The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-05-05

over, large portion of the inmates of the
aforesaid institutions are from out of the
city of New York. I visited the Colored
Home few days ago, and, with the assis-
lance of the Clerk, "a polite and gentle
manly white MANI canvassed it with the
following result: The whole number of
inmates is $40, of which 294 are of the
State of New York; IL from Virginia; 10
from Maryland; s from Pennsylvania; $
from Kentucky; 5 from louisiana; from
Cuba; from New Jersey; 2 from Rhode
Island; 5 from the West Indies; from
France. At the Orphan Asylum, which |
visited also, I could learn nothing more
definite than that large number were
from out of the State. [ found many
there from Baltimore. AS half orphans
are admitted, many father or mother
places his or her children there with the
view Of giving them good education and
having them well cared for. The asser-
ton that the colored people do not con-
tribute literally towards the support of
this institution, is false, for it is only few
days ago that committee of colored ladies
placed in the hands of the managers eleven
hundred dollars, the result of an effort in
its behalf, and very many of the colored
people make contribution annually. In
regard to the poor, the ''Herald's" state
ment takes in the reports for two or three
years, and of course viii! go for what it is
worth. That the bulk of the colored peo-
pie reside in West Broadway and intersect-
ing streets, is ridiculously false, for there
are more found on the Fifth Avenue, Four
teenth street, and similar streets, than there
are in the aforesaid locality. One wordin
regard to colored taxpayers. The 'Her-
aid" stated on the 1st of April (All-FooPs
Day that there were about twenty tax
payers among the colored people, but re-
turning to its senses about three days af-
forwards, discovered that the number did
not exceed six. Now, am prepared to
prove that this lie has the capacity to swal-
low all the rest. | will read from a re-
port from the N. Y. Society for the edu-
cation of colored children, to the Governor
of this State, so much as relates to taxes:
"Mr. Riddle, the Superintendent, at a
general examination of colored schools held
in July last, declared the reading and
spelling equal to that of any schools in the
city. The undersigned enter their solemn
protest against this unjust treatment of col
ored children They believe with the ex-
perience of Massachusetts, and especially
the recent experience of Boston before
them, there is no sound reason why color
ed children shall be excluded from any of
the common schools supported by taxes
levied alike on whites and blacks, and gov
erned by officers elected by the vote of
colored as well as white voters. No pro-
position can be more reasonable than that
they who pay taxes for schools and school
houses, should be provided with schools
and school houses. The colored popula
ton OF this city, in proportion to their
numbers, pay their full share of general,
and therefore of the school taxes. There
are about nine thousand adults of both
sexes, and most of them are householders
and rent-payers; and therefore they are
taxpayers in that sense of the word in
which owners make taxpayers of their
poor tenants The colored laboring mass,
with an income of 5000 per year, who pay
$72 year for room, is really, in proper
ton to his means, larger taxpayer than
the millionaire, whose taxes amount to
thousands of dollars. But the colored
people pay taxes directly as well. From
an examination carefully made, the under
signed affirm that there is in the city at
least 1 900 colored persons who own and
pay taxes on real estate.
Taxed real estate in the city of New
York owned by colored persons, Sl,400,00O
Churches 100000
Personal estate, 10000
Money in saving banks, 1,l2l,0O0
Total, S3,4o1 900
We furthermore learn that the amount
of real estate in New York state med by
colored persons is $3,000,995, and the to-
tai of money in banks and estate is s., $780,
500.
This will speak for itSelf-it needs no
comment of mine, and | will therefore
leave the almighty Bennett.
More Slave-Hunting i'm New YORK.
We had supposed that the last arrest in
this city under the infamous fugitive slave