Litchfield enquirer., 1858-12-02
NEW YORK, Nov. Is, IS;


 NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 1858. 7o thc Editor of Me Y. Y. Sun.
 DEAR SIR We desire to inform you of the arrangements decided upon by us for the dis tribution of bread and meat to the poor of this city on Thanksgiving Day ('Thursday next that by publication in your journal, our under taking may be more generally known.
 The undersigned gentlemen, who have each contributed their share to the general fund, will distribute on that day coco pounds of bread and 1900 pounds of bcef contributed by different butchers aud bakers of this city.
 The distribution will take place at Union Square, from ten to l a. m.
 The wagons with the bread and meat will be stationed near the statue of Washington Yours truly,
 Andrew Simpson, No. 3s6 Bowery John Hcckcr. No. G3 Rut yers-st Walter Duncan, No. ST3 Fourth arenne Peter McFadden Mo- 235 Third avenne ; Wm. Sampson, Mo- 4l6 Third Avenue Jas. Kelly, Mo- 330 Pearl st :, and others, Bakers.
 Geo. H. Chase, and Vim. H. Dean, Wash ington Market Jos. Flynn, and others, Butch CTS.
 Before g a. m. the poor folk began to as semble in the Square, and at 10 o'clock We were informed that there could not have been less than 4,U00 persons present. When we arrived, many hungry and heart-sick people had gone away. Among those that we saw were many men, evidently mechanics out o: employment, wEom Winter had found wholly prepared ill clothes or purse. The women, and they were by far the most numerous, wore on their careful, sad faces, untold tales of sui fering and privaton and the little. children, whose cotton rags scarce served to cover their nakedness, were terrible to look upon-they seemed to lose their youthfulncss and shrivel up into little old men aud women before the sharp November frost.
 So far as We could learn from conversing with these people they had come from far and ,near-somc of them several mi!cs--and many had not eaten during the day. One poor American woman who sat on a bench in the Park, with two sweet little children nestling under her scanty shawl, told us Sle had walk cd from near Grand-st. Ferry, and that she aud her little ones had not tasted food since t:e day before. She was widow, decenty but scautily dressed and told us with tears in her eyes that she found it hard task to keep the wolf from her door, One of her children was a UflHub iuH-tlalttu ulttc uOy Ol SIX years, the other girl of four. We told the woman that she need not wait any longer, the notice u the newspaper was a hoax. As she turned to go home she said, Pity the man that could do so heartless thing ]" There were many such groups in that assemb!age.
 We left the square about o'clock several hali-tipsy men were then amusing themselves by scattering small change among the crowd, and watching the frantic eagerness with which the famsIed wrctches scrambled for the coins. On our way down we called at the stores of Mir. Simpson and Mir. James Kelly. Mrs. Simpson informed us that the names of her husband and of Mr. McFadden were wholly unauthorized d Mir Kelley knew nothing of the matter until we called his attention to the notice. It thus appears that some soulless scoundrcl deliberately concocted this shameful hoax. Whoever he was, with the poor wid- ow We can truly say, "pity hm." 'The man that could do such wicked thing needs all the pity man can bestow here, for we don't believe | ho 1o,f- f-aI