The southern press., 1851-08-04

PunLu DmHzx.---Mr. Gsses&asy Graham, on
hi istq viait h Nafth Cspsliaa was rendered =
public dIiiiisSi q e n G61Hasusd IN "A
sloaaAsg !; I \ I n n - soupropi.s
and 49, h aays, however;
Il ae s nsmsnt Of vigilsucs over
the lkl4 m o. .& g South, and shall be the
last - 1G8G6 M dgkt Of revelation, should
gseasiQnnan4 1omallaes arise to iuaitfy Il
tsust however. That U such state Of thinpu
shah SseF ooQMr, ~ ahali make an out snd oat
rsvofa4oa, W&f1& skaii leave no room for douhx
and enasap nQjnAn's conscience. In the mean.
tan4, ty NtthfnIly sdhsing to the terms OF ad-
jssemsat atrssd On Ia the compromise acts by
- exsFtieos and sseri6ces Of patriots Of both
~ ffeas parties which have divided the country,
~ all eatlfie ourselves to have them In like
nseesf observed and kept on the part OF our
Hofthern brethssn, and, ia the event Of a last
sPpsei aitee kiluss ia our jast expectations,
We wenld etAnd jusli6ad 70 ourselves, and be-
fore the jadgmsnt of mankind. fondiy hope,
however, that there h yet patriotism enough in
o., sessions % preserve oar Union in its true
spirit and txlg)spat the blessings Of the Consti-
tafien 70 tts posterity.'
The SHIRr GkwxRs OF NEw YoRx-Among
gaesd IL that city. there are none who receive
p0oges epmRen&atiop than the shirt sewers-
Them sea six thousand women in that city em-
Plcyed y Making shirts, and four-fifths of these
earn baTel3 enough 10 keep the life ia their body
Mmy have the misfortune to be engaged by dis
hopsst employers, are often cheated out of their
miserabIe ntanse, and, as last resort, are forced
70 throw heWseIyes upon the charity of the
pubkIc. TheEp are large number on the list of
outdoor nAna|0nsrs Of the Aims House who re-
ceixe from one TO two dollars q month, upon
whieh Trey are barely enabled to live. Some
time ago sevssal shirt sewers organized coop.
erative society At No. 3 Henry street. where
orders where received for all kinds of neede-
work. This society, for some time after it's for
mation, was pretty berally supplied with work,
bat within the laat few months the custom has
gradually diminished till at present there are
only a few workers left, and even these receive
very little employment
A report has been published by the associa-
tion, in which it makes forcibie appeal to the
sympathies and support Of the public. The fol-
lowi e extract from this report will give some
idea a. he condition of the needle women of that
city:
fhe condition Of the shirt sewers of our city
is lAmantahle, and calls for your kndest and
wAtueat eymPathies. 1t is estimated that their
numbers ~ present exceed six thousand. Many
Of thsse are young and friendless orphans, early
leit TO struggle with poverty, and solely depen-
dent upon the precsrious pittance of wages doled
out by employers. Others are widows, depend
ing upon the needle for the support of helpless
children. and with the pittance of some 50 or
$2,60 per week, trying to feed, cothe and pay
the rent Of family. We need not tell you this
L. 49, II =
and trials that would chill the sternest hearts to
recount The defenceless girl often wrestes
with poverty, hunger, temptation, until dire ne
her. Is thia Christian Is it hu nan?'