The daily crescent., 1850-09-23
4 yt.it ~ ,no onnrity YTeapst.i,

md worthy Treasurer of the Institution, we made |
/ visit to the Charity Hospital We were much | Q
yratied to find that since the date of our last visit,
many improvements had been made, and the estab-
ishment considerably enlarged These additions
and engagements have been much needed and
still more will be needed. DR.. Wedderstrandt,
Mr. Bier and Mr.. Bogart displayed their accus-
toned politeness, and passed with us through all
the wards and departments of the buildings, and
we found that there were more than thousand
invalids now under treatment in the various wards
The neatness and cleanliness exhibited in every
department were most remarkable and striking,
In these respects, though the statement may seem
incredible, they will compare with those in any
private dwelling in the city. But when it is re-
membered that the Sisters of Charity have the /
management and superintendent of all these mat |
ters and that Sister Regina is the Sister Superior
no one in this community will doubt the assertion
in the least.
The principal object of our visit was to examine
a new steam engine recently erected under the
direction and gratuitous services of Mr.. John
Brooks, Coiner at the Branch Mint in this city.
This engine is of about four-horse power, and is
one of the neatest and most complete pieces of
machinery we have ever seen at work. 1t is at
tached to the wash-house, where there are thirty
| two washing places in which the clothes are
| boiled and chiefly cleansed by steam. Attached
to it is, also, large drying and ironing room, in
| which an incredible quantity of clothing may be
dried and ironed in day. The engine is also
used to force the water up through pipes into every
part of the building, for bathing purposes, and to
fill number of large tanks and reservoirs in the
garret of the main building to be used in case of
fire. We were pleased to find that the lunatcs
had been removed to a neat and comfortable
building on the back part of the lot and the right
: wing formerly occupied by them converted into a
separate apartment for the women Il: so that they
l are now entirely separated from the men. The
Sisters occupy the upper portions of the inner left
wing; and after we had passed through the other
parts of the building, polite note was received
from Sister Regina, inviting the gentlemen present
to pass through it. The kitchen, dining rooms,
laundry, store-rooms, parlor and chapel WIS.,
tied and much admired by all, for their extreme
neatness, simplicity and appropriateness. Every
thing is conducted throughout the Institution with
the most perfect system and order We were
4 permitted 20 examine the accounts kept by the
Sister Superior, which balanced up at the end
, of every month"; in a style that would do honor to
j the best book-keeper in the city-all in her own
hand writing, with the vouchers all numbered and
exhibit the most perfect system, and this will
account for the immense reduction in the com
d parative expense of the establishment within the
e e last few years.
;. In examining the books we noticed with sur.
3 PRISE the immense increase in the usefulness of the
y Institution since tlS32. In that year the number
of admissions was only 24SO, and the cost ofmain.
tenance was $3l, ,294 20. On turning to the regis
ter for last year. lS49 we found the number o
patients admitted to have been I5 55s and that the
! cost of maintenance was only S66,3j1 80
= The number of admissions for the month of July
! last Y6s 1647. Out of this vast number only Ia
, wetf [ner leans, and the remainder, 1900 wert
sna,se 10 NDfgn countries Ireland Germany France
ing kWasland contributed far the greater portion
INST Eadmissions in August last were 26S5. Dis
tne, i'd cured in the same month, 1926 died 147
" eii i, number admitted from the LIST to the 2Otl
hc = was 17SS. Discharged cured in the samt
Der that 1928. Died, IA. These facts speak volumes
lis 0eo' nay NewOrleans be proud of this great pub
ma mano%e,nsty! But our fellow citizens must remem
needs their fostering care and support
ttS@t@hA ls been greatly reduced under its presen
proposes t$nt but it is not out Of de5t. We hop
shall be car be.
would give SIeritory.-The San AnteI I4~.dre
partition oethat territory for the Texas lnd'
Ihe subject Is we'd out of the ceded territory, rs
next session the ecurity to the frontiers, and pqe
submit Propositiveen the Free and Slave d!y
o... IL 2Torthy of consideration, and
H UG I r.sm."@ oa son Texas delegation will undouh
WI, WIN Ose 'oi's of the kind to Congress-
It, $4,000. And a oitiz.rs Of Western Aose
abu1daaesf attempt to arresS ,, hi. mans for that
Wiis9pd00Gar a. d0Gr onia will pfobabR Of
T. ''e low price Anvil h,a,ter loss beloJ Jean
S,b gS'f g lsya Syanotarsnd, f6H him was sPo the
O,a oi CPSn}lle Ga }le sL shoe ar into the Nlng
with great fdfilna3pialn of dshot;. dtsot.J the
end of that month s5abes fi bs - tbs Pecos Mexico
If the facts be true that'Asgy l,!dossFe been
fraud ulent he has certainly mJG,' ed II with un-
common boldness and adroitness
Lcgisiotio~ far CalJoyaia.-O,n the day that
Col. Fremont took his seat in thei Senate, he in
troduoed eighteen bills with the following titles