Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-24
NORTH DONEGAL CENTRAL RELIEF COMMITTEE

Hon. Secretary.
NORTH DONEGAL CENTRAL RELIEF COMMITTEE
The committee whose names appear below,
appeal to the public for aid to alleviate the
distress which is daily becoming more appa-
rent in mary parts OF Donegal. 1t is not
generally known that many thousands are, or
shall soon be- in absolute want of food and
fuel. The almost complete failure of the po-
tato crop in several districts, the great dam
age which the scanty oat crop has received in
harvesting the loss of turf, the stop which
a wet summer and the miserable prices Of
fered have put to the manufacture of kelp
upon which the seaboard districts depend so
much for substance, the want of remunera-
tive employment, and the utter collapse of
credit, have brought to most painful crisis
the distress which has long been gaining
deeper and more widespread. in consequence
of previous bad harvests and the depression
of agricultural produce.
Hitherto the people here have had no relief
except what the charity of individuals could
furnish, and which can do very little to allie
viate the destitution. Many of the land
lords are nonresident and few productive re-
lief works have been undertaken. The peace
tul, law-abiding habits of the poor people,
and the quiet accomplishing patience with
which they bear their great atfiction, though
well calculated to win the sympathy of the
charitable, have, up to the present, cut them
off from public notice and from all share in
public benevolence. All these circumstances
have conspired to bring about an amount of
misery and destitution which is every day in
creasing in its intensity, so that, if timely
aid be not afforded, the committee feel that
utter want will soon be in their midst.
The committee has been organized as
medium through which the most trustworthy
information may be received regarding the
state of the country; subscriptions will be
collected and relief be conveyed to the dis
tressed districts, where all shall be carefully
and judiciously distributed by local COM
mittees to be formed for the purpose. Its
action shall be confined to the northern por-
tion of the county, from the Gweebarra to
Lough Swilly, as it is hoped that a similar
central committee can be organized in the
town of Donegal to minister to the wants of
the southern district. The sole desire of the
committee is to render help to every deserving
case of poverty without respect to creed or
class and they feel that the representative
character of the committee will be a sufficient
guarantee to the public thatthe case is most
urgent, and that any funds intrusted to their
care shall be distributed with strict regard
to economy and impartiality.
Subscriptions will be received at the Ulster
and Belfast Banks, or any of their branches,
anu dJ Iut Ddnh. buDilu, VI any
of its branches, or by the Treasurer w. +.
Fleming, Esq, Manager of the Ulster Bank,
Letterkenny.
Signed-tMichael Logue, Bishop of Raphoe, Chair
man; J. R. Boyd, D: L., J, p, Balymacoo; T.
Patterson, Major D. NJ. A., ]. P, Gortlee; H. A.
Doyne, Major d. NJ A., J. p, FOxhall; W. II. Por-
ter, j P, Ballymacool; Robert Ramsay, J. p, Lis
nenan F. Carre, NJ. d. Letterkenny; w. Dunlop,
NJ. D., Letterkenny Joseph Petit, NJ. D., Lunatic
Asylum; F. W. Gallagher, Adm; R. E. Baillie,
Dooen Glebe, Rector; W. Y. Craig, Letterkenny,
Clerk W. Drummond, C. c.; W. Sheridan, C. c.,
Glenswilly; s. ON. Cox, Leck Rectory, Rector
John Kinnear, d. D., P. NJ; n. F. Ball, Hbernian
Bank Robert Ramsay, Solicitor; Joseph Gallagher,
7. c.; John Storey, land agent E. McFadden, T.
c., P. L. G. John Gallagher, T. c.; John Davis mer-
chant: f. Gallagher, T. c., p. L. c.; G. L. Hunter,
P L. G., Glencar NJ. McFadden, merchant, Glen
swiftly
W. A. GALLAGHER,
Honorary Secretary.
Relief Committee Rooms, Letterkenny,
January 5, 1880.