Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-05
NRw YORK CORREsP0NDRNCE.

to theatre, or to Tie eperd where they sing
some Of the most licentious plays, or 70
Bryant's or Woods Minstrels, 20 down and
cross Fulton Ferry, and take the Green
Point cars, and ask the conductor to LET you
out at Hewes street, and then walk up to Lee
Avenue, and enter the lower room Of large
brick church, and you viii fad yourself in
o.Les Avenue Mssion and Sunday SehOol." -
This school Is indeed an ilsttlstion worth
speaking Of Here an investment has been
made which pays very large dividends in
Edueaied Humanity,
Eight years ago aert May, this School vas
started with seven scholars, and two teachers,
in little Ave by seven room. The school
increased, and after time a igart was added
to the building-this was illed-and another
was added, and The school 50 increased in
numbers and interest, that during the year
1860, a large and substantial church was
built, at IN expense Of about $4,000. The
school room, when filed to itslargest eapaci-
ty will hold about twenty-five hundred child
rem. The church is 20 by ll5 feet.
This enterprise is the result of the labor Of
a few individuals. For years, the devoted
and energetic superintendent Of this school,
Mr.. jeremiah Johnson, Jr. and the Messrs.
Sooles, have given Of their lime and money,
and now. they see ripe fruit from the seed
they planted They have not only given
thsip thousands, but they have given their
time and talents in large abundance to this
noble work, and If ever men have lived TO
see results Of tosH doing, they have.
There is no theatre equal to that school on
Thursday evening. An audience Of 1000 or
1900 children, ''all joining "in psalms and
hymns and songs ofpraise," under the lead OF
Mr.. F. H. Lsmmus is better music, and
touches more the holier sympathies Of the
heart, than any singing for which you are
asked to pay one dollar for tickets of admis-
sion, to hear, and then the singing is by
children, which, but for this school, would
not have known how to sing and this fact
makes their young voices more melodious in
your ears. ~. 15 .aielala
During the eight years Of the existence Of
this school, some 5000 children and youth
have been in attendance upon its teachings
its graduates are scattered all over our land,
and some of them, are son The other side
"And angels have gathered into their fold,
The little ones out of the cold,'
"The Lee Avenue School" is the Boasl
school of this land, and it shows how much a
little money, and untiring energy will do, to
alleviate and uplift Humanity This is
Christianity, for it ''dOing good lit is SLOW
ing thy neighbor" And yet, even in this
labor OF LoVe-in their self-sacri6cing devo-
ton, in their long years OF toll and patient
teaching, the laborers in this fruitful vine
yard, have met with opposition-with Ie-
proaeh, with unkindness from those who call
themselves by the "Master's name" Verify,
this is a queer world, and human nature is
the queerest thing in it and it has not i'm
proved very much, since Ere thought she
could 90 alone, Withoat Adam's care and
protection, about the garden OF Eden.
The New York correspondent OF the "a Bos-
ton Traveller in letter a few.weeks ago,
which he wrote about some Of the New York
Editors said: s-.Il- ...-.
"Mr Greeley, who is eminently not So
cial or family man, board at the Everett
House in dismal solitude, while his better
half and their mutual pledges Of affection
spend their time in Europe"
The man who wrote that, does not know
HORACE GREELEY He is one of the most so
olal, and most domestic of men. The writer
of that paragraph, has never seen Mr. G.
with child on each knee, with his warm,
and tender and yearning heart overhowing
with Joy, and reYelIing III delight. Mr.. GREE
LEY is eminently a social and family man,
and has all those qualities which eminently
fit man for the enjoyments and pleasures
of home He is kind, iHdulgent to a fault af-
fectionate, liberal, yes, generous to prodigali-
tY, and loves his children with all the strong
deep feeling OF his manly heart Those who
have known Mr. GREELEY longest best know
hat praise is due him as family man and
in this relation of life he deserves highest
praise, and warmest comnendation,
Mrs GREELEY is now abroad with her two
children and Mr.. GREELEY is boarding. There
are many wives in Europe educating their
children. The accomplished and estimable
wife the able Editor of the Times was in
Europe with her little ones some two years;
but who that knows Mr.. RAYMOND, does not
know that be is an affectionate and devoted
husband and father, and has one of the most
unny homes. One Of his little daughters
eturning from a visit in Brooklyn a few
,venings since with a friend, as they were
ooking up Broadway, pointed over to the
TsalSs building and said, ''father is up there
don't like him to be an Editor becaIse | do
not see him enough at hon." This was a
tribute of affection to the father.
JoHE B1cEIow, Esq, has Just retired from
the Evening Post, having sold out his inter
est to PARK GoDwIS, Esq. While the readers
of the " Post" will miss the vigorous and
powerful pen ofMr. BIeELow, who has so long
and so well instructed them on the great
questions of the day, they will find compen-
satiOn in the able and prolific pen of Mr..
Goodwin, who, to the graces of the scholar,
has added thorough knowledge of political
and social science. The departure of such a
man as Mr.. BIGELow from the Press,is a pub
lie loss. His ambition is gratifed, and he
seeks other and less laborious pursuits.
Mr.. BRYANT, is too well known " in the
world of letters, to req Iire any commenda-
ton, as the Senior Editor of the Evening
Post.n His editorials are models of elegance,
and his style is chaste, ard beautiful, as that
Of the most accomplished and classic Essay
ist. With all his requirements with his
worldwide reputation, VI tn his conceded and
unequalled Genius as a Poet, and with his
power as political writer, Mr.. Bryant has
the greatest diffidence, and all the bashful
modesty of a high soued and sensitive
woman. he is everywhere beloved and re-
spected for those virtues which make gray
hairs crown of glory, and enjoys in the
highest degree, the confidence of his fellow
men. do not suppose there is an Office at
homo or abroad that it void be possible to
induce Mr.. BRYANT to accept. He is satisfied
to be The Editor of the " EUepiag POST where
he is sovereign and iHdepenasHL and where,
with perfect freedom be can oppose whatever
he deems prOng, and support whatever he be-
lieyes to be righL 30
Il would be very difficult to find four men
more unlike in their physical and mental or
ganization than the Editors Of the four leading
papers in this country-Mr. GREELEY, of the
Tribune-Mr. BRYANT, of the Evening Post
Mr.. RAYMOND, of the Times-and Gen.
Tt,rFs W Arsog' WERR Of the COurier and