The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-21
THE HOOD FUND.

movement to acquire fund for the support Of
tho Hood children the ten little double or
phans whose sudden aud sad bereavement 81
deeply touched the hearts If the people NJ the
whole country But as the very erroneous
impression has somehow boon created ~ car
tain actions that the Stun already raised "
ample fnr The support " the children, WE are
inpplled I'll state the facts ~ the case, ~ that
the kindly and generous IMPULSES nf those
vine wish nv ai the children ~ The gallant
lloed may not 10 checked ~ chilled The
truth u that The aum raised Az reported hy|
The Hood Relief Association If THE city, az
graaatpa uat Flnnfa El an amount utterly
Inadequate ~ tho aud ~ view. Fnd which we
hone tn soc ewelle,i 81 nj least five times TINT
figure The chairman nf tho aaaona
tiru here has hnem informed that
statements have hpen made abroad wv some
parties. unknown, tn the effect that the fund
waa NJ laaat slnNnM, and That further aHh
sciiptluna We're unnecessary Wearo author
| ITnl III declare nll such attachments utterly |
without foundation aul a. any that All snh
actfpt,na tn the fiinl will he arRiafnlly ~
reiyel ana strictly accounted NV. nf tho
amount already received sic 500 have hnen
| invested III thn benefit nF tho children III |
/ United States pnr cent hunda, aud he OH |
| fari ,f the association II ~ en,loaynt IA awol |
the amount 10 y aum that, juiioInusly ~ |
vested VIII rrnducea revenue adequate ~
| The children nopda The ,lnnla aud eae,ipee
NJ thai, hn, n'r father were If q rharaetn, thni
should makrua rnRard hls rphaus "a tho
wa,da of thu South lie held his life IA moth
| iru worth when hia country called hiu III
/ lead hor aona e. battle mud upon
4
was aeon in tho thickeat If The fray. lis
| grand courage illuminated .Yery conflict in
which he wac nnp aged and added lua'ra e.
tha Southern eauan which Will naynr fair.
AMI tha people for whom aa fought With a,tch
uu4altah devotion and fn whom ~ p0ured
rut ha blood like watop VIII meyer consent I"
sna hi family If hrlrln-a orphnra left TN him
aa sacred Legacy ~ them want TT ANY
thina 90 long "a thev have the means tn oan
fptuto ~ thar wolfaln II ought nnt w u"
eaid at ia THAT permittei the uaually cold
auA uninmrnatra'i,e lnaplo NJ thn Mouth 1,
nxco IA IN tho exhibition VI the ounuNlna
snntimnnta nf maHnanimHv ani Gnnarraiyi WI
and vet a Large part nf the fund which hRG
boon iaianh haa come from the Nalth
AMI III aNne inetaupaa Union aul,Iiela
ana officers have anharrhnd tllem
solves Ut given valuable Ait tp thn
cause which Appealed atloauy e. lheit avm
pathtaa Gan Grant himaef recognising thn
wolth If tho nau, and forgetting that ihN
ha,l over hnrn a,raynh agaiuat nash nthnl
Outing tho war, evinced a warm intorcat H.
thn welfare Ut Tho orphans left lis lia oil
oamIade hy attending an entert atuuunni givrn
In their behalf nj Fort Vancouver
F,t, n, / | /
maimod Hood. wloae a,ldnn death called :
IN III such universal expression nf genuine
grief will not permit ANY falae funInla IA Ia
tho amount Nc tho fund raiaei ~ canan thom
to leaaon tloir etforta IN hohaIt vt hia ten
little nlphana. whraa tender agaa aud thc
fact Chat they We're horof nf both parents
alnlaat Within 4 day. render II peculiarly In
oUmhont upon ia "a watch over AMI prnvidc u
iyr them In manner hotitting a proud aud .
grateful people
The Hood Relief Committee &c thfa tity ,
have hccu nn,caAng III thel watk AMI have \
done mnriiorioua work, finding willing aud en-
thuaiaatte craijntora Ill mnpt af thr southern \
and snme Of the Northern Statca They
have nnaeltiahlv devoted fhnii time tn tho !,
e'usc aud have worked with an oarneatnreu Il
AMI zeal worthy of The vory highest prals,, i
lhcir moat active assiatanta ol o. wniI,oIs III
his ami other States haze hanu Gen loo
wheeler. Alabama. Mrs tipn Gapnrp. South y
'arolina. Col. Il. H. Idudaov, Shreveport. ?
laa n 7 llardec. Dallas. TrN Cul kai-
gora. Galveston. lcSs. MiRa Martin. snere
.arY Crnpd"ratn Association, Columbia n
=. lnrnv Edwards. Richmond Va Chas
II Nrnt. New Work. CITY. and Capt u Nj Gal- :,
stem. baltimore, Md Tho monitors Of
Ihc Ladies' Hood Auxiliary Association. {
II which Mira pr, Richardson IL pros =
lent have also done. and are now doing
rprl snrvicc MI LYMAN. INN president III
he Crescent Mutual Insurance Company
snl VIM II al4n president " INV llnnd KoHnf
'onimittrc hae avatematizrd tho worl, SO
hat Il pcrf#r' exhibit NJ receipts ana aSpen- II
iIturns can 10 shown III i moment Every u,
otter that has boon rocniyai III carefully filed II
away copies VI all those Writtou preserved II
md the Labor of l,rrpng The accounts AMI tho
;olumnras correspondence straight can Ia
a4Nv imagined whom u ia known that tho
ammittrn II iii rrcapnnAnncn with largo !,
lumber Of pNaons IN almost every State IN
M Union and iii some nF the Territories
.iany uf the letera received are full Of pat hos
rmr Nrng from ttln children who havr
worked hard 10 raise their tiny cont Jihutions
y the dear llond orphans" while others arc
rom mothers whose babies have boon AIKEN
rom them aud whose hearts ~ cut in trndnl-
ess and sympathy ~ those littc afflicted
ahca,
l.et thr peoNIa u The whoIe South rcmnm-
er in this glad Christmas time when all
hidrrn should ~ made happy, and when
hey themselves have 50 much 10 be thankful
or the fen lovely littlc ones lott III their
coping ~ the illustrious soldier who gave
ha best DAYS NJ his ltfe IN thnir anrvitH and
Who dtd leaving ~ ILL children aud Wis COIN
~ his proud ami untarnshed fame a price
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