Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-13
CENTRAL RELIEF COMMITTEE

(p THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, {
81. William ST., Dublin, I'd OF Glh month, ~.
WILLIAM Ii. MicraRLAND, Chairman OF Com
mi,,ee for Irish Relief, Richmond, va.
Respected friend: Although very much limited
for lime 10 complete our necessary correspond
ence for The Boston packet, yet we cannot permit
The present opportunity 10 pass by @hhout an ei-
lori briefly 10 acknowledge Thy letters oil lhe i2'h
MI. which are recently in our possession by Inc
same conveyance.
We are bound 10 acknowledge, on behalf Of our
suffering fellow country people, The generosity OF
The citizens OF The United States, which has hlh-
erto ceased not in The present season oil caiamny'
since The real state OF this afflicted land was iully
disclosed, To pour 10 upon US your munliceh' ana
mos, seasonabe supplies oil food. And II is also
proper for us 10 say how gratefully we appreciate
Thai confidence in US which has led those 10 Wnom
We are almost wholly unknown TO enlrusl 10 ms
Committee The distribution oil their bounty.
II shall be our care in due time TO :urnish Inc
donors with the fullest accounts 81 our steward
shin. We must, however, beg their indulgence
in This respect until the weight ct our present adj
minislfa,ion shallbe in some considerable degree
mitioalcd. for the anxious and onerous nature oil
our duties requires all the energy and ability oil
The working members Of our COMMITTEE ana we
are concerned to say that the present condition ol
the country does mol permit us 10 hope ior very
early remission oi our labors. That these labors
are not nconsiderable, will be readily understood
when we state that from almost every district Of
the country applications Tor assistance have from
time TO time been made 10 our Central Committee
or lis auxiliarics, each OF which requires patient
attention and careful Determinations and that. in
addition, we find il neediul 10 visit by Populations
| some OF the most remote and neglected parts oi
| The island.
| Our distribution in money and food in tic
course OF the past few months, has exceeded ESQ.,
900 sterling, chiefly laised in Great Britain and
| Ireland We are now mainly working on The
liberal supplies which have reached us l!om your
favored land, and which, up 10 the present time,
(including those which we are advised are on The
way) probably amount 10 fl5,oO0 sterling, in
money and provisions, chiefly Indian corn meal,
in quantity exceeding 10000 barrels.
We rus, il is hardly necessary 10 assure Thee
that our views are correctly represented TO The
Committee over which thou presidesl, that, in our
distribution Of relief, the most strict imparialiiy
| is mainia ned and religious distinctions unknown.
| IL has, indeed, been gratifying 10 rs 10 witness,
throughout the present visitation. great abale-
ment OF those animosilies which have heretofore
been The bane of this country, and IN many IN
stances The cordial cooperation oil individuals
brought together under a sense Of The common
calamity, who al o!her times have been widely
eslraneed from each olher.
In reply 10 thy enquiry as TO The selection Of
your supplies shipped on The Bachelor, we may
state, that no Article OF your produce appears bet.
Ter adapted Tor the present purpose than corn
meal and that you have therefore acted udicous-
| ~ in chiefly loading The vessel with il. Our pea
sanry were al first averse 10 lis use; but the ex-
pericncs Of The last Two years has convinced Them
Of lis value, and ii has now generally become a
lavcrile article OF diel in most parts Of The coun-
Try.
The question OF freight is one OF no difficulty.
Our Government pays it without delay or trouble;
and we are also indebted 10 il for ether important
facilities granted 10 US through IFS agencies in
various parts OF The country, whereby We are en-.
abed, without cost TO cur friends 10 effee, The de.
livery OF any quantity Of provisions in The dis
lricls where The creates, distress prevails, and 10
which the means of transport ale The most diff
| cult 10 he found.
We are, respectfully,
For Jonathan PIN and SELF
JOSEPH BEWLEY, Sec'y.