Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-06
THE SANITARY FUND.

The Esmeralda Union of last Tuesday
stirs up the sluggish patriotism of the citizens
of that county with the following appeal,
which we hope viii meet with response
creditable to the people OF Esmeralda:
We have devoted much space lately. 10 the
subject of the Sanitary Fund but no more than
its Importance demands. We desire TO encourage
The good work in our own county, by keeping
before our citizens Il knowledge Of the progress
made in collecting funds elsewhere on this coast.
particularly in Nevada Territory. The following
dispatch recently flashed over the wires Of the
Overland Telegraph
General Rosecrans, President Mississippi Valley
Sanitary Fair -. Louis, Move hear the echo o;
your appeal Nevada Territory win send over III
feen thosAn dollars in gold AMI silver bars for the
'aS''9a'''' ALuAR1S B. Paul.
President Storey Co. Sanitary Association.
Five thousand OF this amount has been raised
In Gold Hill alone The whole sum contributed
20 this object, in hs Territory, amounts TO about
$4,000, or one dollar to every citizen in the
Territory The amount, in the aggregate, seems
large and we are all ready 10 shout over our
patriotic beneyol=nee. We admit that Nevada
TERRITORY has furnished some noble examples Of
hberaliiy To those, we accord all that IS due
them. But the most liberal have done no more
than their duty; while we are forced 70 the con
viction that the majority have done nothing to-
wards this greet object. What reflection
5000 LOYAL men and women IN this great Terri
tory Of Nevada Boosting the possession Of the
richest and most extensive mineral resources in
the world who never gave dime 70 the Sanitary
Fund. And Esmeralda, what shall we say of her
An, she has q generous people whose heart
th<obs with lofty patriotism. Now, reader, we
do not despise small contributions TO a noble
eause. The widows mite received the approving
recognition Of the Saviour Of the world. Bat sh=
gave according 20 her means No one il required
20 do more Have we filed that measured Up
to the time Of our recent movement in this bust
ness, Sl,400 had been sent from Aurora to the
Sanitary Commission. We are glad of that. But
let Us consider little. Sl,4OO-quite sum Our
population is said 10 be 5000. We will place II
at $500. Four bits 4 piece for Esmeralda.
Alas has that been the measure of our patriotic
: Hberalifyl Even this has been given BY q few
: MANY have never done anything. An average OF
hfty cents for the l2ss year. One cent . week
No wonder Esneralda is poor, she has given so
liberally 10 the Sanitary Fund
But a brighter day has dIwned, and the sun.
Hight Of our spontaneous iberalty, we trust, will
noon be in the ascendant, flashing oyous rays into
ne hearts of the noble soldiers, who fall martyrs
20 their eountry's cause. Let no contribution be
,v;thheli because il is small Drops make up the
ocean. grains of sand bank in It's mighty surges
40 tie iuuumsrabie small contributions swell the
aggregate of our hberality, osinnS the death
su-ees thar but for the noble conception and SUB
: lime execution Of the Sanitary Commission
would rod with fearful results over every oastle-
field