, 1866-11-10
DESTITUTlON AND MISERY.

4 Mother and Eight Childrcn Starving
rcady Bead. A.
From 1bc Chattanooga Onion. November ah, !
Last Sunday q. friend called on tbs to 70
Grnac,i',1t Glth nam a,I short dista"ce from the
IN "li't,u lis ta,,,a,n n".S'' 10 sc family who
tion." On Ninth Street, below Chestnut.
within stones throw Of two Christian
churches, We found .fle family, It orisi.
nally consisted .. mother nnd ei.ll, chjl-
dTcn, but two Of the latter already were dead.
ElIile third was fainily catching tue Inst
few 2nsrs l,ctorc passing away. The acenc
as 1t presented itself to is was horrible. The
hoEcl IN which they were was open on all
sldts to tic keen, chilly night air, On a
board at one side Of the loom las the corpses
OF little baby, vlich had died on Saturday
evening, and girl Ave years old, which had
expired on Sunday morning. The pinched
and ;:ha*tly features OF the 1,oor lftttc ones
tosa , TOO p!afn1r Of their lingering, painful
Tn = blanket on the door, lay tic mother.
hcrseli SEX unto death, holding in her arms
her last: at the feet Of the unther Iay AIhr r.
oldest daughter, II girl Of seventeen, The
appearance Of all af them showed the vnnf
o. food Of any kind. In one corner another
aanshter Of eleven years lay, suffering with
TUG cramps. Some Of the children had not
sateh mouthin! Of food from Saturday
morning 10 the time wc saw them. The
baby, the first ono to die, expired in its
mothcT'S arms IN convu1sione, on Saturday
hiEhl. The poor woman, herself unable Ia
stand from weakness, was furccd 10 ali m
The floor and hold the little thing iii its
eyes closed on the troubles Of this world.
When the second one died In the morning.
she was unable to do anything for it, and
now lay holding the third ouc
nile We stayed. noblc.heartcd lady.
wife OF one Of our citizens, who had heard oi
the family. came in, accompanied by a scr.
sant bearing food and clothing for the chill
drcr. Some Of the yet living ones were 20
weak that their stumachs refused ali food.
except a little boiled milk. The diving child
asked for little piece Of bread, but was up-
able to swallow y after 1t was placed iu its
montG. When asked II she was hungry, she
replied, mot now; was little while ayo,''
and In few moments af,cr IL eSn,rrd and
'yAs out ofits misery. The lady alluded to lad
1hs oody deccntly laid out and procuring
bedstcad had the neither and one Of ihc
daughters removed to 1t. 4 woman was
found to stay Will, the family through the
night and care for them.
In The morning collins were procured for
thc three corlses, gentleman doing busi.
ness on Market street gave cnoyg', clothing
anu material for shrondS to cloihe thru
nnfirg the morning the bodies were inferred.
~ dinner time the mother and the rest Of
Portable place short distance hcin1r ,rhare
they were first fOuud.
The unfortunate fanily are named Sim.
mons, and are from St. Clair County,
;Aaaabama, where they had d little farm'
The father dying, the mother had lei, ncr
home and came this far III search for d
brother, whom she understood was lIyinr
here. They arrived in this city about
three weeks ago, and during the very cold
October, they lay in the Union Passenger
lcpot. without any other shelter than that
afforded by few blankets. On Tuesday
last they Wero removed into the hoycl where
We found them. Without friends aud with
nut money, In strange city, theirs wps truIy
/ pttiable case. The nclghbo1s living in the
shanties were themselves too
poor TO afford any aid, The little children
ricd In various ways to obtain something for
he support Of the rest Of the family by T,ck.
ny up pieces Of iron and selling them, and
svtn begging.