New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-13

Hush my child lie sill aad slu nhsI."
but starting lie sentinel upon ssvszs oa;er p1s, With
alarm having sep; shiverDg VIII nj yh' air sad fear
and finally compelled TO 60 home trembling Ike oalori
to hear the bard words Of moihsr-yss mo'h-r-bui
Oh What Woodworking her for not performing IN
possibility, because exhausted nature sep-oscs1se l@r
Obi had made profit which would have enabled nsr
freely 20 incu7e the soul and body destroying vc4
Of drunkenness, to which shs had fallen from estate
when my carriage" of the household words
which used TO greet the young Of tn poor little death
stricken neglected strest sufferer.
twas past midnight when she awoke and found herself
with desperate effort JUS. aole to reach the bottom Of the
rckety stairs which led 70 her A0 We sh. not 20 up
In little while reader you shal see where live the
City poor
Tred-worn with the daily tol-for such is the work OF
an editor who caters for hs sppsss of his morning read
ers-we we're not present the next night note the 40
sence Of that CRY from is accustomed po. bat the next
and next and still we listened in van-thst voics Vas
lot there True the same hot cry fo.ng upon
the evening breeze across the PARK ~orned It's way from
some crack ed fiddle voice down the street up and around
the corner or out Of dark alley with broken En
elsh accent tina, sounded almost much Ike lager bier
as it did like the commodity the immigrant struggling TO
exc out bis precautions existence wished to sell All over
tbi. great poverty budened and wicked waste ertrava
CANT City st this season that cry goes up nightly proclaim
ing one Of the habits Of this late supper eating people
Yes we missed that cry Hot corn Ion yer Ike
the music Of strnged instrument. TO weary man, for the
tire bic string broken and TO the harmony spoiled
What that voice 10 usl IL was but one Of the ten
Thousand lust as miserable which may be daily heard
where human misery has its abode That voice some
others have did not haunt but its absence in spite
all reasoning mace feel uneasy We do not believe in
spirit mantle stations half strongly some OF the min
compoops Of this world would have their long cared list
eners think yet do believe there b spirit in man net
vet made manifest which makes yesrn after coeristng
and int At ia
need Of going beyond il, seeking after strange idols
We shall Lot stop in 4uire whether spirit OF
the rstthrd sixth sphere hst prompted us as wele
our desk evening down the sbodes OF the
poor with feeling Of certainty that we should see or hear
soneing Of the lost voice for that spirit led US on per
hsps it was the spirit Of curiosity matter it led, and
we followed in the had seen that little one 60 be-
fore-it was our only cue-we knew no name-hsd no
number nor knew no one that knew her whom were
going to Yes, knew that good Missionary, and shs
bad told US Of good words which he hsd spoken but
would be know her from the hundred just like her Per
haps II will cost nothing TO inquire Wewen. down Centre
st with light heart turned into Cross 81 with step
buoyed by hope stood at the corner of Little Wsters
and looked round iuqurngy Of the spirit and mentally
said which way now The snsserlTss fsrof scream
Of dispar We stood still with open ear for the sound
of prayer followed by sweet hymn of praise 10 God wen
Up from the site Of the Old Brewery in which We joined
thankful that that longer the abode OF all the worst
approaches. Our guide whispered ask him.
II were a curious question 10 ask a stranger in such
sr nge place particularly like him. hsgyard with
much care toll mental labor Pfeinaturey old his days
shortened by over work in young years his iarrowei
face and almost phrensed eye hurdy indicates as So
the flash the lamp upon his dark vsage be approaches
with that peculiar American step which impes the body
forward at ralroadspeed Shall get out Of his way be-
fore he walks over US What if he is crazy mn No;
the spirit was nighttime false raps here Ii is that good
missionary. That who hiss done more TO reform that
dep of cline the Five Points Of New York than all the
Municipal Authorities of this Police hunting and Prison
punishng City, where misfortune is deemed crime or the
unfortunate driven to it, by the way they rssed IT,
stead Of being reformed ia their resolution
TO reform by hsrd words rather than Prison bars Sir
said MIR Pease what brings you here at this time OF night
for | know there is an object can aid you r
"Perhaps don't know-s foolish whim-a little child
one of the miserable with drunken mother
"Come with me- then There many such am just
going 10 visit one who will die before morning-a
little girl in better Gays dying wbu you sls
see and then we will talk about the you would seek to
save"
We were soon hreslinga alley where psstsnce
wsketh in darkness aud crime wretchsd poverty and hy
misery 90 hand in hand to destruction.
behold" said our friend, the fruits Of our City Use
Here s the profit cf money spent for license 20 XII he
BODY and the soul" Proven by the awful lnd
loud blows Of n drunken husband upon wife,
nsue1t Of society and exemplary member Of a Christian
Church that came up gu. Of Of the low csars which
human beings call by the holy name Of home.
The fetd odour of this filthy lane had been made more
f,d by the late and almost scalding hot rains until II
seemed to US that such ar was only fit for hrne
house With the Thermometer At at Midnight how could
men live in such place below the surf4c, OF the earth
Has rum rendered them proofagan the effect Of car5onic
acid gas
We CROPPED way along 10 the foo. OF outside stair
case where conductor paused for moment calling our
attention to the spot Here said Mr. Pesse the little suf
erer we are going see tainted few nights ago. and lay
all night exposed 10 the rAn, where she found and
beaten in the morning by her miserable mother because
abe had no. sold all her corn.
Great and unknown hast thou brought Us 70 he
door, Our friend stared but did comprehend the er
preston Be careful said he the stairs very old and
slippery.
Beat her, said we, withou. regarding VIA. he say
ing.
Yes beat her, while she in fever Of delirium from
which she has never rallied She has spoken
tonsy since she taken Her constant prayer seems
10 be 10 see some particular person before she dies
"Ob, if could see him more-there-there-thAis
him-no no. he did not speak that way to me-he did not
curse and beat me-
Such Der conversation and that indu I'D her mother 70
send for me- but not the man. "Wil he come !!
she says every time visit her for thinking to sooihe and
comfort her promised to bring him.
We had reached the top Of the stairs and stool moment
at open door where sin and misery dTe where sick
nssshsd come and where death would soon enter.
WIN be come
faint voice came up from 8 low bed in one corner