Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-04
GOVERNMENT AID.
Col. Bntchelder Ordered to Charles
ton to Distribute Tents.

Col. BAtchelder Ordered to Charles
ton TO Distribute Tents.
WAsHINGToN, Sept. 3.-COl. X. N.
Batchelder. Depot Quartermaster, has
been ordered TO Charleston to issue and
distribute tents to the homeless, and to
render suoh aid as it may be within the
power OF the department to extend. The
Surgeon General OF the Marine Hospital
service has authorized the officers OF that
bureau at Charleston TO secure tents
to replace temporarily the hospital build
ings rendered uninhabitable by the earth
quake.
The following dispatch was received by
cable to-day from Queen VietoTiai
10 The President of the United States.
/ desire to express my profound sympa-
thy with the sufferers by the late earth
quakes and await with anxiety fuller in-
telligence, which l hope may show the
effects to have been less disastrous than
reported. The QUEEN.
THE TRENHOLM FUND.
Comptroller Trenholm has received
about 5000 In subscriptions for the relief
of the Charleston sufferers.
Chief Clerk Youmans, of the Treasury
Department, by permission of Acting
Secretary Fairchild, issued circular let
ter to-day informing the employees that
the rule prohibiting the circulation Of
subscription papers in the department
would be suspended in the case of the
Charleston relief fund, and that the
heads OF the bureaus would be
designated to receive subscriptions.
Comptroller Trenholm fears that the ter
rlble plight OF the people Of Summerville,
near Charleston, has been overlooked in
contemplation OF the greater area Of suf-
ierIng In the neighboriEg city. He ba g
received two kilograms from that town to =
day. The first was from local relief
committee composed OF Juitn Gadsden.
Chairman; and Messrs. Gary, Hutchin-
son, Boyle and Perry, and reads as fol-
lows: "Remember, SummerVille's dis
tress Is very great. Prompt relief in
tents and money is needed"
TENTS WANTED.
The second dispatch was sent by r. b.
Fishburne and says: "Send 800 tents di-
rect to this place. Shocks still continue,
and many families are homelessv
The President OF the Board OF District
Commissioners has issued an address to
the public, expressing a desire that all
shall be done which can be done 10 mani
fest the sympathy OF this community for
the sufferers from the late terrible dIsas-
ter In Charleston, and Offering TO receive
ana properly ulbbFlUule COHbElDuLlOUk.
Special performances will be given in all
the principal theatres and places of
amusement in the city for the benefit OF
the Charleston sufferers.
NEW YoRK's OFFER ACCEPTED.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-At 2:45 O'Clock
this afternoon the following telegram was
received at the New York Cotton Ex-
change:
$50 Charles d. Miller, President Of the
Neto York Cotton Exchange:
"Your telegram received. Accept
thanks for the offer. The condition of
things is beyond description, ana we
can't tell what our needs are. Do what
you can for us. A. W. TAFT,
"Prest. Cotton Exchange, Charleston"
The total amount subscribed by the
New York Cotton Exchange brokers TO-
day for the benefit Of the Charleston SUI
ferers was 1886.
The Brooalyn Examiner has re-
ceived the following dispatch from
Vicar General i. l.. Duffy for
Bishop NorthrOp, OF Charleston, s. c.:
"rhe Catholic churches, orphanages, in-
firmary, schools and pastoral residences
have been seriously damaged. Nil
raculous were the escapes OF the priests,
sisters and orphans, who are now camp
Ing out. l am erecting a temporary al
and suffering Is great"
The Examiner has sent on appeal TO the
clergy and laity of the New York and
Brooklyn churches TO aid In swelling the
fund for the relief Of the suffering
congregations Of Charleston. Many
Of them will respond on Sunday.
BALTIMORE OFFERS AID.
BALTIMORE, Sept. "a meeting was
held at the Mayors Office to-day when
resolutions OF sympathy with the people
of Charleston We're passed. It was also
determined To notify the Mayor OF Charles
ton that the people OF Baltimore are ready
to furnish aid.
The counter subscription started by
the American In aid Of the sufferers by
the Charleston disaster has amounted TO
Sl,5o0, which amount has boon forwarded
10 the Mayor Of that city, and the fund is
growing rapidly. Police are selling
tickets for an afternoon ana evening per-
formanco to be given next Wednesday
az Ford's Opera House for the benefit Of
the an6erorg apr a,vcrei tho"uana dol