The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-21
The Hard Times.
THE POOR OF WILLIAMSBURG.


The Relief Department of the williamsburg City Missou
has recently been for the season. snd ths
following gentlemen chosen managers John Hamilton,
l6o Grand street John B. Wells, 261 South Eighth
street j. @. Gandar 166 Grand street j. 81. vandewa-
ter 106 South First street N Colt corner Of Fourth
and South Eighth streets w. n Hickcox, $50 Grand
street J. W. Bulkley, 218 sonth Fourth street, and w.
H. johnson, SO South Third street. missionary Tho OBJ
ecs Of the society is to relieve the wants Of the vrtu
poor who brought to want by sckpess q lsok
Of employment Contributions Of money fuel food and
clothing Of any kind, Is earnestly solicited and win be
received by the above committee You who have enough
employ whose families must come to want unisss snssSv
assistance is rendered.
THE POOR OF PRovIDENcl.
One Of citizens says the Providence JOURNAL sent
-four to the President Of the Town Council OF nsira-
boring town. for the Of the poor In consderaou oe
the having inadvertently omitted to tax hs
real estate lying in that town Facts IKE these do not
come into conjunction oftener than In century.
R.LEF OF THE POOR OF BALrMoRI.
From the Baiti%are American, Dec: 2ol
Condition Of the Poor was held At the Once in Fsyetts
street on Monday evening for the purpose Of receiving
amount collected up to that time oe4 The agents
report having found great amount Of desituton and
distributed BY tie Association one hundred and srtv
Ave loads Of wood twenty loads Of coal and there wsrs
issued for groceries, &C., two hundred And atty orders
The calls for aid have greatly increased and during the
present month $500 have been expended In suppyine
them The demand upon the funds Of the Assooastio0
are daily increasing and there will be enough to r
ieve all unless liberal charity il eended This aaso-
ciaon has relieved much suffering, and there II no
doubt but the humane Of citizens will that the
funds are SUFFICIENT to supply all who are In want.
THE POOR OF CINCINNATI.
From the Cincinnati Commercial, Dec. 10.
mercantile gentleman Of this city showed us sub.
scrpton paper which he had drawn up and handed 70
few Of the merchants with view to raise money for
the relief Of the poor containing the Of twenty
firms with each 500, and with $50 each sst on
posite He hopes TO make up the OF % 900 among
his acquantances and then TO hand the paper 10
some other circulars This Is noble and it IL TO bo
hoped the example will be contagious These are hard
times The poor are very poor win not do to close
our eyes to the suffering around is the plea OF
hard times valid In such extremity IL IL Ia hard
with those who have the means 10 drive the wolf from
the door, remember how much harder II Ii with those
who have not The possessors Of property are Cod,s
stewards. The poor committed to their care and
they have no right to dishonor the agency.
sT0PPAGE OF THE MILLS AT TROY.
The Troy Wing says that neither Of the three arwe
iron establishments in the lower part OF the city are TO
be in operation this winter. The suspendng Of thees
works alone would deprive not less probably than 500
persons Of the means Of support. The stopping Of the
carpet works on Ida Hill will add TO this AZ least 500
more. Indeed there s scarcely acturing estab
lishment Ia vicinity that viii not be obliged to re-
duce the number Of their aborers this winter and Wa
have doubt that from 1000 to 900 in our city win
be cut of from the means OF support which, in mora
prosperous times s furnished by the demand for Ia
bor