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Show 292 APP F. NDIX TO N O TF. S. " Others nrc compeJicd to nid in the support of families and l>idowed mothers, and all hn\'O a pressing claim on society. T~o lonp; hns this been lightly treated or totally disrcgan~cd. Occa.s!Onally, ~s the ~~~l~;zJcfo~ ~~o8s!1~~f~~7~~.~~t:· ~~!~!t~~·~'ti~h~~~·~:'~~~~~;st o?7~t~:.ltj1i1:c~~~;d by sedentary habits, hnvc come there to die. Not unoften the p1·,$o11,.. door nnd tho 1nad-lto1ue close upon them, and oft~ucr tho lt?use of shame affords an asylum, denied ~o th?m by honest to1l and a l ~fc of virtue. 'l'heso nrc tho every-day lnstorJcs of tho seamstress. Ecw of them enjoy the wholesome comforts of life, :tnd more sufl'or for even tho common ncccssn.rics. This should not ))c, or need ~~ ?t, when society begins to understand the duty of elcvn.tmg t he eotHh t10n of her wc:~k n.nd defenceless sisters. 'L'he init i3tory step in this reform is the associating together of ~he most depressed br:wc!tes of ind ~1 stry for mutun.! aid and protectiOn. One _such orgamz:--twn, esta~lt ~ h cti by your a•d and patronn.ge, would Ue wstrumcntalm a.ccompltslung val:!~ ~~~d n~v~~~~~~:scf~·c;:~~u~f:;~lh~s cf~~!~~di~ t~?c ~n~~;~~~~i~~ ~::;~~~~~1:; which the needlewomen now holcl their right to exist, ( not to sny live ) arc nppnrcnt to every rcflecti_ug .mind . . ~II society wou!d feel nn'd beneftt by tho change, by placmg 111 a pos•hon of compn.rn.ttvc security and independence a large cl:tss of opcrati vcs, whoso defenceless cond1- tion is now made to enure to the profit nnd 3ggra.ndizement of lhoso who profit by lh<'ir ill-pn.id labour. '!'he clmngc would lessen the numbers who :tt times nrc compelled to ask char ity. I t would rob the living cllamelltouscs of 1;icc, in which our city so nbounds, of numberless ''ictims. 1t woulcl ~ ivc a stimulus to industry, by plnC'ing thousand.!:! in positions to 'need and consume articles which their straitened circumst.au~es now de prive them of . . w:e will not enl:trF.le further on the mamfold ndnmtages of so assocmtmg together, bcluwing tho fact appar ent to :tll. \Vo arc anxious to t•·y the experiment. Upon our failure or success depends the fu ture comfor t or misery of thousnnds in our city, who arc cwm now 'sewing at once, with a doublo stitch, a shroud as well as a. shirt.' "'l'he condition of the s hirt-sewers of our city is lamentable, nnd calls for your kindest and warmest sympath i<!s. I t is estimated that their numbers at present exceed six thousand. Many of these arc young nnd friendless orphnns, early left to s tru ~glo with poverty, nnd solely dependent upon the precarious pi ttance of wn.gcs doled out by employers. Others nrc widows, depending upon the needle for t ho support of helpless child •·cn, and with the pittance of some S2 Ol' $2 toO per week, trying to feed , clotho, nnd pny the rent of a f;lln ily. We need not tell you this cnnnot IJC dllnc. They bear in silence sufferings and trials tha t would ch ill the sternest hcnrts to recount. '!'he defenceless ~l:; ~~;~~s ';~~~s~l~d f~i~~~f~~~f~~~~:~~r,~e~0~p~~~n~~~,~~iotis ut11~~~1 gil:·~i;t~~~t9? Is it humnn? Oh, men, with sisters dear ; Oh, men, with mothers and wives: It is not linen you' re wen.ring out, It'!:! human ereaturc8' lives.' A l'PEJ~DIX TO NOT E S . 293 cc ~J.nt W .:! will •:o! lllli\'!1\Ur; we arc ready to make any persona.l :~~;~~~:~e~~ ~0:;:~~:.~~:~ ;:::t:li~~i!tl up out Association. 'l'o this end wo '' ' Ve need your a::;$istance now. \Vc need a. store in which to d'spose of our Htock_whcn maJc, and the pntronagc of those who ha~e cmploym~nt to gn·.c: \ Yo need to be placed on a permanent basis where daill ncccss•t•cs and ~\'ants ,~i ll not circumscribe our us~ful: :~:i~t~~:?'~ am pen our cncrgrcs. Kmd friends! Will you aid and (3.) li'l'om tlw TVo1·cester (Jla,s.~.) Jl'. e. ekly 1.hmseript, of Dee. I S, 1852. " 'l'~:ltniiH.J: Ex Po~u rn: At<:O Sun-F.ItiNG.-The O..,dcnsbur~ Sentinel slates that.:~ )ft·.!:l. McCurdy wa.s found in the wo~d~ ncar that place last wo.ek, 111 the la f!t st:tp;cs of exh:utsl ion, produced ''Y exposure n.uci starntllon.-. It seems .that on WcdnC'sdny, lite dati befure 1'1tanl•sr1ivinrJ she had ,·u.;rt.cd.t~mt ~·dla.:;c fOr the p urpose of o'Utaming work iOr he; need\<', and, .fallmrJ w tlu:r, ~rad 8tartcd on foot JOr Morristown. She was ~uch exhausted at r~l f.unt, aucl wa;J compelled to sit clown by the roa.d:mlc n numLcr of tunes to re!St-and obsorv1tig the passers-b st:t!'e nt .her, as she thought, us if they supposed her intoxicated, sh! rct1rcd w to the woods to CSC:l.J)C obser vation, rmd sitting upon tho ground, betwP.cn two tt·ees, l'lhc fell asleep. 'Yhcn sho awoke, she f1.rund sl~c could not usc hcl· h;mds a.ud feet. In thjs state sho laid Ml lite nwtlt day, _oxpo~ed to tbe snow, and f1·ost, n.nd rn.in, unable to attract ~ho attentu:m of thoso who were passing ncar her, and till she w11.s acwlenta.lly tltscovel'cd. '\~hen fuund, the circulation hnd nearly ceased, and. she could h:wc surnvcd but a short time." Prom the Baltimore Sun, of Jan. 20, 1853. ·~ i\L>\N FROz•:x TO Dt·:AT~r.-A man named D:wicl Griffiths, a. blacksm• th b~ tmde, tvlw.ltas, }or some tim~ pa~Jf., bcea ·wandering from place to ]Jla_re ut scarclt oj 11·or!.:, wns found tn Rome bushel! by tho roadside, ncar Brooklyn, on Monday morning, frozen to rlualh." 7. International I nter ference. . '!'his ma.y s~em ~nappropriato t? the heading of the present Appcndtx, (AJ?PCild!x, 1\...,) . but thct·o ts ~o much r csprcting the la.boriug ~~~~s~~·~i~.~e~i:·~.:~e;~e~:·~~ h the folhwmg extra.cts, that 1 have thought "FI'Om the I..o11don 'l'imcs, Dec. 1. u'l'IIE Q uESTIOX OF All!Clt!CA:-< SI,AVF.Il.\'-ADDHESS OF TITE E NGLISJI L ,\ DII:S. Tn one point there is :1. ''cry ~cneral a rrrccmcnt nmong: the nations of the ear th. rl'ltey nil believe th:tt theY understand their own diffi<: ulties better than their neighbors do fOr them. \ Vc have hnd, nnd Rtill hnvo, m a~y social proLlcm,.., which eveuts, a nd the spontaneous chnn:;es of socwty, rather than lcrooi.<:htion, arc sol viii.., in one wn.y or nuothcr. Hut whether it he t ho c~nd itiou of the hi:sh peasantry, or the Irish Uhurch J.:s~abl ishmcn t, or En~li.':lh pau per ism, or factory labor, or the excess ol OllJ' female population, we ha,•e ner er a tt11ched r.* |