New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-29

He sent dollar, with the kipd re4ues:
She would not call sgsio, and the suggestion,
That Z: appeared TO aim beyond 81 Question
Sse sbould proceed Immediately out West
We rust make room for another scene.
rvss Summers day in Winter one
OF those rsie noontides, when the distant Srn,
Sees the fair E.rtn all dressed IN vlrgiusl snow,
AID woOes her bs suty With warmer glow.
FnHin bethought him that tie spet 3 row
OF Tenement Houses, taken Tor DEBT,
Prom which M. tardy Agent failed to get
The to,sl mon hls score OF rent betirnes;
~ III go De thought, and visit hin for his GRIMES,
Reduce bis wages md increase the rent;
The investment only yields me ten per cent,
And with suen property ones only coarce
IL prompt collection, slwaye 10 advance:
The Tenement House, DER which no friendly
movement
Iss waved the Enchantei's wand Of Modern
Improvement"
Stamped with the blight OF beggIy though ano
Intel and door.post spriukled with its sign,
Hcuss after house, extends the dismal line;
A 3TesJy sight to phi anthropic eyss,
Beteeen the gutter and the distant skles,
BY flsh and nosoue odors marked and tracked,
Through the dense districts where the poor are
s-ovaed and swarmipg in those wrstched hives,
Layer Oh layer of cheap human lives!
III,
Go for yourself, if you Rave never gone;
Go IN mid .wintsr when the drifting slest
Though the bare hail pursues your zing feet
And, IS from room to room you hurry psst,
The crazy building "a tlirg In the bsst,
Al doors sjsr, gsubt faces psep and glare,
in hopes some friendly step msy hnSer there.
SO in mid slmmer-when the August rays
Pour on the place their ferce, untempered blaze;
From the scorched pavement to the sun-struck
caves,
No point Of shade the flaming mass relieves,
And the bot air, with rank and poisonous breath,
Through doors and windows pufs disease and
death.
Or 20 - Fnkin wert-oa some brigat day,
When Cd wihou. CLOVIS IN the cheerfu! rsy;
And a. your footsteps cross the modeiing sil
Feel n q COLI dsmppess and the sudden chill
St.ihs through ycur shivsring ssrse with onaens
ii:
He Eel. il not, through all the hveiong year
He wIlhei, tIcircled in an atmosphere
Filtered and Iarifed TO that degree,
BY HE Two Million power OF eolvency,
That s1ch impressions had No power OF stealing
Into HE perfect vacuum OF feeling
No squshd sights disturbed his calm repose,
Nor pity reached him even through his nose
He gated the house, entered with stately air,
Sought the delinquent Agent everywhere,
u vsin--ther mounted, while esch conscious etAir
Creahsd with the burden Of the Millionaire,
From loft to loft, up TO the topmost hoor;
Here paused for breath, when suddenly door,
Blown by vagrant gust, wide open new,
And in that garrett chamber, ss he turned,
On the bare boards, before his startled view,
She stood disclossd-the hated and the spurned
There, face to face, they STOOD a breathless
second,
Looked a, each other, then she stsrnly beckoned;
There Was lightning fash within her eye.
There was q speaking grandeur IN her form,
That owed and swsd him, though he knew not
A, the DUMP beast auails from the coming storm
1t breads 10 meet, but sees lot bow 70 fly.
he crossed The ell; che pointed 20 the bed;
There lay her boy, bis inn ocent curly hesd
Nestled upon the pillow, and his facs
Ii. tA the soleILn and Unesrthly grace
That cIoxps but onee the children Of our race
God gives il wren He takes them-he was oesd
A broken tor, q bunch of withered flowers,
in MS thin hands were clssped, HE breast above,
Tbe last frai links that TO this word Of ours
Had bound the sufferer-save a mothers love.
How marble White and far-t0o fair 20 bury!
But FrkIn had % taste for ststNsry,
Even Of that rare s.yl perfect and pure,
where Death aud Beauty set their signature.
lie sse and booked away, his dull, dsrk brow
Touched with no z cam ofsymps.ny; ou. now
The hten. lightning lccsed, aud flashed, aud
woke
TIE pen.. I'D tempest Of her soul; i. broke,
With al that woman's frantic grief could pour,
Upon bis guilty. head, as che charged home
Her kashsnd's death, her sweet chdds nastyrdon,
To his account, and bads hin pay the score.
She paused q nome ut, As upon the QUO,
OAK, city roofs tina. stIstcssd below, the sun
Threw ont rs ss,ripg g,esm, ana III ne fps
OftspeiiDg mssls, where the gieA: mercnsot SHIPS
Lay At their whsrves, sni tioget the towering
spires
With the ias, flicker o. is waning frs,
AZ 81 slopg the sinsEy shy tAsy sIeaCsd.
She tuned sod sss; Ike one inspi;ed sne sesuea
WITH plopostie fury, So o. old
Some fsb,ed Py ,hocess, whoss crsciss -oiisd
Along tse D.lph.c sasoovs eoG i57etolc
The 6ooIa Of empires. "Loos Oh ooh fae
c-is1,
"Ths sun is sitting on yeur pomp scd priie;
Bee TIE e!es. city, stretching thGouga ths .xas,
~, mi!h0n p-l,es cestlDg .1ssrd ms night;
THINK ro' for such As you 1t tolls ana gsosns,
10 cSsss:sss struggles, for the very storss
Wensd cry slcuj, we're al its wealth Ike yours;
Know that tss righteous Heaven scarce endpres
Your hateial presence; nor osn I bsgoss,
Aad Wits yoa taAe u y los.ains snd my sco-r.
The hour IA Des- shen yen shall coiGer lie
Thar tkis poor babe who here has ere 3t 70 die;
Teen k1ow tnst chse behind yolr gorgeous hes-se
Shall follow II rs train the W.ioSs carse
Aud heavier than the marble 90 you press
Ire msledicticn Q: the Fatherlsss
F,kin vas reckored, as al Wal street knows.
A baLdsomer speaker; eelfmsde Cicerx
With lungs for logic, and for brains effront'ry,
Are lot uncommon in our growing coln.,y.
And vhen tie Gold Swamp stockholders, OF ate
Pseser.sd hin With that grand piscs o. plate,
UptD declaring the extra Dividend,
In vsich they elsvsrly eontIived ~ sperd
Dat Of their Capital tie lsst cent Of cash
Jsst tsenfy days before the Zeal snssh,
U.HdA n xhsah All Dhly pfnes