New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-27
The Confederate Dead.

The Confederate Dead.
The undersigned having been appointed com-t
nittee by public meeting OF the citizens OF MN
nated by Mrs Philip Williams and ". II II.
Bayd) to take measures to collect the remains of
the honorea dead of the late Confederate army
which repose in its vicinity, and to them TO
be rendered in suitable ground to be provided
sacred trust committed to them, End appeal to
those who sympathse in the object for such peca'
MARY aid as they may be disposed to render.
1t is desired to effect this Object with the leass
mains shall be accomplis ded before tho heat Of
summer shall 1nterpose 90 hinder their removal
and this committee he already instituted such IN
quries as it Is hope'l and believed will put them n
possession OF an Information winch eau uu
TO enable them q proceed at once TO the eAeeutioI
OF the purpose contemplated by Their appointment;
There is $, esrcely o Southern state WHOM wih
not be re presented, more OF less largely, IN ms
proposed CIV of the heroic dead; and it Is
intended to assign to each one of them a separate
ard district department in which the ashes of its
! Grave sons will repese side by side.
A record will also be preserved IN an enduring
| be asce rtained-the State whence they came-the |
command to which they were attached and the
time place and manner of their death; and where
I've have the information each grave will be pro-
occupant will be inscribed. 20
To carry out this design in manner correspond
ing not only with becoming sense of what is due
to the memory of the dead but to the sensibilites
of surviving relatives and friends, will involve a
larger expenditure of money than own people,
in their present impoverished condition, could
reasonably be expected to supply. They, however,
have Gone and are doing what they can; and va
therefore feel at liberty to ask that others, wao
may participate in the feelings and motives W aich
have prompted this labor Of mingled gratitud e and
love- will aid in its accomplishment by sucn con-
tribHtions as they may be able and Willing to
make. But tits important that whateve,r NAV be
4 done in this way should be done speedily.
Any information which the friends relatives of
deceased officers or soldiers may desire to obtain
as to the remains Of those who fell in battle, or
! who died at Winchester or its eisghsoorhood and
\ which may come to the knowiedse OF the under
4 signed, wall be promptly furnished by them on
A application by letter or otherwise.
The publishers of Southern papers, who may
approve the object of this appeal, would render
an acceptable service BY either giving it a place
in their columns or presenting the subject to their
them.
z III p !; sHnE lNsN Chairman,
i seHs s ! sHsEIEs
xs,,,..t., !. 49,, y, ,59aS IL WILLIAMS.
rs, WlscHEsrER, Va, Feb, %, 1865
} 20 The Editor Of the CrescenLW beg to ask
thet the object stated in the above paper should
commend itself to y,ur approval, you will bring it
to the attention of your people in such way as in
your judgment will be most likely to secure their
u cooperation any contributions they may make
Mrs DR.. A. H. 81. lloyd, or to ]. H. Sherrard, the
n chairman of the co mmittee, by draft on some
}, bank certificate of deposit or in any other form
$ that may be more convenient to the donors.
! aa 8 s'''' S.S. sshHtEEaRARD, Chairman,
Il II. II. GARTMEiL
! -- f JUN JIM j. WILLIAMS SkGM '.
The PRINCESS ALExASpRA's CHRISTMAS Cur.
An English paper tells little story of the Princess
Alexandra, whic h admirably illustrates her domes-
tic habits, her lmable disposition, and kindness
Of heart. Cros sing the hall of Marlborough House
late one aftern DOE, q few days before Christmas,
Her Royal Hig hness observed a young girl OF sin
gularly decat . and refined appearance, waiting,
and also standing, though evidently fatigued and
faint. e ~ 7@ '',aF @f@ ~ .9 4
The Princess Kindly told her to sit down asked
!, her errand, nd discovered that she had brought
4 home some lit tie garment watch had been ordered
for the childr' IN, and which the Princess who is
much Interested in sewing machines, and under
stands their merits, had desired should be made
upon the Grover g. Baker Machine. Interested in
n the modest, intelligent appearance and gentle
manner of tie girl, Her sHighness desired her to
follow her to her room, which she did, without the
remotest idea who the beautiful, condescending
lady was.
After an examination of the articles the prin-
cess asked Vfhc it that had executed the work
The girl mo desay confessed that she herself had
done the most it,. The princess said it was done
very nicely, and finally drew from her protege the
simple facts of her condition how she had an in
valid mother, whom she was obliged to leave all
alone, while she went to the shop to work; how
the fashionable rage foe the Grover &Baker sew
ing had suggested to her to become a finished
operator ON the Grover o. Baker machine, with the
hepe--oh ! very very fer distant some time
sheamight own machine of her own, and be able
to wsrk at home, and earn something more than
h The Princess rang the bell ordered a bottle of
vine some biscuits and oranges to beyPacked and
brought to her. Meantime she had asked the won
deripes, bewidered child for she was little more,
xvfa tho lived tool {lno