The New York Herald Newspaper, March 17, 1874, Page 5

BROTHERHOOD. A Common Humanily Cheers the Abodes of Want and Sickness. GENEROUS GIFTS TO THE POOR. Destitution and Despair Alleviated by the Hand of Charity, THE SOUP KITCHENS. In Charge of Mr. Deimonico. Fourth precinct, No. 327 Water street, Captain ‘Ulman. Sixth precinct, No, 110 Centre street, Captain Kennedy. Seventh precinct, No. 79 Kast Broadway. Captain Mount. e Fighth precinct, No, 114 Wooster street, Captain Wiliams, Eleventh precinct, No, 285 Second street, Cap- tain Murphy. Thirteenth precinct, No. Captain Hedden, Fourteenth precinct, No. 53 Spring street, Cap- tam Chinchy, Eighteenth precinct, No. 302 avenue A, Captain Tynan, Nineteenth precinct, Second avenue, corner of Sixty-third street, Captain Gunner. 224 Delancey strect, Twentieth precinct, No. 512 West Twenty-ninth | street, Captain Mcilwain. Twenty-first precinct, No. 218 East Thirty-iourth Btreet, Captain Allaire. Twenty-second precinct, Tenth avenue, between Sixty-second and Sixty-third stréets, Captain Kt!- Mea, Twenty-ninth precinct, Thirty-first street, near Seventh avenue, Captain McVuliogh.’ Other Soup Houses. Juvenile Guardians’ Society, downtown relies, No. 14 Dey street. Mr. Orcutt’s soup kitchen, No. 17 East Seventh street, near Third avenue. Howard Relicf Association soup houses, old police station, Leonard street, ana No. 61 Thomp- son street, Industrial School for Women, No, 47 East Tenth street, near Broadway, gives meals and furmshes beef tea for the sick. Fifteenth ward citizens’ soup house, No. 219 Mercer street. ‘twenty-first Ward Reform Association’s relief house, No. 323 East Thirty-third street. Twenty-third Precinct Police Soup and Lodging House, Eighty-sixth street, corner of Fourth ave- nue, Bread and beef house, No. 306 West Fifty-second street, near Eighth avenue. Sparta Club soup kitchen, opposite tne Court Honse, Fifty-seventh street, near Third avenue. Twelfth ward citizens’ soup house, Har!em Mar- ket, 125th street. . Manhattanville, 120th street, near Broadway. Twenty-third precinct police lodging and soup nouse, Fourth avenue and Etghty-sixth street. In Brooklyn. Fourth precinct temporary relief soup house, Vanderbilt avenue, near Myrtle avenue. Tenth precinct soup house, corner Bergen and Pearsall streets, Helpmg Hand, Atlantic avenue. A MARCH DAY AT THE SsoUP| KIICHENS. The soup distributed yesterday at the kitchens in the management of Mr. Delmonico and under the active supervision of Mr. Charles Ranhoffer, the in- defatigable chef, was made of beef, split peas and | other succulent vegetables. About 3,000 gallons | ‘were made at the thirteen soup kitchens and were | given to the peopie, who thronged the places of ; relief. Bread was also given in plentiful quanti- NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1874.—TR [ Himes, by the prosperous. Rags will jostie against gold lace, and iustian will touch velvet in tne stand at the gates of tne Guild, but the heipfu), suddenly stricken in their exertions vo win their own -way, Will stand beside them. Old age will totter there on crutches; feeble forms bowed down by weight of misery wil} stand there; fragile beings will enter the tumuit full of fear, and barefooted cnildren drink from the cup that has been passed to them by some riotous predecessor, In the busy world the rich will fare sumptuousiy, the mean will live scandalously, the reckless improvidently, and the poor in their own beggarly fashion, witha public nursery at one end of life, anda grave in the Potters Field at the other. ‘Thus raps the world. ‘The tollowing notes from the visitors’ books will not fail to interest the generous thousands who daily read the HERALD :— A CARPENTER WHO WiLL WORK. A family named Armstrong lives at No. 520 ‘Twelith street (second floor, tront), consisting of do anything in the way of odd jobs to enable him to buy bread, v@ 18 DO 1004 In the house Of any ‘The whe is a well spoken woman of good educa- tion and teaches her children smee they nave been unable to attend senool for want of cl-thing. Ina | word, it 18 a Case of The most extreme destitution. “STITCH! STITCH! sTrTeH!” Mrs. Riley, No. 412 West Thirty-seventh street, has a husband sick irom consumption, and tive children, The eidest daughter, fiiteen years of age, has been supporting the entire family by making coats at eighteen cents a piece, now no work. “IN POVERTY, HUNGER AND SICKNESS"? Mr. Wylie, No. 713 Seventh avenue, is dying of | | consumption, Hs daughter 18 ill, but makes straw hat with ill suc Miss Si is a confirmed invalid and requires nourishment and medicine, LIBERAL MERCHANTS. Messrs. William C. Browning & Co. and Messrs. Harticy Bros., of Manchester and New York, have sent donations of new clothing for the poor to St. John’s Guild, Messrs. Seaich, of the opera stables, in Thirty- second street, and J, Winterbottom & Co., of Noa. 194 and 196 spring street, have furnished clarences, free of charge, to the lady visitors of the Guild, through Mr, Gorham. THE RELIEF FUND. ns Donations for the poor received by the HERALD, and not previously acknowledged :— cess, to care for her father. | | Orpheus.. $2 00 | In work, for St. 1 00 A subscriber, Hennepin, Mich, 10 00 G. W. Tayleure......... 0000+ . 5 00 J. L. ©, for Widows’ rent 1und - 500 Jonn’s Guild and the Downtown Poor. The following additional contributions were re- ceived yesterday by Rev. Alvah Wiswall for the st. } boor of the Fifth and Eighth wards, and handed to ; the Almoner of the Guild, Mr. Henry 0. De Witt:— [Those desiring to visit the office of the Guild will remember that it is in the school buildings at- tachea to St. John’s chapel, Varick street, between Laight and Beach streets.) THROUGH MR&. HAYES. A Friend $4 00 Cc. G, Gunther 25 00 William P. Clyde & Co. 25 00 White Star Line (th Agent).......6.+ 50 00 Willams & Gmon. 50 00 THROUGH REV. 8. H. WESTON, D. D. Mrs, Edward Mitchell... sesesees 10 00 THROUGH MRS, JUDGE BRADY. For St. John’s Guild.. seeeees 5 00 SENT TO GUILD OFFIOR. A collection from Grace church, Williams- ev. H. 8, Chadwell Mrs. C. M. Lydig.. R e ie Jr. THROUGH MRS. 3 Mrs. O. P. Dorman..... . Receipts at the Somerville Art Gallery. Total. Previous! Grand total...... ae eeeeee sees $11,703 86 Contributions to this fund may be sent to the HERALD office; Mayor Hayemeyer, 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- ties at nine of the kitchens, and at the other four kitchens the supply was too short to allow of any General distribution of the staff of life to the poor, who were so hungry. At some of the Kitchens as many as 2,000 persons, principally women nd children, received soup and bread, and every day the demand for reef increases. The weather is so changeable and there is so little prospect of immediate warm days that the des- titute are compelled to apply for relief perforce, and cousequently Mr. Ranhoffer’s cooks are work- ing early and late to supply the incessant call tor soup, The proverb that “The poor are always ‘with ye,’ seems to be a practical fact, for never before in the memory of our oldest citizens, who visit the soup houses day alter day, has there been seea such a tremendous outpouring of the poor for relief. No matter how much may be made, there is no dearth of applicants. Every boiler fullis used up as quickly a3 it can be ladied ous to the swarmiug applicants who cluster ground, ELEVENTH PRECINCT KITCHEN. ‘This precinct is bounded by Rivingtcen and Four- teenta streets, avenues D and the East River, and, though not very large in its territorial extent, is very thickly populated, seventy-five per cent of its | eal dg being of German extraction or of German ‘th, and consequently the far greater number of ‘those who apply for soup are of the Teutonic na- tionality. The crowded tenement houses on the east side of the city and near to the river are fillea— Many of them being five, six and seven stories bigh—with German artisans, laborers, clerks and mechanics of the lower sort. During the winter there has been a terrible amount o! distress among these people, aud hundreds of families, who have hitherto been able to support themselves, pay their rent and clothe their cuildren reguiafly, have been unable to do anything of the kind for months, owing to the panic ant general dearth of employment. ey are nearly ali Germans theretore who cail for tickets at the Kleventh precinct sta- tion bouse, and Captain Murphy’s oflicers give out | dany 450 to 600 tickets, Wuich give reiief to uearly 2,000 people. The soup kitchen is situated in Sec- ond street, near the Union Market. The kitchen, | though small, is well attended, and is every day the scene of the greatest bustle and excitement. The two cooks who are stationed here are assisted by a number Of volunteers, who are busily engaged in cutting up turmps, carrots, onions and cab- bages. For their services they are amply rewarded with goodly supplies of bread and meat and beef soup. The place is so smal that it has been found impossible to permit them to drink on the premises, and accordingly there is a regular line kept of the women and childrep, who are served first, and then they pass in and out, taking their soup in cans, kettles and pats, of all shapes and sizes, of | wood, copper and tin. It is quite noticeable what | a number of small children, principally kttle girs, are in the habit of calling for soup. Some of them | are hardly tall enough to send up their little bare hands to the cook with their tin pails, and it is de- plorable to watch their thin, wan faces, blue with cold, and their heads bare of any covering. Shoes and stockings, such as they have, make @ fearful picture of destitution, Then, to see their eager eyes watching the cooks as their porringers are filled by the big ladles of the cooks 38 something to coripel a well-fed bystander to think of what misery can be ground into achtld of tender years by the misfortune or carelessness of their wretched pgrents. In the Eleventh ward there is nut much individual wealth, as the greater per of those in business and who are employed are persons of small means, yet Captain Murph: declares that many of the citizens in only mid- dling circumstances have come forward nobly, and have made donations of bread to the use of the soup kitchen, Some others who are in pos- session of a good deal of wealth have done noti- ing as yet, but the public are regarding their | vlosefistedness, and those who give willingly are always remembered with gratitude. PICTURES OF POVERTY. ———_+— Destitution in Fresh Forms and in Old Types—An Old Text Newly Preached From Every Day—“The Poor Always Ye Have with You.” New days, as they succeed each other, unfold distinct and pecultar pictures of poverty. It 1s true that many phases of distress are being constantly repeated, and that reiteration dulls their effect as constant tears may wear away the keen edge of | grief. Yet they preserve even in their dull recur- | rence some passages Of a pathetic character and fragments that win general interest. No concourse | Nike that which gathered in front of St. Jonn’s | chapel yesterday could be devold of teatures that | Would win the earnest consideration of thinkers, Mo matter in what school they had studied, Pov- erty’s lessons mingle with all the episodes in the dife of the million, and are oppned perforce, at | gratefully, &c. ington square; G. K. Lansing, Earle's Hotel; G. J Zabriskie, Cashier of People’s Bank, corner of Canal and Thompson streets; J. L. Davis, Sheldon & Uo., No. 677 Broadway, und Rev. s. H. Weston, D, D., No, 3 East Forty-filth street, or to the Rey. Alva Wiswall, Master of St. John’s Guild, St. Jon's chapel, Varick street. Packages of clothing, groceries, &c., should be sent to St. John’s chapel, Varick street, between Larght and Beach strects, or if an order be sent a messenger will call jor any Se Mrs, Judge Brady, No. 19 W Thirty-thirad strect, and Mrs, FP, P. Earle, No. 34 West Frity-sec- ond sireet, have kindly consented to receive sub- | scriptions, An American in Paris Sends Help to the Poor. PaRi3, FRANCE, No. 12 RUE DE PRESBOURG, ‘March 2, 1874, To THE Eptror oF THe HERALD :— Under superscription of “Help” in your paper of February 12 i learn how intensely wretched is the state of the poor in New York. Not knowing the address of the Howard Relief Assuctation, | beg you will forward the enciosed check for $200, to be applied in the good work, Yours, respectiully, JOHN A, PELL A Police Donation, NEW YORK, March 16, 1874, To THE Epiror oF THE HERALD:— The Ladies’ Aid Society of the First Assembly district desire through the HERALy to return thanks to Captain J. Petty, oicers and men, of the Fitth precinct police, tor the Kind donation, $48 50, recetyed by them tor the relief of the poor, Mrs, JOHN FOX, President. } Vice Presidents, Miss M, HAWE: Mrs. SNYDER, Mrs. 0, Drerras, Treasurer, Mrs, M, MADIGAN, Secretary, Disbursement of the Relief Fund. New YORK Crry MISSION, 50 BIBLE HousR, NeW YORK, March 16, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— j ‘The sum of $713 73 placed by you at our disposal | for charitable purposes has been distributed as | follows :— One hundred and fifty dollars to the Helping House for Women, in Vlivet chapel, managed by such jadies as Mrs. Jesup, Mrs. Egleston, Mra. Dodge, Mrs, Brown and others, This auxiliary of City Missions gives employment each week to 300 | women, and their labor ts paid for in groceries and ary goods at cost, Ol hundred and fifty dollars to the Helping House for Men, 516 Water street, This branch of City Missions gave last year 14,945 lodgings and | meals to the poor, friendiess and homeless stran- | gers drifting through the city. The man in charge of this place has the esteem and confidence of his associates, and is doing an important work among the rough, neglected men of the Fourth ward, He receives only Mis food and clothin, and the whole expense of this place for the year was $2,080 57, an average of thirteen and a half cents for each lodging and meat furnished, | One hundred and filty doliars to Carmel chapel, 134 Bowery, The lodging house in con- nection with this chapel, located in Soring street, for the year just closed, accommoda | 1,081 different men, with an aggregate of 5,699 | lodgings, at an average cost of titecn cents. | ‘The balance, $263 73, is being judiciously used by the city missionaries in giving needed relief th various ways; sometimes in turnishing shoes to enable children to attend school; sometimes in redeeming mechanics’ tools aud clothing and bed- | ding; Sometimes in providing medicines and | nourishment jor the sick; sometimes in sending | persons to the country. It should be noticed that aH the money given for distinctly charitable pur- poses is applied directly to the relief of the poor, without diminution or discount, the salaries of the missionaries who distribute the alms being provided for by the regular contributions to the City Mission; and then the missionaries are always aided in their labors by voluntary workers, Who give their services without tee or reward. A sample will be ound below of the cases our Missionaries ineet With, and the form of return used in reporting charity disbursements. Very L. . JACKSON, Secretary, DESCRIPTION OF CASE: Awoman, born in Hacker ‘kK, N. J. 5 hus band was a carpenter; died of consumption alter being contined to the uouse for a year; the widow doing all she can lo help hersell, B. Husoand has been sick about one year; he ‘was a bookkeeper; now lies very low; everything is pawned, avd she can do little but take care Of her sick husband. . A woman from the North of ireland; has been in the habit of drinking, but two months ago we" the temperance pledge and now promises e A. Struggle for life. The professional beggar may | a carpenter, Ms wife ‘ana ‘tive cuildren, | almost naked. The man has been out of work jor five or six months, and is willing to description; the only bed clothing a single sheet, | he bas | at six cenis apiece, and endeavors, | ropert, of 506 Kast Seventeenth street, | duced the family to great straits; the wife mak- ing youths’ jinen sacks at stx cents each. FG, and H, Widows with children stragging along bravely to support their children, HOWARD RELIEF ASSOCIATION. neem New YORK, March 16, 1874, To tie Eprror or THE HERALD:—~ The following subscriptions to the Howard Relier Association are reported by Hatch & Foote, Treas- urer | | N. 5. Duncan. $5 00 Fred, Oo} 10 60 Orange, 5 00 Orange, N. 200 " Pri usly acknowledged. Grand total WORK OF A HEBREW CHARITY. ny To THE Epyor or THE HERALD:— ‘The officers of the Ladies’ Bickur Cholim Society deem tt their duty towards tne charitable public, Who frequently have aided them in their acts of benevolence towaras the poor and sick of this city, to ask your kind admission into your columns, of an occasional report of their proceedings. This society, sprung about thirteen years ago trom a& Very small nuciens of about a dozen ladies, num- bers now abowt 250 members, who endeayor to verify the title it bears, namely—to succor the sick, to visit the aying and to ussist in burying the dead, The iabors oi the society will be more folly reauzed by stating, that at their last quarterly meeting, held on Wednesday, the [1th of Mareh, in the vestry room of the Synagogue, West Thirty- fourth street, the secre ‘3 veport showed that | during the preceding three months, over $2,000 in cash, clothing, ood and reiresiments to the sick, ) were distributed among needy applicants, The officers of the society are as follows :- Mra. D. LEVYSON, President. Mrs, H. LOUIS, Vice President, Mrs, H, JAROSLAWKL, Treasurer, Mrs, 8, BEUTHNER, Secretary. FOURTH WARD. —s Aid for the Suffering. } To THE EpivoR OF THE HERALD:— New York, March 16, 1874. The following contriputions were received this day for the poor of the Tenth ward:— ‘om Mrs. Peter Gruber, No. 93 Eldridge street, 100 loaves of bread. From Mr. William Gruber, No. 29 Delancey street, 50 loaves Ga bre 1 John Brinckhurst, No. 6l Delancey street, 2 cans of milk. From Mr. F, Sellick, No, 38 Orchard street, 6) loaves of bread and 1 ¢1n of milk. J. J. WARD, Captain Tenth Ward Police. New York, March, 16, 1874. To ta¥ EpiToR OF THE HERALD:— ‘The following contributions were received by me for the benefit of the poor of the Fourth ward :— Henry C. Hintze, No. 340 Pearl street, 100 loaves of bread, 5 barrels of potatoes and 2 barrels of turnips. Jonn Randles, No. $4 Cherry s loaves ot bread. (0. 347 Water sire loaves of bread. No. 377 Water strect, SM loaves of bread. ter street, 9) loaves of bread. Koosevelt street, 90 loaves of Annie Coyte, No. Nicholas Brown, No, L ea read. Patrick Farrell, No. 114 Roosevelt streot, 50 Ibs. ot beef. CUARLES ‘AN, Captain Fourth Precinct Potice, SEVENTH WARD. Provisions for the East Broadway Soup House. New York, March 16, 1874, To THE Epiror oF THE Hreaup:— ‘fhe following additional contributions have been | handed in since last report tor the use of the soup kitchen:— ‘Thomas Brown, No, 203 Henry street, 0) loaves of bread. Henry Feldmann, grocer, No. 21 Pike sivect, one bar- rel of potatoes. | Ambrore Coterie Club of Seventh ward generously donated 160 loaves of bread. Respectfully, JOHN J. MOUNT, Captain Seventh Precinct Police. ELEVENTH WARD. Cae, Bread tor the Poor. New York, March 16, 1874, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERAL! ron Aarons, of the Sherif’s office, has gener- | in all (rom Mr. Aarons) for the benefit of the soup touse in this ward, | To tHE Ep:ror or THR HERALD: — Please publish the following acknowledgment of the donations received by the Relief Committee of the Sparta Cinb for their soup kitchen, for the week ending March 15, viz. :— From the West Washington Market Butchers’ Relief Association, through Jacop Hess, Ksq., 300 Ibs, of meat; | sixth donation. From the Fulton Market Fis! second donation, through samui From Skiddy, Mimord & Uo, hmongers’ Association, B. Mall No. 101 Wall strect, ) through Wild aris Ibs. of suger. | Krom Mrs. 11 No. y-sixt street, 60 | nt Boston 3 in Leb, 13 & Bro., Forty-fourth street irst aveude, through Captain Gunner, 10f tbs, of 1, Richards, sq. essrs. Davis & sirect ahd First avenue, through Captain Gunner, 100 Ibs. of mutton, From Abraham Yanderbec street, throush Captain Guaaer From J, Seawarzehiid & Co., ‘corner nue and Forty-iitth street, through Captam Gunner, 100 ibs. oth sixtieth street, trough Boyd, Esq., No. 57 West Porty-titth of Indian weal. Lenry Henner, No. 471 First avenue, through wnner, 300 Ibs. of beet. A. Waterbury, 1 barre! of bed half barre! oi sugar, | From Julius le: street, through Captain From Mr. Glyn. } bundle of © ¥ & liireh, No. 719 Third avenue, through De- Faq., WO loaves of bread. er Lamb, Fiity-cighth street, near Fifth venue, 100 lus. of beet. i aac Lauterbach, ¥ barrel of ox ta J.B. MeCane of beans. Mrs. James A. Flack, No, 425 Kast Fifty-seventh barrels of potatoes, Win. H. Quincy, 20) loaves ot Dread? Seconi con: From Bloomingdale & Brother, 200 loaves of bread: third donat From Owen Healey, No. 121 Kast loaves of brent, z From James Cunningham, No. 746 Lexington avenue, 106 loaves ot bread. From Charles F. Malloy, No. 228 East Kighty-third street, 109 loaves of bread. Froin Willtam H, Johnson & Brother, No. 308° East Fighty-sixti street, 109 loaves of bread. D. be x C9. No. 2 Sullivan street, through Antenger, Esq., ixty-first street, abution. jo. 988 Third avenue, eventieth street, 100 Robert 4. Boyd Nathaniel A. Willi George P. Andrew William Baird, No. 310 Mrs. Gideon J.’ Tucker, Marx Kothschild, No.’ 627° Lexington donation) 3 ©. W. Fredrickson Senator Bradley. Henry NeW.. 2 Benjamin H. Cottin, No. 13 March 15, 9,811; whole number served since Feb- ruary 16, 29,549. ‘The committee desire to return thanks to the | citizens of the ward and the members of the club donations during the past week, and they are pleased to state Cuat they Will be able to continue to relieve the Wants OF the most needy for at jeast ten days. Donations will be thank- suily received by the committce. Respecttuliy, JAMES L, MILLER, Chairman, JOHN DAVIDSON, Treasurer, ROBERT MCGINNESS, Secretary, Sparta Club Relie! Committee. TWENTY-SECOND PRECINCT. a of Citizens Hungry. New York, March 16, 187: To THe EpITor OF THE HERALD :— The following additional contributions have beep received for the poor of the Twenty-second ward this day: 100 loaves of bread from Mr. Thomas O'Neill, of No. Seventh avenue. 100 ionves of bread from Mrs, Hindley, of No, 74 Sixth avenue, Contributions for the West Filty-second street. 20 loaves of bread irom Mr. Henry Neyhoff, of No. 798 Tenth avenue. oy pounds of meat from Mr, John Makewen, Nos. 1 D. A reformed man promising well. K An American; sickness and want of work re- anga Central Market. a @, fiestas barrel of potatoes from Mr. George Mundor/, corner Forty-siath sireet and sixth avenues, ously contributed 500 loaves of bread (making 1,000 106 joaves of Nread trom Mr. Joba Curran, of No. 512 | D barrel of turnips from Mr George Mundorf, corner of Forty-sixth street and Sixth avenue. THOMAS KILLILEA. Captain Twenty-second Precinet Police, TWENTY-SEVENTH PRECINCT. Food Contributions for the Downtown Poor. New Yor, March 1¢, 1874. To THE Eprror or rag HERaLD:— The following additional contributions have been received at this station house irom the citizens and merehants of this precinct for the retiel of its poor families, and will be distributed on Wednes- day, the 18th inst., from this station, by the asso- elation of ladies :— WM. B. LOWERY, Captain Twenty-seventh Precinct Police, pibegree Gruber, No. 55 Greenwich street, 50 loaves read. William @. Sehenek, ants’ Hotel, 1 barrel flour. Payson & Paul, No. 33 Cortlandt street, 2 barrels kere, Young & Fredrick, No. 119 West strect, 1 burrel flour. By the police force of this precinet, cash, $10. E. b, Pond & Co,, potatoes, George W. Kidd, No. 78 Broad street, 100 loaves bread, Fdwin Ferris € Co., No. 183 Washington street, 6 hains and 100 pounds codfish. James McCabe, West Washington Market, 1 barrel turnips, A. & A. Duryee, West Washington Market, 2 barrels turni nd cabbage. Philip MeGov turnips. P, Burns & Co., West Washington Market, 1 barrel turnips, tacky: Mabaney, West Washington Market, 1 barret urnips. ‘ Furman Brothers, West Washington Market, 1] basket urnips. Samuel J. Pote & Son, West Washington Market, 1 basxet turnips. ‘ i John Cummings, West Washington Market, 1 barrel est Washington Market, 1 basket apples. | From a friend, West Washington Market, 4 packages | vegetables. Joan Hepp, West Washington Market, 1 barrel turnips gton Go, West Wash potatoes. Hutzhiser & Buckman, No. 120 West street, 1 barrel jour, Myan & Schenck, No. 85 Dey street, | bundle codfish, shoitiders meat and Ubox herrings. Frederick Horsunan, No. 67 Cortlandt street, 50 loaves bread, . Mi. Houghtaling, No. 39 Broadway. 1 chest tea. National &xpress Company, cash, $25. Home Insurance Company, cash, $25. John Anderson & Co., No, 114 Liverty street, $25, From merehants in precinet, $80. John Lawless, West Washington Market, 1 sprouts, The ladies from the association of which Mrs. Jobn Fox is President were present this day and distributed provisions to about 400 applicants resid- ing in this precinct, TWENTY-NINTH PRECINCT. Donations of Food for the Famishing. New York, March 16, 18% To THE Epiror oF THe HERaLp:— 1 have this day received the folowing contribu- tions {or the benefit of the poor of this precinct Mr, Martin Amemann, No, 642 Sixth + 100 Loa of bread and 100 pounds of sausage mente eo Cook & Bradley, Nos. 161 and 106 West Fortieth street, 109 loaves of bread. Mr. Daniel McKnight, 50 loaves ot bread. Mr. George Berg, No. 373 sixth uvenue, 13 loaves of bread. Join Nix barrel th avenue, 12 loaves of i JOHN fH, McCULLAGH, Captain Twenty-ninth Precinct Police. AIDING THE POOR OF YONKERS. —_—-+ In the Church of the lmmaculate Conception, at ) Yonkers, Westchester county, on Sunday evening, Bishop of Mobile. treated his subject with conspicuous ability, noid- ing the large audience present in rapt attention during the delivery of the discourse, which oc- cupied nearly two hours, ‘he lecture was giv! for the benefit of the poor under the caarge St. Vincent de Paul Society, of which Key. F Slevin, of the church above named, is the leading spirit in Yonkers, handsome sum was realized irom the sale of tickets on the occasion, THE EIGHTH WARD DISGRACE. Continuation of the Inquiry of the Board ot Education Into the E Houses of 111 Fame—The Further Effect Upon the Children—They Are Exposed to Terrible Examples. of the vicinity of public schools in the Eighth ward. Messrs. Farr, the chairman, and Manu and West President of the Eighth Ward Citizens’ Association, Being sworn, he stated that, in going down to busi- ness daily, he was struck by the number of houses of iil fame in the vicinity of schools in the Eigith ward, Ashort time since, as he was passing down town, he saw a@ crowd of children with school books under theirs arms, and evidently just about 0, 188 Washington street, 2 barrel | ington ‘Market, 1 barrel | ‘gouis Bock, of No, 662 Sixth avemue, 12 loaves of | @ highly interesting lecture on “The Catholic Re- | $ The distinguished prelate | stence of | The Committee on Bylaws of the Board of Edu- | sioner :— cation continued its mvestigation into the matter existence of public houses of ill fame in the | entering the school m Grand street; they were , surrounding a man and a prostitute who were dis- | IPLE SHEET. MUNICIPAL MATTERS, BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN. A Costly Corpse—The Expense of Barying @ Politician, ‘ The report of the Joint Committee of the Com- mop Council, appou.ted to make arrangements for the funeral of the late Police Commissioner Henry Smith, was laid nefure the Board of Assist- ant Aldermen yesterday, and adopted. The amount was $1,244 An invitation from the irish societies to review the precession to-day Was read abu adopted, after which the Board adjourned, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, The Board of Supervisors met yesterday at balf- past three o'clock, Supervisor Vance presiding, and went through ® eavy afterncon’s Work in the way of passing and rejecting bills of county ex- penditure, TRE EVERLASTING MANDAMUS, An alternative mandamus issued by Chief Justice | Daly ordering the Board to show caase to-morrow why it should not audit and pay the bill of Daniel | Fallon, amounting to $10,500, the rent of Nilsson Hall Armory, was reai and referred to the Com- mittee on Armories and Drill Rooms, A communication from Jotn McGuire, Grana Marshal of the Irish sociewes, inviting the Board 10 rev.ew the procession to-day, was read and the Invitation accepted unar | THE CMY | | ad srom the Commis- } sloners of in repiy (0 a resolution oF tke | Board calling tor a Statement showing the agg | gate persoual taxes imposed on personal property this county, a @ statement in detail of the cor- CONS and remissions of such taxes during the ear is73, ‘the following is the summury supplied | by vhe Commissioner: \ | shi Conrected Valuation areholders of bank: | Insurance compamie | Crust compancs. .. Express companics Eailroad companie | Resident individ Non-residents. Totals. On motion of Supervisor McCafferty the above communication was referred to the special com- mittee having at present under investigation the } Special assessments in some of the uptown wards | O1 the city, Mr. McCafferty made a speecn on this subject, and stated that this city has at present to pay & contribution of $7,000,000 to the State Treas- ury annnally. Supervisor McCafferty, from the Committee on Armories and Drill Rooms, reported a resomtion vo expend a sum not to exceed $5,500 On repairs for the armory of the Sixty-ninth regiment. Adopted, THE MANDAMUS AGAIN. Supervisor Hackett wished to correct a mistake he had made at the last meeting o1 the Board, | When he and some other members—ail of them, | ib iact, except Alderman McOatlerty, who refused to coincide under any circumstances—mistook the meacing of @ mandamus issued by the Court of | Common Pleas ordering that certain bills be au- | dited and paid, ‘The Recorder said that the Board Was Wrong In supposing, With him, that the man- | damus had fixed whe amounts to be paid in such | cases, and he handed in & communication irom | Assistant Corporation Counsel Andrews, sustaining the opposite view held by Mr. McUafferty at the \ | last meeting. The communication was i Ale on | file, The vote on the matier in qnestion was - sidered and it was referred to the proper com- mittee, nof ExrerT pocrons MAY DIFFER. The Cominitice on Armories reported iu favor of paying the bill of Jacob Weber, amounting to for fitting up the Centre Market A long discussion, chiefly carried on in aordinary English by the German members of ie Board, elicited tue fact that while the Board's coumittee bad reports from reputable experts to the effect that tue bill was pretty correct, Comp- | troller Green’s man, Hattield, maintained that Mr. | Weber's charges were only about doubie what an honest man would have made them, The bill was, | witer quite a lively conversation, recommitied to a@ special commit composed of Messrs, Falconer, Koch and Gion, who are to report upon it at the | wext meeting, This was done “in justice to Mr, | Weber,” | After passing on @ vast number of bills for minor | services and transacting some orher roatine busi- | i Poe hee Board adjourned to Monday next, at three | o'clock. THE VACANT POLICE COMMISSIONERSHIP. | \ \ \ | nomination of Mr. Andrews as Police Commis- 8 AND ASSHSSMENTS, ? d ek. March 16, 1874. "9 My Dar Sim—In compliance wath a request made by my colleagues, a copy or which js enclosed, Cask you to | dé me the laver to withdraw my nomination as Police Commissioner, now pend i hard y Drvartaent or Taxt ew ¥ ciate my ap- peed since Your nom | ee ‘Also George Hanson, No. 235 Stanton street, 50 | were present, as also a number of school oMcers | pointiuent by Fourtelt and Memento | es. . URPHY. \ 7 a ‘ipa ic. | my present position, and the new mark of confidence louves. Sentai lat anemoeecaemelice | of the ward, trustees, principals, &c., as well as | ariileat 1 by your jate nomination to another office, in B - | property owners, The feelimg cid not appear to be | and that nothin but a teeling that at this particular | neces ; the first day of the investigation, | mel the year I can be of more service to the NINETEENTH WARD | as great ason rst day ie ies ny in the position ! now occupy would induce | though there was an evident determination to | draw trom this new honor. ont Na tab eee ae —_— | push tie thing through. | To Hon. W. F. Havewerer, Mayor, &e, | | Donations for the Sparta Club’s Relief | The first witness examined was George H, | Derantaeyt or Taxks AND ASSESSMENTS, ) | House. | Young, of No. 303 West Fifteenth strect, and the | pyan sin—The time that Inns elapsed since Your non | nation as Police Commissioner, during which ibe int calc and difficult business of this department has 1 Teased daily, as ti must continue to do tnul the boo! close on the th ot April. and the further { | wi must ssiriiy elapse before your cessor can his seat, induces us " earnes and urgently to request that you will remain | this department. This branch ot the public service | is not second in i other, and your lon tuls of its d in the crisis Ghties incideny to this particular season of the year, and puting together, and using the most obscene and | Your successor, how able, must be equally inex- | Vile terms it 18 possible to imagine; the chiidren | P pect idea Cl eda er | seemed to rather enjoy the thing and were Jaugh- | faye) Sonuneevion with anothe: ane ore] ing at the scone; it could not fail to be excessively | very truly, aK, | bad in its influence upon their young minds; | OULTON. ; on another occasion, in Wooster street, | Hon. Guonce H. Axpurws oye a Sooke eae Bebo No. ee a@ drunken | —— bawd was addressing a number oi chil | heey aud speaking to them in the usual | GITY AND COUNTY TREASURY, vile and indecent language; they mm good part and shortly arter brok into the school; he had constant oc u he existence Of this state of affairs and con- sidered it disgraceful in the highest degree; 1b vere taking 10 up end went injured by a constant familiarity wiih such sights; they were obliged, on their way to School, to pass by these houses, and he had seen half naked wo- hien speak to them from windows. Dr. Cook, a trustee of the kighth ward schools, Was also examined, but he sata that for his while he Knew of the existence of suct hi | ill fame, he had not been siruck wich their p imity to the schools of the Elghta ward, except in the case of the one im South Fifth avenue, which he believed was surrounded with bad imtluences of the Kind; at night, particularly, this victuity was frequented by & very bad class or people; the neigiberhood was a bad one. Mr. Mann, of tue committee, bere committee had thought tt had the power to sub- wna witnesses, but it found this was oniy the case in acts having reterence to schools—not in | others. The mumittce had subponaed Captaim Willams, of the Hightn precinct police, because he had a list of aif the houses of prostitution in his district, With the names ot the owners and lessees, Bur the Captain had reimsed to come, saymg he would oniy do s0 incase he got orders tom the puperiniendent. This gentleman had been com- municated with and be had relerred the matter to Commissioner of Police Gardener from whom aletier had been received, statwg that alone he would not take this upon himsel/, but ac the next meeting of the Board it would be considered. Mr. Farr observed that 11 Was absolutely neces- ary to have these names, as the committee must have specific charges upon whicn to act. It was uculariziug Was ne: Mr. Fox observe: that o1 the gentlemen who accompanied him was oniy of use alter the Captain of police had given his. They had supposed the Captain wouid be present and had therefore remainea, < I 3 for twenty-six years, said that he had ofien oceasion to notice tlie existence of houses ot tL jane in the vicinity of the school he was connected with, These had been more generai, however, some time since than at present. Some time ago one floor of @ house in the rear of the school was kept as & place of i! Jame, in which blacks and whites were mixed promiscuously, and that their obsecne actions could be seen trom a portion ofthe | Would be ridiculous to say that children were not | | said that the ry. ‘d that his own evidence and | White, bead principal of Grammar School | Comptrolier Green reports the following dis- io no- | bursements and receipts of the treasury yester- | day :— DISHURSEMENTS. Claims paid (number of warrants 62) amounting to $76,865 Pay roll paid (umber of warrants 14) amount Ing t0.....++ ccstensiebh “ Total (number of warrants 176), amounting to.. $24 ’ From taxes ot 1873 and inter Fron arreat’ its and interest. 48,169 From col ssiments and interest, 4,233 Krom market rents. From water From tices From sales City Kecord (one week) ..... : 38 From sales, tines, éc., Pabac Charities and Cor- rection . . 2.705, From tees and tines~Distriet ‘Courts. ......1 NEUROLOGY AND A meeting of the New York Socsety of Neurology and EKiectorology was held last night in the Hall of | the Coliege of Physicians and Surgeons, Fourth avenue and Twenty-third street, Meredith Clymer, | M. D., ia the chair, After the usual routine bus ness was disposed of Alfred L. Carroll, M. D., read | | a memorial notice of Dr. Charles Legros, M. D., | jate of Parts, and formerly a corresponding mem- | saltpetre is given to them occasional The foliowing correspondence disposes of the | oe SIC (K) TRANSIT, The New Horse Disease in New York. What It Is and Where It Has Manifested Itself—A Visit to the Stablesof the Eighth Avenne and Sixth Avenue Railroad Lines—Horse Hospitals, Puzzled Doe- torsand Vexed Railroad Companies. In thege trmes, when the metropolis lives literally intransitu, and when the great question of the day is the problem of locomotion, anything affect ing that most useful servant of man, the horse, is @ matter of great interest to the public of New York, We all remember the vital interest takem by the public in the stiii memorable season of “epizooty,” and av the present moment there are symptoms of a new disease affecting tie horse, a strange complaint, which, although entively dife ferent from the epizvory, yet threatens to serk ously retard the business of the great lines of city railroads, unless speedily checked. This disease seems to be rather, when reduced tw 103 element. a serics of diseases, manifesting itself in a different set of symptoms in dierent localities, aud being claracterized in one place by @ certain set Of physical phenomena, wuica do new eburacierize it at another, Various rumors have been prevaient conc this disease, and contradictory reports ba put into circulation. The managers of the railroad lines have endeavored fo Keep the matter as quiet as possible, ana haye dented the existence of any disease at all on their own particular line, chough acknowledging frankly enough that several lines haye been seriously crippled, winie the gen eral public have been told all sorts of things. A representative of the HERALD has recently mad¢ the tour of the stables, and the following facts relative to the matter under consideration have been discovered :— The disease originally broke out in the stage line owned by Andrews & Co., running on Fifth avenue and down Broadway to Fulton ferry. First, the eyes of the horses were affecied; the eye began to swell a little and then to close, while @ watery matter was exuded, Then swelling# broke out on the body, on the foreshouider and the hip, and the horse was disabled ‘rom work. Shortly after the breaking out of these unpleas« ant symptoms several of the horses on the Sixt avenue line were noticed to refuse their feed for several days together without any apparent reason, They did not seem to sufferany. They evinced no restiessnesa, they merely hung theit heads down like so many strickened sheep, and pined away as if they were in the very last stages of a hopeless attachment. ‘Tney grew rapidly very thin, and, of course, became so weak that they ‘were unable to do any work. Other horses followed their example, refused their feed, dropped their heads and grew thinner and thinner, til finally from 100 to 156 horses were thus affected, though not al at one time, on the Sixth avenue tine alone. Luckily tuis line have pleuty of spare teams, so that up to the present moment the “dispensation”? has not been seriously felt. None of the horses have died nor are expected to die, Ihe worst that can happen is tuat for a certain time a certaim numper of horses wili be incapacitated for work. The treatipent pursued on tae Sixth avenue line in this distemper is very simple. The animals are simply permitted to rest, and are not torced to eat, any more than they are to work. A little ly, aud i the eye “runs,” us is the case mM @ lew instances, it 18 bathed in a solution, On the first day of the disease making its ap: arance in the Sixth avenue line stables eighteen jorses were affected, on the second day the num. her rose to forty, and before the end of the tirst week seventy-nine were “down.” : Concerning the disease the stabie men in charge of the horses differ. Some say that it is a disease of the nervous system, affecting “the spirits’? of | the anima similar to melancholia in the human | race. Others, agai, hold that itis merely “weak. | ness,” prostration—something unconnected with the ‘nerves aud more immediately relating to the stomach and the digestive organs. Jf any re- liance 1s to be piaced upon the appearance of the patient, it would m that the nervous i is the | correct one, tor a more melancholy, more de: | pressea looking object than a horse laboring under | the disease cannot ve conceived. He looks ‘ik | the last run of shad,”? and as it “he did not care Wuether school kept in or no.” The pecultarity of the disease appears to be that the horse is draw up, a8 it were, at the hips, ag if he was tightened at the kidneys. These latte organs are elected somewhat in this disease, whicn is favorably affected by nitre, and, in fa as soon as the kidneys are acted upon ihe disea: appears to leave. Dry hay and saltpetre diet and rest scem to be the essentiais of treatn Superintendent Bidgood, of the Sixth avenne line, Considers that the disease is simpiy & phase of the ordmary complaint known as ‘pinkeye,” the eyes ranning less water than usual and the weakness being more marked, The Superintendent asserts tat the disease rans its course in trom tree to five days, after which the anuiinal returns to his feed and bis work as usual. g The chief seat of the present horse epidemic, however, has been at the stabies of the Eignth Avenue Raijroad Compan: There, too, they pre- tend to ignore the disease most thoroughiy; byt, spite of official reticence, the s.gus of the distein? per have become too palpable for further conceal- ment. The disease has made itseli not only seen but felt, and that seriously. Ten cars, eight day and two night cars, have been “withdrawn” trom the road in consequence of having uo horses to puli them, and several horses have died from the disease, whatever It is. ‘The disorder has in this locality assumed the proportions of an epidemic. It has attacked at | one time or another, and in different degrees of intensity, some 350 horses, of which 150 have been | down with the disease at one time, ‘The disease has here Mamiested itself in more | Pronounced symptoms than anywhere else, The | horses affected not only lose completely their appetite and a very large per: | centage of their flesh, but their eyes ure affected painfully, “running’’ like a brook in ne, and their lower limbs 5° irom the hipa | and shoulders down. Their prostration is ex- treme, and for all practical purposes they may be | considered as hors (¢) de combat. Asomewhat noticeable feature aiso is the fact | that bowel complaints and colic seem to accom. pany this disorder. One ot the hostlers connected | With the Eighth avenne stabies assured tne | HERALD representative that there had beeu more cases of bowel complaint and colic among the horses in the last three weeks than in any other six months to his knowledge, and he had been im | his present post Jor many years. | As for the worse doctors they are completely at sea concerning the precise nature of the disease | as revealed in these stables. Some say tt is a pad case of “pinkeye,” others are certain that itis @ jorm of stomachic disorder, while a third clasg im upon the disordered nerve hypothesis, However much, they may differ in theory | as to its cause, they “all agree in the treat | ment of the disorder. Rest, diet, letung the horse aione, a litte saltpetre or mitre, dry hay and ait are al! that are required. With these the majority aifected Will get well, while those ‘his treatment would “die any. corning te | of the anima which die und ber of this society. ‘The paper is from the pen of | way.’? Jonn J, Mason, M. D., The special feature of the It is also confidently expected by the managers | evening was the reading of a professional paper | of the city ratiroad Imes that, with the coming ad- on the transmission of motor and sensitive ner- | vent of “fine weather,” the disease, whatever it Js, vous action, by Protessor J. C. Dalton, M. D. The | will disappear altogether. not wanted to have personal statements, but par- | reading of each essay was followed by a series of | interesting scientific remarks irom several of the distinguished physicians and surgeons who were preseut. MR. PROCTOR'S NEW LECTURES, In compliance with the request of a number of gentlemen identified with puplic imstitntions, Professor Proctor will, previons to his return to Kurope, deliver two tarewell lectures in New York, on Friday, March 27, and Wednesday, Aprii 1. THE REVENUE OFFICE ROBBERS, The Quaker City Sends a Requisition school, He had been for some time nervous lest | | ite gitis of the school shoutd observe these things; | "* Them On An Indictment for | bus Now new people moved in, who appeared to be | Forgery. respectable, Opposite the school, im Clarke street, WASHINGTON, March 16, 1874. there used to be & house of ill fame, but this seemed To-day Deputy Corson, of Philadelpiia, presented | vo be closed at present. on the way to school were sometimes initiated into matters which they should*not know through too close proximity to these houses, but nothing had come under his own observation except what he had mentioned. Mr. Moore, principal of School No.8, in Grand street, said that he never saw any houses of il raue in the neighborhood of his school. He never i) going to his SChOCKSAW anything of the kind, nor did ue hear of anybody in the school having peen annoyed by the existence of such places. He had spoken to the Jemale principal of his school, who sald these houses used to be a nuisance, but jad not been so of late. He had not nad tne op- portunities of some other people of noticing these whings Mr. Albers, of Barrow streot, was also quos- tioned; and he knew a good deal, he said, about houses Of ill fame fn the neighborhood of school No. But the Chairman said that the inquiry coucerning this school and the iifteenth ward had been closed. The committee then adjourned, to meet after the decision as to the Captain of police being present, Jt was stated during the examination by one of the witnesses that the District Attorney is In pos- session Of alist of the houses sumUar vO that re- quired from the police. He believed that children | to Chief Justice Carter a requisition of Governor Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, for James K. Moore | | and Edward A, Williams, who were indicted here | last week on a charge of robbing the Internal Revenue Borean of certain drafts, Tenis requisition | 1s based on an indictment ‘ound by the Grand Jury or Philadelphia county, charging them with tavitse | | forged and uttered a drait, ‘They returned to Philadelphia with the olice DROWNING CASUALTY, ROCKLAND, Me., March 16, 1874, At Hosmer’s Pond, Camden, last evening, a | young man, named Keller, of Camden, accom: | | panied by Miss Holt, of Lincolnville, Was Qriving a | top buggy ona road used for hauilug tce, on the lower end of the pond, when the team broke through, carrying the buggy and its occupants tinder, the ice, aad all were drowned, Keller's body was found standing in the buggy and that of the young lady beneath tt, she having probably been pitched out when the carriage went down. | son River Railroad che previous afternoon, ‘The water was about @ soot above the top of the carriage, It should here be mentioned that while the Sixth and Hignth avenue jines are principaliy atected \ by the distemper, all the lines of horse railroad in the city are more or less aifected, Cases have | broken out in the stables of the Seventh avenue and Broadway line, and the Third Avenue Com- any has been considerably exercised in spirit trom the same cause, GENEI’3 FORFEITED BONDS. Heury W. Genet's residence at the corner Fifth avenue and 126th street and seven lots of | ground were to have been sold yesterday by Deputy | Sheritfs Stuart and Schaffer, to satisily judgmenis 000 against Genet’s bonds to appear and | for $15,000 ey of the tclal of the charges of fraud made agaist him; but when the deouties had their red fag ready to hoist word was sent them from the District Attorney's office to postpone the sale until the 6th proxtmo, It being probable that Genet’s Iriends Wii sausly the judgments in the meuntime. SHOCKING RAILROAD OASUALTY, An inquest was held at Sing Sing yesterday by Justice Hyatt, on the remains of Thomas Billing+ ton, & young man who was killed on the Hud De- ceased, it appears, got on board a train at Croton, intending to return to his home in Sing Sing, and while amasing himself on the plavorm of one of the cars, With some companions, hts head came in contact with a portion of the Croton drawbridge, by which his brains were dashed out and the body precipitated into the river. A verdict of acci- dental death was rendered by the jury. Deceased Was about twenty-four years of age. ANDREW JACKSON'S BIRTHDAY, ALBANY, N. Y., March 16, 1874, The anniversary of the birthday of Andrew Jackson was observed to-day by the Battallon Jackson corps, jor J, McFarlane commanding, ina full dress parwdoy