The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-08

CHESTER D1SrE1CT.-Uf tnoSc likely IO SuIcr IL
want Of food in this district think the numbf
reaches ut least two hundred.
floDGEs. ARBrvTLLE DIsTRICT.-alr. Il. w. Hodge
| reports three white families anu one colored !
| very great want.
AIoXrIcElLn, FAIRFIELD nIsrRIcT.,-There ar
| within au area nj ten by fift:nn miles. next t
| Broad river ut least two hundred and twenty-iiv
persons in great need. They principally womc
aud children. white and colorcd, the mnthrrs no
beng able III support themselves and children
| There Is anuthrr class. in which there are male
able Ia work but Will, large helpless families wilt
| arc destitute of provisions. and have no money.
UNION CorRr House.. Judge Gnudel0ch writes
There are in this place eleven families WHO,
know. arc III very great suffering
GREENWOOD. ARnEvILLE DIsrRIcT.-I know
twcntv-fnur fancs utterly destitute who mus
be fed or die of starvation.
SIMrEI COURT IIuUsE:- destintion in Sum
ter district is very alarming. Only to-day have
heard of Il mother and two daughters who wcrt
buried from want Of sufficient food with which IL
sstlin life. think tho lowest numbers at whicl
the families in want may be put down, ls ont
tn .usand. white and colorcd.
B,MDERG. BAESwEL.L DIsTn1cT.-Tlcrc nrc thir
ty-tive families near me. white aud cnlorrd. who
are in extreme tcsttltion and fear fatal results
unless speedily aided.
FAIRFIELD nISrRlCT.--Tlie number of persons i'll
desperate wait in this ncighborhood reaches f:C
hundred and seven; many do think will die o!
want, without help is immediately afforded.
names of thirtv-irc whito and colorod in this vi
cinitv in abjcct want. and who. to all human ap-
pcarances. must ncrish without aid from some
quarter. Besides these. thcro are MANY others w!O
find great difficulty in obtaining subsistence; some
of orr real good citizens / might say hest.
JonNsoNs r. g.. BARNwE1.L D1sTnICr.-Tlo
postmaster at that station writes: II have the
names Of fifteen white ard eight cnlored families
who must suffer without some help"
IIoDGE's AEREy1LLE Observation-Disclosures letter
70 ltcfo nj
the starving.
BIsIIopvIIIC. SUMTER D1srRIcr.-Rov. P. +.
Kislcr reports three families without means, and
subsisting IN the shortest allowance of charity
from dav to day: some of these must have help
soon or die One is q woman, blind. with eleven
in the family, her daughters and their children;
another greatly afflicted; another sevcnty-cight
wears old; another eighty years old. and blind:
live mnlerless children, starving and naked; one
culored very old and hclp.css; another colOrcd,
40 years old; another col"rctl. loo years old an
other do blind Most Of these aro in the track
of Shermans march.
ROWS PUMP, ORASGEBURG DIsTRTcT.-W. Il.
Wofe. the railroad agent at this station, reports
three white families and ten cnorod in great want.
OnANGEBuRG Court HuUsE.--Thcre are in my
Immediate ncighhnrlnol fifteen families. white
and rolorctl. who arc in q very needy condition.
AMI must perish without assistance.
GgEESviLLE CoUKT uoUsE.--Thcro arc in the
vicinity of Grcclivlc and in tho town itself at
least two hundred and fifty families who must
unless supportcd by charity. and III tho tiis-
lrict very many more.
WIII.lAarsroN AXpEi,soS nIsTR1CT.-ThGre arc
III this place irty-Unc families. white and colored,
wh, must perish fnr want Of bread without chali-
table assistance. This list embraces old persons.
children and afflicted people
BELToN ANDERSON 1,IsTnI''T.-Thoro arc in this
nri.ll.nrinol Twenty-Five families. white and col
nrcd, most of them old persons and little children.
who arc very destitute and entirely without means
Of support.
BAnSwE1L DIsrRIcr. There are from two to
three thoilsa Il pcrsois black and white, in Barll-
we'll who must perish unless atl hc afforded thcm.
Our planters arc drawing all their subsistence
from factors in Charleston, Savannah and Angus
t., aud are utterly unable to afford relief to tho
suif ring Most If these destitute persons are Old
women AMI children. and diseased persons.
I.YScIiRuHd, SUMTER DlsrRIcr.-Tllcre are III
this immediate vicinity nj least sevcn families c-
tirr.y without mcans ofsnpport.
SrMMERvIi.IE. :. C.--rlicrc are abont thirty
families. with about one hundred and twenty or
must stirvc without assistance. Many nf them
would hr starving NOW but for ratiuns furnished
tl,rm by Col. Magic.
IM.EESs &. IT,. s. e. The desitutiun of this
dst trirt is becoming really alarming. and II help
from our friends abroad does not sooH reach Is
greatly fear t!lc consequences. 1t will prevent
man" from making crop this year.
GlISruN. i.MRlSS DISTRICT. There are III This
rigli,,rnmd eight families. whit and colorri
WHO must -u"r without charitable ail, and there
arc ",Gy :,'w -: Ils a:rc /" hr. , u:'.,:.:'.
tiRASITEyII.I.E. BARNwELI. Observation-Disclosures are
in this vi .i,i:tv thirteen families white and color
c,l nlust!v co:llposcl Of helpless women and cllll-
dr,ii. WHO must perish without assistance.
tiLESH SPRINGS SrARTASBURG DISrRICr..-ThGrc
are in nv nuishburhuDd ut least twenty white and
a. MANY cpUrcl families who arc almost entirely
without means nr subsistence. and there is ono
able to hell them.
BENyE1-rsvtILE MARLBORO DISTRICT. -Stawa-
lion threatens more than fifty families hereabous.
tinAHAMS BAESwEIL DrsrnIcr.-l know s,me
ten or twelve families who arc actually suffering at
this time for fnm!.
ST. GEORGES CoLLETcN DIsTR1cT, At least
thirtv families. white and coorcd, are in great
want. and az many more must ,c suffering M two
or three months. Many arc widows with large
families.
WArrnI.on, coLLEroS DIsTRItT.-I know of more
than twenty Yalnili within radius of less than
four miles who are utterly destitute. beg earnest
ly that help may he sent to liz at once.
kISGsrREE WILLIAMSBURG. G.-IIhcro Is great tlcs-
titu,n and want in this place. Unless aid comes
from some quarter many will htarvc at this mo-
lnrut there IL II pressing necessity for food.
SANDY RrN, LEXINGTON DGsrEICr.--Thero il
great dcsliLutiun i'll this section both Il nonG
white and cuurcd. know of twelve families wlln
are suffering for bread, and am certain thcr" are
1T least .s many more.
LEXINGTON G. Ill was furnishing sonlo i50
persons from supplies Oi corn which had been sent
Inc; nee then my list has swrle,l t" 81, with ap-
lIlcailtS who have not vet Received allythlnS
which will carry il to 1UtW.
BRADFORD SPRINGS. SUMTER DIsTRICr..-Ilc SUI
frrnp assure You, Is extreme, and unless rcllry-
cd by the hands Uf charity many persons must tic
OF starvation.
F.: The SANE NEIGnEnRMooD.-The suffering is very
great children are eating a sorts ut things they
can get llull of, and their appearance bctOkcns
great dvstitutiun. One boy eighteen years Of age
Addison Logan. has lately de,l Of absolute sarra-
tnn. Within five or SIN miles oi ME the popula-
tun is fully $40. At least nnc-alf arc now suffer-
ing severely. nnI within month from this date
the Whole population will have nothing to eat.
CoLLgruS DISTRICT Hear Brancirc. There
are great numbers iii tlIis sCctiOn huth white and
back who are in 4 very destitute condition, aini
low they are tn survive through the summer.
am unable To- see. nlcss some ut tho relief HOW
being scilt from abroad is distributed among
them.
NEwDEnRY CurIr HousE.--I can assure you
many families ut this time are suffering for bread
II We can pass few more weeks. think We will
have better times, as uur wheat crops arc very
promising.
NEwBERRY.-Eo Eortv-firc whites uiid twelve col
orcL. Thcsc eases must be relieved OF fatal will
be the result.
t;EoIdE TOWN. -Scrcnty-ciglt adults mostly iI-
lnors, AMI onn hundred and titty-nnr children
not uclltl!n. ;!ius" i the town, which would make
besides families that ar not ready to let their
wants he known, though, in heed. tho opinion i
that there are between Iuur and five hundred per
sons WHO are or will suoli be ina suffering cuud
ton for IOud
GnAS1rEvILIE-I find twenty families who are
really r,ssars, and of those WHO will rot beg and
who really need help to procure the comnunrst
r,rrl tlIink Tie list could br doubled
LANCASTER CurKr lluUsE. VIZ have the names
of tiIc Thousand women aud children, whites. and
five hur, d blacks, wo must perish without hc'i'.
Some lave Already starved To death.
.lAMiSoS's URAXGEDuim DISTRICT. There arc in
our mri.hbnruud twenty-five families. whito and
cn!nrc,, who are in extreme ,lrstitutinn.
UEASGEErEG CouEr liorsE. The dnstitntiOn
here il ycry great. know MaiI whn, when liz
l.d but twelve bushels of corn for !s largo famil!.
and .,p i,nry tn buy more WIS fec ling quart Il
day To each member uf several poor families. He
has been now without meat for several weeks, ai,l
irca, me is q poor wild who has but one meal q