Collections for the Relief of sick and wounded soldiers.
--We append below another acknowledgment of money for the relief of the sick and wounded soldiers of the
Confederate States through the chairman of the committee
Isaac W. Walker,
Esq. It will be seen by an inspection of the list, that the ladies are, as usual, conspicuous in their attention to the sick and wounded.
We direct special attention to the noble contributions of the boys and girls of the Lancasterian School, of this city, and the employees of the
Confederate States Laboratory, at this place.
Such acts of patriotism need no comment.
The communication of the chairman of the
Committee on
Col. lections reads as follows:
Messrs. Editors:--Please acknowledge threw your paper the following subscriptions for the sick and wounded:
| K. B., Raleigh, N. C. | $20.00 |
| From boys and girls of Lancasterian School. | 22.25 |
| Miss L. M. Dupuy | 5.00 |
| Mrs. Catharine Irby | 5.00 |
| J. H. Wilson | 3.00 |
| B. W. Leigh, Mecklenburg, through Messrs. Williams & Carrington | 30.00 |
| Youel S. Rust, Henrico. | 10.00 |
| Robert H. Styll, Henrico. | 20.00 |
| K. Rayner, Raleigh, N. C. | 15.00 |
| Employees of the Confederate States Laboratory, Richmond, Va., through W. N. Smith | 117.00 |
| Citizens of Portsmouth, through Miss Murdaugh | 220.00 |
| Miss Martha A. Mathews, Shelbyville, Tennessee | 10.00 |
| Miss Virginia B. Mathews, Shelbyville, Tennessee | 10.00 |
| Miss Margaret Mathews, Shelbyville, Tennessee | 10.00 |
| Master Robert J. Mathews, shelbyville, Tennessee | 5.00 |
| Master E. F. Mathews, Shelbyville, Tennessee | 5.00 |
| Robert Mathews, Shelbyville, Tennessee | 10.00 |
| Robert E. Reynolds, of Norfolk | 10.00 |
| George C. Pope, Newsom's Depot, Southampton, | 10.00 |
Sundry boxes from citizens of
Amelia, thro,
Rev. T. A. Crenshaw, containing clothes, &c.
One coop, containing fifty chickens, from
Miss Elvira D. Bouldin, daughter of
Hon. Wood Bouldin, of
Charlotte.
Lot of chickens, butter and eggs from
Mrs. Charles Morris, or
Hanover, through
Messrs. W. &
G. Gwathmey.
Also, received daily, vegetables, butter, milk, &c., from
Col. Shelton,
Mrs,
Gaines,
Miss Marian Carter, and others, of
Hanover, and from
Mr. Henry Cox,
Mrs. Chapin,
Mr. Albert Alken,
Mr. Renny, and numerous others, of
Henrico.
Isaac W.
Walker,
Chairman of Committee on Collections.
