The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-18
WBw apuC1AH NOTICE..
Office RfCHM'D FINE A1aUClA1vH,l
TnUssDAy, May l7sh. 1855.


THURSDAY, Msy l7sh, 1855.
Ara called meeting OF the Board Of Di-
fectossof the 11ghmoad tifs Asosislioa; held this
l.i:, ~ isII:ss grsamsis ard rs'sla''0a' wars
an Whsr... publication hes appeared Ia the Daily
Dispatch Of this nnornine. signed 7. Oscar Goods,
Foreman. puseortisg TO BE- pfeessdisgs OF the mem.
siis e. c0m nom lbs s.s:so u ~
Xssosission and Tsmsin isastiss- untl the dsssr0n
e the So3us. cSsnc = nag. Il With
By written resienaticn Of each msmber, sunJec 70
acc.ptsucs by the Eosrd; ard whereas said mem.
pufsoes q ssss It for the sxtiD anssnsnt q srss
and have BY this action violated their obligations q
fireman aad placed themselves In open snd ayovea
Bylaws and evinosd total disregard to this inter.
ss OF the citizens In the protection Of property and
thereby ,snde.sd TOTALLY IN psnsos
Ensinssr assigning the only reason thsrsfor the
refusal Of the Board to allow said company e take
burg; and whereas NO final dssision Of the Council
can be msde until the next meetiuG OF the btafe
Legislature. meanwhile 90 far - said hremeqsefe
ana useless certainly during oil this year. thereby
exposing to ininent peril the propertg Of ct.zens
h.vs no other .iserpssivs but to d.bsas ssd COM
sppsrsu. and use for the legitimate purposes for
Resolved, That J. Oscar Goode, John Fl. Shook.
w. r. Brofherton, A. J. Addinston. w. w. Wood,
Jos Hirschburg VIM Brown, N Woodson, Wm
zisi and Alex. 7; Smith, members Of s.id company,
ttiou to the City Cornell ssiiss to be- tsksn from
under the tyyanic control of the Richmond Fire Ar
socistion and stating that they had withdraw from
astss SERVES. be and they are hereby expelled from
ID. That the Principal Engineer be requested to
organize new Company. OF such OF the members
- Al. l.aa~ nrft hA nm ~ ~
luton and any other citizens who may be willing
unite with them, to take charge Of anduse the appa
Sd That while y. do not exprsss any opinion Is to
the expediency Of seyerine the concection between
the Fire Department and this A.s ,ciation per-
eli. and viii eheerfay acquissos in their dsssion
yet - no such change can BE- made without lsslsla
such control .s III. laws ssmsSS' and .ScS Z. has
bseu exsreised for come eighteen years past. for
protection Of city, regardless Of the esors Of
NOT iirsmsn whose only object is to rid themselves
OF such restraints in our opinion Indispensable
e The ar aHs % ,ss Of the
men being satisisd with the present system. and
while we shall not fesign the authority 10 those
vhose reckless conduct proves conc udvely that
they fssl 90 intsrest In the preservation Of the city
from the devouting clement, we Will cheerfullg
and promptly .s;sn a. o Y sostro whenever sss
copy from tbs pross eains,;
JNo n. noshER. oecIetary.-- = 1858 my l8-lt
A FoRE1as Know NOTHING EMm.ssA-
aY--To tia Editors Of the Dispatch: Richmond,
patch, q notice that DR. Achil formsrly priest of
the Romsh Church, would speak at he First Baptist
huroh in ths city toni ght. understand this s the
same DR.. Aehilli who had a controversy with DR..
Newman, 10 England, some three years ago; which
controversy resulted in libel suit-Dr. A. being the
have now before me an account of that trial.
compiled from various London paper.
the dioe.:e Of vtsrbo in reSIa.ry 1ssl robbsa Of
september 1ss3 been . second time found guilty Of
July. 1884. on a lady aged "a. he was likewise
charged with having repeated these ofsuc ss at Capt.
1884 and 1881 and e Naples again in 1870 in the
Of the church a. place for the commission of one of
these crimes. and Good Friday az the occasion for
made the wife of tailor f.ithlsss to her husband
and lived publicly and travelled about with the wife
Of chorus singer. That he was sftsIwsrds dismiss
tant collsge at Malta Az the evidence in the case
70 very long end a. suppose itwould be impossible
for you to publish It to morrow, will merely call
In conelu:ion, would say. i. seems to be gensr-
n 20 here
Virginia elections Yours.
my ls-1t* A CITIZEN. I
NAIL Down THE BASE CoIN.-The Penny
Post Of Thursday publishes the following, which
the Gators OF the Enquirer Will please r6-pubfish.
aRoMAs CAIHoLIcIsM There are upwards Of
1000 900 Catholics in this country. In 1850 there
were coo COO, In 1850 they had 1924 churches. Ia
1854 they had 1916 Increase in fsurysars sat. Be.
sides this they have about 100 stations. They have6
Arch Bishops % Bishops and 14'i priests. Their
churches increase ct prodigious rate aud they have
unlimited command of money"
Now, il this Know Nothing organ had consulted
school Atlas"-which, it is generally believed. il
good Psotesant authority as IL II one of the NEST
popular school books of the present day-it would
have found the following to DO the real facts:
Whole number OF Roman Catholic churches II the
whois humber Of Roman Gs:ioiis ::i:,. fi
men in the United States.................. lat
Whole number Of members beloneine to the
Roman Catholic churches in the United -
Should not editors of great leading political or
gag be ashamed to publish such inaccuraciess
Tt Post puts down the Catholics at fur millions
while It will be seen that they are not over even
now, fco millions. including men. women and chill |
dren
By reference to the census tables 1t will be seen
that the white population in the United States in
over nineteen ion. .z 1uadrsd thousand t,s 800 90
Now they may be set down at tcenty millions (26.
Pc: ooo Thus 1t VIII be seen that there are over
NINE Protessants to ONE Catholic throughout the
But how j. it in virsinsa 1t appear. there were:
Methodist Churches In vrgaia, In $780,. 1902
sss:sss.,i.n g g 90 g 90 . .:.::::: g
Episcopal do do do ........ l67
Total Protestant christian Churches s644
The total number of Roman Catholic Churches in
Virsinia In 1850 amounted to jast17
These facts have been prepared by ons not an ed
ltor; their correctness In the raain, no Know No
thing organ with truth ramsay. viii they, dare
they correct their false thrown out to deceive
the peoplel If men viii persist in such misrepre-
'entations 10 relation 10 religious statistics
what may be expected from them In regard to other
natter! No man who has smined the cepsuu re-. |
iorns. and made himsef acquainted with facts can
With any sincerity etend that he fears the hand.
ui OF Catholics In Virginia 1t 10 to be hoped every
things for himself before voting on Thursdsy merit
my ls-1ts AVlR9INIA PROTESTANT.
Morn E.-The annusl meeting of the
Of the Clever Hill Railroad Company
vii be held at the Office. IN this city on THURS
DAY, Slst Inst at Ii o'clock A. n.
Rv ord If fhaP ras