New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-15
PROGRESS or RELIEF.

WHO'S HrvGRY Go snd see You that are fun
fed snd know norwha, it is to be hunsry-PeFhsps
never saw hungry mon-go snd see. Go and see
thousand men, women, boys girls old ana young
black ard white. Of all nations but one-thsre are
no An ciicans-cowding and joshins each oher, a.
most fl bting for frs, chance, for fear they will be
too latc-sctlng more Ike hungry wolves than human
beings in lond Of plenty. Ii IS only by ths con'n
nal efforts Of Two Policemen that the crowd can be
kent in order, or ade 70 await til the food IS reaiy
"a, distribution. Such scene may be SCI n every
aay from Il til . clock, around the corner OF Or
snce ard Chad amsts where Ln1enmul.er gives
dinner to the poor and soup and bread 10 others 70
carry t. II cir miserable families
uisssudy OF human nature, worth a long journey
20 Nitress. On Saturday VIC spent an hour there a!
tie time OF high tide We have never seen any hing
hle i, before 1t il tue that most OF those who come
ar in appearance utterly poverty stricken, yer many
AT rot they are driver, however - Geek food to
sns,aip ne in ways that would have sckened them 70
ihiI Of a few months ogo
Tie Target portion Of these arc German, and we
call upcu all Of that patton Who able 10 help this
nan feed Their own counuymen. Nay, we MT only
cell W. demand az a right, that hey shall assist 10
fe,d her own fellow countr!meu and not leave tie
burden wholly - Americans Ca Friday upward Of
arlousaId PEOPLE we're fed with q plate Of soup, \
piece Of bread and piece Of meat, On the premises
and in 81 upward Of sixteen hundred
on the same day. l. 100 portions Of coup we're dealt
out from S;ewart's soupktchen, in the rear OF the
great marble palace store, corner Of Reade-st. AMI
Broadway.
II has been e-tima;td thai o. per cent Of he appl-
Giants here are l.ish, and Of them DO no. beir
The appearance OF stjsctpoyuy, though undoubtedly
nearly all are sadl in wan; # present means Of sub
.i.erce. Iti.to be expected tia; 80 ne uudeseTins
cases get relief.
The crowd here are not quite 30 raveu0us-yes.
that +. the words at Lindenmuile,'5 though hey
have TO he controlled by police force.
The amount given out each day Is Go gallons Of tie
richie. Kind Of soup, made Of entIe orequarter' oil
COED beef with rice carrots &c.
At the rooms in Duane-st, fer the rciei OF the poor
IN ,ho Sixth Ward, on the same day they gave food
to two thousand NO hur dred and hiiy tx 81 great
was the pressure here upon the police At the door
that some of tie women attempted 70 force their way
by fair feld.fgl,. At the Fiye-Poiots House OF
Industry, on the same day, including the inmates OF
the house and children that attend school and tho
that came with tickets, ard those that carry away
loaf of bread ie calculated that th3usin meals
were eiyen-say seven hundred different persons fed.
Counting the uuu Der q, the Old Brewery Nss On
at only bali that number We have, in the Sixth
Ward total ii over six thousand persons fed BY
charity on Friday, Jan. p. From personal observa
lion. n Saturday, ~ are satisfied thas the number
was equally great
Recouect. tbs is only one Day in one Ward. True,
Il ore that contains lGrser portion OF miserable
nov.1tv than CIV other. bat We doubt no: that the
Eleventh Ward has larger Dumber OF working nen
families deperdan, upon the labor OF one PAH oi
hands which are row IDLE.
When i this - end, Is 3 question ias; begins 70
sgitate The minds Of those who think.
How long can q vii charity feed such multitude,
particularly when those ~bo give, become CONVINCED
that e large proportion OF those who uroog afouui
these relief stations s.e fore n pAuPer' and peg AS
b. trade a. d occupation, almost oy nature may o'
whom have teen cent here by foreign Government" !"
&c. i'd Of supporting them In their nstiye country.
We concete that il Is necessary to feed these people
. prevent starvation and death in or midst ms WIN
ter but we are convinced from observation tha' thls
mode OF FEEDING the poor cenno, be continued Win
out proving . curse 10 the City. One hah oil those
who 20 TO the places We have mebtioned 70 ea' soup
or III. bread OF charity viii eat the bread oil DenesS
a. long as tLeycsn setit They Will not WORK 'hi4e
,beyc,u be Ems fed. This kind of charity does not
reach the CAGES Of real suffering and those mos de-
serving OF relief
srcb . woman a. we visited on Sunday will never
be seen around a soup-house. She is now upward
If 70 ve.,. Of .se-the daughter Of soldier Of the
Revolu,ioL-;be widow OF saddle aad halnese
mai er for many years. and afterwards large grocer