Columbia weekly news., 1859-12-08
AID TD THE
MOUNT VERNON FUND
Stuart's Gold Mounted Oil Portrait
OF WASHINGTON

Sons and daughters oi hheilca,
throughout its length and breadth, who
are desirous of aiding the " Mount
Vernon Ladies' Association of the I'm
ion in their noble work-that of col
lecting means to consummate the pur-
chase, and completely restore and beau
tify the HOME of our beloved Washing
ton at Mount Vernon-can render val
liable service to the cause, by forming
clubs from among their friends of 5, 10,
90, or more persons, and remitting, with
names, to either of the Vice Regents or
Lady Managers of the Association the
same amount in dollars, for this beauti-
full copy of the great original picture by
Gilbert Charles Stuart, now in posses
sion OF the Boston Atheneum.
This portrait, executed in oil colors,
faithfully and accurately representing
this chef d'qurrs of Stuart, is cabinet
size, and being made tributary to the
Monnt Vernon Fund, is at once an evil
dence OF the patriotism and taste of the
purchaser, besides being a handsome
parlor ornament. A favorable opportu-
nifty is thus offered to every family in
the land, of contributing to this noble
Mount Vernon cause by the possession
of this portrait and no better memo
rial can be treasured Of the great Chief
tain and the Mount Vernon object, than
such an appropriate and speaking SOU
venir
This plan, as one Of the aids of col
lectiug means, is considered happy one;
and for the tribute of one dollar this
Offering of the Association is assuredly
most acceptable.
Parcels Of 5, 10, 90, so, or 100 cop
les, will be carefully put up and sent to
any point of address, on the receipt OF
one dollar for each picture ordered ::
thus, FIVE dollars remitted for five pic
lures; ten dollars for ten, twenty for
twenty, sc.
Clubs Of ten, twenty, Fifty or more
persons, can remit to Mrs. Susan l..
Pellet, Corresponding Secretary, at
Richmond, Va, or any of the officers
representing the Mount Vernon inter-
est in other States.
Each of the officers will receive all
orders, and have them promptly supplied
Patriotic hearts awaken to this hon
ored duty and deed of love-let not
your ear or purse be closed to such a
trivial request SO deserving an object,
gracefully and earnestly pleaded for by
woman, on this her chosen mission OF
love and peace. Lay your hands cheer
fully to the task, and see which OF our
fair countrywomen or generous hearted
men of the land will send to the Regent
or such Vice Regents as are nearest to
you, the largest club.
Together with woman s persuasive in
fuence, is added that Of the eloquent
son of Massachusetts, the Hon. EDWARD
EVERETT, whose noble efforts in behalf
of the Association, thus far have been
crowned with the highest success, he
having already contributed, by his own
unassisted abilities and masterly elo-'
quence, upwards of $50 900 to the fund.
The Boston Irareller, in speaking
of this gentleman, gives an account OF
his labors in this connection His
Washington Grafton was first delivered
February 22d, 1856, and has been given
since then one hundred and twenty,
nine times, yielding $55,7S3 60. For
the Mount Vernon Papers, in the
New York Ledger; he received $40, 900,
and in other ways smaller sums, making
contribution to the Mount Vernon
Fund of $6s,l63 Sc. In addition to
his labors for this object, he has deliv-
cred lectures for other benevolent asSo-
Citations, making total of more than
ninety thousand dollars in little more
than three years. 1t is to be UNDER
stood, too, that Mr.. Everett has trav-
eled many thousand miles, and betrayed
all his expenses from his private purse.
He has done this, too, when much oc-
cupied by private and public affairs,
and frequently in delicate health. No
man, we are confident, ever before did
SO much for noble objects in SO short a
time. All honor to this statesman, or
ator, scholar, and noble man AS long
as Mount Vernon looks down on the
Potomac, and the memory of Washing
ton is revered on earth, Mr.. Everett's
name will live and be honored, associ-
ated as he has made it with the dearest
spot, and the memory of the dearest
man of America"
N. B.-Please write names legibly
as each person forming club will be
published under the Portrait Subscrip-
tion in the "Mount Vernon Record !"
also, forward all moneys without being
registered
All Express companies throughout
the country, extending even to Califor-
MIA and Oregon. having given the AS
sociation the free use of their routes,
parcels will therefore be forwarded
without any charge.
Persons will address and remit to the