New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-25

parents and Others and were placed by thc S So
mlssoneIs in private Institutions Seventy nine cnufen
Nnrsery we're rejected ON account OF disease ana were
placed IN nur,ery hospitals, ncreaslng their ssepo
nn In disease of Imperfect laundry work. OF nnsutnnle
position, and OF pauper attendants IL 10 o'"'"' '
The COMMITTEES on Books and Papers stated that 10 "a
dlti0n to boxes tor NEWSPAPERS In the riOa nphs n
Thireth and Forty-secOnd-sts, similar boxes M! pee
placed In ferTy-houses in Chambers COr,ianut, am
Barclaysts while the Union Ferry Company hau phoeu
boxes In the Fulton and Wallst Fcrry-houses lhese
papers are distributed daily Bellevue and the eDar
hospitals aud are sent twice week 70 mains las has
Hart's Islands The work IN books and MAGAZINES mas
increased, lO3 packages having been sent away see
The Committee on Hospital Construction in its report
stated al length the primo pies that should be auereu W
In the erection Of general hospital o-..,,,, provn
The report of the Treasurer John Crospy Morch
showed that the receipts of the Association IlO NAIL
20 to Dee. 81, 1878. were $3,56I 81 ana tne ehlen
tures during the same time were Y2,43O W.
ADDRESS OF JOSEPH II. CHOATE.
Joseph H. Choate was then introduced, and spoke in
part as folloss:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: / am sure that yOn would
hardly excuse II did not AT the outset attempt 70 ef
feel at the presence OF very able gentleman who oc
cupie the chair tonight Two or three moss ago N wS
gladly hailed the news oi his conyaiesenGe ana
recovery and how warmly we %eSG s o, m,% e and
activity, you all know full well shall not afroni nm
by yenurng upon any words OF euiosy na o s s own
obituary. Laughter. We cannot forget that deep
OF gratitude which the people oI TINS cry lee no.
only for his long and honorable professional career as
honorable to the cry aud tue country as 10 1. h ou'
also FOR that special service which be rendered "hen,
four years ago. he put himself ut the head of Inc great
movement OF reform, and directed al the ene o n
law bring about the perpetual exile OF that pno 81
pin derers that had fastened upon our municlld ne.
When Hercules was appointed 10 cleanse 'ne
Augean stables, where countess noiues ",
cattle had been ineosed for in iehnlte wars, anu
the accumulated filth balled and dehed all human CON
trvances, be accomplished his object by turning ron s
course the that until then had flowed seepy ny
and headlong all the mass ot corruption rom
center to circumference 20 when Mr.. OCOnor under,
took Tie task cleansing Augean stables, which had
become similarly deilcd, he did II by turning from s
the torrent OF public opinion Nmch had ~ long
flowed sleepily along.
Mr. Cboate's illusions 10 Mr.. OConor were received
with such frequent and hearty applause os to leave no
Doubt but that the audience entirely IN accord with
the speakers views Mr. Choate referred 10 the recent
Nursery Randals Island the Adjustment OF which
he thought Mas beneficial 10 the community, ami ccd
statistics from official report in support OF MS re-
marks He SAID the children there had been under the
care Of outcast women and Incorporate men, and AS
long as such institutions under criminal charge
much harm would ensue from Sustaining them lie
deprecated the attempt which being made 10 re-
establish the Nursery, and boped It would not
succeed Nobody, he said, could read OF
the enormous sums OF money dispensed by the Fubc
bodies 10 the poor every year, without thinking that
great deal OF Il the support OF vagabOnhase Inc
object of the state Charities Aid Association to help
the desarving DOOR, and hs cond he done only by
snnal visits Puhllc Boards not tine beet instru
,nents through which 10 distribute charity, and the
speaker hoped that eventually It would be lcf entirely
10 phianthropie persons The Association was entering
ON career OF usefulness and hOud receive the support
Of all good meu and women
At he conclusion OF Mr. Choates address tho meeting
adjourned,