New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-18
Old Brewery Festival.

tie benefit Of the Five Points Mission Of the Ladies
Home Missionary Society held in Metropolitan
Bah The building filed in all parts by the fri Is
Of the movement and the presence Of large number
Of boys and girls, pupils Of the Mission Schools de
Gently alfred added good deal Of interest TO the pro-
coednce, afording as they did living evidence Of
portion Of the good which has been effected within the
osTecial sphere of the operations Of the Society.
The exercises Of the afternoon consisted Of grand
concert in which the following artists took part
Signora Pico Viett, Mrs. Georganna Stuart, S.gnor
Veih, Siguor C9eth, and Messrs j. 4. Kyle and Geo
+. Brstow, the latter OF whom Ell conductor Mr.
Robert Heller presided at the Piano. The programme
consisted Of selections from the works of Mercadaute
Rossiu Auber, Bollini Donizetti, Schubert, &c. Be-
tw cen tho fret and second part OF he concert hymn
sung by the children Of the Mission Schools, much
to the satisfaction Of all present The passel
of well; every seemei pleased for each went
there with determination to be pleased with every
thing Alter the concert had terminated the children
were RECALLED with good substantial repast, in the
lower part Of the building and their LITTLE wants attenl
cd to by many of the kind friends Of the Mission.
EVENING EXERCISES
Tic exercises of the festival were resumed at y
o'clock in the evening The body of the Hail. also
the galleries above, were numerousy thron .ed By
highly respectable audience goodly number Of cer
gymen were also among those attracted to Metropo
tan Hall by the interest of the occasion Jacob 4.
Wetcrvc,t Esq, Mayor elect, occupied the Oh lT,
sisted ly Thos l.. Bond " D Seth Grovenor, Fran
els Hail. Henry Sheldon and VIM. t. Dodge, Eslrs az
VccPresdents. 1heproceeiings opened with Il apPro
pr1ic address 10 the gyer Of all mercies after winch
the children Of tie Mission School-many Of whom
were seated upon the stace-sanga Hymn composed
expressly for the occasion.
The address of the Ladies' Home Missionary Society
wos then read by Rev. J. b Havany Tho address
set forth the various inducements at led 10 the iOra
ton of the Society, and lie operations since the com.
mencomon Of Missionary cnteiTrize in the Five Points,
up to the present day. embracing at The same time an
account Of the circumstances csnnectel with the Pnr-
chase of the Oh Brewery anl the subsequent den0l
ton of that once odious den Of and vany. For
the purpose of carrying On tie great work which in
fact they were but beginning the Society earnesyap-
pealcd TO the Christian public for their sympathy their
beneS olou, aid and their eren prayer 10 enable them
to carry out their object to a succcssiu completion
Mr. John b. Cough was thon introduced, an re-
cciyod with hearty applause. Alter some preparatory
remarks relating to himself he proceeded TO say, that
in he opinion the Temperance cause was most iatn-
atcly connccted-if identical with the Ladies Mis-
souary Society An important feature In ID ia organ
iz,tou was tn protection 1t would throw around the
youth Of lie poverty stricken rcscn IN which its
operations were carried on Children odu~fct 10
knowledge Of morality could in many Instances they
had done so-oxerciee most beneficial influence upon
their inelnT eru;e and ralel parents In Illustration
of this Mr. Cough related several interesting anecdotes
slowing the wonderful influence cXerc ei by young
children upon their drunken parents The inell'ctuai
capacity and fhrewdness Of children was generally IN
dcrrsied It wss impossible 10 estimote the nlu nee
for good that would be called out by the operations Oh
tie Society in connection with the youth Of the
Five Points The boys Of the country were
signing the pledge in thousands AID they were
keeriag it too BY this means we were having
Luilt w among US strong barrier against the future
rsvagos of intemp-rance. The boys Of the ely couI
lie made coadutors with the ladies in the work they
had in hand We often saw little girls sweeping the
street crossings soiihy in appearance that We could
not tell whether they were black or white SO nnYu
dent that we would fam go round in the mud rather
,bnn runthe chance of ounerng their mperanence
so obscene that no lady could pass them by without
having her cars iusued Besides being hl.ay and Cd
sceIe they tlasphomcd and drsnk-yes, these A;re
rirs were blasphemcrs and drunkGr3s, many OF them
and some of them had been rescued and were present
on the stage before them lApplause In coneiuiinS
HIS remarks which all through were mierspersed WIN
anecdotes fraught with quaint humor and oxqu'sl,e
feeling Mr. G said To day law the ruins Of he O.d
Brewery" the fame OF rather inflmy oi which has
cone across the Atlantic and been made The subject Of
sketches from the pens ofthose who know how 20 sccA
did feel in the beginning something Ike - the negro
rroschCr felt He ,Oupin meeting and sad bso,a@i'
am bound 10 do what the Bible tells me TO do Now
then. suppose the Bible tells me that must 60 right
on, Of this house and jump through stone wall can
I donf No ! say no Everybody says no Nha'
D - n
ssvs must 20 cut and jumr through stone wall !
mus, 30 cut ard jump az IL Jumping "rotyA L
i. GoIs woIk-jumping c. t is mine lApplarse J
II hos often appeared TO me that Thu WORK was
The stone wall and tie Ladies vi sionaFy 50
c,ctv WIS jumping al it. TAe Socety stands to
d.v inst ike the little Scotch drummer wao'
when taken prisoner by the enemy, was asked
bv bi,csptcrs 1.-The could plsy the "reveile Yes 10
70 be sure he replied and he plsyedit a. also TIE al
vance" and the charge" But whenhe was asked to pay
a "rc,res," he proudly answered Il cannot beat a
.rc,reat. for never learned 10 beat retreat
There Is where the Ladies stand today applau'a J
There Is no such word in their vocabulary as " re
,,e,, because right and truth and justice are on their
.i3e and they must finally triumph. Tie Ladie5 ap-
neal 10 the people Of the CEy OF Newt OK % Ae.P
,hc,n-ihey appeal TO YOU confident % glorious re-
srouse feekns that YOU have hearts to I,e n'S' -
,l.p ard hands 10 work for t-am Allihey AK arc
he means 10 enable them 20 60 with their in1's4'
,f Christian bene6cence. They viii triumph Tor "01
: y, their aide, and ,ru;A and righteousness mus
prevail ,., 8, h.,,lf
Rev. Mr. Foster then came forward TO ask II
- ,hs Ladies' Home Missionary Society,", the donations
of,he puhlic in aid Of the erection OF AssioH oa""s
on ,,e lite Of the old Brewery" Mr. r nlsae some
remarks relative TO the purposes to wa "a
,,a contributions of the public, when received woai
10 ds.,;,ed II was contemplated to erect eAuron
mon hi. property and also buildings of sufficient ca
10 ru,,her Of the children of The Points
III: uo,l of collection the commenced and the do
nations soon flowed in rapidly. After the e04sc''n