THE DAILY EVENING ! TELEGRAPH TRIFLE SHEET P1IILA DELPHI WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 18G9. IIV THIS SLUMS. IVXISEIVZ BIT lYEOONLiailT. Bedford, alia Alaaka Street A Night Tour Through the Domain of , Depravity Some of the Denizens "Inter- 1 viewed."' ' What hai been Done and What can he Done for their Regeneration i A Christmas Dinner for the Ragamuffins. Our City Fathers will persist In being visionary and whimsical at times. Almost everybody has heard of Bedford street, bas Justly conceived It to be the very quintessence of degradation, has fetched a sigh for the wretched creatures who barrow in Its moral and physical filth as the rabbit barrows In the eroand, has declared that It Is a disgrace. to the city, has gone so far as to say that something or other ought surely to be done towards rooting out the deni of vice, the hotbeads of disease, and the abodes of squalor with which It and the surrounding locality abounds. What a master-stroke It was, then, for Councils (o wipe out utterly and forever the shame which its existence cast npon a great city, by chang ing with one grand act of lcgbtlation the name of . Bodford street to Alaska! The old name had be come unsavory ; it was a stench In the nostrils of the community, an offense In the eyes of all decent people. The new name Is as cool and refreshing as a delightful breeze Moating down upon us on a stifling summer's day from the land of Icebergs and sea-lions. It Is true that Alaska street now figures Hitte as prominently in our police reports as did Bedford street before the Councllmunic master stroke, but, then, Bedford street IB no longor a dolly rebuke to decency and order, and nobody Imagines that Alaska has taken Its place. Moreover, there is a fitness in the change that will strike the most thoughtless of readers. The name of Alaska be comes the locality. All the nobler Instincts, all the kindlier sentiments, all the purer ties of nature have been utterly and effectually frozen out of the hearts of the reeking multitudo packed Into Its contlnes by poverty, and disease, and filth, and villainy, and the heartless extortion of the men who own the feo slmple of the desecrated soil. But the change In the name of the principal thoroughfare of this ilea pcrate precinct has not wrought a corresponding change in the place itself, which remains essentially the same as It has been for years "a common sewer of vice, corruption, ami degradation," as Judge J'eirce recently described It. after a personal Inspec tion. ' jHUrrv by Moonlight. Late on Monday evening, In company with the Itev. John I. Long ami Oillcers McCullough and Dougherty, of the Seventeenth district police, we paid a visit to the locality, about an hour being de voted to an Inspection of the south side of Bedford street, between Sixth and Seventh, directly opposite the Mission House. To faithfully depict all the scenes of wretchedness witnessed during that short and contracted tour is quite impossible. A perfect picture of human depravity, as it here exists, cannot be imparted by pen and ink; there are certain lights and shades which are too fleeting to be fastened upon the canvas, there are depths of depravity of which we are not suffered to speak to ears polite. On the "Kinchin I.ny." A little to the west of the Mission House, on the opposite side of the street, is a dilapidated frame building, which is one of the mowt notorious dens In the neighborhood. When Judge Pelrce anil the Orand Jury visited the locality recently, they found this establishment bolted and barred against them, and an opportunity to inspect it was wanting. It was therefore determined that we should make a begin ning here, before the alarm hail been given, and up a creaking and winding stairway opening upon a narrow alley wo accordingly made our way. There was some little delay at the door of the vilest room in the whole vile structure, but an entrance was Unally effected through the imperative demand of Officer McCullough. The apartment proved to be about ten feet by twelve In diameter, and its only occupants at the time were four white women. The elder of these, who was the reputed mother of two of the young girls, was reclining carelessly upon a filthy lounge, which, with a small table, a solitary chair, and a low stove, comprised the outllt of the place. This woman has the reputation of being fairly unrivalled in the iniquity of her life, but dur ing our stay she was garrulous but respectful jn her demeanor. f In the chair by the stove sat a young gfrl who has recently figured lu our police reports. In eom pany with a young man she was not long since taken Into custody because of an assortment of boots and shoes which were found in possession of the twain. They gave the names of John and Jennie Claypole, and their examination before the alderman proved that they are fittingly so named, being life-like coun terparts of the famous Noah and. Charlotts who have been so offensively dished up by Dickens in "Oliver Twist." John was, like Noah before him, "on the Kinchin lay," while Jennie aspired at times to the pursuit of the "'lghcr art." "What are you doing here, Jennie ?" inquired the officer. "Oh, I'm still on hand," she responded. "You took John down to Delaware, but none of the whipping poBt for mo." "Suppose I am come for you now." "I guess not; I've doae nothln'." 'Didn't you steal those boots?" you know" indignantly "I didn't steal them boots." "Well, I won't disturb you now." "You'd better not." "Are you staying here all the time." 'Oh, not I'm only on a short visit." The dialogue was getting monotonous, and we Boon terminated it by departing. (Hopping at "The Continental." Up another narrow alley a few atepa distant we Were then conducted, and Introduced into au open space in the rear of a frame building. On one side Blood a small frame shanty, about nvby seven feet In superficial area and not more than six feet high. On a previous visit two or three years ago we had Inspected the same structure, whieh then rejoiced in the title of "The Continental," it being at the time devoted to lodging purposes. The lundlordof those days was a venerable African, who kept a 'ferocious dog and eked out a miserable existence for himself and his canine companion by "taking In 'and doing for" sundry outcasts at the rate of ten cents per night, cash In advance. A tap at the door caused it to open quickly, but there was no chance, no need to cross the threshold. At the rear was a shelf ion which were a few bits of crockery and a lighted candle which threw a flickering glare over the inmates. Sitting upon the floor opposite the entrance was a white woman, and by her side lay a Bleeping infant. Right by thi door sat npon the floor a young man, extorting a grain of comforti from a clay pipe. Between him and the woman was a low charcoal stove, and so closely about it were huddled the inmates that neither of them could Dave turned about without turning Its glowing con- tents upon, the floor. "What do you pay for the use of this place T" was our first query, after the customary greeting. "Twenty cents a day," answered the lord of the castle In a tone of voice and with a manner that was entirely free from repulslveness. "Do vou pay your rent every day ?" "Yes. It is easier to pay twenty cents a day than it is to let two or three days run together." "Tho owner would probably set you out li yon flldnt pay op promptly every day." "No, I guess he would trust me; but I don't want to be trusted, if I can help it, ' What do yoo do for a living 7" "Well, I ain't been doing much of REJIUU;.' U'.elj' i aU anjlalni I can pia up." "Have yon no trade T" "Yes, I have a sort f a trade ; tint It's of no use to me except in summer time. I'm a bookmaker.'' ' "How, then, do yon raise the money for your rent, If you've been doing nothing lately ?" "Well, a few days ago I got somo patent blacking, and to-day I sold a dozen boxes, clearing seventy five cents on the dozen. That's not much, bnt it's better than doing nothing. I have been trying to get a little money together so that we could bay some furniture and move np town. I don't like this sort of a place, and want to get out of It as soon as possible." "We hope yon may succeed. Good-night." "Good-night." And we, took onr leave, impressed with the fact that this man at learn might possibly be living below bis instincts, and that be had In him the making or a sober, honest, and industrious man, If he could but sucoecd In getting the better of his miserable fate. But the chances are sadly against him, even if he, has any true ambltlOH to better his lot In lire. A Pitrty by the Name of Jehnaon. As we turned from this hovel, Mr. Long pointed to the entrance to the cellar of the building standing In front or it, and said: . ... "Down there lives a negro by the name of John son. I want you to see him ; he Is one of the most desperate, depraved, and unscrnpnlous villains to be found In the whole neighborhood, and has lured more young white' women to ruin than any other man on Bedrord Street!" "' A rap on the eellar door brought the "party bj the name of Johnson" to the surface. "Walk down, gen'lemen," he exclaimed, in a husky, rattling, lisping, wheezy voice, "walk down, and help the ola man along a little, If you can." 1 Down we went, but the stairway was so steep that It was almost impossible to make the descent face forward. The "party by the name of John son" had preceded us, and seating himscir upon a chair without a back, drew his bony bands over an uncovered stove, which Btood almost in the centre or the place, apparently without chimney commu nications, and then awaited developments. Opposite him sat another "man and brother," whose sole occupation was an effort at warming his fingers, while In the background, on the floor, lay a well pre served and one-armed negro woman, and on a settee at the side reposed a bloated white man in an un easy slumber. The' light shed upon the scone by a solitary candle contended with the lurid flame of the coals, but together they did not suffice to illumi nate the dreury apartment sufficiently to bring out all its features. Squalor and filth and woe, however, were so indelibly impressed on its occupants and their surroundings, that there was no need for more light to cauHe the heart of the beholder to sink within him. ' ' . Johason, the head of the household, presented within himself a study which absorbed all our atten tion. He pretended to be sightless, and a single glance at his eyes was 'sufficient to show that there was a measure of truth in his pretensions. The palate or bis month was gone, and this was tho cause or the peculiar husky lisp which rendered his artlcnlation bo difficult ami ludicrous. One solitary snag of a tooth graced his upper jaw, and when his thick lips were parted, and his garrulous tongue In motion, his countenance presented a more striking likeness to that of a chimpanzee . than of a human being. ... "Johnson," exclaimed Mr. Long, as soon-tia the party was fairly on the floor of the hoveK '"Johnson is one of the greatest scamps that kfiow of." "Now, now, now, Mlthter Long," lisped and wheezed tho wretch to whom -this disreputable cha racter had been given; "for what point do you abuthe me tho ?" "Why, Johnson," was the rejoinder, "you know you have committed every crime forbidden in the decalogue, unless It Is murder." "Did you eveknow me to commit murder, thir ?' "No, I nevof did ; bnt " "JuthtthA thir; ho thayih ho never knew me to commit Murder. Did you ever know me to thteal ?" "Steaf Why Johnson, you know you are one of thefgrjfatest thieves that's going." "Ahief 1 Now on what point, Mlthter Long; do you accuthe me of being a thi4T ? Can you prove that I'm a thief ?'' S i Then, rising to his feet .-with a show of Indigna tion, and pushing back, from his forehead thedlrt begrlmed slouched hut which had hitherto partly concealed his features, he began to gesticulate with dinphasiB, and ran on volubly : "Gen'lemen, he thayth I'm a thief. But on what 'point ? thay 1. Thith ith my houthc, and I pay rent 'here, and a man can thpeak hlth mind In hith own - houthe when he ith called a thief. Now, on what point doeth he thay I'm a thief? I go out to beg, for ' the ole man mutht get along, ye know ; and when I tyheeth a gen'leman 1 thay to him, 'Will you give the Hie man a thent to help 'Ira along?' An' if he give the ole man a thent I thayth, 'Thank'ee;' an' If he don't, I thayth, 'All right, thir,' and wait for the neknt one, an' if he give the ole man a thent, doeth that make me a thief ?" "But that Is not all, Johnson,". Interposed Mr,.. Long. "Yodure a notorious old liar, and nobody can believe a woroHua.t jou say." r.-" "Now, gen'leman," resume tne"'hard-pressed de fendant; "he thayth I'm a liar, but on what point? thay I. Did you ever know me to commit a faltho hood ?".. ' "I scarcely ever knew yon to tell the truth. Besides that, you are quarrelsome, and abuse your wife. Only the other night you were arrented by Officer McCullough here for tying a rope around your wife's neck or waist and attempting to drag her up the steps of this cellar." ' "Did you hear that, Mary Jane?" turning to the woman, who had risen to a sitting posture during the preceding colloquy "Did you hear 'lm thay that I had tied a rope around your neck or your waitht and tried to drag you up thtairth? Now, Mary Jane, you're In your own houthe, and can thpeak your mind, for I pay rent here and thlth is my houthe. Now, Mary Jane, tell the gen'lemen, did you ever thee me with a rope around your neck or your waitht, tryin' to drag you np thtairtn? Thpeak out, an' thpeak your mind." Mary Jane, thus appealed to, griuned all over, and sputtered out: "I guess I didn't see you with a ropo around my neck ; for if I had I would are been choked to death, most like." This vindication seemed to satisfy the party by the name or Johnson, who, ignoring altogether the altarnatlve of the charge preferred against him, branched off upon another subject: "You thee, gen'lemen, I've been a great traveller In my time. 1 followed the thea for nigh about twenty-live yeartb, thcrvlng thome of the time nth thteward, and thome of the time ath cook, and thome of the time ath theaman. I've Dialled all over the world. In 1!48 1 wuth in California, an' In m9 1 wath in California, an' In 1861 1 wath in Call, fornia. In " "What," Interrupted one of the party, "did you do with all the gold you picked up in California 7" "Oh, I thpent It eat by enough, an' I had a lot of It, morc'n enough to thingle thlth houthe with." "You must have been very fortunate." spoke the interrupter again. "1 tbald inorc'n enough to thingle thlth boutho with, because, ye know, j wouldn't uthe any of it to thingle a howtue with; don't ye thee? And with this sully the party by the name of John son grinned a broad aud ghastly grin, and gave a low aud rumbling chuckle of delight. "Well, where else have you .been, Johnson?" was put In query. "Oh, thir, I've thalled around Cape Horn three tlineth; In 185.1 1 wuth at Valparaltho; in 1842 I wath at Havre-de-Urathe; in 1847 1 wath in the Mediterra nean ; in 18MS 1 wath at Cadlth ; in mo I wath in the Thlna Thoath ; an' all through the war I wath in the navy llghtlnl lean thspeak I'renth andThpanith ath eathy ath I can Knglltb." ' ' "Give us a fw specimens of your French and Spanish." The party by the name of Johnson was only too obliging, and rattled off both tongues volubly until he was stopped. "I thee you don't underthtand 'em, gen'lemen," be said, with another ghastly grin and comforting chuckle. "But l tau thpeak un' read au' win JtenUi an' Xbpaulta atbeaiuij Ut l can Snjjiim," "Yon don't mean to say," we exclalmod, "that y)jl can read Frcico and 8panish, do yon ?' "If he had bis eyes, bo means," roared Mary Jane, from her bundle of rags on the floor. "If I had my eyeth, gen'lemen; thertainly, I mean if I bad my tyetb." "Yon've got a great many things in that bead of yonrs, Johnson," we remarked, at this point. "I alnt got nothln' In my head, thir, and never had, thir." We mean In the Inside, and not on tho outside." "Oh, yeth! I the now what you mean. 1 never bad nothln' in my head on the oatufide, thir; I'll give any man a dollar for everything he Smith in my headtiilr"." " "How Old yoo lese yonr eyesight, Johnson?" we inquired". "By flghtln', thir." ' , "And bow did yoo lose your palate?" . "By flghtln', thir." i'And how did you lose your front teeth?-' "By flghtln', thir." "What a terrible fighter you must have been In your time ! Where did you do all this flghilng7'' "On the Tawneo, thir, In Mobile bay. A thpllntcr from the mainmatht thtruck me on the rorchead; bere'th the thcar, thir" baring bis head for the first time, as he resumed his seat. And then, . after some further conversation In much the same vein, the "interview" with "the party by the flame of Johnson" terminated and wo with drew. The "ole man" carefully closed the shutters leading Into bis underground den as soon as We were fairly out of it; bat hair an hour later we again 'encountered him, waddling down Bedford street as briskly as If he could master Spanish in print with the same readiness as he could with his tongue. "Juthtout foralltilo air, gen'lemen, '' he said, in answer to our Balutatlon; "an' to see If I couldn't ptck up thomcthin' to help the ole man along, for the ole man mutht get along thomchow, yc know." Ilrlef Notre of Misery. Time and space forbid that we should narrate In such detail the Incidents of the whole tour through this hot-bed of depravity. In another cellar, which we soon after entered directly from the street, we found a white man and three white women, the former as blind as a bat and Inclined to be indig nant at the intrusion. But be was soon quieted, and then grew quite communicative, hopping about the barren floor with the assurance that he "had seen the day when he could dance a jig with any of lis, and do a hard day's work with the best of us." But this, alas! was "before he had lost his sight." one of the women round in this sqaalld and lilthy apart ment was a lodger for the night only. She lay sprawling npon the floor In a corner, without any covering but a tattered dress, and was too drunk to articulate with clearness. But she was not too drunk to beseech us to relieve her of a child less than a year old a bright and cheery little creature, whose silvery laugh sounded strangely In this wretched abode. Into still another cellar we weut, and there, pent up within a space not more thun six feet by twelve in size, we found a white man and three white women, grouped about a red-hot stove from which came such stilling fumes of gas that the atmosphere was almost oycjrpowerlng. And yet, a little shrivelled wonyuvWhose every hair stood on end, declared -MiKt they "didn't mind it." The building above this terrible hole contains at least a dozen rooms, Into each of which is crammed an entire family at au average weekly rental of a. And the man, a negro, who owns tho property, Is said to be worth at least $00,009. Until within a few months past he was a regular minister of the Gospel, but last spring his case was taken in hund by his fellow-preachers, who sus pended him from his pulpit functions; but further than this, we understand, no definite action has been taken. ; In another rickety building were round in one or, the ilrst floor rooms a black man and three White women: and in the nttio, strewn aixmt tlicfldor,. almost as thick as they could He, were five .while women and two boys, the latter alono being pr-, vldcd with an apology for bed-clothtng. One or tUe women had evidently been surpassingly beautiful In other days, and even by the dull glimmer or tle candle could be discerned remaining traces or t)vs attractions or face and form which had wrecked bOUi CKCU D0UII id surjy le of tils body and soul. But we have written enough, as wo had seen enough, to convince the good people good city that in their very nildBt there still exsts a spot which Is a shame and a disgrace to the com munity by whose apathy it is tolerated. Tiie single square through which our tour extended is but a type of the whole locality, the population of which is nnmbercd by thousands, all sunk to the very deptfifi of depravity. A 4Jrad Inquest and Its Mensre Fruits. ' On the evcniiig of Saturday, November 27, Judc PeirceJ -accompanled-'Dy District Attorney Gibbous and the members of the Grand Jury, visited Bedford street and.jts vicinity, under escort or Sergeant Duffy and other policemen. It Is needless to say that these officials were horrilledat what they witnessed, and the result of the inspection was a formal pre sentation of the case to the Grand Jury by the Julge on the following Monday. From his personal obser vation, the Judge rightly divined that the rum traffic was In the greatest measure responsible for the misery and crime he witnessed, and In his charge to the Grand Jury urged them to do all In their power to Inaugurate a reformation by attempting to break up this traffic, as rar as the provisions or the law would allow. For the selling or liquor without a JKxpse, or to minors, drunkards, and persons known to the dispenser to be of Intemperate habits, an in dictment can be round nnder the statutes now in force, and almoist without exception the traffickers In the vilest of vile compounds who are In the main responsible for the degraded condition or the in habitants or this section or the city, will come within these provisions. Such action as Judge Pelrce recommended has already been taken by the Grand Jury, who have Indicted a number of the most noto rious dens In the Infected quarter. But or what avail will it be it a conviction Is bad upon each snd every true bill so found? The suppression of one or these vile sinks leaves hun dreds undisturbed, and by the time thesecond is up rooted the first is as firmly grounded as before, if the population of the Alaska district could be shut in rrom the rest of the world, and whisky declared contraband of war, It might be possible to Improve Its denizens both morally and physically. But so long as they cannot thus be effectually blockaded from the assaults of the rumsellers, It Is apparently a hopeless task to make a serious attempt at reform ation on this basis ; and if no more feasible project can be devlBed, the conclusion Is Inevitable that the lllth and wretchedness and Bin of Bedford street arc but the chronlo sores upon our social system which, fostered, by an Inherent and ineradicable Impurity, are absolutely Incurable. Kxtrrmlnatlon the Only Remedy. In bis charge to the Grand Jury, as already quoted, Judge Pelrce described the locality as "a common sewer of vice, cotruptlon, and degrada tion." The simple truth or the matter Is, that so loug as the receptacle Is pormlttcd to exist, the filth aud scum and vileness or the city will continue to How into 1U The destruction of the sink-hole is the only method whereby its contents can be effec tunlly dispersed, and brought to tho surface within reach of the civilization of the age. In this sgnregatlon of human depravity it is only possible to fish out a few of the floating wrecks, to rescue the young by transferring tliem to other spheres before their souls are steeped la misery and crime beyond redemption. In this good cause the Bedford Street Mission is doing a noble work ; but It Is so crippled by the stinted support it receives that the labor of years is scarcely perceptible when brought Into contrast with the work that remains to be done. Tens or thousands or dollars are contributed by the benevolent people or the city ror carrying the gospel into foreign lands, where paltry hundreds are devoted to the great task which awaits ns at our own' doors. The true heathen are here in our very midst, aud until a reasonable effort is made in their behalf, every dollar that goes to the South Sea Mis sions' is a violation of the Injunction that charity should begin at'home. 'One hundred thousand dol lars devoted immediately to Bedford street aud Its vicinity 'woulu tie i.duti t tuo babaiautia Uasbt tv buuuuilt; Uuu Uiree Uu.ei.ilui ajiouai sent abroad. The contributors to tho South Sea Missions, however, cannot be made to appreciate this fast, and bence the Bedford Street Mission limps along, doing as much good as It can with a few thousand dollars a year. The Kev. John D. Long, the missionary In charge of its labors, Informs ns that they arc even now so bard pressed for money in carrying cn their ordinary work, that thev have not the means for replenishing the sto :k of coal, which will be exhausted with the Bret of the new year. The mere statement or this fact should suffice to bring a generous response, and if a greater quan tity of fuel la received than the direct wants of the mission require, there are hundreds of shiver, ng wretches in the neighborhood on whom the snrp'ns can be bestowed, and the aggregate of human suf fering thereby measurably relieved. But something more than mere missionary labor Is required to wipe this blot from the face of our fair city. Bedford street must be rooted up; its misera ble hovels and vile dens must be torn down, and their place must be supplied by buildings that are more fit for the habitation or human creatures than ror the wallowing of unclean beasts. During the past two or three years the Board of Health, with the pestilence staring them in the face, have done much towards improving the condition of the local ity, and of late the Building Inspectors have lent a helping hand by ordering the demolition of some of the more dilapidated structures, a fewol which have been succeeded by buildings which are decent with out and comfortable within. Against their Inter ference, however, the owners or the property strug gle desperately. Thcprotlts reaped by these extor tionists are almost Incredible, and hence they resist any action on the part or the authorities which com pels them to Increase the amount or capital already Invested, without a corresponding return. Not long since, throngh Information furnished to th Inspec tors by the Instrvmentallty of Mr. Long, a miserable shanty was 6rdered to be demolished. The proprie tor at once railed upon the missionary, and, in a great rage, demanded to know his reasons for thus tampering with the personal concerns ot another. He vented his wrath in blasphemy and abuse, and finally, In excess ot passion, laid bis hand npon Mr. Long's shoulder. Within an hour he was confront ing Mayor Fox, and when held to an account ror b:s Indiscretion, repaired to his haunts in a very tracta ble mood. Or Mr. Long's fitness for the labor he has in hand, a visit to the mission and a tour of the neighborhood In his company, by day or night, will afford suflicient evidence. He is feared as well as respected by all the wretches and desperadoes into contact with whom he is dally brought. For the most part they listen patiently to advice and rebuke alike, and do not molest him In his earnest labors in their behalf. But now and then the missionary encounters a cus tomer who proves a little refractory, and his task docs not always present a monotonous freedom from personal danger, as a case in point will show, CntrbliiK n Tnr-tnr. One evening recently there strolled into Bedford street a man in sailor's garb. The jolly tar was more than half-seas-over. In truth, he had found himself quite out of his element, and his eye not meeting the expanse of water to which it had been accustomed, he had attempted to set himself anoat in a more vil lainous liquid, with a flattering show of success. A crowd or bummers rollowed close in his wake, with an eye to a wreck and the flotsam and jetsam atten dant upon tho catastrophe. When the unsteady mariner reached the neighborhood of tho Mission House, the attention of Mr. Long was attracted to him, and an effort determined upon to save him from bis greedy and gloating followers. Two wonhy young gentlemen who, zealous or good works, were devoting an evening to the rerormation of tho lo cality, contrived to drag him into the main room of the Mission; but the vile stuff which he had been imbibing had transformed him for the time into a Sluggish and almost lifeless mass of flesh, aud when the threshold was once passed he fell hcuvily to the floor." 'The crowd of bummers, disappointed in their prospective plunder, gathered about the entrance, peering in! with such slntster looks that it was feared Ihey would attempt to take possession of their unttclpWd victim by force. Holt was deemed advisable to Vemove the insensible man to the yard in the rear vrtiere ho would bo more difficult or ac cess. . This was with much difficulty accomplished, when, to the consternation or his assistants, a sud den and fiery Impulse seized upon him, and in an in stant be was transformed from a limp and unresist ing burden Into a ferocious brute, endowed with superhuman strength. Like a flash of lightning, his great horny fist smote one of his benefactors In the ribs and placed him horn ile comimt. The other cowered with rear in the corner or the en;!osnre, while the enraged mariner, Intent apparently upon escaping from what he supposed to be the vi;est of durance vile, mado ror the door through which but a moment before he had been carried unconsciously. In the doorway stood the missionary, unarmed and powerless before the brute, when he tbrust under his very eyes his two clenched fists. But a steady and unflinching look saved Mr. Long for the moment from assault, and past him plunged the sailor, In full tilt for a harmless spectator who stood Jnst in front of the pulpit. His feet, however, caught against an obstruction, and he measured his full length on the floor again, but only to turn quickly and grasp the leg of his fancied adversary, into the tender part or which ho ran his teeth with all tho energy and fatality of a wild boar. Theu, springing to his feet, he rushed madly to the other end or the room, where a miserable woman lifted up her voice in terror of her lire. The crowd without, perceiviug the rrenzy and fury of the man whom they had anticipated would prove an easy subject, had meanwhile locked both of the doors leading to the street, and when the sailor, still more Intent npon escape, than mischief, made this discovery by trying each in turn, he pulled from his belt a long and wicked looking knire, armed with which heagaln rushed towards the two men at the rear of the room. Way of escape for them there wbb none, and resistance would have been of no avail. But Just as the icene it as about to be con summated with a deed of blood, Officer McCul lough dashed into the room and confronted the demon. The issue was now a square one between Mrk and billy, and before the knife could be wielded with effect, the hard wood was brought down npon bis skull with such force that again the Jolly tar reposed at length upon tbeflosr, and his wild career was terminated by a pair or un ornamcntal bracelets. Amidst such scenes as this does the Rev. John D. Long pursue his labor ol love, never despairing and never flinching. IA Chrlatnia Dinner Tor the IlaaamuIUnN. As we stated a day or two ago, it has been the cus tom to give the chtidien who are attendants upon the schools or the Mission a grand Christmas dinner, and this custom will be adhered to on Saturday next. Mr. Long and his assistant are now engaged in decorating the lute nor of the building in a manner appropriate to the occasion, being desirous that, for one day in the year at lesst, the outcasts and raga muffins shall have cause to forget their wretched surroundings. But the Mission is unable to carry out this project without material assistance, aud ap peals to the benevolent people or tho city for contri butions of turkeys, chickens, mlnce-ples and all the other time-honored delicacies of the Christmas table. Over three hundred hungry mouths are to be filled, and one turkey will not be sufficient. Nobody, how ever.need be afraid that his contribution will be super fluous, for.lf the three hundred huveenongh.and there is anything to spare, there are hundreds of poverty, stricken wretches In tho neighborhood who never sut down to a Christmas c'lnner since their miserable lives began. But even when the Christmas season IspttHt, and the savory burdens of the Mission table have ceased to bo a reality and becomo a niero memory, poverty and sickness will stalk hand In hand through tho locality, and throughout the year contributions or fruits and vegetables will he most acceptable for distribution among their victims. This Christmas dinner that Is to be pre sents a rare opportunity for all who have an excess or the good things of life to partake of what they retain with a better rolih because of what they have given away. And what they choose to wnd kuotiiu bi Muul williuat uum, io mi tare ol ItoV. Job D. Lone, .o. H9 Alaska tL'tdlurd) euxtt. ROCKEiILL IMMENSE WINTER STOCK NOW OFF! Off! Off! Off! ROCKHILL & WILSON havo The Largest Stock, Tho Finest Materials, Tho Choicest Patterns, T ho Most Elegant Fits, ; Tho Most Varied Styles, THE LOWEST PRICES! ROCKHILL & WIL80N havo The Oldest House, The Longest Experience, Tho Most Skilful Cutters, The Most Courteous Salesmen, Tho Best Satisfied Customers,'' THE LOWEST PRICES ROCKHILL & WILSON havo Tho Stoutest Overcoats, The Most Elegant Dress Coats, Ths Most Exquislto Business Coats, ND NOW The Whole of the WINTER STOCK Is Coins;-' Going! Coins;! Coing! Going! Going! And Soon Will Be Cone! Gone ! Gone! Gone! Cone At Such Prices as Wf Every Garment in the Great Was Made to be NOW OFFERED FOR SALE! Great Reduction in Price on our WLole Stock Come and buy before it is all gone! ROCKHILL Great Brown ITos. 603 and 605 AMDIEMENT8. LAURA KEEN E8 OHKSNUT 8TREKT THEATRE. THIRD WKKK AND LAKT NIGHTS of the nuoenaful drama, by Colonel Fitzgerald, PATRICK, 1 OR, THE WHITE LADY OF WIOKLOW. Patrice Misa LAUKA .EXE (.RAND CHRISTMAS MAT1HKK. A CHRISTMAS STOKY, by Oliarlea Diokn9. with beautiiul Tableaux and Visions entitled -( HRIHTM AS EVK; OR. THE MISERY DKKAM. From "Dickens'" Christmas Carol; and the Fairr Story of BKALTY AND THE Us AST. Seats secure in advance for tbis splendid Double Kill, another NEW FLAY in procuration, by Aiuuricun AUth0r',' CHAMPAGNE; OR, STEP BY STEP, Written by MATILDA HERON and LAURA KEENB. Ponrs mn 7 o'clock ; commence 7Ti o'clock. WALNUT STREET THEATRE, N. E. COli. NINTH and WALNUT Streets. -Benins at U to . THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, Dec. 22, Fifteenth Niuht of the renowned Artiste. MISS BATKMAN. Positively Last NigutAit MARY WARNER.' Mary Warner Miss Ba I KM AN (itoipe Ytaiuei Mr. GEOKGK JORDAN Milly Rit'K Miss VIRGINIA FRANCIS THURSDAY. th celebrated uluy, m hv acta, of LI AH. MISS BATKMAN ns ' KAli MATINEE ON CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON. Chairs secured six days in sdvance. "NOT GUILTY" SHORTLY. MRS. JOHN DREW'S ARCH STREET THEATRE. Betrlna 7. CHRISTMAS WEEK. TO NIGHT ( Wednosdavi, Dec. 23, MARRIED LIl'l?. BY MRS. JOHN DREW AND COMPANY. To c .iic'iiide with the Drama THE SEVEN CLERK 8, THE THREE THIEVES, AND THE DENOUNCER. Christmas Eve LITTLE DoKKIT. Christmas Afternoon - LITTLE DORRIT, Chr Ni-ht -LITTLE DOR KIT. FOX'S AMERICAN T II E A T RE. OPJTN THE YEAR ROUND. EVERY EVENING Positively Last S i Night of the Greatest Gymnast of the Age, KIZA BELLI BKOIHEKS, Mad'lle Lupo, Mnd'llo lierllia, I it tin Josie.Pet ot California ; Harlequin Tom, Fairy oi tin j,niie: meu lie ua itosa. AVIt.iV TU RES DEsnHiSF.TTKH, Eto. Matinee on SATURDAY AFTERNOON at S o'clock. DVJVRKZ & BENEDICT'S OPERA HOU8H SEVFNTH St.. below Arch (Late Theatre Ooiniquo), MATINEE CHRISTMAS DAY. at Sfe o'clock. THIS AND CONTINUE EVERY EVENING. DUPREZ A BENEDICT'S Gigantic Minstrels and Burlesque Opera Troup. ( brlHiuiss Week. Great Extra Kill. Re enueirement Mr. I1 RANK BROW EK. FOB ONE WEEK MORE, in troducing his great original eliarscter of 'I'Al'i'V I'M 1.1 TOM." Benefit of Mr. FRANK B ROWER Friday, D e. S4 ALiUbsU.'n.vl. i'argudl, :ic. CaUtry.iOo, Uiiv6t Ik WILSON'S COIIVO Off! Off! Off! Off! Off! 3 Tho Most Superb Waistcoats, ' The Most Tasteful Pantaloons, THE LOWEST PRICES! J Mi 'i'- il ' ASTONISH Brown Hall Sold, And is You! & WILSON, Stone Hall, CHESNUT Street. AMUSEMBNTS. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. GRAND ITALIAN OPERA. SEASON OF 1870. OPENING NIGHT, MONDAY, JAN. 3, SUBSCRIPTION for Secured Seats for the Season of IWELVE NIGHTS AND TWO MATINEES, 14 PERFORMANCES, ONLY $16. 14 PERFORMANCES, ONLY HI 6. ' SUBSCRIPTION LIST will open on MONDAY MORNING, Deo. 87, at o'clock, at 0. U. Trumpler'a, No, V2H Chesnut street. Full particulars in Saturday's papers. 12 2ft NEW ELEVENTH STREET OPBR HOUSE, ELEVENTH Btreot. abov Chanofc. THE FAMILY RESORT. CARNOROSB A DIXEY'S MINSTRELS, ' tba great btar Troupe of the world, In tbeii BaeqOAUt ETHIOPIAN SOIREES, BEAUTIFUL BALLADS, BONGS, ,' , . OPERATIC SELECTIONS, and ' LAUGHABLE BURLESQUE! EVERY EVENING. J. L. OARNCROSS, Manager. R. r. SIMPSON, Treasurer. WtTon TEMPLE OF WONDERS, ASSEMBLY BUILD X 1NG8. SIGNOR BLITZ in bla New Mysteries, assisted by hie Son. THfcOUOKH BLITZ. ' Eveni ings at Vi. Matinees, Wednesday and 8 1C, VENTRILOQUISM, CANARIES. LKSQDE MINSTRELS. Saturday at 8. MAG AND BUB II ii tf Admission, 25o. Reserved Seats, 60o. VA'lER'S (LATE MILLER'S) WINTER GARDEN, Nos. 720. 723, 734, and 7J6 VINE Street. THE GRAND ORCHESTRION, formerly the propert of the GRAND DUKE OF BADEN, purchased at great expense by JACOB VALER. of this ciiy, in combination with FLAMEK'S ORCHESTRA and Mtsa NELLIH ANDERSON, will perform EVERY AFTERNOON aodj EVENING at the above-inontioned place. Admission free. 1 IStf CENTZ AND HASSLER'S MATINEEsZl O MUSICAL FUND HALL, lotiTO, every BATlT R. DAY AFTERNOON at o'clock. lu It) OPERA GLASSES ; FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, At JAS. W. QUEEN & CO. '8, OPTICIANS, No. 1)24 CHESNUT STREET, 22 tf PHILADELPHIA. PRICES REDUCED. A " LARGE A8SORT- X nientof Gents' heavy Gold Vast Chains, Seal Rings etc., suitable for Holiday Presents, which will be aoldT Very low at isau ct Ho. 35 s. Eicuru bt'.SJiiE cuLTi.
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