The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-13

Hold them very still again--
TEACHER, den't on eAc vein9
Don't you see each purple tide
All along each niger glider
o.! how healthy 1t must be
For the blood TO aow 80 fr-.l
II for dirt, we woule not know
Where those pretty vsinH did flo q.
All who come to the Mission sch cI,
Tee, must learn the csSnly rule
Brush ther clothes and comb their hair;
Wash both fac. and hands with cars
Sparkle, sparkle, wHtsr pure
Dirty haLd cant endure.
Washing Is pie Asant am
Sparkle, sparkle, water pursl
When this scng sung VERY good tune and tolea
bic time hurried hitch At the sod OF each verse
the H.te tse oious corr a.
pondipg to the Of the poetry They rsised their
hands, turned them round, through tbs action OF
vAshrs their faces brushing their eloths couoing
their hair Rll in exact unison with the words aud all
precisely together like the evoutioHs OF we'll drilled
company Of soldiers. Not htlo hand voice or eye
went s,org curing the enti = performance.
There children, all comfortably dressed and very nsat
s clean, are, Stthout exception the ospring OF the
are clothed and cared for BY the mission Thsir stues
such adapted to their years. and t1ey GER
taply are ss bright and intelligent az the average OF
children OF similar Several OF tas boys
urpsuAny quick ana intelligent, and . number OF the
girs we're really btauiifal
Adioing ths apa tment Ia the principal school room,
where found about cred and
both Io ten sixteeo y.ars cd escp seated nt
nice eesk and all engaged their ey yph.ruy writ
books. Here so trsst,d 70 aeme prsis vsry
faJy sung and silos ed py the snersM Mr Pee
and Mrs. St. Johnto examine the pupils in their studies
Trey pEessp pr, sisey the rAms aud
hciercs ss 10 lower casses OF pnnhs school id any
Other looaty They we're cor rtat.oy dressed, welt
hsvsd ious, and AL pcke With cheerful gratitude
their position aud the good Offices o. tns when
boy girl frcm ths ,orhood regularly
to school for esek hs or SIZE furnished With clothing
and cared for by the society. Tho average number o.
dly schoIars IL botS these rooms s l76 u 200 Sucs
scholar. have found sood and PLACES and not
one OF then har tufesd ont badly
Fcm ths large schoolro after nspectlos the bath
room, he wardrobe, 30 se passed into the chapel,
which occupts .h principal portion OF the hsst aoor
1t entap, seats for five hundred sni ain and sin pie
IL sl its ap pointmsnt Here rsgous ssEvcs Ia he'll
every sabbath. ard tue freq ty pied
irs the evenings Of the week BY PRAYER a etss tempe
nshn ent is he Rev. D. " Adams.
We powv sited the apartments or "t.asrissa," oscu
p, ing the upper stoiss of the bidiDs Passing aloas
tho hail, where formerly ran hutderee's Al ey,'
AID cut through the old "Dsn o. rhieves,n ~e
vent up by covenant staircase "a sasd with
eed into tsneerts consisting each Of an eatiog and
sttipg room and two bedrooms There twenty tens
m,nts in the building each being rented 70 f.HJ 4
want OF work. poverty the rent is no, sxaoted AMI
CONES on Of the general .und. Every sho~sd
ur msiakssbls evi.epces OF ciespiDsts ndastey and
comfort Tee women, n With her baby, too goaug TO
BE- in the school rooms below mes lying in it
wholesome cradle sucking Its tsum, or asasi It's little
rocking chair In 81, the dignity OF 20 years oli-~srs All
cheerful busy contentsd happy, and osrtaaiy formed
contrast to the general conton Of vir'uous ana hard
working families OF the lAboiDg ciss which 1its
too startling to Think upon lightly. All t1-fe fsmi.
lee, without exception skea By the Mission
.
the lowest ard ost abandoned OF the popuA
ton thers Taey all canouct tn ns.lvss With strict pro
prety sno are unormy 'empsrsts There h.g bsen bns
enc ips,ance ain 70 hs establishment Of the Home Of
refract ny iEhsbitant.
AZ msy BE- supposed ths Isbo-s aud cares Of ths m,s
orary and his assis ante vel. tn. ladies VII
III selves daily &c the dates of receiving sppsAtons
cr relief visiting destitute families supernteadus
the houfehod arrangements OF the ns nt a.
heavy ard ircenAnt Daring ths tire. hours that ~s
spent In the Home At least twenty sppsaoss for relief
veie made at the cflics.
Williamsburg City Intelligence.
TEE FIRRY ABrsfs-CAL FOR Al INDIGNATION MEETING -
large numbe. Of tee most influential re,idsnts OF WI.
Ianborg, aroused BY the in positions scts4d Doi TIE
publ, BY the Williamsburg Ferry GompsDy, have issued
Wednesday evening the 18TH inst 'or the puposs :; sx
pressing iheir fentmsLtn In regard TO me abuss
eIiuDg Ia the management u ths ier xad also TO take
.rch action as may - deemed es,eds3t to enat r.
form. Several enirent aps.ksrr have expressed thsr
nt'on 70 sddress The msstiug, wasn riou acts Ia
reference TO this yauy OF which tbs pn5Ic
twre, will be made fpo-n
There c,nnot ths Ieast doubt th.. tbs nsrper
Hb en- hett ferries are managed isa great denmsn 2
tie fnisrtss OF williamsburg Tie grant % estspiish
the Peoples ferry from the foot q Sou Esyeah tre-t
II vas thought would have tsrdency 70 this ery
c'np,ry 70 correct n, sb its al pressn. cnpins5 Of
std sso to Afford sinple ferry fbciiil'es ls appa,s
ho-e'er, that ha company are dete e-miaed Il possible
pay sIorbitsn prices for inferior ison Fr
thiB pufpoie, We are irfo med from feiso.s eonroe
Tat tie grant - esabl sh the Peoples ferry,
t.se,her With the water front At he FOO.
ot South E,ventn street, has been purcn,ssd
ty the Willis nsburg Ferry CDnpaby Tor tn. sam Il
oto COO, which " is undrrt oni IL rot b. pat
operation l. is sso that this conpspy (-ho ,stm ths.
their retepts careIy efficient pay aspsnses)
realizing $3.50 000 profit arpum, exclusive Of psr
cent tiyiceros Their mo6stoIH mise aos in
ewIy rerDeet Their beats OF xrsdo somsvbst b.
tween The Troy borse boats aud the 3rooklyn ferry 3oA
bui urfo;tustely greatly inferior to tbs latter.
IL row remains for the New York Common Council
(~ho bsve the mater ader inves s aion) the
.vis comp,ined o.. They hsvs the power ei ser 70
csuse beats equal to these of the Union Ferry Company
70 b. placed on is ferry, take from them their
which is believed by many TO have bees forfeited.
Personal Intelligence
Col Wm RLrr, ths Commssi snsr to the World
Fair from Ken uchy and Essour, arrived In town On
Saturday, and took rooms 1t the AsrcsEe Hotel, In
Warren ttiett,
Prom Richmond, 30, In steamship Rosnote: -Tn Cob
bsnox Geo Austp, John SlaaohArd, james gonnor
envy q DID, Johp Gamrrin III Fnoke Chas Graz 4
Capt FIetz u asylor y Bisree. Or samuel Watts n
Urmond Jse Pure i EcG,nr, Jshn Crcsmer J6hn q
/ Ihornton, Geo Getn, James Lsrrencs Asy5, ale,
| Judssn snd ter In The stesrAse.
Frsm Charleston in lbe stes ship Unian-Mrs Tans Mis-
TAM, Mrs ady Nichols snd lad Braker NJ Oosn
hr Jobntop, pisble, Jos Tutae Capt snita o D,
forest A II Garrison VI Mckenzie, Dean, Jones,
| 9 Harrington. and hye in the st.ersge.
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woman living in the eastern part OF Dayton Ohio
SHIRT time since preseE ted her kusbane with boy xb,
| weighed just ons pound. His arst bsd was mace
| common sfsed dinner plate. Tho event has created
| great eepsaion In the Convention city.