The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-02-26
A Swlndlc Ia New YOrk-DOIngs OF n
Reverend S~cOundrpl.

The New Yoik Sun Of the 9th, says;
"There came to this city from Philadel-
phia, about two years ago, q reverend chap
named g. G. Townsend, who found the
former place of not sufficient area for his
philanthropic enterprises. After looking
around here y few months he opened a
Soup house" at 1877 Greenwich street, and
made O pretence of feeding and caring for
homeless boys. He saw o cottage on Staten
Island which he thought might be made q
home preparatory TO sending the boys TO
q school Of industry which he has OF had
opened near Iowa City, Iowa.
His cottage and the grounds adjoining
cost him $500, which he paid by mortgage
ing II for neatly double that sum The
adventurous next move was to fit up tho
Home" gather in boys, and secure teach
ers and assistants to carry on his work He
hired o Mr.. and Mrs. Norris to assist him,
at q salary of 81 200 o year, a small part Of
which only has been paid. Miss Maynard,
q teacher, was 10 get $40 a month; she got
only $50 during n year and o half. Miss
Anna Smith nnd Eliza McDormott were also
In his employ, but found it impossible TO
get any money out of him. He owed Miss
Smith 5000 and Eliza sos, 500 of which
he borrowed These employees sued him
some time ago and recovered Judgment
The Sheriff went to Greenwich street and
TO Staten Island TO levy, but found no pro-
perty In either place that could DO seized
Townsend was then cited before the court
of Common Pleas to give an account Of his
collections and disbursements, and the
general operations of his work. The case
was tried before Mr.. f. V. Kennedy, referee,
on Saturday andyeatsrday, and Ia yetincom-
plete. In his sworn testimony, Townsend
disclosed the facts above mentioned, and
added that the expense OF his "soup house"
In Greenwich street and his Home on Sta
ten Island was about $50 outside tho sala-
ries, but including salaries and rents, he
thought II might be $50 O week. He col
lects annually, according 20 his own testi-
mony, between SO, 900 and $4,000. His
'Home" On Staten Island had 20 children
last year, and hi0 Iowa home "a. as noted In
the annual reportfor 1868; In his testimo-
ny he said thai his Iowa school had expired
some time last summer and that there
were but eight or ten pupils In Il, and that
he had added but two 10 II during a year
and a half. One OF these wal from Rich
mond, Va, and n from Sandusky, Ohio,
but not ono from this city or state, In which
he was collecting such heavy sums Of money
and such vast quantities of clothing,
pioNlhlOnh anu iuel. IOWnHend teodB and
teaches 20 persons daily at l27 Greenwich
street, and the acknowledgements gives as
follows, no salaries being paid Rent, $40
a week; flour, Sai coal, ST. milk, 90 cents;
and bread $50 loGyes, or $2e, total, S49. so
0 week. or S2.622 q year. Receipts, s9,-
900; difference, SO, ATS. When asked to ao-
count for this difference, Townsend said
that he had sent 1t to his Western Home,
but on being pressed, he awore that he
had not sent more than 500 a month to
that almost mythical in~stitntion. He
also swore that between Oct. /, 1857, and
Jan. l, 1868, he had collected 81, 7s4, and
about the same amount from that last date
TO April !, 1858. HIS property here and
in Iowa is moftgaged In excess Of its
worth; he pays no salaries. and yet
he has been collecting So, 900 or 900 a
year, and including free passes Of goods,
&c, his income last year was SIG, 706.-