New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-14
THE FOUNDLLNGS OF THE CITY.
MrNtriCENT CHARITY OF NEw-YoRK.

officials having uiiel ther supervision those O1oies
that are dependent on the charity Of the city, started
on tcur Of inspection smocS tls nurses who have
the children at their own houses, for the purpose OF
making examination as TO cersin abuses alleged 10
exist in this department of the AlmsHouse cusirs'
The rurses who were honored with the visits Of the
C6umittee, and the reporters who were present By
| invitation, were supposed to be previously un-
| aware Of tie intention OF the gentlemen
to thus spsy their respects, as such foreknowledge
woui OF course tend to defeat the object OF the visit
Yet the intended vsit mad been announced five days
preyious There certainly seemed to be no great pre-
paraton ou the part of tie acea ladies for the recep
ton Of such distinguished company. Some of them
were found 10 he midst Of all their Saturday, cleaning
M and some were discovered in the midst Of a much
dirt and nAstiness as if they had had snd never
nterded to have any cleaningup of any description on
Saturday or any other day of the seven The condition
of some of the houses filthy in the extreme IN other
rooms the founess had been somewhat mitigaed by
scapy applications fCroon, and IN one
or tv instances the premises were az ceany and we'll
disposed e. cold be wished These facts will, how
ever appear ndetai from the suooned sketches
Of each case that under the roce o. the delegs-
tiop The LET % resident 10 the lover part OF
the city was not prepared although nere are anunber
| of them in the xfh and Fourteenth Wards whom It
would have been desirable to see, aud so the visitors
were obliged to begin their Investigations at point
| good ways distant from the City Hsn Why were the
Five Points nurses overlooked Governor Smith aud
Mr.. Boswell, the Baby Clerk OF the Department,
| were the pilots and assumed command of the e1pedi-
| tior.
Christina Miller Of No. IS6 Third street was the
| first LADY who wss astorshed by the sudden appear
snce in her humble though lofty, her poor though ex
ated, her rather low, though particularly high dom
io nthe top story Of tenanthouse, the lower floor
| of which is occupied as lager beer and whisky
! shop Mrs. Miller, who is German woman, resldes.
Over piles Of garbage, and other similar evidences OF
Iestuess and order that incumbered the sliewalksi
| through dirty lane, along which ran a reekipg
| rvulet Of kitchen slops and other semiHuld na'ti-
ness; through horde of dirty, unkept, more than
half savage children, who incumbered the way at
every STEP staring with wild eyes at the carriages and
the strangersup four flights OF stairs, 80 crooked AMI
narrow that the deeg alton could not keep in sight OF
their pilot, who was perpetualy disappearing from
their sze round unexpected angles, and pokiDg his
head into coset-ike that they unprepared
for and finally into little at the very top of the
house. the erterp,ising Committee proceeded. Mrs.
Miller was discovered with her skirts tied round her
waist making violent demonstrations toward house
cleaning. with a scrubbng-brush and mop. The
Coumee distributed themselves in the dryest corners
os,be spsrtments avoiding so far az practicable, the
noos of soapsuds ard escsppg miserable wreck over
the pals and tubs aud other utensils that were scat
tered in positions most calculated TO do injury to tne
limb, OF inruders if the delegation had been an in'
ysdirg army and the defenses had bean thus let with
| intent 10 do disastrous damsge to their legs.
When Mrs. Miller had somewhat recovered from the
sudden rruption of her respectable visitors che pro-
duced the babies of which she had three. They we're
slee ping altogether in little crib, 10 an unventilsed
and sovenly kept room, about six feet by six. The
cloe air in this little black hole OF room was suf-
cient TO sicken any who has been accustomed TO
something better to breathe. One Of the children was
very weak and sickly; whether this diseased state
dated from its birth, or whether it was caused by i'm
proper diet and lack Of pure air. could lot be decided
The other children in much better health but not
one of them, though they were walked out of sound
seep and surounded by strange faces, cried or mse
LOUD noise They had evidently been dosed with OPT
stes to keep them quiet, and save Mr.. Miller the
trouble they might have caused bad they been permit
ted to be wide awake and depot Themselves Lks
heslthy children.
| Sarah Ward, No. 20j Artnue C.Th's is az Ir.h
| woman Of very respectable appearance Her room was
toy and the child, whose name is Rsche Logan, Tas
bright looking She has three children OF her own,
who ssem TO be well cared for.
Mrs. Eliza Gos,, No 206 Arenue C-rois woman
WAS OF at home but her hus ,spd exhibited tue baby
This room wss in dirty state, and three children OF
Mr. and Mrs Goss were m sls.terny condition, bat
the baby seemed to be thriving and fat II is probably
ss we cared for a. the average Of children IN that
| condition Of life.
Ahce NePAiAips, No. 1873 Strenh AreRus-As crty
svtmap, and filthy woman a. that part OF the towo
which mas wondsf facilities for tha, sort Of thing too
can produce. TIE remains Of breakfast were on the
table one lsrxe pail in the middle o. the hoo
and smother one half full occupied cettrai and COM
| mandiug position on char, while toe oder ~as
enough TO try to the utmost the retentve p1wefs oil
the strougest stomach She has one OF tne Ans-onss
children: its came is Juhs Msihews Tne child looked
toeraby decent and seemed il good health. but II bad
On pote Of the flannel lnderclothDg t1st provided
by the depsrtmelt tie excuse being toat Tss not
"msJe up." Mrs. McPbllps was evidently recover
re fron the effects Of debsuch, and did not seem 70
erioy the feps.tions s.terdsrt on recovery. der
say ii at she lie in the habit Of getting drunk,
and sse il without question most unfit person 10 have
the care Of ar ybodys or nobodys chtd.
Aorv Golden. No 1875 Strtnh dreHae-Ths was
another dirty lookitg place the fret object that at
,rsct.d the attention Of the visitor being half fLed
vash.tub which stood in the middle OF the door
Tn. ebid's name s Rebeccs Hughes, 4 is about 8
months OLD and was the frst of the babies thst
had made loud noise; this little fellow yelled vgor-
ousv which sound not always quite so welcome, vas
the mos; gratf, rg THU about the place Ins cradle,
and the clothes therein were dTty and noI properly
cared for.