Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-11-11

Of Cedar Falls, Of all determinations, Assem-.
blcd in the Presbyterian Church on Sabbath !
evening, Nov. 9th, filing the house to its
utmost capacity, 10 listen to discourse by
Rev. p. z. INaALIs, Gencral Agent of the
Iowa Soldiers Orphan Asylum, on the ella inns
Of the children Of our deceased soldiers, and
asking our help to buld for them home
where they may be maintained and educated.
Seldom has meeting been held in this city
Of more thrilling interest, or with such g,at-
flying results. Six hundred and six dollars
were raised before the meeting adjourned,
anu ibis sum, by the aid Of number OF our
ladies in soliciting, was raised on the next
day to about fifteen hundred dollars The
effort is still in progress, with a purpose that
! t shall not stop until the sum Of twenty five
hundred dollars, at lesst, is raised.
The very able and eloquent appeals Of Mr..
INGALLS,, together with some affecting facts
brought before Us, have left salutsry and
lasting impression upon many minds 10y in
cressng patriotic arlor, exercising the pure,t
christian and humane affections, and binding
US more Rrmly with silksn cords Of love and
gratitude to cur gallant soldiers who FOR as
have tccd suffered and died. ons OF these
affecting scenes We cannot omit Mentioning
though to reproduce itssivd impression is
| impossible. Near the close Of the Union
Mass Meeting in Overmsu's Hall, on Monday
evening, in preseRcs Of about five hundred
| ladies aud gentlemen, the ns,nes Of oil the
orphan children Of tender age, living inthis
city, twenty in number, WHOSE fathers have
fallen in this war, were called one by one,
and opportunity given for some one in the
audience to honor himself by giving an hos.
0rarg life membership, twenty I've dollars,
for one of these orphans. So generous Was
the response that every name was honored,
and the offers did not stop until there were
three more than enough, making the sum of
five hundred and seventy five dollars.
# A committee was appointed BY the meet.
+ ing to draw up and publish ON expression of
it's sense Of this cause. This committee re.
ported the following resolutions ..,., ~~
4 49, ?. a
/ Resolre4, That the soldiers Of Iowa, more
than fifty thousand of whom from cur pop.
fulation of less than seventy Thousand liable
4 TO military duty, have stepped forth as vel.
hunters TO put down treason and vin1cato
: loyalty who have endured every hardship
tsnd pIiyaton without murtnur; have by
! their unCiyiDe deeds Of hareism frustrated
most every battle field OF thus var---havc for
= inc !oFs % our Gear country poured ont thtT
oloei ss water, ana have alea "ith the tn.
umph oil "aItyrS~7that these soldiers have
our iaSaHs adni'rsjl"n ana gratitude Tor their
gallant ara hef''e oear'ne, as asy have E"nc
on from victory 10 victory, and rom CON
qner'ng 10 conquer.
Resalgsl, That the memory OF those dear
ones from among our soldiers who will re
turn to us no, tnorC, but who have !ai4 darn
TO their fihel rest 90 the bloody feids Of their
4, glory, shall ever be cherished hy us fresh
7 fragrant, ard ptrtrniar ~ the flowers on
I these praTies, wbsrs their feet once, tod ,
and tlist their families shall bs to IA a. our
famlies~-their widows ss cur sisters and
their children as our chiidi{h.
HSsolFc" That ws asa corninnnity, will
20 ''' "iS ~ iA;se una aGua AZ least, 10
pare homes for these ornb,p ch,,6rey, y, vbnr,
they may be tsndcrIy cared for and nur,ured
as our own children; and We earnestly ap.
PEA ~ our ,s,0s f.1Isis IN 'His ,'e 70
qanerositv ~ '' "a. ,''''-N WV
RcSoics2, That we have heard with pleas.
nre an. surprise OF the muniilcent contribu
S,"',s ~ otr so,o,.fS u me he.a sefhe Iowa