Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-08-22

sB- We would call attention tn the advertisement, of
Acs=rs. William G. Allen and Bernard S Crouch hich
appears ia our advertising columns. As NAV he seen
these gentlemen have opened Intelligence and Agency
Oce at the corner Of Broad an 9Th streets and are
pared to engage in the collection of claims and the due
OF accountants aud scriyeners generally
This - the first enterprise of the same character enter
ed upon IN this city as vet tar least as tue Inte
gence department Is concerned. And in view of the in
ereasng influx of foreign population our city, who re-
gard such median OF intelligence indispensable To their
installation into some post for livelihood VI should sum
pose the enterprise will prove paying il not after time
aProitable one. Even those who are long resident in
our midst, such medium will prove eminently useluI 40
access will be had, through such channel 70 sources
whence information would be unattainable TO ia. ann
cants themselves.
IL Is unnecessary TO refer to the business capacities of
Aessrs Allen aud Crouch guarantee to the efficient
discharge Of any duty in the Agency line entrusted to
them They are both very well known to our business
community, and have reason To Judge highly o.
tecmed, particularly in the possession Of every aualica
ton which could entite them enlarged public conf
deneo We hope they will continue to enjoy il to their
best interests.
CHARITY At HoNE-As the meeting called by the Mnyor
for the purpose Of raising subscriptions for the relief Of
'o -'c" ''leais slueTers come OF tomorrow
ing it may be well bring public attention in advance
to the condition Of large number Of the female opera
lives engaged In the Virginia Wooden Factory lately de-
stroyed in this city We doubt II the necessity as {,
exists in New Orleans, demands more prompt appc
Of aid than the necessity in this case within il
lively limited extent The difficulty, nay, the npoas.
blity Of procuring employment 10 manufacturing concern
of this kind Is obvious from the fact that there il mono
other in the city and very few in the South while many
Of these distressed emaesa large number Of VII ON are
the only props for the support Of aged parents and sew
era OF them unprotected orphansare unfit to engage in
general houchold work And even though they were
the surplus force thrown upon such resort will nece.s,
ry diminish the demand for such persons by familes
The consequences then be- distress AMI suffering to
many Of them.
But the accountability the par, Of lhole who could
render to their roIief bgcowcs more strict, in view
Cf the noral consequences involved. The public will east
y estimate the evil bearing, Of condition Of bereave.
ment such many Of these females must inevitably he
placed n II adopted for their relief We
Of opinion that their claims should not be forgotten in
tie charitable considerations Of those who may he charged
with the management Of the funds intended to be raised
for the New Orleans sufferers This OF course will rest
with tho meeting, and hope It will have some consid.
Grafton.
Many Of these females perhaps the greatest number Of
them, NATIVES Of this State aud ara certainly entitled
II not 70 precedence least to equal with those
in whosc behalf this movement Is being made.
Sec that there il necessity home before you apply
the ucccs ary relief abroad.