New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-09
EOtaI 5ntelligente.
Southern Hospital Association for Disabled
Soldiers.

A meeting of this association was held last eve.
ming at the Lyeeum Hall, and number of inAu.
ental ladies' and gentlemen interested in the or
ganization and Jealous for its success, assembled
on the occasion.
Among the gentlemen present were Bishop
Quintard, of Tennessee, Bishop Green, of Misss-
sippi and Bishop Wilmer, just consecrated for
Louisiana, General Beauregard, General Hood, |
General Buckner, General Hays, General Gibson
and GeneUp Scott.
Gen Hood, as president of the association, was
in the chair.
Bishop Quintard opened the proceedings with
an eloquent and touching address. Referring to
the fact~that the association was originated by
officers Of the late Confederate army its success
he said, depended upon the ladies. In this CON
nection he highly euogized the women of the
South for their behavior daring the war The
women Of few countries had passed through
such an ordeal in such spirit of self
denial, and with so noble a bearing With
their Bleeding hearts, they never ceased angelic
minstratiQns. There was no work they would not
do-no sacrifice they would rat make. They
were always faithful; always true; and meritad
the plaudits they had from the brave and noble of
the land. To those who took their lives in their
hands, they had especially devoted themselves,
and now that the strife was over, its victims were
objects 0ftenierast regard with them.
He would say that unless the women of this city
took this greutacheme of beneyoienee i'll hand, it
woultfail, Men had the wit to design, but wo-
man 0E.y had the dalicacy and influence to sue.
ceed II such project There was suffering un-
speakaJie suffering throughout the land The
II lame the halt and the blind were to be cared for
4 There never was such a call for selfsaerifce.
TtaIiEat Reverend Bizfop closed Lia address,
I Of which we have given a very imperfect outline,
will an invocation for blessing upon the work
aboGt 10 lie inaugurated Never was anything
carthiy 50 endeared to lin as this lost cause He
had Witnessed The forttude ana devotion Of those
who feE. on tic heid he lad been impressed with
the scenes where hraya ma Christian men with
d,,irg tyoo4l resf~no1 thor,soI,,os brn,hly to
tbair r.,l az socr,6cos ro, tloir country and it
heFoorad in n r,o,, +hat ,ba ,l,olrbt o proyid.
4 inc f5. Ia 1,,;r1od srrvtvor. of the conflict
A sho,,.f I,-a,ra a gr,,1 s,,ncass
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nov, a4,1rassad ,bo asee,,1,iaga ua ah.arvad
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~, ~. 80, orooftor s,,f7sr i, bo+t1o. abo
fnd ratreaf.
The object Of this meeting was to select a pres
dent Of the ladies, branch of the association, VIII
were to aid in the bazaar to be opened for il
benefit. He would suggest that that selectio
should be left to the ladies' themselves; that the
should take part Of the room make their cboic
and report the result to the meeting. The gener
then went on TO say that all hlstaF} Nroved ma
to be failure, when he sought ~ ends alon
1t was the aid Of woman mat assured
success Inc members OF ms society pr
posed to establish home foi the disable
soldier, in whatever cilme ne might nave oe'
wounded. lie General hoodl was mere 70 pIe'
for every soldier VINO had proved ms MANHOOD
battle whence ne came no mater vi hls o'
crutches.-IiET. he thanked God ne was still ao
to write, to wlk, ard could work but thousan