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MEssRs EDITORS: see an extract from one Of the
washington letterwrters going the rounds of the pa
pers, and among the rest, copied into the Philadelphia
Courier OF last week, defending the character Of this
city against the supposed attacks Of street orators al


lading suppose, to the Rev. Mr.. Hunts statements
about the immortality Of this city, in some Of his lee
lures in the churches here. The +" correspondent
goes to show that from the number Of churches W.
nearly tenantless and poor house not half full
that ours must be very moral city. Being perma-
nent resident Of the city myself am sure should
like to be convinced that city the moral place
the g Correspondent" tries 70 make it APPEAR but,
with the daily evidence to the contrary staring me in
the face, cannot believe it. Will the Correspond
ent" tell us how many persons there in thirty
seven or eight churches on Sabbath days? believe,
in many Of them, you will not find hundred per-
II the number Of churches be proof OF the
raty of place, not the houses for the promotion
and accommodation Of vice, to be taken proof o
the immortality Of place? think all will admit this
then let look at per contra. In the first place,
have at least four hundred places for the sale of liquors
in our city. 1t is well known fact that the upper
stories Of large number Of the houses in the neigh
borhood OF our. fashionable lq1orshops occupied
as GAMBLING HELLs, and that gambling is carried on
in many of the Taverns--then have number of
Bowling Saloons, Horse Races, Lottery Shops, and
Brothels One Of the principal Of the latter establish
ments has recently been enlarged by additional
building; added to this, we have many iHegitinate
children and vagabond youth amongst us, any other
city of the same population in the Union am sorry
to make such exhibition of the of immortality
and vice amongst US, but truth demands it. 1t is
sse to try to hide these things, but view them like
men, and try to apply remedy to the evil. Some
will ask, Where is there remedy for these evils'
answerShut up these hotbeds of every vice, the bar
rooms-let not property holders sign the recon-
mendaons for these places rent their houses to be
used for Bar rooms, Gambling houses, or Brothels-
for the man who knowingly rents house for any OF
these purposes alder and abetter OF the vice car


ried on there. This would be beginning, and all


will admit, a very good beginning When this is
done will recommend some other reforms.


AN OLD CITIZEN.