The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-21
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
RIoHMosp MALE ORPHAN soc1rr,

q HIoHMosD MALE ORPHAN SocIRTY. -
The thirteenth annual meeting Of this societ
was held on Monday evening, April 1ssh, Ia th
i lecture room Of 81. PauI's church. Az usual, tb
, number OF persons 10 attendance was small W
feel sonle surprise that our citizens, who hav
, shown very lively interest Ia this Society, b,
giving literally Of their substance for it's
should not attend its auniyersary In greater mum.
bers.
VIM Taylor, ESQ, President, took the chair
and the Secretary Of the Society, Mr.. Howison
acted ss Secretary Of the meeting.
By request Of the Chairman, Rev DR. Miuegs-
rode opened the meeting with prayer.
Mr. Bentley, member of the Board of Mana
gers, read tho annual report, from which it ap-
pears that "the Society, like those for whose be-
nens u 10 Intended, springiDg from an humble and
| uupfetending origin, has nevertheless surely,
though slowly, gained s0ats ground with each re.
| turning year, until 1t has now reached position
of decided usefulness, and We hope we are war.
la"tea 10 adding the promise of greatly extend.
e1 sphere OF action in the fature" The number
OF boys now in the Asylum is 80 During the
past year III have been admitted and for 10 eigi.
Ole situations have been found, and nine Of these
.. nave zone well, and are now "placed in circum-
stances favorable to their future success 10 life"
ihe report shows the great Importance of obtain.
ing more central position and larger building
Tor the Asylum, and closes with brief but i'm
pIessve airnsion 20 the character and services of
frederick Bransiord, the former President of the
Society, whose death has occurred since the last
annual meeting. '"''
Dir Duniop, the Treasurer, presented his &C.
couns Wnleh is also aiinded to in the annual res
port,1 rom which 10 appears that $2,6S6 rs have
oeen expended, aud $2784 60 receiyed and that
the balance in hand Is S274 IL. The expenditures
OF the last year only exceed those Of the year be.
oy slz. 70 ana when it is considered that the
average number OF boys has been four more than
IN the preceding year, 1t will be very apparent
that the management Of the Superintendent has
been highly Judicious. The sum received from
$l63 ~ p'"'o'''i was
John Gilmer, Esq, being present was called |
supon by the Chairman, and in response MADE a |
brief address, In which be drew lessons of finstruc,
tion aud encouragement to those engaged in ear
ing for the orphan from the words of Savtour
Peter, Feed my Lambs" and from those other
even more tender words sSufer little children to
come uuto me. and forbid them not" Hisremarka
were graceful and appropriate.
After some discus ssiop, ia which Messrs Shall
Minor, Baskerville, Dabney, j. g. Walker Dr
Gwathmey, DR.. Minegerode and others participate
eo tue oiiowing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the Board of Managers he and
are hereby instructed, at such time and in such
manner as they may deem expedient to make An
earnest effort to rese the sum of $4,000, or such
other sum as they may consider sufficient for the
grounds for the asylum"
The President, Mr.. Taylor, had urged the inn. |
porfance OF this subject in earnest address, in
which the example of the city Of Charleston and |
her noble asylum for orphans, were specially men
toned.
The following we're elected for the ensuing
year.
VIM Tay ylor, resident; VIM Sands, lstvP; DI
shell. "a 2; w Haxail Sd P; Alfred Harris
Secretary.
brectors-Wm III Gwathmey; VIM W Parker; w |
z @Msye; M Bentl,; Phi ip Howard: II London;
W banewlnkle; thomas Quarles; Prof Geo E
Debney and John Stewart Wa ker
Ihe meeting adjourned, Rev. DIR. Minegerode |
proDouncing the benediction.
The little boys of the Asylum were present, neat |
and orderly, and added, by their appearance, much
to the interest of the occasion