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Pee ¥. Practical Sympathy of the People for the Poog, HIGH-TONED POVERTY. Liberal Ofters of Bread, Meat and Coal. THE SOUP KITCHENS. A Generous Gift from the Mor- gan Iron Works. A selection has been made and given below from ‘the large number of communications received by the HERALD in reference to the destitute poor of the city. I wilh be seen that the re Sponse of the city is earnest and prac- tical towards this cry of want. Day by day we receive, either personally or by letter, the grateful thanks of those whose necessities have obliged thém to accept the gifts of the gen- erous, and we assure our readers that all efforts in the direction of relief are urgently needed. THE SOUP KITCHENS. The soup kitchens were opened yesterday @ ten o’clock, the cooks having been occu- pied trom hall-past five o’clock in the morning making ready the soup to feed the hungry. Nearly 2,000 persons were furnished with soup yesteraay by Mr. Deimonico tn the Sixth, Seventh, Eleventh and Fourteenth wards, In the Sixth ward quart mugs of tin were furnished to. the hun gry people, and many who applied drank fowr or five times of the succulent soup, Yesterday, in Spring, Centre ana Second streets, and East Broadway, the soup was made principally Of beans and mest, with vegetables added, Atthe entre street soup kitchen 613 persons were fur- Bished with soup; at Spring street 120 gallons were carried away at az early hour of the after- moon; at Captain Murphy's precinct nearty 600 people applied, and the string of men, women and children who crowded down Second street was simply appalling, showing the destitution that is presented in the city. ot New York. These soup kitchens are helping the decent poor tnor- @ughly, as may be seen by the number of drep and women who call for soup in cans and kettles. Tne majority of the people who call are very destitute, yet they are 1d of a decent pride and do not like to beg. Atthe East Broad- ‘way station there is a tremendous rush, and it will be jound necessary to erect two soup boilers to- Merrow. On Sunday matton broth, with barley, will be given to all who call, and Mr. Ranhoffer, the chief cook of Delmonico’s, states that he wih bave the soup boilers cleaned every @ay, in order that no person may com- te of what they may be given to drink. 18 morning, at ten a’clock, lentil soup will be furnished to applicants. Also, at ten o’clock this morping, four new soup kitchens will be opened to the pabiic, Pour More soup How ‘ FRSBEUABY 19, 1874, To THE Epitor OF THE HERALD: Please state in to-morrow’s HERALD that the fol- towing James Gordon Bennett soup houses, in ad- dition to those already established, will be opened 60 the public at noon:— Eighth precinct—No. 114 Wooster street. Eighteenth precinct—No. 302 avenue A. Sixteenth and Twentietn precincts—Thirty-first street, near Seventh avenue, Twenty-ninth peessaenigiaier Mission) No. 486 West Thirtieth street, Soup tickets to be had at the station houses of each precinct. Respectiully, 1. DELMONICO. PICTURES OF POVERTY. Seenes In and About St, John’s Chapel Yesterday—Handreds of Poor Flocking to the Doors of the Guild—Penniless, Homeless and Sick. If other days have been fruitful of kind deeds done under the shadow of the spire of St. Jonn’s, yesterday brought increasing shadows of poverty and fewer gleams of light. One hundred and ginety-six persons were clothed yesterday, when 896 garments were placed upon the backs of those who were destitute of covering. Thousands of pounds of food were also dispensed to the hungry, As usual of late, large numbers of ladies were present to view the scene or to aid in the work, OLD AGE AND POVERTY. At No. 143 Hadson street one of the volunteer visitors yesterday brought to light a pitiful case of want. Ina garret he found a family, consisting of a@mother, aged ninety-six and bedridden, while her married daughter, o1 seventy, was endeavor- to minister to her husband, of seventy-three, lying exhausted upon a wretched pallet. The other member Oo! this ancient household was a crippled ry The woman of seventy supported her mother, her husvand and the little cripple by the profit she made upon the sale of kindling wood, which she bought half a dozen bundles at a time, and with which she tramped from door to door through tenement houses. By tus labof. she not beh furnished her mother, her husband, herself the littie helpless cripple with coarse 1ood, enough to sustain life, but had succeeded in pay- nee rental of $8 @ month for the wretched garret, he following is & sample of a hundred or more Reports received daily :— UP oUF OF THE bed! ag ‘KBROARY SOP. M. Rey. A. Wiswait, Master of St, John's Guild — ip AND Dian SIR—1 beg to report having vis- ited and relieved both of the cases that you put in my ands this morning. The lady in Seventh avenue (I withhold her name_ac- cording to promise) is evidently a person of much refine- ment and cuiture, and until recently has supported her- seit and mother by translating French and Italian, then acting at one of our theatres; then canvassing for the sale of books; then selling pictures on commission, and, fimally—with ail revenue cut off and a silver-haired mother, with hands and feet twisted and contorted by paralysis, bedridden and helpless for two and a haif Years, of her hands for support—she is, brought tace to Hace itn ‘want, suffering and (thank God, 1 can add) ‘The smiles and looks of gratitude that lighted the faces of mother and daughter as your visitor entered and said he came irom ~t. John’s Guild, threugh the Heraup, will Jorgotten by me. But a moment's observation me | was conversing with a lady, As politely as ble L urged, for her own sake. pidinness of speech | statement ot what she most heeded. 1 left some money for immediate use, and will suggest, in person, to your clothing bureau several garments that the lady deatonce. My judgment is to commend this case mestly to your attention; the old lady cannot her demise should not be hastened by cold never one thirteen im Daughter—the only suppori—nhas worked at bookbinding at the Bible House, “She came home soaking wet last Friday night in that terrible and hus been sick In bed ever since. Their main trouble is a month's rent of $9. Let six food tickets, and Youd recommend that @ doctor be xeut us soon as pos ry rl's cou rrible. Very respecttully, be 5 ‘ JOHN, FAURE Volunteer Visitor from Ninth ward. THE BAXTER STREET VARIETIES, The Bootblacks and Newsboys’ Theat- rical Entertainment for the Poor. The Grand Duke Opera House, in the basement of No, 19 Baxter street, was crowded to ov flowing last night. Long before eight o'clock, the time at which the felicity usually eventuates, a large crowd of bootblacks and newsboys had con- @regated around the entrance, clamorous and eager to be admtitted into the show. The fund of humor and wit possessed by & crowd of New York gamins needs to be heard to be appreciated. While the audience was waiting to be admitted 1t amused itself by passing many a jibe and joke. Loud inquiries such as “Guggle, have you got your peanuts?” and the like were to be heard on all sides, and in passing these enigmatic queries and equally unintelligible answers the ‘boys’ whiled away the time, When the doors opened the crowd rushed in, and nothing but the presence o! two policemen prevented seri- ous discomilture. The theatre could convententiy partes) al cee orgs but last night, by appre comiortable means, nt side of the stage is the announce- padatndrtanenae meant PROCEEDS OF THIS WEEK TO GIVEN TO THE POOR OF THE SIX1' ARD. GRAND DUKE OPERA HOUSE. aii RODENT OPOREOE DOLE OE HE. anne’. On the leit side waa the evenin, posted th prow ie prograi riainment. It procka followin; ie Siamese Twins,” “Taking the Pledge,” “The Scene Eater” and “The Mulligan Guard.” The sketch “Taking the Pledge,” aur. dng the progress Of WOcL two gongs Wwerp iniro- imme of NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. seemed to “take” better than any other the bill, although ‘The Siamese Twins” was Yery good. “Ibe Mulligan Guard,” although kept on fem oi ol @ Variety theatre up town for some never uresome to the Baxter street boys, Who bave seen it up town and down town “as many times as they have fingers and toes.” This is not for the Baxter street artiste change it every night, thus making ‘a novelty” inevitable every might. & itttie fellow named Mellier, in the “Grand Duke,’ ig @ very good sibger, and would not suffer in comparison with an adult on the “variety” . With @ little practice and education ‘would be able to make @ musica! reputation as a comic singe! Mr. Campora, the manager of the Opera House, expects to realize about $50 for the poor of the ward belore the week closes, THE RELIEF FUND. Donations for the poor received by the HERALD ‘and not previously acknowledged :— Miss E. 8, W., (or Mra. Smith, No. 334 West wrecks, TWeDty-frst SEFECE......+.-.eneeenee +» $200 J. G. B., tor the Englishman mentioned by Dr. Burke.. Pr ee B., for Mrs. Kenney, No. 189 West Twenty- MN Breet. ...0eeeeeeeseee 200 Bey, M., by G. W. Kendrick.... 5 600 M. R., No. 234 Halsey street, Brooklyn, from 8 widow apd her neighbors, tor poor fam- tly alluded to by Mr. Ford, of Manhattan- VINE... sees eeeeeer esses seeseeee 520 H. M,, Cotton Exchange, for St. Joh Guid SEs Pane 20 00 — Norwalk, Conn., for St. John’ 400 L. W. F., for St, John’s Guid, 5.00 i. J., tor St. Jonn’s Guid. 20 J. 8. ©.; for St. Jonn’s Guid 2 00 A friena, for St. John’s Guild, 500 Aconvict in Sing sing Prison, “hoping it heip to keep some unfortunate irom Teg Tees sresee 1200 Apna Maria, Litchfiel ne Mc» Auley, NO. 432 Kast Bleventh street...... 6800 Total $59 20 St. John’s Guild ad the Downtown Poor. The following additional contributions were re- ceived yesterday by Rev. Alvah Wiswall for the Poor of the Flith and Eighth wards, and handed to the Almoner of the Guild, Mr. Henry ©. De Witt:— [Those desiring to visit the office of the Guila will remember that t is in the school buildings at- tached to St, John’s chapel, Varick street, between Laight and Beach streets.1 THROUGH ©, Y. B, OSTRANDER, M. M. Hendrick $50 00 G. K. sistare. 8 00 THRO! |. A thanks offering, 0. A. G..... 10 00 The following was sent to the van Wiswall, Guild office :-— ‘T. B, S., telegraph operator............ $3 00 For the destitute poor, from Waverley. (| 00 : 00 100 10 00 |. J 10 00 Cushing & Bardua, for composer's family, through O. E. Horsley........ 500 William Steinway, jor composer's family, through U. E. Horsley.. 10 00 From a disconsolate and sympathising widow.. a 400 8S. Brunner. 6 00 TOUAL......sseeeeeseee Previously acknowledgea. Grand total ste sssensceees oS 116 90 Contributions to this fund may be sent to the HERALD office; Mayor Havemeyer, City Hall; C. V. B. Ostrander, President of the Merchants’ Fire In- surance Company, No, 149 Broadway; Andrew W. Leggat, Collector of Assessments, new Court House; George Wilkes, M. D., No. 16 North Wash- ington square; G. K. Lansing, Earle’s Hotel; G. J. N. Zabriskie, Cashier of People's Bank, corner of | Canal and Thompson streets; J. L. Davis, Sheldon & Co., No. 677 Broadway, and Rev. S, i. Weston, D. D., No, 8 East Forty-fith street, or to the Rev. Alvah Wiswall, Master of St, John’s Guild, St. bn ap degeg Variex street, 4d ackages of clothing, grocertes, &c., should be sent to St. John’s chapel, Variok strect, between Laight ‘and’ Beach streets, or i! an order ts sent & messenger will call for any packages, Mrs. Judge Brady, No. 19 West Thirty-third street; Mrs. Joseph Delafield, No, 475 Fifth avenue, and Mrs. F. P. Earle, No, 34 West Filty-second a have kindly consented to receive subscrip- 8, THE LIEDERKANZ BALL. A communication from the Liederkranz Society has reached the HERaLD, stating that the | Heratlo’s suggestion in regard to the erection of f @ charity box at the Academy of Musto‘ on the evening of the Ldsederkranz ball there, was adopted at too late an hour, and that consequently many visitors to the Liederkranz ball woo felt disposed to be charitable were ignorant that such a box existed. A very insignificant sum was thereiore coliecved, and the Liederkranz Society bas consequently made a donation of $1,000, to be equally divided between the Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor anda German society, SEVENIH AND TENTH WARDS. One Thousand Loaves of Bread for the Hungry. New York, Feb. 19, 1874, To THE Epiror OF THE HERALD:— I will give 1,000 loaves of bread tothe poor of the Seventh and Tenth wards, Tickets to be had at my store, No, 364 Grand street, corner of Es- sex. M. L, MURPHY. The Butchers’ Liberal Tender of Meat for the Soup House. New York, Feb. 19, 1874 To THe Eprror oF THE HERALD:— The following named butchers have agreed to support for one week the soup nouse of the Sev- enth ward by contributing each week as follows:— John Bohnert, No. 188 Monroe street, 100 Ibs, ork. “ eh Ahrens, No. 145 East Broadway, 25 lbs, bee! Joseph Kahn, No. 60 Pike street, 25 lbs. beef, Jonas Grunwald, No. 49 Rutgers street, 25 lbs. eel. F. M. Katz, No. 192 Monroe street, 25 Ibs. beef. George Kraft, No. 20 Monroe street, 25 Ibs. beef, E. H. Hawkins, Monroe street, corner Market, 80 Ibs. bees. B. Bauman, No, 247 Henry street, 25 Ibs. mutton. J. Regensberg, No. 653 Grand street, 25 lbs. beel, G. Difenbacher, No. 45 Jackso 8. Rosenthal, No. 585 Grand 4 T, Gerfeider, No. 41 Jackson street, 20 Ibs.’ beef, E. Newman, No, 93 Monroe street, 16 Ibs. beef, A. Baum, No. 14 Monroe street, 20 lbs. beef, . Cpasiee Heckler, No. 109 Madison street, 15 Ibs. eet. Marshall Gilbert, No. 22 Market street, 20 Ibs. beef. Please inform us through the HERALD how we shall make the delivery. MARTIN AHRENS, ELEVENTH WARD. Generous Gift of Laboring Men. MoRGAN IRON Works, Foor oF NINTH Street, East RIvER, New Yorg, Feb, 18, 1874, To THE EpIroR OF THS HERALD:— The proceeds of the subscription from the em- ployés of the Morgan Iron Works amount to the sum of $2,100, Itis the desire of the donors that this amount be appropriated to the relief of the honest poor of the Eleventh ward and any jnot to the professional beggars in these wards, but to the families of those men who are unemployed, whose little ones are pinched with cold and bun- ger and who would rather suffer than beg. It is proposed to place thé above amount in the hands ol aresponsible committee, who are conversant with the wants of the poor in the yicinity named, ; Strength. The followiag communication regarding and who will carry out the wishes of the ae OFFERS AND SUGGESTIONS, ee A Lady Offers Her Services at Charity Concerts. FEBRUARY. 17, 1874, To Tae Eptror oF THE HERALD:— Should Mr. F, F. Muller, organist and musical di. rector of the Church of the Ascension, be enabled to carry out his offer of giving “‘Charit; organ con- certs,” { tender my services as so) rane, soloist, L, THORNTON, 1,078 Fulton avenue, Brooklyn, Donation of Coal for the Eighteenth Ward Soup House. New Yor, Feb, 17, 1874, To Tae Eprror OF THE HERALD:— ’ As Mr, John Looram has generously offered his feed store, rent free, to be ased as asoup house for th ofthe Eighteenth ward, I will give o1 ton preoal each week to keep the’ soup hol ” 8. F, SHERWOOD, No, 209 avenue A, Offer of Services by the Chicago Con- cert Troupe. New York, Feb. 10, 1874, To Tue EpiTor oF THE HERALD:— The managers of the Chicago Concert Troupe, in transitu through your city, offer their gratuitous service, with the entire troupe of sin; com. paged of tag best pglladigys in AMEXGm W aay | church in New York who may desire their atd for the benefit of the poor in the ward or district in which such church may be located. Address at once, CulcaGo kuT TROUPE, Care 01 NUW YORK HEgRALD. Bread for the Centre Strect Soup House. WILLIaM StRegBT, New York, Feb. 19, 1874, To THE EpiTor or THE HeRaLp:— On my way down town I stopped in at the soup house, No. 110 Centre street, and was delighted with ail 1 saw, and really the fragrance oi the soup gave me an appetite. 1 was much pleased to hear the remarks of the poor, that it was the only true Way toreach them, and wouid do more good than any other mode of charity. But there was one thing only lacking, and that was the want of bread. Now, Tunderstand 160 loaves per day would be eu! mt for that one establishment, I hope some of our charitable merchants will club together to supply it, and you can callon me ior ‘one day’s supply at once. A Billiard Saloon Receipts for the Poor. New York, Feb, 19, 1874. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERAL The undersigned, proprietors of the Sturtevant House, Broadway and Twenty-ninth street, will donate the entire receipts of their billiard rooms, on Saturday next, 21st inst, to be placed tn your — for distribution among tne poor of this city. ery respectiully, yout 7 PLEWIS ‘AND GEORGE 8, LELAND, 1,186 Broadway. Offer ot a Building. Nsw York, February 19, 1874, To. raw EprToR OF THE HERALD:— gee that you are establishing soup houses in different parts of the city. Being in a neighbor- nood where charity is much needed, I will place at your disposal until the 1st of May, 1874, trom whence ‘to dispense such charity, @ part of the premises which | occupy—the second floor of the iron butid- ing, 40 by 46 et, or the second floor of the rear building (which has a large entrance), 40 by 28 feet. By calling at Nos. 421 and 423 West Forty-second street, and inquiring for Mr. W. Wilkerson, you may see tht floors offered. Yours specail, ALONZO DUTCH, Builder, Nos. 421 and 428 West Forty-second street. A Contribution of Meat for a Twenty- first Ward Soup House. New York, Feb. 17, 1874. To THs EDITOR OF THR HERALD:— To establian @ soup house in the Twenty-first ward I will contribute, for the next thirty days, forty pounds of beef daily, in addition to which I society for 1873 (as above), where the expenditures are thus given :— Advertisin, #338 Claims 5 Renty uel and vaiances of undry aceot 7,938 90 falarios to Supe Fintendents and asaistants..s..- sia a porary loans to work! en. . rary luans to working WOI a, ill be seen that $11,129 97 From the above it w' Was consumed in salaries and over $21,000 in other Teliel. For the credit of the Society it 1s to he hoped that a mistake has been made in the written returns made to this oMice by the Superintendent, ‘THE CHILDKEN’s AtD soctRTY FOR 1873. Recetved from city and ty of New York... ..$46,666 66 Recelved from oiler sources. bonds, ke. (value Bot known)... ge eh * Paid salaries 87 teachers ii 1 schouls Paldsalurion Sexecuuve ofersens. ee .. Paid salaries Superintendent of Schools and 5 visitors ‘aid salari gents ( + Paid salaries of Superintendents ot five houses iestimated),.......... Tote! for salaries (estimated). . Total payments for other purposes. Total payments. * This item does not separate the expenses or the school irom salaries, aud may inclace rent, which may reduce the item by $10,000, t The salaries of some of the lodging house man- agers i $900, with other salaries in addition, There are five lodging houses, so that $4,500 for this item 18 a low estimate, in the absence of any Tespouse from Mr. Brace for details, and the declaration of the treasurer, Mr. Wiliams, of the Metropolitan Bank, that he, as treasurer, does not know what salaries are paid, but that Mr. Macey’s life 18 insured for $6,000 by the society, estimates in this cage must be resorted to, 63,029 69 K28 OF Women's” Protective St. Luke's Hospital Women’s skid socie ltl Belgian Benevolent Alsace and Lorraine socie: will furnish said soup house one barrel of potavoes per week, for one mouth. HERMAN MASERMANN, Butcher, No, 466 Fourth avenue. Fresh Beef for Charitable Institutions at Six Cents a Pound. New York, Feb. 18, 1874. To THe EDITOR OF THE HERALD: We are in receipt of eignt carloads per week of Greased beef from the West, such as is consumed im this market, and are ready to supply all legiti- mate charitable institutions who may apply at the Fate of six cents per pound for the forequarters, ‘This 1s @ little less than actual cost. J. V. THURSTON & CO., 131 West Washington Market. An Actor’s Sympathy. No. 179 EasT 109TH STREET, City. To Tax Eprron of THE HERALD:— Reading in the HERALD of the distressed condl- tion of an actress and her family, I respectfully place my services at your disposal in any capacity for their relief, be it either to appear in comedy, burlesque or in my comic specialties. If accepted lease let me hear irom 48 earty a8 possible. have no doubt but that 1 can procure the services fesque should be required. ‘Very truly, sn ie a ROLLIN HOWARD. Benefit for the Distressed Actress. LyYcEUM THEATRE, Feb. 18, 1874. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In response to the offer made for a benefit matt- née at the Lyceum for the composer’s family, it is due to the several managers of the city to state how generously their co-operation is given. The performance will take piace on Wednesday next. The programme will consist of the drama of “The Marble Heart” and the vaudeville of “The Loan of a Lover.” Mr. Waliack most generously Offers his influence and Mr. Palmer, of the Union Square, also, and the cast, which will include ar- tists trom Sotn theatres, will be one of great the orchestra jor the occasion speaks for ilself:— No. 3 Easy Firracera Srauer, + Naw York, Feb. 18, 1874, Sateen} Cwauarntam, Jr. Business Manager Lyceum atre :— Dzan Stn—I saw your card in the Hxnatp for a benefit for a composer's fainily, I will aasist at the matinee you offer to give at the Lyceum Theatre on repens ay next, my own services as leader it ot my the oce Yours truly, FELIX J, EBEN, Bandmaster Seventy-first regiment, The leading actress who is in distress will ap- pear in poth pieces, and the entire cast can be an- nounced on Saturday. get | you for your in- sertion of the letter already Ais blished, | am, very traly yours, CHAS, CHAMBERLAIN, Jr. THE CHARITY EXHIBIT. Bighty Institutions Heard From—A Critical Comparison of the Figures— ‘the Honest Black Brother Compared with the White Philanthropists. We continue our exhibit of the receipts and dis- bursements of sach charitable institutions as have supplied the information asked for; but, of nearly 800 institutions who were asked for this informa- von and @ statement of what proportion of the disbursements was patd for salaries, &c., on!y about eighty have responded. No institution that is carefully and conscientiously managed, with a view of faithfully distributing the money placed in ita hands by the charitable public, need hesitate to exhibit the facts as shown by their books. The public have seen enough from the figures that have already appeared in these columns to satisfy them that all the charities are not for the poor alone, but for the support, in some instances, of sinecuriste, and they will hesitate before entrust- ing their donations to societies who are afraid to exhibit their statements through the press, A few days will suffice to show how many of the 300 in- | stitutions applied to are disposed to let their light | shine in the HERALD’s financial exhibit, MOUNT SINAT HOSPITAL FOR THE YEAR 187: trom at doni Paia for salaries, &c Paid for other expenses. Total paid out .... Average number treate: 70 ‘Admitted during year, 705 | Number cured.. a | Outdoor patients treated gratuitously. 1,792 Total treated... 268 ROMAN CATHOLIO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR SOLDIERS’ CHIL DREN FoR 1873. from city... from other sources. Receive Recei Total receipts. Expended for se: Expended in reli Total expended GATHOLIO MOUSE OF xMuRcY poetin ootomen 1 1s7 Received trom city... Recetved from other source ‘Value of articles contributed: Total receipts...... Paid engineer and servants. Actual amount expended in relie! Total expenditure: RAR ENDING + $7,500 00 Number of girls sheltered an 24 Number of external poor reli 179 HOFFMAN DIPRNGARY FOR YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 187A, Received from city. Nothing, Received from othe: jothing. Pi o ‘ ug ‘Number of prescriptions put up. 5,466 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CORNER NINTH AVENUE AND TmIRrY- S1x7m STREET, eal iw Received from city..... othing. Paid (or salaries, olicers tenchers; & foe c Amoant actually expended in religt., by Seis. The above isthe form of @ report sent by the oMicers of this school, The institution which con- ducts it is not given, and the | se will be curious yo know whether it is one of those manage. by the Braces of the Children’s Aid Society or the Bar- narde of the Five Points House of Industry, or by some other firm of charity dispensers, WORKINGWOMEN'S PROTROTIVE UNION FOR YEAR I! Received city... Noth vie other sources (donations) ‘alue of all articles contributed, Total receipts, Paid for salaries. officers, servants, &c...... 1,360 00 Actual expenditures f ef none, ex: case of Sousionwomes ang gia and Ges oath jad, and that by extra effort of these is charge report sentto the Benatp and signed by M, W. Ferrer, 8u tendent. A cor- Yespondent, noticing a synopsis of He gpove in the Dotter fora healthy ventiistion, ‘rata neice cs Wapias your iruits will be the more » The Colored Home.... $03 09 | tion. He would not consider it “a public calam- 368 00 @) | ity the channels of relief should be enlarged,” 1,800 09 | @nd says the means of obtaining correct iniorma- was % | tion in regard to the destitution 1s within reach of 2415) | every gentleman in a single day’s experience . ‘4 among the wretched tenement houses of our city. Home and Asylum 14,781 81 were episcopal Churen Home ry “Nor does it help the matter,” adds Dr. Talmage, sor it busnensary 2. 10.882 81 77.79 | to be told that the Commissioners of Charities aes, ‘Rest... 016 00 "984 09 | @Qd Correction provide ‘at the rate of nearly Strangers: Hospita! . 21,600 00 8,000 00 | $1,250,000 a year,’ and that the Commissioners of Bolectic Medical Dispensat 614 OO 360 00 | kmigration ‘provide at the rate of $500,000 French Benevolent Society. 6342 40 Nothing. |g year.’ Just now we have more to’ do Phan trae 44 BNA pag erent led 16 W | with those who—however great the expenditures ‘Blind... fy 3,181 00 1,440 00 | by these and other Chaiitable associations—are Children’s Fold. 4,000 00 26) 00 | still without fvod, fire, clothing or even shelter, Bt Stephen's We knuw whereof we speak when we say that Home. 5817 88 Nothing. | thousands are to-day in destituuon in our city aaa Yout 738 53 whom no single arm oe aera oven Teaches— that from our emigrant ships hundreus are weekly cetera penne 1495) & | thrown upon the city’s charity without meuns cf Wily-drst street Bread’ ’auid’ weet suppert; that even from Biuckwell’s Island crim- Nothing, inals ure daily discharged und without any means Ling o) | Of support or any measures bemg taken for tieir rele, With the tuousands upon thousands pressing upon our ‘Charities! and ‘Emi- grant Aid” societies, the relief in euch individual cake must of necessity be ex- gene Her ee peat and what true of these societies is especiaily true of the ~~— 113.074 00 Nothing. 7 v i 1» 1872, « aid extended by churches, Whicu generally 18 of a Howard Mission andomeror Li: “2% = 79 | Very "imited character, hot extending beyond & 9,496 92 6,994 83 | temporury reliel to save from immediate starvation 1.812 31 1.370 00 | or eyectment. We have to repeat, more money 13 a byeand & 12,943 93 $452 00 | needed, more Christian work is needed. ‘There 18 biped i lit ok 4.794 87 60 | iitte danger of @ ‘panic’ in the line of giving too ‘tian Association)... 4,368 38 400 00 | much, but there is great danger that money will House of Good shepherd.....+« 562 04 61 62. | be withheld—where otherwise it would be gladly Roman Catholic Foundling Asylum. 150,439 35. 7 00 and feeiy given—vhrough misapprehension of the Honte for incurables. 337 32 6,150 92 | pressing novcessity which cries out for relief. Let Prt eT S038 Sgop ge, US NOt Ve Dusied Into s belie! that all is well with Be Vincent's Home to 00 Toa 09 | the poor; that they are receiving all possible und House and Schoo! of Indust 36 6,790 Wy | necessary relief. Very tar is tuis from being so, In Home for Aged Men aud Cot 1 Nothing, | the name of our common buwanity and our pro- yonyens? fairy tS fy rd s is tessed Christianity let help pe extended, [reely, in As : Sockety for Reliet of Raptured and Tnvaphlyy ipabaney Woda ta Cee ee. 12.4 i | Collections im the Churenes Called For. ig Bt ther editorial article Dr. Tal i in another editorial article Dr. Talmage makes Bb rsay om peel Seles 1.448 ® | an urgent appeal to the several churches of the New York Javenile Asyiam.. 10,374 3 } city to extend relief to the suffering, “It 1s a fact . susceptible of proof,” he says, “that where the be 1.2740 | shadow of many @ church spire falls, it covers ronda ‘ai Nothing. | squalid wretchedness where the pulse of life but Female Christan Home, 1196 57 | fginsly beats and the fame but feebly glimmers 1 ew Tore Gamers ei cepital, _ £775 $3 | from the socket, If any one doubts the existence | St John’s Gul te) Feining. | of starvation to-day; if any would see the | Shelter tor Resi rt jothing. ; Houne ior Aged Wotnen, Ohureh ‘of é- | wretched in their miserable pens sitting up all night Holy Communion... ES Boring, in chairs for want of any bedding, or would see opie Goce ea we 254'% | the sick and helpless waiting tor the great change piouse of, ees foe Ponsa p aot ae | for which they so long, all this can be readily | New York tnetitute tor Blin 33,047 91 ‘19,805 12 | Witnessed by following some of the missionaries House of Reiuge, Randall's 61,038 23 23812 | of our charitable associations as they New York City Mission, tor mission- ees 2g 99 | Pursue thelr routing of labor — througn New York German Societ 9400 00 the slums of the city. Many of our St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. West side German Hosp! for reliet and salaries :— and the Howard Mission, and we hav Industrial School for Soldiers’ Children Howard Mission ......... s+ of the latter institution. The Demilt Dispensary. The Hoflman Dispensar Still more striking 1 the New York ments jor the unfortunate). Here it is:— But a more striking comparison colored people are eet Dane Superintendent Jones, joase of Reluge. The comparison shows that the black man can manage charities as economically as the superior race :— . teldef, The Colored Hor > Fe ‘The House of Kefuge. + 61,036 Now, let & comparison be drawn between the honest negro and the “charitable” Brace, of the Children’s Aid Society, 1t us believed that they stand about thus:— sare OE The Children’s aid Societ; ahs TS of Industry, nmr more favorably with his colored brother ? Here are the figures :— Reliaf. ae The Colored Home............. ‘The Five Foints' House of Industry. The above will suffice for one day. It certainly shows that there is “something rotten in the Den- mark” of some of the institutions whose officers irantically appeal tor contributions from the opu- lent for Charitable purposes, and pay as nigh thirty per cent commission to charitable drum- mers to reach the pockets of the donor. THE ST. VINCENT DE PAUL 80- CIETY AND THE POOR. New York, Feb. 18, 1874 To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD: One of your many volunteer correspondents asks for information in reference to the work performed by the St. Vincent de Paul Society among the suf- fering and destitute poor of our great metropolis, To recount ali their services in this direction would require much more space than even the HERatp, with its generous efforts in behalf of the impover- ished and starving thousanas, could afford for the purpose. I may say, however, that, in the first place, it pays no salaries and that it therefore differs very essentially from the charitable institu- tions under the management of Messrs, Brace ana Barnard. It not only pays no salaries, but ¢ work of distributing its charity is performed by visiting committees of members who are them- selves contributors to ag well as dispensers of ite fands. All families to whom aid isextended are visived at their own homes and supplied with not only food and clothing, but with money also. Circumstances are irequent in which the rent of the tenements occupied by sick and helpless poor has been paid for months, while in atill other instances not a few have been provided for in other ways at the expense of the society. Silently and unostentatiously the work is done, and this work is not taken up on the impuise of the moment, as in periods of great distreas among Salaries, ang Cnclgees phe Brinted report} OF the tne poor, like the present, but is continued steadily (com year to year with uptiring seal aud $171,068 11 | The above recapitulation {s an interesting study. Compare, for instance, the Roman Catholic House of Mercy and the Female Guardian Society—insti- tutions of similar character—and we find expended Take the Industrial School for Soldier’s Chilaren Relief, Salaries, $26,667 $1,059 9,495 6,994 —or, the former disbursed nearly two-thirds more than the latter, at less than one sixth the expense Compare the Hoffman and Demilt dispensaries :— mparison between Eye and Ear Infirmary and the So- ctety for the Relief of Ruptured and Crippled (al- though the latter expend considerable 1m instru- Relief. Salaries, The Eye and Ear Infirmary... $12, $3,452 The Society for Keliet of Ruptured and Crippled. « 23,007 12,439 is tocome. The placed beside that white of the 238 But does Mr. Barnard, of the Five Points’ House | | constantly increasing energy. At present the Smouot distributed among the poor through the | various Parochial Conerences of New York 18 ab the rate of about $4,000 a week in the jorm Of money, 1ood aud clothing. The 1n- creased ne tes of the poor have in- cited the Conierences to grearer efforts, and their appeals have been generally responded to by the various congregations, One | featare oO! this great society is partiouiariy deserv- Ing Of notice abd cou mendation—the recipients Of 118 ald are never paraded as opjects of charity, and their self respect is pever wounded by any unnecesaary exposure of their poverty, On the | contrary, they as Nas been stated, visited at their homes, and the committee, having been sat- | tstied by personal observation that tuey are really | in want and deserving 0! assistance, jurnish them | with whatever ts necessary to reiieve their imme- | diate necessities and, if possible, put them in a | Position in which they may be abie to help them- | selves, Thus quietly and persistently the St. Vincent de Pani Society pursues ita labor of love and charity (rom year to vear in the spirit of tue Great saint whose name it bears. You have alreads given in your columns the re- ceipts and disbursements of the iast two years; | but, as 1 bave intimated, the necessity jor in- creased efforts to meet the present demands upon | the resources of the society has inspired the mem- bers with renewed enersy, and they have this sea- Bon been enabied thereby to afford assistance to a times, Aliow me to call your attention to the copies of | the annual reports Jor 1871 and 1872, which | here- | with forward. From these you will see that tnis society extends not oniy over the State of New York but over other States, and the amount of 00d accomplished by it cannot be calculated by dollars and cents, While it saves the State im- mense amounts of money every year, it does what the State can never accomplish—it preserves the 2 poor from the sense of degradation which State Recapisuiation cont of Die | Charity almost invariably creates. And yet this i fh 8 2, | truy noble, Christian charity has been heretotore Soviety, Relief. aries Gc. | litle known except among those immedjutely in- Hoffman Dispensary... $900 00 $30) 00 | terested in its operations, It makes nu disunetion Ingustrial school, Ninth ‘avenue 01 persons on account o1 religion, creed or country. 7 by A 3,800 00 | It provides according to its means ior the widow + 8122) 9,481 59 and aie prpnan, supplies the hosdy sick with CI Medical aid, clothes the paked, teeds the hungry, Roman Gathiolie: Mouse of tiercy FAO Mi 1,089 1 | and, in a word, endeavors to do its part in fulfilling for Girls...... +++ 16,283 00 1,882 00 | the great law of Christian charity. \. DR. TALMAGE ON THE PRESENT DISTRESS, Dr. Talmage devotes some attention in nis paper this week to the condition of the suffering poor and the means used to relieve them, He does not agree with Dr. John Hall, of this city, in his speech at the Produce Exchange meeting, in his iear that @ panic may be created on the subject of destitu- churches are doing good work through their sev- | eral benevolent organizations, yet we fear the | work of the vast majority of our churches is very limited, and we bappea to Know that the Catholic | churches are moving in the matter scarcely at all. Nor are our churches alone delinquent, “Our city Charitable institutions are by no means as etticient as they should be, and notably is this | Relief. Salaries. ¥ % R Catholic H ot 6,28 1,532 | the cage with our city Bureau or Charities and Cor- Female Guardian fnegen, Pid Shes | rection, who, we understand, e in the habit of ‘ihe cruelty of such proceeding—the double cruelty of making a promise to the ear of the destitute only to break it to the hope—needs no comment. It can only come irom the heartless. We do not | know what particular oMciais are guilty—wouid | that we did—we only know that it is done, daily done, and that the iniquity lies at the door of the Commissioners, “The reltef of the poor now 1s to-aay’s problem, What the poor seem to be suffering from is want | of systematic, united action in their behalf. The | various agencies are doing good in their way, but | it 13 @ small Way at the best; besides a pauper has | to run through the circumlucution office before he | can get reliel, and then very likely it comes too | late. Ifan applicant is not of such @ nationality, or does not attend such & church, or belongs to a trade union, or is not acquainted with some patron of the American Poor Man’s Relief Anti- Starvation Association, he is curtly dismissed and Iniormed that bis case ‘dees not come within the | province of the association.’ Now suppose instead Ol this state of things the ministers of our several city churches should take the matter in hand; suppose they should meet and organize sys- tematic, united effort; suppose they should, furthermore, on some Sunday take up collec. | tions in all their churches for this purpose; sup- pose committees should be formed who should | visit every house in the city where want exists, and victualling houses should be established at ac- | Cessible pointé—who can estimate the good that might be done in this Way? Suppose in doing this some ministers should neglect the pulpit even a litule, and the skeleton sermon on ‘the relation of science and Christianity’ be laid aside; tne con- regation might iiss a treat, but would the ultimate result? There 18 a very niga duty resting upon our charches, upon our citizens, upon every one to do all in his power for the retie! the suffering poor; this duty is not met as it might be, not met asit should be while thousands sre Without food or warmth, or closhing or even shel- ter—and tits with so much wealth everywhere about us and the necessaries of life within reach. ‘This is not Christianity, It is a counterfeit, and a very poor articie of its kind.’? ENRICHING THE BARNARDS. To THE EDITOR OF THR HERALD:— Mr. Barnard endeavors to divert the attention of the public from his institution by citing the management of the Roman Catholic Protectory, just as the fugitive pickpocket is the loudest in the cry of “Stop thief!" The real point, however—viz,, the extent to which the Barnard family is bene- ekil evaded, mt Oo enligh' iistle. ‘The Barnarda recaive:— “ake you a Mr. Barnard, Superintenden' Mrs. Barnard, matron. Mrs. Barnard. Mr. Barnard, driver TotaL......... Board tor ihe above, Grand total., The two ladies enjoy sinecures and receive an- nuaily twice as much cash as is expenaed un the outdoor poor. I say novhing of lected trom donations for personal use or shipped to Nantucket as presents to friends. Ai! this makes quite @ respectable compeni one ue tee supposed to be impelled by urely charitable motives. Let an impecunious jantucketer loose upon the charitable people of New York and he make money somehow. The perintendent of the poss (us ouse is full of superintendents) is an illiterate Dutch tatlor, who came to the House several years a8 8 pat ‘ nd, finding that philanthropy id better “cabbage,” has wriggied himself into his present position, with a salary of $1,000 and board. His duty isto thrash tue boys and drill them in the “Reece, superintendent of the school (another one), with @ capacity about equal to the instruction of a Primary class in ® public school, is paid $65 per Mouth, with board and washing. These few per- oie Ay “ +34 mace the $21,000 expenses, erily, ‘He that hath pity upon the poor enrichet! the Bagnards.”” Pak : much larger number o! recipients than in ordinary | giving prowises of relief instead ot relief itself. | not good | | standing all statements to the contrary. 5 THE STOCK FORGERIES, Investigation by Five Governors of the Exchange. Another Meeting Yesterday— Brokers Summoned * to Give Testimony—What One Man Over- heard in a Tumult—Mr. McKaye's Broker Examined—The Perpe- trators of the Swindle “Must Be Discovered.” The opinion still prevails in Wall street that the disreputable jorgeries of fuesday last, though in- Significant in their tmmediate results 98 far as the financial commanity was concerned, have re- Nected so much disgrace upon the New York Stockt Exchange that the Governors of that institution mast spare no effort to discover and punish the perpetrators ofthe fraud. One of the oldest and most prominent men on the street, yesterday, 1m talking on this subject with @ HRaLD reporter, said, in most emphatic language, that in his Opinion it was useless to enaeavor to raise the great stock mart ofthis country to the level of the English Stock Exchange or the Paris Bourse and keep it there while BUCH DISGRACEFUL SWINDLES, by which any man may become the victim, can take place and the originatora go unwhipt of justice. The Governing Com. mittee seem moss determined to keep their action in the premises most secret, and firmiy decline to give newspaper reporters any informa. tion on the subject. The statement that Mr. McKaye had been examined before them and the precise nature of the extraordinary testimony he had given been published in the HERALD yesterday morning astonished the frequenters of the street, ana several prominent members of the Governing Committee seemed to be profoundly disgusted at the matter having got into the public prints, The fact that Mr. McKaye had volunteered so impor. tant a statement also seemed to create @ good deal of surprise and comment, A HERALD reporter learned yesterday from the most reliable sources that that gentleman had been before the Governors on two successive dayr, Taes- day and Wednesday, and that finally it was re- solved by the committee to delegate the entire charge of investigating the forgeries to @ sub- committee, with instructions to report the result before taking any decisive action. That sub-committee of five met yesterday after- noon at the Stock Exchange at a quarter past three o’clock, Mr. S, V. White, a broker, doing business in Wall street, was summoned before them, It appears that Mr. White is the gentleman who operated on the fluor of the Exchange fonMr. McKaye, wno ts only a subscriber, and at tne time the forged letters were read occupied A SEAT IN THE EXCHANGE outside the railing, from where he gave instrue- tions to his broker to operate when the appointed time came. What was the exact nature of the tes- timony given by Mr. White before tne sub-commite tee of the Governors did not transpire, but tt was understood that he corroborated jully Mr. Mc« Kaye’s statement as to his having received in. structions irom him to operate within the walls the Stock Excnange, and that he was the last broker who was selling Western Union stock when the letter purporting to besigned by Mr. William Orton, the President of that company, was read | by Vice President Wheelock, and the stock went down with a tumbie nearly iour per cent, The HERALD reporter learned that other member of the Stock Bxchang summoned belore the sub-committee oi the Gov- erning Department, and that he made a statement that on Tuesday afternoon, about one o’cioc\, im- mediately alter the jorged letter .rom the Western Union Company was read and while the excite. meat of the sudden tall whicn lollowed was at its height, he heard oue broker, who Was standing be- side bim, say to another, “NOW FOR WABASH!” He was unable, it is satd, to identify this man or give any definite description of him on account of the excitement which prevailed at the time, men Tushing hither and thither and everybody in @ an- was furry. The reporter has the authority of a detective for. the statement that the sub-committee of the Governors have re- ceived certain iniormation which indirectly im- jlicates’ several members of the Stock Excuange in this connection, and that there was more of this particular disreputable transaction done within the was of the Stock Excl than with- out—meaning, of course, by lta edie pkg ped ‘The de- tectives, Who are unusually mysterious, say the: expect to be able to untold some important devel- opments in the matter to-day. ey projegs to pay no attention whatever to Mr. McKaye’s state- ment, published in the HERALD yesterday, and laugh at the individual with the mutton chop whiskers who was said to have supplied aes | itously the valuable iniormation which ied that genuieman to operate. MR. M’KAYR’S BROKER, After the sub-committee had adjourned, at four o'clock, the reporter called on Mr, White, Mr. Mc- Kaye’s broker, at his office in Wall street. He said that he had just come irom the sub-commit- vee, and when asked if it was true that that body had received information which would implicate several members of the Stock Exchange, be said that there was no truth in the statement, FURTHER STATEMENT OF MR. M’KAYR. The HERALD representative tnen calied on Mr. McKaye, at his office in Broadway, in the Atua Lite Insurance Building. In reply to the reporter's questions he made some further significant state- ments. When asked .or an accurate description of the man who gave him the information atthe St. Nicholas Bank which led to his operating so succesatully, he replted:— “I stood by him at a window and looked at him closely. He turned away and said, ‘Don’t look as me attentively. I don’t want you to know me ain,’ 1 of course did not look at him very closely after that, though I thought the matter ver; strange at the time. He had no overcoat on ani itseemed to me wat he had come trom some, neighboring office, asit was a day on which one would need an overcoat. That struck me as strange also.” homnai you think he was, might I ask, Mr. e M “Well, I thougnt he might have been an old clerk of mine,” was the answer. “You know he Was a young man, and young men’s faces do not fix themegelves in one’s recollection as fi the more defined features of old persons, Iam weli aware that L am open to suspicion and that my conduct has been suspected, but circumstances have conspired against me. THE ONLY CONSOLATION Thave in the matter is that [ made $6,000 or $7,000 by the transaction, and no more; but 1 would will- ingiy drop the $7,000 to be spared this result. When I discovered that the Governing Oom- mittee bad taken this matter up and that my name had been mentioned in the connection I at once went to Mr. Chapman, the President of the Stock Exchange, and explained all I knew. Do we no gto that if I was guiity in this matter that would have taken the most prominent position I: could have occupied in the Stuck , Exchange when the forged letters were being read—name. , ea subscriber's seat behind the railing? No; r ‘OR ANY OTHER MAN! would have gone to our office and sent @ messen- ger to our broker with instructions. That is what [ would have done under such circumstances.’ ‘The reporter learned that one man h bought 6,000 shares Ot Western Union when the stuck was at its lowest point, and thereby realized in a few minutes three anda hall per cent, or $21,000. His name {s known to the sub-committee, He is out- ide the Stock Exchange. 2 THE PILOT'S STARVATION BILL It 19 not believed that the bill recently introduced in the Legislature, providing for a very serious re- duction in the rates paid to the Sandy Hook pilots, will receive any support. In the course of conver. sation yesterday Lommissioner Blunt informed » representative of the H&RALD that the conses quences attending the passage of such @ measure would be disastrous. In the first place, he said,, the proposition was extremely absurd, because the pilots at the present time earned barely enough to obtain & comfortable livi! Besides, nearly three-fourths of the money was for- eigners. Commissioner Blunt thinks the: rates are reduced the pilots will cease their avocation, 80 that the mercantile would suffer great inconvenience, 5) re, Would: then approach the port of New York with fear and dread and & similar state of affaira.to that which, existed thirty yea lots, would prevail, pO Commissioner paid a igh compliment and taltrulness of che Sandy Hook ellos week, and expressed the hope that tue measure would be defeated. The new biti provides for a material re. duction in the Case of inward bound present rate for every merchant vesse Sotind tee ward and not exempted from any of the State and drawing jess than auctin of Ge aear ier anieat 01 of pt at amount VALUABLE HORSES BURWED, WILKRSBARRE, Pa., Feb. 19, 1874. Biggart’s sale and exchange dation, wie aim Valuable horses, were destroyed by ia Boom Yay one horse was tessnas.* rm