The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-13
CapitoI Memorial Association.
MEETING AND PERTINENT 0RGAErzA-
TON

A number of prominent citizens Of Rich
mond met, pursuant to call, at the Cham
Der or Commerce rooms last night, to take
into consideration the propHiety Of effectine
an organization with q view to raising funds
for the erection at the Capitol of tablet
commemorative of the disaster OF April
18th, 1870, and Of those who lost their lives
| By That calamity. E...S.s
The meeting was called to order by Col.
Thos. II. Wynne, on whose motion Col.
James Mcdonald, Secretary of the Com
| monwealth, was called to the chair. and
Mr. e. V. Valentine was elected secretary
pro tenn.
The chairman made few appropriate re-
marks; after which Mr.. Elam, chairman of
| the Press Committee, made q brief state
ment of the proceedings eliminating in
this meeting.
Letters were then read from Rev. Drs.
Mtnnigerode and Granbery, Col. Archer
Anderson, Major Chas. s. Darlington,
Col. Albert Ordway, ex-Gov. Henry A..
Wise, Mayor Kelley, Gen. P. T. Moore,
and many other prominent citizens of Rich
! mond, expressing their cordial sympathy
with the objects of the meeting, and their
desire to become members of the proposed
association.
The following plan of organization was
then adopted:
This association shall be known as ssThe
Capitol Memorial Association"
Its officers shall consist of q president,
fifteen vice-presidents, board Of eleven di-
rectors, a treasurer, and secretary. Three
directors shall have power to act at any
meeting efthe board. :
Any one paying 81 or more toward the
fund to be raised by the association shall
be considered member.
The officers of the association shall meet
at least once month to consider progress
and to devise such further means rs may be
necessary, If any, to attain the objects Of
the association.
1t shall be the duty of the president and
directors to at once, prepare and publish an
address to the people OF the State, invoking
their aid toward the erection of memo
rial tablet in the Capitol.
The president and directors shall also
cause to be prepared lists of subscription,
to be kept by such persons and at such
places as they may designate in this city
and the State.
When fund sufficiently large shall have
been obtained, or earlier if they think pro-
per, the president and directors shall secure
an appropriate design for the memorial tab
let, TO be inscribed with the names Of the
victims of the Capitol disaster of April 81,
1870, shall contract for the execution of the
same, and shall take such other steps as
may be proper and necessary to the placing
Of said tablet in the Capitol.
The president and directors may at any
time call meeting of the members Of the
association when, in their judgment, it may
be advisable to do so.
And the said president and directors shall
have and exercise all other power and dis
cretion which may be found necessary to
accomplish the ends of this association.
A committee, consisting of Major j. 81.
Greanor, Thomas II. Wynne, and William
B. 1saacs, being appointed to recommend
permanent officers of the association, re-
ported the following names
President. Ills Excellency Governor
Gilbert c. Walker.
ce.Presidents.-Rev. Charles Fl. Read,
D. d., William S. Donnan, Hon. A. NJ.
Kelley, Isaac Davenport, Rev. J. L. N.
Curry, D. D., William S. Gilman, Hon.
Henry A. Wise, e. J. Levy, Rev. John E.
Edwards, D. D., John Purcell, Colonel A.
r. Courtney, Rev. Charles Minnigerode,
D. D., Colonel james Mcdonald, Hon.
George Rye, james G. Southall.
Directors.-Col, Thos. T. Owens, Chas.
Elan, Col. Albert Ordway, Captain L. L.
Bass, Major VIM. Z. Myers, Captain Wm.
English, Col. Thomas Fl. Wynne, Henry
Bodeker, Maxwell T. Clarke.
Secretary-Capt. p. G. Coghlan.
rtasurer.-Wm. B. lsaacs.
After remarks by Rev. DR.. Read and
others, the meeting adjourned.
After the adjournment q considerable
amount was subscribed by those present for
the memorial tablet.