The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-05

TIE AntnoI Meeting of he Young Mems
/ TRISTAN dissertation, Just held, was ons of
marked interest and harmony. The Presi,
dsn', William Willis, Jr., presented his annual
rapoit, shown. tnat though adverse Eila-
encos nad existed in onr midst during the past
year, sill the coHree cf The association had
been onWsrj, and the additions to tie mou-
b.rah!p had exoeededthat CT any rasioua
year. A "Foil.ot honor was called, paying
jest tribute TO thoBa members whose lives ha.t
basn siveH up III behalf Of their eoantry,
through woulds and disease, during the year
The Lecture COMMITTEES reported course uf
lectures, seven in number, lust concluded, all
OF which had been largely attended by the
ms membership aud the public at large. Tne Iii
fnTy aud Reading Rooms are IS we'll sup
piled as circumstances will admit, and mere
e<sensvsiy pa ronized than ev.r before. The
Committee cn Sunday Schools report tue cog
!iauad prosperity CT the Bstilei School, under
the sn2eriaterdence Of j. ID. * Sieigh:, and
thai shis Is tne only ulissiGn echnoi winch has
survived the wsr, ia the city. l. no,v nun.-
bera 100 pupils Two features Of irts,est in
THE school were mentioned: one, 2 eciaier's
bioie Class every Sabbath, formed Of the con.
vaiesci'g patients frcm tbs ueighboring hog
pisats; the ether, teachers yrayer meeti' z
# half an hour at the close OF each session.
The committee also stated that Two or threa
other mission schools were about TO be estab
The Army Committee, w. 2. MunforG
Chairman, reported work Qf vast N .gni ude,
accomplished during the year ;-S99 1870, ia
money, had been received and disDursei, for
ihs benz tit of the suffering soldiers In hes pi-
tel and field, besides drawers, shirts. socks,
provisions, &c, TO The value of $3.50, ,0G0--ali
Of which had found its way, through this
committee. to the needy and destitute of our
nobis army.
Ths Soldiers Lodge, Qa.ely discortiGnad J
for the beuetit of the wayfarers. has been of
grsa. vaiua 10 the sol0iers. Nine thousand
seven hundred and ssventy-fo had bsen
lodged there durin., its existence, aud fcGr
thousand tickets for Eleais had been issued to
the hungry.
The Samaritan Hospital, under the auspices
of the Association. has also proven Il depart
ment OF great good to the soldier. Under tbs
eonetant care of its devoted matron, Mrs. G.
+. Mayo, il has been made hoEs-lii,e - the
afflicted soltiers, where, by kind attention.
they have been speedily cured and sart on
their way rejoicing. A chaplain is in daily
attendance and family wors. ip is conducted
morning and night. in which all the conva
iesc;Dg patients unite, with evident regard and
profit. The scores of letters received week
Iy, from eli patts OF our Confederacy and from
tao va'ions divisions of the army, testify to
the esiinl.iiou III which this hospital is held
by the soldiers and their friends The per
centage of deaths has been among the small.
est OF any of tie hospitals in the city.
The following persons were elected az Oli-
cels CT the Association for the ensuing year ::
Precedent, VIM. Willis, Jr.; Corresr udine
Secretary. Jas. Gordon Recording Secretary
j. ID X. S!eieht Treasurer, S b. Smith; Re-
sister, j. E. Bugress; Librarian, Asa Snyder