New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-23

81 go, M sksng total OF blt less thsn $40, 90.
How xe have disposed OF THE eau b kbe IN by en-
,Ii pI siion Of books, .lssts opea 20 those IL
;,resed bat not 70 be ace pu5lie We AK those
WHO mske ~ Their amoreTs 20 have confidence in our
jude u.eut IL HakDg sGi lon. sp .I'osuun of ther
bounty. Suffice il tina say We b yve not only made
the dO~s beoIt tlsf but To zap lao neN lie 1iIh
ioy when sill hope was gore.
TIE s'ms, tie good gfts OF which We have been the
amOpers. have savtd many families from degradation
-bays fun i,h-d food ana fire 20 ss good WOMEN ana
children as Gny OF us, who have reached ile very
vtrse Of ary.'ion--had pined day after cay n tue
bitter coo ard hunger Of llst February, after eNhausi
ing every u.aLstO lie.
We hove orted upoa our books for the pri-
yste use Of embeIs, tn lanes Of Elk hundred VIC
ons Desry I'll of heIa mo hers Of helpless Il miles
VITO have received he benefits of oar bounty.
What histories are told in these little mAnoranduns
cad tales OF how the grim monster, Want has in
vaded mary hreside circle, wher5 af-w years ago
those IN ant came for relief.
Blu, there is a saaoer picture upon the pswabrokcr
btess
Among The thing. redeemed we found every article
OF c,ctbDg ever ~oru By a woman OF child aud Hahy
OF TIE 81 cOstly ofnaneats.
Weave redeemed for single family tree vslus-
be gold watches and chsns two gold loekets, four
costly gold bracelets. and handful OF other JeGery
AuoIs the lledas ncoomed are many dearly loved
Ike. p4akes; AID in one instance locket win me
a agueueoype of the wife upon one side and The
Geac husband On the other aric,e tina; nothicg
but tie sight Of starving Children could Induce the
mother TO part With.
OIo We Ding rings ard birthday gifts and Spoons
two hundred years old are among he things saved.
1t is curious the history OF some Of these
traIsactons with the pasnbroser, 10 see what vent
first al lat; how such things serve 10 keep up sp
pe.rsnces-to hide from prying eyes the approach Of
poverty snd dlstresswere hod back long ae' the uu-
oeI e6IUeLis bsd gone to that maestro 1.-THE pawn
brokers sbop--ihat swallows up the poor.
In ore care tue one HUNDRED aud fG1e'h article
pledge lie great family Bible, with its record OF
marriage births ard deaths, and upon the pledge
e.. ka,, q mn dphth-the
Of taniie
We have cent bone 10 sipgle families q, time
more clothes BEDS bed ing and portable articles OF
fsIi lure ibsn corlo be piled upon csrt.
OIlya few days since wo pic cd out ofthe dark
gsIret OF a pssnbroker poor widows feather bel
that be han retused TO give up. 60 ask that poor
wOmH-Old, half blind, helpless, sick as shs IL, who
wss sleeping upon the hare floor, aud IL no Sleeping
upon I, aher bed-what shs thinks of The Amer IN
Widows Rsiief A. ISOLATION. Perhaps you will th AK
Goo for bis mercy to yoa and your ability 10 relieve her,
We bsye returned to many families their clothing,
bees bedding aud articles OF necessity, and we have
returned great number OF articles OF mere erns nent
or luxury for the owners redeem, which bu, few OF
them have been able 10 do. What shall be done with
these things re naming on hand. We need the money
invested for their redemption, and have offered TO sell
them fr the benefit Of the owl es. Here is o1e OF the
resuorss TO that ofer-it speaks the sentiments OF
fifty others. Hear what it says
DIAN s Durg the severity Of tn. season last W,a:srl
"The American Sce-s Relief association" reieens oun'
bvr o. edle for my moss smSns .nien were ,sss5 m
tu1o. 10 which been subjected through the las, Summer
have oeen ursbe redeem
bin u tuos r nnDsss rscyed aud shall svsr on err
ion ibs benevolen,s toward mother fr totally
bic to cobrbus Ovnd her support st the iae bat must
ese every Of them tSb the .pdn Of th- wach.
@ ts.,.e; 9m aePtSS 5 s,s 81 Pen Chin ip
fought for several yesr'i tbs mourning pn from his
noiler ard the ing from one q the byeiest gfs
that lsfe
TIE would brig Is auction but 20 me they are
dsn III &c sive hem but ret.in Them uni
dee the which viii -ur do rhouss were i've years
htpee prs, you MT b. cd oded wi me toF s'estihs 80
plain y believe sir, ons can ener;tn foeiin' Of
respect and esteem for yourself aud those socei
with you II al Goes yous truly
The other is from Reading. Mass, Feb. 9. 1885;
IT, TIA Editor Of The N. T. Tyi6sne ~ 49,,
SIR: On Saturday ! received The rKIRUNE am
the appeal with emotion prepared ana g''.IssS SCR
setcip for ahOthsr object Our peops being f.sns', sad
@eS ana M, ' l. Tie %G G0 OF Ss wo and
Sssi We 'end IN boz Of cOt.n, Let the pap: 'r.,
Itn. reaG your appeal to my people.
WM. d. BEECRTa.
Rnt these letters sre only in icaors Of one genera
toue-one uuve's sal cry Of want and suffering OF Just
a. good, vr'uous industrious women as ever were
horn ppon American soil-mothers OF American chll-
drtn. u1on whom misfortune, in the death OF nls'
baIo "a her or pTotec or, in the difficulty OF ge'uas
euuloynent, or through loss OF time aud money IN
smtp,t have been thrown into position whore they
cannot staLd alone. Shall tnoy tai nat Is yOaf
response 80.
The majority of tie benefcaiies of this Association,
sra sucb as must be sought after and kindly offered
aid for We iud that words OF sympathy are oiIeh
esteemed more valuable than money. Am nc sns-
p5riiculsrly widows and their children, who have
sIyays lived till row above wsn', cannot 1--we upon
The ojdinary dispensaons Of the Amshou~ei nor IS
re tteir wsy 70 the Ward soup kitchens or camor at
basement doors for broken bread.
Yer the ow and her chidrv0 must be fed aud her
VERY nan appeals To every hear; for it tells OF inst
which we all need; OF = prop and stay OF seplesa
family t.ken swsv: Of children Deepen lent uPol a
feeble mother and TO that mother how the sharp realty
of poverty comes home to her heart ana turns u 10
/ 90, resting and weighing down all her energies,
hanging VI her every Effort Ike the terrible incaols
II q troubled sifep.
Itw.r full time; for those who dependent alone
upon heir ED hoyli receive all, for they were
ptih ling. Many of tbem. TOO were me Inca Dc
scendabs Of tie orig nal sstlers OF tbs lssrd, VINO
never knew any other home. This CITY was tnelr
birthplace; ard hee, amorg the pfoui descendants
of The Old Keicserbockers, they were ap ,i[eatly
doom,d TO perish Thsy were suferirg..dying OF
want Many Of these We found Ia desiltuIlon wee
~ scous OF the pr olifc New Eng and stock onshlo
OF a. good fsmihes "a ever lived upon ths' sou buI
these weie peIishirg because New England Ingenuity
hes substitured machinery for fingers tlsgers thaI
wsre Iu(d 10 nsLsl toll yet Sere not Willingly ide,
oou End iothh 10 do. or colld NOT conpe,s sih
s. ing mscbIes, aud Sbe Their needles Eus1e1 'her
children starved. Such women and children a, thee,
whom, bsyirg conn i,ted fault now reqaif- our
ai, Shall tbey die or become oeggars S1au women
be driver as they bsve been by desperation TO sell
their souls for bread for their children IL Il or YOU
spd you snd Won 70 answer Shall the NOS. besriiul
eirr be daily tempted by TIE bIo o. dress and food
and colo TO leap down The precipce ihto eternal ru;a
for the lack Of little tempora aid that you can give
IL your bouies there is food and 10 spare III yodr
wsrdyob-. there are cartlosc. of ce.t-off garment
that YOU may as well give to the poor az keep for the
moths 50,