The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-30
THE BOSTON RELIEF COMMITTEE.

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From late copy of the Boston Post, WI
extract tho subjoined extract in reference
of Boston for the relief of the Louisiana
sufferers. The proceedings of the meeting
evince a hearty and genuine sympathy most
gratifying to us AID rejecting honor upon
! Boston:
Mr.. f. r. Nudge said it would be apparent
to the community that the committee acted
with prudence and caution SO far as to pos
sess themselves and enable them to give a
well matured, carefully condensed statement
of the facts, so that any call which might
be made upon the citizens of Boston would
have good ground for their action in The way
of relief to the distressed. He had every
confidence in the gentlemen who signed the
dispatch, some Of whom he had known
many years.
Hon. Otis Norcross said If they were to
act at all they should act quickly, and
the subject should be placed in the hands
of few persons with full powers. He
moved that Mr.. Henry p. Kidder be APP
pointed as treasurer, and that the Mayor
appoin: a committee of twenty gentlemen
with full powers to proceed and make col
lections and dispense funds as they may
deem eXpedient. These motions were agreed
to, and the Mayor appointed the following
committee: Messrs. VIM. Claflin, E. r.
Nudge II. G.. Crowell, Edward Lawrence,
Eugene II. Sampson, Franklin Snow, Ezra
Farnsworth, Charles Hubert, j. Henry
Sears, Charles w. Wilder, A. H. Batchelder,
George p. Baldwin. Avery Plumer, Joseph
F. Paul, George o. Carpenter, Francis Dane,
Edward s. Tobey, Weston Lewis, Harrison
Loring, VIM. w. Clapp, Henry P. Kidder,
treasurer.
Mr.. Franklin Snow, in behalf Of the Berk-
ley Street Church, presented to the Mayor
sos for the sufferers, and said that if there
had been no doubt as to the authenticity Of
the dispatch on Sunday last, when the money
was donated, the amount would have been
much larger. Mr.. George P. Baldwin hoped
a subscription list might be opened there at
that time, so that people might sign, so as
to enable the committee TO send telegram
at once to the Mayor of New Orleans, or to
any other party who might be designated,
tho result Of the meeting. He should be
very glad to add the name Of his firm to the
list for $500, and would be happy to sub
scribe more Mr.. Franklin Snow craved the
indulgence of the meeting to speak Of the
fact that this should not be entirely BOs-
ton contribution. 1t seemed to him that it
should embrace all New England, and make
it New England gift. There were various
interests, Newburyport, Portland,
Bangor and other seaports, which have al
ways had large connections with New Or
leans, and they would, no doubt, be glad to
add their contributions to ours. The sug
gestion was accepted, and the meeting ad-
journed.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
at once organized by the choice OF Mayor
Cobb as Chairman and Major George 0. Car
penter as Secretary. Several plans of action
were offered and it was finally suggested by
the Mayor that the committee send dis
patch to New Orleans authorizing the Mayor
of that city to draw money, the committee
holding itself personally responsible for the
amount Mr.. E. r. Nudge said that he
would make his firm personally responsible
for ten thousand dollars. and other gentle
men expressed willingness to share such
. responsibility. Mr.. Wilder hoped that
dispatches would be sent to all New England
cities with statement of what Boston was
doing in the matter and a hope that they
would do likewise. Subscription papers
were prepared, to be placed in the Mer
chants Exchange and in other localities.