Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-06-21
RICHMOJVD. YIRGLVIA. yUNE IN.
CONTRl BUTTONS.

The s ,oih.rn Pari't states tina $3.50 has been re.
init ed from Charleston, $. c, Ter the relief f tho .uf-
ferers at Faye ,evii can eddi ion was o,pscied from
the coiies o,s In Charies'on Ne X.
At q meeting ii the Conn itee Ct Baltimore, the
sum Of $4,000 wa forwarded 20 tho relief of tho sui.
f-revs-n an i-ips'icu ct he cole c'ors.
In Philadelphia, more than $4,000 has boz n RENTED.
In the Coy II K chnon' :, .be amou 4 coll. ctrd + ON
tho Ci'iztns 10 already about $202S 23-apd we en-
dev.t,nj also TIA; tn. FIRE Comp inies sni Masous are
sbout 10 con'ribnte an additional sum-,bis sum would
have been mu<h mere ased, IL at tbs very same iim,,
sno n = .nossr,puon was not going On IN This @ y 70.
that The sum for this purpose amounts in Madison Ward
s'ous, to S1I45 Tho colechoas in the OH r WArds,
cannot BE- given as they are n. completed.
The following eloquent sjdr es. has been published a.
Bo ton by Tho Committee OF Collectors.
.'The COMMITTEES appointed at NEE ing he'd a, Fan.
euii Hsilon Friday las FOR the purro e Of adopting mea-
sures for sncrdipx relief to The ,rf.rers by the la.e
dsas rous FIRE al Fayetteville, inform hi Z low
ei'in.n', ,hs, they have aPpoin'ei the committees
specified In The subjoined lie, TO receive subscr;p.
lions from all p.rs,ns refiding within their respective
districts. who may be disposed % contribute toward,
t.is ehari'ahis objec.. Ii mus, be q,i'e Wnsees.
sary Tor the commits 10 ssy any thing 10 excite the
sympathy Of ,his community, for the unfor,uua Q sui
tsrers on Ibis occa.ion. The re .ult of AL similar appe, ais
FIXED among We, nj coDt' ibutiag, each recording 10 hi,
abii y, 10 the relief o! our sliow-c itiz ms, hcw.,e
rsmo,siy .'hsy NAV b, situated, whenever 1t 1. ape,
rent that they are suffering under a Gispcnsa,ion ef Pro
v'deree too s.vere in i.s effects, aud too ex' er.ivc
In tho sphere Of lite visitation, to fad adequate relief,
from tbs charity Of those who ara nearer to the sea, Of
tho calamity. Such the committee be,isys i, unuue..
tiouab'y the presctt case. Fayetteville wa, ore OF
his lsrg,s towns in the S'ats o; North Carolin,, con
tairins nearly 'free thoussn1 inhati'ants. 1 wa, com
p'e'y tu'', containing a GOOD propo 'tion OF largo and
corumodious houses, aud several ban Iscme churches
ard Other public builiipgs.-It has recently suffered
some diminufion Of is population .rrm The decline OF
It's commereial business, yet T.. Inhabitants epi. we'd a
good degree o. prosp.tity and anlienes. The SUI round-
ing country, for a great Distance, Is very ihirly peo-
ded. The nearest village is twenty miles and the nsar-
est considerable town ii y miles Distant fron il. Thu,
situated. tbs ui-i.'ed town, the centre Of population
and wealth. and the chief seat o! civilization in a coun
try q hundred miles In extent, 10 suddenly wen, OIL, Of
sxts'encs by a friRhtfui oon1agra,ion. Tha inhab
tGuts who rose. in ,hs morning in the erisymeut Of
comfort and snl tense; ~h, repaired to tn sir respective
churches for the morning services in a state Of quie,
and supPo'ed seenrity, were called before the day
closed. to Sc their dwellings in nsms', their property
destroyed, snd their town a heap OF RUNE. las cad o.
FITTING al night to their bids, after the atigues Of ,h.
disastrous day, they found them ssive, even without a
which r.ms ns charity OF n%eishbor., for the hou.ss
. shelter. ~" oss"
"In tbs number Of two thousand persons, thus cut Of
rom 'oe fsson'seso Of present comfort and OF future sub
sistsncei macy must be reduced 10 = can lition of ex-
tems suffering, unless relieved by the hand of char.
~, and the re.ief l., be afforded ,hsm from mi, ,cr,c.
must he entirely disproporionsd TO The urxAnry of the
ste sn'ess Il 10 promp'y fuInishcd from remoi. MA.
cos. Uoder these ctrcuns;snc-.. the ciiz.n. If B,,.
ton have taken measures 10 collect and to send io.-
ward The aid which me btnevolence OF iniividuiI, may
promp' mem 10 eon'rihuf' and appointed us iheit agent,
Tor me pertfrmanceo OF this duty. The COMMITTEES home
that no individual appointed on the &C committee. for re-.
saving subscriptions will shrink from ne du,y as.ign.
ed him, as it IL only by the fsitaful ~d,schargs OF these
duties by every indivi iuaI, that the h. n.vo,e,c. NJ ~.
community can be eff ii emily -x.rted: ia hcn,i al.
90, tia our ciiiz ms whsn called on for their coo,ribu.
"ons, y ME they besow their bounty according TO their
own estimate OF their ability and obi ga'ioo, will Igh'-
en- the isbors Of the collecting committees az far as pc,.
Hibie, by relieving hem from h. necessity OF r.psit-
ed calls. DANIEL WEBSTER.
to- the Committee.