The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-05

| VIRGINIA AINTEIII6Gxsp
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| hEfHonisT CONFERENCE.-THE Conference n
tue Methodist Church Of Virginia is stiIl In session
at Petersburg. On Saturday, the following loe i
preachers, recommended by their respective ON ar
tefly conferences, passed In examination of char
actef, ana were admitted into tho travelling con
nefea-viz; Cyrus Deggest OF Lancaster Circuit
and benl +. Story, of Southampton Circnit.
Inc Application OF ]. B Bailey and H. Avres 70,
y niar admission were rejected and permission wa,
gwen the Presiding Elders of their district to EN-
p'oy them. The applications of q. w Smeoe and
v L. Gates were withheld until q similar ner,p;.
sion
Inc order OK the day Qhc matter Of the Confer
enee sai' against Dr. Waller) was taken up and
pr :. Ap pheation TO be released from tho na "
en' on SO much OF the fund left by the will of DR.
eddy him 10 he ca,rns,a preachers, as was loan
sidered and ON motion ths anr,i,. naesee, was con
the table for the nrasent "pP.~''on WAS iaid on
Robt. Scott wa. erantea , s,,r.ru,,
at his own reauest RELATION
The examination of the cb,rae,.r ,f
resumed and the folIowine EIda,' y. IiaeFs was
Nm q. Cross N p WeSm r'If' pa8seo:
Dew b. H. johnson 7 w p. " ai annih' 1.B.
Bayton, John S. Bripas W W. ahomas
Duncan. William I, Hnrnh { ". nunne, =. A.
+ August 7 ID Blaclwau Th 20 ~ Iiarke, I.
Holm 4 Don Holm r, C,larta w uI -; fierce'
cob Manning + Gihhs ,,ha.ia. ~: " ara, Ja-
bridge hyh5 Mt his own rn,nnst - W.. Ie.Hel-
locaiion 1rT Uovla IT n go, ET,. stanteu
hnrE fxghn ,itt,o-t To
sunernumerated listS + StsnIv NaIypp I oi, 'le
! q SIanobter NJ n Inwsiyo, n n I1' uueaa' ~.
A Crcgorv 4 fuarLa rrh"s ~ -. vod, H.
Spriggs 'N'opi'
I-pon calling tho name of Jsmes n Cau1l;,
charges of mal.admipistration moi imnuoning rs,
moral eharaeterl were pr,ferred aganst bio, y;h
ON motion were referred to the foIow;ng co,,nei.
tee: l.. NJ. Lee, J IL. Davis. Nelson Head w a
Smith and H. b. Cowles - "
A raouest was made i, hahslf Of W., ,r
Inv VII an ann",,n, ~ h; ; VI " ~; -. hiurc
health desired tn no tronefarrcl In tbn E,rIa o., "a
fercnce " 'N' ''' ''''' ooA'
When the name of p T. C;ls,n ,v,c -oo,,oa ,tr
Manning the presiding ELier of the AbanarIa
district naid biob trihIta IN Mr. q y,ho I'll HI
iurinp thr Conferenne ,,oar ' "AN A-"N u10"
Conferennn thon adioyrnad ,,,t;I ,Io1
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fEiEIstuiiG AFFAIlts-Nc take the following
items from the Petersburg EXp press Of Yesterday:
HtSL1ay Ro6bc'y.-Mr. Roderick Vaughan of
Dlnwddie, was assaulted on the Plank Road Sat
urday evening, aud dreadfully beaten, by two ne
eroes. The robbers after rendering him insensibIe
stripped him Of his pants and boots and left The
recovery OF Dir. Y. is doubtful.
PdsRjM 4icciaont.-Monday morning Edward
stewart tree negro, while oiliag some machine.
~ al Braggs Flour Mills had his hand caught in
tae cogs OF the wheel. To avoid being drawn into
the machinery, and suffering an awfnl death, the
man reSoiuteiy maintained his ground. and by dint
oi iextfaordnary strength pulled out from his fear
fui position, leaving three OF his fingers, one half
o. the hand and portion OF the wrist betwe en- the
eogs- Drs. Hurt and Spencer were called to his
ad, and fonnd it necessary to amputate the arm
Deiween the wrist and the elbow. s.-.
PUBLIC MEETING IN PoRTsMouTH-We brief.
ly published Yesterday the fact that rrh,;c ,,aat
ing had been held in Portsmouth 70 g;ya a., onn,r-
tunity to the citizens to express their aDnrec,t;o,
of the acts of kindness of which they had hner
the recipients during the endemic fames CIV
acted as Chairman and r. j ArcnelIr ,v.s cbosayD
Secretary
Among the resolutions adopted ara tho folorv
ing:
That we shall ever remember the noble and self
sacrificing conduct Of Webster, Rizer. Thomas.
Thompson Briggs Covert Riche McDoxal Ha
mill, Crow BRYANT, Kennedy. Asnenwell F,our-
noy Striker, Barnett Fox. Johnson and others
who volunteered their services for the benefit of
our people-and that we hereby return our CRATE
full and heartfelt thanks for the heroic and phlan-
thropic services rendered; and the memories of
Hunter, Berry, Smith, Howle, Cole Waters, Gil
pa.i, Siilier. marshpn, Barrett Graham, Mercer,
butief ana others VIII always be remembered with
the most Pheasant emotions by the citizens of Ports
AAUut.. 9r,'n
s,d N;,hoIsnn ~ ,,oi, oI la,heI' Lo'ett
Sliu al'uoson VINO gntah'ly expired at the oar,
oe w. euei.seu al 'ie Ftsoi grateful people
, anu sna. u, teir aeats portsmouth mas lost tour
,rbot su ~ ns faI dpanf %.
the destb of those nohle men Tbanara
Inns xho had noth;no to Icon ,har, anu vi III
their uhlantbropy and in their nartcni.r snoras
That the Revs. Chisholm Deyelin. Handy and
Eskridpe, have given MS amele evidence that roll;
gion is no farce, and that their noble and disn
terested motives are fully appreciated by grateful
people. ,t t
That the Rev. Thomas Hume, the Oasis in the
desert OF our affiiction, be never forgotten, and
that we esteem him as one OF the surviving relics
OF four OF the noblest works of God, viz: honest
"'ip nenei,.'ns uiein.oi ea'ee st men;
rn..s mbh % 'hanhs 70 hessrs Rowe, Brown
p'...- -, W s..,, ocos', Dohean, JARVIS,
ouimbo Dorsev H;gdon Stosnas Sta.h az
Williams. Winters. Robt. n T,tnm, Isa Wash
Jr. and other citizens for the nche na,ner =,
which they had done their dntv-to tba c;,;a. M IF
New Orleans Boston. BaIti,nors pb;l.deinb;.
Charleston and others for their atd and to the
Baltimore steam PACKET company--were adopted
DEAD-The Wheel;pr nanaro ,o,;,a tho do..h
OF Mrs. Lucinda Yarnall, a well known and benev.
olent lady of that city.
VIRGISIAN ABRoAD.-Tbom.s T p Cr,uer
formerly of Fairrnont, in this State. has been
elected Treasurer of Kanzas Torritory :
elected from Wythe county, last week to fill the
vacancy IN the House OF Delegates, created by the
resignation OF Maj Graham, received l24 majority
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