St. Mary's gazette., 1867-06-13
The Saferilg South,

The safsfilg South
We are AFRAID tha. there are many II
our county u,9 10 not rca!izo '.s- a~.tvrIn5
condition Of the great sa4ss ol tLs South
crn people At this n.omcnt, They doubt
less think that the newspaper accounts OF
,hi. suffering are greatly exaggerated :
They become skcptical when they are told
.ho, hundreds upon Lundreds Of women,
with tender infants 10 their arms, are wan
derinp about the South from door to door
beeping for bread and clothing The ev-
;dence Of these facts, however, is concIu-
siye. and is furnished by reliable private
letters as we'll as by newspapers. lake
the following, for instance, which describes
the condition of suffering in one OF the
most favored sections of Georgia.
81 rode yesterday across the country,
from Marietta to Dallas, forty mics, and
there I witnessed a sight that, white 1t
,ro,,scd the tcndcrcst sympa;hics Of my
.oul awokc new feeling that Thought
struggled with our lost cause, Nearly hY0
hundred famishipg women, old and young,
many with babies at their breasts, had
como from their ncighboring county, seek
inc bread and clothing. Many Of them
had walked more than fifteen miles bare
footed in rags for the little corn they heard
had been sent them. Oh, my tod II
nv hearts best blood could be turned INTO
bread for these, my people, and place
them again in prosperity ana harltne'S'
with some hope in tie future, how cheer
fully would give it. | felt as II | haa Nv,
ed too long to witness such sights as these
knowing these statements to be reliable
and believing that they have only to be
made public and authenticated to elicit
from the people of this county general
and liberal response, a number OF gcntlc-
men Of known character and resi- ronsiblhty
in our midst have agreed to take charge
of, and forward to the Southern hcIlct Com
mittcc of Baltimore, any donations which
may be made in and OF the lamlsillh3 pco-
plo of the South. They have addressed
an appeal, which we give below, to the
people of our county, aud for it We rcspec-
fully ask due weight and consideration
from all our readers.
"To the People of St. Mary's-It is
painful to announce, that the distress and
ruffering, which have existed for many
months at the South from want of the ne
ccssarics of life, still continue to prevail,
The fact is we'll authenticated, that thous-
ands Of men, women and children III that
unfortunate section are now enduring the
worst pangs of hunger and that many
deaths have already resulted, and many are
now resulting, from absolute ataryatioL.-
You are beseeched for Coils sake, while 1t
is yet time, to do something for chis atlllc-
ted people. The great agony is now upon.
them and what is done for their relief
should be done at once. Let US all, then,
Rivo what we are able and give Without
delay. No matter how small the contrl-
button, a peck of corn, pound of meat or
a 25 cent note, it will be thankfully re
ceived and promptly forwarded to the
Southern Relief Committee of Baltimore
for distribution if placed in charge of any
Of the gentlemen named below:
Charlotte Hall Dstrict-Col The IIar-
rison. Marshall Sothoron.
Chaptico District-Mcssrs GeoR.. Gar
ner aud Bernard Freeman.
I.oonarltown District-Mcssrs Jno + !
King, W J Moore.
Patuxcnt District-Mcssrs Henry Van
derfsrd, JAS L Parsons
Factory District-McSsrs jeff u l.oker,
J William Thomas
st. lnigocs' District-Dr \ Sappington,
Logan Q Smith.