New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-10

cost '-cln 60 cen;imes N centsl to . francs 30
cents per week. There - almost no ventilation
% HE windows, and the h10rs are sometimes So
damp tnat tie walls arc hung with moss. IL IL 10
such lodgings that the dissolution %. The fsIn 5
conmetces' and all the evils that follow It's
tram. The father hastens 70 Zee from these u1in
nAbiiaOle places and seeks ia the wine shop a.
as inm from the horrors which they inspire The
mother alone nves there with her Oh ldren. untl.
hunger forces her = abandon them 70 the care Of
one another. or 70 some charitable neigtL0r.
Next 70 the improvement Of dwellings. the law
should take coglizaDcc OF the iahor oi children.
and RESTRAIN the abuses oil which they the VIC
tins IN tie greater part Of the manufacturing vii
ages in the west Of France. The most careill
witnesses testify that ia the single department Of
the Lowec Seine there are al this hour more thar
10000 children who receive absolutely no iusiruc-
ton and D L tbs lsmentabls neglect falls e-pe-
cisIy upon the youn- female. The workshop
everywhere carries on severe and ilcesseht war
against The school, and one is sure 81 iindlae 10
the service % the manufacturers the child who
needs the call Of the teacher. IL il easy 70
inns giue o. what sad Influences children are thus
exposed without defense against the rigorous eE
actions Of labOr and against tust prccOci,us DE-
lnOrs. cation Of which the manufactures are the
seat. Their bodies and their souls suffer together
How often does one see premature inyslids al
ready mutliated through carelessness among the
IshNuihtfg VI hiuuitN Dy iutiDIAuuch Hf"ik ~
70 their time OF lite IN consequence Of long night
wstchngs and excessive toll
II from the department Of Lower Seine We
pass T. that Of the North, 'ancient Flanders, We
have more striking spectacle q the ms-res o.
our social state ss IL has been Transformed LIZZIE
by little, iJr tie last hall century, under the IN
Auence Of the manufacturing system. This hoe
department, peopled BY more than a million Of in
habi'onts Is regarded as the richest Of France .
but neither the richness OF It's soil, nor the perec-
uon Of ~ culture, nor the variety Of its industrial
occupations. nor the marvellous progress which
these have recently made, have evailed D. save
u from the fatal taint OF the lcprOsy of paupe-ism
it is especially v thin the walls Of Lille tie chief
place Of ths department Of the North, that are
concentrate the moral evils and toe economica'
difficulties Of the manufacturing system. Out o.
Us 1000 Inhabitants, $1,000 ale enrolled as iadi
gent, and needing assistance IN one way cs
another. He IS the budget Of the receipts and
expenses OF an active workman employed 10 tue
manufacture Of sewire-thread. 1t is one W hich
ne wrote ont IN favorable year, that IS to say,
when lie had work
Tor Ley part from 10 70 D. ccntiuc- - % Ccnfs) per
dHy with that we have sustained sclvc- and our olr
ntuo children for more than ton years Here are our
yrsoo. cea,u4.
T. ls of black bread at n confines e. cents
nlb........ ............ .............J ~
Oi ruluni- ,sincas. skins, &C. at 80 cou
Times 10 cont-I % III. .......n g.,
Butter hai oly To. per wook ........-.-0 80
Wy wife and nay children are moIa-se- or
fruit with their bread Observation-Disclosures 80
Potatoes and beans per week, about..-..----. } oO
Nlk. PINT day ........-.... ....... % 30
tcnt OF f. cellar for lodging, nine feet under
ground. per week --........ ..-..-...-..l 30
Charcoal. consumption little greater bc-
cause II was necessary 70 dry The linen at
l.i' Nft ---..i
Soap and light..........-........ 10
Total pcr week ........-..............13 -
or ........... - 20
We receive from the Bureau Of Public Relief Elk
pounds Of black bread every nitccn days and ON chl
iron get as school articles a apparel bat in
spite Of tins iayor and spite Of our to under pain a.
being stripped we live as mcndicants and the laW ha-
II So
Such are the complaints Of one of that numer-
Gus but little known army of workers in thread,
and his history Is that Of his best days But
when sickness enters that poor family IA the per
son of its head, or when work fails altogether or
tor two or three days OF the week We
observe M this humble budget the article, n ccl1r
far iodgthc. Itshould be known that a cousidera-
bic portion of the manufacturing population of Lille
i've IN cellars situated eight or ten feet under
ground, and without communication with the
houses OF which they are a part These cellars
receive air and light only by the door Of the star
way which leads To them, and which opens upon
The street or wherever tie passage way l..
Gloomy and damp abodes, OF how much misery o.
all descriptions are yc witness every day The
Darbarlhns who iuhahit them are doomed 10 suffer
nes unknown to the ssvage state. Is there
spectacle more trcht!ul than that OF these human
shades IL is impossible TO describe the oiious
mixture Of dampncss and Infection which consti-
JGtcs the ar breathed by SO many poor human
creatures. Enter through these dark alleys 70 IN,
lttle courts which serve ut once ms drains and de-
. H. al. 4 -.
Der Of cellars open on these infected PASSAGES.
As soon as you enter these little courts strange
groups of children. blanched, crooked, dei1rmed,
If pale and irightiul hue crowd around you ana
beg Tor aims. The most part Of these unlortunatcs
are almost naked. But these at least breathe the
open air and 1t is only in the depths OF the cellars
that one can Judge OF the suiierlues of those whom
their age or the severity OF the season does not
permit 10 20 out Commonly they are all lying or
he bare ground, on fragments of the straw ct cole
wort, or the dried SKINS OF potatoes, or on sand.
10 am hot rich," said an old woman 10 US, point
M to her neighbor stretched on the damp ground
Il the cellar out | have at least my bundle al
straw. There are women who never est for
their entire subsistence more than four pounds 81
black bread per week they are 50 reduced that
heir bodies are almost transparent. There are
thousands OF children who are born only to die in
agony According to an official census
mt OF n 900 children born ia the midst Of this
population m gwen time, freafN h0W0Rd dtec
.ej0re ne age of fcs VcarSt ~ some distance
rom this poor quarter IS the pcuitentlsry ot Lors.
occupied by 500 or 1900 prisoners of both sexes
Whist a contrast What an air of ease do these
iue places wcaci One would imagine himself In
palece. Perfect order reisns through the corri-
Tor. The beds arranged in order IN the dorm'to
les arc furnished with good coverings and Wei
aired the halls In which the prisoners assemble are
lighted, and " ell warmed the prisoners are
\ al My clothed. and wear the appearance 90 con-
eminent and health nothing IS wanted 10 the
kitchen VI Siorerooms. Has society such boweiso OF
'ompassion for those who troable is rePosef And
hall 10 never take under It's care the honest poor
, 40 cannot earn livelihood by work
Reflections crowd upon me IN view OF suchiacts'
,ut the picture is not vet finished. and must
eler Tor some weeks the conclusion Of thus SAD
ecitsl. Sad bat instructive, and well fitted to ~
'ur attention upon a class OF idess to winch
christians of our day give too lrtic lace. Await
ng another letter. receive dear friends and breth-
en- the assurance Of my cordial regard:
Louis B.
rhc independently Comments ON the Above.
Tux SOCIAL OUTSrIos-Oar French core
pendent has opened /, arful budget IN his letter
N the frst page We shall leave to hln the dis
ussioa Of the Social problem as 1t relates TO