The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-04-09

Prom this worlds ills.
By boldly venturing on world unknown,
And Plungiug headlODg In the dark"

n-...,-..-.,;,-- --"run - away
By boldly venturing on a world unknown,
And Pungiug headlODg In the dark"
But her children-and her fatal purpose dies.
An austers picture, this, bat one too often seenl
The Grim ConquerOr will shortly come 10 her
rtliet-she feels it IN her breaking heart. What
prospect then for her offspring, she has so deep
Iy loved, exposed to the thousand temptations Ot
the cityi For the boys the prison; Tor rhe
girls, prostitution; and she eudeaVors TO shut
out with her uphfJed hands, the horrld vision
Of the future. Here misery aud starvation
there the open grave, the leIon's fetter, aud the
marriott serpent hiss. All ior her and hers A
momsnt, aud she falls nOtiOnsss upon the bare
earth Oi that worae than convIct's cell. StiIlIt
is her home.
Turn your eyes from such unfortuustes TO a
gsyer resort Several lesders Of tie ton are
busy at the Misses Bairds, turning over rib
bOus and dress. patterns, and WaVeriDg, among
such splendid assortment, in their choice
One Of the ladies selects most costly and con =
sequenJly, beautiful fabric for an evening COS.
tune. She Bffectedly aftirlns, upon 'hah non.
nab, '-(by the way, if some Of our ladies knew
how disguStingly the negro gibberish they make
use Of, sounds, they would abandon It - she
eau not tell why she has purchased the pattern.
She has several dresses st home now sac has
never worm But she knows not what to do
With her money; SO she must spend it in the
adorment Of her precious person.
II our dear mOulher be troubled with any SUI
perfious cash whic sbe pretends, we can read
NY inform her where sbe eau part with 1t
adysntageOusly to herse ald Others without
touring the little brains she possesses. Let
her visit the despsirilg woman in the cellar.
If she find not Ter, she can many others in the
SAME situation. The dollars, squandered upon
u fUshlUnsUIs gown, would, properly managed,
be the means of salvation to more than one
distressed and aching soul Rich as she deems
her husband, ten times his fortune could be
we'll expended 10 the alienation Of the poor
Crime, as we'll as poverty, has fastened upon
US Its embrace, as the crowded Court dockets
show, but not to the extent in which it e1ists.
The darkest deeds are hidden from the light
and buried in oblivion. We are often render.
ed alarmiDgly sensible Of the effects Of crime,
while its causes and instruments are Shrouded
IN mystery. Could the returning day reveal
each crime, perpetrated during the intervening
! h'EuSJ AumdhlLy WOulu bnu0uef al Jue cbJa-
logue. The robberies the eounterfeiting, the
( unholy lust, and even murders, committed
would compare favorsbly with the blackened
calendar Of NewgsteI How often is nights 81.
lsnce broken by the discharge of firearms,
piercing shrieks, and wild Cries Of murderl-
Not long hey vibrate upon the stiffness. All's
quiet now. Gloomy alleys, heavy shutters and
weather worn walls in the centre and outskirts
Of the city, shut out from sight a vast amount
Of vice. If 50 much be evident and scarcely
under concealment, what must be its charac
| ter and volume behind the curtain, separating
| the seen from the unseen worlds
Peep into yonder garret through our PEN
marks. II you made the attempt actually, you
would add another to the victims Of fatal curl
osity. Upon the floor beneath, two armed meu
stand guard In the upper story area number
Of persons, Of different garb and personal ap
pearanes, all engaged over smoky lamps, viii