Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-09-16
LEAF FROM THE ANNALS OF TIE POOR


nature. lie was decidedly philosopher, anc
had studied - the race with no small success
lie flIY appreciated the maxim which regulates
The conduct of SO many of the bipeds no happier
to be clothed with little brief authority''
we dare say there are many who know lit
tie OF human nature, and are ignorant of the
moral physiology of the human heart. rs would
not credit the statement that in this very chris
tan city, and amongst the officers of charlta bic
institution, mere is an individual, Who gave the
other day, demonstration of heartlessness and
brutality, which cast the philosophc school boy
10 whom We just now alluded completely into
the shade. Wen, believers in the dignity of ouI
nature. and the tender merces of official dispen-
sers OF aims, we pity you, but ask you listen 10
the following recital:
The other day, young female modesty clad
but Pallid and einaca ed, and bearing in her arms
an infant which was be released from all
It's suffering, presented herself as an applicant
for aims a, public charitable institution
I what do you wan,-why DO YOU come here p
asked in q harsh growing voice, smooth faced
well fed man who Sc, desk in the Office
Sir, have no home replied the poor creature
thus ruf1ly addressed-'I starving she added
N a husky voice, she staggered from exhaus,
ton against the railing of the desk
Il don't believe her, said the smooth faced well
fed gentleman to another who sat beside him
she's too clean and tidy,' and then with a repu-
sIve grin, Intended for smile he turned TO tho
poor girl, and asked, where is your husband9'
y don't know, sir, said she, and after pause,
whilst the tears flowed fast. and she grasped the
railing for support, she added--she has left mer
There was no mistakiug those accents, they
were the truthful offspring of broken and bleed
ing heart Bl, the gver Of aims was too much
OF a philosopher to be moved The grin became
more hideous than before, and King the wre tch,
ed woman hard in tho face, he said
'Weil, well, suppose your husband has gone
after some other woman, and YOU had better 90
after some other man.
The pad and wasted check of the poor crea
ture thus inhumanly insulted, was now crimsoned
over, and pressing her dying child 10 her bosom
10 frantic embrace, she rushed from that demo
macs presence. doubtless after TO find a ref
nge IN that land "where the wicked cease from
Reader! TINS 10 no fancy ske;ch-it IL the un-
vanished narrative Of q scene which actually &C.
CURED IN this city within the last week. We
have the name OF the wItness--one OF our most
respectable ctizens-and we know that Of the
brutal author of this wanton insult. The matter
shall not rest herea storm Of public IndIgna ton
shall yet be aroused, which shall cover tho inhu-
man assailant of poverty and woman's heart.with
perpetual infamy-N. y. Tribune
New York SUN.-From an editorial article in
the New York Sun it appears, that ten years have
elapsed since tho first number Of that paper was
issued--that the whole force then employed was
Behold the conrast,' says the editor. "But ten
years have elapsed and the Sun To day, instead
OF issuing from small back room In an obscure
part OF the city, occupies building with front
Of one hundred and fifteen feet on Fulton street
and thirty three on Nassau, and eight stories
high from the lowest floor, and in the most
hronged thoroughfare of our great Emporium
Instead Of tho little old hand press, it has now
five double offender presses driven by tho power
of steam and the two which are principally used
for the newspaper capable of throwing of
six thousand sheets per hour. Instead of an edi-
ton OF only five hundred, 1t now numbers daily
over THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND papers. Instead oil
Of daily income and expense of five dollars the
expense of the establishment now exceed five
hundred dollars per day-the cost Of white paper
alone amounting to over eighty thousand dollar!
per dnnUm--whle its income goes very far be
yond that rate. Instead of the one man and boy
originally employed upon the paper, it has now
eight editors and reporters besides numerous con
trbutors and correspondents in oil parts OF thu
world, twenty composiiors, sixteen hands employ
ed 10 the press room, twelve more employed II
folding and counting. on hundred regular carrier:
for the cities New York and Brooklyn, many
more in other cities and country places, some two
hundred news boys the streets, 10 say nothing
of the workmen in the type boundaries and in tht
paper mills from which we receive our regular
supplies so that at the smallest calculation :hC
Sun establishment gives constant employment
to some SIX or seven hundred persons"
GEN. JACKsoN.-A gentleman who visited
Gen. Jackson at the Hermitage few days ego
saws the \. I. Journal of Commerce, reports tn
old veteran exceedingly feeble in body. thong
vigorous as ever 10 mind. He has Eot this season
been his grounds to superintend bis business
: and said he never expected to do it again. Tn
visiter beiGg Philadelphia, the General IL
quired about Mr.. Bidde with kindness; said h
reoretted MS reverse or fortune: inquired solicit
ously whether the report was true that Mr.. Bid
dies mind had become impaired, and said that b
could not believe Mr.. BiddIe corrupt man, bu
} thought be had made great mistakes
The Duke of Wellington had declared, IN NJ
place in Parliament, IN answer TO speech ifot
o,a Roden that the British government wer
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