Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-27

fields, has cloyeu down the rebeilicn, we
owe assured restoration Of national unity
and public tranquilityi an imperiled ma
ton cannot forget its preservers; free
people will not neglect ths defenders OF
it. liberties Republics have been pro-
verbal for ingratitude. One must be
free from this historic reproaeh- Our
Government, though providing for its
armies with 3 liberality Unprecedented
in the history Of other countries, y not
authorized 10 supply many comforts
which sick and wounded soldiers need
Thousands Of our brave soldiers are no~
lying i'll 10 camp, and hospitals.
Their patient endsranee Of hardships,
wounds and sickness, aad thsif patriotic
exposure Of their lives that their country
might not perish, beSpeak for them i'm
mediate aid and The kindliess treatment
Their suffering plead eioquensly fer re-
lief. 1t is the object Of the Mississippi
Valley Sanitary Pair to afford this relief.
Within the last three years the Western
Sanitary Commission has expended more
than : / GEO 600 in behalf Of the disabled
sDldiers In this benifeent ministry no
sectional diseriminStions are made. In
the distribution Of their bounty the al
monsrS, forgetful Of State linss, Fesog
nize only the claims Of our common
country. Tic need of relief Is To eli
alike guaranty Of supply. A new levy
Of $4,000 men is nov brought into The
field. The resources for sanitary relief
unless largely augmented, win be far in
adequate to meet the emergency. Every
recovery Is equal TO rev recruit Pa
triotic charity must now contribute with
/ lavish hand to prevent the unnecessary
/ defamation Of ogr armies b exposure
and neglect The Executive Committee
hope to raise $500, 600 by the Mississippi
Valley Sanitary Fair. Every saleable
/ production Of earth or ocean, every work
/ OF skill in the numberiess branches Of
industry aud mechanic art, every article,
cheap or costly, perishabie or endursble,
useful oF lnxarioua, literary or eashetlc,
native or foreign, which is registered 10
the inventory Of the worlds wealth, is
earnestly solicited aud win be graiefally
received At the halls Of she Mississippi
Valley Sanitary Fair.
"a novel and aoble feature Of the Fair
IL a special department organized in be
half of the freedmen aud Union refu-
gees. Upon these unfortunate classes
the storms Of war beat with pitiless vio.
lenee in their transiliou 10 liberty,
thousands Of freedmen, without homes
or present employment, withoat the
means or habits Of self support, are ex
posed 10 great prisations and suffering
Union refugees, for The crime Of pa
triotiam. have been perseeated, robbed
aud driven from their once happy homes
in penniIeaa desiitutiou The helpless
freedmen, whose kindred are yallsantIy
battling for the redemption of their pro
seribed race aud the maintenance Of The
Unioo, and the selfsaerihcing exiles
who, knowing that loyalty would insnF.
their own ruin, yet dared 10 be true L
their allegiance, are enlitled, 5y ever
consideration Of duty aud humanity, 4
the sympathy and assistance Of The m
ton
The neaFuess Ani success of tho Far
demands immediate and Efficient action
Let your bounty be pFoportioned TO th'
Justice Of our cause, aud every sanitar,
comfort which our brave protectors nse'
will soon be supplied. +"
NoTg. All articles should be dis
tinctly marked with the address Of th'
donor, and directed to IamesE. fatmAn
St Louis, No, for The NJ v ). Fair
A bill lading should also be sent TO Maj
! Alfred Mael0y, Corresponding Secretary
= 81. Lonss. Mo Commission rooms unde
Lindell Hotel Donations Of meme
: should be sent TO Samuel C0pp, Jr
, Treasurer, ST Louis, hio The leadinl
Railroad and Express Companies gepel
| ally give free transportalions to al con
! tributions to the Fair.
[Signed.l VIM. Mckee, Charles R
r ! Davis, Nalh. Dasehsll, Wm. MeEIea-]
Chas. b. Ramsey, +. f. Davis, +. J
b Montague, d. M Grisson, ]. H. Parsou
: Josiah Anderson, Theo. olshousen, Dar
B iel Haatlee, f. W. Sashetisky, Geosg
5 Hin Garnet, Jas. Deggerdort, Charlie
: Dauser. Ernest Karkus, s WateThaul
q A. N. Homes, Samuel Il. Weld, X.
I Study, Sam Siaasson. Chas. J. osburl
I Edwin G. Bush,..C. BaEnise,
+ JoBN f. HuxE, Chairman.
: L. H. JAxEsoS, Sec. Com. on Pubn.