The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-03-05
CITY InteliiRence.

CITY Intelligence.
IsHuMAN AND DssEsviro or PurIsHMxNr-Ths other
day, family residing In John street. was visited by
woman, apparently Italian, who carried with her .
small child, presenting the appsaIsuoe Of an infant
about six months old posr little mortal, with lac
fscs large black eyes but wanting both legs
Che could speak no word OF Euglish, but made
known by gestures, and display Of her poor child,
that she in want Of aid Her dumb eloq was
no without ITS effect; the women, several of whom
we're present. emptIed their poo cts Of pennies and
suoa changes and while the Italian woman vas psrtak-
ig repast which prepared fer her at tho drso
ton Of the mistress of tho house. of her symps
thssrs rsnssckng the closets and repositories Of
clothing In order to and garments to bestow upon the
objects Of their pity At this display Of
ness, the poor nearly overcome with graft
tuds She looked the thanks che could not speak,
to be undertood her large italian eyes suased
with tears and shs Rugged her limblsss babe to her
heart almost convusvsly, as she would say Poor
thing, We have at last found fsllsw mortas who
sympathse with In our distressn One Of the f..
males present would have relieved the mother Of her
chiid 80 that she might the better employ her hands
In the use Of knife and fork but natter feeling
powerful and the woman would not let her ohild 90
into the bands of strangers, even though they had
proved themselves to DO her beneactors She looked
up In pkfulness but retained her hold upon the
infant, which she alternately pressed closely to her
bosom, and Kissed psssionateIy upon the cheek She
finally finished her meal, and dspositing the money
that she had received In handkerchief and taking
the bundle OF clothes which ad been given her under
her arm, che looked up devouty, and then cast her
eyes upon all the ladies in They understood 1t
we'll as II she had said in good English, Heaven
bIe.s you all kind frendsn They felt that they had
done . good act; that they helped to smoothe the
rugged path Of one of their sex who unqueston ably
needed assistance Bless their generous hearts, it is
rereebng to meet with such instances Of unostenta
tiOus charity. They were glad the poor woman had
come to their apartment. They would without doubt
sleep better after their benevolent act Tho Italian
going OUT but met at the door, before she had
left the room, by Irish servant girl, who, having
heard Of the poor woman came In TO see her and the
baby without arms feet. AS Bridget entered the
che looked indignant aud misc hevous and shut
ting tho door she planted herself with her back firmly
against 1t, and looking at the woman and child, she
said
20 missus is this the poor orature wild the babee,
that has nathur arms ur legs till -"
Yes, Bridget says the mattress, but she Is just
going now You should have come up before II you
wanted to see them. The poor woman is just leaving
don't stand a. Aipst the door "
of ye pai.e maj AN, | want to see the little enc,
just for min nit IL I'D be rich strange sight Like
videut the arms or feet ov It."
The oman seems to be tender hearted Biddy,n
interposed the MISTRESS :" and she has already been
Weeping at the sight of her poor deformed Child
You can sec its face; would not distress the mother
"But, begging yer pardon mssus, think knows the
tricks ov this one and tho likes ov her Its deoeavpg
Saying this, Bridget darted at the woman and
seized the chilli from her arms and In instant
was discovered that the poor child indeed an OBJ
ject Of pity was neither wanting in legs arms
but had the full complement of both. The legs were
clciely strapped up, and bsndsged in suoh manner
as to caure the appearance Of entire want Of limbs
at the lower part Of the trunk while the we're
strapped down ooee TO the body The child had pro-
badly been put these bands after BIRTH and
had become 20 accustomed to them that 1t did not
feel any inconvenie from the banda Jag The SER
want girl had heard Of this kind of imposition and
Of the character of the before she
made the disclosure But IL WAS now her turn TO have
hprh mad md aha hovd koon
tears from making race course of her cheeks, when
she looked st the poor child in its fosorn condition
She was the point OF giving way to her feelings
when took tho place Of pity aud she salts
fec h.rse by administering we'll deserved buke
every word Of it. The ladies' oontented themselves
with declaring that she deserved to be sent the
ToDbs as an impostor. and for inhumsu treatment
towards the child but they had besto wed their gifts
upon her they would no. recall them. They bid her
go and never to appear In that neighboihood again,
under penalty OF teisg cent to the police Office AL
though the woman understood no VOID Of English be.
fore abe apparently comprehended this and left in
stapter.
SINGULAR AND HoRRIp AFFAIR The Coroner was
called to hold an inquest, yesterday, the body Of
Jthn Riley boy Of seven years Of ago born in New
Yorh Who came co his death under the Following hord
sireun s.aposlt appear. from tho facts before the
Coroner that the child payng on the 22i day Of
August last In the yard Of his parents dwelling stu
sted at No o. Twenty.secsnd street, with his little
sister, seed three The father had called the boy
to come into the house, but the mother remarked
let them play out.de little longer" and the children
sister, 'Tll go and get some more SUGAR. meaning
saDa which they called sugar with which they were
playing. The deceased LETT but never returned. An
alarm was given and search made in all quarters, to
find the boy; but all to purpose. Days passed on
and weeks passed over and yet tdngs Of thsir lost
pers the father Canada In search of his child
having heard rumor that toy Of that desorip ton
had been seen n there He next heard Of boy being
focnd in Philadelphia, and posted off there, where
but, much to his sorrow, Va. not his own.
child would not be satisfied uut che WON'T Phiadel
phia and examined the boy that was supposed to be
with heart full Of grief at the sad and victorious dis
appearance ofther poor child the supp ositieu was
that come one bad kidnapped the child beyond a
doubt snd thus the whole matter remained mystery
until Friday last, come lsborers we're removing some
rand from bank within 10 feet Of Mr.. Rsys house,
and to their great SURPRISE removing the sand the
body Of this poor child discovered tho ssh was
nearly all rotted of his bones but tho clothing was
sufficiently preserved to enable the parents to identify
the body to be the remains OF their lost child tssems
that the child was in the habit drumming this sand
bank for sand to play with, whisa they called sugar
and sufocacd the deceased underneath. At the time
this caying In Of the sand bank not noticed and
thus the poor child has been buried for several months
within the call Of his parents although supposed to
have been carried OF by the hands Of some kldnap-
per The jury rendered verdict according to the
above facts.
to be enjoyed The sun in . clear sky, aud was
apparent during the day. the toworn artisans Of the
INC were OUT In uumDer0 60 enjoy the day;
the various public convey between the CITY and
adjacent points were all crowded with passengers
Every one seemed to enjoy themselves and the day,
and new hopes were aroused that were done with
winter but little confidence however, BE- placed In
any Of the promises Of March, and We may we'll be
prepared for the worst.
Trial OF speed between the steamshi "a vres-
cent Clty ana Falcon.
MEssfs EDIroRs AS the public are somewhat in
terseted In the relative qualities OF the many sple add
ocean steamer: that sail to and from the great
polls We take the liberty to hand you the folow lit
tie tketch Of the passages OF the boats Crescent
City and Falcon from Chagres Havana and this port
These two steamer, arrived 1t Chasres from New
York within few hours Of each other on the lath u
boil making very good passages.
The Cresoent City left Chagres on the 18th ut At