Mr. Colt was engaged yesterday in
regulating the wires which have, for the
tbirdltime‘, been laid in‘ a lead pipe under;
the "vet for the Long Island Telegmply the actual expense incurred for the support of '
' Estimated average expense of suppor-
ting them previous to the adoption
of tho Aims’-house plan, 45 00
The agent, however,» ‘obtained information of 3 \Ve add the average ‘expense in
Iffbls 135? Puempt sh?“ not .5“°“9eda 1‘; the poor, in thirteen of the forty towns, previ-
Wlll be Carried 5101:0853 In the all‘ at Black'lO11S to the adoption of the‘ Aims-house plan, and
well’s Island, making the Telegraph some 5 your committee have prepared a table showing
twelve miles longer.
river at the ferry is hard and rocky,
stead of muddy as wassupposed ; and Mr.
C. expresses no confidence of success at
this point.-1/'r2'bmze, 6!/t inst.
Providczzce and Plainfield Ct.-—A meet-
ing has been held in Plaiufield, Ct., in ref-
erence to a Railroad from Providence to
Plainfield. A committee was chosen to
make surveys and take measures to pro-
mote theenterprise. ‘
.._._...__.....:_._.
SUPPORTING THE POOR.
The bottom Of tlleéthe population of tl1osetowns,t.henumber of poorhavc obtained in this State.
in. l assisted in and out of the Alnis-house per year, supporting
:the cost under the old system, the cost, under
,thc Aims,-house system, and the difl'creiice in
‘the expense, from which the following results
will appear:
l In twelve of the towns the popula-
,tion was 30.399 00 and other towns.
' (;.l‘l1t-.‘.1\\'ll(.)l0 iiiiiinblcl’ 0fP°°" 5“*l’l’°1"' 4” _ [Ncce:-;sarilv omitted for want of room.-——Ei).j
etc ant ilsslslct in t is vcar .00 ‘ , , ' . , _ _
l Amount of-expense undm. the om 1 lheic limo been failuies, but they have 10-,
l ,,y<,9,n 16 363 06 suited from the same causes which produce,
.. ._ .1 .~ . . . . . ~ .
. .. . ~ - ;_~ ' - - -em undert-il'cn¥
l A-mount uuderAlms-housesystem 6,000 08 fdlltlnhttln ::$,,:,’d c.,yc,,1.,',i:),, .
i Making an amount. saved in the SW‘ 10“ 19 “kl 1.” . 5 g ' ‘ V
g twelve ,O“,,,S 9 697 98 ' and conducted without skill or perseverance.
- * y
l One of the thirteen towns, only had its ex-
T]gg Difiéy-gut Systeyng C0771 pared, ' ponse increased, and, that as will hereafter ap-
Extracts froin the report of the Committee, 9 f,,,.,,,_ It
lpcar, was the consequence of having little or no
|
appointed by the town‘ of N orwalk, December, It should be added that in making up the bal-
1838, to make inqury and report, upon the ex-
pediency of establishing an Aims-house for the
support of the poor in tho towii—publishod byj _
' {change was made fi'om the boarding to the cou- « per person of all supported or assisted of $30. ,
ltracting plan, in point of economy.
order 0f~tl10 town.-
in , _ are at u at v»
\Ylien we first conimoiiced collectiuginfornia-
tion, we supposed, that all that would be uoccs-‘_
sary to enable us to arrive at correct conclusions,
would be, to ascertain the experience of a ma- *
jority of the towns in this County, or State; but
we soon found, that the subject had received
very little attention from County or State, and,
although we acquired many facts, we could not
obtain general principles, or siifiicieiitlywcll au-
thenticated facts from which to deduce them.——
A want of general principles was clearly seen,
in the great variety of plans pursued ll1dllT(31'Gnt!
towns and the frequent changes in particiilarg
ones. A town, for instance, had adopted the’
boarding out system. Tlieir expense increased,
until for purpose of economy, seine one proposes
=——“Let us try hiring them out,” and as the
change was the consequence of increased ex-
pense, they were hired out in order to lesson
that as much as possible, and without regard to
their comfort, and this was the oopposite ex-
treme. If the ' contractor was properly fixed
for the business, and was the right: sort ofa man,
and provided a suitable kind of employirient for
them, the plan, to a certain extent succeeded;
but, if he was not the right sort of a .man—liad
not proper accommodations, or suitable em-
ployment, and the select men did not make it,
specific and judicious contract, the poor were
not suitably provided for, and made great com-
plaint. Humanity was then aroused, and they
must go back to the old system. how the se-
lect men are called on to furnish more liberally,
~ Under the new
rance of expense in the report from which we are
extracting, the interest of the cost of the farms
is invariably added as an item of expense.
\Vc have
prepared another table showing the population
l—-number of poor assistetl-—cxpciise under the
boarding system—and expense under the con-
tracting systeiii, in eighteen towns comprising
all, which were visited by the agent, which
shows ' -
\Vliole amount of population 35,534
Number assisted ' . 340
Annual expense under old system 14,964 05
Annual cxponse under contracting 9,308 66
\V hole amount saved
Being per person per annum saved 16 51
And annual expcnsc per person per
annum 537 37
'\Vc suni up the result as it appears in Nas-
sachusctts in 1832, thus :
In 12 towns whose expense under the old
system was ascertained. and who had cstablisli-
cd Aims Houses, the saving was more than half
as follows:
E.\'ponsc per person under old system 34 88
Under Alms House systein _ 14 80
Saving per person 5320 30
Again. The estimated expense in the re-
maining ‘28 towns under the old system was per
person 40 00
E22 00
A saving per person per amiuni I8 00
Again. The ascertained expense in 18 towns
not under the old system, was pcrpcrson 44 01
Under the contracting system 27 3'7
because a feeling of humanity is the prevailing
one, and the expeuscincrcases stillmorc. Tins:
- - I
cannot last, and the people are again (llSp0SCd-
for a change and they return to the contractor's
plan with some supposed, but unreal improve-
mont; or perhaps an Aims-liouse is projected.
..2.
Making a saving of 16 6
It seems, therefore, that the contractiiig plan
is not so saving an one as the Aims House, in
Muss.: but we think if a proper allowance is
Very striking, also, was the result where the - the towns suppoit by contract, at an average;
manner assisted or ‘support-
ed, 19 883
Average expcnsc per person, 14 47
the three Counties‘ having no‘
Aims-houses, per person same
39 19
tear, ,
l)f"'a similar tenor is all the information we
The expense of
the poor in New Haven is merely
,nominal. The same is nearly true of Farming-
ton, wl1iclJ.u.p to the timefof establishing, their
,Alins-houses paid from $1 400 to $1 700 per
lyoar for the support of their poor. The com-
imittoe have interesting statements from these
l \Vitli regard to this County the comniitteeg
ihave been iuore particular, and have prepared ‘
‘a table showing the method ofkceping, expousc ,
; &c., in most of the towns, and have letters froml
Igentlemen in many of the towns on the subjcct,;
a few extract from which they will give‘.
[Omitted for want of room.——En.] l
From the table it. appears that a majority of .
v
Under the old system the cstiniatcd average
annual expense. per person for these towns
would be S«l0——aud the average animal expense
per person under the old system where it is still
employed, is 5540. Two towns only, Bridgeport
and Stamford, have Alms-liouses. Some of the
comniittee have visited each of them. They
are both recently established, and the experi-
ment is not with them fairly tried. \\’e are iii-
foriiied, however, that tlioy have already mate-
rially lcsscned t.hc expenses, and increased the
comforts of the poor. There are defects about
each of them, with which, however, we have‘
nothing to do, which will prevent them from
effecting all that is done elsewhere, and may be
done any where. V
The committee would not. allude to the form-
er Poor House of this town with any sort of,
commendation, express or implied. It was =
altogether too cheapaconceru, and was in con-l
struction, ari'aiigcmc.iit and iuanageiiient, one of I
the worst that ever existed, and became toward '
the last, filthy, infested with vermin of all kinds,
and the imiiiitcs wretched in the extreme. It’
was even worse, in comparison with what may
be, and are eslaiblislicd now days, than the '
Simsbury Mines were, compared with our
prescnt. State’s Prison.
\Ve remark, secondly, thatas regards liuma1i-
ity, both the alins—liouse and contracting system
are pi'efe.rable to the supplying one. It would seem
at lirst. view, that to assist the honest and un-
fortiinate poor, when in their families and around
their own fireside, was much more according to
the duty which religion and our natural feelings
dictate, than to tear them ax ‘try from both and
turn them over to thc tender mercies ofa cou-
tractor, or the labor and company of an Alius-
house. This is the view which your commit-
mado for ‘the fact that the number of state poor
This properly] underla/ccn, szrrrccczfs. Yet, in .
many instances, _ _ I
requisite knowledge or calculation, and like .pri- ,
vate undertakings under similar uiideitakiiigs
under similar circumstances, is a failure, and isg
abandoned for one of the other systems, and the ;
samo routine of expensive and unintelligible ,
schemes succeed. This is more or. less a histc-V,
ry of a mijority of the towns in this county or,
State. It is obvious at once, that tho difiiculty
is, that towns do not act upon fixed gcn::ral_prIn-,
ciples. They are at one time, under the iullu-‘;
once of :ec)nomy; at another, 0i'__lll1l1)flnll'y;:
mid it a third, having perhaps a due regard to?
each, but devoting so little attention to the sub-,
ject, as not to act with that degree ofintclligeiitl
energy which is necessary to success in every!
undertaking, \\l1el1l1CI‘1)l.1l)l.C OI jrlvate. '
One of three plans is usually pursued by the}
towns of this State :
1st. Boarding and supplying the poor, it;
their own, or other private families, or in apoor
house without labor.
2nd. Letting them out by contract for agross;
sum per anuum, or so much per week per head,
for all or a certain part. ;
‘3d. Placing them in a public Alins-house, l
and employing such as can work, in soiue pro-j
ductive business. 3
It should be remarked before we proceed fur-l
thcr, that we make a'distiuctiou between Poor-5
liouse and Aims-house. By _thc former we :,
ineaa a house to which the poor are sent to be 5
boarded merely, under the charge of the select:
men. By the latter, a house where they are}
collected and employed in some kind of produc-3
tivelabor.
Your committee found it impossible to obtain‘
such minute information from the towns in this;
county, as they thought necessary to enable.’
them satisfactorily to decide which of the three
plans was the best, without bestowing more time,
and expense, than the nature of the case would»
warrant. Nor could they learn, that minutein-E
formation had, at any tiiiie been procured from 3
any number of towns, with a view to decide upon ‘,
the coniparative merits of the three (lifi"ci'cnt§
lans, in any county or portion of the Stact.——:
Upon enquiry, however, they learned, that al
committee of the Legislatiirc of Massacliusetts
had made a somewhat extended investigation on
the subject, and reported the some to the House
of Representatives of that State. This report,
through the politeness of Henry Barnard, . Esq,
of Hartford, the committee obtained. They
also learned, from an examination of the revised
statues of the State of N ew York, that that State .
had made a provision for the establishment; of‘
county Alns houses, and the superintcndants
thereof should report annually to Secrctarv
of the State, and he to the Legislature. A
copy of the Secretary’s report for 1888, the-
l
I not included, it being impossible on account of!
who are furnished by the towns, for which the
it is u,,de,-t,,[m-,1 Without thgi state pays, most of whom are wandering poor,
and select alins houses in preference to the cou-
tractors rosidcncc, for winter quarters, the dif-
ference will not be so great, and that the saving
by either plan may be safely set down at one
thir/.1, and under perfect nianageiiicnt. one half.
Since the above was written, we have receiv-
ed the pauper returns made to the Legislature
of Mzissacliusctts, for 1838. 173 out of 306
towns have Aims-lioiiscs, and the average ox-
pcnsc per’ person in all the towns of the State
and under all systeuis, was for the last year
only, per person supporezl or assisted, ‘.21 57
In Alias-houses it could not have exceed-
ed 14 00
The experience of the State of New York is
similar, but not as conclusive, owing to the de-
fec-tiveness of the rctrrns. In that State the
poor are supported in 53 out of 56 counties in
county alms-houses, all but one of which have
farius. It appears by the Report of Mr. Sec-
retary Dix to the Legislature of the State made
the winter of 1838—9, that the average expense
of supporting each pauper at the county Aims-
liouscs, was $34 03 while the average expense
of supporting the county paiipcrs in ‘the two
counties offiQuceus and Rcnsselacr, which had
no Aims-houses, was $1 50 per wcok—--‘$78 per
year. No abstract ofthe expense in the differ-
ent counties previous to the establishment of the
count y Alms-houses, is contained in the report,
or can be obtained ; but it appears that the
whole value of the labor of the paupcrs in tho
-5.". counties, was -12,906 79
And the amount saved their
labor, was
It also appears, that the average cost
31,301 86
of cacli pauper per week, was 65 4
Per year, $34 00
That in the city ofNcw York, it
was, without farm, 1 14 2
Po rycar, $59 38
\V_liilc in the county of Orange,
it was 22 4
Per year, .:‘11 64
In the county of Ulster, 35 I
For your, _ $13 20
I u the county of Putnam, 37 3
Per year, $19 24
It should be here remarked that those who
too have entertained heretofore, and they now
admit it to be correct; with respect to this class.
But it should be borne in mind that this class
form but ‘a small proportion of the whole. The
ablc but indolent idler, the unfortunate but dis-
contented ll’llll'lIl,\Vl10 have to be boardt-.d,and the
orphan and unprotected child——tliesc form the 2
largest proportion, and require at least four-
lifths of the expense. Of these three classes,
all will agree that the able but vicious idlers,
who spend their health and summers in grat-
ifying their passions, and look to ihe“'town to
find them and theirs, in sickness -or in
It only remains to ascertain the facts with
regard to this town, and”, these will be foun
embodied in the folloiviiig table: ‘
NORWAIUK
vvcducsday, Jan.‘ 211',
a bill for the psymentuof pensions ‘to widows of
the Revolution who were inarried after 1794
and before 1800—allowing s'uch persqris to draw
pensions the some as widows n1fll_'l'led before
The Abolition (\Vorld) Conaentioti assembled
,iug the same, 08.
mmmmmgggmmm 5 1794. Ann ed ett ‘q nemtotheer
>-u-u..-...n- ,v-H-r-- A ‘mnmn .oinui' ' -
3 ii 3 S E 33 it-i 3 3 '8 2:‘. ‘ § (prbill giving rise to debate. the
83° cg ca 20 is oz ‘A 93 c.: on .s:. on ‘I7-77929 Mr. V iiiton, of Ohio,‘ introduced a Joint Res-
“-’ ‘ “‘ C’ ‘’ °° "" O "" B ‘D G‘ "' -327 ‘ON 920?/A1 olution for the amendment; of the Constitution
E. ,3 ,_, ,_ ,_, ,_. ,.. ,_.- ,_. ,_. ,_. °[137—.£0—fl(I)I9 of the United States relating to the election of
o c: c: is .t:- c. 3 co to to ‘~ to, /,‘,,_,.,,,,3 -0‘: President. and V ice President of the United
“ ,',",‘(j‘,\,—.,:,,,0 Sta!cs—pi-oviding tor the choice of the same’,
I on -I to is »- »- »—- 9 :a o :2 l ],,,,,,,,,,_,‘.,;’/~ .0‘: utter» the your 1860, by a direct vote of the poo-
.._ -——-’ ‘_ f pic of the country. Ordered to be printed and
:3 ‘I _ ‘Q c_ 3‘ Q ‘I ‘I V‘ C: :3 -'9-lo _rcfcrrcd to the Committee of the \.Vl1(-)iL’.,‘)I.l-
_ ' ' ___ '_;\‘_,_,_(_l_,9i>‘£_Zl"-"1 lV . having signilicd a desire to subniit his views
iupon the subject.
-00 [53 .1:1pun .
At 13 o’clock the House ad_1ournc.l.
put) 95$ 49.10’
, g; 9, .g.. 7-: l _5,%_ “"i:i)xi:sn.nr, Jan. 14.
‘ .' :0 C3 ‘ vv _ ~/c ‘JG . e o u I
r 3, C, ., \, ,,-,. _i 4. cu -- to 1-’: 0 -uaJ.ra 9302/,” : The Si-;.\’.aTi-3 was again in Lxcciitive
3:’ 33:3 _ ,sc-ssion to-day. ' Among the business
-pzmozldns ‘transacted in public session was the in-
S 4:. s: is :n -in :5 as u c: as as /52-9-1,17"? -"(wit troduction ofu series of resolntion)s by Mr.
l "3 9197’ Willi Crittendcn, providing that the lresidcntn
T’ -- - - ' ' ' f the ter-
,-,,, _ _ _ * P-77-l0JJIIs ‘be cmpouered to give notice 0
I A '“ ‘''° '3 ‘” I‘ "" '° '° '° t N’ /"19—‘.‘7"" -‘[~“"" mination of the Joint Occupancy whenev-
, _ .____ __ _.__,__. __.°’ 9772’.‘l‘ff’-’l‘1 er, in his judgment the public good de-
.—- l H A H _ Hg‘ _>_ I, '-'Z-’‘’-" manded it, provided the dispute was not
i-- F-4 t-I V’ '. S-1- ’ _. . . _
t-T-_ *-*- ..&:~:.*i’.-:~”;- __ _____. -.s_‘3.§IA,_'f.'.’.Il-‘I settled belore the adjournment ofCongress.
I ._. , '-'I-‘‘’-" M r._Allen was again floored to-day. He
. - v~ i_.i p...‘ )—n p—-I ‘ _ _ ‘- . .
5;: ~'*-_ H. H __.____ _5:*f‘_”_p___"_9__'“"=’_l__1 wished to introduce a bill declaratory of
E3: l__-.-._;z_-_.:__.-_.__;_.;._.:_«.__._~.__.=._-:._c_:.__l_f§~z17?1gjg;$ this country’s position with regard to for-
E. S at ,5 is :3 9:1,? .-_- _ eign interference on this Continent.
: ‘.5 ‘: J‘ ‘'1 ‘_'_'l ‘cl :3 Q '-‘'-’19"I‘I./‘’ 730.? Mr. Calhoun gave Mr. Allcn an over-
cz ‘-1 ‘<2’ 3 3 o ‘-1 3 =5 ‘-i 09 C» ________ liaulinp; for having lnll‘()(lllC((l such a bill,
being Chairman of the Committee on For-
eign Affairs, without consulting the mem-
bers of that Committee. A motion was
Avczagc number assisted pcr ycar for the last
eleven years, 35, omitting fractions.
Average oxpcnsc for each mdividual__.pcr year
during the same, $16 64. 3 ' made to lay the business on the table—ye.'is
Average last year, #533 32. 5‘ and nays called ; yeas 538, uays 2Zl.——
\
Average number for
house was in use, 38.
Average cxpcnscs per person per annum dur-
“"0 3'9"l'3W11ll°th°P‘’°‘' Messrs. Calhoun, Lewis, \Vestcott, Mc-
Dufiie and Cliainbers voting in ihcal‘lirma~
tive. _
The HOUSE was occupied all day in
Committee of the \\'hole with the Oregon
debate. Speeches were made by Messrs.
Stanton of Tenn. Gordon ofN. Y. Brink-
last eleven yetlrs. 13- crlioff of Ohio, \Ventwoi'th of Ill. and
Average No. able to work, more or loss, 7. Ch,p,n,,n of Mich an pm. the. Nmice.
Alyeigge amount of their labor, stated in days Mn Hamlin gave nmicc that he would
WOIHS’ *2’ . . c ll 1 Fl ‘id t st d election to-
Avcrage per cent. of blacks, omitting frac- :1 up he“. ,o”Ha CO" C e T d. d
guns, M; . morrow. he ouse then u journe .
Average per cent; of expense for blacks cmit- TiiUasi).\v, Jan. 15,
“I3 l““C"19“Ss , _ The Sr-.x.i'rs‘ did nothing of importance.
F,” ‘Km’ ;3lt{’l"cl‘s m.pt°I:,“],"”€"’ 1' . They were buta very short time in session.
I - S .. . v ‘ 0 o _ . _ _ .
. ‘um "0 1° C mslse as 3(m’ lemm" till they went into the consideration of
mg chargeable, 19. _ b . 5, I d d W
Average expense per person, S34 60. usmess “ ll ‘ 9 059 . 001*-
Niimber added since the last report, 2. In the HOUSE: M1“ Cooke of Te““e5Sf-’°
Estiinated average expense per person, made an eloquent speech against the l\r_o-
tice. He was followed by it splendid
s ecch from Mr. Bedinaer of Va. on the
P :3
$232 50.
Estimated cxpousc for tho twenty-one, for
same side. Mr. l.\'Ior'sc of La. followed in
favor of the Notice, as did also Mr. Dob-
.~’1vcr:i.ge No. for the last six years, 33. -
Average cxpcnsc per person per annum dur-
ing tho sanic, 93. .
Avercge number outircly supported for tho
the year, $722 46.
Of these would probably go to an Ailing-
ho:l€rc()’1l:lfl3.1)1'Ol)1ll)l\' help themselves rather than , bill or N’ C’ Mr’ Rnckwell or C.°m" ob’
go 4_ ' [tamed the floor, when the Committee rose
Of the twelvcs who would probably go to an 2 “ml the House ad.l°‘“'“‘-‘d-
Alms-house, able to work some, two urcn—tive 1~‘i=.in.~xr, Jan. 16.
Women’ ' - The Si-J.‘1'A’l‘E did not sit; to-day, having yes-
Ailgollfit of labor they could pe'r£o1,pi in days , m,.d,,). ad,-,,,,,.,,c,j 0,6,. fin Mond,,y_
W0" ’ L ' The Speaker laid before the Housi: commu-
b lhi3t',“_-eke’ €19‘-cllloare ;1"l‘l)1:n l"1’§7';“%l6t'niczitioiis from the \Var, Navy, and Post Office
0 5"‘ ‘ m an ’ m" ‘ “SC 31.1 ‘Son’ 1' ‘ |Dc artmcnts. Ordered rinted.
It will be seen fl-omltlie above that liithei-tn.l T119 Q-0,,,,,,,,.tec of “rfys and Means ,,m.O_
0’ ml “"1"” “‘° °1,t “cc, ~Ve‘_nS‘ 0.1” bmdcm ;duccd a bill making appropriations for tho‘ Mili-
have been C01l1p11l‘tll“1\'(".l)' light. in this n1at1cr.—— Q t,,,.,. Acudcmv at “rest P0,m_
This lmlsi be?" lllssigmfilil H? t_1.w ‘3ld,P°,°r _H°.““§c" Mr. J. P. lngcrsoll introduced a bill to abolish
to oui c am ):’m (S, an a variety 0 or lei causas; mbnc cxgc,,,,0,,s ,,,,de,. U_ S_.La“,s_
as well understood by the members of the town , The House then went into Committee of the
winter, should be under the control of a con-
nature of the case. They cannot be reasonablyl
boarded in places where the accommodations are ;
equal in all respects to those of well regulated‘
Aims-houses. '
In this event, too, the importunity of those
who have comparitivcly little claim to sympathy
will not prevent those who have, from receiving
it, and the select men will not be under the ne-
cessity of wearing the mantle of apparent indif-
ference, nor be obliged to scrutinize, hesitate,
and curtail to avoid imposition.
On the score of liuinanity, we think there is
a decided preference to be given to the Aims-
house plan. Coiitractors ordinarily do not, and
cannot be expected to provide such accommoda-l
tions as towns may and always should do. N or'
will the contractor pay the same attention to
cleanliness, comfort and -morals, as towns can
and should do. Tliey contract usually for short
periods, or for three or five years, and always
will be more or less inclined to get the most. la-
bor aud make the least expcnsejpossible. There
are undoubtedly instances where the contrac-
tors do as well for the poor and for the town as;
will reasonably becxpected under favorable cir-
cumstanccs, will be done for them in an Aims-
houso; but tliescarc exceptions to the general
rule. '
\Vc remark, third, that as a matter of public
policy, the Aims-house system, and even the
contracting one, are preferable to the other. It
is the uniforiu tcstiniony, of all the information;
your committee have been able to procure, that:
1
the boarding system encourages and increasesa
have been assisted out of the county liouso are ,
the returns. If they were as they should be,
the average iiiiiiiial expense, the latter cl-.2s.s,
receiving comparatively little-—instcad of being
$34 03, would not imicli exceed $20.
\Ve will add, that Mr. Dix, in the Report
before alluded to, says—-“Iftlie: relief and sup-
poverty and vice. It is the policy of every coin-
inunity to encourage industry; but no one thingé
tends more to produce idleness and intcmperance, l
the neglect of self, offaniily and friends, than
the feeling that either and all are to be suppor-,
ted by the town, in case of sickness or improv-.
dcncc, without any return in labor being rc-l
quired. But, on ‘the other hand, if it is»
port. of indigent personsis to be provided for by
public law, it is believed that the poor (Aims) ,
liouso system is as economical as any other thatl
committee have also obtained from Albany.-—~ can be devised.”
From these two reports, and from such as the
committee have been able to obtain from tl1e;l_l1e State of New York, is not at lirst view, as g,-,,t;1'y their appetite?’ tlmy “i1 not 1,eS'm,te in.
towns in this county, and a few in otlior paats l luvoi-able as that of Massacluisctts. But it in , {he chO',Ce_ ' ‘
ofthc State, the following conclusions and facts
have been derived.
9 - . , -
b. 1:11 p(I1ans for the support. 03 the poor, sholruld :£::‘:1‘(:‘t‘S‘lle°_“ fldblllcil 1_" I‘-l11_'<?l’0"“"_1Tl“1l9, iiccted with an Aliiis'-liousc, or contractors res-
e ase upona piopei iegar to economy, in- t _ t, ".‘_p , tr“) 1° S“l1l79lt- lllffll P03’ 1f» to ‘,1ClCi1Ce, which is a powerful stiiiiiilus to fore-
” ‘ I I'm rm“ °f 1‘ °l'°‘g"e1'5 who ' Tliusitappcars while in Massacliusetts
mauity and the morality and good: order of the
community, and that plan, therefore, which at
the least expense will best promote the
comfort and happiness ofthe poor, and at the
it will be perceived that. the experience of
lfflct is 80- New 1 ork has been, and will con-
“1l“9 to 130 the greatest siilfercr from the sys-
are supported or assisted as poor, in the State
Ht l8l'§,'9a f0 be 530 per cent of the whole. In all
same operate most. favorably on the minds of‘ the Counties ‘Vhl°ll1"“"31“l'§;'@ towns or cities
the community and those who in every commu-
nity are tending to poverty, is the most desira-
ble one.
VVe remark then, first : That; as it regards
economy, there is not any very material differ-
orence between the Alms—housc, and contrac-
ting plan, but that either of these is from one-
third to, one-half cheaper than the boarding and
supplying one.
The report above alluded to, made to the Le-
gislatizre of" Massacliizsctts, contains minute re-
turns from«fo1't-y-three towns, which had» each
an Alms-house, with it population varying from
nine huii Led and-foi=t.y-seven, omitting Boston,
10 llllrte, -n thousand eight hundred and eighty-
"six. Nearly all these towns had‘ a farm attach-
ed-totho Alms-house-.
supporting each of the town’s ‘poor, including
those who-were assisted in the A.l1l.1S-l'l0uS0,{lLl(‘l A
those who were assisted out, for the year 1832,
Whcnvisitcd by the agent, was 20» 6-1
The averagelexpensc of
in them, or public works, it increases. In the
city of New York it. is 75 per cent; in
Brooklyn, 87$ per cent; and even in the county
of \Vestchcster, 50 per cent. \Vhen this is
considered, and a proper allowance inado for
the extra expense attending tra.nsportation, pay
of superintendents, of administering private re-
lief, &c., the experience of New York, will be
found equally with that; of Massacliusetts, in
favor of the Alms-hoiise system. This will a p-
pear more clearly if we exclude the counties of
N_9W York. Albany, and Kings, whose returns
of the number of persons assisted out of the
County Houses, are materially defective, and
inlcude those who were assisted out, which for
the reason just: motioned we could not do above.
Phe result will be as follows :
In fifty Counties‘, whole expense
of relieving and‘ supporting poor
for ll1C,}'0tl[‘ 1838, ‘ .
\Vl1ole number of poor in_ any
iindcrstooci that while the town protect and sup-l
ply, they require the recipients to labor in pro-‘
portion to their abillty——.that it is a question be-
tween laboring for the town for necessaries, and
not for money, with a pirt of which they can.
t
The benefit to their families is di--l
rect mid pormznicnt. Tlie.ie is a feeling of dis-‘
grace too, and a restraint upon indolonce, con-
the poor are supported at an annual
expense each of $21 57
;And in more than ‘half the State, in
these towns which have Aims-houses
and farms at 14 00
And in New-York in fifty counties by
means of their county Alins-house at; 14 47
And in some of the towns in this State
much the sa1i1e~yct in this county
the average annual expense per
Person is 3-1 00
In those towns wliibh support by con-
tract 30 ()0
And in those who board and supply
thcm_ 41} ()0
And in this town as will appear‘ 3‘ - 00
_ WVVO are not aware that the cause of human-
try. 01‘ Of n10l‘¥lli|’y, is better subserved with us
than with them, and we -lmow of no reason
why sucha dill_‘erence should.exist,. unless it is
because our proverbial “steadiness” of "habits"
includes bad’ as well as good oncs—and' because
‘it is more true with us than them, that i‘what is -
‘ovcry body's business is nobody’s business.”
tractor or an overseer. Equally true is it that,
the unfortunate intirm, the indigent sick, and?
the fricndless orphan should be there, because 5
they cannot be better accommodated from the;
' Cass, &c. o ‘l osed this vci ' strenuous] '.
'3 _
ltee on Territories, adjourned.
- Conimittcc on Iicvolutionary Pensions to report:
as by the coiiiiiiittec. There is difference of ', '\\rhOyO_
°l_’“"°_“ "5 I0 I119 l’1'°l{‘ll”l‘l.l' flmt the l7{"35°’lt'l Mr. Rockwell of Conn., having possession of
high 1%‘) if Cxfglnse “Ill cmmtuuei to "mm" lthe floor from yesterday, made an able spccch
1' 3 ' 9‘ 91' ”~ 195° °“°°‘““S M003’ '16 com‘ 5 a ainst; ultra measures on the Orewon ucstion.
mittec have instructed me to report the facts as , 1%, did not cO,,S,dc,. the Notice ,, ‘$3,. ,(,l,o,,S,_,_,.,,_,_
above.’ without °xp,m5.5i"g an-V Ophlion 0" the IIC introclucccl .7lIr. Crittendcms Smatc Resolu-
question whctl~rcr&:t 151 now expedient for this “(ms as an m,,c,,d,,,c,,,_
town to G] Oct ‘ Bn]sEf§),l1l{"]S'ER C, .r’ mn Mr. Pollock of Pa. followed on the same‘ side,
' ' 1 ""1 ’ ' ,-supporting the same viovs. _
-——-—--~ -—-—— —‘ Vlr. Good e'll‘ of N. Y. followed in favor of
I .l. V y (
;tlic IVOUCO. He cleared the House and galler-
lries.
M0-“Dr” -lfl"- 19- ’ Mr. Pcndlcton, the lone ‘.Vhig from Virginia,
The \vm‘pa,1‘ty {net :1 signal defeat in the Sen- got the floor, when the Committee rose, and the
ate to-day. Cass, Allen Co. were voted , H0056 l1Cl,l0l-11'l'10d- _
down nearly two to one. The vote was taken S_.n~unu,uv, Jan, 17__2 P, M.
ppil a motion to postpone the COl1Sl‘df‘l'llll)}l0l10lil1Il'. H0L,SE__The j0,,,.,,,,1 of yes,,_,,.d,,y having
1°" 5 1°‘°hm°" “n ‘he will 0i 9 ' flicon iigad, two coiiiiiiiiiiications l§'om (tihe 'cl1‘rea&
sin ' c crtmcnt were receive an or ere
ycas and nays were called, and resultcd,ycas3‘.’. ’ ,0 38 ,,;.,,l,)ted_ ’
nays 18. So the rgsolutions were laid over tor; Sc,_.0.mr ,.Cpo,.,S’ Ems and ,.eSO1,,,;0,,s were
a month, Messrs. (,allioun, McDufiic, Pciiny- f S,.bmi,,.cd_
lf,1,cl{er’, Bm,l,t°?'. ‘Ye’ rioting fl: a{T"_m§tWe‘T"l Mr. Cabcll of Florida, presented several me-
iis was a o nnpoitance vs iic vi as one in m0,.,,,jS and ,.cs0h,tiO,,S_
according to notice, in this place on” Thursday
lash The morning hour we believe. was de-
voted to noininations for otiiccs, .-which, they
not being ablevto fill, will no doubt do what they
are able, to help "1lic':'r “u7z-i1atii'r'al,"'bfu’t: ‘lviory
coscy, cunning and obsequious allies-—-the loc'6s—-'-’
to lill. The afternoon and cvcniiig were taken
up with addresses from Mr. Gillette,'thc candid-‘
ate of the party for the office of ‘Govci-nor“. \Vo‘;’
made one of the crowd in the course of the cve-' '
,ning, and found, as it should be, "every thing
';going on with perfect good order. ' The Town
,1-Iousc was probably half filled, or little more.
l Governor Gillcttc was holding forth with a writ-
ltcn speech before him, to wliich he paid very
y
=,closc attention. Ilis manner, as-aispcakor, was
ifar below the standard of clocution, in activity.
land cncrgy, free from display and ostentatioii,
,and rather commcndcd itself to the favor of the
hcarcr.
Sable effect. His matter, in the main, was toler-
f ably respectful. Occasionally, however, there
‘lwcs ii rcsort. to cpitlict and iiivcctivc, which
i harmonized somewhat singularly with the osten-
}siblc mcckncss and cliristian courtesy of tho‘
ispcakcr. His ctTorts, wliilep'c listened to him,
l\vont to show that the South was impoverished,
lindolcnt, insolcnt, unsttiblo in policy, domineer-
E ing, and as iii.bui°dc_=ncrl with ptll’1'i0tlSIll as coin-
: mou comnicrciul lioiicsty-——tho .originator and
lparcut of ncarly or quite all the iiational evils
jthat have bcfulleii the country, and aggrcat pro-
‘;p:)1'i;lO11_Uf whose wants were supplied by plun-
‘dc-ring the poor, enduring, pusilauinious, dough-
gfaccd North.
lstarting projcct, czunc from the South, while the
‘North was eitlic-r scdu-cod, or druggooned into
lits support, and forced, us a matter of coizrsc, to
lfoot the bills. Somehow or other, he omitted‘
',ull allusion totlic bills of iudolinitc amount, which
Every new phase of policy, and
aiidjrums-fuccd abolitionism.
tcrtain his audience with rcfcrciiccs to the for-
midable" increase, and nicans of continuing that
rclcntlcss and insatiable power for evil, which he
he himself was concerned. I-Iis reasoning, as,
a matter of coursc, was cxparte, but specious ;
and its‘ sopliistry ingcnioiisly mixed up with
some truths, and ii gcncral show of fairness and
modera.tion. On the whole, the convention, we
should judge, was an improvement on preceding
ones, contrasting favorably with the pea-nut and
small bccr exhibitions of the S. M. Booths and
Burlciglis, of days past. ‘
The State Convention that asseiiibled at New
Haven on \Vcdncsday last, was one of the most
numerous, re‘spcctab'.‘e
sembluges that has over convened in a similar
capacity in the State. Its deliberations were '
marked by a generous and patriotic desire to ac-
complish the object of tlioir meeting in a man-
nor at once satisfactory to the constituency of
its members, auspiccous for the \Vhig cause in
the State, and to the honor and advantagcof the
State at large.
adopted, are in our opinion, a decided improve-
ment upon former usage, mid altogotlrcr more
likely to lead to a fair and satisfactory result.-—
It has clearly in the present instance, worked
like a charm, and gives a ticket, in accordance
with the wishes of a majority of the warmhcar-
ted Wliigs of Connecticut, and which, it is con-
fidently believed and admitted, by friend and
opponent. will call out a very general and hear. ,
ty support of the popularity. Of the candidate
for the first office, and the harmony of the con-
vention, some estimate may be formed from
the votes of the convention, lo‘li formal and _in»--
formal. In the first JUDGE Brssi:i.i. "received
The course of‘ proceedings
“Hi Sglmtfti1l_t1".;¥wi?thlt°Ex°°uti:,°?°'5;3°"'l ’I‘hc Pcruviaii indemnity bill was taken up,
“he I°“°°'l Y‘ L mus plcscmc he ‘es’ and discussed. There was $300,000 in the
olutions of the N. H. Legislziture, in favor of , T.,.e,,s,,,.y, which were ,.cce-wed f,.U,n. P0,.“ ,0,
0110"? l’°5t‘‘g° and ‘1é’>_”l“§t any l“°1'°_“5° °f the , be dist.ribute.d among those who siiffercd from
P"°‘°““"‘.‘°S- -“,‘*'° "‘ *‘”°’ °“°'3“'":‘="‘°“’5I’*1* Peruvian spoliations. The bill still under dis-
pe1{sI frqpdin the State \:'1llell'c pilrlrlislited. . . cussion, as Ems wpon c,0ses_
L‘. .-' 1 "qt tt , ,' ' ..
Whicil Dcegg:g1t‘f:‘m’O1_I‘:inlinlriolg; 0 P9 ‘ “ms The House, it is expected, is ill adjourn ‘early
Th I-Ions ‘then went intcD>Comu1ittce of th on accpllnt 0.t the d.°'ath of D I 1.‘ Tnylilr’ of Va"
‘V1 1° ‘* ‘ C . who died this morning, after ti. long sickness.
io 9..
Mr. Thomas of Ga. liaviuwtlic floor addressed , _ _ '
the Committee on tho Orefgon question. He r9"7'1_N:‘v' -’7CC"137” "'5 C“7'f’°”f1‘l]e Pm and
was in favor of Mr. Hilliard’s amendment to‘l0ss of 1.zfe.—At about 10 o clock Mon-
throw this duty of giving the Notice, on the Ex- , day morning the roof of mines Nos. 1 dz 2,
ecutivc.. 110$ think 01]!‘ title clear filldlcovering 5ev(_:r,_1l acres, suddenly in
‘“i‘l‘i°5“°““tl’l° "0 "“t°f 0}'°gt°'(‘l~ b“t(;"‘3‘t°dfllf with a fearful crash, extinguishing the
w io e con rovcrsy ermina c , an iere or
went for terminating the J oint; Occupancy.
Mr. J. R. Ingcrsoll introduced a resolution
the distance of a mile by the pressure of
that the President make an overture for the ‘illlri °af}‘]s_‘(3_d by All": g“m“g b°dg'- dAdg"§at
amicable terminationof the JoiutOccupancy. 055 ° *3 was 3 rs‘ “PP”? 9“ 9 2 '1‘-
Mr. Hainlin, of Me. spoke in favor of giving I after the excitement had somewhat sub-
the notice, and ofour claims to the whole ofsided, it, was found that about 15 only
0"e§oii. were missing—-among whom is Mr. J. Ho-
M1-, Stanton of Tenn. got the lloornvheiitho Sear an Assismm O-,,e,.see,. in the mines.
‘ I ' c Q . I U I
C0(x)ntinfrifil;i3oii(f)Sf'ell‘Ii‘. Douglass of Ill.t.hc Oregon Many were m-lured beside’ Tough It IS
hoped not dangerously. It is not very
bill, which has been made the order of the day , d. f , 1 _ .,,
for to-morrow, was committed to the. Coniniit- P“’b_ub 9'' that the b0 [es 0 t '9 °s_t “I be
extricated, fears being entertained of
another full.
TUESDAY, Jan. 13th.
Si-::\'A'ri=..——Tl1c Chair laid before the Senate
a communication from the \Var Department, in
reference to Load Mines in Illinois.
Mr. \Vebster, a memorial against the admis-
sion of new States.
Mr. Bagby gave notice of a Resolution of
amending the Constitution in reference to the
election of President and V ico P1'Gsid€llt Of the
United States.
Mr. Allen gave notice that at some early day
he should ask leave" to introduce a Joint Reso-
lution declaratory of the principles by which the
U. S. will be governed in regard to the interpo-
sitioii of Foreign Powers in the aliiiirs of the
Independent Governnients of America.
Mr. Benton, by leave, int;r0Clncc(l a Bill to
repeal the duty on Salt, and the granting of cer-
tain bouuties to fishing vessels; read, and refer-
rcd’ to Committee on Finance. After transact-
ing a little private business, the Senate passed
into Executive Session. .
Housi-:.——Mr. C. J. Ingersoll, by resolution,
called upon the Secretary of the Treasiiry for a
plan‘of a Sub-Treasury as shadowed forth in
Objections inade—
Jo/tn Quincy .fldams.—-In early life Pro-
fessor of Elocution, subsequently Envoy,
U. S. Sen-ator, Foreign Minister, Secretary
ofState, President of the United States,
Congressional Representatives, and lastly
returning to his first love, is again Profes-
sor of Ii’/zclt-o-ric, and’ as usual, the “old
man eloquent” has used up his subject.
Bosl. T-ra72scr2'_7;t.
The Special Commissioners for this
town, met at the Town Clerk’s otficc on
Monday, and declined acting. Of course
no one has any authority. to sell ardent
spirits within the limits of Litchfield. In
Bethlem, we learn, the Commissioners ap-
pointed an agent to retail spirits for
medical purposes only.——Litc/afield Enq.
..N'ort/1. C'arolz'an.—-The Locofocosof this
State held a Convention on the 8th_, and
th P "1 1;’ M . .
0 roman S ossago nominated Green VV. Caldwell, Sup'e1'mt
lies over.
A resolution was introduced iI2Sh'1£Cli'II.gllle
lotte, asthcir candidate for Governo-r.
lights in other mines connected with it to,
-tcndcntof the U. S. Branch Mint at Cliar-"
1217 out of 307, and in the last 304 out of 318‘
ballots, and so of Mr. IiI’CUnnr. ' The ticket
ly qualified for their respective offices, and who
will discharge the duties and trusts committed
to them with fidelity, and honor to themselves
and the State. In the persons of such men a.
Baldwin and Bissell, the State will not be" put
tratc maiting a lion at each “trainin’ day” exhi-
bition, induced by tlic liopo of cliciting the ad-
the votes of those who receive more par-»
ticularly his attention and notice. Better’
days have, we trust dawned upon the common-
itation in saying, has been uncliangably decided
F reemen—-\Vhigs of Connecticut, you have on-
ly to do your duty and the State is safe.
TEXAS.—-The Express has been show a pri-
vate letter, asserting that the Texas Senators
will be in \Vasliington by fhe middle‘ of Febru-
ary, in time to vote against giving Great Britain
Notice in regard to Oregon and against \Var
measures generally. So that the sticklersforf‘
“the u'7zolc of Oregon" have caught a genuine
Tarter in Texas. . . »
Houston again in the ascendant, after tlio~
doings of the last two years! V
struments of Annexation floored at the jump.
and their adversaries carrying Off the Spollslt
Such is the mutability of human iifliiirs.
The number of Delegates to the \Vhig Con-
ventionpvas 363——represeuting 121 towns", us
Some points wcroinadc with consider- _
the poor, patient North will have to foot, on ac- '
count of the admission of Texas, brought about’
by a mixed clibrt of “Llougli-faced" locofocoism, __
Nor did he on- -
invcighcd against, sccurcd by the same “mi-unt--
iiral,” iniquitous coalitioiiand “alliance,” in which ,
and li'a‘rmoniou‘s as-A
tliroughout, is composed of gentlemen cn:iincnt- _
to the humility of witnessing its Chief Magis-
miration of the promiscuous jam that usumlly_
get together on these occasions, and catch‘
wealth, and their continuance, we have no hcs- 6
upon for at least one more political year.——=
The active in-_ ’
follows:
._ Hairrronn Co. 22 towns, 72 delegates.-
Ni~:w Hnvm‘ Co. 21 “ 54 “
New LONDON (lo. 10 “ 31 “
FAIRFIELD Co. 18 “ 49 “
VVINDH.-mi Co. 10 “ 35 “.-
LITCHFILLD Co. ‘.21 “ 60 ; “ ,
Miimm-:51-:x Co ~. 9»_ ff. .:3’().'_ _ __.'f.. _-.
ToI.LA-.\'n Co. L 10 .,“__ 3 .32; ._; ,5‘,
Towns 1:21 36_-3 delegate:-.'l V
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