, 1873-07-14
THE ITALIAN SLAVES.
A Pitffrl Tn1c--A Mother in Search of
Her Children.

Fron, the Ne,0 Pork Times, Ju'v1t,
T.. HotWlthstai1ding tho recent disclosures made
N mi, these columns, tho traffic in Italian children
atlll continuos sna as yet nothing las boon done
| ny tue nuthoritica to stop It. Efforts, howoyor,
aro now making by the Italian residents Of tho
Ply Ply to unite for this purpose, aud, by bringing
tnolr aggregate influence to boar upon tho INIT
They have decided for once to Iay asila their 10.
cal proJudlces and feA1ousIcs and unite for tho
ono purpose of enancipating tho 1000 little
nroteoinn naSes nov hGd IL thia city The amount Of
tho circumstances that bring them loro. mav hn
best Bet forth by an incident TINT occurred upon
ONO or our populouB th0rougbfares Yesterday.
Late ~ tho afternoon, Us tired mon, women,
ena children "oro tloching toward tho various
ter tho days bl,sincas o thin, omaclatod woman.
accompanied by two amall children, was found
reclining upon tho atcpa Of q warehouse which
nSa n'u no9n eosod for tho day. upon Fulton atroot
The hn1rying crowds passed hor BY, perhaps
without notice, but finally 1argo-hoartod Cor
man PASSED, and scoing hor condition ho piticd
1er' n' nc dld more; he Hpokc to her, and finding
food, ho looked about for remedy.
The woman and her two children woro trans-
ported to restaurant close BY, aud after proper
!e9r astention there Was mnrked Improvement in
tongue, howeyor, which tho good Samaritan
could not unt1e, ,atand, but most proyidentially.
ut TINT ulomont n stranger entered. Ho waa ~
ltallan' and quickly recognised tho wrotchcd
woman as native Of his oru bright land. Reyiving
under tho good treatment sho had received, tho
woman apoke Of tho circumstances that brought
her hero. and OF tho treatment sho lad received
sinco ner arrival, making together story Of ab-
1ect misery aeldom equnlod.
6ho related that Bho came from Houthern
Italy, the Province Of DaBllicatc, where sho had
married ind lived happy with hor husband for
many years. She had si1 children, the Oldest Of
wfll was now, il living, y yoars of age. Five
only 6 months. Ono morning aho 1s went on On to to
toll, sho owoke to find that hor four Oldest bows
lag boon stolen from tloir bodB whilo asloop.
khaankappod ah from tleir homes. and taken, whittier
she did not caro- to dwell, but went on to teli Of
tho inquiries sho made to necortaln tho wl,nrcn.
boussof her children. Tho authorities Of hor na-
.tbdprs, ,,ys ptSe were teY applied to but A. usual with
currod about soyon months ago. and, after
fruitless search she hoard that hor loar bows
Ind boon taken to the Western Republic. tIo
United ilto3 States, the home OF Washington and
relatos. was quickly made up, and she resolved
to cross tho ocean to find them. She saws ahe
had no fear Of coming horo, for sho had often
been told that any foreigner landing hero would
Immediately, receive 100 acros OF LAND and ON
ploymcnt ct encouraging. wagos! sho, thero-
fore, raised what money she could, and leaving
her husband to manage the farm alone, aha took
her two remaining children, fearful Of leaving
thom behind her, and crossed tho ocean to tho
unknown land beyond to searoh for her boys
sho arrived hero only two weeks ago, and,
after the usual delayB, passed. through Castle
Garden-much, to hor SURPRISE sho received
nother n1 and nor money, md found herself hop-
les9, triendleas, and alone IN a strange country,
and among people whose language sho could
not speak, even to mako her most necessary
wants known: She Wandered about from day to
day, and she tolls that ho1p Was denied her even
1rhNrA aha EAH rfrht In r.
stock OF money was BOON gone, aud by day sho
Wns compelled to beg, and By night to sleep in
tho strects. Her two chlldren-ono a boy
yours old, and tho other euckling infant-ro-
hatlahipn in looking fnr their hrnthara. 4 moth
ors love, lowover, could not shield thom from
the effects of want and exposure, and finally,
tired out in body aud soul, she sank upon adoo1-
stop, md would probably have died had sho not
received assistance. When found, abe and her
children had been two days without tasting food
and they were all 30 weak they could scarcely
with suffering that he could scarcely eat, and had
to bo given milk. Tho mothors condition was
about tho Same, and the baby at her breast was
too weak even to cry, for it must have missed its
n Tor ay and haa en
arouse It: After eating all they could, which was
very little, and given moro food for another
meal, ali effort was mado to have the woman toll
her namo and 60 to charitable Institution until
sue and her children had recovered sufficiently
to reHume the search.
She refused to tell her name however, saying
she was afraid, and would not 60 to any place
until she had asked priest about it. boing
pressed to accept matorial aid or ct least to al
low her children to bo takcn care OF, Hhe insisted
upon leaving, saying that sho believed her
would d-be-frientls wore only trying to Bteal hor
remaining children. Aftor accepting eono mon-
eey, sho loft tho restaurant, probably stronger
than whom Bho entered, but still too weak to
wander about until dark. and than Eileen in tho
streets. Tho names and addresses Of all tho
persons WHO we're witnesses to this Affecting IN
clent werc obtained, and can DO readily pro-
duced.