The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-07-02
CORRESPONDENCE.
,,o.,or Letter from Our CorreSPon-
.,.nt M the Montreal Young Mems
TnrIatinn As collation. Convention.

C,o.,nr Letter from Our CorresPon-
Scnt nj the Montreal Young Mems
christian As collation. Convention.
Editors InteIigencer:
The great Young Mems Christian
Association Convention adjourned on
last Saturday week, and sickness has
prevented my giving you sooner BRIEF
outline of the business done, and an ac-
count of the glorious farewell meeting
held on the following Sunday, but
trust you will say better late than
never. My last gave news up to
Wednesday, evening, so l Will com
mence with Thursday morning, when
the Convention went TO business III
good earnest until evening, when we
adjourned TO attend II grand sacred
concert given in honor OF the CohNeh-
ton In the Stating Rink. 1here We're
about 1000 persons present, anu the
performers numbered over 2OO. ~ was
n magnificent affair, opening win the
WeddinpS March, by the orchestra
| (Which consisted ofthe band of the 21'h
regiment, assisted by number oi
strinEed instruments), and concIuueu
with that grand old national anthem Oh
| England, which is the same time as our
"Mv county tits of Thee" GOD Save
the Queen" On Friday the ConVeh-
ton remained in session until 10. Il. NJ,
md got through the heaviest part OF
the business, one of the chlet features Oh
which was hearing reports IRON the
Corresponding Secretaries oteach STATE
There were delegates from almost every
portion of the continent, San Francis
co, CALIFORNIA;; New Orleans; Charles
ton, 5. c.; Petersburg, Va; Iowa; Nash
Vile, Tenn; Nova Scotiai New Bruins,
wick; Prince Edwards Island; ana
Ireland was most ably represented by
Rev. DIR, Denhnm. There WAS also
/ IAtt4r rand from the
Young Mems Christian Association of
Paris France. The members OF
associations represented, WAS about 20,
embracing Il membership OF about 3d.
900, and The number of delegates at
tending the Convention, from first 10
last, was 6l5; 80 you see from these
rough statistics that the Young Men
| Christian Associations are hlTeauy "
rover in the land, aud we trust for good
| There has been IN increase during tue
| Dast year, in the membership, OF apout
| ~ ner cent, and the probability is that
| there will be 200 per cent. Increase the
next wear, for every delegate expressed
! the discrimination to work this year
| more Zealously than the past. One oil
the most exciting incidents OF Friday s
sessions, was tho Introduction OF col
| ored preacher, II delegate from colored
association in New York. On stepping
up to the Presidents chair to give in
| his report, the President shook the
colored delegates hand most cor
daily, which produced rounds
OF applause, but when Major
Gregory "a rebel officer from Re re.
son of Africa, the delegation not only
clapped their hands, but rose and
! cheered, waving handkerchieis and
! hats 1t was one of the most exciting
scenes ever witnessed, and the G eneral
remark was what wonders the Lord Is
/ hItf IRnnnnSk1 mAnV Will give
| the Devil the credit for such a change
| in the Southern mind. The next an
nual Convention is to be held mt De-
troit, Michigan. Washington and
Cleveland put in very strong claims,
| but at the previous convention many
delegates pledged themselves for De-
Iroir, Wheeling can put in her claims
ueXt wear. We can give the members
| Il ride on the street cars, drive them out
| TO Mrs. Erench's and picnic 10
| MoundsvilIe, all of which would COM
pare, to a certain degree, with the PIC
/ mic we had on Mount Royal, at
| the back of Montreal, the trip
! down to Quebec, and the run down the
/ Lachiue Rapids. Saturdays sittings
! were occupied with essays, reports tot
secretaries and committees, and untin-
| ished business, part OF which was an
nouncing the corresponding secretaries
! for the ensuing year. Mr.. VIM. ii.
| Irwin of our city, was nominated for
! West Virginia. The farewell meeting
was held in the great st. james Street
/ Methodist Church. This church seats
! 3, 900, but there must have been cOnsid-
erabIy over that number present, as
every available space was occupied.
Addresses we're made by General How
ard, OF Washington; Hon. MIR. Rhodes,
of Columbus; General Russell, and
many other able speakers, but the most
eloquent address was that delivered by
J Rev. DR.. !Douglass, Methodist minister,
Montreal. 1t was II perfect master
piece Of oratory. He held the vast aud
euce spelI-bound and silent but not
fearless. At the close of the meeting
all the delegates rose, took hold of
hands aud sang "Say, brothers, Will
| you meet u.s.
| his ended the present convention of
| the Young Mems Christian Association
on this continent. On Monday morn
! ing most of the members attended the
picnic prepared for them by John
| Redpath, Esq, a wealthy merchant of
! Montreal, and in the evening we took
| passage for the old city of Quebec,
which has not yet succumbed TO the
| Fenians.
! The crops both in Canada and the
United States look exceedingly promis-
| ing. There seems to be IL fair prospect
of great abundance both of grain, hay
| and fruit. ANGLO SAXON.