The Baptist General Association of Virginia,
or. as the old-timers loved to call it. "the .lune
meetln'" assembled at the First Baptist Church
yesterday morning. This is the tlist meeting
of the getuial association since 1MU, when wais
and rumors of wars made it impracticable tor
the Baptist brethren to get together in a State
body. The moderator of 1SC4, the Kev. Kiehard
Hugh 'laeby, of King and Queen, called t'h<*
meeting t<> order He was elected president of
the new hotly, and with him the following vice
presidents were elected: Itev. Daniel Witt of
Prince Edward; Kev. A. Bioadus, Jr.. of Caro
line County; Rev. Thomas llunie, of Portsmouth,
and Rev. Harnett Grimsley. of Rappahannock
County. William Dandrldge, of Richmond, was
elected treasurer, ;inii Alexander 1". At" 11. of J
Charlottesville, was elected secretary. Tho as
sociation was duly organized, committees were I
appointed and a program mapped out. At the j
night session the ltev. J. P. Boyce, l>. D.?
preached the annual sermon.
James W. Binford, a citizen of Surry County, j
on a visit to Bichmoml, committed suicide yes- |
terday afternoon by taking a great dos.- of
strychnine. He came to Richmond three days
ago and stopped at a boarding-house on Frank- j
lin Street It was in this boarding-house that
he. took tho dose of poison. He left a not* say
ing that lie had lost his all by tho war, and had
nothing more worth "living for.
