Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-05

a Quarter of "a Million OF People
Starving.
We copy the following item. from the late for

Quarter of "A Million OF People
Starving.
We copy the following items from the late for
eign papcrs:
ExTENT AND GROWTH OF THE FAMINE
The returns from the Boards of Guardians
show that for the eight weeks from November s.
the increase has been at the rate of from 900 10
5000 per week, and the figures Of the Relief
Committees. II they we're complete. would give
even more startling proof of the rapid spread Of
desti'uton. The effects. too, Of the long con
tinued stoppaee Of employment are m king them
selves visible IN many new quarters Each weeks
restitution makes more rapid strides among those
various classes Of tradesmen who though not
counted in the number OF mill hands live entirely
on their wages ard to whom the withdrawal of
fl56 900 from weekly circulation means little
les than total ruin. Tailor-, shoemake bakers
milliners. beefhOu-e keepers and all such prisons
whose customers mainly belong To the working
classes. now making their appearance in large
numbers on the books both of the Guardians AID
the Relief Committees
The Stt=natiOn of business in Manchester, too.
Is beng felt IN various WAYS la many of the
wafehOuse~.i every opportu lity j. taken OF keep
ing down expenditures SOme have reduced their
staif Of packers. pOrter~. aud all employees of n
similar class; in others they have been put half
0its hUt ~ - Auat, cutGiu there Oe lO
speedy improvement OF trade there will be man
OF higher class, such a. clerks. book keepers
aud warehousemen, thrown out of employment.
and already many have had to submit a
ductiOn OF salary lt is rare thing nov TO see
any of the great warehouses lit up AT night. for.
where there is nothing do. il j. better to lock
up at dark aud save the expense OF gas
THE NUMBERS SUFFERING.
On October 25th there were 2OS .62l persons
receiving parOcla relief. being above tour times
the number OF those relieved last wear and more
by 6s 456 than the return for the last week in
August last We are further told that l43 so
persons not IN receipt of plrochia relief were
aided 6y local committees OF $50 15l opera
ti,es in the twenty four Unions upon which the
pressure j. greatest, bur 5c.6Js are workp. full
time. 1912 are "short timers " aud ls2 40l
thrown out of emplo, ment The weekly
loss OF wages Is estimated nj T. 70 09i aud fl36.
O94 week j. more than e. 00O,0D0 "A year.
Nor does this prOdlgiOuS sum represent the whole
loss incurred by these districts, for the ordinary
receipt of manufacturer must be such as To
cover not only wages, but the expenses OF ma
chnery and the Interest of capital sunk in build
ings AMI land, besides "a handsome profit
Now, to supply the fearful deficit of El36 09l
in weekly wages. the Boards OF Guardians pro
vide Il sum which cannot be put higher than
IlonOo. since out at their total expenditure OF
El29.t7 in out door and INDOOR reef must be
taken the normal cost of p,unerism in average
seasons The Central Relief Committee at
Manchester dispensed about E6 300 (f25 .000
per month"; and the Mansion House Commit
tee sent &C. 800 last week All the grants
therefore. from these sources, scarcely amount
To more than sixth OF what these work PEG
pie have been in the habit of earning. and it j.,
impossible To suppose TINT private charity and
local funds, already exhausted contribute more
than a fraction TO redress this balance Alto
gethci. the subscriptions heretofore published
Approximate to the sum Ot E4lO 900 but OF this
very large proportion is aireidy expended
The General Relief Committee ln their report
for the last week in October say that the number
of persons in receipt of parochal relief in 81
Unions OF the district had risen To Dos 1913. an
addition OF Al 225 durng the month of October
and further, 1850 persons, not IN receipt OF
parochial relief. were aided 10y local committees
The number of operatives in the same district IN
full work is reduced To IS SIS, while the
number working short time is increased to 9.
9l2. aud lo2, 4lO are thrown entirely out OF EN-
piOyment. The loss OF wages is estimated al
El36,094 per week, and there is no doubt that
the savings OF the working classes are almost
exhausted. BY the close of the first week oi
September. the reports show that the number OF
operatives entirely unemployed had risen to about
$50 900