Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-03-31
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The "EBIesslngs'' OG"Freedom. ;,
These are well illustrated and set forth BY
ajournsl cFled tbe>SS4ional Freedmen, which
y mpAOgrep apPeal1osconhl5uiioqs to help
arSEiate tie sufssripss o. I'M negroes who
have recently GeenNoTn from t6eg homes, and
'thA6'd plantations. :, by, the hard necessities
of ward 81 ~ J
II Pi9nete's Report o>Hospitals at New Or.
leans
b III bave nov uhderby charge nearly eight
hun lred colored persaps % both sexes and of
all ages m6si thEhifSick, and,many of them
destiIuts U
Briggs Report, Sewbern, n. c., &C.
|. I.l&"TheFeais extre me d estitdtiohe ~ s1
Gen Saxton's Circular, Beaufort, s, c.:
They have arrived on the coast after long
marches and severe privstious, weary, fam
lshed, sick, and almost naked. Seven hundred
OF these wretched people arrived at Beaufort
uhristmaS night, ina state of misery which
would have moved to pity heart OF stone,
and these are the advance Of host no less
destitute.
THE stores Of the Government already
ovfrtaHe ID TO supply q large army are not
available TO relieve Heir wants. and nnlAss
rescue, they must die by hundreds from ex
posure and disease
Miss Merrieks Report, Ferrardins, Flor
ida
"a more wretehsd looking ,cdmpany could
got be pictured than these, with their planta.
ton rags aud bare feet 1t WAS hard TO turn
any away, but we could do no better than do
soi gllh = word Sf hope, 9hch was received
MdiA pbor erate byitho3e to whthn Il came,
accompanied by mnerial aid When one ia |
hungry Or naked Bible or hymn book don't
a1hetly satisfy. "tft6 MAE fW
Il Colobsl EaolRs report Tennessee. ia
'Our efforts to do anything for these Leo
pie, as they herded together in mas SOS, when
terded pm any skpssaaASn that they would
htlp'themseves, iadsed fahed they HAD be-
come so completely broken down in spiri,
through suffering, that il was almost mpos.
sible TO arouse them The camp at Young's
Point, during the sgmmeg of 1865. had been
u vast ohstHA houseAttl usands Of the peo.
pie dying, without we'll ones enough to bury
the dead % q. tAusbL HoHs
Report of Executive COMMITTEES
The Increased suffering among the freed,
men, s0lting from the expeditions of Gen.
Sherman and others, have brought within our
reach mnAtuudes of wrstched men, women
and chddreh, whose needs must be met by
large shipments and by the mo,t spaedy
means of conveyance = j it'
Rev T. W. Lewis Letter, Beaufort
I've lhpnsand Of them (freedmel) haye5nr.
rived 81 Bsaoiort, aud arepncamped In bonsb
houses ia the woods in this vicinity Thew
Fan earn their own living on the plantations !
.s soon as spring opens, Government gives
hem one ration per day for the present, but !
hey are very destitute Of bedding, clothes,
cooking utensils, and every thing VI
Mrs Ioung's letter, Dayton plantation,
I'VE bave been imporluned by newly arry l
ID conirabands for wearing apparel as well ss
ood, until we have given eveTy thing wa could {
pare, and have also purchased new for them. {
'ut the demand increases with every new ar. j
lyal ltom Savannah ~ have had tSolpack.
'ges~ and one box from the North q
ent for them, which was immedately
disposed Of, but that was only a dron {
n the bucket They come TO the ladies in j
ie big house, aud their cry ISL DO, for, Gods I
akei misses Ri wea warm cott; we cant stan '
lis; we perish; we hunger, we toss about dis |
Vay an dat till we sick, and de col wedder go /
ard we perish, and when de Yankee took we, c
e no let me take anything on'y Jest what we ]
lab on we, an we hab no place 10 go. J
These poor creatures have been torn from ]
omes, suchias they were, where they had al q
east such comforts as they were bred to. But &
ppeals for helping them, we fear, come upon j
9 at very inopportune moment whan the 6
beraliiy OF the humane will be taxed to the
tmost TO alleviate the suiFerings which must j.
e entAiled upon thousands Of poor white j.
antilles here at home, by the epforesJhent Of F
ne cOnscrintinu r. w a'-tAF N