New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-09

- ~ artificial nipple, and drew y ,b;. is
ho - =, s,ro Now tor perfectly hgn,nn'S 'h1n :,
~ y " 80 a fsurstive 1t oean'haI lne.s
% ~ %, le ,end.f hearted mother and KID" Pa,1"'
t.,ox no tie feehngs oi sucu eni e,y \
one d then, ssa 81 evsy Penog oSss Of tss cty.
=, ~ isp;ifal tbens 70 ctr oP the isehags Oh tse
brsIs 4 ~ tesr's and this gentleman, admit, nas
a., 4. uost efectually Sir, as one Of me nbers
s,por bu. ss man. II could know that such things
"a this were really transpifiDg in this city, shoud
feel myself, Sir, urht TO be mem Der OF this SoceY,
much lees as guardian OF these c1iidren Bat, or,
speaks Of, was it ia true, poor, emaciated htils
thing wto came TO this Department eight
days Old and was considered as chDd
past 81 hope; beyond al hope, aud in all
facts THIS child was sent TO this somsD, and has
lived for five months and yet it is 10 better health and
better condition than it the first day tins Depart
eIt received If. Now, Sir, the proof OF that IS ne
n after is perfectly osinterested He tells yoa tnat
bis option was, that in consequence OF tne
superior ability Of this woman, che was gwen an we
w6rst Children to take care Of Now "a, ~ tas sse-
uert Of Dr. Bevins further says that he had dscov-
cred in ysiting these Children any derehcton on the
part Of this peIsop, he would have co1oeved II his
duty ~ report to this Department. Nov 1 ask, oir,
is Dr. Bevirs 10 be believed or are the asserors OF
this reporter I, be believed Nov, they both cannot
be tue Now, he goes on still further-l have not
TIE article TO read but know the prncps points OF "
these children were confined iDto DARK room, euu
were haued out 10 cradles perfectly emacated tnat
their little bands locsed Ike birds claws. saw one
of The children Of THE institution yesterday brought
into this house in precisely the same clothes II nad on
when this reporter makes ths gr poic satemept1noW
that child was clesny ard had ust as good clothes
os this Department can afford, or as Any ordinary
family can afford, for any Child TO wear NOV
the other child, according 10 the athdavt OF Mrs.
Hyde, who is Americao lady resiing ID the
san bouse and has been toe mother OF ten children,
ar appears TO be a very homaBe, kind aid benevo'
lent besrted woman VINO has no interest TO make
any false statement misreprt sentanon. She states
that she was IN the habit Cf going into thus woman
rcc partly because che felt an Interest N THIS cnudi
and secondly, b.cause the wOmsn appeared 70 be
very good, hard. working, industrious woman. Soe
was in tie habit Of seeing these children daIy they
were well cared for; they were washed every Gay.
She bed frequently ssw them washed in bath tab
provided for the express purpose. You also have the
evidence Of the grl who was employed TO aesl3t III
taking care Of these children. There was more fhan
the O. Of 6Dy sirge woman, but also the care ana
vatcLfuuess of girl l6 yesrs Of age. Che states al
that che washed these children every mornlng-sne
and Mr.. Coough together. Now, say, win al this
evidence before us can the puhl believe TINS board
or sny member Of this Board, would so lar
foIget the ch rge that is entrusted 10 to os
these children to be placed ont with persons who
would have no moTe care OF them than they would
OveT--I may say animals, dogs or ca's that we
should have no feeling, no sOIt OF sympathy with
chiloTen. There il not q member oi this Board bat
what is father and has children; and know oil my
experience, sDd from wnst have witnessed, thst
there is not tenth palt Of what Is represented
in that comm unication out would shock any Gan in
Oh g Board, and IL ought to shock any man IN thls
con nurity. | say il Is burning shame thst tnls
Board should rest under an inpuiauon that we aio~
children to tie sent out and put into tue hands oi
persons, entirely urcared for looked after Now,
let us whether do look after these chiliran.
We have, Mr.. President woman, who FOR her INTEL
GgeIce aud humanity, venture to affirm Cannot he
surpassed .nywhere she is O stir ng, smart active
intelligent 1t is her particular daty to vsit
these children lust often she dee ns II necessary
She is restricted from visiting them she has her
whole tine devoted to this particular purpose; aud
she Gays her affidavit that che had visited this place
frequently, and had carried children there, and she
tells you that this little child that sucked its Arm
no. one of the little children had the hopping c0ugh;
and another so debilitated-as she expressed
htIse-sbe supposed it had the consumption; another
one was constitutionaly diseased. Every member OF
this Board kDows, ard every gentleman who visits
this department if they will observe, knows that we
have many children brought here who are co1stitu-
tioIaly diseased many OF them are almost perfectly
destroyed with scIofua or with syphhs from
their parents so that when you take t1em up
into your hands you have nothing but putrl-
fyng mass OF cores; l have witnessed that
nytef. Is il to be expected that these children can
be placed in beet fames in this city to be nursed
1t with the greatest difficulty that we can get nurses
10 take these children upon any conditions, their ns-
lures 20 perfectly exhausted by those diseases
tacted from their parents, that II s like hng mp
as il were, a maes of corru Dti0n Now, this 10 the
&C pdiiion Of many of children and yet this cblld
you NAY by the extra care and attention OF this
woman; that this was the child that l particularly
spoke of that Mas diseased, that sucked ts arm and
has lived five months in the care of this woman.
Now, when take all these things into consideration,
DO say that the public ought to have something to
counteract ths charge that has gone before the pub
lie; let the antldote go with the posOn let them be
spread broad. cast before the public. But conf
dent there VIII not be the same attention given to
deny this charge or 10 counteract It, as what there
was TO promulgate it-and Why Because
ta nA.. NJ hgNn do IN 20
children of this DepaItu eIt and place them 10 the
charge of other Institutions. Well Sir, if could be-
GeVe that these little would he better cared for
and would be better Of by placing them in other ns
tutons, | would say, Take them" | am sure it is
thsnkless charge for this Department 10 have the
of these little childIen but tnat question does
not come up at this time, when 1t comes up, am
prepsTed to meet IT, But say, Sir, that the whole OF
that statement, any further than that the num-
Der Of children were in that room--l believe nyseE
from the manner in which the whole OutdoorPoor
Department is conducted, aud from the evidence pre-
ssrted before this Bosrdis wholly false groundless
and not word Of truth in it. And that these chill
oieD, as he states, brought out in filthy condition
they were seen on the morning Of that dsy BY
q respectable party, who says that the chill
dren were washed clean and dressed. One of
them had a white dress on, tied up with
little ribbons on the shoulder. lt Is barely
possible these children in their night clohes for
believe it was at night when they taken olt-
one OF them in cradle, or ID CRIB. and another in
the arms Of this gii, when this reporter came Tdey
were IN a dark room." Whist rooms does this woman
occupy There were four rooms, two of them with
hrepaces, and two of them dark rooms without
fireplace, and obtaining hight from the other rooms;
ana they were on the top floor; ard if there is any
part o the house that receives good air ii is that
trust that the resolution will be adopted, end would
Ike myself that the Board should order the DE thing
pobshet VI the editors that have circulated this tit
10 publish 1t gratis but then if not We Will pay them
Mr. MoLoNEY-The gentleman who has las. spoken
has spoken most truthfoly On the subject; but Sir
ins smnlh as name has been snmeMhat nnnrnct.d