The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-07-03
Grand National Entertainment,
For the beneft,of the
LADIES, SOCIETY
SdHstiHg aid Destitute Poor Of theloS6ath' {.
Wir,take place
In Wasshiingt0n d: c. Aug. !, 81

aa;ss, soc:ssety in aid Of the Suffering and
Dert;,nte. POOR of the SOUTH would respectfully
and sorSestiv cail THE attention Of the generous
NnrtSeyn .nubIc toth great distress and fearful
suffering now pressiling in the southern States.
Letters are daily received from the South, from
the Generals Commanding, Governors, ministers
and eminent. citizens, furnishing the most heart
rend;ne details of the actual want. famine and
starvation in their Simmed ediatez zneighbothood The
Following feH extracts from the very many letters
; received By the Secretary and Managers ! the
sSpcietP are respectfully referred to:.
HsDegARTRns, 4th MILITARY DIsTRIcT,s
go 3AlIssIssIppI AND ARKANsAs,)
EIcKsBURG, MISS, May Is, 1857.
Iam:gsaa see thnt tie attention of the gentle
.and humane ladies ofthe North is being turned to-
wardsthesad. and deso!ate condition of this once
asappylanas $3.50 - !.s....
You, MADAM, surrounded with the plenty and
.ccmferts of aRealthy city, can scarcely apprecl-
atc the that, in many parts ofth South whole
communities are by.a fainre,in crops and the ab-
-ssenee ofmoney or its LETT IN want OF
.lie nscessaries of and that poor womens with
iiaryesamilies OF helpless chisaten accustomed
to depend on the labor OF others that now, with
no husband, brother or servant to- help, and no
money, they do not know IYhet to osor where to
go for food; but are frt IN the soltudes of these
Southern forests in rags and, gannt with hunger,
.subssting on what the mcsher or larger children
C2n SnVOLOE@pICfupHiu tueSWoOoo, VI W "A',' ''AS
deW neigAhors nearly as poor they are can bring
Them. = - -;
Ofcersso of my acquaintance have raet With such
mothers, long after dark dout in the woods; with
an old gs1fj Just fired and coon or pGssam just
Filled have gSae home with them and met the
.group.of iss.e taryelings waiting patiently moth
ets return with some oFthe only sort of food they
!1nd tasted for weeks; and women and children
haTe been found. within sixty miles of Che capital
&f&sSoushern State during the past year, who
had sra-ved To- death in their lonesome cabins
Tsese csses Of great distress are rare in Southern
cities, for there the most delicately bred can
generally find some work which they can do<to /
Seep the wolf from the doos;; but Tie firms or
fplantations in the South .are peculiarly secluded,
with miles of forest or swamp between them, poor
rcads, and the stock and aniuals nearly all taken
y the. .var the famine. the floods, or the thieves,
who In such times infest country, and the dis
stressed families are often by the time necessity
makes them want 10 leave, too sick to travel on
foot, and thegesis no other way to go:
.. Eas,r proposed entertainment. Madam, should 1T
produce only funds enough to relieve smah.frac-
tioI Of the destiiution of this country, will be
good beginning and may be followed in other |
<citiea North by simiay appeals to people who have
Eisupply never felt the desolation and the horrors
which foslowin the tracks of great armies of inya-
sion: God speed your society in the good work, is
the Hishsof; Madam, yours truly, y
Breyet Major General, Il