The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-06-12

Mora Condition OF New York.
The New Orleans Pooas contains an
Iurtiole under The head OF The Home
leather Of which the following Is an
.tzirEct:
a reeently rece,eu Northern journal
contnns an address deinered before The
/ ew y K Young Nen's Christian Asso-
cation. This association. says the ad-
irss stands pledged 10 attempt the
mantel moral and social Improvement OF
.He lon 90 young men who are exposed
10 tbe mplauons and besftmeuts OF this
great city" Il Is an ATTEMPT" which
might we'll appAl any one acquainted
With tho "templatons ana be.elmen,s"
| 1' that city. II any foreign journal o.
southern newspaper were 70 utter one
/ tenth psft oil the statements contained in
TIE address. of expose a moiety even, of
The misery and rank roitenness H. uhieh
the sub society OF New York r.ysevs,
there NJ - i b. one universal uurst Of in.
digna'isnltrom Centn,l Pork % tie Rat
/ ,er that the ame Of ne metropolis
Ssou'd be,ao blottea and belief
- W. NNtiN'ff q sta" AHfN FNaEh
Christian, adrlrrs .u . assoc les sursks
of ,he nrgass'rr -iniulnes. Of the city.
no. 81 much Co. ed cu1osity. a. tos,imu.
a.e missionary zeal :" and with the sam,
.autable motives We note iew OF the
fields for missionary labor presented In
tne address, and existing in the city.
Aud here is the directory: In resident
population Of nearly nine hundred thou.
sand souls land bodies. there wete r..
celyea last year into the charitable and
correctional institutions OF the CITY 81
934 persons-4l, ,29g persons were com.
mitted TO prison for ninety special often.
ses; there are 5000 liquor dealers IN the
city-l00,O00 (the addres- saysl German
lnidels-350, 900 souls voluntary dcsu.
tute Of the true means OF grace"-"la..
900 families without a Bible 20. 90
children who never attended q school,
$1,000 children ciassed as "homele,. ones
who prey upon the commun.tv either as
beggars, thieves OF yapnbonds." and who
are growing up, unchecked and unre.
strained, into the mex, generation Of bur
glars, pickpock, and prostitutes -"ob-
scene books and prints published. i'm.
ported and sold in our streets. at our
wharyes, and q some OF our bookstores"
IA periodical press lot ru.ltless a. re-
spect- immoral Teachings .1d influence"
OF .l332 arrests last year. three.
iourths were dirctiy on account of in.
tuXlcauon,. and misdemclu0rs arising
t4grtlr0m" min. theatre. six of which
p.rui' the pre- rnce of prostiuies"--,
smussmeats E-adultod 50 As 60 crafty
every GLASS however degraded ard eveiS'
taste however d rIyel anJlrl Aliistf.
cEaII4.A-, .Is. con. 2 -IHnrs. dance
..Iss dog hgBi- and olhr- such spcc,a.
c.'s attracting crowds every night
twenty FIVE thousand abanu on ID women
%. ali gindes and twenty Eve hundred
t,sstasis --"hrQadNay 0aukod sor u,ms
.tn I.a Coz ttlor side 4y Hreeg
lo.e very names Gre Synonymous Of de-
bJuclsfy wnlI' % is notorious tAat .a,
great lu0In. ..rr hg scarcely n blOct
above Canal street which Is not dl.emcci
by az a-sgnatl0n house or a disreputablt
hotel more than half the population
dwelling in crowded tenement houscN
erected and arranged to hive from iourtp
one hundred yd twenty-five families cf
five person. each an under ground
population" according to Dr. Franch,
cot 2jUDt per,pn-'-nud with this cnlr
meaLou, Of which wc have gwen sketch
merely omtine much Of the wort, tie
address deiers the con. n..derauon of "eMt-
bling lottery policies. decoration OF tile
Sabbath, the rockies. disregard uf sanite-
ry rules, The increasing rrtou. chatacuN
OF city politics ond the yagrany. ignS.
unc and pauprr-n, 30 prevalent IN or
community" surely. subject maittr
sufficient Cor another address, If not Tor a
volume.
We lavo read OF m artist monk WHO
painted picture Of P1rsatory 30 fright
iu in its deiaiis tnat he went msd OVER
MS own wors-ani OF yet another. who
drew tne devil In such horrible io,,m
that b killed him outright. Our young
Christian has simply photographed a
Christian city in me year OF grace. 1858,
and tle picture .s one winch may well
s,alger our .ai,A in The civilization Of this
century.