The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-31
LOCAB MATTERS.

LOCAb MATTERS.
.,uuar Meeting OF the Southern His
torfeaI society.
,srre audience assembled in the hall Of
.,e House OF Delegates last night in attend
ance upon the annual meeting, OF this So,
ciety. 80. ,,,a
inc with most appropriate prayer =
The annual report OF the Executive Com
mi.tee was then read by DR.. j. William
Jones, secretary.
The report gives q sketch OF the work OF
,he Society during the past yeat, and takes
= most hopeful view OF the present status
anal future prospects of the Society The
receipts and. disbursements OF the Society
dnripr tie past year were reported to be
s5la4.5S. The committee reported that
while the receipts bad fully met expenses
f,rtne current gear; there had tapped oUer
from previous years debt which amounts
10 sl,997.57. The report concludes as
follows: -
This debt, We repeat, has tapped oueT
from previous years, and may be fully ac-
counted fo~ BY the statement that in the
years 1876 and lS77we paid for the single
items OF stercotyping, printing the Confed-
nrs,e roster, and the extra cost OF the large
Number OF pages, and extra copies OF our
pnners. the sum OF S4,505.S6-i. e., il we
bod run the Papers for 1876 and 1877 on the
h,sis Of the cost of publishing them in 1878
ond 1870 we would have paid every dollar
of our liabilities and had surplus Of
$2,5uS.29.
II should be remembered, too. that out Of
our receipts from the Papers we have bad
= No og pt1h1
tion. but all OF the expenses Of the Society
as well, and that we now have on hand back
volumes worth at least $1,000 (eyery one of
which can be disposed Of in the course Of
tjme), and stereotype-plates for nearly the
whole OF the first year, from which we can
reprint dd lbitum.
But we desire especially to call attention
to the fact .t,fat beginning and continuing
orr publication during the worse years for
such an enterprise the country has seen,
we have not only been able to issue. regll-
larly our Papers, but TO make them most
important auxiliary towards accumnlating &
In our archives material which, could be
readily sold in the market for thousands OF
dollars. but which is, or priceless value for
the purposes for Which our Society was or
ganized.
We have thought it due alike TO the So
ciety and TO the committee to give these de-
tails: and we are happy to be able to add
that we have made an arrangement by
which 10 The future the Papers will be
nublished without risk OF Indebtedness to
the Society. But the debt OF S1.997.57
ought TO be promptly met by special dona-
tions, so that the Papers may not longer
have to carry this burden.
In conclusion, we would express our
growing conviction OF the Importance OF
nm ENTERPRISE which has for its object the
yindication Of rs pure 4 cause as was ever
submitted to the arbitrament OF the sword,
and the furnishing Of the material for q
true history of as noble q band Of patriot
heroes as ever marched or fought ''in all
the tide OF time" @
Bv order of the Executive Committee.
j. WILLIAM JONES, #
Secretary Southern Historical Society.
General Early explained that Father
RYAN bad first promised 10 make the ora.
ton on this occasion; that his physicians
having forbidden him to use his voice, he
had promised TO send an original poem ltel'
&c eeraphisg as late as Monday that it would
ce, .tainly be here), and that the poem hae
fail ed 10 come by some unexplained cause
Ge 1eral EARLY submitted few remarks as
to he valne and importance OF the WORE
Of be Society.
D,, ,.J.L. M. Curry submitted the follow
ing esolution:
Re solced, Tint the past success OF tht
Socie, ", its TaIuable.work in securing thu
prepa ration and publication of historic doe
ument@s, It's influence in yindicatiag trntt
and CO r0eeting erroneous opinions at home
and abi +eexd, make-its support more inpor
tant th 40 ever before, and we commend i
and the HistoricaL Society Papers to tht
eonfden ce and patronage OF all our lats
associate S, and of all who wish the truth Of
history I, he serupulously preserved.
DR.. Gu my sustained his resolution ia AZ
earnest Bd eloquent speech, which wa:
frequently fnterrupted with applause.
Major 81 lies made strong and very Cor
chile appe. u TO The audience to take life
membership s and relieve the Society of it:
burden, which Rtas enthusiastically ap
.piauded.
Tue secretary said that while it was esH
tssdinedy Important to raise the amon,i
saned st the earliest possible moment, gel
plenty OF new subsegibers ,svould enahlf
Il ven 10 work through.
There Eas good deal Of enthusiasm iE
the neeeEg.
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