The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-31
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nthGAD. " ATTEseS.

Ro,,t,st General association Of Virginia --
Tn. meeting Of this body, on yesterday, was
au,te interesting. Vuious reports We're made
n reference to the several departments of re-
nelaus enterprise. The following report was
.eai hy Rev 4 T. pIcklna"n, the Snpefin
ten.ent at Cnipor'aee, and is puhlished by re
quest of the Association.
Al til. las. .Lnuai meeting II this body
resolution were adopted shat ~ appoint
mint OF oolporteurs shoulJ he restricted TO
the army" and that special con tributiop s
To coiporeage amous the soldiers should be-
solicited Nom such persons IN all parts Of tue
clnutry hs feel Mte..Rlei H. the spiriiua
wslfare ~ III. brave m.u VITO nis gathered
ffrn the sations sSouj1ern states Ia nxht our
common battles ot. the soil o: Virginia. -
Acting uudsr these iGs tsncttoas. he sunday
school aud Pnalic0t ion Board ta- IN ade such
An appeai, and with the most remarkable
success Everywhere, from mpr or ali De
nomina, rs and VI no denomination, m
era rs.,Ap:e hes been mrds The following
is brief summary OF what o.. pee n s"e'se"'
% far As 1. 10 nsetfu; TO s'ata result.
We have collected e2t Cnp, with which forty
'rnct. have been Iuhi.Sh"d. six million one
Guudre5 ano StRhty = ven tbrHs nd pages q
.raicn have b-e. ItsIibut.d besides six
thousand aud niUei; five &c. ments, thir
:eeu thcusn,lc esght EaLdred and forty hrG
o1pes OF the little vvlume called thiap
HYMNS, AMI large Iumprr OF re!iRiors
BOOKS. OuF policy h.ra 10 .. .. the CO.
arera,ion Of G, claims and oh pious men
IN the army. and, rs far ~ p0sss ols 10 WORK
through them Thus II Is that il v"stamount
Of tabor has ',cCI performed without any az
uense to the Board and these tcores OF 'otun
tary tract dl.ir!but 5re, while carrying JOY Ind
peaca to he hearts Of their comrades, nave
themselves been greatly oenFnsec ny having
'omar hing - do, thol nave reati5ea the IuI
flilae tbf the iTu,a!,s, He that WatSIeth
All Ill he W. tersC, also l.masi:. IL order ;he
better "a reach and sup.b 'ao various di-
visions III the army shrone noaI ths tonleder
acy. va nave established depostt0rIes IN va
riGDS cities and toans !" every sucn place
b ;ae nous man has been iouu0 who. foT The
luxury OF doing good TO he 50. lisr., ha' been
w,iknS &c furnish suitable room and to act
H gent.
Thus lsstamsn u and .iac-S have been cal red
10 the very doors Of thousands OF ministers
and pirate CtrisIiars. who, tut ior these liz
Tic ,.spo,s OF religious literature, might not
have been induced 10 a.! 40 tract distributors
We have Repositories i'll ao,dshoro', Rsle!gh
acd Wilmington, N. CO in savannah aud
Atlanta, Ga. in ID 7bile snd montsomeTy,
A:a IT e rir 10, Mas, IN knoNViile, Tenn.
and IN Richmond, LyE chburg, rt3unton and
Denviile, Va How p!easans to Think OF the
facilities INES fu.L ished for spreading the
ord of the LORD among those who defend
our sltars and b ~mes-oi he thousands who.
far from their loved ones are every hour IN
svery day. ip the Loneliness and gloom Of the
b ,s,ital and in the hustle and mirih OF the
camp, reading some of these millions Of pages
which have been distributed, and thu been
led to turn un to the Lord
when We en tered upon these iabors Ia the
army, the held was entirely uuoccupied. No
similar agency had been orSauizeJ at that
time and Sc. 81 work 10 this dlrec don, We
had at least wo-thirds OF all the col porteurs
IT the South liz our EN- plCy-,he result OF our
effort 10 bald up southern co,pcrtage en-
tsrprse from the tine when the American
Tract Socisty determined 10 rGbllsh on sue
question o. slavery. From the first, Virginia
hss 20 ii large ex Tent heen the ba.ue field OF
.hs t.uggle for oar independence 1t seem.
ec, therefore, that we Wi n his trained b8nd
OF IaborsIs we're called OF Goo 10 eIga&e In
the work which had BET brough to our very
doors. Appeals for tracts came TO us from
chaplains and other pious men IN the army,
as we'll rs from those al home, o! oil evangei-
iCaI derominatiors; and at the same time
con tributiors were made by Christians OF
Il fersrt ecclesiastical connections, 10 aid IL
the publication and distribution Of ihsse
irscts. We we're thus 1onbiy encourage 10
address geHeral appeal 20 I'll good people
within the Eonfe1s! ste states. While asking
Ior the money % eli, We have held ourselves
ieady 20 assist the la5ors OF 81 among the
soldiers, AMI such as wished our pubiicd
officers, privales, godly N .n
aud wonea at hone--haVe been freely sup
piled with them.
We are glad 10 be able - record that we
cGssI been left 20 cuitIva'e this field alone
Th5 4th Carollna Tract 3ociety and other
iAs.a.' .5Es, which Werc alr1ady il existence
have sen pa0i.hil& -: t. for s1lcie-s; rs
have Oaea keS. X. Gil.e WOOD, UGder Epsco-
L - avs lSts III III :, LiiC AASN W. j W.
Uso~der, with the concurrence OF minis ;ers Of
al denominations: Ii North Carolina. New
matt tut;cus, ciso, nave pesN called into being
Jy this demand f-f re..gi 1s literature, among
watch the tIrgiEi. Methodist Tract Society
and the Evangelical tract Society OF Peters.
burg are doing agcad work. We rejoice in
this development OF Christian zaai md in
every token Of the diviue Blessing upolii
sui, enough remains 10 call forth all our
forts, sacrifices, and prayers. The field before
US - now more inviting THAN q! any previous
.icie. The fact tina. We were the first ID in
luGl1a.e tais eLterpCias; tia: We havs 81
lnaHy hundreds OF p'pu5, .aNoriOas men scat
tered through tEe }~.-l.degttc army 1T WORK
t0I Us tn At ouT lie pos! by axei IS IN me va.
7Iouz cities have 50 faithfully aOqsbt 10 aid
all, and that oug EO.T1 Is loc& ted az the SEA-.
II he Il Government AID center OF travel! a!l
cCmb-As % atterL thu. the l.0rd OF the harsest
has not YET Released uG from tina servics-tnat
. holds II greater ind richer fruits Iii re-
serve fer US.