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rrecently been sot on ahote et I Uto hour of the night, end compelled to remain opposed to the inelcmenciefi of the weather until morning. The average number per month heft been near two thousand. Nine-tenths \ of all Are women and children, four-fifths | of the latter, children of tender years.— t They arrive impoverished and exhausted; they are .often clad in a few tattered garments; children come without hats, shoes or Mo?kings, and hundreds without a change of clothing; they have no bedding Bavo a few rags on the ground, and they die daily of disease, exposure and want.*— During the last year, 20,000 of these refugees from the tyranny of rebellion have landed at the wharf in Cairo.What is done must be dono quickly.— They must die of cold and hunger this winter unless immediate succor bo obtained. Shall not tho cry of the children, asthey lie on tho levee with innocent hands uplifted for help, be heard ?”This calls loudly upon the humane allover tho land, Let the response be ptompt and liberal. Send money or clothing (if money, Send drafts or money orders) to Chaplain John W. Johnson, Agent and General Supt. of White Refugees at Cairo. Chaplain Johnson is Chaplain of the 42d Wis. Reg., and stationed nt Cairo. Wo have seen a private letter from him to Rev. Mr. Willing, which urges tho case even j more strongly than the Appeal from which I we have made extracts. God speed this work of charity and duty.
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Freeport Weekly Journal
Freeport, Illinois, US
Wed, Mar 01, 1865
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