Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-20
Me"u"s. Tor the ss~hef Of ,he Pe.r.


@. wa ChHnr-r. C,y Htu, "a rep pnss to
can issusd ~ msyor WapSco, based gu s.
luton adopted by the CouacIs, to tas-
e I,r seton 90 relieve the snG-rIng po1r Of the
cay The mrrtIUg WIS not numerously a.
IT, rrd, ia among t6uss present vera HJl.
Petr Parker, Mayor WaIIaca, A dermsu
ErvaIs, Bar. oivPu, and L.Jyt; CJuuc Iuaao
Knish, 2. ; Bsser, : ) etksr. oven.
ATr'-oD, r OIsrs, Valley, Pau ex,C'ona-
elimsD P.1sb, J. 4. rus..n, A. K. Browa.
lPFssi6sat Y n. O. A. r. q Fox, * N Hall,
RE Z. Hail, John Cassser, ana ". U.
johnson.
1Is'tn. on whose motion Mayor WaIlach
vas called 10 TIE cDair. Mr.. r. a. Boswell
GgPo med secretary
DE Msyor, on TAXING the chair, expressed
his regret that there Was sach >mali attsn-
dance. AMI sta'ed thai they had ms. for
specific rurp -, Which n q Of ~ acc I'm oil snei
thai IN, y would act with such alscrity a. Ia
snow nat something - peine done. and 5sd
70 count oat 10 q. the cia Z-ns generally would
Contribute ito-raIlJ 10 .als OBJ CT.
Hr. X NJ. Hail sad bat me ooisc: us Que
OF Er"ai msgutfud-, aad shiie 4 suosoriO.I IN
taken up among those present m snt s-cQrs al
STpunt sufft Mt for a f-w Isolated cases, 1t
v is D. ecessSry that some gSDsrai plan snould
.. agrtts upon IL was q matter Of regret %
nm, as 10 was 10 others, that ncae of our oink-
ING aud mouied men were prsssnt. Ia order
That trOse absent could ~ reached, ~ % wed
tnEt 4 committee NJ appoin ed for each ward
IN PoEsr ~ suofiyijs them into no. less
n9n Twelve IA nets each; 20 appput C piisc
tTs and cIstiongors IN each; select dsn1tz
Sc. He GrEsd that the wards must n Gan
Sass"d thoroughly, and that the collectors
, hiis making thsIr roGnds, coGii = sesrtaia
: here many Of The needy cs>es were.
TT. SiuS-n seconded .n5 N lti IN OF Mr Hal
Hon P-ier Pa her Ipressed IN. yras,ti ;atiou
g. fel' = hen he saw the call for the meeting
aud his r"gret'hat sofeU we're pr-seat. Thee
yer t. y cts y HfC1 presented tnamseiyes-
ole OF IE- On n 81 gre Amount OF suiF-riuz aud
lie ether the aCsp pie mSaCs ~ u - the s-auts
OF the poor. The question WAS bow ~ at AZ
these means aBd relieve toe .uis.riDg, q. a.,l
a. greater perhaps no han tIr wears past
He spCfs OF the WORK or Tue proy,dsat Ald
SoeIrnes OF Boston, New York ana other
places, and ssid that A. md occurred 20 him
t1a1 notwithstanding th- efforts made by the
CD hes a great ar1onnt OF good co1id % ac-
coInpiished by general orrsnZatIon
Mr K 81. pbsrd agreed with all that had
BEEN sa'1, Spd hoped thaTit the com mitsee was
appointed as cor tom plated by Mr.. hall that
they would rspoft plan for a per or
gaDizauon Mr.. said that although so faV
were presept, great interss. wss felt in the
meeting by the community.
Hon. Peter Park-r stated that be han IN bis
pockei checkfCr SltO rs An evidence OF toe
In crest ieIt IN the movement.
Mr.. >. Peu2h CaiIed attention % the char.
table clothing associa;' on organized here f W
We Ks since and Nc w. w Beuue: ex piaiust
isoperatious at length, stating Tbs; 10 tns pi,t
two weeks 30 OF 40 women, had been relieved,
most OF them widows, ana be noticed eeve al
cases OF d-siifutiou, IN one case widow with
eight CHILDREN, all occupy ohs room. their on-
y means b-'ng from the wages OF the oldest
sun, and auO'ber where q widow has d va chtI.
oTsn and ioe only means is cbtainpd from he
eldest hoy who borro~s Brlshbor's child's
shoes every evening which 20 sell papers
The as 1elaiion would be willing 70 Cooper
ate " IN this meeting.
Remarks were made by Mr.. A. Ashley aud
J. L.. Pfau, who suggssed that subscriptious
be taken up in the Department.
Rev. Mr.. Pr city missionary, spoke Of
tAe great amount OF suffering, more tnan nas
occurred for fve years past. noticing some
families suffering for want of food, fuel meii-
cine and medical attendance Yesterday. IN
one small section OF The First Ward. ne f1und
thirteen families IN extreme want, aad IN one
case woman, with child two or three 1ays
olc, without IRE, food sufficient clothing
lie suffering Is very great and Is caused nv
the " ant OF work and the winter having Sc IA
o suddenly upon
Mr.. A. h. Browne urged tina. there never
was such pressing demand for AID IS a, pres.
eIt and rela'ed several instances.
capt. W. II. Nsiiv urged tina, hey all knew
the suffering, and those present snou id 70 TO
work al subscribe.
Dir n. II Miller said rnat these statements
should be made public. be was conn led
they had never known OF so much suffer-. AS
81 present.
Mr. Shepherd moved the appointmsnt Of
committee 20 prepare a plan for n perm aaent
orsanization, W n,cn was agreed ~, and ne
following were appointed: Rev. DIR Hail, Hon.
Peter Parker, Nr Shepherd. X u. Hall, and
owen Thorn. They subsequently, reported
Plsn- lhoee present organized The Pro yident
AID Society.
Mr.. John L. Elvans offered g. resolution re-
turning The thanks OF the meeting 10 tue WASH
iDgton Gashsht Company for their Kindness
IN offering to deliver a Iad Of coke 70 cash of
he poor families of the District free OF expense
Mr. W. ID. Wise spoke OF the work on thu
old Arsenal. which was now In ab-yance, IN
consequence of the failure Of the contractors
10 perform their work, ana moy we'd that a m
N
Ramsay he commandant OF tue Arsenal, IN
order 20 secure the Completion or the worz by
me day, TINS enabling maay TO secure WORK.
The motion was adopted. and the following
committee appointed: Messrs. j. X Eiyins,
II. Wise. A h. Browne, j. L. Pfsu, X. q.
Fox.
MO Baker moved q committee he an.
pointed 20 nominate permanent sricers for the
soc ETY.. IN accordance with the constit luton:
which was earned, and Messrs. A. n Browne,
X Eivans, X. ID. Hail, r. e.. Fox and @. =.
Baker, were appointed.
The committee retired, and in fsv moments
presented the following list OF officers, who
Peter Parker; Vice President, Rev DR. Han:
Secretary, r. A. Bos well; Treas urer, A K
Snepnerd. Dir ctUrs: First Ward-J. p. Tus-
tn. W. M. Slower; Second Ward-J l. Plan
) A. Peugh; Third Ward j. T Given;
Fourth Wi rd-P II. Uonegan, W. III. Naiiey:
FIN Ward-G r. Quick; Sixth Ward O.
Dulin, /" m. Dixon; Seventh Wards. ) Baker,
q. : Noyes.
On motion of MI Ashley, the pastors of the
various churches OF ne city were requested 10
preach s|Tmops at an early day upon the sub.
Jeet Of the poor, and take mp collections Tor
their ard
On motion, the association then adorned
until MONDAY next, a. IL m, TO meet 10 the
HAY or's office.
About $40 were subscribed, AMI $3.50 col.
lecled.
Alter The ad Jour oment q meeting Of the off,
Gers was h=id, aud the following ub commit
ices appointed TO canyass for suoscrlptIons i'm
the yarious departments: Colonel Jonn A
Graham, Registers Once, Treasury Depart
nept: w. Ii. Jones, Com ptrolIer's Once; u p
ElaeEnan, Second Auditors Once: Simu.i
Hue, Coast Survey; j. ID. Bailey. CApitol
department; j. u Larman, Printing Barea1
Treasury Department; John T. Hogg and !
ID Brandt Navy Department; J. T Roach aid
John f,tcs, War department, IL. w. Denhan
william Gordon, Colonel James A rait,
RuarteImast,r Generals Office: George f.
Baker. r. :. Chilton, E J Pratt Stare De-
pHrimenr Dr. q +. Mcdonald, A. ~. N PEE
Vos', General }. - Crockrr, Post Once De
isrtUaent j. q Connolly ii. e. Lack Joseph
S.WIlson. r VI. Howell, Interior Depsrtneoi:
George W bite and Frederick ~ bite Washing.
ton Arsenal: J. NJ. Dalton, w. T. Hutehin=or,
4 il. N"rtor. Washington Navy Yard; T. :
Myer-, Paymaster Generals Once; DIR C. A
OIIs, Dr. Enck, Surgeon Generals Odica
NJ following autIIional Ward Dom nittsas
were also appointed Collectors First
" ard, r Scbneidsr. George T. McGlue n
TUrtcn, Geo. T fillebrown, Dr. J. H. rhou.p-
son, Samus' V. NIIrs; Second Ward r ~