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48 compared to such a human stye, and to the hopeless in­mates of a place like this "death is kind." They had not tasted food for many hours, but coal and groceries were supplied them, and they are now about as comfortable as a soldier who having finished a hearty dinner, has surrendered himself as a supper for sandflies.

"Twenty thousand is a very small computation for the number of men now idle who usually support themselves and families by their labor; yet this number supposes not less than sixty thousand persons men, women and child­ren, the workmen and their families, without means and dependent upon charity. And there are probably more workingwomen idle than workingmen, for the occupations which women are engaged or those that are more strictly related to luxurious tastes, occupations, therefore, which are discontinued in times when scarcely any one feels "flush," simply because there is no sale for the products of these industries. It is not assumed that the obligation to care for the poor is anymore binding upon us because especially of the greater number now in want; but there are aparently some persons who are so ignorant of the condition of the city as not to be aware of the present distress,or so heedless and heartless as not to care for it, and it is in reference to their doubts that we outline the clear facts of the misery of a portion of our people. The destitution in the city is terrible, not only for the need of bread, but for the want of fire and clothing."

A correspondent in the same paper, winds up a letter thus:

"Manhattan Island contains only 161 square miles of land, or about 10,750 acres, with a population, according to the census of 1870, of 952,000, which has since