The poor of this city have heretofore been well provided for, and the Council is not disposed to neglect them now, when the necessaries of life are so exorbitantly high. At a meeting held last Monday, an appropriation of $10,000 was made, to relieve the necessities of the needy, subject to the orders of the Overseers of the Poor.
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