Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-13
From, tIe lIt,s,u,sh Gazette of Fsbn.,ry ..


SrFPEelSd, SrARvATioS, DEATit.~-.'lhose who
arc blessed with competency OF the "soOti thugs
Of this llfe," ate APT 10 inagne all the rest Of The
world in o like condition. While VIZ sit down 10
tables Of plenty we forget that there are Sad Itaee.
dies oil sorrow anl death being acted all around us.
Only wllen The hottd truth is male plain hrIUtG
our eyes do We fully tea2e how goMi a thing Il Is
to have Suliciency Of food and clothing, ptopct
SelteF friendly hands 10 carr for US, and hearts
10 love US,
A few days ago we mentioned a sad case Of
leslilHtion which had come 10 light in Allegheny
TIE story Of tllsc families sorrow touched ten.
def chord in many heat. and preSuming that ont
readers would w glad 10 hear more Of them ne
have obtained as rea. as possible, tho eni;e his.
tory OF the case,
FoNE families, consisting Of four men, fonr wo'
men and thirteen children, LEFT Germany for tho
New World. On thu voyage two Of tic womea
died. On landing IN New York, portion 0f The
Isrge party Of enlstants on The ship WIS sent
hack rs taupeEs. The -four flmlltcS, having small
amount OF money, were allowed 10 l0nd. Having
acquaintance IN This region, they determined 10
reach Pittsburgh. During their journey hilhet,
they had scanty supply Uf food, and clothing al.
together insufficient for the inCleNenCy Of the
season. The CmgtNnl cars were 0lIentllnes pUof'
" heated, and III changing from one cor 10 anOihert
they wete frequently compelled 10 slond shiyeElng
In tlle (IoSy ur for hours, like so many beasts
The women, VIZ are informed, had neither ClVaks
SIawls, or undetSkitS. II IL not wonderful, there.
fore, that wien they arrived ht this city they were
all sick; hall'nakcd, and haf.stntSel. Their 40.
Quantancts who also extremely poor, received
them Into tleit houses in Allegheny, whete The
ladies' Of tic benevolent society found llIeln
Tile children were tle most severely Affected by
The Suflvlings which they hal Undergone. Their
htojs were SwellGh 10 twice their natural SI2ej
anl il was al iiEst thought they were attacked by
the measles. II proved, however, 10 he al eFuptive
disease, caused solely by cold and Starvation
Hhet limbs were lyost.hitten aud tlttc they lay In
OsGny upon The floor, without clothing, fool, btlI.
ding, Of iut, The men wcte also gtOaniuS with
pain, having dspiel Themselves food, in order 10
divide what motsaI they had among their children
The women were suffering etblytoo, tlleit b,eHsts
aud shoulders bcing perfectly raw and bleeding
with the intense tt0<t. In this condition The ladies'
referred 10 found llem Every efTOEt in Their pow
er was made 10 relieve l|ltm. Physicians were
called, bedding clothing, food, aud tueI obtained,
and room rented wteIe they would W more coal
Portable,
The Scrylccs Of proper Nttenrlapis wcrs also
prncutted. But the delCAts fOrMs Of tho little
sufferers h0d experienced too severe shUck. On
Sunday, the 2Slh, two Or them wcTs BURIED. An.
other day Of last week saw Two mole luid IN The
silent gave. Thanks 10 The eSettiOnS Of the physi
clans utl uhefs, The Test have been spared ami ME
now in a fur way VI EccDyeEY--eXCrpt one Of Ihs
mon, who seems most huT0Ically 10 iruYe deprived
himself Of iood dunug his journey ltotn New
Yurk, in order 10 supply the wants d his little
Otlva. llg hos been taken - tho Western penlsyl.
vaiiia hospital, but his recovery iStluubifMl
The remaining nine cLIltlfell have been adopted
by dItEtrcnt Grman families residing in llre negll'
bOthOOd. Such is The stny Of these families Of
paupets.