Shreveport daily news., 1861-08-02

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dicrous. A loud cry for"the Mayo -
, went up from the throng, but the We,
men were informed that His Honor
was not in, and so could say nothing
to them. At this point widow na,c-
ed Mahon, whose son had enlisted IN
the Mozart Regiment, said tha. ne
would not have gone had he not been
promised that his mother should r.-
ceive 50 a week. She had had no.:.-
ing to eat since Saturday, and woc:l,:
not beg, even though she died.
Another woman, quite respectable
in appearance, whose husband ,vas
at Fortress Monroe, had an infant 2
her arms, and said that she could 90
without food herself, but the chi1s!
must have something, "even," added
she, with almost fierce energy, "it
have to steal it, Still others CIV
out that they were starving, and til;ez
if the food We're not Forthcoming.
death must ensue. A small, pal.
looking female, threatened to drowr
herself aud child, because of the or
walton they were suffering, and for &.
t,lae there was a perfect Bable.
At last q clerk referred them to TIE
Office of the Union Defence Corr
mittee, telling them they would meet
the managers there, and get full IN
formation from them personally. The
idea was Immediately acted upon.
and in Il moment one hundred and If
ty women were on their way to tie
rooms Of the Committee in Pine street.
On the route down they Were follow
ed by large and curious crowd, wj.u
listened, some with astonish1nen..
and others with pity, to the tales .t
woe told by the poor applicants fu:
relief promised, but not forthcoming
When the procession reached Ike
Committee Headquarters, the men
bers gazed upon the scene with feel
ings Of anything but pleasure. They
knew very we'll, that the wom.r.
were in want, and they had 10 means
Of relieving them, sois was determined
that General Wetmore should explain
matters. The crowd rushed up stairs,
and in q moment the ante-room was
thronged, and the cry went up, "Wo
are starving!', We want money!
''There is none here" replied rl.e
clerk
"Then ii should not have been
promised said one Of the women
Had my boy known this he wouh;
never have deserted me to fight for an
set Of aristocrats. You've
got him away. now. and intend.
suppose, to Let us starve."
This speech was endorsed bv the
thron@. some Of whom demanded I;
hearing before the Committee.
General Wetmore here made his
and said that he regret
ted extremely there should have been
any misunderstanding. There was
no money for them, but some gentle
men We're now engaged in laudable
attempt to raise some. Should they
remain quiet for day or two, there
would, doubtless, be plenty of relief
Let them go home, like good people
and they would soon be cared for.
An Irish woman here emphaticsllv
declared that she would not 90 home,
out would stay there and force them
o give her something to eat. They
wouldn't dare to let her starve under
heir very eyes.
Several determined to stand by til"
irish woman
AT this point, Il woman proposed
hat Il female regiment should he
'aised.
"Arrah what tor!" asked Il small
specimen of the Green Isle.
''To teach these philanthropiSt~
aere that women are not towards. Ii
hey have not got money for us. ler
hem give It's work That's all We
lsk.''
Thus talking was kept up wn-