The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-12-04


Oh, home, sweet home, how dear TO me,
That home of homes shall ever be!
July 26. Al
CORRUPTION OF PUPII.s IN ONE OUR Pun nc
acknowledgements DEPRAvITY.-It is no
pleasant duty for US, at any time, to publish to
the world the sins of those who violate the TO-
cial and moral laws by RIGHTEOUSNESS, but We
do not remember that we ever had more IN
pleasant task to perform than in giving puali-
city to the following account of the corrupt on
of several girls, pupils in one of our gramp-a ar
schools, and the depravity of those who Or
rupted them:
About a week since, one of the monitors Of
the first class in public school for girls, at
the North End, happened by chance to fine
written note on the floor of the school, VIII ch
she read, and was so astonished at the contee its
that she handed it to her female teacher. The
note was written by one of the pupils to another
in the same class, and revealed Tin language
too indecent for pubication) the astonish'N 10
intelligence that the writer of the note and We
| OF her schoolmates-girs between the ageSof
| twelve and fifteen years-had been seduc ID,
and were in the daily habit of visiting cert in
| places, and indulging in the lewdest conduc
The disclosure was mest startling to the tea H.
or, and she instantly sent for the mothers of The
depraved girls. AS soon as they arrived an
examination of the children was made in In
ante room, and the girls made full contest IN
| OF everything, disclosing the particulars in
| regard to the manner in which they were 6 st
induced to corrupt themselves, and the mott es
for continuing their disgusting licentiousne IS.
AS the girls related the deeds which they I'D
| performed, (deeds too shameful and beastly to
| be mentioned,) the anguish of their moth rs
tarrihla. md con1d fbox, bo roo Il Il
the corruptors of their children, their cur es
would have blasted them, beasts as they g.,
| forever. The six girls were subsequently tax en-
| to their homes, where further and separate n
vestigations were made, and it was pretty sa is,
factoriy ascertained that five of the girls b ad
been introduced to their debauchees and n.
fiuenced by the sixth girl, 1--WE have her narn.,,
who, we are informed, has been raised amo ~
vile associates, and is naturally inclined to vi e.
This girl has been dismissed from the schoo
| OF the men, or beasts, who have corrup ed
these girls, robbed them of their good nam IS,
and thrown such blight upon the hopes a. nd
happiness of their parents, what language is
adequate to describe them, or rather suff Gle It.
ly to condemn them! 1t is burning, black n.
ing disgrace upon the city for such men to Il We
| In 1t. And yet, we understand, the matter as
undergone semiofficial investigation, and ne
conclusion arrived at is, that the whole aft il
had better be hushed up. This may appe ar
wise and legal to others, but not to us. We h. Id
that men who have seduced children from ,e
paths of virtue, and then paid them 1.-THE gi Is
state that they have been paid about two H.
lars per week for their disgusting prostitutio y
to continue their sins to the extent of the 70 H.
est pollution, should suffer, and right smart y,
too. If three men, two of them doing busin Is
| in Hanover street, and the third hackman in
the employ of one of the other two, are to 70
UNPUBLISHED, after having corrupted six scM oil
girls, (by presents of trinkets and money! aid
attempted to ruin as many more, then we b d
better open the doors of our penal insttutio, 8,
and relapse into that semicivilzed state wb IN
men avenge their own injuries without the s.
sistance or interposition of law. We have ,e
names of the three beastly scoundrels, and If
no legal steps are taken to expose them fe
shall assume the responsibility of doing it, IN
order that the public may know who to poi 1T
the finger of scorn at.-Boston Times, Nou. o.
| A QUEER INvENTION.-Among the many o.
riosities on exhibition at the Fair of the Frar k.
lin Institute, in Philadelphia, is recent inv, n
ton styled patent habilimentary toilet, exh b.
tied by Mr.. David Freed, the inventor. ,e
excellence of this new habilimentary toilet viii n
| attracts great share of the attention of g.
tiers, consists of its admirable simplicity of &C o..
struction, working complete, and combining wi h
ornament the superlative ease with which t ,e
| habiliments 1.-THE pantaloons) can be dra, IN
of-ust by the least pressure of the hand tout b.
| ing thumb-knot near the top of it, while 1 ,e
heel is slipped over the bracket below, the ps q.
falcons are caught at the bottom without re
necessity of STOPPING down, and the body is 8, D.
ported by the stability of the piece of furnitu e,
as well as in drawing off the boots, which is
accomplished far more pleasantly than is fou ID
to be the case with the old method. Altogetf sr
it Is very ingenious continuance, and, besid IS
the services it is capable of rendering in ie
way stated to the male portion of the comm A.
nifty, it adorns the chamber in which it is placs ],
and is found almost equally useful for the ladi J.
| Those, we presume, that wear the unmentiet l.
| ables.
kohlraby is the name of vegetable part T.
king OF the characters of the cabbage and eau i.
| flower The Agricultural Department of le
Patent Office has been distributing seed, but t e
careless and negligent manner in which the We E
liable has been treated by many cultivators his
brought it bad name in some quarters. A
gentleman at the North, who has cultivated a d
approves off says:
at is easily cultivated, like other cabbag.,,
has the taste of a turnip, but much more mi
and pleasant and not rank, and is very soft a d
buttery when taken from the ground in sesso i;
but if left overstanding or overgrown, it VT ],
like cauifiowers or cuoumbers, and many 9th r
vegetables, be good for nothing. It's tend II
fbres will become wooden, and of course pl J.
duce to the ignorant cultivator basket stuff
1t is now FIVE years ago since l introduc, d
it here, besides several other fine vegetable I;
but as every new thing, good and even superi ,r
as it may be, is appreciated very slowly or evi n
rejected before fair trial, so the Kohlraby b vs.
been confined mostly to my own household
| MIGHT AND MAIN.-Gordon Cummings, 7 e
great lion slayer, was telling Rogers one d y
how he came unarmed upon huge Eal
thinking to frighten him, ran at him wi h
all my might" said the hunter. "Whereupokf
said Rogers, " he ran away with all his n'asers,
J suppose" Exactly 90" said Cummings