The New York herald., 1866-03-30
The Five Points Mis.lon-The Work Per-
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
FIVE POINTS HOUSE, IsDrsrRr 155 WORTH ST.,
Nrw YoRK, March ~, 1860.
am will be qualification 10 your readers 10 10
informed that the great number OF unemployed hun
CRY who the beginning OF the year beg.
ging bread and work have been furnished with employ
mcnt We have supplied seventy seven thousand meals n
thirty days. including those given TO regular family,
and for weeks the daily average Of meals but fac,
ton less than three thousand At least one thousand
different and have been fed moro or less as
tables since the year began Most of these men now
have work; many Of them found IT for themselves The
number provided with situations by the House Of Indus
try Eve hundred and thirty nine These have gone
In all directions; TO alabama others Louisiana
Florida, Tennessee, Pennsylvania New York. New Jersey
Connecticut Massachusetts, and quite q number 10 the
Atlantic dock warehouses, Brooklyn Hardly more than
half dozen Of these have refused 70 where they
were wanted, and at Whatever wages they were offered
In single week two hundred were sent away, at wages
ranging from twelve 10 fifteen dollars month for tho
year. One company OF twcniysix went 10 Cedar Keys
Florida, at nfteen dollars pr month, TO work in saw
twelve dollars week. Some YET remain on our hands
bu, We are daily sanding them 10 farmers who apply for
them.
The following analysis develops some interesting
cts More than three fouths OF these men have been
In the army and divided among the daereni States
81 Connecticut 1s; Rhode Island, 8; Vermont, Q; New
Hampshire 4; New Jersey g; Illinois, 8; Ohio. penn
syIvania, II; Indiana, o. Maryland Virginia. 1; Ken.
lucky, 81 Louisiana, 2; headquarters troops H. United
States rsula H. and navy, "a Not having been in the
r.: ps,iopsi,.s Of these men wcre.-Amer,cau. isi.
colorcd -; Irish, 10p German, o2; English lo Scotch
II; Canadians 10; French 9; Italian 3; Norwegian 4;
East Indian, l; West Indian, 1; unknown, 81 The do
portmess Of these has been excellent while with us
resulationa with four hundred II q time in Tho
dining room hardly word would be heard from any OF
them We feel In every aspect In which u can be
viewed that II unmixed good for the House az
Industry DO what II has done for these poYr fororn
fcilows strAngcrs, without friends without means 70
procure food when rendered desperate BY the gnawugs
cf hunger can Be readily imagined what means would
have been rcsortcd 70 10 prevent starvation A that
man hath win be awe for bis lie" Instead Of abandon
ine them 70 the commission Of crime 10 supply their
wagis We welcomed them 70 our tables and gave them
taking for granted that they idle and lazy, NOT
" os believed them when they told VI they were
hcuest and willing TO work and with uncomfortable
cort and expense, obtained labor for them, feeding
them until Ne did with all the cost OF labor and
money for this work We doubt n better Investment
Was ever made FOR the poor IN New York.
8. b HALLIDAY, Superintendent
Tcws Z scnoSs IN wEncnKssm CouSrr.--On Tuesday
town elections wcrc held In Westchcsier county In
Norrsania william Csuidweii, democrat, elected
euperv for the tenth term, receiving i've
hundred and seventy sr majority In the town O. West
farms samuei ~ Purdy, democrat, was reelected
supcrv cor, and IN Yonkers Isaac Knox returned
uncsrsiotl that The dsmocrHs baveciscted sixtess
q ,he dsHt mspssn q We sew hsefa u sassss