The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-03-11
The Starving Family.

The Starving Family.
REAL BENHvoLKfCE OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC-
WHAT A LETTER IN THE NEW YORK HERALD WILL
Dor country cousins prone 70 be periodically hor
rded II the vice, crime, irvoy and sohshnsss Of soc
ETY. In New York. and hey aps 70 suppose
hs virtue and real bepevoenoe only exist In the rural
DISTRICTS but unfortunately for their theory oroumstAn
ces occasionally uAnspiTe which show human nature 70
be Just the In crowded cities ~ ID in the guile
country, and provo bensvoence well - maevolenoe
TO be more aotve in the former than In the latter DO
cause brought more 10 focus. case hes recently o.
CURED which commend to country friends, and
hope they will bear in mind when next they hear OF
the vnkedpsss Of New York
Last June . young Epglhhman and his wife
arrived in this city with the hope Of making
. better living here than they d,d in England.
Tho man had NO trade being employed IN the
Custom House In his own country, and no could find
nothing to DO IN this city for which he Fitted. Their
little means soon melted away and poverty stared them
In the face Occasionally the man 30. stray job, ut
could not make enough i've upon, and finally all
exhaused. 10 add 70 their misery the
In delicate situation. and approaching The period Of
MI others most trying 10 female, and when they require
not only the uecesssres but the luxures Of
life For weeks previous to last Saturday their Stu
alton indeed pitiapls They lived bowl Of bread
sna mix each day and Of en- we're com PEELED 10
had NO ftsnds and death BY s.rvston seemed neviss
be- they were too proud 10 beg even let their neigh
bors know o. their distress. Last Friday . gentleman
heard their story by chance, and wrote letter
AEsAID, briefly detailing The facts end calling the
pubho 70 their aid. The etssRAppeared sas
Is supposed That AGO persons called personally on the
poor couple each boghs his or her mite Doctors Of
on" man SrousSt stove anotUsr con-. snra
wood ana food Asofurnshed In Abundance lat the
most active In the good worK were the ades Men might
hiatt thoUv nF
the poor couple kno that kindness never
intrusive, or least they have the 70 make
appear 30 And then who but female could provide for
the wants female the time her greatest need
In The ever ae Of Saturday one Of the attaches Of tbs
Hs.Alp called u me house corner OF oaoai and wesa
been sent In curing the day TO our oce he thought
their Deeolmght urgent he found them In the attic
OF house the surrounding Of which were an thing ou.
agreeable 10 sensitive nostrls ana which must have
been extremely dsiastetul 10 the woman and her hug
and though mes gre and wan rom Dscs OF fooa vas sui
pretty. Ourns nis stay, which was brief. physician
came IN 10 proer his services; clergyman sso TO see
what be could DO and woman vi b 8 BASKET OF bread
But the most graceful act our aacae saw while ne
thtr, that Of young beautiful and richly dressed
several persons present went n the poor womAns bed
side took her hand said few kind words 10 her and
the manner in whioh the hand was witodrawn unaer the
bed oohes showed that iome money had been placed In
The German Who kept the grocery store underneath
was astsniahed. He did no. knos that any
narvrg in hs house. and he was surprised 70 the
interest the poor Stranger had excited among many
we'll dressed people he said there was q cynsaut
stream Of walters going up stairs an day.
All this goes TO show that New York people are abun-
tanuy generous when q case Of real distress comes
under their notice. They do no. give money organ
lied charitable Institutions very readily, because the
suspicion prevalent ths, they gotten up up quite
much for the benent OF the president aud
for The poor But there NO humbug about such
~ that We have just related and ihs' our people feel in
stinctively.
We have received the following ii our Office for
the relief OF this hniiy:-
ssS Neutrality-suspicious.. person who regrets he
Wall street............ could not give more.
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