New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-16

ond chiidren-msny were ,siors-ofcn missionaries
Of wee to distant parts Of the worli-yOuths early
trained to vckedness-in fine mass Of moral contain
inafion, hurrying the Judgment Seat unprepared
and unheedng the day Of wrath to come What was
required 70 meet the exigency q case so Urgent
we needed individuals to show these outcasts from
Zion that they had immortal souls ssve-.o point on,
the plsn Of lead them to the
Lamb Of God, the true friend Of the sinner. They
needed individuals seek out their resdcnces-to
cure their confdence-resch their hesrts-win their
love, and pity and relieve them in their poverty aud
wretchedness They needed spiritual guides to pon,
TO the Cross, and uphold the terrors Of the wrath
to come sndthe judgment TO come and eadeavorin eve
~ possible way to train them for better world Tae
numerous strsogers constantly coming among need
cd to be met by men shpboard TO guide and counsel
as 10 their spiritual welfare In fact they needed in
every part of the grea. Metropolis those who would
preach Christ Crucihed and cry aloud ike John the
Baptist, Repent ye, repent ye for the Kingdom OF
God il at hand" This Society, extending the scope Of
Its operations by engaging the services Of additional
Colporteurs, eminenty calculated to supply the
wants Of the City in the particulars referred to- The So
cety required three things Of the Christian pubc-.heir
prayers; for without the Grace of God man could et
feet nohng-their cooperation and their enlarged be-
nefcence.
The collection and subscription for the year 1853
then taken up followed by the 699th Hymn of the Sc
lection,
aye men and angels witness now,
Before the Lord we speak,
Ret. G. L. Prentss (Mercer-st Presbyterian Church,
the next speaker. He could not contemplate the
object that brought them together without feelings Of
deep pain. The evil was increasing rapidly and the
forces combat it few that if one look at it
alone he would be liable to fall back into blank de-
spair Through almost nightly murders assassina.ions
robberes ruauly brawls, Christian Sabbath made
a season Of mirth-in.emperance stalking throughout
the City in thousands Of fashionable rather unfash
ionable grog shops and gambling hells-it through
these forms the heather, vicious sinful population
Of New-York esented itself to our notice. The
covering Of the of the City could not offend our
sensibil,es moro than moral perceptions would be
disguised and Mortified, were the veil that hid the
suces of crime and vice within our midst raised and
they exposed to the light Of day The evil vast
complieate and very vrulent not peculiar t, how
ever but existing in every large city and the evil was
largely on the increase. To evangeize this large
sinful mass, though truly most formidable cater
phi sc, yet was the most efficient means by
which the evil could be counteracted and ultimately
annhilsted. Such the aim of this Society-an OBJ
ject which he had no need to urge but he earnestly
recommended the organization to the support OF the
Christian public. The great problem which to an ex-
tent engaged tic attention ofthc Christian public, was
by what means could the immense literary, scientific,
commercial and political metropolis of the world be
eysngelizedi And few cities of Christendom needed
TO have this problem brought TO successful solution
more urgently than tls City Of New.York ANY effort,
however humble towerd practical solution Of the
problem, worthy OF all prise; ani this system Of
tract distribution accompanied by the onal labors
Of the distributors would work most efficiently Bu,
tie time had come in bis opinion, when not only the
Of the Society should be multiplied lar ely, but
all the agencies within this Christian community,
cesastcs and private SHOULD be brought to bear upon
the solution Of this tremendous problem.
The doxoogy was then sung by the choir AMI con
grega,ion, after which the benedicton pronounced
by The President, and the meeting then separated.
A HospIrAL ron CHILDREy.-We have be-
fore us pamphlet-emansting from highly intelii
gent physician of this City. who has devoted much
time to the subject of which he ending
the establishment Of Hospital exclusively for children
and he suggests the appropriate nsme, st. Nicho-
lass Ho-pits The writer states that the population
Of the City Of NcwYork in the year 1880 was 5l5392
end tho number of deaths one in thirty-three.
The same census gives one in sixty seven as the pro-
portion of the deaths to the living population in the
other parts of the State This difference in the rate Of
mortality in the city pnd country appears TO indicate
the prevalence of health and far better prospect
ofongeviiy among the inhabitants OF the rural parts OF
the State and the difference between the two is mat
ter ofsurprisc and by many scarcely he credited
II is, however perfectly accurate, and go far as the
city is concerned receives ils corroboraton from the
report of the City Inspector for that year
This document informs that there Is 3T7 deaths
during the period, which j. in 80 y !, also supplies
another species of information Of considerable mpor-
lance in explanation Of the difference and which can
be obtained by referring to the table containing tle
oQes of the deceased 1t will there beeeea tia; s052
or 81 per cent OF these deaths children under the
age of ten years In the year ISL there 2lO2i
deaths reported; of which number IL $50, or 81 per
cent, were children at tie same ages. Daring the
seven weeks Of the present year $3.50 ending on the
2s,h Of August there were reported 37l2 deaths, OF
which mum er there 24so G6sl per cent chill.
dren under the age of ten years On examining also
these records for number Of years past the fact OF
tie imineRse mortality among them lie Of the most
prominent there mentioned; ~ per cent being the
average number for a period Of sixteen years Its
evident therefore that the in the number OF
deaths for the City, IS made up exclusively Of young
children TO on cxten, that is truly alarming. Not
only is this mortality excessive, bur it appears also
TO have been upon the increase. Ta.s will be seen
by comparing the number of deaths with the pop
uaiion al the different census periods thus, In
1895. the deaths were ! in 80. 81 in 1870, In
20 "a; in lsij, in 81 -, and n $50. in 3ij2.
The writer states that Of the principal causes OF
ills mortality are wan; OF room. and consequently
want Of Gr. The packing system in This City has
reached fearful extent and in opinion il IL high
time tina, the Of the law should be inierPosed II
il is right for law TO specify the amount Of space to be
appropriated to passengers At sea, Is quite as proper
that the Jaw should do the same land. II ship
owner is forbidden 10 pack human beings spooai4shon
between decks why should landlords do the same thing
on shorei In Liverpool md other cities OF Europe
dwelling in Easements or underground Is prohibited
Why not follow this excellent example in our own
Cityi No single Of legislation would be 20 bene-
fetal 10 he public as q law 10 regulate the amount Of