St. Mary's gazette., 1867-05-09

establishment of principle in the faith o'
which YOU have been reared, to which your
whole lives have been committed ana ln
the success Of which you were as deeply
interested as they
The fortune Of a dsffnsire war whose
object was alike eonsec-atcd to you and
to them has left them vanquishcd, despoil-
cd emasculated. Homeless, peLniiess,
desolatc, ..every door is barred with gold
and openg but to golden keys" Spectral
famine "stalks with Mirerva's steps over
the vet warm traces of affiuenee and lu1u-
ry: and that glorious Southern Land even
amid the wild luxurisnce and matchless
beauty Of her flowers, sits a Nlobe OF ma
tons sceping over her dying children.
! Christian men and women of st. Ma
rvs county nM you do nothing to relieve
your unhappy countrymen. DO your
conscienccs acquit you as amid Tue luxury
of your own homes you fold Your arms
lin silken folded idleness" with the cry OF
agony rising from hundreds o. Southern
homes. ringing in your ears Are you
.us;no it as not abusing it the talent your
Master has committed to your keeping =
! 1t were well that you look to it. that
there be not blood upon your hands tor thas
cry of agony comes to al alike. 10 the
poor as well as the rich IS the same IN
junction to charity, without relief from its
behests. Let no man allcgc circumstance
as an escape from the responsibility. Ger
taiplv no such contemplate subterfuge IN
our midst can obtain. for how lnmeasura-
blv rich, in this worlds goods, IS the poor
est of our own people contrasifd with lnnt the
nultitudes of oar Southcrnt couh'.e>>>e11 1
wholly dependent upon gratultous subsis-
tcnce. That you have done much already
has not been forgotten, yet this VIII not
suffice more, much more remains to IN
woke YOUR kind Offices. More and still
more can be spared from your abundance
without sensible diminutlon thereof and
who can tell how great the blessing N
voked by gifts, the burden of which the
donors have uot felt More than al. IS the
merit of that charity, of which sclt-denlal
is the essence. He that uses 1t is twice
blessed F" blessed and blessing, and IN the
day of trouble will be remembered by
Him who heareth the young ravens cry
yea providently caters to the sparrow.
People Of St. Mary's is there no such
virtue among you -,
To all whose s'bowels Of compassion
dispose them towards the objects above set
forth, every facility for the immediate and
quick Transportation Of contributions Will
be supplied. To this end it is suggested
that two gentlemen selected from each dis
trict Of the county be requested to act as
agents for the receipt and remission OF con
tributions to the Relief Depot IN Balt1-
more Surely this work will commend It
self to all persons aud it is hoped that the
said agencies will bc willingly undertaken
by the following named gentlemen to whom
all contributions are requested to be forwar-
ded, =
Charlotte Hall District.-Col. The. llar-
rison, Marshall Sothoron, Esq,
Chaptco District. -Ncssrs Richard
Cotton, Geo r. Garner.
Lconardtown District-Messrs. Jno. f.
King, j. ". }. Moore.
Patuxent DiStrict-Messrs. Henry
Vanderford, Jas. I. Parsons.
Factory District.-Mcssrs. JeI. d. 10
ker, Jas W Thomas.
st. Ini goes Di.trict.-Dr. y. Sappng
ton, Logan 0. Smith, Esq.