, 1864-02-22
. LADIES' RELIEF SOCIETY,
Go1lectfons-Tho Poor-Partia1 Can.
Wasting OF tho City-Day OF
Meeting Changed.

| Inc 1t3ulat weekly mecIinG OF <he society 10
the Relief Of soldless' Families. on Saturday Al
| teznoon, was we'll attended. Mrs. uoge, Prest
dent In the Chair Mrs. Lamb, the Secretary, 1eat
the minutes Of tho previous meeting which were
approved.
OF collections. Mrs. Ca1o1in: schmid, Treasure,
ofthe German Ladies' Society, paid In $3.50, o
whict so was from the 18th Ward Relief Assocta
tton; Mrs. Airport, $40; Lutheran Norwegian
Church, $50; Mrs. ]. G. Hamilton, 81: Friend
Is. The amount received from Mrs. A Trlmme,
at the previous meeting WIS incorrectly printed
Il should have been @l9!sS from her district, sud
| 5000 church collection.
Condition ef kas Foor,-Naay Of the most worthy
families that have been asaisted~ struggling to
help Themselves. and some require no furthe.
help others hut little. The city has uevcr been aa
thoroughly canTassed os now, probably, aud the
reports OF the lady visitors depict sorrovful ae-
couut OF dcstitut1op, frequently among cl3as who
have not and would not apply for assistance New
cases are daily brought to light and 1nany Of them
very urgent. especially since the German ladies'
and some Others have gone Into new fields to vlaIt
The number to be supplied increases weekly,
while the funds in the treasury arc rapidly dccteas
tng. M5s. noge made m earnest appeal to the Ia
merous plans we're susgestcd-tho most feasible
or ope tFF Frossny was e secure Subscriptions
familics ii heart; mud that lie Isdy ~ who % hoids
these snbscrtbers' pledges collect tha same rcrn.
i.asi5; tbs t. more preferable than promlscaons
bail Of the German ladies, ihsr the German Tar
1ers MtA gre an afternoon sacred concert 1or the
benefit Of soldiers families soon and that the Ger
man Tneatle, have signifcd their Willingness to
give The Society benefit; smother lady reported
.hat two German churches on The North Side will
take mp collect1o' NJ m early day,
Cotfed s. {diers' Fau.Aies.-Soine Of the visitors
reported great deetttutton among the families o.
men NEW who navc enlisted in colored rcgimcnts-es-
elaim ih.t their hnsbands have seeeyed no boanty
Sud that they have neVerteeel1ed a centfrom them
since they left. Similar complaints a!e made 81
isnianea et men who have enlisted In Illinois cox
Nj. leetnis andt 1'r. Bristol we're appointed
a committee TO ascertain whether co15rcd men
eelye any bounty; whether. Their families are en-
titled to receive anything from the County War
fqSn s7d to yepe st sh2 net ssiP
ch1ldn 1-Eoldiers' families, suffering from thc
want of urder elotling. The Society Is not able
t. 1o.a slsshs ITEM r. an unanimous rote Of tho
N,holetslc II Pr Goods Houses, who it . bclteTed
Nlh each willingly contributes a bolt Of muslin or
sa,,so to keeg yarn tho wiyes and cllildrea oftho
dies were eclectcd 70 visit the different whole
eouled Wholesalers: Mrs. Hosmer. MIS-. Hse:-
ifsaiSis faiissi Mrs. G. n'fs Mr. Nichols and Mrs. j. s.
Ecy Of -Meing caatged.--Eor good and sui.
ais he,sn1 1essons, II va unanimously decided to
pasr two o'clock. on Monday afternoon Of each
week, at tho War Committee Rooms. :.
=. IN motion, all canrassets we're requested to be
ins1, and 10 bring their boohs and report whether
they have accomplished anYthin. or not.
On motion, the Society adjourned to Mouday.
18th inst. a. halfpast two o'clock
POLICE CouRT.-AnF comment on the au1oupt
of business transacted at this establishment on
Saturday IL unnecessary when the-to tic drinking
t1aternttraWful fact ia announced that tho docket
only contained the names OF two drunsards, This
dese1tson Of those who generally rally round tho
bar In such substantial numbers, must strfke tbe
authorities OF the classic Armory as i sad ind.c,-
tion Of what the city is coming to, The docket
contained some dozen namcs, but there were onlv
s"o or three cases Of any importance.
Gaze Nitkin q Edee.-Timothy Gleason. a
that he should have delivered to john s,ssn1sv sgpas
haSinE received them for delivery from one Of tie
ffeao ~ d'egots Prisoner shad taken the Thing to
ing 70 par him anything for hsuliue. u rn9arsxinr
sn1t that vas the du'J o the company, be declined
~ .ce Mcnonne 199 tooE ths bex away agnn JUS
Seao9 aned Sc E 5s 81 N e hts
tempt Of conrt. N ~ A'4 eoa
Boardiag House F,1cstie-walter portsx
respectfully dressed young man. was eh.,rns ,,.'
stealing St0 lfom Robert Murray The nsStias xr
;s;lsx 5ea5ssIs IN t5e hoqse ii ah a';es Nes Is
reat IN the same bed 4uszay having II Ills pociets
800 IN g1eenbaeks. On waking next morpsra ha
ssos ~a 60 l
other money. had been taken ffom Ills pocEef.
book. Upon The arrest Of Porter, the misssne
yard witness named Jerey, cane forTsM 1s VIZ *
testify to the good character OF the prisoner. Int
in evidence II appeared that he had attempted to
bound oTer til Monday NEXT he 20 p1tsoaeF he}ayy
fenanded to that day1 IN the sum of $aM the |