The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-11-17
DEsVIVCTiDN AND MISERY &.


"A Mother and ,iigh, tHillrch
StarS ing to Death.--I,' e. Oi iac
ChiidrG.I Air. ady dead.
From L4r &! attlnoo!a Union. 9th.
1t often falls to NE lot ofthr jourAAI
ist and the newspapel Reporter to be-
come acQuain'c with scenes OF misery
and destltutiolL while IN the perlor-
nance Oi their duties, su. never, ""
iu.nN. IN civilized rnaunty and
among II peo, le calling nem elves
Christians, ina community so general,
prosperous rs that OF Ga ttan 'oga, mas
II been our proy.ncetJ note such II mar
rowing scene Of poverty, disease, destI-
tullon ana deaf as we were called npon
to witness o., last Sanl.,y'vtmns.
AT thai time, whist the rhurrh heIiS
were rin .,ng. calling wors.i!p"rs to
prayer, II ir.cnj Gated on us To 20 W;lll
Inin short distance from the Crutth
lield House, to see II FAMILY who in his
language "werc dying Of starv 'tlon.
On Ninth street, below Chestnut, witt
IN u stones throw Oi i"O Ch 'lstlah
churches, we iouud the fam iy. l. ,ils-
inaIiy consisted Oi u mo her an ciShl
children, bat two Ot the l." ell w're al
ready dead, whlIc thiri us 'alltly
catching the last tew yaspn hc,ore pi'ss-
my away. The scc.,e sit presented
Itself to us was horrible. The hovel
in which they were, VAS OPEN on all
sides to the keen. chilly night air Ol
Il board at one side ii The room lay the
corpses ul little haoy which had d,e'.
on Saturday erp.iing, ara ~ girl, hvp
years Old, wh.cl, lad cxpre'I 'I.nn sunday
morning The ltnci 'd and ailaatIy
features OF the poor little ones, t,i t"p
p.ainly Of tller IN. .c',nS, palnlI'' dei't'''
On BLANKET on Jl1 i)Ji.t., the "oln
er, herself sick unto death, hol IA IN
her arms thlru mi, seven years oii,
who was near her last, AT the itct oi
the mother lay the oldest daughter, a
.lrl vi seventeen. Tne appearance" o!
all Of tn IN showed the want oi FOOD OF
any kini In one coraef shotherIaush
ter OF eleven years lay suffering VIII"
cramps. Some Oi"thp children had not
eaten a llDuthiul OF iOou iron Satur-
day morning to the time we saw tlicn.
lie baby, the first one to die, expired
in its mothers arms in commissions, on
Saturday night. The poor womaI,
herself unable to stand from weakness,
vas forced to sit on the ll)or and hoia
the little thing TIL It. eyes closed on
the troubles of this world. When tllr
second one died in the III Jrning, She
vas unable to do anything 10. Ii, ana
now lay holding the ti'rt one. W me
we STAYED, "A noble-heartcd LMy, wife
Of ole OF our citizens, vino had heard
ot the tami! =. came in accompanied hN
Il servant hearing food aud clol!l'n. Tor
the children Some Of the yet living
on,s we're 50 weak that Their strn.ch,
.,l,,scd ali food. except II little h)iirJ
nilk. The dying chl,d asked Tor ait
>ie piece OF lrrmd. bat was unable to
swallow it after 1t was placed IN It's
mouth. When asked i! size was nun
4ry, she replied, IN t nov l was =
little while ago and in Il few moments
after it expired and was out oiits ms
ry. The lady alluded to iad the bod
,ccently ! ont, ana prDcul,nga ''ch
stead, had ,iic mother and one OF the
daughters removed to IT. "A WOMAN
was found to stay with the family di-
ring the night, ana care for them Ii
he morning collins were procured lor
lie three cVrpses. 4 gentleman d d,in-
business on Market street gave enough
Of clothing and materials tor sirou,.,
t. ciothe them. During the morning.
he bodies we're inferred. At dinner
time the mother and the rest OF the
cliil,iren were removed to more con-
fort .,ic llace short distance hc!o"
wu.rc they were first found.
r The ulrortun IT. IL nlt are named
Simmons, and are from st. Clair coun-
ty, Alabama, where they had q liith'
.arm. The father dying, the mother
had left her home and came this FAR In
search for Il brother, whom she uA.trr
stood was living here. Sha arrived II
this city about three weeks ago, and
during the very cold weather which
prevailed in the last week Of October,
they lay in the Union passenger depot
without any other shelter than that al
torbed by few blankets. On Tuesday
las t,ty were removed into the howell
where We found them. " ithout friends
and without money, in a strange city.
theirs was truly pitiablc case. The
ncighbors living in the surrounding
shantics. were themselves too poor To
afford them any aid. The little chill
drcn tried in various ways to Obtain
something for the support OF the rest OF
the family by picking up pieces OF iron
and selling them. and even begging
Several of the members Of the polio"
and citizens aided them q, various times
but the rel # was so dcsuitory and
irregular, rs that for thre days at one
time scarcely morsel of food passed
the lips or ans ul them. The whole
affair is one deserving Of tic serious
thought of our citizens, and some pro
vision should be ma lie to prevent the
recurrence of such cases in the future.
During yesterday several gentlemen in
tere,ttsi themselves in soliciting sub
scriptions OF money aud donations OF
food and clothing 10 relieve The immo-
diate wants 0f these unfortunatcs am:
others in like condition, hut o reglIia,
system should bsadopted b. tue ui'-
gunization Of q society, which w..
make il business OF o)king alter ana
relieving all eases Of dc,.itution thai
can bc ascertaiued in the city.
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