Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-12

The FREE MARKEP.--UpOn ordinary sub
ects there is little or no difficulty in the ex-
preston of opinion in approval of a measure
or in opposition to it. But when it comes to
write about an affair of such vast benefit as
that of the Free Market charity. we confess
to lack of terms in which to do it Justice
The mind which conceived the first idea of
this great Institution must have been special
ly impressed by the Divinity by whom we
are taught the blessing of benevolence. The
hands which have practically inaugurated
the enterprise must have been directed by
that wise and unerring Being who watches
over and directs every great and good enter
prise; and the men who have given their
time means and attention to its support and
continuance, are assuredly possessed of the
godlike quality of love.
Does any Que think these assertions are
unwarranted? Let him look at the record.
Nearly two thousand heads of households,
husbands fathers and brothers, have left their
homes and families to avenge the wrongs Of
fered US. They have left behind them, in in
digent circumstances, their wives. their sis
ters or their children. These families ow-
ing to the stagnation of commerce and trade,
and the consequent lack of any employment
in which they can engage, are forced to beg
or starve--unless some measure, comprehen-
sive in its details. and saving in its results, is
Well, this has been done; the people every
where around this great city have so far sus-
tanned the enterprise nobly. Provisions in
abundance have been given by our groeers
and planters. Money has been donated by
private individuals and by societies. Music
and the drama have been brought into requi-
sition to assist in its maintenance; and the
grand result is attained, viz: the bountiful
support of six Thousand human beings.
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best quality, and without stint, to so many
mouths, cannot be too highly spoken of, and
we therefore class the Free Market charity as
one of the greatest blessings of the age.
Few persons, besides those who are the iIn--
mediate recipients of the Free Market bene-
fits, are aware of the amount OF labor per-
formed by the members of the Market Com
mittee who With coats off and aleeves rolled
up. are engaged in distributing the necessa-
ries of life 10 the stream Of life. This service
is performed with degree of pleasure which
is exhibited in their countenances.= No signs
of WEAKNESS are ever seen; no words iDdica-
ting annoyance are ever heard from them.
Every applicant is treated with as much kind
ness and attention as if the provisions given
her were to be paid for by twice their value
in gold. .F,.e .ssf7 II
piled between the hours of 8 A. N. and P. N
and the amount of work performed by the
committee may be judged of by the follow
ing list OF articles which were distributed:
Bread, loaves, 1850; corn meal, bbls. 35;
sugar bbls. 8; sweet potatoes, sacks, 80; meal.
bbls. 13; molasses, bills 6; pilot bread. bbls.
L; mackerel. bbis. II tongues aud sounds,
kits, 4; salmon, bbls. !; pork bbls- l; beeves,
6; salt, sacks 3; salad, baskets u; carrots,
lunches, $50; leeks, lunches, 2S0; cabbages,
435; parsley punches, As; turnips, punches,
238; snap beans, baskets, 4; onions, baskets,
SO; greens. punches, $50; pumpkins. 350.-I
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