The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-10-18

- The Weekly DaspAtch ~ teeSea svsey IN.
=. and mailed to subscriber % elpsr aansn.
saturday nIornins, OctebcrlS, 1855.
frrem the London 0lobesl
-. Great Pfcturc--Thc School OF Athens.
",,s p;cture owes its origin to the French com.
-, Appointed by NJ. Theirs, Ia 1888. TO re.
/ mend some competent artist to make accurate
| ies Of the masterpiece OF Raphael, 80 that In
ot, cf Are or other accident destroying the orr
i "f ,hese wonderful productions might not be
St'"-slv lost to mankind. Upon the rscommenda
e. Il that commission, NJ. Balze. an artist Of ce
4 'SItv. was engaged by the government TO under
s the task That gentleman spent no less .
u E>i. .hsn u years In completing tho work, but
.,seessfuily had he lahored that he received
's..rseniaIs from Horace vernet, and many other
;.ters of nc.e The University of Virginia,
.1,j,us to possess SO good an imitation of the
's. Masterpiece prevailed on Mr.. Balze 10 paint
i A,rer which, upon its completion, was consider
- rby ,he mos, competent judges TO be In more
1 a,, inferior 10 the first.
from the London Morning post.l
7lis copy (of the School of Athens Is from one
sf tie four great compositions which kaphael re
vsa the order to execute Ia the ball Della Seq
,nrs from Julius IL, in l5os. The elevation
- 6sulaved in the forms, characters ideas,
"a srrsngements which the schools of his day
njs not ;each him, will serve to establish the
80. hat the study of drawing from the relics of
- ,bA; great period of sculpture, had formed sn
ro-. ant part of his education In Florence. Great
"5rir,,;ou is due to the mind that could conceive
,..uaes aud counteuances so noble and express
&c IS those of Aristotle and Pluto, Socrates and
nngenes, Chrysippus, Epicurus and many others
nj the picture itself, il viii be sufficient to state
a,ti,is a very careful and elaborate copy of the
s,t size of the original and is alike creditable
- he University of Virginia, U. s., who ordered
/, 2, it is to the skill and patience of Mons. Paul
B,za, by whom it has been executed.
EPISCOPAL CosvEsrIoS.-TairtseaA Day-Af
r the usual religious services aud preliminary bu
| rsss the report of the Committee appointed at
m n-svious General Convention, in relation to In.
s-e17scies u the Holy Scriptures, was read. II
S,7rudes with preamble and resolutions for the
gno,strrent of learned gentleman to revise the
y 4, Scriptures and that committee of five be
| .n appointed to examine aud approve his report
I'D have the same printed, and presented to tho
| ny; General Convention After debate. the
,,-5rt was approved and the resolutions carried.
| The Rev Dr. Cort was selected Reviser, and
lie following committee was appointed under the
r-soluQns
Rev. Dr. Mason, n. Y; Rev. DR.. Vinton n Y;
Rss DE-. andrews, Va Luther Bradish, N. Y, and
Hugh Davy Evans, Md.
The majority and minority reports of the Com
,,t+ee on the General Ths illogical Seminary came
NJ for consideration, and led to very long debate.
Oae Of the recommendations of the majority was
,at tho Committee be authorized to mortgage
certain properties for $4,000, If found necessary
The matter OF the kohn legacy of Sl0O, ,000, was
the suhee. of much discussion, upon the point
whether Mr.. Kohn, at the time of his death, had
ts domicii in Pennsylvania or South Carolinia.-
The majority report took the ground that the for
1.er y IS the fact, and recommended that trustees
frCr Pennsylvania should consist of FIVE, and four
frou, South Carolina The minority, on the con.
tary expressed tbs opinion tnat MS domlci was In
South Carolina. r.#=s... s-..t.t-.
Nj Collins, ofNorth Carolina, moved that nine
trustees, from South Carolina, be appointed, but
tie motion was negatlved.
The minority report was then negatived and the
usjority report adopted.
Another debate ensued on passage of tho report
in reference to permitting trustees to vote. With
out decision on the question the House adjourn
Fourteenth Day-Tuesday night was fixed as
the Gay for adjournment sine die.
Dr. Meade, from the Committee On canons, re-
ported in favor of amending the 9th article of the
Constitution to give the General Convention
tie power Of constituting a Court of Appeals for
tie revision of the decisions the Diocesan Courts
tie trial of presbyters and deacons, such Court
o Appeals not to revise the determis ton OF any
question Of fact
DR. Mead, from the same Committee, reported
favorabiy on the proposed canon to increase the
assessment for the expenses Of the General Con
venion from 81 so to 52fo each clergyman which
waf adopted and sent TO the House of
Bishops for concurrence.
Or. Mead, from the same Committee to whom
was referred the canon proposed by Rev. A. II
Vlnion on the abandonment of the communion Of
the Church by any Bishop, Priest or Deacon, re.
ported Ii With favorable recommendation.
SINGULAR BOTTLE SToRIEs.-Capt. Beechsr,
editor Of TIA English Nautical Magazine, has com.
piled within tie last ten years, the following
nous voyages OF bottles thrown into the sea by
Unfortunate Gavigators:
good many bottles thrown into the sea next
10 ia .t md hair 60
The bottle seems to have anticipated the Austral
Panama route, having travelled from the Panama
lsthmus to the Irish coast. Another crossed the
Atlantic from the Capsres TO Nova Scotia. Three
OF tour bottles, thrown into the sea by Greenland
mariners on Dayis's Strait, landed on the North
west corner of Ireland. Another one made
very curious trip il swan from the South At
autc Ocean to the West coast of Africa, passed
tibTaltart went along the Portuguese of France,
passing Brest and was finally picked up Jer-
Sey island the direct line touches at least all these
places and makes il more than probable that Ii
took this route. One bottle was only found after
ten years A few only travelled more than one
year and one only five days. This last was sent
OF by the captain of the Raeehorse on the 18th
Of April in the Caribbean Sea, and was found on
the 22nd, after having gone through three degrees
otlongitude in Western direction. Capt. MCiurc,
OF the Investigator, well known since his dscove-
ry Of the Northwest Strait, threw bottle into
tie sea in 1850. on his way to Behring's Strait
1t swan 5000 miles in zoo days, and wss picked
up on the Honduras coast. A work like that OF
Capt. Beecher cannot fail to throw some light on
the different observations of the currents OF the
s.a. t -N.
CossIDERATE AND REsPECTFUL.-On tho morn
ing after the accident at Delaware, Ohio, by q
dreadful and fatal steam explosion, Welch & Lent's
Circus came into the place, and on hearing of the
dsaser,s ,sthe manager offered his teams dc, to
attend the funerals and declined to exhibit In
consequences Of the calamity. In the evening
number OF citizens contributed purse to reimburse
tue Circus Company for their expenses, bt ttiey
declined to receive it, snd handed the amour over
to Mrs Naffus, one of the sufferers. This conduct
On the part Of Messrs. Welch and Lent 10 deserv-
ing Of all praise.
JAIL STAMPEDE-GeorgeW W. Townsend, Chas.
bsnders, known as oyster Charley, six sailors and
James McGranger, escaped from the prison at
New Castle, Delaware, on Wednesday morning,
bPOyster Charley making aholein the floor into
lie cell, and coming up through the stairs. when
lie broke the locks of the doors of the other prso
ners.
How HE LoOKs-A New York correspondent