New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-18

CITY ITEMS.
WrrNrspAY. March l7

WkDNEcDAt AnfSh -.
Asopys or THE pooa,--0ne ofthe Editors Of the
Rrpeu has recently described TWO visn to the Old
Brewery in Anthonyst once from curiosity and next |"
he distributor Of the aims OF several benevolent per
.ons His descriptions Of the place ought TO be read ~
ell who have no des Of the horrible condition 70 "nen
poverty without crime well Is with, can reduce nn
man osiuys In large City Ike this The building
soms hundred feet Ia length. and divided 'n'o se
spsrtuepts It 10 occupied By about sky isha'iss-
though we have been told that the number OF odgers ID
n Y so,stmes ss large 1000 We viii copy Sone Of
The facts recorded BY the Editor Of the EzTvsss'
Our ysit was In The night time and most Of the ses,
dsuts were at home IN one room we saw husband
ana his WIFE, with three children, sound asieep % ~
Of shav,nzs and the farDiure Of the room eonss''ea
OILY Of pine box, wooden bowl ~nen 80 cronsy
tre place were scattered few ueatefs bones 10 an
other we saw in beasty state % ih'ozc
whose child wrapped "a .o'ne nae eoyosr OF tbe
sSs oasce Ia one a lot of kaifclothed negroes were
nghtng like hyenas and in another igfiorn Glo insn
"a. spfsrips With deiri-n treDens. The nslonty Of
,vornep were widows and we were informed that the
Sent they paid varied from to shiing' per week
Us second visit was on last Saturday, In the daytime
He says
We exp~cted 10 see less misery thar we did in our
former vists but disappointed We entered sey-
srs and saw new pictures o. eistress 10
one VIC saw very old negro, sitting Ia his oesosie
chimney corner with no clothing on ms person %
psir of psntaloons; he was afflicted win me hs'nna
and shvering with cold, while bis poor oIo we xss
weepipg over their condition On entering ano'nef
room We discovered Of rags In one corner Wnere
Lev en- elderly woman who bad lost the use OF ner
aad had not been able 70 move from her coocn on
inss for inward Of two mouths She vss eyioenty the
victim Of eousumpon and not far from the gat way 70
the grave Her only attendant YVES klnoiy oisposeo
woman who las dropsy. In smother room, before az
exo,rns Are sst sic ylooking girl ABOUT Yen years OF
frh her little babe, and the cDule-
nance Of both deeply furoved BY premature sol.
fering her story was hst her mother hsd been oeao
about month and she knew bot the is'e Of Der iansr
who had been arrested for stealing some two weeks
aRo She obtained her living ~ begging ano "nen 700
feeble TO carry her chdsster IN the street wss IA ne
habit Of leaving IL In her room under tue pro'eeon u
miseTssle dog
Another room into which we entered was complete
Nv crowded with human beings On One bed OF rags
and straw lay woman who was 60 very III tns' enc
could rot speak and her only covcrng-srange TO say
was a tattered american Flag She was sranger 70
al her companions but they thought she was me WHO
OF sailor, who bad been dead for some months I'm
msdistsly In from. of the place lying on her side
vac eolored woman moaning With the rheumatism
and In her immediate vicinity was her husband suner
ing intensely with cold Here sat an lnsh woman on
chest holding on infant In her arms sue was "hSHS
lullaby and yet che told that she had not eaten
hearty meal for weeks There lying In bic corner wee
niddea aged man confined 10 tho noor with an ulcer
sted knee and he had 10 charge feeble little pane
which had never boon blessed with calico dress
lit only completely naked, but YVES also GRIP
pie from in birth The vile OF ms man was oeho ,S
opry helper 10 his hour Of great need was puny boy
about seven yeers old who seemed 10 be an idiot The
appearance Of this child we cannot possibly describe
These moor creatures received the food which benevo
lance gave and kindness carried 10 them with Joy and
gratitude The wretchedness which 10 their hsbitusl
condition has no, utterly desdeDed their hear's-shere
IL some good left In yet OF their rniseres
We are assured that the above 10 but the fantest outline
The Imagination cannot conceive 1t all And under the
very roof where these exist there are
which plunge in deeper brutality those who seek from
them temporary inioxieston and forgetfulness Our
contemporary appeals to the wealthy and to the rulers OF
the City " remove this sink oiey There are children
who should be rescued from the fate which there in'
ponds !, would, he ssys, even be mercy to burn the
building to the ground though all It's inhabitants should
perish In the FIRE that would be suffering than
now attends them The City should remove .leProus
sore from Its midst
oae would suppose :hs, Charity could not delay to
DO THE shs, Christian and humane community would
not fail to apply remedy after being made aware
VI the facts
We uuss that those to whom naturally look for
scsiop In such csses will not hesitate to put forth their
hands Let ihose who yet be saved be saved else
wa not their ruin rest upon those who had the power
70 rescue them but did no, putt forthi
his however striking fact that every large City has
s quarter where extreme vice and It's consequences find
an abode II they should be removed and the quarter
ob,erered the causes which produced would produce
AZ again The Old Brewery Is not an accident but the
necessary result OF cersin causes fon may burn II 10
the sround butthere viii come another In lie place
Cannot some mode Of Charity be discovered which Shall
Be preventive as well curative which than not only
heal present evils but do something to guaranty soeie
~ against their returning In equal not greater in
tensityf
Prov MITcHHLLs LEcTuRE.-Our report OF this
lecture u from the pen of heohver Dyer and was
taken down by him in Photography By this system Of
writing sksliul person ike Mr.. Dyer can follow the
oss rapid speaker absolutely rsbafts thing imposs
BILE to any scheme Of stencgrsPhy ever Invented
IKrlAsp.-The Y. S. Ship Macedonian Comno-
aoro De Kay 10 no, round In the North River and may
be detained at the Yard for some days. yet
Messrs Dixon a Qun Of % westst have volunteered
ther services and shose Of twenty men, ssevedores
with service Of horses in putting her cargo on board
shin free OF charge They have also offered TO sssstn
bringing the ship over TO this CITY
prAru--George Corlis died in this City, where
he had resided some seventy years sunday evening
Inst aged n.pcty.,hree he belonged to the Society OF
Friends, and has always sustained plsmeless reputa
lion. lie was mason worked at HE srsde till q few
months before his death
CONCERT "A Concert is to be given at the BaP
t,st Church in Sixtecnthst fighhsv next Thurs
dsy evening" tor the benefit OF Mr.. Robert Elder. ih'
blind orsanist Of the church. Mr. + wes formerly
papil Of the n " Institution for the Blind lie Will play
Il ihls Concert several pieces Of bis own composition
AIMS HousE ExrESsEs.-We give the following
particulars OF expenditure in this Department for The
year ending December 81, lsi6;
Wine brandy and beer. -s1la5 :
Tobacco and snuff - u
f,reWorks ~ y
Medicine aud surgical Instruments $50 Q
pr~seT .........................- 1874 2
ros., ....-...-....-....--.sloo Si 6
n Ia, eost. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $ssS y
,>s..,,o,. .,a fermentation .......... LASS q
$780,. 80 los, ehllar,n ............. 1909 q
1r - IA s,,sw ................ 4sl7 =
ny. So So .... $50 6
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