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R0 eta.1 l “ $2 00oti 2 01864.e.citi-this isary igeen It isineswv Al-* pro-9Veettng; for the Belief of Refugees To-Night.A public meeting of the citizens of Now Albany is called at the Court House at 7^ o'clock this evening, for the purpose of '.iking steps to relieve the many refugees from Southern oppression now crowding into the city. The plan suggested is to pro* cure a building where these refugees may go and find a home for a few days until they can find employment. It is the design to furnish the house with a few articles of household goods, suoh as mattraases, cook stove, and cooking and table ware, to be used by those destitute of these articles. A register will also be kept upon which will be enrolled the names of all those who may stop at this temporary home, where theyiger:en-your timo t this .reful reck-ou, I yourts*advam*are ol grades day of but ve per hi averag of sop LouasihaveCountaula*r. W. e ha* •, viz: vouM menu \ him etate-ifiedlyoanlv,Alien B, of 19, Wm. Rlt;•t., pi Jaxnei ( 29, II Johncome from, and where they may go to. By I y this method persons wishing to hire help, malo or female, can always know where to Df 27 procuresit, as all these refugees are willing 1 and anxious lo work. The building, and the Jlt;““e management of its affairs to be placed un- Hardin der the control of a proper person. sJpMaThe condition of nearly all tbo refugees I arriving here is one of almost absolute des- Bruci titution, and their wants in all the neces- and 1 saries of life are prossing. These facts ap-peal in the strongest terms to the benevolent, and we sincerely hopo that there will be a * e P full attendance at the meeting to-night. I ^ There should bo no holding back in the mat- j jJhn ter: but every citizen should step forward £!j,*r and contribute such sums as he can spare ciari toward the establishment of a Refugee’s!Home in our city. The advantage to the county by the settlement in our midst of Aivi these refugees will more than compensate I 101 for whatever slight expenditures may be made to temporarily provide for their wants. I day 8n WARin th:Guerrillas at Owensboro, Ky.—We j
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New Albany Daily Ledger
New Albany, Indiana, US
Sat, Jun 25, 1864
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