The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-16
LOCAL MATTHnE.s
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EXPLOSION. - Between the hours OF 2 and
o'clock, Saturday niahi, The residents OF hand
Broad Streat wore stafaied by terrific explosion,
which shock the bulldogs to their very iounda-
ton. Immediately alter, Mrs Henry, whose tu'"
land keeps grocery on 6lh street, the first door
north OF Broad, ran luto tho street enyeloPet 10
flames, her clothes being wrapped In sheet Of d 70
Assstaace was Immediately rendered her. end after
extinguishing the fire, she was taken home dread-
fully burned. her skin scorched TO a crisp, and her
hair singed off her head. s.s.zse.s ,s III.
On making Inquiry into tho cause of this serious
accident, II was ascertained thstwhle Mrs Henry
was weighing q small quantity ct powder TOT .
man, she enutfed the candle with her fingers.
and Enthusiastically threw the burning snun INTO
three pounds OF powder, which instantly expioaeo,
burning her dangerously and setting her esoln's oh
FIRE, scorcbing the man Tor whom tno pow
der was intended, burning her husband, wto
was near her at the time, severely blowing CUT .ne
trout door, shattering the windows. throwing Gown
the chimney and setting the grocery ROOM on n.e,
which, however, was extnguisned pefore oo'hs
serious damage. = :,
DR.. Anderson was called 10 and dressed the
wounds Of Mira. Henry, who was lying IN osneei
Gus condition yesterday afternoon.
LEoIuRE.-The ninth ecture before the
Young Mems Christian Association was oeliSef g.,
on friday evening at the First Baptist Church, hy
Rev. Mr.. KEpLFR. The audience was large, INTEL
gent, and attenti live. ,-r
Alter the singing of the hymn commencing,
"When all thy mercies, oh, my GOD, ana prayer
by the Rev Dr. DoGGETT, Mr.. kepler rose ana
announced his theme, sour Country, our oen,
orr Natire Country" He did not propose TO speak
of our rivers and mountaine and plains nor OF our
teemine population In Cities towns, villages ana
fertile ieds with their hum of industry, their dis
plays of ingenuity enterprise and intelligence,
their quiet homes of virtue and reflnem ent nor
did he propose to speak of cur Government, on
Senators, our public men, nor paI tculariy Oh o'
history which, though brief, was brilliant on eve
daain " a
out some of those tacsi which exhibit, In striking
manner the hand of Divin Providence in the set
Element and progress OF our country he tpeh re-
marked upon that system or theory which eXciuoes
Providence from the history of nations. He COM
pared the enlightened views of Robert Hall, D'Au-
bipne. and others, who viewed the revolutions OF
time In the light of the sacred scriptures WIN tne
confused irregular, and chaotic notions OF Fotalre
and oilers of that school.
la pro f of gracious Providential design in the
history of our country. he called attention In tue
first place to the fact that the settlement did nor
take place ct the time of It's discovery when Eu
rope was under the dominion OF ignorance ana
superstition but Was deferred till the reformation
had taken place aud The light of true liberty and
true religion had prepared generation htted 10
establish the foundations OF society upon ttose
principles which have made US SO free and SO nap,
DIV people He neXt supposed that our isno mac
been settled by Spanish and Portuguese instead OF
nelo.Saxops Had such been she case, the con-
dtion of these States now would be like thai OF tne
States of Mexico and South America
The hand OF Providence was likewise TO be po-
ticed in sending the ezies who peopled our shores,
to this lew and distant land instead OF to some part
of the old world Where could they have gone IN
the old world, that the power OF association ahllo
ancient ca,hedrals and palaces and all the times
bonored institutions of tyranny and superstition,
would not have cramped their energies In the cause
of tru,h2 Where could the latent fire OF liberty
have blazed outl France, he said, had her lovers
of freedom her stirring orators IN the OF hui
riobt,-apd har npOnla had made treat EXGrH
tions 10 achieve independence CT thought and &C
ton, but the power Of association had proved TOO
much for them and they were still without the
blessing of true liberty. Hence, he argued, the
wisdom and goodness OF Providence in placing an
ocean between our fathers and the old abodes OF
despotism and prlestcraft.
By necessity as well as by similar convictions as
to human rights, our fathers had been made equals
They had enjoyed; by the blessing OF Providence,
the Influence of an open Bible and an untranmel
led worship. In these and other circumstances he
urged the audience to observe the finger OF God
and quoted Is applicable TO our case the language
of the eighth psalm: Thou hast brought vine
out of Egypt: thou preparedes room before it, and
didst cause 1t to take deep root, and 1t iled the
land. The hills were covered with the shadow OF
it, and the boughs thereof like the goodly &C
dars She sent out her boughs uato The sea, and
her branches unto the river"
In further enumeration of some of these links
which, he said, bound cur history as by a golden
chain to the throne OF God, he next spoke of Wash
inQton, the man raised up Tor the Crisis, whose
strength was not In his sword but in unseen
hard which upheld and guided him, and to which
he held by prayer. hefuture of our county was
in the soul of Washington, and that soul rested in
God His coat of mail was the panoply of divine
protection. Had it not been for this dependent,
said Washington, he had utterly failed After the
happy termination of the revolution, he had said
twas folly and wickedness not to acknowledge that
the result was mainly due to the remarkable IL
terposition of divine Providence in our behalf.
FL ,sin ofh 11rfu Mr. IL ,iar
dwelt upon our exemption from the connection Of
Church and State, the christian equality that pre-
walls among us, and other auspicious circumstances
that marked our care r and urged his hearers ever
to keep their eyes fixed upon the star which, rising
at our birth, nation, still shone brightly, beck
oping by the light of truth and hope, to the
fultilment of the great destiny that awaits Us
At the conclusion of Mr.. Kepler's address, 1t was
announced that the next lecture is to be delivered
by Rev. L. NJ Lee. 4-- .s . e.