Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-26
RECEIPTS.

ding Postage. age.-......--........- 70 So
Librarian for salary. -.-...-....... 81 80
" Insurance ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. - 80
" Blank Register . ........ 10 90
Fitting up new rooms ......... 5Ol 81
Is Framing advertising cards. ~ 60
& Sundries iOr cleaning, &c......... 10 25
d" Course of 10 lectures 1877 90
'' Balance on hand nd......... Is 06
1929 80
So far as is known by the Treasurer there is not
an outstanding bill against the Association. Dur
ing the past year all bills have been paid soon
as presented.
The. President of the Association, Mr. D. P.
Eells, then read the following Report:
GENTLEMEN OF THE Association We have
come together this evening to celebrate the
fifth anniversary of our organization, and ac-
cording to the provisions of the Constitution
beg leave to submit to you my asnual report
The year which has just closed, though not
perhaps differing materially in many respects
from those that preceded it, is as related to the
history of our Association, somewhat remarka-
BILE. With its commencement we received q
large addition to our numerical strength as the
fruit of that great revival with which we were
blessed during the last part of the winter, and
it Iseemed that more of efficiency and use
fulness would characterize the association for
the year to come, than had hitherto marked its
progress. That year has passed, and in the ra-
pid review which we are able tonight to give,
of its events and history, it will appear how far
those bright anticipations haze heen realized.
On the 18th of April, the Fifth Animal Con-
vention of the Confederated Association was
held in Charleston, s. @, at which this Associ-
alton was represented by ten delegates. The
Convention was one of great harmony and EN-
hraced among its members delegates from al
most every prominent association in the United
States The exercises were mainly the reports
made from the various associations, and the
consideration of measures having direct bear
ing upon their prosperity and usefulness, and
believe every delegate left Convention feeling
his heart warmed with an intenser love for the
cause in which we are engaged and stronger
purpose to make his influence felt and apprecia-
ted for good, where our God In his Providence
should cast his lot. When the time came for
choosing the place for the Convention to be held
the coming year, your delegates made strong
effort in ehaIf of this city, but were unsuecess-
ful, Troy, n. Y, having received the largest
number of votes. The next Convention will
therefore be held in Troy on the seventeenth
day of June next; and it is hoped that so large
representation will attend from Cleveland as
to secure the nomination of this city as the
place of the Convention for the year 1860.
In the course Of the last summer it became
apparent that we were suffering much disad-
vantage from the inconYenient location of our
rooms, which were in the third story of Northup
4 Spangler's Block, on Superior street. The at
tentIon of the Committee on Library and Rooms
was therefore directed towards some improve
ment in this respect, and, late in the summer
they completed an arrangement by which we
secured at reasonable rent the entire second
floor of DR.. Strieklaid's block, No. 247, Superb
or ST., over the store of MessFs. HID. Kendall d
Co. 1t now became necessary to fit up these
rooms in manner which would render them at
tractive to young men and make them worthy
of the Association, and in order to do this the
plan was devised of holding Festival, at which
! it was hoped a sum could be realized sufficient
to secure this object. This Festival was held
at Chaplin Hall in the month of September, and
through the kind and liberal response ofour eiti-
zens, yielded nett profit of $3.50. The rOOms,
comprising library, reading, and commodious
session room, have been tastefully and elegantly
/ fitted up and furnished at an aggregate cost OF
about $3.50, and the greatly increased attendance,
/ both at the reading room and library, as well as
the additional interest in the Association on the
| part OF the members, which is very apparent,
! proves tuC WIDuOH VI
! The present No. of books upon the catalogue
of the Library, is l23s OF these lI7s arenow
upon the shelves; Al are charged to members;
aud I6 are lost Of this number seven are val
liable works, some of them being parts of sets
which cannot be replaced without considerable
expense. They are: Life of Hugh Miller; Trail &
Josephus; SpuTgeon's Life and Ministry; Alex
ander's Evidences; The Works of John Adams,
Vol LIST; Poets and Poetry of Europe, and
Barnes Notes on Romans. Most of the addl-
/ tons during the year have been by purchase,
though number of volumes have been donated
by the friends of the Association. Ofthese, "a
volumes have been presented by N G. Winslow,
ESQ, and a beautiful volume of the Holy Scrip
lures by the Cleveland Bible Society.
| The reading room is well supplied with the
leading religious and many of the secular news
papers, magazines and reviews publishedin this
country, and presents substantial attractions to
such young men as seek to enrich their minds
with wholesome literature rather than gratlty
depraved taste and pamper a sensual appetite
BY indulging in unworthy, though fascinating
\ amusements. All the periodicals on file In the
4 reading room are paid for for the coming yeaI
in advance, except few which are subscribed
for through agents here, which are paid FOL
quarterly.
Inc annual course OF lectures Is mol geS COln
pleted, that of Prof Mitchell not yet having been
delivered. All the expenses of the course how
| ever, except those growing out of that lecture
have been paid, and if we assume that the re-
ceipts from Prof. Mitchell's lecture will cover
the. expenditures which seems reasonable,
our course has yielded US nett profit of S34O
which is by far the most remunerative course
we have ever had. Through the judicious man
agement of the lecture committee, we have been
able to secure highly instructive as well as en-.
tertaining course Of lectures, and 30 far as
know, they hsFe been well received and highly
appreciated by the public.
About two years since the Evangelical clergy
men of the city were invited, at such interval.
as would suit their convenience, to deliver be
fore the Association on Sabbath evening, each
discourse which should be adapted to reacl
and benefit the young men, not Of the Associa
ton alone, but all who should be willing to list
en- TO them. OF this series Of discourses, twl
were delivered about the time when the move
ment was initiated, and five have been Delivers
during the past winter. These sermons have
for the most part, been listened to by large con
gregations Of young meu, and it is hoped tina
they may result 10 great profit to them. It j
4 expected that the series will be confined b,
other clefgymen of the city at such times a
may be deemed expedient