Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-15
GRATEFUL CHARLESTON.
THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS ES-
TItI%TED A SSI5, 900.

A Statement Of he Various Uses Made
of the Money So. 200 Families AIDED
in Repairing Their Dam aged DON'T
eiles-Ths News and Courier's Ex-
quisite Editorial Of Thanks.
CHARLESTON, ;. c., Dec. 14.-At
meeting Of the Cry Council tonight
Mayor Courteuay submitted the prelimi-
nary report OF the Executive Relief Com
mittee. showing that the total amount of
S654,2 was received by them for the suf-
ferers by the earthquake, and that the
disbursements amounted TO S44S,ll9.
Tne report SAYS:
The comm ttee VII have repaired in all
shout l,S50 houses ont OF a total number OF
'.ptO in the city. 81 an average cost of about
$220 each, not lncluc ug over 100 houses at
Mt Pleasant and in the vic nifty of the city.
ana not including contributions amounting 70
80, 50 sent 10 the Surmervlle committee.
OF the balance Il Sl~6, 1872 the committee Will
reserve ssh. 80. a.. n heir opinion. an ample
sum Tor the plaster;ng and closing up Of un-
hnlsAed business and house repairs and VIII
maze special deposit with he City Treasur-
er OF $4,000 to be ap lied to the rebuilding
OF the CITY hospitals and am>house. repair Of
th- public school buildings. orphan house. old
folks home, and other Charity expenditures
Tor the poor.
DESIRED BY THE DONORS.
q portion Of the contributions sent to Charles
ton Is IL cOnsonance with the wishes of he
Gonors. expressed by them in letters TO the
Mayor. Certainly no better use could be
made OF THIS sum OF money. none of which
would be more satisfying 10 the donors every
where than To replace the wrecked buildings
nece~sarv for the comfort and care OF the
NEEDY, SICK and poor, and thus make per-
manen; memorial of the munifcent giving of
the American people in this our year OF great
calamity.
With the committees report are tables
showing the receipts from different States
and cities. These are, however, neces-
sarily incomplete, and do not include
donations received BY the Relief Commit
tee appointed immed atelv after the earth
quake, nor the receipts by individuals Tor
relief purposes and BY charitable Insttu-
tons. The News and Courier estimates
that the total subscription to the earth
quake relief fund will amount TO about
$Sl5,0 leaving a loss ot over IS. 800, coo
by the earthquake OF 1886 and cyclone of
August, 1885, to be borne by individuals,
corporations and the government.
The City Council adopted unanimously
the report OF the Relief Committee.
THE NEWS AND COURIER REVIEW.
The News and Courier tomorrow viii saw:
Large sums in add ton to the sum reported
by the executive committee were sent to
Charleston with the request that thew be ap-
piled to the relief of persons known by the
recipients to be in need, and whose wants
IL lgnt never become known to the committee
or might fell beyond the line of the rigid rules
hat he committee were bound to adopt and
OBJ crVe. Oar own estimate is that the Char
lest IN benevolent fund, expressive of the love
ard charity Of the myriads Of people, will
amount to at least $4,000. God bless
the donors one and all, God bless them; from
the men of means who gave so literally to
the factory girls and little children who
thpmspl
some little gratlfcation on which their hearts
had been set. in order that their mite-bless-
lug and biessed-shOuld bring nope and cheer
to the dcsolate hearts and sh tered homes in
this dear Charleston. Surely the city 10
sanctified by the universal good viii
Of mankind. No other city on the continent
has been so sorely smitten, and none other has
been so singled out as an object of tender
graclousness and pathetic pity. Old soldiers
II the mon WED with Confederate vet rams
| in fastening to the succor OF Charleston. The
very tents which had years gone sheltered
our armed opponents became arks of safety
for the wives and children of the good
old rebels" of this Palmetto city. The
whole story viii never yet be told in fitting
terms. nor tongue nor pen can ever tell in the
beauty Of It's holiness what sOlace was given,
what strength was lnspl ed by the knowledge
that sectional lines had been obll!erated at
last and forever: that the bloody chasm was
| briGged b charity and love, and thai the only
strife remaining was in the contest for supre-
macy ii the benehcent work OF giving food to
the hungry and shelter to the homeless.
HE RELIEF EXTENDED.
TIE News and Courier also Will say:
The extent OF the task imposed upon the
Relief Committee is defined by he fact that
nearly 1000 homes IN Charleston have been
mane safe and habItabe by appropriations
by the committee. This is exclusive of the
residences OF those who in one way or an
o her can or will find ways and means to help
themselves, AID TO these residences SINH
larry dealt with in the Summervllle d strict
and at Mt. Pleasant and Sulllv ms Island
ami elsewhere, and il Is safe to estimate that
400 families. representing some 1900 souls.
have roofs over their heads to-day and fires in
their hearEhs by reason of the means 20
promptly supplied by our fellow countrymen
and By those elsewhere who sympathiZed
with us from Canada to Cathay.
Weather Indications.
7 For Georgia: Fair weather aud