/V-^.: ^/ ^^.^^, \ ' /^^fzX /^:c^y ^ ^^!>i>Cy For tliis object we propose to and for it we ask jour help and New York, Dec. 1st, 1863. get up tliis " Metropolitan Fair," counsel. Mrs. M. 0. Roberts. Mrs. David Lane. Mrs. F. LlEBER. Miss L. Jones. Mrs. G. T. Strong. Mrs. Stranahan. Mrs. W. H. Yan Buren. Mrs. Ogden Hoffman. Mrs. E. M. Hunt. Mrs. John Sherwood. Mrs. J. Sturges. Mrs. J. F. Colgate. Mrs. Alfred Schermerhorn. Mrs. F. E. Howe. Mrs. D. D. Field. Mrs. Genl. Dix. Mrs. S. -G. Courtney. Mrs. Alexander Hamilton. Mrs. Daniel Le Roy. Mrs. Meagher. Mrs. Katiian. Mrs. Mills. Mrs. J. J. AsTOR, Jr. Mrs. Fitzgerald. Mrs. Dr. Buck. Mrs. Philip Haishlton. ELIZABETH W. SHERWOOD, Secr'etary, \ {From the Sanitary Commission Bulletin!) THE GREAT NORTHWESTERN SANITARY FAIR. Some hundred thousand people of the great Northwest have just been drawn together at Chicago by a Fair, under the im- mediate auspices of the " Chicago Branch of the II. S. Sanitary Commission." It has been glorious ! — this great tide, not of people only or chiefly, but of sympatliy and of thought and of feeling, which has rolled in from hundred of miles over those wide prairies, and along the foot of the distant hills ! To one who stood there, looking on, it came like a great whelming tor- rent of love and power, and solemn earnestness, which was irresistible, carrying everything before it. All who were pres- ent unite in saying that they never before realized so fully the consciousness and the exhilarating and invigorating effect of breathing, as it were, an atmosphere which was literally filled with generous emotions and moral earnestness, and where every other element was absorbed or neutralized. So quietly had the whole affair been arranged, and with such excellent method conducted, that. when this immense concourse of people poured in from Illinois and Indiana, from Michigan and Missouri, from Wisconsin and Iowa, bearing their gifts with them, it seemed as if some sudden aud mysterious impulse had taken hold of one-quarter of the whole nation, who had suddenly sprung to their feet, seized whatever of goods or riches were nearest at hand, and rushed forth, led by music and banners ; and when, at last, from all quarters they had met at the gathering-place, to which \\\qj had been instinctively drawn in their hurried march, they had, as by common consent, or a certain divine impulse, without asking why, laid down their treasures, simply feeling that God's altar needed these for burnt- offerings — so generous, and earnest, and full of a certain kind of contagious faith seemed these men and women who were gathered there; and that was just the secret of the whole, which made it all so real to every one who was present, while to those who were not there, the narration of the facts must needs seem exaggerated and unreal ; it was this irresistible evi- dence, told by eye, and step, and tongue, and hand— evidence of an immense faith— immense as taken in the mass— faith in God, faitii in the nation's life, faith in our armies, faith in our leaders, faith in our people at home. The contributions to the Fair, to be sold for the benefit of our sick and wounded soldiers, were large, were munificent but it M^as this tone of deep-seated earnestness which was largest. It was not merely what men and women said and did, but the vMy the thing was done, which carried with it this impression of wholesale generosity of spirit. Delicately wrought articles, such as usually adorn the tables of fairs, the work of ladies' hands, were not wanting ; but then the formers from miles and miles around kept coming in with their wagons by twenties, and fifties, and hundreds, loaded down with their bulky farm produce; others came leading horses, or driving before them cows, or oxen, or mules which they contributed instead of money, of which, perhaps, they had none; others brought live poultry which had been fed for months by the poor man's door ; they brought this because they must bring something, and this was all they had. Some wagons were loaded from rich dairies, with butter and cheese by the ton. Then came great loads of hay from some distant farm, followed by others jus^ as large from farms farther ofi*. The mechanics brouglit their machines, and gave them in, one after another ;— mowing machines, reapers, threshing machines, planters, pumps, fanning mills-until a new building, a great storehouse, had to be erected to receive them ; and here were plows, and stoves, and furnaces, and mill-stones, and nails by the hundred kegs, and wagons, and carriage springs,— and axes, and plate glass, and huge plates of wrought iron (one the largest that was ever rolled from any rolling-mill in the world), block tin and enameled leather, hides, boxes of stationery, and cases of boots, cologne by the barrel, native wine in casks, puri- fied coal-oil by the thousand gallons-r-a mountain howitzer, a steel breech-loading cannon, a steam-engino made by the work- 6 ing-men in one of the manufactories of engines in Chicago — and on it this inscription — " This engine is donated by the workmen of the Eaglo Works Manufacturing Co., every man contributing something — not one Cop}3erliead in the whole in- stitution." There, too, were other machines which had been built by employes of various establishments, who had worked *' after hours" to construct something for the Soldiers' Fair. Such, with a thousand other gifts great and small, filled this new storehouse, where liberal purchasers were found waiting. Then, again, the carpenters and joiners, who, in the press of work upon unfinished buildings, could not leave their hammer and saw and go to the Fair, joined together by tens and twen- ties, and set apart a day of which they would give their earn- ings to the soldiers. In like manner, difi'erent firms would ad- vertise a sale for the benefit of the Fair. Thus, "To the Loyal Stone-Masons of Chicago :" " We propose to donate to the Northwestern Sanitary Fair the entire proceeds of the sale of one canal-boat load (20 tons) of our first class rubble stone. Bids for the same will be received at our office till Friday next." Signed , &c. Then loaded wagons came in long processions, toiling into the city, from far-ofi" country places, bearing marks of frontier service, and the horses or mules, together with the di'ivers themselves, most of them told of wear. Many of them were sun burnt men, with hard hands and rigid features ; and a care- less observer would have said that there was surely nothing in those wagons, as they passed, to awaken any sentiment. Yet something there was about it all which brought tears to the eyes of hundreds as the old farmers, with their heavy loads, toiled by. Among the crowd of spectators there was noticed a broad-shouldered Dutchman, with a face expressive of anything but thought or feeling ; he gazed at this singular procession as it passed,^ — the sun-burnt farmers, and the long, narrow wagons, and the endless variety of vegetables and farm produce, — he gazed there as these men with their sober faces and homely gifts passed one by one, until when, finally, the last wagon had moved by, this stolid, lethargic-looking man " broke down" with a flood of tears, and could say notliing and do nothing but seize upon the little child whom he held by the hand, and hug her to his heart, trying to hide his manly tears behind her float- ing curls. Among these wagons which had drawn up near the rooms of the Sanitary Commission to unload their stores, was one pecu- liar for its exceeding look of poverty; it was worn and mended, and was originally made merely of poles. It was drawn by three horses whicli had seen much of life, but little grain. The driver was a man past middle age, with the clotlies and look of one who had toiled hard, but he had a thoughtful and kindly face. He sat there quietly waiting his turn to unload. By his side, with feet over the front of the wagon, for it was filled very full, was his wife, a silent, worn-looking woman (many of these men had their wives with them on the loads) ; near the rear of the M'agon was a girl of fifteen, perhaps, and her sister, dressed in black, carrying in her arms a little child. Some one said to this man (after asking the woman with the child if she would not go into the Commission rooms and get warm) : " My friend, you seem to have quite a load here of vegetables ; now I am curious to know what good things you are bringing to the soldiers; will you tell me what you have?" *' Yes," said he : "here are potatoes, and here are three bags of onions, and there are some ruta-baga, and there a few turnips, and that is a small bag of m^al, and you will see the cabbages fill in ; and that box with slats has some ducks in it, which one of them brought in." " Oh ! then, this isn't all your load, alone, is it?" "Why no! our region just where I live is rather a hard soil, and we haven't any of us much to spare any way, yet for this business we could have raked up as much again as this is, if we had had time; but we didn't get the notice that the wagons were going in till Last night about eight o'clock, and it was dark and raining at that, so I and my wife and the girls could only go around to five or six of the neight bors within a mile or so, but we did the best we could ; we worked pretty much all the nigiit and loaded, so as to be ready to get out to the main road and start with the rest of them this morning ; but I can't help it if it is little, it's something for those soldiers." " Have you a son in the army ?'" " No," he 8 answered slowly, after turning round and looking at his wife. " No, I haven't nensable. Money may be sent to either of the Committee whose names are subscribed to this circular, or to E. W. Blatchford, the Treasurer of the Chicago Sanitary Commission, care being taken to indicate the purpose for which it is donated. All articles intended for the Fair must be ent and directed in the same manner as Hospital Stores, marked Chicago Sani- tary Commission (for the Northwestern Fair). At the time of shipment, a letter of notification should be sent to the Secretary, E. B. McCagg, containing the bill of shipment and invoice of the box. Its receipt will be immediately acknow- ledged by letter. This will insure the free transmission of all boxes, barrels and packages. At the close of the Fair, a complete catalogue of articles do- nated (with the names and residence of the donors), will be pub- 20 lislied, and a copy furnished to every contributor. Eacli State will be credited with the amount of her donations. Every Aid-Society, Union League, and Good Templar's Lodge in the ISTorthwest is requested to appoint a committee, imme- diately, to canvass its neighborhood, and secure laborers for this great work. Clergymen, of all denominations, are urgently re- quested to interest their parishes in this great enterprise, and stimulate their ladies to the manufacture and donation of artir cles for the Fair. They can thus materially aid the noble cause of hospital relief, which needs unintermitting benefactions. Ef- forts for the Fair should not interfere with the regular work for the hospitals. That must, in no wise, be diminished, or post- poned. It would facilitate the' labors of the Committee of Arrange- ments, if lists of articles promised could be forwarded to thein at an early day, thus giving them power to supply important de-; ficiencies. Letters may be addressed to Mrs. A. H. Hoge, or Mrs. D. P. Livermore, Chicago Sanitary Commission. The Fair will be opened on Tuesday morning, October 2Ytli, at Bryan Hall, where visitors will be informed what other halls are in use of the Fair. The arrangements are not sufficiently perfected to make this announcement at present. Dinner will be served in the lower Hall (Bryan) from 1 2 M, to 4 P. M,, on Tuesday, and thenceforward every day, at the same hours, during the continuance of the Fair. Arrangements are being made to dine from 1,000 to 1,500 persons, elegantly and comfortably, during each day of the Fair. There will be a brilliant evening entertainment, at Metropoli- tan Hall, on Tuesday evening, October 27th, and thenceforward every evening during the Fair. Particulars will be given here- after in the papers, and at the Halls of Exhibition. The hearty, prompt, and efficient co-operation of the entire Korthwest is urgently solicited. The great, ever-renewed, and painful needs of our heroic soldiers, sick and wounded, in hospi- tals, call for the utmost efforts of all loyal men and women, to make this affair an overwhelming pecuniary success. It should be remembered that the Chicago Branch of the IT. S. Sanitary Commission bestows its benefactions on all sick and wounded soldiers without regard to state, rank, color, army, or navy. 21 Hence, it has claims on the liberality and labor of all loyal men and women. CoMMiTTEE.-Mrs. A. RHoge and Mrs. D. P. Livermore, Cliicago, III ; Mrs. H. L. Colt, Milwaukie, Wis. ; Mrs. Dr. Carr Madisoii^^Wis.; Miss Yaleria Campbell, Detroit, Micli. r Miss Sibley, Detroit Midi. ; Mrs. Dr. Ely, Cedar Rapids, Iowa ; Mrs, J-N . Jl. JrJramard, Iowa City, Iowa, ^ 22 Among the GentUmen^ to whom this Circular will he se?it, are the following : Aaron Arnold. Thomas Acton. Richard H. Allen. J. J. Astor, Jr. A. McL. Aq:ne\v. Eev. Dr. Wm. Adams. George C. Authon. Horatio Allen. G. Albinola. Wm. H. Aspinwall. Edward Anthony. Wm. B. Astor, jr. A. G. Agnew. W. II. Apple ton. Henry Alexander. E. M. Archibald. E. Ellery Anderson. John Bonner. Robert Bliss. D. N. Barney. T. R. Butler. S. Baldwin. George F. Betts. R. M. Blatchford. Orison Blunt. George Bradish. Henry Brewster. G. Borden, Jr. W. R. Butter worth. A. B. Baylis. Wm. C. Bryant. James G. Bennett. Matthey B. Brad3\ Carl Bergman. Wm. Bhick. George W. Blunt. Hiram Barney. Wm. T. Blodgett. Wm. A. Budd. Hon. Alexander W. Bradford. Theodore E. Baldwin. S. L. M. Barlow. Hon, James W. Beekman. Wm. A. Booth. Charles L. Brace. Wm. T. Brady. Theodore B. Bronson. Stewart Brown, Matthew B. Brady. Charles Breusing. J. Carson Bievoort. Wyllis Blackstone. Isaac Bell, Jr. James Bo wen. Charles Butler. Ciiarles E. Butler. Wm. Allen Butler. James T, Brady. Daniel F. Bacon. George F. Bell. Robert Benson. Richard H, Bowne. George Bancroft. Gordon W. Burnham, Aug. Belmont. Francis Bacon. A. Campbell. G. B. Carhart. W. L. Cutting. Robert L. Cutting. John J. Cisco. Rev. A. C. Cox, D.D. Hanson K. Corning. Alfred Craven. Philip Caswell, Jr. Edward Cromwell. William Cox. Chas. M. Connolly. Geo. S. Coe. Geo. Wm. Curtis. Chas. F. Chickering. John Caswell. Erastus Corning. D. A. Cushman. Chas. G. Caswell. James C. Carter. W. F. Gary. Thos. B. Coddinston. 23 John W. Carrington. Henry A. Coit. Tlio?. A. Cummins. Cyrus Curtiss. Wm. C. Coleman. James F. Colgate. Peter Cooper. E. W. Cameron. Edward Cnnard. Henr}^ Clews. Alonzo Clark, M. D. Elie Charlier. L. Delmonico. Wm. E. Dodge, Jr. Henry De Forrest. W. B. Dinsmore. Edward Dechanx. Edward Delano. F. L. Delano. John L. Darcey. JaiTMJS I. Day. Christian E. Detmold. W. A. Darling. Hev. Asa Dal ton. W. J. F. Dailey. Harvey B. Dod worth. F. D'Oremieulx. James Geddes Day. David Dows. Simeon Draper. Alfred Dorlon. Geo. B. De Forrest. Dennino; Duer. Theo. W. Dwight. John Decker. Edward Delafield, M. D. "Wm. Butler Duncan. John B. Dunham. John Duncan. James G. Day. John Ericson. 'N wbold Edgar. Theodore Eisfeld. Charles W. Elliott. T. Egleston, Jr. T. G. Foster. Thomas H. Faile. Dudley B. Fuller. F. M.French. Charles D. Fredericks. J. P. Giraud Foster. Henry S. Fearing. Hamilton Fish. Henry S. Fearing. James Eraser. Jeremiah Gurney. E. B. Goodridge. S. K. Gifford.^ Fred. Gnitean. H. Gourlie. A. W. Greenleaf. Giiswold Gray. George Griswold. Horace Greeley. Clandio S. Grafulla. Edwin L, Godkin. C. Godfrey Gunther. EI bridge t. Gerry. Wood Gibson. Sydney H. Gay. B. W. Griswold. D. S. Gregory. Hon. M. H. Grinnell. John A. C. Gray. STohn F. Gray, M. D. Shepherd Gandy. Parke Godwin. Fletcher Harper. James Harper. Daniel HutUington. Wm. J. Hoppin. Jacob Hays. Goo Id Hoyt. David Hoadley. Rev. Thomas S. Hastings. John Hoey. John C. Henderson. Col. Frank E. Howe. B. B. Hotchkiss. N. Pendleton Hosack. George W. Hatch. Frederick B. HelmsmuUer. 24 C. F. A. Hendricks. E. Y. Hauo;hwout. Samuel E. Howard. Eicbard M. Hunt. Charles B. Hoffman. Gen. Wm. Hall. Wilson G. Hunt. C. Edward Habiclit. Carl Hinriclis. Peieg Hall. Chas. H. Heckscher. Tlios. Hitclicock. Philetus H. Holt. Uriah Hendricks. Charles F. Hoffman. Abraham S. Hewitt. Eobert S. Howe. B. H. Hutton. Adrian Iselin. O. E. Ingersoli. Charles Jenkins. John C. Johnston. James B. Johnston. John Jaj. Charles G. Judson. Edward. Jones. L. W. Jerome. John Q. Jones. George Jones. Edward S. Jaffray. Edward O. Jenkins. James I. Kennedy. James G. King, Jr. M. Knoedler. Kehemiah Knight. John A. Kennedy. Thos. W. Kennard. Charles King. Edgar Ketchum. John T. Kensett. Morris Ketchum. John E. Lord. C. H. Lilienthal. John E. Lawrence. Joseph Lawrence. Arthur Leary. Cambridge Livingston. Eobt. E. Livingston. Henry H. Leeds. Chas. F. Loosey. Chas. P. Leverich. Charles Lamson. James Low. Josiah Lane. Chas. H, Ludington. Edward H. Ludlow. Eobt. B. Minturn, Jr. Hon. E. D. Morgan. W. E. Morris. N. Marsh. Lewis G. Morris. Peter Marie. Eobert Messinger. Alonzo P. Montant. Allen B. Miner. Wm. Moller. U. A. Murdock. Sydney E. Morse. Manton Marble. C. E. Milbank. Chas. Morgan. F. Martinez. Sidney Mason. Zophar Mills. Henry Maillard. John A. McYickar, M. D. Wm. Mathews. C. H. Marshall. Homer Morgan. Leon Marcotte. J. T. Metcalfe, M. D. Yalentine Mott, M. D. Geo. F. Nesbitt. Isaac Newton. Cleayton Newbold. Adam Norrie. Wm. Curtis Noyes. George Opdyke. E. H. Owen. Geo. T. Oliphant. C. H. O'Hara. Stephen Philbin. 25 W. M. Paton. 0. F. Park. Saml. B. Ppvsons. John C. Parker. Michal Plielau. Jas. Punnett. Wm. P. Palmer. Win. C. Prime. John V. L. Priijn. Elijah F. Pnrdy. Eleazer Parnilj. Jolin C. Peteis, M. D. John E. Parsons. Geo. P. Pntnam. Alfred Pell, Jr. Walton H. Pecham. Willard Parker, M. D. Howard Potter. J. J. Phelps. Henry J. Kaymond. Franklin F. liandolph. Marshall O. Ixoberts. A. D. F. Randolph. Andrew Reid. Eobert A. Ridley. James F. Rno;gles. Clias. H. Russell. Geo. A. Robbins. James Renwick. . Robert Ra_y. Christopher R. Robert. Lewis M. Rutherford. Peter Rice. Charles Roome. Theodore Roosevelt. Sam. B. Rnggles. Samuel Sclieitfelin. James A. Snydara. Charles E. Strong. Jonathan Stiirges. H. A. Stone. Chas. Steinway. S. Sloan. E. A. Stevens, Wm. C. Schermerhorn. Alfred Scliermerhoru. Frank Stout. 3 George Stone. Gen.^Wm. K. Strong. H. D. Stover. A. T. Stewart. Robert L. Stuart. John Stephenson. Otis D' Swan. Wm. Scharfenberg. P. Renisen Strong. Edm'd H. Schermerhorn. Wm.'Schaus. John AV". Schmidt. Edward T. Snelling. Wm. Oliver Stone. Jas. T. Siiydam. John H. Swift. Rutherford Stuyvesant. John Sloane. Augustus E. Sillimau. Francis Skiddy. David Stewart. Sydney A. SchiefFelin. Philip Schieftelin. John M. Sears. Launtz Thompson. Charles N. Talbot. John Torrey, L. L. D. Moses Taylor. J. F. Trow. Charles L. Tiffany. Henry C. Timm. Francis Tomes. Thos. Tileston. Rich. J. Thorne. Rich. S. Tucker. Chas. Tracy. Frederic S. Talmadge. Dr. Underbill. Robt. Usher, Jr. J. J. Vannostrand. Alex. Yan Rensselaer. Joseph B. Varnum, Jr. Calvert Vaux. M. Vassar. George Vanderhoff. Henry I. Vail, Cornelius Vanderbilt. Chas. B. Wood. Prof. David A. Wells. J. A. Weeks. D. M. Walduck. H. H. Ward. George Windle. Edward Walker. James W. Wallack. Samuel Wetmore. W. Stanwood Wood. John C. Wilmerdiag. 36 W. H. Weller. E. Storrs Willis. Fred. H. Walcott. George Cabot Ward. OhasrE. Whitehead. E. A. Witthaus. John D. Wolfe. Chaf. F. Winthrop. Henry Wilson. Henry Wilson. Edmund M. Young, John E. Zimmerman. \ /\ \ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 013 744 458 6