New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-25

. civil dr..s gko arc called "rruaDt Cfiecyt, 1nd
cuty sha be to get the OF sb.sssses N
each school and then 70 hunt tSen up, aud 10 vern
tsem 10 attend toLoo these officers having poser
sl-0, uiciett evidence q ruAncy, or vasrsncy
80 SIrest tuch Children and 20 oriog them bsforo
mogistraie, 10 be temper ,rly committed 70 piacs
specially provided for the purpose. 4, - believed
ih,t on ofhceIs sppoitt-d by tue Commissioner 70 Of
P,tce, might, by the very Great sbca they soad
rspie Of TIE temporary arrest, iniuce great nun.
Der Of children go abandon Their vAxTAnt .hlts and
sttsud cbool regularly. We Tejocs " hear thai the
Juyeuile Asylum Is proposing 10 use, In part their
coumodious " Hose If Rec p'ion" the reception
Of such hijnn, II these cfiio,s be appcibtei.
Dnrirg the last Spring mate 40 extended jour-
ny through The Wtstern SAFES 10 tor ourselves
the nature sud rysus OF tbis so:k carried COR the
last tive yesIs ugh those states under MI rrseys
csnfal supervision. Dnntg thai time 90 nave cot
tered the r several ttousau0s oi poor boys AID guls.
In Tn Journey We visited personally, and heard d.
rscily of many hundreds of these te creatres, and
We spprecsiei for the 6Ist q De q the fuA extent,
the spt With which tee West has opened i' arHs 10
trsu Tho ID, II 10 reform aud improve theso lops
outcasts hss become IN ssiOn Work there. Iosh
labor, Il u true u needed. But mar umo BONA
tiful and Christian home is opcctd 20 re m's'raoe
little stranger; hrs hsbts are patiently Corrected,
fanfs without member ere borne with, tine aHd money
are expended on hin, solely anu etuIry NON
tie highest religious motive OF hooio s"n
.sCrince for an unfortunate ielo"
The peculiar wsrm-bcaIteduess OF the western
Ieople and The equality Of all classes give them an
.spr ca ady this work. aud account ior thelr
snt,,ss. Wherever we went ~e found the children
sitting at tie same table with TIE fan lies, gong 10
the school with the children, aud every way frosted rs
well any ether children. Some whom We had s-en
once IN the most extreme misery, behed sitting,
clothed ar clean, at bospiiaee tables ealing the eau
ployer Fatter' loved by the happy circle, and ap-
psrently growing MP with cd hopes ard prospects
ss any children of the country. Others, who hal been
il the city on the very line between vrtoe And vice,
and who, at any tune, might have fallen into crime.
We saw pursuing industrious ocCupai )ns. and gnning
a cooo name Tor themselves 10 the village The OBJ
teIystiors on this Journey would alone have rewarded
wears # labor for tUs class. The SUITS 30 lar as
we could ascertain them rcmarkabe, a0d. unless
we reflect on the wonder oil Influences possible nom
Christian home SpOn q child unused 10 Kindness, they
would almost seem inCrt dibc.
Tn. estimate We formed from coniiieIaoe held OF
obserystion vac that cut of those sent 70 the wet
under fifteen years, not more tlsn per cent tofned
ont IDLY: and even Of those from .een ~ eighteen,
cot more than per cent.
TIE former estimate is the same as ore forwarded
20 us since by intelligent Clergyman OF Mchigan
(tbe Rev. Mr. Gelston Of Abior OF tue resnit In ms
Sts,e. OF course, some of the older boys disappear
entirely; some ie~ return 10 the city, but 1t may gen.
erslly be assumed that hear a the ~orst cases
that s of those .ho commit criminal oicoses, or Who
Gene NJ Ger the lagsni it is these whom We reckon
as the failures Ore or two Of such ont OF han.
dreds in given district who doing web, sometimes
mske great uose, and give momeo,sTy in,presss'on
that the work not coming DOT we'd theie; aud there
are algays few weak minded people who aocepi saoh
rumors without examination Were the pro Sortion OF
failures far greater than t IL, the work would SUI DO
of advantage 20 the West, and u fch blessing " the
city.
there have been provided with homes AMI employ
nent sir ce the formation Of the Society, iji6persons
during the last year,