New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-17

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C.rtr-st rea, t6oroughh.re, through ~hch the Harlem
cars pass the adjoining tbs spot 50 fam us sad Is
smost included in the bsd neighborhpod 1t p'puaton
u badly tainted ast by s proximity n ths P"ists
The same Az be said Of portions Of Pearl Mulberry Mott
Leonard and Franz ns which ara me aohorret
place The vicious of all ages and shsfes OF color snd
81 both have freely commng I'D there ID me most DIS
gusiing rms If wee ana vretchedn-ss Thence have
they sailed forth day and night n disturb the public peace
ard commit crime The City OF New York has not suffered
alone from their existence there The negho1rng cites
and country have been subject 10 their depreda
uons- The Five Points locality ho been school OF crime
and protution from which graduates have gone firth to
al parts Of the land 70 corrupt degrade ana r-sPs TO
lead Others iodeeds Of w-s,nes aud cris- Cont animation
the Consequence OF contact with them wherever they are
found The sretchedless of that place is yet unde
scfipec. Descriptions have been SSfEiakrn OF ls
Srsiched sweif - unrlsan srees foul cutters dirty al
eys and Yards damp cellar rickey siarways dngy IS
and cherries apsrm-pt.-occupd Oy poor, diss
paed wreictes ana by children II yc- and poverty and
although scenes have been strkngy painted in the dark
eoors Of language yet the m - drm shades Of descnp
ton have failed convey the mind OF the reader the
whole truth, il Is impressed upon witnesses OF thos.
sceIe 20 awaken that VI sympathy and dread
which by those who - What depth 1t deg
roailon aid lssry those who dwell there are fallen To
enter into particular. would be 20 sye volume. 0f neart
sckenng details Sket hes Of the and accounts Of
the which have occurred in the famous "Od
"Brevery,' IN Cos Bay and in X ',sen Row, have
verified the sayn g thar truth stranger than fiction.
The bad character Of the Five Points" IS sufficiently
tabkhed and there has been need OF the application
Of remedy than 1T the further exposure to public yeg Of
their revolving ickedness
The ref rmstion OF bad place 10 the City has been
regarded very important nos only ia munich pal point
Of view, but work which comn-nded itself to the At
tentlon # phlanthrOpists and Christians Il required
courageous faith the foundation for nope in such An un
d-rtskng So doubtful the prospect that Jealous phi
lanthopsis Whose ve, st ympttnes were awakened by
the suftrIgs they bebed aud whose hears panied
70 see navy children growing up IN ignorance aud vice
compelled 10 yrego effort FIR the improvement OF
their sad condition No ndylc ual with the disposition to
Work there possessed the and the lad len;e To make
such efort vi chance of success. The stirmp that
maze abandon ed or continued an obscure AMI
smos irui'less existence l. Was evident that individual
effort pc ell: 20 the task That GUnciph AcnO1
would remedy the evil was improbable There appeared
De- prospects OF the Improvement OF the condition of those
neg cd b. ngs living in misery and 10 almost heainenl'h
oarkIess iu lO ally whchtwa- ely surouudd by the
couurs If civil ztd lite and The light o. the Gospel aud of
Education There eyes 20 pi them, but there had
been ltrequred true, p-rseverng Chris
tisn pbilan hropy sustained by strong clai rs upon
The public c,lhdeuc. and eul zhteued by experience
in local effort Of similar nature u enter that strong
no Of sin ana establish the Necessary opertots Tor the
inp prov nj Of the character o. the Leghb JrnO1d and
for promoting the condi OF s population. But there
vas provision tor the urgent want Society, strong
in numbers which had existed in New York for number
of ytsrs-aud during that time had established nine mis-
sioRs; and rhh h0d heet6iei "a az HHne 4iHg o. ms
hind directed To this needy section o the city With
much valuable experience gained IN rs years OF suecHs'
sustained j. aud bias been by widely extended
Christian fuel this SOciet decided 10 undertake The
work The to which the writer refers Is the 1anes
Hon. Mi,.onar, Society ct the NJ T. Church With the
mtrnni. but ro- needy locality The hearts of some
Of its member had been moved az rhe paOe objects that
had up from that Deprived place Their sympahiss
enlisted in behalf OF the neglected ones, "id aud
young, who were passing through ME IN ubsl-
patton and poverty; aud mo oil whom were
dying without temporal comforts and were en-
ter ~ upon tie scenes OF the spirit world without
word If spiritual advice and destitute of hope for their
future bar puess Now that the opportunity offered the
ladies personally aided IN the Sork They ys'tel the
poor tie SICK and the afflicted encount red the vicious
ospsted aud proisle gave bread and clothing % those
in furnished employment 10 many, and found places
for others IN respectable communities They have
furnished temporal comforts well spiritual advice t.
the owing They have searched cut the neg ted children
and .rsuaded item 10 attend the Jay school which
con nence their edlcaOn n the hope OF awakening 10
them d-sir. shove the sad mist une ut ther lot
They have gathered them into the Sabbath school taught
them the Scriptures learned them 10 sing aud instructed
them IN the To respectable ana useful course "i lie
Fan lies have been made temperate, ceanly, ana CON
Portable Individuals have besn rescued from the PIT and
miry clay INTO VIII ch they had allen restored,
ten perae and in their right minds 10 good position, in
.ocity The destruction "f the Old Brewery ami tina
erection Of the Mission House in its stead Of the
great trumphs C the Society 10 connection with this
Mission. A great evil has thus been dssir Eyed, aud
of npi-bng g-of established in it, tetd IL
is scarcely necessary-irdeed il would BE- oiicu-t)
de pG the "Old Brewery a. n was IL was known ID
the puDc the abode o about three hundred OF 1s most
vicious depraved besoed aud ser-bly poor objects to
be found in the city Ii was the homs Of oegSars, the
tdtg place thieves thu resort OF the aontonsd and
MANN 9TH den If debauchees. There "a no crime which
was net perpe;r.ted within is walls. The ors of s
suearcd and sgarmed IN their crevices Inc very
air # the vreoh.d rooms sas -ckehiug The Occupms
had scarcely clothing sufficient 10 cover them-sutered
from the want If toVdweIe bloaled by drinking aconOc
poison. They examples OF the lowest depths Of
iun An degradation They lay inebTated upon the mean
and dirty beds of shaving rt" rags Ia the corner Of
the room or otteed rtn To GAIN by thft beggary the
Irce Of loaf OF bread, or a pint OF vile, alcoholic
poison. n 80.
hat charge has been wrought The building so cele
DRAFTED tor H. evil associations and atording @c0mnOdt
nd ONLY nas been taken 0ONn ana
in IT, place his been erected commodou' aud convenient
MssiCn house for th promotion ~ hnO 0edge and Virtue
Whist a triumph Of Christian Philanthropy How greatly
The public indebted 10 the benevolent ad who under
took tax unpleasant and difficult THIS new VI sson
house is app .fi4icd 10 school rooms with bath room
attached the children CHAPEL parsonage Tor the
home of the ladies Mssion9ry-the Rev Mr. Adams and
the upper pant Of the building has roo ms 10 comfortably
Accommodate twenty families The writer having closely
watched the operations this Society from tbs
ment of hi. MISSION and having previously thoroughly
explored the Five Points under the escort OF the Poles
can confidently assure tue reader that surprising results
have been accomplished which would be very Interesting
in detail but TOO lengthy tor admission III this article
The ladies did not undertake thu Nilsson an easy expert
melt To show what difficulties they expected 10 NEST
and hsw they hsve progressed copy the following ex
tracts from the Annual Reports of this society drawn
by Miss imogen Mercein, Cor. Secretary;
From n> SevenM ReDorL 1851.
1--WE gov tam to FyePons Mission In the LANGUAGE Of for
er spoes s The ignorance toe most en;
- 6sep tsi human .ni below thee
our e where esns unchecked aud mora. pollution Ae IN
thai ycuty and who tins nay hundreds " children
soa N n en- Eli 9 9boo Win no sb e1 boz ii. prism va the
"a snd Eternal One but he p-foton wheh inevitably
seh them the fearful vortex Of unchecked Vicious inhusee
The Report Their speaks Of establishment Of the Sab
hath school in at tie corner of Liue water and
Gross SIS.
Essseted dhOod maturity degraded spirits sneased n
MN The sabbath School opened seventy scholars The