Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-03-15
SUFFERINGs IN NEw YoRK.-The follow

SUrTERINssIN IN NEw YoRx.-The follow
ing extract from the N. Y. Express, furnishes
. melancholy pic;aTe, of the condition of the
poor OF that city, to which they have been re.
duced " the unpreccs. s.sn,ed pecuniary eu,.
tarrsssmc M. of the times:
"Three thousand individuals, of all ares,
al nations, ana all colors, are crowded to-
gether in our Aims House, and supported at
uc public expense. In addition to this num-
ter, the Office Of the Commissioner of the
Aims House is literally besiegcd by motley
Foop OF men, women and children, hungry,
Gold and 3esIly naked, clamorous for bread.
Besides all these, the Central Committee and
the Ward Committees support, and have sup
ported Tor some months, an immense number
Qf famile'. Yet in the face of this accumu-
iatIon of misary, balls and dinners, and
soirees, and giving in marriage, are still cem-
mon occurrences among the hau ton the
rich vine still gushes, sweet music and the
light fall OF the waltzer's feet, is still heard
among the squares and places Of this great
city, while squalId poverty stalks through our
streets and gaunt hunger snatchcs the NOR
sci from the hand Of plenty. Ofthe quantity
Of misery and destitution in this city no one
can DO fully aware until he has visited dis
trict, examined the circumstances, and en-
Quired the wants of the people himself. In
the 9th Ward alone, not a large onc-al-
though densely inhabited-two hundred fam
lilies were found by the Committee to be lit.
orally destitute of every thing some sleep
ing on straw, and some without even that
luxury. 1t would be libel on our citizens
to say that they have not come forward nobly
in this crisis; they have done so but at leas.
fifty thousand dollars are still needcdto car
ry the INDECENT Of this city through the in
clement season. A person has advertised
for laborers for the Illinois Canal. When
passed his Office, the other morning, a dense
crowd had gathered around the door waiting
for the opening of it. This fact exhibits the
great want Of employment felt in this COM
munity. There is not a day passes in this
city III Which there are not more or less, deaths
from ,oant Of food and fuel. In one word,
there are two hundred and fifty German fami-
lies entirely destitute most Of whom cannot
speak English, and who can only make their
wants known through an interpreter at the
depots OF the committee. One poor family
who applied for relief was visited by gen.
tleman, who, on arriving at their dwelling,
found the last piece Of their little children's
bedstead on the fire, to prevent them from
IreoZing.
The poor that throng tn" Aims House are
increasing to an alarming extent, aud at the
rooms Of the Committees of the various
Wards, the crowd IS so great that many of
them have been compelled to wait from ten
o'clock in the morning to eight at night,
shiverng with cold, and fanishing with hun
ger. At the place for the supply offue, one
Of the Committee states that large numbers
of little children have come daily with bare
feet, OH the ice and snow, and with scarcely
any garments to cover them from the i'll
clemcncy of tse weather.