Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-18

township, this morning sold TO the Bimms a
lot Of four hogs, weighing respectively-356,
1853, 425, and 529 pounds. Total, 1868
They were Rouzers. Who can beat them
Speak out. - @ Ak -
The Poor. Tuesday we referred to the
severe winter weather, and spoke of the in
creased suffering which would be necessarily
visited upon the poor, on that account We
hear of suffering in different portions of our
city, but we are not advised of any adequate
system of relief Individual sources of char
ity have, we learn, been mostly depended on
for aid of those whose necessities demand
immediate succor. We have instances Of
many persons who have, within the past forty
eight hours, divided their own scanty supply
of food and fuel with the suffering in their
Immediate vicinity More substantial relief
will have TO be provided by those who are
blessed with abundant means, or many poor
people will actually perish in our city. aa
The citizens of Dayton, and of Montgome.
ry county, have contributed liberally towards
bly, to the call for donationsf for the comfort of
the brave men who have gone to fight for the
maintenance of the Government, and for the
unfortunate who have got into the hospitals
But if we have proper conception of what
remains yet to be done in the way of dona-
tons of money and articles of comfort for
the soldiers in the field, and the dependent at
home, the efforts of our people have only
Just begun to be taxed Where dollar has
been given heretofore at least two will be
demanded for the exigencies of inexorable
necessity We have not yet realized the cen
dition Of war, and the effects which it is Wis.
iting upon us. And the sooner we accept
in its full compass the state Of affairs by
which we are surrounded, and act from our
convictions Of right and dictates OF humani-
ty, the better il will be for our community
and for the Country ruaa
No precept is more worthy Of observance
than that "Charity begins at home. Some
people take il so literally that their charity
seems to end at home They do not have a
proper conception of terms or Of their duty.
Their notions of home are entirely too
contracted In the intent Of the preoept we
have given, it comprises community We
are counseled to provide for the necessities
Of our own community first before We extend
aid to people remote from u.s. Nothing is
clearer than that the wants Of the poor in our
midst should be supplied before we under
take to provide for. the wants Of The Heath
en-, who are, ike the daughter of the horse
leech" forever "cryng for more. When
the destitute in this community are provided
for, and our own soldier-boys in the camps
and hospitals are made comfortable through
trustworthy agencies il will be high time to
collect and send comforts and luxuries for
the delectation of hospital stesards, surgeons,
and army hangers-on generally, and to hunt
up the cash necessary TO pay the salaries of
innumerable lazy men whose zeal in the mis-.
sionary cause is made the pretext for obtain
ing an indolent and comfortable livelihood.
The time for theorizing is past We must
realize the situation. The abjeet poor are
numerous in our community, and they must
have reliefsoFperish. Falk1Eill not furnish
them clothing food or fuel And it will not
do now to Disseminate between the suffering
10 Investigate how the parties have been re.
dueed to poverty whether they are ''reli-
gionsly inclined" or otherwise. 1t is quite
enough for really good people to know that
their fellow beings are In distress in order to
extend them immediate specor. They can
make terms Of moral and spiritual charac-
ter with them after they are relieved. Let
Charity abound il is just now in great quest,
All our energies should be devoted 10 its |