UNION ORPHAN ASYLUM.

This benevolent institution, chartered by the General As-
sembly in 1864, as "the offspring of that terrible war which
but so recently swept in blood and fire throughout this land,"
has been enabled to accomplish much good in the direction in
which it aims. The orphans of those, who, under the calls
made for volunteers, and by the indiscriminating draft,
"went forth to battle for what they considered the right," are
here taken and cared for with a mother's love, by the charit-
able ladies in charge, and by whom, it was projected. With-
in the pleasant and beauliful Asylum are 64 orphan children,
who are taught according to their years, proper lessons, and
their mental and moral culture carefully watched and cared
for.

The Managers claim for the Asylum a spirit which, if fully
carried out, must prove a blessing upon themselves as well
as upon those whose comfort and happiness they are so
zealously studying; and so long as "its basis is the Gospel of
Christ, and its perpetuation the spirit of Christianity," it
must and will succeed. Prudent sanitary regulations being
enforced, the health of the orphans is good, and they are in
fact surrounded by every comfort the limited means of their
treasury will permit. Burdened with a debt of $37,000, the
managers ask an appropriation of $20,000 to assist them in
its liquidation, and your committee call the attention of your
honorable bodies to their request as worthy of your considera-
tion. We suggest in addition an annual appropriation of
$5,000.