New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-04

latter was asked, " 10 you Know this W1Is
my lord ?" " Not r." answered Balmerint .ssf
once knew person who bore Tie dssfgnatisnsse
Murray Of Broughton, but he Was gsn&lsnans
. man Of honor, and one who could bold ~ ~
head"
walter had COTTON possession of shs Saucer,
and had turned it into . soxs of Jseotlts xsIlg.
Slavery IN zssla.dsa aass ssa
The following frightfai account a Sidts
slavery in London, which we extract ffU8 -
English paper, is commended to the spesfSno ~
tention of the hundreds Of thOussnils a. krS<s
in England who are preparing 70 ive g1gp2
Stowe national welcome for exposing the eyilS
Of negro slavery in the United States, AaMrs.
Stowe has 80 largely profted By her int H0ve1,
we commend this ss subjecs ~ ssseel1j =
which her imagination would not b s6ssBuu1y
taxed in search Of the pathetic. Ihe ex>iG1p +
from the London Times, and is written hy yhAt
is called ssfirst-hand" sempstress, for which
she has been prescribed BY her humdne IN
ployers. t27 Y see Faf
al have been engaged in thds businsss NJ
fourteen years at different frst-clan houss,'
and as my health ID noWcufsring from the sla1e
hour system, I have been prevailed upon by
this medium to give that information which a.
perience has taught me, in the hope that soGbe
enterprising and humane individua1s win e1es
| themselves to break the chains a fhsh sAxHusy
under which so many thousands of thsis sp1ar
trywomen are bound. ~ ~
81 will now speak of : recent snsassA.ssf
mine, and which in the one case win 1Iut-
trate the majority Of the West end sh6116s
| held the position of what ID called = A5st-
hand and had twelve young peopls under ~
The season commenced about tha middle eof
March We breakfasted at six A. n, which
was not allowed to occupy more than . quarter
Of IN hour The hard work Of the Day begun
al 80 l. -
of dry bread was brought to each a. luneh6pn
at that hour tine youg people would oftsna aak
Il my permission to send for glass Of beer but
this was strictly prohibited BY the principals,
as they insisted that it caused adfowSines, and
so retarded the work. At one the dinner IN
rang, which repast consisted Of . hot joint tgies
Il in the week, and cold meat the remAibing 1ve
days, no pudding. and glass Of toast and water
to drink. To this meal twenty minutes wire
: given Work again till the FIVE O'Clock san-
mons for tea, which occupied fifteen minntsa
Again to work till called to supper - ma,
which also occupied fifteen minutes, and con-
sisted of bread, dry cheese and glass Of beer.
All again turned 10 the stitch, stitch, tilt enc,
two or three O'Clock in the morning, sscosding
to the business, while Saturday night Vas3hsip9
anticipated all the week, because then no oue
, would work after twelve. With this one night q
exception, all the rest we had for six weeks,
from the end of May till the middle II June,
was from three 10 SIX, Wnltt tWU uf4Qt8 QUfxUx
; that time we never lay down. 1 leave your
readers to imagine the spectral countenances Of
us ALL shudder myself when recall the pic
ture. i''~Hs
..At midnight very frequently let all put
down their work to doze for ten minutes, ,whila,
with my watch on the table, / kept guard, and
at about one o'clock each one received o cup of
; strong tea-as the principals said-'in ease We
should feel sleepy, to arouse all to work. In
what state of health could July, the termina-
tion of the season. be expected to find us poor
English slaves j" The sequel is easily told.
] Each one, instead of going to enjoy little re-
. creation, went home to lie upon . sick bed.
: For myself, was attacked with q serious M
!. ness, which laid me up for three months, and
I. /. has greatly impaired my constitution. sslfas,
81 would endeavor to make known another
| crying evil which, in millinery and dreR-
!, : making houses demands also immediate re{or.
!, nation. allude to the sleeping rooms Of
"a more prop<fly sleeping -pens,' in which young
: people, after laborious days work. Of perhaps
= twenty hours out of the twenty four, are ex.
: pected to rest, to obtain that refreshing sleeE
50 necessary to fit them for the duties Of the
day In most of these dormitories, SIX, eight
and even ten sleep. Imagine the putrid afl
It generated by the breath Of ten persons slseline
r in one close room, without chimneys on any
:. sort of ventilation, with scarcely space to now
J. in, their own trunks and boxes supplying tn
! place of washstand, drawers and dressing table
Q This, assure you, is the case With all the a.
Q sistants,' except the first hand.' who alNAy
It make on arrangement to have either q roam {
: themselves, or shared only with the other i'm
n hand But this is more than the other ycun
:, people dare to ask for-even dare TO wish for,
h on pain Of dismissal, with the reproach, 20, yo
l. are too particular for houses Of business
le The London Times comments with grsaA. &c
Id verify on this odious system ofdegradstion, an
charges it, in no small degree, to the very 1Ade
ig who, while weeping over the fctions OF 4oncl
81 Toms Cabin, can thus countenance the oppres
10 sion and murder of their own white sisterhcod
. Referring to their change from their workin
ie to their sleeping rooms, the Times sayss. kna
or "The alteration is from the tread mill ian
what a tread-mill y to the Black Hole Of Cal
ID cutta Not word Of ofremonstrance is allowed
g or is possible. The seamstresses may leave tn
d, mill, no doubt; but what awaits them on th
to other side of the door Starvation, Il they b
honest; if not, in all probability, prostitutic
b. and its consequences. They would scarcely a
t. very terrible state of things, and one whic
lie claims the anxious consideration of the laiie
lie of England, who have pronounced themselves {
n loudly against the horrors Of negro slavery
the United States. Had this system Of oppros
nd sion against persons of their own hsen reall
nd exercised in New0rleans. it would have elieite
re from them many expressions Of sympathy &
of the sufferers and of abhorrence for the cru
ed taskmasters who could so cruelty overwof
re wretched creatures so untitled for the toll. J
d. is idle to use any further mystifcation in II
y, matter. The scenes OF misery we have describe
tt exist at our own doors, and in the most fsshnl
P able quarter of luxurious London. 1t 10 N u
to dress making and millinery establishments
the West-end' that the system is steadily Pul
er, sued The continuous labor is bestowed spo
10 the gay garments in which the ladies OF ~
int land love to adorn themselves 1t ID to sAf1f