The New York herald., 1867-01-18
NEW YORK HERAyn FRIDAY, JANUARY IS, 1857

IDAY, JANUARY Is. 186
TIE POOR OF NEW YORK.
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scenes ~ the OG.cs Of the Cenmksslsusss
ann at ahe 6tasisn Hsuses-What the City
Auohsritiss and City BenevoIcnce are Doing
] fsv shs Needy -Fasperissn Nss o. the Iu-
crunse, &c. .r.et eN
Ths prsvalencs Of winter invariably brings into bold
rssf wnassvsr there may BE- Of paupersm, msadicancy
and pevsfty this cvsrcrowdsd metropoliG While the
spnmsr sun shsds abroadoits vivfying nys ths poor
generally manage IN sops way % procure food enough
70 tsep body cad soul together and drag along exist
spcs d many inferior q that enjoyed BY tho brute
creation when Ola Winter spreads his snowy mantle
oysf Manhattan, however De drvss cut into cold and
dAysxAt >has during The solsoss had lain
dormant apA aDost undistaEbed rsvelling In the dirt
aaa dark aad inhalng Tie missnatic vapon which,
beine ainsot inseparabls from condition Of helpless
uvSty oducs tho fatal fsvsrs and othsr dssaaes that
tSec ~ Hide n paupersm q an sbb. Ess that now
cvine toshs pseuas croumssanoss TINT ssnd 70 make
Nsv York the sssssvoir for nAisspcs and hsessnsss
would overtop the barriers that legislsuou aud phiian
hropy have srectsd for is confinement; and proud
W justly are Of our wealth. refinement and our
benevolent Institutions, would swamp the city. The
tribuariss inss bring into New York % much hcnssf
poverty well vast aSgregation Of selfcaosed
want and psnury are various and cosxistsnt Not
only does re Empire, City bear tho great sx
penss neosssltstsd by the support Of its own
legitimate poor but temporary relief extended IN every
conceivable way b from every section Of
tho Union adds 70 the burden and swes the tax imposed
on her citizens Supplemented TO this is the nsyssnd
ing cry for hsp that osmes TO from the masses OF
poor immigrants who. driven from home by oppression
ana poyerty.producng cAuses seek western shores
the means Of livelihood and Che sweets Of liberty.
Added 70 these again those whose need has been
occasioned by the war-widows and orphans whosc
natural protectors fe In the civil strfeleaving them
dspsndcps chaty Tor the necessaries Of lifs Ana
ys spite Of all this IL gives pleasure TO state that
judging from information based on the most rsiabe
souroes pauperism has materially increased during
the past year. In fact the legitimate parpssm Of the
city has decreased and whatever may have been added
10 10 apparsat magnitude Ii the result Of floating In
digens population This fact becomes evident whom
take into account the numbers applying TO the author
ties for aid During the year lsos according 70 the
port Of tho Board Of Police Commissioners lc than
the various station houses in this metropolitan district
OF this large number not more than one NTH, either
from birth ,dsne' %. Gsasr Ssd
dsi Of suffering = relieved sy the churches and
O8Q0FOIoUS
The purely UNCONVENTIONAL efforts for the relief Of the
poor are howeveE confined 70 the Catholic, Episcopal
and jewish and snsss x. x very Srsss sa T.
dstitution that would otherwise become the care
The super1nterdsnt Of Outdoor Poor, Mr. Koock.
shs nssdcnsrtsrs of the CoamssionsS o. Charities and
Correction are widows or women whose main support
hs besn taken away y s M . Q, sns s w.I %
thai few of the male applicants complain that want Of
work has rsndsssd them nssdy. with the female sp
.Ssm aver Tat S 70 I this winter Ssy enabled to
earn scany Subsistence by the Of the needl0 but
that nov hsrs Z no work g az sna hence asy become
u wonss and semsss Who heretofore have canned IL.
Ia capable. movement u nov on foot springing from
che same that brought the Houss
o. uau' into DsS " S ,ss sss Il
home a. prics fairly within the compass Of
their weekly earning, Tho great ns,s & relief
nrnshed 70 women whose needy condition makes them
dependents charity. large majority q sne appl-
Commssionsrs being enabled in most instances 70 pro-
cure food sufCent 70 meet their wants. At the ONCE
Of the Superintendent, no Bond street applications
day and about one hundred tons OF coal are distributed
Ausonr the needy In about ths proportion OF onequ
deal n other relief 10 afforded IN the way of money
ders for groceries, meats &C but lack Of fuel 10 the
crying wan. among u: INDECENT rne syssm o. S cusdoOl %
trely done away with the Imposition that was prac.
tssd On the Relief Board in former years Before any
ths party making III be or 10 sworn TO answer truth
fully such oueseions the superintendent hall pu1
sunDs alleged need M + suS Se sIee q ssSS
Individual csse IL Instances the applicant refuses
70 axs the reqnrsd OATH thus giving the sron&es svi
Ses ~ = snpIsos,s made here varies daily Sometimes
within the prescribed hours from nine in the morning
s three 10 The seoonl there ~ conMnuTSs Plccss
ber thousand or more while on otner Gays tne
runnIr does not exceed two hundred the prevalence
OF what ie commonly termed cold snap generally
gw es lbe number Of applicants whom the prevailing
reanea h for fuel. These come up IN sngie nls, tho
worthy and % Ts ns ss
rune against the rags Of honest poverty; virtue and
vice. the professional thief and the industrious aoorer
the TEN perate and the inemperate, all minge together
On ons occasion long since lady visitor or al who
desire tickets OF admission TO visit the institutions must
take their place n the line Of appcants had her pocket
uscked az rs While waiting her turn 70 the supcrin-
teDdent Three officials OF the department are gener-
ally detailed TO look after tho motley throng among
whom are 10 be found both FsscAy men6cants and pro-
fessonal pickpocke In order 10 insure aid under the
present systom party desiring II must bring an en-
hoder residing n his or ward vouchns aso that he
or she Ia a worthy object OF charity. record 10 then
made or the application and visitor personally invss
t9afes the matter reports tho result to the 6upon
tenlcnI An insight Into the condition OF the poor 10
bos given BY the reports OF those visitors some Of which
Nh. q says her husband left hsr two weeks ago. and
vhstber he went on spree Is drowned she cannot
ssy she gsss COAL she thinks sns win BE- able 70 srug
Els On without other relief
Mn /. Is in very destitute circumstances She bas
three helpless children herself Sick and her husband,
who was AccidsnaIly run ovsr y nov In Bellevue hos
pitat
hole No --fTeuth avenue She has coal and nothing
70 cat Tho children kept In bed n ordor to pre-
vent suffering from cold, % there was no nrs In the
stove. ~
James L., Esa Fifssn,n street. 10 parayyed and can't
move His wife does the best she can 70 support the
Mrs. q. supports threc children and an insans hus-
band bus TO this she haa to work eighteen hours out
OF the twenty -four. g.8
James s partially dsrangsd; he has wife and two
children; there nsitnsr coal, victuas nor dollar In
the house.
James D., Sorty.sis years in this country aged eighty
sx ID able 10 DO very little work for himself and vile
Formerly received some help from son IN California
but gsts nothing from thai source now.
Page upon rage ~ those reports might Be given, but
they all In tho same stYainbref narrowing tales
0f deep disress hunger, cold. poverty and suffering
The following scene, taken from among the number
presented almost daily will give idea OF tho tempo