athens. 10 a Bb Lucy Jacksoa. Pp "8. 36 20 i 4 Cotteein bay aii % ; otfee’s iy ly. Buchts...6+-000e Hi} Field, 8 OCEAN HOTEL STAKES, Chamberlin’s. Johnson's. a 40 60 60 McGrath’s entry 50 Belmont’s entry _— - 26 4 Doswell’s entry 18 n it Bruce's entry. 16 16 12 10 Withers’ pe 6 wi MoGrath’s—Johnson's, Belmont's $25 Bruce’s.. Doswell’s .. +. 14 Withers’, MILE HEATS, $6 6 "8, Johnson's. 40 60 70 os 1 (16 | 2 10 4 ah Hehe 8 8 The same amy ies that were ease for reaching the track and returning to the city during the first meeting will be continued this week, Three boats will leave pier No, 28 North River foot of Murray street, this morning, the hours being 6:45, 9+ nd 10:30 o’clock, affordin, accommodation for thousan Upon their arri- val at Sandy Hook cars will be in readiness to whirl them to the course without the least delay. The crowd, however large, can reach the city long before dark, | POOL SELLING AT LONG BRANCH. Lono Brancn, July 14, 1873. Great interest is manifested in the third race to-morrow—Tom Bowling against Lizzie, Lucas and others, Pools were sold here to-night for to- morrow’s races a8 follows FOR THE FIRST RACE. Dai 250 170 Buna Tom vr) 1% 60 Maid of Athen: 6 10 10 Shylock..... 45 26 Lucy Jackson. 18 n 5 POR FHE SRCOND RACE: Mark Jordan (late Boulger), $30; Buchu and a b. f., a8 the fleld, $13; Artist, $80; Quits, FOR THE THIRD RA McGrath's stabi 220 Doswell’s stable: fo % Bruce's and Withers’, as the fiel ww Valley Brook. adenarteheiiee $49 80 ‘alley Broot Golitzea bt 55 Jury... 60 165 Fae 6 180 Warlike, wb 22 YACHTING NOTE, The following passed Whitestone yesterday after- noon :— Yacht Alarm, N. Y. Y. ©., Ret wl Wena a Se JULY 15, 1873-'TRIPLE OCEAN GROVE CAMP CONVENTION. Opening Services on Sunday and Interesting Proceedings Yosterday—How the Ministers Enjoy Themselves in Gainbols with Old eau— Bathing and Praying—The Programme for the Week. OCEAN Grove, N. J., July 14 1873. Religion of this modern epoch seems to aim at the opposite conditions in its observance to those which existed in the Middle Ages. To-day, It if be not of a comfortable sort, it ig not successful; but then, ifit were not full of penance, trial and sacri: fice, it would have been damned ag nothing short of heresy, The dainty Christians of the ninéteenth century, however, worss in the Winter months in huge, massive teaples, luxuriously and splendidly fitted, where they recline at ease and have their service to the Lord performed by proxy, while they oversee the job. In Summer they are not wanting in an epicurean expedient, and go to the cool, shady Woods, pitch their tents under the umbrageous foliage and sing psalms where the Pleasant breezes fan them with dreamy kisses, THE SEASON OF CAMP MEETINGS has begun, and the rage for this pleasurable sort of religious recreation seems not, by any means, to be on the wane. It is even getting tobe fashionable fora certain Claes of very proper appearing per- sonages to say when they start for their Summer trip that they are going down to Sea Cliff or Ocean Grove, or up to Round Lake, and thus, in a sem- blance of duty, enjoy a reality of pleasure which is perfectly innocent as long as it includes no hypo- critical elements, I am not sure, how- ever, that tls is always the case. Yesterday being the second day of the Ocean Grove Camp Convention which opened on Sunday with appropriate services, the steamboat, cars and coaches on the way thither were thronged with people who purpose to attend its sessions during the week. One party there was consisting ofa mature lady, still on the sunny side of forty, and two romance-reading young Jadies, whose chief mark of character seemed to be their propensity to giggle at the mere ition of masculinity. I sat beside one of them in an extremely close and hot Stage coach, Ad in ny nesting and for my benefit she impulsively avowed that ghe did not go to camp meering, to be edifled, byt # ityesg ro navi omtt FUN, and furthermore said that a minister of her acqaint- ance—doubtiess one of the Raphaelite order—to whom she had made the same confession, ac- knowledged, by way of pouring unct’on upon her conscience, that he himself in hia youth had com- mitted the same feariul sin, From observation of most of the young people whom one sees here I fear that they are all more or less demoralized by such frightful worldliness ae this. It is heart-rend- ing; but there is one good thing about it, that it encourages honest tratiic among the booths and boarding houses erected by the company who own the Grove, aud causes the consumption of icecream and sponge cake to be very large and hence very profitable. Ocean Grove is @ cool and breezy spot overlook- ing the great ocean and shaded by a rapid growth of young trees, The camp ground lies between the beach and an estuary of the sea, and is approached we ees drive which is well endowed jus wi THE GLISTENING WHITE TENTS under the dark foliage form a very picturesque and suggestive scene, About two hundred of them are erected and large numbers of cottages which have been recantly erected are also occupied by vis- itors, nly ®@ few minutes’ walk from the big central pavilion of the encamp- ment over the ridge of white sand, sparse- ly decorated by nature with arid sea grass, the waves of the Atlantic lap the shore to the time of their own mysterious music. The beach is one of the best on the coast of New Jersey, very gentle in its descent to the deep water, and tue billows roll with beautiful regulurity of motion and ragged, snowy joam up on the sands, retreating lazily, as if half-minded to linger stil longer, It is one of the most interesting of the incidents of the place to stand kunee-deep{ in the soft, mealy sand, witn vicious imsects biting through your thin pants, ana watch the playful gambols of some of the white-chokered gentiemen with the tossing mane @f Oid Ocean. Before and aiter services they rei to the beach and stand in the dashing surf, clinging heroically to the safety | ropes, Some demersiized persons employ the time of services in bathing, While their more devoted confréres are singing praines and saying players. The present camp meeting is somewhat peculiar in its avowed object, which is announced to be “a promotion of the higher life.” It is a convention of delegates from all the evangelical denomina- tions Who are desirous of participating in this work, At present they are represented in quite Jarge numbers, the Methodists, the Baptists, the Quakers, the Presbyterians and the Congregation- Giisis. Some of the PROMINENT DELRGATES are the Rev. Mr. inskip, of New York; the Rev. Dr. GT. Pentecost, of Brooklyn; Thomas Ladd, of Brooklyn; Dr. A. 8. Bull, of New York; the Kev. Mr. Belden, the Rev. Mr. Winslow, of Willimantic, Conn. ; the Rev. Mr. Cutler, of Massachusetts; the Rev. Mr. rem of Philadelphia, and Judge Lowe, of Dayton, Ohlo, THE OPENING SERVICES on Sunday were highly interesting. Dr. Ward, a layman, Dut chairman of the Managing Committee, presided. The exercises began at ten o'clock, and, aiter the usual devotional invocations, the Rev. J. 3. Inskip deiivered @ sermon on the text, “Wherefore he is able to save to the uttermost"—Hebrews vil, 21. His theme was the power of God to save sinners, the greatest a6 well as the least, and even thoge who came to Him in repentance at the eleventh hour, Children’s services were held in the afternoon jrom two to three o'clock, prayer meeting for young people from three to four and a mecting jor “inquiries” at half-past four, Athalf-past six a general meeting was held on the beach, at the foot Of the Ocean pathway, and was devoted to Singing and the relation of personal experience. he Rev. Dr. Pentecost, at eight o’ciock in the evening, delivered an eloquent sermon in the grove. A discourse was also delivered by the Rev. Dr. Levy, of Philadelphia, a Baptist min- ister. The exercises were closed by the singing of “Gates Ajar” by @ colored woman named Mary Sinith, whose voice is clear, strong and ringing. and who was warmly app! led until she reiused any more encores, TO-DAY was rather @ dull day in the camp. The morning meetings were all informal and given to the tedious Telation of personal experiences. In the afternoon Judge Lowe, of Ohio, led the exercises and de- livered an appropriate prayer. A woman relateda Miracalous prophecy and warning given her by God to be delivered to another woman, who was lentes an abandoned life. The task at first seemed so hard to the speaker to come in contact with such pollution and sin that she refused several times: to obey the commands of God. The voice, how- ever, came to her again and again, audibly com- manding her to deliver the warning. Finally she was reduced to humihty and went to perform the mission. Ita results. were wonderful. The bad woman reformed, and several young girls who were living with her fouowed her example and re- turned to their homes and friends, ‘The principal feature of the services to-night was A SERMON BY THE REV. DR. BALL, onthe text im Rot Vi, LI—"Sin shail not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace.” The cursent of thought which he Co pan was that the law and grace differed in their essential principles and nature. The essen- tial idea 0! law was that of compensation—the pay- ment of wages—so much for so much. If one did well he would get 80 much good; if badly, 30 much evil. The essential idea of ‘was that of giving, not according to desert, but according to neces- sity; not according to merit, but ac cording to need. ‘This was the ba ge of the Gospel. This was the Gospel. Ail who came into grace by faith and repentance were dealt with on that Principe, Man’s desert was not the standard, but Christ's merits, gen- erosity and wealth of grace. This being the nature of the Gospel, all who came into it could be delivered from the power of sin, because they would receive the help which they did not deserve, but which they needed, and they would receive ail that they needed. sf ‘4 THE PROGRAMME. The encampment will continue until Friday, and the programme for each day 1s a8 follows :— Prayer meeting, nalf-past eight A. M. Public services and sermon, ten A. M. Conterence and prayer meetings, balf-past one » Me Public services and sermon, three P. M. Pubiic services and sermon, eight P. M. MOCK MARRIAGES, To THE EDITOR OF THE HBRALD:— Why do your reporters persist in talking about a “mock marriage” having been solemnized between Mr. Goodrich and Miss King? Under the laws of this State there can be mo such thing as a mock marriage between single persons. Any agreement to live together as husband and wife marries them. There is no need of priest, magistrate or formal ceremony. If, therefore, as Miss King’sletter avers, there was an agreement of marriage between Goodrich and her before some doctor or other third person, and if Goodrich and she were then both single, it was a real marri nd the woman now in bag jail is his widow, and the c! ainet her 1s that of having murdered her jawfurnusband, Goodrich. A A hear no more about mock mar- Tiages. The State of New York declares such TATTIARSS 40 DG SOM ONEA OBITUARY. « J. M. Mayorga@A Loss to Cube, The friends of Cuban liberty in this countfy will Tegret to learn of the death of Jos¢ Maria Mayorga, @ prominent Cuban patriot, long time resident in this city, and well known in commercial circles» Mr. Mayorga, who died a few minutes after mid- night yesterday morning, at No. 169 Lexington avenue, Was attacked with sickness while return- ing to his home on the 3d of July, which was at first considered to be cholera; he gradually be- came more and more debilitated, but so weak that he could hardly speak, and gradually sunk away till death came to his relief, The cause of his death is pronounced to be gastritis, ne subject Of this sketch Was born in Havana in 1818, and at an early age established himselfin the tobacco trade in the city just mentioned. He was, however, a man of too advanced and liberal views to be able to live happily under the tyrannical régime of Spain, and his great aspiration was to become a citizen of the “great confederation.” The year 1852 accordingly found him established tn this city, accompanied by his family. On account of his probity, although his Cuban afinities were well known in Havana, he was made the agent in this city of several large Spanish tobacco houses, and forvune favored him. In 1868 the revolution broke out in Gabe, and the war cry of Yara was uttered with fearful import. Many inen in Mayor- ga’s place would have remained quietly under the cloak of his American citizenship and have left the Cubans to fight for independence as they best could, Mayorga came forward at this moment with his purse and his services, and worked inde- fatigably for the cause of free Cuba with all the deep intensity of his nature. The result was that he made hosts of enemies among the Spaniards both here amd in Havana, which naturally interfered with his business prosperity. As he once remarked to a friend, If] become @ poor man IJ don’t care; can’t do too much for Cuba.” The queint littie office at 14 Cedar street, where in former years the princes of the tobacco trade were fond of congre- gating, in these late years have become headquar- ters fer Cuban patriots while residing in this city. THE FANNIE EXPEDITION, At the end of the year 1871 be purchased and fitted up the swiit steamer Fannie, in compan; With some other patriots, and loaded her wit arms and munitions of war for the strugglin; Cubans. The expedition was under the comman: of Captain G. W. Brown, formerly of the United States Navy, who had already been out on other Cuban expeditions. The arms, &c., were landed, but subsequently captured by the Spantaras, while the Fannie, owing to @ pilot’s ignorance, waa rounded; and Captain Brown, sooner than let ni her fall into fb Of the Spaniards, burned her to the Wales edge hb ‘ LA) Jn.1sy be HAs appointed Treasurer to the Ausll in ointed Treasurer i Ausill- sand De ye appa two prominent patriotic Cuban union and so much were his services a] 1} In this cit, ) Feciated Hep ie ‘a8 BUbSequently elected President of said ana HIS COMMISSION FRO® THE VICK PRESIDENT OF CUBA. In the year above mentioned Mr, Ramon Ces- pedes, cousin of the President of the Republic of Cuba, and Francisco Vicente Aguilera, the Vice President, arrived here on different missions— Cespedes to act as diplomatic agent end Aguilera as general agent. Shortly afterwards the Vice President went to Europe and delegated Mr. Mayorga (in conjunction with orders received from the public of Cuba) to take bis place while absent. Deserting his business he went to the Cuban agency rooms. where he occupted him- sel! in purchasing arms, fitting up expeditions, and, in short, in company with his able secretary, Counsellor Toscano, managing the Cuban revo lutionary business in this city. To be impartial, the friends of General Quesada were not idle in obtaining subscriptions for their chosen leader, on the other hand wholly unconnected with Mr. Mayorga as general agent. Uniortunately this split on the subject of leaders of expeditions has long existed in the Cuban mind in this city. In the commencement of this year letters were received {from Mr, Miguel Sentrea de Bravo, Sevrets of War, to the effect that Mr. Mayorga was removed irom his position of gen- eral agent, and that @ ‘confidential agency” had been appointed in ite stead, consisting of Mr. Carlos del Castillo, General Quesada and Mr. Felix Govin, of New York. Mr. Castillo holds the posi- Uon at the present moment, as Govin declined to accept and Quesada was absent, the orders being that cither one, two or three of the gentlemen designated should make the confidential agency a complete organization. Mr. Mayorga refused to believe the orders dispossess| 5 tua of ofilce, and stating that as he was commissioned by President Ceepedes he wanted to be put out of office by him, and said that the order of removal from the Seq- retary of War was perfectly unofficial, Subse- quently further orders, confirmatory of his re- moval, were received, and Mayorga retired in favor of Mr. Castillo, THE SLAVES OF CUBA AND MR. MAYORGA. Mr. Mayorga helped, with Mr. Scottron, the Presi- dent of the Cuban Anti-Slavery Society, to erigi- nate the various colored meetings held over the country under the auspices of Mr, Scottron and Rey. H, Garnett, for the purpose of appealing to the colored peyple of the United States, to rise in their might and appeal to the government of this coun- try to no longer retuse to extend a hand to the hundreds of thousanas of wahagny slaves in Cuba, Mr. Mayorga paid many visits to Washington and paid various visits to the White House, but Cuban interests are at a discount in the City of Marnifi- cent Distances, and Mr. Mayorga pleaded on behalf of the slave and the tyrannized Cuban in vatn. Mr. Villegas, of Exchange place, stated last night that he believed Mr. Mayorga had expended of late ears upwards of Swenty to thirty thousand dol- lars in behalf of ‘free Cuba.’’ The funeral will take place at the Cuban Episco- Pal church (St. James’), of which he was a deacon, Situated on Thirty-second street, between Fifth and Bixth avenues, on Thursday, at two P. M., and at which, it 18 expected, nearly all the ‘Amigos de Cuba’ society will be present, as also a large num- ber of brother Masons and colored sympathizers. Twelve months ago to-day Mr. Mayorga was con- demned, with others, to death (when seugh) by pe g@arrote, by order of Captain General Valma- seda, POLITICAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. “The measure of wrong and fraud known as the salary grab,” declares the Lawrence (Kansas) Standara (democratic) ‘could have been arrested by the President's veto at the last moment, even after his particular friends had so triumphantly passed it. Such anact would have redounded to his fame. It would have smoothed over many rough edges, We opine that the most enthusiastic admirers of the President will readily acknowledge that the President let @ grand opportunity élip to win the affections of the people when he signed the obnoxious Salary bill.” It was the “venerable” not the “virtuous” editor of the Massachusetts Spy, although he may beboth, albeit an ex-member of Congress, who asserted that there was no necessity for the back pay grab, and thata member of Congress could or ought to live respectably on less than ten thousand a year. The Salt Lake Tribune refersto the farmers’ Movement as the “new tidal wave.” Will It get “dammed up at White River junction” as the liberal republican tidal wave did in Vermont at the last Presidential election ? The Kansas City Times (democrat) compares Ben Butler to a “locomotive on a down grade witt all | steam on,” and makes this irreverent prayer :— “May the devil, who favors his own, favor this chief among his ministers and apostles, and set him up asa ruler over those who have made his election a probability, and the race to which he belongs a type of all that is venal, corrupt and infa- mous in American politics.”” A State Grange of the Patrons of Hasbandry was formed in Raleigh, N.C., 9th inst. Twenty granges of the twenty-five in the State were represented, W. S. Battle, of Edgecombe, was elected Chief or Master of the State Grange. “ARMY ORDERS. General Jeff. C. Davies has designated the follow- ing named troops for service in Eastern Oregon, and they will constitute @ separate command :— Troops B, F, G, Hand K, of the First cavalry, un- der the command of Major John Green; companies B, Cand J, of the Twenty-first infantry, and Bat- tery E, Fourth artillery, under command of Major E. U, Mason. As svon as the services of companies A, G, K and M, Fourth artillery, can be aispensed ‘with as a guard to public property, they will re; to their proper stations in the Department of Call- fornia, and 48 s00n as nt bas B, Fourth tihery, and companies and G, Irth, can be dispensed with as a guard to the Modoc prisoners, they will report to their proper stations in the De- partment of California. Lieutenant Colonel J. P. Hatch, Fourth cavalry, Acting Assistant ny teed General of the Depart ment of Texas, has mn ordered to inspect Fort Brown, id barracks and Forts Duncan, Meintosh and Clark. First Lieutenant James N. Morgan, Twenty- fourth infantry, has been promoted to a captyizicy, vice Kilgour, retired, and Second Lieutenszit Join L, Bullis has been promoted to a first eae vice Captain Morgan, and designated to Company *yfaior George Le. Feb ter, has be jor George rf, jaster, has been ordered to proceed $0 Rous and Mount Vernon Arsenal, Ala., and Barracks, Fia., jor the purpose of paying the troops at those poin' NAVAL ORDER Chief Engineer Charles E. De Valin is ordered to Bo 4 Jnepe tor oa St | at the Porte A BELLICOSE CONGREGATION, The Harlem Baptist Church “By the Ears.” Artests and Counter Arrests—A Congregation That Owns “Three Valuable Lots on Fifth Avenue”—Saints in the Hands of the Philistines—The Lucas and the Burr Factions. An internecine war is now raging between the membra disjecta of what was once the goodly congregation of the Baptist church of 125th street. The congregation have recently met and wor- shipped in a hall over the Hariem Market known as Harlem Market Hall, between Third and Fourth avenues, In years gone by the congregation got rich; they became owners of three valuable lots om Fifth avenue, and up to two years ago all went as merry a8 @ marriage bell and the congregation was generally considered a very happy family. Two years ago the members of-the congregation fell out. The pious worshippers who owned “three lots on Fifth avenue” became DIVIDED INTO FACTIONS, On one side a gentleman named Burr was pros claimed leader nem con. and the then pastor of the church, @ Mr, Lucas, was the recognized head of the forces on the other side, The war was begun by the outlying skirmishers on both sides, and at last came a pitched battle, the result of which was that Mr. Burr was excluded from the church. The second pitched battle resulted in the retirement of Mr. Lucas from the pastorship of the church some months ago, Since then the fires of discontent slumbered until last Tuesday night; when grim-visaged war again proclaimed his presence, and since that a lively fusilade, which would do credit to any rival congregations in the town, Nas been kept up on both sides, and the re- sult of this last battle will net be known for some days to come. Thus {s briefly summed up the his- tory of the great fight in the congragation of the Harlem Baptist church, who own “three valuable lots on Fifth avenue,’? On last Tuesday evening the first gun of this last pitched battle, which has not yet ended, was fired @f the church door. There was a meeting of the congregation who own “three valuable lots on Fifth avenue” at the church; for, as itis clairked the transaction is purely private business, it ts not said whether this private business touched the “three valuable lots on Fifth avenue,’ or whether it was for the settlemeut of corner lots in the world to come for the members of the congregation. Mr. Stephen H. Burr and Mr. Josephus K, Hills, Mr. William Easterbrook and Mr. Benjamin F. Huggett,* it is to be presumed, thought that the debate was over the tangible lots on Fifth avenue, as they no doubt would locate a few blocks of from the members oi the congregation in another sphere. They applied for admission to the church. They were met at the door by Mr. Henry B. Douglas and a Mr. Turrell. Messrs. Burr, Hills, Easterbrook and Huggett were members of the “Burr,” or “anti-Lucas faction,” and Messrs. Douglass and Turrell were members of the Lucas or anti-Burr iaction. Messrs. a ee and Turrell said that the tour gentlemen who belonged to the “anti-Lucas fact.on” could not come in. They say that they—the four gentiemen—must have known that the meeting was for the transaction of pri- vate business of the church, and they had no busi- ness there, ENTER THE POLICE. The “outs” insisted on getting in, and finally Mesara, Douglas and Turrell invoked the aid of the police, On the complaint of Mr. Douglas, Mr. Jo- sephus K. Hillis and Mr. Stephen H. Burr were handed over to the Philistines, taken to a neigh- bortng station house and locked up for @ portion of the night on the charge oi disturbing a meeting held for the purpose of religious worsnip. On the complaint of Mr. Turrell Mesers. William L. Kaster- brook apd Benjamin Huggett were installed im neighboring cells. ENTER POLICE JUSTICE M’QUADE. Next morving the four gentlemen who claim to be members 0; the congregation who own three valuable lots on Filth avenue were brought before Police Justice McQuade, at the Harlem Police Court, and by Thursday all complaints had been withdrawn and the cases were severally dismissea by the Justice. Messrs. Douglas and Turreil be- Heved that the case was ended and that they would hear bo more of the matter. ENTER MR, JUDSON JARVIS. Late on Saturday evening two warrants were laced in the hands of Mr. Judson Jarvis, the Sheriff's Clerk of Arrests, issued by Judge Daniels, oi the Superior Court, ordering him to take into custody the person of Mr, Henry B. Dougias, the member of the congregation who owns three valua- ble lots on Fifth avenue, The a in the sult are Messrs. Josephus K. Hills and Stephen H. Burr. jail was fixed at $1,000 in each case. The papers in these cases set forth that the defendant had caused, in one case on the 8th and in the other on the 9th of July, the arrest of the complainants by a policeman unlawfully and mali- ciously; that they were both confined in a police station during several hours of the night, and they ave the required ball to the police sergeaut on anty. for their appearance jy a police court next mora-" ing; that next morning,piYsuan€ t6 theif éngage- ment,they did appear in a police court before John McQuade, a Police Justice of the city and county of New York; that the said Police Jusiice McQuade did discharge and dismiss them from custody, and that the charge upon which they were arrested by the police, ut the mmstance of the defendant, as it is. alleged, was {or DISTURBING A MEETING which was called together for tie purpose of re- ligious vores Both afidavits stated that the complainants d beeh previously injured in their person and character by this arrest and imprison- ment, for which both complainants asked the sam of $5,000 each damages, r, Judson Jarvis sent wordto Mr. ee yes- terday morning that he wes wanted, and that gen- tleman came down to the Sherif’s office yerecat, afternoon aud surpendered himself. The requires bali was promptly furnished to Mr. Jarvis, and Mr. Douglas, surrounded by several members of the congregation, who own thfeé Valdable loteit Fifth avenue, left the office looking as if a weight was off tueir minds. On Saturday even- ing Mr. Jarvis was informed by the lawyers for the plaintiff that Mr. Turrell, the other defend- ant, was about to abscond, knowing that there was @ warrant out for his arrest. Late on Saturday night Mr. Jarvis went to Mr. Turrell’s house and found him with his portmanteau packed, waitin, to go to jail. He was taken immediately to Lud- low Street Jaii, where he still lies, having posi- tively re‘used to give bail, The papers in his case set forth similar tacts to those stated in the aMl- Gavits in the case of Mr. Douglas, MR. TUBRELL'S STATEMENT. A HERALD reporter visited Ludiow Street Jail at @ late hour last night, and through the courtesy of Warden Tracy had @ conversation with Mr. Tur- reil, who is lodged tn cell No. 36. He said he was very ils that a ZRALD reporter had called, He then ely told the reporter the history of the “AntiLucas” and the “Anti-Burr factions” from the beginning, adding that Mr. Lucas liad resigned the pastorship of the churcu some time sinc mr the laction should have ended there. The meeting of Tuesday night was private, he said, and they bad noright to be there, but, he continued, they came after the propert of the churcis. “How ?” asked the reporter. “Well,” replied he, “the church was burned down on the izth of April, and we own three valu- able lots on Fifth avenue.” Mr. Turrell, in reply to farther questions of the reporter, stated that the Burr faction amounted to thirty men, apd “the regular members of the church to men of good standing in society.” He says that he has been advised by his counsel not to give bail. Mr. Jarvis, he said Was deceived when be was told that he intended to fy. He heard that be was going to be arrested on Tuesday evening and he immediately “packed @ few things” and waited for the Sherif. He added that he withdrew the complaint against Mr, Hug- gett on Wednesday, but on Thursday withdrew the complaint against Mr. Easterbrook, with the distinct understanding that no action was to be taken against him on return. So stands the Baptist church war to-day. IOWA ANTI-MONOPOLIST AGITATORS, Sr. Louts, Mo., July 14, 1873, A despatch from Des Moines, lows says that at @n anti-monopoly convention, he)“ there on Satur- day, a full county ticket was Mominated and dele- tes elected toa State convention. Resolutions were passed declaring that no sepport should be given to any mox for office who is not in full sym~ pathy with the producers and manufacturers and Opposed t% monopolies; also declaring that the doctrine of the vested rights of railroad corpora- tions, which exempts them from legislative con- ol, has no place in the jurisprudence of & free ople; demanding reform in the matter of the alaries of public officers; denouncing the back ay salary grab and the President for signing the hy, and fem anding political reform and strict economy in State and county affairs. The resolu. tions also invite all persons participate in thia movement. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, Asailor, named James Gilmore, while in a meb ancholy mood attempted suicide at his boarding jouse, No. 184 Cherry street, yesterday mot by string his throats The attempt was anguoventt fal and he was sent to Bellevue Hospital, where, in all probability, he will recover apd live to wi a