The Richmond palladium., 1864-01-27
Wayne County. .Lozier's Report.
STATE SANITARY Rooms,
Indianapolis. Janaurv 8. 1864.


report Of nv successful campaign in
Wayne county, in behalf of the Sanitary
Commission / landed in " ayne In the
midst of Il real old fashioned rain storm,
on the night after Thanksgiving Day.
The President of the Sanitary Commis
sion and myself had already sent forward
a letter TO the people, setting forth our
contemplated plan of Operations IN the
county, and when l arrived matters were
already being arraneeifor the grand Fes-
tival at Richmond
After consultation with several of the
principal managers OF the Festival, L
found that nv chief duty would be to 90
out in the county and get tae people IN
the other townships TO keep up their end
of the double-tree," and then the result
could not fail to be q grand success Ac-
cordingly | went first to Centreylile. and
after preaching there. arrangements were
made to hold Festival at CentreFllle,
also These arrangements were carried
out. bat on account both OF inclement
weather and the stiRginess of some whose
subscriptions ought to have been feyotd
larger than they were. the managers were
not as successful as they hoped to have
been. The report, however. is credita-
Die, when it is remembered that it is due
chiefly TO the liberality of the middle and
poorer classes of the citizens of Centre
vile. in point of wealth. As pleasant
and tasteful concert as | have attended
in many day was that at Jones Hall in
Ccntreyille.
The next place of speaking outside of
Richmond was DublisA-There were but
few at the meeting, and those too We're
not of the wealthy class. One man was
there who could have given fifty dollars
easily, but would not give cent. l IN
cline strongly to the opinion that the
Devil will get all such men; for when
men, owning large property, will with
hold contribution to relieve the suffer
ings of those who become sick or wound
ed in defending tier property, l cannot
help thinking that if all the goodness in
the world were ..boiled down into one
single ..plqster," and applied to their max
cd breasts, Il ,couid not raise a moral Ulster!
They come out pretty well at Dublin,
however, as their report will show.
The next night l went to Milton, in
Washington township, and there we had
a pleasant little meeting. Rev James
Crawford of the Methodist Church. took
charge of our enterprise in that township,
and if this ..Boanerges" did not make
wonder. l liked the way some of the
merchants in the little town started of
the subscription list May success ever
be theirs.
The day following came the s.wood
spree at Cambrige City. 1t was charm
ing sight-that long line of wagons load
s.loved ones at home.' toward whom SO
baa art. in fb..o TIM,
ing That splendid Milton Brass Band
was at the head of the column, and theii
music was very fine; but better emusic
by far to the ears of<the wives and child
ren Of the soldiers, was that maaG by tho
squalling of sundry chickens and tur-
keys and ducks that surmounted several
of the wagons. Those who looked into
the beaming eyes of the soldiers wife or
that day, could not help realizing that il
was indeed more blessed to give than tC
receive" Speaking in the afternoon and
ditto at night, with sprinkling of sing
ing, served to settle that snmptuous din
ner, and after giving a liberal contcibu-
ton for our sick and wounded Hoosiel
Boys. all went home with lighter hearts
and pockets.
Next came the Hillsboro' dinner and
supper, which was interspersed with sew.
eral remarks by the writer. and liber-
al contribution by the guests. The af
fair was well managed throughout. and il
the original arrangement had been fol
lowed up, the township would have rank
ed among the highest in this report. The
hearts of the people of Franklin town
ship are right toward the soldier and the
soldiers family. From Hillsboro l re
turned to Richmond and attended the
dinner and tableaux. | had met Craw-
ford of the ..Bee-Hive,' and, Ike every
body else that fell into his hands,
bought a ticket to the dinner. 1t may
be that the managers cleared some
thing an my ticket, but the kind lady who
helped me to an almost endless assort
ment Of turkey, chicken. quail, e3 cetera,
including ..ixings," could probably shed
a different eight upon that subject
The tableauX entertainment was all grand
except the lights \ couple of those
.-head lights from the Railroad shops
would have done much better than all
that offensive, choking and annoying
combination of combustbles.
Hagerstown was the next scene of my
labors. and thither repaired at IL o cl /
on Saturday night. found poor accom-
modations for the night at some hotel
tails of my appointment were not vet ar
ranged. Friend j. NJ Bohrer took mat
ters in hand in the morning, and it SO
happining that Brother Shackly. the reg
ular pastor of the Presbyterian Church
failed to fill his appointment, l filed it for
him, and got good collection for the
Sanitary in the bargain. When it is con
sidered that Jefferson township is affiict-
ed with a larger installment of Copper
heads than any of its neighbors. the great
success of the committee will be the more
creditable to them
Clay township reports well, as will be
seen below, and to J. F. Nicholson and
his efficient committee be the credit
given There is nothing like having a
irorkisg committee in such an enterprise
as this
Abingdon report shows for itself II
1t had not been for the timely assistance
OF Capt Hale, We would have utterly
Jailed IN ourmeeting there He has been
soldier and Y1nJarSraDlc -ha