Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-08
NEW YORK CoRREsPOsDENCE.
 NEw YORK, February 3d.IS55.


 rained, blowed and blowed, and froze and froze, and melted and mndded. and puddled and spattered, and soaked. and in short played the disagreeable to all but the boys who have passion for snow-baIling, and boys and girls younger or older, small CT larger, who run mad for a sleigh-ride over pavements covered with composition of mud and snow, many parts of the former to one of the latter.
 Inexpressible is the contempt with which a real country bred individual with his me- mory all stored with the merry old times, musical with the ringing of merry bells, and H.erry voices. and the merry laugh of the girls and boys of yore, all radiant with the shining of the moon and the shining of the stars, and the shining of the frost in the air and tine snow, deep white and ubiquitous snow-inexpressible is the contempt for these old sIeighriders of the past for all these simple and mul.itudinous riders on grea, scrapers through these streets of Gotham.
 To the relief of all lovers of rational en- joyment, and the poor j7ded horses, this chapter of snowy-winter was short, as all such periods usually are here in this lati- tude and under the breathing of the sea. As one of the more serious consequences of the snow storm large number Of boys who amused themselves by throwing snow-balls at the heads, hats and bonnets cf sleighri- ders found their sport broken off and them selves in the hands of the police "before they knew it." The rumbling of wheels has once more returned and dry pavemen,s are becoming quite abundant. Evidently New York is not a good field for snowy operations.
 Coming down Duane street yesterday, found the street was blockaded with women trying to gain an entrance to building. It seemed to be full and about 300 were crowd ing and tanning each other to get in: each woman had basket and many had babies also. The place was the office of the 9th Ward Relief Association. Many seemed to be complaining that they did not receive what they ought to, and were treated un- fairly. looked in vain for the face of an American woman-all were Irish and Ger man. looking hearty and healthy. It is to be feared that soup houses and relief asso- citations are inducements to the lazy and to expsc. relief and depend upon them for support.
 Hard times, no work, what shall We do- is still the cry. Notwithstanding gift balls and gift concerts, and soup kitchens and aid and individual charities of all kinds in all the ten thousand ways of being from those donations. when the left hand knows not wha. the right hand do- eth to those when the trumpet is sounded loud and long-aotwiths.anding all tha. is now done for poor in this fashionable time of giving. still, the cry comes up on every side for more-more money, not only those of the poorest sort, but many a family which has "seen better days," wives and children of professional men-of respectable and cd- ucated men have been brought to the very doors of starva,ion-not knowing how the next morsel of food could be obtained. Yet flooded as We are with the ofscouring of European beggardom, burdened as We are by so many who will not work if they can even miserably live without labor-there is danger that charities so called for and given with the best Of motives may be turned from their proper channels so IS to minister to an evil they are designed to remedy: ,here- fore, benevolent people in the country, to whom such suffering as is observable to such a pitiable extent around us in all beyond what they know of the pressure of poverty, should be charged if they moved 10 give of what the Lord hath bountifully given to relieve the poor and unfortunate of our city. to give wisely. Give your funds or provisions to those who will sec that they accomplish the object designed. The soc. ety for the relief of American widows is one that discriminates carefully, and that finds out many of the starving who are too proud to beg. The children's aid society is another agency by which the deserving poor can be reached. If you know any individ- ual in the city who has good name for works among the poor, you can make him your almonor.
 We have among us gentleman lately arrived from England, whose fame is known in every part of the world. Our readers will not be taken by surprise when they learn that we allude to Professor Halloway, who has by the most indomiiable persever- ance succeeded in making his name so wide ly known that there is scarcely spot on the globe where his medicines are not b be found. He is great traveller, and man of ra,erai inEor,,,.;n, h,v;,r rn,Io .. .-