New-York tribune., 1868-09-25
gHsTI HAVE SEEN IN NEW- YORK.
pypp's LECTURE LAST NIGHT.

DYER's LECTURE LAST NIGHT
IN spite of the stormy weather large num-
ber OF people turned out last night to aend MI Dyer
lecture at Cooper Institute, on subject WIG" "o 'u0
Tas in,roduced by g. g. Packard, in whose Mofniy nc
first called attention to the existence oi JUN IN
in water-st, ard awakened an interest ~
M ,'u,ar mind which to be daily increasing he
oneed by renarkng that had taken hlin ~ years 10,
learn what he knew OF ine a hre sui times os long to i'm
mart One Of his last experiences among Tue Poo ha %
wrotches that bde he pes G Tue nd loaned and win.
dowed raggedness cannot defend them iro tne .ou ~ VI
wnter-was with poor sewing woman % nap ~ air II was
found her plying her needle IN the open @ an o ,b,n Gar
bitter day yet her dress consisted OF bnt one thn gar
men and her head and neck. and feet we're pare DOWN
in her and cold room, under ground was hea Dapo
mere skeleton A little boy OF five years was ro.h-
through the handles Of which he had thrust MS thh
arms The mother was obliged to sew outside Ior a9eIo
no light within ana mediche ana M looH I U Jt
ing children had TO be earned she loiu nel h, he
when times good she could earn ~ Week taI sue
paid 81 rs for her rOo and that when her tic %
1ujred much of her tne when work was scarce, OF
when she fell i'll with the cold, 1t was hard TO Keep alve
woman in Tenth-st. with two children, one PaMy M 20 40
from the hips ward worked out by the day. ana as
no family the best Christian fally I'D our cI
said the speaker, wishes to have the seTvls ,
children in their house. she forced to leave the AZ
home When she started out to work she would place
upon the floor bowl OF water and plate OF Drohen @
b.ead TO supply her chldrens wants during tle uaS,
and locking them in would leave them till evening came
and her toll over This poor creature @ earnen JiTS
enough pay her rent and to provide her niue fanny
with their needed food day In the dead Of winter
he noticed near the City Hall little girl on crutche
selling penny songs. He acc0sted the child ana asked
her why she was thus engaged "To get bread Tor my
mother" was the reply. on questioning the gri ne ne
learned that her mother sick. and that Tor long
time she had been able to nothing for herself with
the little cripple as his guide he found hs way TO NJ,
Ward Passing through one subterranean apartment;
crowded with abiect creatures OF both sexes ne koped
his way into another into which no light penetrated ana
no air, except the noisomo ,yapor from me me
cell in front. He struck g9t "a and ID to ,,6Is MS
gaze was revealed most sckenng sight In the nluhIe
Of a ROOM recking with filth. the walls oozing with damp
the fetd atmosphere almost too thick TO breathe lay
witR wT%an OF most an'0Is ioathscmo @ disease He left
the place trying hard to induce the ch,u ,0a,,er
In few days after receiving every attention from KIND
hearted women the poor wretch died. Her pody was was
thieves came n the hair from the head Of the corpse
stripped OF the clothing in which il had been robe ana
left il covered only with ragged aud dirty counter.
pane wake was held by the miserable inmates OF the
dem and their orgies they rolled the body over the
floor iii II reached the feet OF the crippled child now
almost parayzed with fear. Her screams attracted
the attention OF people in tho street ana ger. gen
ried her the Howard Mission, from which
institution sho sent not long ago to GOOD nome
crime in New York. aud argued very justly that the
miserable social condition Of the very poor of the cty Is
dne in a great measure 10 the shape OF the island on
which we live. His description Of the modern tenement
house. with its 200 inmates aud ms statement that De
low Twenty thrdst. dwellings OF this Kind give shelter
to more than 100000 people: took his audience
by surprise aud prepared them for the earnest ress ark
Gospel 10 people crowded together I2oo in one house
there cure for their moral and physical rs pnt 10
unpack and scatter them where they breathe Gods
pure air, and live like human beings. We must
6uild bridges the two rYcTs ana cstabnsh swHt
lines OF ears from the lower part Of the Island to
lis extreme northern limit whore there II still room Tor
people to live Until we do tins we can never get rld
of tho ulcer which little by little eating into the very
heart of our social fe He then described the bucket
shop, of the Fourth Ward zone Of which said Mr. Dyer
ia kept by an Irish Catholic Black Republl-
can, who swears by Horace Greeley. reads
TIM NYwYORK TRIBUNE. and Is altogether "A
rqra aris-the only Republican have ever
seen or heard OF In that part oi the country His charm
ing little story OF Rachel aud her favOre song. was
one of the rected from the lecturers desk Al
the request OF the audience the choir OF the Little Wan
dcrers Home sang Aunt Raches lay and sang beau
fuy II said Of the aged sufferer. that after slug
ing the hymn. she remarked TO her biographer, :"
dc las verse of dat song jes wants
to pour my raptured feelins In sieh bebbply how
as would swing my soul clear Jordan, and land II
plump de realms Of bliss and glory" Mr Dyer r. a
better writer than speaker but In addressing an audi
ence on a subject In which he Is interested, his earnest
ness and PLAIN straightforward manner. more than make
up for whatever want OF finish may be noticed In
his oratOry He has the faculty OF making one
forget tho speaker the subject matter
OF his discourse and should he take the trouble 10 pre-
pare Of lectures relating 10 his experience among
the poor and degraded Of New York he cannot fall o h
come popular lecturer, and dOubly usciu! As b.
plIldntnrOplst,