Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-05-01

eldest boys, forms the entire repas,. Ther
5 neither beef, bacon, nor beer. BfeaI
poiatoes, and water form The dinner, a
well o.! the growing child, a, of the work
lns man. They had Ii;le bacon on SUI
DE-! last, i! is nov Thursday, and they vi
not taste b.coa till Sunday again, and per
haps not cscrlh BNuL.l,. they are OF c
their scarty repas;. lei US take glance a
their Sleeping accommodations.
( "Ihese are above, and are gained b.
means of few greasy and ricke.y steps
which lead through spec;cs Of ha:chwa,
in The ceiling. Yes, there is bet enc rocn
and get We counted nine iii the family
And such roo,nl The snl! WINDOW ia
The ron! admits jus. light enough TO ena; c
YOU TO discern It's character and Dimensions
The ral!ers. which are all exposed. sprin.
from the very floor 50 that it is only in ,hG
very centre OF the apartment that YOU
have any chance OF STANDING erect Tie
thaich oo@es lhro..h the woodwork Which
supports 1.-THE who'e being 5egr.ne,l ~i il
smoke and dusi, and rep'e;e With yarr.ia.
There are no cobwehs, for he spide. or :
spreads bis net where flies are likely 10 be
caught. You look in vain for a bcds.ea1 :;
there Is ncnc i: lie .5om. EA ;here are
their beds. lying side by side on the l5or,
almost in ccnlac, with each other, and oc-
cupy as nearly the While length Of the
apartment. The beds are large sacks, filed
with the chaii 0i oais, which the laborer
sometimes gets, and at others purchases
from his employer. The chaf Of wheat
and barley is used on the farm for other
purposes. The bid mex, The hatchway is
that of the ialhe. and mother, with ho.n
sleeps the infant, born but few months
ago in this very room. Ia the other beds
S.eep the chIleren, the boys and cills to-
gelhec. The eldest g;f. is in her twelfth
year, the eldest boy having nearly compile
ted his eleventh, and ihcy are likely to re.
main for years in the condition we now
find them. Win :hc exception of the
younsesl children, he family retire 10 resi-
about the same hour, generally undressing
Below, and then ascending and crawling
over each o.her 10 their respective resting
places for the night. There are two b,an-
keis on the bed occupied by the parents,
the others being covered with very hete-
rogeneous assemblcge or materials. |. not
happens that the clothes worn
~ the parents in The daytime, form the
'he! part OF the covering @! the children
'y n2hi. Slch is the dIrmitory in which,
wing side by side, the nine. whom we have
ust left below al their wrctchsd meal, will F..
'ass the night. The s,le ventilation is /
Trough the small aperture occupied b.
'hat is termed. by courtesy, window
q other words, there is scarcely any
enlIation at all. Wha. den in the
our OF sickness or death Wha; den,
ldeed, at any time
lie, /. TO, be said that this picture is
vefdrawn, or tha, il is q Concentration, for
feet, into one point, Of defects spread in
aaty over large surface. As type OF
le extreme OF household wretchedness in
!e rural districts, it is rnGerdrawn. The
o;lase IN question has two rooms some
ave only one, with as great a number OF
lmaies 10 occupy il. Some OF them, again.
ave three or fcur rooms, with family oc
1pylng each room, each family amount
x, IN some cases. 10 nine or ten individ.
S. In some cottages, too, 4 ledger is ac-
who occupies the same apart
lent rs the family. Such is the condition
a very great number Of EnglshG.er, not
the backwoods OF remote settlement, ,
II in the heart Of Anslo-Saxon ciyi.iza-
Oh, in The year of grace 1880" ,
Such is the commissioners report. Were ,
an American, TO describe srch scene
) has been depicted above, the recital
ouId probably be doubted; bat an Eng
,hman, and one too in authority, has de.
'rhed the scenes within that cottage, in Z
fcal document, and the Morning Chron-
le, in publishing the account says: "From ,
ir own personal observation we can at
;; 10 TIE TRUTH Of the relation given by Z
e commissioner
| have been traveller, now, for up. =;
ards OF twenty years. have been in
e "quarters" Of the negro slave OF the
)llon and sugar regions, and in the wi e
ans Of the Indians in the primeyai lur-
lis Of North America, and | know thar
'ey are infinitely more commodious and
,mforiabe than the hcbilc!icn just des-
.ribed.
The negro slaves arc princes TO the
re,ched peasants OF England. Slavery in
.ali,y, though not in name, is ieItered
,h far heavier chains in England than
Arnnrica =, here n - r,o,e in the name