The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-02
'ekIy Wages pa !
Merry Freeland


lowing tabular statement -
Rates Of weekly wages paid for agricultural labor
throughout merry Freeland:
Cumbe, land ..... 10 0 Oxford ........,..... . o
Iapcs.shire ........ IS 4 Glouce- ,....,... o
Cheshire ,.......... II . North Willis q
Be- by ............. il . Devon. .............. Y
Nottingham ......... ~ Ncriok .......,.....
Stafford ........ :. q Suffolk. ............. o
NorthuM be1land IL o Huntington D y
Dur ham ....... .... IL Cambridge. ......-... D
Yorkshire West bedlofd. .........'...
Riding IA 0 Hert ord.... v
10 kast Riding. IL o Essex. ..........,... y
Do North Riding. IL o Berks ................ Z v
Lincoln. .......... ~ Sarrey...............
Warwick. ......-.,.. susfex......+t...'."
Northampton ~ hahts. ...''......
buet ''.'.'' ''..'. o 9outn "Als'..'..''''
Average of northern counties, lis. Cd; average Of
southern IS. 3D.. average of vest los Id average Of
the east, 9s. Id, average Of the whole, o. Cd
How DO they mapsge TO exist upon such pittance.Y
soyereigns mental query the next instant
country village, infested by Ank and hungry ours,
before her, ana she saw
at home With osy the beer shop for oansg place
Their aspect defiant, trucuent, half oashfal half
savage Their labor brought them only pittanee ana
in their hearts they cursed that labor and the soil upon
which il was bestowed The women ia this sweet rural
spot thin and hsggard- the children sauaitd-the
cottages dirty. And, as II to heighten the contrast
there right against the brow Of hney wooded h stood
stately mansion-it was the landlords! Some miles
down the valley by sagnant putrid ditch stood
a glaring brick ediace--it the Union House, which
opened It's dismal doors receive the rustic swain, tse
village belle the humble field laborer, the hungry,
prinked wife, and children that never we're rosy to
pinch, starve snub, crush, and aehumanise.
The CHASTITY panorama thea extended to one OF those
hives OF industry which nave made Freeland famous
throughout the universe The sky obscured by the
smoke hundreds of small chimneys and vast edidces,
stretched in lines, for miles and miles The latter
crowded with and chldr young in years, but
wtheted in form and feature The countenancss OF the
coourless the white faorc in their looms.
Their eyes spaTked with intelligence, but it was chiefly
the intelligence Of suffering, of priyaon OF keen sense
OF wrong, OF inability 70 DC better OF rania3 haired
against existing ms ttuo and furye wish ia :. some
undstinguisha bic ruin.
Are these The people groaned the queen the cold
damp OF more than mortal agony moisened her marble
Not all Of them - sounded the voice in her ear so
sharply that her majesty looked up eagerly, and
written, in letters o. ire on the palace vail -
l. EVERY TWELFTH PERSON YoUR DoaSIoSs PAUpFI,
DAILY RECEIVING PAEocu4L BELIEF.
Q EVERY TWENTIETH YorR COMMONS Is A DIES
wASDEIEI WITH ROOF BOT THE sKySo HONE BuT
PRISON THa AK TIE lsfMAElr1s OF MODERN SOCIETY
EVERY ONES HAND u AGAINST THEN AND 1Hda HANDS ARB
AGAINST EVERY ONE
THAT NUMBER BY 900 600, AND YOU WILL FIND THAT NEARLY
EVERY TWENTIETH WOMAN YOUR COMMONS Is--oH HoR-
RoR, PnED HORROR a HlRIorl
AZ this moment thrilling episode occurred in the
royal vision Tie nobes Of The rivers Of Freelind dotted
with vessels from every CLINE and spanned by bridges Of
magnificent proportions came $40 Wy the scene. On
Of the splendid OF the bdses ut the dead hour
Of midnight fair girl sood with her white face turned
upwards 10 the Ky. she very beautiful but there
rlime u her loYeliness her Clio wing cheeks
pale and her eyes dim and usreess. One prayer,
one conyulsire sob Of regret for the past and
she hurled herself INTO the muddy depths below Bat
little time had the sovereign for woniany sympathy,
10 ask
Who was her father
Who her mother
FOR The solemn drama before her Tdened and deepened in
horror Bt ind the gorgeous zplendor OF the material
greatness OF treel2nd, toe aoodes Of priyatop
fostering deprayiy and crime NstB and fogs crept upon
the Gene, but they wIeathed themselves into appalling
shapes. There ignorance lumpish sboid, aud stu
fence xathinE up the homes Of The industrious in clouds
OF blended res and biacz Death hung On thef rear,
rafting his Zones and
CEinnins ghasty horrible smile;
While deeper darker, backer nofs heish than ALL Vice
chGcled and SUNK drank and thieyed, eere1 aud wal
lowed aud, IN its frantic abomipaon so dab5led and
padded ia 6lh, that mersful angel in heaven let fail
curtain and the monster hidden from the queenly
"Grzcious lAdg - said The Director Of the VISION in
solemn, touching accents " il womany and noble in
the ladies your court to weep over the wrongs OF tue
Negr0-such cry stall drops become bright stars in the
human armament; bat must you that such sym
Tarhy il diHmed in the light OF a ruling Providence
when in your own Land LnIY, the absence Il which IN
another depored il. in its most God ike develope
ments but name--unless thas may be termed liberty
which practically Is but vulgar hcence Eeace to work
from rosy morn 70 dark midnight for the most seanty
pitances; tcfe 70 store wealth in the hands AMI for
the benefit Of the few; o@ce TO below Justify TO- rival
poll .iclans lcece 10 send children to ragged schools;
tcence to so in al ale house te TO grow lumpish ana
brutal ce to neglect the Offices Of religion, to swear,
10 lie to bAspheme lcoe 70 steal TO pauder unchecked
10 the coares aPpettes TO fawn and SILVER the lit
lie great Of the earth ttce 10 creep like
through lie or bound through il like Wild beast; and
lat and most precious Of aor IT 10 uutaxed-li5goc
slarve, 70 rot 10 die and De buried in fatl paupsr's
grave, which the sweet smelling flowers sent 70 bteew
che pathway Of and woman with beauty loye, and
hOIe, viii refuse to grow, much less bloom"
MRS BEEoHEB STOWE AT GLASGOW.
IIrom the London gimes Aprtl 49,
On Friday evening last banquet soir5e was held in
the City Hail. Glasgow, in honor o. the authoress OF
Uncle Toms Cabin The Hall was completely dlgd,
there being upwards OF 1000 persons present hundre1s
VI whom had taken their places moro than hour
before the proceedings commenced The majority we're
adies.
After taking tea the Chairman, Mr. Mcdowell intro
duced Mrs. stowe a very able address, Her reception
Of the most ent character, which Mrs. stowe
and acknowledged
Dr. wAsDAw then rose, and moved the following reso-
luton
cat0n the citizens Of GLASGOW now assembled hail
with ordinary sasfaetion and With becoming eratisudo
kindly projecting Providence safe Arrival among
them Ars Harriet Beeeher stowe They Obliged by
invitation sddresed q heran aytston intended T. ex
press tie favor they bore 70 nor and the honor which
Toms Calina work Of humble name hut u high excel
SHSse eoseSron IS more thsS osuaiiei ~ the dmiSbe
tact Of a. execution aud the Christian beneyoence Of it,
elimination 81 ehsraoorsty Ito purity Of It's relioas
and moral prncplesby its ray humor lnd rs touching
tshos am ~ ,hecty powerful appeals 70 the Judgment
the conscience and tho heaTta indeod Of
nt worth the te8t is be found IN tho It's
name bas 6ecomo honsobold ppra * tb r.isce ~ ~
cottage and Of TIE gtnb Of Us circulation having
precedtuted in TIC history q the Literature s any
ase u 6 SsT 1s G9 e sv a 4 ase s e.
Theological Literature Theological
seminary Ma hchus1t whose 0min quqliBc atoms
classical scholar man y general iterlnre and tbeoio
gan have recently place han In tAa highly honorable
boids t6e ssse prscDies and BREATH" fJ ~ &
freedom With ha upsh1i partner and along wits
thom another neater q the s,ulnariy aleGts
4amiy Ni hcrseE They delight 90 think ont ri
good the Of emancipation universal taafv
whch her calm ta slrcny dane aad antcip,fe the
stil larger iti yet destined 70 do, hat ill.,
Key % tho cabin has triUInp hantIy shown II q
hc8n aud "a whatever further 0a0r lac may he h0nOred
~ . make in The same noble they dore
ard heartily 10 cheer her and hd hcr God
1fc rev gentleman snid cannot but feel my self honor
"a having ben requested % thl resolution. III
doing 30 nave the happiness of introducing GllsgoN
Indy frou the Transatianc coDt,n,Dt the
Lao 0nay production 81 whose pen referred TO In the
soiutSn hd mate her familiar in country aud
through mopc ere she appeared persoD among "a NJ
Judgment and my heart ake fully respond ~ every think
Rid 10 the resolution respecting that ini@itabs work
s9IV rc 4ro nat 5fs slose sho8t sFgeas among !