New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-07
FORTJ,nE-TELLIYG AND SEDUCTION.

MOI. souowfgl story WAS msde krorn m th'
Ma ors Office yesterday. A young girl has fallen !
victim to the iortune-telinz snd r5a'rImonsl sdver
tftmeDfs sni her mother sends the story Of her run
to the Mayor in the no e that DO other mother ~
hereafter have 20 nour- from such csu'e. Bat the
letter will explain itself
To ne Sfoboy > Hood
SIR: ! see by the paper of toi.s thai you are
poiI 10 break up all HE fortune-i-llers. 81 will
trouble you for few moments 20 tel VOC what those
women have brought into ny family. | an
mother OF respectable f.miy. | have brought up
eleven cbildren, and all are siive and mtrf-1. and
doing q respectable business for thenseves-all but
lovely grl of fifteen yesrs Cd pext April She last
summer ssv in 1I Herald a notice Of a gentiam "a
WHO wanted 3 vile. She and snO her grl, a
fctoolmate Of hers stsEered it. l dill not
know anything OF whe, going OF, or It
would not have happened. Trey we're directed to go
70 Mn. Prews,er's in Gree; Jones st c1rnsr o!
Bowery. 10 Nee; the gentlemen When ms d1usn-
ter welt there tee wretch -Od her that the gentleman
wss shifted, that sle would have hin, and mat soon;
and that she would tel her all sbDEt it for five dol
lars. The poor cad thought il va. some very great
thing 10 know who was 10 BE- her husband, aod 80
she od Der earrings sn1 breaspin TO get tne money
and gave il t. Der. la telling toe fortune sue De-
scribed her future husband and told ntr to come on
the Friday folio wing and tell what she had Dire ined
she thought al first she would not 90. bat the other
GIRL had been there and found beau to her liking,
and been 10 Coney IslsDd with him and she told
her such a story tbat she thought she would 90
and ace Nadine PIew.ter sgain When she went in
she saw man, who said, " Mrs brewster, what
out That lady has been in my midnight dreams
for moths past" With tha. he went out OF tue
room. 30, hor said Mrs. brewster, " din not shov
YOU this nan 10 the cards, With such black eyes.
He then waited upon Der home, ssked her lame a1d
il che had father or brothers He said he would not
let her parents know for The world where be found
her. ror must she; bu: he meant to fnd Der II she
was to BE- foupd. They would keep coml any
-. - - III
Until winter came on. sD0 tren ahe should contrv- %
60 10 ball. I'd be would De there ard get respect
able introduction. He should hot ba willing to let
bic father know where be got hls wife Tom but he
would NEE: her, when CONVENIENT a. Mrs Pfewoters.
Sir, th, is her story, and believe true onS Sac
has bteI 10 school AMI a. she hiss 80 many m.rrled
sisters end brothers vhere she was 10 the habit
If stsyiDg away until six or seven o'clock
l did not think Of questioning her as |
thought her a. pure ss air. All at oncs say hfr
shape alter and her lively spiri gone. asked her
what allied her and wis. . ID be ome Of her school
mate She taid tba- sbe Ia: gone away from hon.
with q very bad msD, en- lived with him in b ,d
house. Nv eyes were opened; saw il all She bs-
gan 10 cry ard told tbs. she vas in faniis way
The man that has made her Is married msa, with
wife ard four children. lie has dssarte1 the aud
ruined my child. II expose him, sh, also expose
my whole family. l thought, rather than make a
CITY talk would keep her shut up until she Is coz
fined. called upoa lady 10 Lspens,dst., to see if
che would board her through Ter confinement She
ssys she will ,srd her aud give her bab' away when
II II bOrD tOd DeI my stOlyi sue rhi1 cue oieeh
bad TO hear Just such story-ths' w-s their trade
If her brothers hear Of it they will certainly shoot
The scoundrel think sometimes how great a IRE
little mstier makes. o, must conceal my feeloss
and not make my sons mrrterers Do, Sir, all IN
your power to send those fortune tel'rrs away or
axe the press not advertise such peoples bu.oess
Tb. is the FIRST leter wrote to An officer in my
life. am so worried 90 not know what to do or
say. o, if had known II before it was too late
Two families Tuined-oue IN a brothel, mine a. bad.
Priv a Door MOTHER,
and put a stop to that before another mother is
wroDged.
The following slips from morning paper were in'
closed in the letter:
MIR Prew.er No SO Gres, Jones OF the Bow
been induced through the Of her
until further notice She can be co1sut-d
in snroogy love snc lac msiter' Interpreting dreams by
and tell the OF the sfy seatem
they will II AIRY; also, the names Of her vi.ito s."
"MArRiMCNIAL The adviser is wiiJweT, about thirty
eRht il gentle and medium statue. OF
the fret prominent ia the untry Whole
sides ard OF wealth. has very fne chdfeo tie
lady of alton tod retuement o wifr not veIy
particular about her 0hs must be stated but she mast be
vel bred LADY; Southern lade. very much lk-t sich
one nay ha band and good home by stdfe-'ing
box No 214 Post off e. jersey Ch5, NewJsTsey As M sd
,er.e only honest buf 10 earnest all Communications
s1d writer and Will be treated with the most