To Aid The Starving Miners

The following circular letter has been issued by the relief committee for VVashtenaw county: Sir: A meeting of the chairmen of the local committees appointed by the several villages and townships in this county was held in this city on Thursday last. It was determined at that meeting that there should be a general relief committee of this county, of which the chairman of each committee should be a member. The committee was organized by the election of B. M. Thompson as chairman and James O. St. Clair, secretary. B. M. Thompson, mayor of Ann Albor; Alfred Uavenport, supervisof York; Michael P. Alber, supervisor of Freedom; Fred. Sipley, poor commissioner of Ann Arbor, and George J. Crowell, of Chelsea, were appointed to formúlate a plan for soliciting aid and forwarding the same to the poor and destitute in the Upper Península. We hope that your committee will commence solicitating aid immediately and that the work will be well and thoroughly done so that every one may have an opportunity to give, be his gift ever so small. It is expected that the local committees at the several shipping points will make arrangements for receiving supplies immediately, and we should suggest that a notice of :he place where such supplies can De delivered be posted in the postoffice or some other public place, [t is expected that the local committees at the shipping points will keep an account of all supplies received and shipped and will credit the several townships furnishing such supalies and will also notify the secre:ary of the general committee in order that a full and accurate statement of the donations of the county as a whole, and of each township, village or city, may be published for the information of our citizens. Respectfully, J. O. St. Clair, Sec'y of Relief Com. Wash. Co. Accompanying this letter was the following report of the committee: Gentlemen - Yoar committee to whom was referred the question of devisingsome general plan for soliciting aid for the poor and destitute in the upper península, collecting supplies and forwarding the same, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to suggest. 1. That the local committee of each township in the county divide the township by school districts,and that there be a house to house canvass made in each school district. 2. That the local committees of the cities and villages make a house to house canvass. 3. That the supplies collected be turned over to the local committee of either Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Chelsea, Dexter, Saline, or Milan, and that such supplies be forwarded either to the relief committee of Dickinson or Gogebic county, or first reported to the general relief committee of Detroit, care of J. L. Hudson, Esq., and sent as that committee shall direct. Your committee would recommend that all shipments be made under direction of the general committee at Detroit, for the reason that the general committee will be fully advised of the condition of affairs in the north and will be able to forward such supplies to the points where they are most needed. A report of all supplies forwarded should be sent to the secretary of "the general relief committee of this county, i, order that all of our citizens may know through the reports of that committee what each township, village and city has done and what are the aggregate donations of the county. 4. The several local committees are requested to solicit money, clothing, grain and all kinds of provisions and perishable vegetables. It is suggested that arrangements be made at each shipping point witli some flouring mili to grind all grain donated or to exchange flour for such grain. 5. The committee recommend and urge that the work of soliciting donations be commenced immediately and completed not later than the first of January next. All of which is respectfully submitted. December 14, 1S0?. Coramittee.