The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1879-01-19

| would here mel ton that our total of re
eeipts represents ali taat We have received
from every source, ino!uding the sums sent ui
| for Vioksburg, Canton Grsenviils. Port Glib
| con, Grenada, and other pointe. Aud in my
| table of disbursements / include the totals Of
everything bent to these points in money sup
| plies, etc or paid doctprs and nurses for them
without reference to their credits - ese
| have been included in the above t ,tal of re-
pts, being included in the credits to differ.
ent cities and orr country at large from which
the money directly came.
On September 12ih, so large had bsen ouI
receipts up to that time. and advees from pro-
minent cities North, Eset and Wesi showing
such continued and overfowing generosity on
sums, beyond what we had already received,
on hand in said cities, you adopted the resolu-
tion offered by our worthy treasurer on that
evening, which requested that no further con-
tributions be received for us. as we deemed
that what funds we had on hand, together
with those in sight, would be ample for all
needs here at home, ss we'll as for all probable
demands that migot be made upon as.
The fever had at that time been prevalent
for q month and one-hRlf in oar city; for near
month 1t had been present at Memphis Gre.
charge, beside our own city, only the points of
Grenada, Canton and Holly Springs; Port
Gibson making bot very small calls on us and
Vicksbnrg and Memphis being amply abe to
care for themselves With yonr desire not to
impose upon generous public and to receive
only what was actually needed, aud have no
large balance OF funds on hand left over from
the epidemic, the season being :hen so far ad-
vsnoed, we could not possibly hxye snticipats
what subse aently occnIred; and oar action
in requesting that ontribu:iaas for as should
cease was both proper apo rigus
1t 10 gratifying to know that IN this we are
commended by those who have baen and are
our generoas patrons, and that Mr.. Henry
Heniz chairman of the relief committee of toe
New York Chamber of Con- merce, in his letter
of November 30th, ack no wledging the receipt
of our letter, 10 which we made the recent
appeal for further aid, in speaking of our
actlon stopping contributions 80 early, speaks
the feeling of al our friends when hesays:
1t ls to b. regretted t1at you did not allow
the subscriptions to coatinue little while
longer. and thus make your finsncipg more
ersy; but your action tcds prompted by desire not
TO call for more than iVould suffice for your tcdnts
and that action ,cas ;carmly commended here as it
sho,red the Ho,rdrd association Of NeU Orleans
'cds managed by gentlemen that 'Could not orertar
'he generous hearted people tcho rere IN sympatiy
rih their irork 1"
But abouJ one week after the adoption and
publication of SAID resolution, the cry fer help
came TO us III rapid succession from sixty or
more different points. aud to these could
not turn a deaf ear. So generous had been the
resoHuee 10 US, aud 60 large were the sums
stit seut Is, toSt Of the bounty 80 freely given
us we freely gave until about the end of Oc5o
oer, when we saw That these outside demands
had exhausted our means, and we were CON-
PEELED to call once more upon q generous pu b.
lie for further aid to enable us TO pay our debts
physicians who had 50 faithfully served our
sick, and were yet without any recompense
from us. That COLL was answered in q manner
80 as to free us of our obligations, and enable
Us to give, if not what We would have liked
to, at least something to our devoted and effi
cient home physicians, which otherwise we
could not have doue.
Oar expenditures to date, December 10th, as
Bho wn by the treRsurer's books and vouchers
have been $3.50, 165 93, and have been made to
the ponts and for purposes as follows: