The Arkansas banner., 1850-02-05
The Needlt-wOmen of LOnd0n-their Sad
 C0Hditinn.

In the Philadelphia Ledger VIC find mournful history of the desttu,ion ot this class of people in the cities of England. The following dreadful story of girl, is taken from a number of confessions published by the London Morning Chronicle, as sutheatie
 ' used to work al aop- -work--at the shirt work the fine fu-fronted white shirts; 1 got ; u each for 'em- There were six patton hoes four rows of stitching in the front and the collars and wrist bands stitched well. By working from o'clock in the morning till midnght each night, might be able to do seven in the week. These wonlc bring me in IT i'd. for my whole weeks labor. Oat of this tho cotton must he taken. and that to 2d
 every week, and 50 left i5td to pay rant and living, and buy candies with was sihgle, and received some little h~lp from my friends; still it impossible for me to live. 1 was foresd to 20 out of night 10 make out my living. 1 had q child and 1t used to cry for food IS could not get living for him and myself by my needle,
 went into the streets and made out living in that way. used to make pin-cushions and fancy ar tices. Sometimes shoad bs out all night in the rain. and sell nothing at a-me and my child to-
 getheri and when wo didt get anything in that
 way, used 10 sit in shed, for was loo fatgIed
 with my baby to stand, and.I poor couldn't
 have even nights logging upon credit. One
 night, in the depth Of winter. his legs froze my
 sue. We sat down the step of a door. l
 trying to make my way 10 the work house, but
 wasso weak couldn't get ou any further The was over my shoes IL had been showing ali day, and me aud my boy out in it. We hadn't tasted any food since the morning before, and that
 got tn another persons name was driven, by positive starvation, 10 say that they me when
 they did no such thing. All this time 1
 struggling to give up prostitution 1 had many
 offers, but refused them all. had sworn 10 my
 se.f that woaid keep from that mode of life for
 my boys sake. lady saw me sitting the door
 step, and took me into her house, and rubbed my
 child's legs with brandy. She gave some food,
 both ny child and me, hut was so far gone 1
 coadh't eat. got 10 the work-hous- that nj ght.
 told them starving. but they refused 10
 admit us without order; 50 went back to pros
 uut0a again for another month. l couldn't get any work. had no security. l couldnt | even get reference to fad me work al secaDd hand. My character was quite goue l was, at length, dis gusted with my line Of life tint got an order for ue work house, aud went in there for two years. The very moment we got insiae the gate, they took my child away from ms and allowed to it ouy once month At last, 1 and another left ',he hous- to work at umbrella covering, so that we night have our children with For this work We had Is. a dozen and used to do be- tween us from six 10 eight dozen a week. We could have done ,Gore, but the work wasn't 10 be hhd. then made from 3s to 4s. week. and from
 thal time gave up prostitution. For the sake of my child should not like my name to be known
 olt for the sake of other yoang girls can aud will soiemnly state that t the smaneSs of the price got for my labor thai drove inc to prostitution as means ot living. la my heart I hated i; ; my whole aature rebeled at it and nobody bat Gois knows how struggled to give h up. Was only a'ie to do so by getting work at somethin that better paid Had l remained st shirtma king. 1 must have been prostitute to this day 1 have taken my gown of my back and pledged il, md gone ih my petiic0at-i had but one--ratnrr than t'Ns To the streets again but il al la ysin. we were starving st'Ii and l robbed the young "o'aaa who lodged in the next room to me of q tl Fal tAui ia ffF, a"a get crust l let my ehd at hona wrapped ,A h't of an old blanket, while 1 went cut 1 o'ohght home half crown by my shame, and stop Pe' It's cries Tor ood for two days My suiferings nave been such at three days before first tried to gsA into -th- warehouse, l made up my mind to eo'hhh suicide wrote the same of my boy and ule adorrss ot his aunts, and pinned them io his n'ue sh'ft, aud left htm in bed--forcver. i
 mough land went 10 The Regents park 10 drown ntSef 'a the wafer the road leading to St
 'o"" wood l went there because l was esore
 sure ei death It was further to lump The police
 I 7. s1 "1''s1 me and asked me what was doing. .L s"e 'oosed suspicious, and drove me from
 ,h,dI cs n" saved my life. My fathrr died.
 ,",. o'.' ~heH was eight years old. My sis
 ~S are "aisicoat hands, and both starying. |
 hafa'y know whether cue !. 5.ad ,r nn, no,s Sb. # ~ S s lo"' cancers, brtaght on by poor living
 Nh ne" hFiGg ia ssfyce. hay. bssn sa foy th.
 |s s' t"f aaa hAt obtained a character from A
 S"ts'aa gentleman, io whom a,va mo s.l,,t,or
 can soiemaly assert sincs bsvs M Ll-,'
 n,a.,,,,,,," "S,Ig | have never once resortsd to Ps'i''oh' My boy Is still in the work hoas. = \ 0eH u"ah'e 10 save aay money sines | h,va
 ossn n serv'es- My wages are low and | had
 sSA'ee'y any clothes when [ went tn-rs /" Are not all these details axfal' C.n
 ''e poverty and the wre'ehsdasss in grea, c,sss | "7a sa many are compelled 10 drag oni a ptsax
 ois existence by iuceSsant ton while inc n,aa'.
 ,as oe'aiasd arc scarcely saliespt to satisfy ,Ss
 cravings of han.esi "''