Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-05-23

ed for the Society through the friendly agency Of
! Hon Edward Everett, the value of which was ST..
| 300, were burned st the same time and placed. A
claim has not yet been presented to the United States
| Government for remuneration but the Executive
Committee have given instructions to that end in
the hope that it will be allowed @
On the 18th of February last, Mr.. Thomas G.
Odiorne, OF Cincinnati resigned his agency. The
thanks of the Committee were voted him for the
faithful and unselfsh performance of the duties of
his office. Upon his resignation, suitable arrange
ments were made with Mr.. A G. jackson, as a pnr-
chasing agent of the Association.
No changes have taken place in the Executive
COMMITTEES, except by the resignation of Hon. VIM.
g. Brownlow in April last
The Hon. n. g. Taylor, who al the close of his
drst years service, reelected agent for the col
lection of means with which to prosecute the work
OF relief offered his resignation to the Comm ttee
the LIST of July last, which Was accepted During
the year, ten thousand dollars have been received
from the New England Loyal Relief Society, through
Mr.. Taylors instrumentalIty; and also fifteen thou
-and SIX hundred and seventy five dollars and egh-
teen cents from the New York East Tennessee Re-
lief Association; one thousand dollars from Wilkes
barre, Penn, and smaller sums from Brooklyn N.
T., and other places. The whole amount contribu-
ed from abroad to The Treasury of the Society since
the last annual meeting, is S27 539 &C. This is
paratlvely small sum, and would have been mad
equate TO supply the destitution which has existed
without the additional means derived to the general
agency from the sales that have been made to per-
sons who were able to pay in part.
The statement of cash received and disbursed by
the Socet y, since the beginning of its organization,
has been drawn up by the Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee, and is the result of his careful
animation of the records and papers of the Associa
ton. II will be from it that the aggregate of
receipts is more than two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, about one hundred and sxty-seven
thousand dollars of which was contributed from
abroad. The amount paid out for supplies, alone,
besides freight insurance, services and expenses of
agents, is more than the whole amount originally
contributed. These other and al! additional expenses
have been paid from the proceeds of sales.
There remains in the Treasury nearly five thou
sand dollars, besides small balance in the hands OF
the general agent, and some outstanding claims,
which should be disposed of by the Society in such
Il way will harmonic with and fulfil tho inten-
ton of the donors of the original funds of the So
ciety.
1t appears from the tables accompanying the re-
port Of the general agent that he has distributed to
the subagents for the several counties during the
last twelve months, about $4,000 worth Of supplies
for food and clothing, fve-Sixth Of which sent
to the counties of Greene Washington, Hawkins,
Sullivan, Carter, johnson and Hancock.
Last April, the thanks of the Committee were
voted to Mrs. Hallowell and other ladies of Phila
delphia for their friendly sympathy and co-opera-
ton. Several packages of clothing have been re-
ceved from them during this winter, and have been
distributed by benevolent ladies of Knoxville
There is abundant occasion for thsnkfuness to the
Lord of all from the Society for His favor and bes
sing in the prosecution of its labors and for mutual
congratulations among all who have been engaged
in this work, upon the general fidelity and success
with which it has been conducted.