The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-01-26
NATIONAL PRrrpxAS's RrLrrr Amoc1A.

| NATIONAL AEtOCIA-
r1os-Rurrr ASKED ron OK, snnnxAs's Costa.
BAspe-IrApEouArr RproSsk.-A rnsss meeting
vss called las, evening, at the Cooper Institute,
under the auspices Of this Association for The pur.
pose Of raising funds in beh.lf of tho suffering
blacks many Of whom are families q men who
| have joined Shermnn's army. "sir thousand Of
these marcos ESQ s,id tho eAlJ, will he established
on Etisto Island, hut many Of hess roor peopl.
| will never live 10 he c.l,niscd, unless some.
thing 10 done 10 cav. =. rom porishng
with want" An apes. sss circulated
among the suiienoe nsIng for c. thing, shoes,
needles and thread, blankets, &C., and statiug that
many NJ them have reconty died from exposure
Contributions Of money arc requested " he for
wnrded 70 Joseph Il Collins Tsoagurcr, 10 Wall
street Of goods snd clothing r. Hon. G. G. Leigh,
Mercer street. Thors not ~ large an audience
as the object seenel To- dsmn VI, not more than two
| hundred being present Tho chair was ,aken by
| WIN. Cullen Bryant Esq. The Rev Mr.. Dunn
offered prayer in opening the proceedings.
| Mr.. Bryant remarked that the meeting had come
| together on an occasion - bt1eyolcnco 10 relieve
the Necessities 81 the ren. women and children
who FOL owed IN the WaEc # sberrnsn's army
Those people had botu he'd IN tondsge, but thank
| God, they were slaves ~ longer ~hilc the world
stands. TIC N'rIhern o'plo hsve a iu,y W Iar-
FORM aud Hn AID see " u that ICY do DOt purchase
! her liberty TO dear
! Tho Rev Dr. Holdroh stated tha, n. came tn
plead Tor them foi hvo thousand objects ~ pitstle
/ q s'reV, men, women and children all destitute o.
t"yi cIoihing, selter-exccpt IN ~ far ss the gov
| rinn mt hal duna something In that particular
l aud exposed to dseaaa, misery and death, and
| theu without collins " bury them. These poor
| ere lturca now came by hundreds aud thousands
niG tlrov themselves under the flag Of our Union,
ard hey would not leave them " suffer starvation
AMI death.
Tue Rev. DR.. Jonas King the Missionary In
Greece, exprosscl bis grathcslon Al once more
standing upon his native sol, and hrs confidence
| In the ability " the American people TO vindcste
ther nationality and freedom. lie made al elo-
| quent sppcsl on tchNf Of the poor slave.
WIN Y. Dodge, Esq, stated that tho time hsd
come 10 sct and " prove the devotion Of the poo
pls 10 tho sentiments o. liberty for al men tha,
had SO oiIcu been proclaimed in THAI hall He
Gw'lt upon the duty of assisting the poor creatures
! ~io were throen upon their bounty.
Atcf an address from Mr.. Elgar Ketchum, Gen
| Strong was intrJdu, 81, and made strong appeal
| lor TIE freedmen. lie stated that the only loyalty
| he found IN the south was found under black
| skin.
| A collection was then taken NJ, during VII oh
ro,out'ons were adopted IN favor Of educating the
coorsd people Of tho Bouth, and aiding Gen. Sher-
mans fire., omen, aud recommending simultsni-
Gus oolloct an ue churches " raise money for
thoee purposes committee was appointed N
| collect iunuz. The meeting then adjourned.
THE Masonic MISSION of tins city /, per-
forming . noble work Of bcnevolcnce II is en-
gagel in furnishing wood, coal, -four, &C., to the
poor ~ iprhs NuaThF 10 VIC ntcuJ anu
sending reading matter 70 the soldiers. II Is also
conducting course Of Saturday evening lectures
at C>rpor Institute for the benott Of the poorer
classes employing hrst-clAns lecturers and charg-
ing = merely nominal price OF admission item
contsl.
COLD WEAruER.- Yesterday is said 10 have
been one Of the coolest days we have had .his win
ter. The skating was excellent everywhere.
FrHEs.-About mdni,;ht on Tuesday, a fir,
occurred in the dry good, store Of Isaac schwartz
52l Greenwich street Damage 70 stock, $1,000
. Insured. The building, owned by David Ramser
20 Washington street. sustained damage TO H.,
extent Of ti,ON insu>i. The Fro Marshal n
engaged IN an nyest CATION into the Circumats meet
surrounding tue case which are some~hai suspie
ious.
About o'clock yesterday morning, Are brok
out ~ IN, Of and 10 WIllett street, occup Q,
as carp nser shop by Francs Morris which wa
destroyed. Loss $500 insured. The building
was owned by Hugh Mcmahon. The flames ak
ieAuoi 10 the stable and vanishing shop Of Pete
Re- 'ca, undertaken which vas damaged 10 tic eK
eut o. $1,000 To Insurance From thence tn
h.c c2fcudo1 - the pie bakery OF Jonr Il Lindry
p $40 .t street dAmAs- 800 no Insurance. Tn
properly vIs owu,d by Widow Lowell, and wa
.-s4.td.
AiILGrp Suicide OF A BRoKER.-A tsle
Z .rapu.c oisp,tch recs we'd a. Police heAdqusr
tcrs yesterday morning, from the 29th Precinct
stating that br ker named Horace Cuahing, Twin
y No. i, West o3d eet while In a state ct Insar
a ~, had jumped from . socopd- story ~iudo'
; lie grounl, aud WINS almost instAnn7 kllc,
e Notice Of suicide was sont N the CoToner's ofiy
10 and Coroner Ga'nble proceeded g. hold an inques
~ nluircs Of the family OF the deceased failed
,l,.t any information Sc N the causes ~hich led
r tie alteration OF Mr.. Cushing's mind
~ FATAL ACCIDENT-Coroner Gamble yecte
a dAy held an irq lest ON TO body Of Joseph Nave
Or WHO died from injuries we'd by acc'dnu al
Ealing into The cellar OF new buLdlus ~ Btos,
wa, near l2Ih street. on Iuosdsy last.
Tx COURTS.
, THz MiLtsPArGH.ApANs CAST Mil -rAvau OF