New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-28

Of town affairs. sspesisuy q regards psuperssu. IN
6rdeY 10 in<ure attentions TO the reeds OF sne
Board ekooee Of thsn number TO be to~n 60,
He has On ,fics, which n The besdqu+rsen o, n
relief and receives Q salary OF twelve honoree oo'"
He kegs The sccoaDss irquires into Gases OF Ps.Po
i'm ard makes the disbursements Tue amount ca
pended, in addition to the Ame House asoeun. ~"
lie poor st bis Office the past year ABOUT 'hfee
thousand dellsfs.
xEw.HAvEH BTEIvoLEyT ASSOCIATIONS.
This IL q voluntary sseocis,ion Of gentlemen, co.,
Quoted on much the same plan as the Home AssociS
on at Syracuse with the exception that 10 Ns~ Haven
the socity has building Ct rs own, the ed oe'og
entirely directed to the relief of the poor N their oSn
ioutes The town divided toto twelve districts, each
district being ssigned TO Committee OF Two OF tneee.
Such Committee is bound to examine into the conauon
OF its District and to take measures Tor The reei Oh "s
poor ibersi In. go
The accounts Of the last three years run as follow;
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a. nj, ps % i, lsiE5 |.
much greater than in other yesrs. This is 10 conec-
quence Of the severity Of the Winter woich gave the
demands for assistance much more force than usual.
THE CITY MISSIONARY.
The mere wealthy churches 10 New Haven nave, IN
ADDITION to much other effort. established mes'on-
churches and Sunday fchools h the suburbs OF tue
city The Consree aiiousl churches have adoped the
truly excel6 ut plan of joining in the appointment ana
support Of city missionary:
his eaarY 10 eight hundred Qouois. Suo sne ueS %
late been Increased, through the kindness OF lndi-
viduals TO nine hundred dollars. HIS duty 10 70 make
binsef Il orcughly acquainted with the poor OF the
city, to look carefully after their interests, TO help
them to help Themselves to bring needy cases 70 tns
notice Of these religious bodies, and TO battle i'm
ptetors
He also medAtee most sefuy between the poor aud
the charitable who cannot give me to inquire Toto
CAGES of distrtss Through bis agency, donations In
money ard clothing are distributed, just a. they are
net ded. The present most worthy incumbent holds
service every Sunday afternoon at the Alda Houss
beside such occasional services as are required.
TIE creation and support Of this office is one OF the
mcst commonrerse charities possible in any city: >.
These are the principal directions of public CHARITY
in Nes.Haven. It has been p,ssble to give bat
veIy short time to this compilation, and though the
matter il very imperfect It hoped that even zach
report may DO something 20 stir us to right 6eallns
y tn The psupor question. Though much remaios no
done Syrscuse has done much But the Report OF tue
Select Committee on Charitable Institutions. trans
mitfed to the Legislature the 9Th OF snuary, 1897
sh rvs the State Of New York, in almost ell her coun-
ties to hold position in regard 10 the treatment OF
psupeiiem utterly dsgraceful. The sum OF suffering
dfersc alton ard crime revealed In the Aims buses OF
our State by that documet 10 appalling; and tins shor
account of the working of better system presented
in hope that 1t may help some one to see the way out Of
our present shame. ,
ANDREW d. WHITE.
To the present CITY Missionary, Mr.. G +. Smith to
Mrs. Jones, Matron of the Orphan Asylum; to james
Brewster eco to Mr.. Mansfield, the Town Agent; to
Mr. Curtis Secretary of the Benevolent Assoclstion
and to Mr. Dsvis, Superintendent OF the Almshouse'
thanks are especially due for information. ,,,-