St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-07-04
A SAD PICTURE IN NEW YORK.

SAD PICTURE IN NEW YORK.
The following is taken from the New
York Duly Necs of Saturday:
The interese which. NJ the commence
,ueut Of the volunteering excit-mens. CEN
tered upon the sOldiers. 70 now divided ny
the ,ppesl for sympathy made BY the NJ.
cessities of their families.
I.rf, without protector. many Of the
are l., \ condition of abjret want wEFla
others, VIII, previous to the war wrra
able to provide for themselves. and IL
deed support the now absent enes, arc
forced into likeness aud consequent por-
ertv by the pressure Of the times. No
where il this truth more painfully illus
tr.,ted than ut the ro,lns on Fourth avenue.
occupied by the committees for the dis
burse,nent of tn. fund Of one million
dollars. p-"vi,ied BY tho generosity of
our citizens for the relief VI solIicrs
families.
Here. frnn 10 in the morning
till at night, is rush of women with
their little once. and aged lneu; also
voung girls. whose fade.l loneliness aud
forlorn expression suggests the parting
words Of jeanette 10 Jeannot:
..There's No one left to love me now,
AID you too, ill FORGE
"When Won wear the Jacket red.
Aud the beautiful cssckade,
fear ven will forget
All rae PROMISES sou NAVE hAps.'
Many there are amnng them whe new.
or before claimed assistance from any
but loved and h"norcd hand. but now
are fain to accept the proffered aid over
the shoals of rc 1t. debt or hunger shat
threaten 10 strand their family barks.
All phases Of natural tics, a. we'll as
natural character. are represented here,
| FROM the widowed mother. the frail.
! crushed looking wife to the neat and
, tasctully attircd woman Of the needle,
who trasingly gave up father ana broth
ers, little dreaming how soou they would
find their occup ,tion gme.
Last comes the little child. nj! unnaturally
cnvcllopei in All atmosphere Of cars, rep
resenting \. ~, " g.a'rally do. little
brool ut hnn. too i,clDl.ss t" be left 10
any b'tl iIbui:t
Th',s' Injured to till ami drndgery.
the coarse, the vulgar. III gay and sad
all come I'LL. IN. e.. y taking tneir turn
at the trcasurer's desk, where an order
signed by their VII Il officials, pro.
cures two dllars for ev"ry adult, ono
for tln. el,lest child, AMI titty cents for
each additional one.
IL has been found necessary 10 build
fences from the catr-ncc door 10 the
/ Treasures desk. in orler to define til:
line OF march Previous t. this limit
being placed, an rn'rrs rr:.rUr.tinaire was
"a daily occurrence, presenting as it dill
I peculiar feature Of female drapery in
all degrees Of abandonment, scaling ths
backs Of the benches; aud on several
occasions an array Of apopletic faces and
cxp'ctant eyes were seen protruding from
beneath the front row Of benches. being
the precursors Of collapsed forms. which
Immediately assumed consistent ampli-
tudc before the chairs Of the astonished
! committee.
The result Of this struggle for pre-emi-
| neuce i. observable upon the walls. where.
in lien of fancy sketches and marine views,
are realities of odd red and white tiny
socks. little stub-tocd shoes, varieties of
skinned hoops, so I" speak. displaying
qualities from Douglass 4 Sh"rw"'d's tenn
percd steel watch-spring down to bamboo
| and the brass abomIation.
Six policemen are sometimes called into
rcGuisi,ion to labor with the spirits impa-
tent Of control. and allay the clamor Of
feminine tongues. which with all rever-
ence be it spokcn) do upon occasions be-
tray tendency to motion.
Five and sometimes ten thousand dol
lars arc distributed daily, aud within six
weeks. during whicL the ben Violence has
been in operation. 8,622 families have re-
ceivej aid.