The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

ALBANY, June 15.

Last week a poor man, just able to muster together the price of two bushels of corn, and to pay for horse-hire, travelled upwards of 26 miles to this city, ere he could purchase the grain. -- His family, which was numerous, he said, had had little or nothing to support them till his return.

At some of the mills in the country, where flour or Indian meal can be procured, many have offered produce of the season, such as butter, &c. in exchange for those indispensable articles of family consumption: but nothing would be accepted of as payment but cash. They have, therefore, been obligated to the kindness of neighbours, somewhat better circumstanced than themselves, for a short loan of a few pounds of flour or meal until they return from Albany market; when having received cash for their produce, they were enabled to purchase at the mills, discharge their debt and relieve their families.

The above information presents a melancholy picture to the feeling heart; and we can truly assert it is only the simple statement of facts, without the smallest exaggeration. The sufferings of multitudes of our fellow-citizens, exposed to the dreadful prospect of famine, and depending for their fortuitous meal on the accidental discovery of wild roots, must strike a dagger to the breast of benevolence!

Should the product of the ensuing season not prove very bountiful, several people of good information predict, that next spring will be extremely distressing.