Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-04-25
Ladies' Soldiers, Friend Society of
Nashville.
NASHVILLE, Monday April %, 1861

| NASHVILLE, Monday April y, 1861.
The ladies of Nashville met pursuant to
adjournment, Mrs. A. ". Mccall in the
Chair.
The Committee on Organization made the
/ following report:
| The Committee on Resolutions beg leave
| to make the following report:
| WHEREAS, We are now compelled to re-
| gard the South and the South only as sour
| Country" and as it is now in great danger;
| therefore,
ResolUed, That We pledge our all in support
| of her glorious cause, and in order that we
may do more efficiently what we ouqht, we
organize ourselves into Society to be called
1.-The Soldiers Friend Society of Nashville -
RESOLVED, That the officers of the Society
shall be q President, ten Vice-Presidents,
Secretary and Treasurer, who shall discharge
the duties usually assigned to such officers.
Rssolred, That the objects of this Society
shall be,
First, To make up clothing for our SOL
diers, to prepare lint, bandages, and whatey-
er else may be required to promote the com-
fort of the noble volunteers.
Second, To raise money, in order to carry
out the purposes of this Society; and
Third, 70 seek out and sustain, il need be,
the families of those who so forth to battle
for ''Our Country;s" rights, to give immortal
ity to those who fall IN our defence, and well
come to our firesides the :oil-worn soldiers
who have suffered and bled for US.
The Committee on Organization beg leave
to report the following persons as perma-
neut Officers of this Society:
PREsIDENT.-hlrs. JAS K. Polk.
VICE PRESIDENTs.-Mrs. Thomas Claiborne,
Jno. III. Bass, Paul F. Eve, Henry Middleton
Rutledge, John Shelby, Daniel Graham,
Aaron V. Brown, Andrew Jackson, Robert
Bell, David Craighead.
SECRETARY.-Mrs. NJ. A. Knox.
TREAsURER.-Mrs J. A. S. Acklin.
Committee to superintend making up
Clothing
Mrs. L C. Nicholson, N. S. 5. Laurence,
Randall W. McGavock, George Cunning
ham. E. G. Foster, Sd, George Seiper, Mary
Crockett, Joseph Henning.
Committee to see after the wants of the
families of Volunteers,
Mrs. Robert III. Porter, L. ID. Huston, Byrd
Douglas, d. F. Carter, Jas. Plunkett, Jas. B.
Craighead, William Cooper, E. P. Fort, S. r.
COckrili, Nathan Gibson, Irby Morgan, w.
@. Harding
Committee to superintend the preparation
of liuI, bIudages, &c:
Miss Jane Tuomas. Anna Lou. Eve. Mollie
Martin, Mary l.. McGavock. Mary Hadlry.
dora Cartar. Auna Green, Pattie Ander-
sou. Mary NJ. Elliott, Miuuie Ratledge Felicia
Bass. Maggie Knox, Ida Hamilton.
Committee to raise monry:
Mrs. John 81. Williams, I'll. S. Foster, Ly
zinka c. Brown, James Nj. Hamilton l. II.
Inier, John J. McCaun, Alex Mccall.
Washington Barrow, Matthew Watson, Tom.
Smith, S. E. And rson. Edwin Hickman,
Hill McAlister, R. q. McNairy. Granville P.
Smith, G. E. HiiIman, Joseph Horton. John
Overton, A. l.. P. Green. Johu B. Everett,
VIM. Stockell. e. X. Winston, A. j. McWbir-
Ioho To
Which, on motion, was unanimously adopt
ed.
The Committee on Resolutions made the
following report, which was unanimously
adopted.
On motion, all who desired to cooperate
with the Society in its labors were requested
to give their names to the Secretary, when
2O4 ladies, being all that were present, i'm
mediately enrolled themselves.
The following communication, from Ten
nessee Division No. 50, Sons of Temperance,
was received, and ordered to be entered on
the minutes:
"SoN's HALL" MASONIC TEMPLE, !
Saturday, April 10th, 1861.
Mrs. James Il. Polk, President LADIES' Southern
Rights Association:
At a meeting of Tennessee Division No. 80
of the Sons of Temperance, held this evening,
it was unanimously voted that Sons Hail."
in the Masonic Temple, be rendered to your
Association for its meetings. By order of
the Division. Respectfully,
HENRY CURREY, r. S., pro TEN.
Upon a call being made for subscription,
between $500 and 81 900 were Immediately
subscribed, the ladies, young and old, mani
testing the greatest enthusiasm.
On motion, the Society adjourned to meet
on call of the President, through the city
papers. N. A. KNOX. Secretary.