The New Orleans Exiles.
A large and influential gathering of Louisianians and
Virginians assembled on Tuesday last at the
Capitol; for the purpose of devising measures for the relief of the noble patriots who have sacrificed their property and incurred banishment from their homes rather than disgrace themselves by succumbing to the vile invaders of
Louisiana.
The old and the young, the venerable matron, the patriarch tottering on the brink of the grave, the blooming maiden, the mother and her unoffending little ones, have all been ruthlessly expelled from their firesides for refusing to perjure themselves and to repudiate their fathers, husbands, and brothers, now fighting in the ranks of our patriotic armies.
Surely the appeal now made in their behalf must come home to every generous heart.
The blood which
Louisiana's brave sons have shed on every battlefield of
Virginia speaks with mute, but irresistible eloquence, to the noble-hearted and openhanded citizens of the Old Dominion in behalf of their suffering friends and relatives.
Let the response be worthy of the occasion and worthy of the reputation of our city and State.
All the young men who came over to
Mobile are joining the army or going into the camp of instruction near that city; but the old men, the women and the childrend, who have been driven by the inhuman barbarity of those worse than savages, are entirely destitute.
Let us emulate the example set by the true hearted citizens of
Mobile, and send down a liberal contribution for the relief of those martyrs of Southern independence.
The committee appointed to receive contributions is constituted as follows:
Messrs. C. M. Conrad,
Wyndham Robertson,
T. J. Semmes,
S. J. Harrison,
John Freeland,
T. L. Bayne,
E. A. Palfrey,
Duncan F. Kenner.
