The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-02
LOCAL AFFARs.
EoMDrHIyo MunH N..r.n ,

MUM nBBUBD.--Vh0ae al
our citizens who have visited the CITY poor Hon..
within the past ten years. aud noticed ths
TER and condition of most OF the fum. - - - =
Doubtless shuddered at the thought Of cvsr h.ss
compelled 70 associate with many Of those al
vulgar, ioafhsome creatures who have ~, ~ %
dnced TO want and suffering By fntempersncra. -,
vice, and yet are as coarse, Insulting and djsons,
ing "a their manner and habits, al II thev
not oetug provided for from the public erin a.
sapylng the same building and probably the same
spartments with the worst species Of their race
| may occasionally be seen some modest rat;r;ns
Wen educated woman or man, who after be;n, -
| euced 70 starvation by misfortune and sf,ic,;on
Lave oeen competed to seek shelter In the Poor
uouse, there TO drag out miserable existepce IN
company with those whose very appearance i. tor.
,ure OF the most cruel kind. Ought this 10 he Al.
ioWed any lougerf Is it right for our citizsns vho
nre blessed WITH an abundance Of this worlds
sooos, inus 10 permit their neighbors aod friends
isss fortunate, to be shut up in den of such vii
associates, when they have the power 10 save tbar
rom the torment of body and mind to which ,ha
~, s,e nov necessarily subjected ~Certainly not $
al Wii say, sand yet what are we TO dcp. W.
answer, provide suitable place for the virtuons
respectable poor, and let them feel that tbonob
s.ricken down By disease, old age, or misfortnna
VI any kind, they are not to be cooped up with the
aoaoaoned and dssolute 10 a common prison. bnt
that their path;o the grave is to be- made smno.ue
oy their more fortunate fellow christians soma of
~ho" IN their day, however wealthy they NAV
now oe. may need the same kindness before
tuc Journey Oh life.
In the North we often hear of men of xr..,.,
ewing ioerally to institutions desipred To banas,
s shSre deserving poor. Why may not our ci:iysns
.S'Iow tois example2 Is there anv reason whn
other nis" hUud oe less liberal than capitalists Of
o'ner lei pisces! The only reason that We know ~
IS, that they have not accuste ned tbsmsa,va. ~ ~
s'.sneo1nat they are less frequently called nnon
Itnat tnsy have less suffering and sorrow aropnd
susi; ~ tnese gentlemen could but see the beln-
na,i.b srn, poor In oar midst, SW6id rather
HaQk
oor rouse, they could never sleep contented nntiI
so,ie pan was put on foot to relieve than
v;I now can This class of persons be better pro,
answ.. r a. trining expense? Easy enough, we
subscription for the purchase of the nid ..Jo
o,ei, at the corner of 18th and Main streets
ano turn 10 into an Aims House for decent MOO,
poop,e; po di. Inc propretors of this building would
iiberai,v ea ~ .of $4,000 or 100000, and give
pe completed more suitable bpiIding, could
NV oe erected Tor the purpose and hundreds of
,a"sn persons could be accommodated in IT, apt
ishad go roc. 'nat tney we're not outcasts--not ban
,1uea ,, rom society and forever shut ont from
Tue world, because of circumstances over which
they have no control "'o' "n''n
v;dowa ' ,nS hou'e were purchased, many helpless
hnuos uo~s VINO now wear out their lives in earning
aud placed in condition to feed and cyo.ho ,haSn,
serves ana their offspring. Poor ipyaiids wonIa
nhu heIe tnat quiet and repose not to he enioved
IN the P9or House. Small children wouId + lad An
a. si Ia 'nIs edince, aud friends to nurse and
ease ior them-and the vrtuous and the pure
would always take pride in visiting this estahish
ment, and by words and deed soothe the sorrows
OF those whose lives had been rendered mserab,a
oy the hckleness of fortune Will not some IF
charitable lady-wilI not ell our readers taka hois
OF tns suggestion and like christians and patriots
go to work aud reliave the sufrsrings Of The Dc
serving poor. N0