The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-10
The DAILY DISPATCH
Honday Morning, December no. 1sSs
VIRGINIA .,,..-o-0-- INTp1.r.Ir,p~.,.

s.lNiA VI CONFERENCE.-THE Methodist confeer
ense was opened Friday morning with re.d,n, .h,
Sar,a Sp'u'eS' singing and prayer, by Rev George "
Tho n,iuutes OF the aftornoop ..s.;o, =, a.,
eeea,ng cay were then read and approved : y
I,i no t,ist OF Dr Smith being resumed the B;sh
op aeeiaed that no more evidence was reouiroa a.,
q Ts., H oI me HIDING of the committee of the
AZ u S"''erence at Pi;tsboro and that so much .,
tue evidence. given yesterday OF that chs
should be dsregarded. 'A"i se'ef
The testimony of the prosecution ON az = y
charge wss then closed e ''0on'
DIR. Deems then fntroduced Eev r.. ,r,o
witness. 80, - ~ ~'' iAe's az
br. smith proposed to make certain admissions
intended to economise the time of The Tonforsnna 90
IN nearing testimony, but the prosecutor not being
Inc Mr.. Tillett ~ 80
Revs ID. II. Nicholson, S. w Frost, r.. II. Hef.
I'm, H. j. Nixon. Geo. w. Langhorne, and w. g.
Blount - W. "
He also read again the proposition of Rev. yas
H. brent as bearing upon the third charge The
fourth charge was then taken up, and Rev d. II
Nicholson examined.
Leaves of absence was then granted Revs Thom
as a. Pierce, NJ. s. Bishop and Isaac NJ Arnold
On motion the session was prolonped fiji hale.
past O'Clock, and it was further ordered that the
session be so prolonged every day during the con-
tinuance of the trial then in progress = ..s.s.
PETERSBURG ADMINISTRATORS Fridav
morning at an early hour the Old Dominion House
was entered by burglars, and the money drawer
Win small amount of cash was carried off, A
residence on High street was also entered about the
same time, but the robbers obtained nothing
Distressing MIR. Alfred Wherry a well known
citizen was placed in temporary confinement bv
the Mayor, Friday, being decided to be lunatic
ACQuITTRD-A correspondents of the Peters.
burg Express, says that at the last session of Sus.
sex county Court, the negro woman charged with
the burning of Mr. B. +. Harrson's barn was acout
ted Her master afterwards sold her as the i'm.
preston prevailed that she was the guilty person
WHEELING ITEMS-E w Mc(omas, Esq !. TT.
Governor of the State, is in Wheeling.
Presentments.-Eighty persons were reported tn
the grand jury for selling liquor without license
Paroat was to give a concert in Wheeling SAT.
urday evening last %
Morality.-There were 80 deaths in Wheeling
last month. ..t-s o
RoBBING CARA freight car of the Virginia
and tennessee Railroad was broken open at the
central Depot, Montgomery and two fat cattle
belonging to SIR Sheppard of Pulaski were stolen !.
ana, strange as it may appear, cattle and thieves
have not been heard from since ..
REIIGIoUs.-A new Baptist church has been
built in Taylor county and will be dedicated on the
lst of January.
Rev. Thos. s. Kinner late of Petersburp. dhas
accepted the pastoral caro- of tho Baptis. church At
Raleigh, n. C. .
On the 23d ult Rev. S. H. Brown was installed
pastor of the Presbyterian church at Frankfort.
Greenbrier county.
LAND SALE.-The Charlottesville Advocate of
Friday, announces the sale of the farm belonging
to the estate of John Dunkum, to Mr. Hoppe Of
OF Richmond city at $40 IL per acre.