The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-09
LOCAL MATTERS.

81 he Bible Socfety.-The fortv~
.ourtn anniversary celebration of the Bible Sncie.
tyof Virginia, commenced LAST Tuesdav evsn,rs :
Church -. : - ' AN.. - " Aiesoy terian
/. Inc venerable President, Rev. PHILIP CoURr-
W. pooH .ne chair and was assisted by the firss
S,ce resident Rev George Woodbridge
On motion, Mr.. Wm F. Taylor was Chosen se-
cre;ary. - o.'''" oe-
After hymn, the Rev. Dr. Hoge read some
1nppropriafe selections from Scripture, and Rev,
LIZ, Minnigerode offered up prayer
hev Charles Fl. Read then read the animal re
P9It or the Board of Managers, an abstract of
which Is here appended
Ihe Board of Managers loc.ted in Richmond
tiou Of OF system of exploration and dsrba
Si 'ns OBJ set which embraces the entire stae In
s sn, woIk; this Society IL suxsry to- and receives
with ubea whoa. aia from the American Bible Society,
p'ssssnt eorrsspondence "A"
b.sn me Prosecution of our work, the State bs,
sro Wy; s,Eed into two sections. Eastern and West.
"a " elnla, the charge of which has bean eommit
,h 70 .wo General Agents the Eastern Division to
psn odre Of hev VIM. Lyon, and the Weseern 10 the
General x..na tnnns. undar the direction # these
Ros,d -. sen.s, and subject to the control of the
vs.r 1. snele nave been employed during the past
~ .oulteen exploring and distributing seents ali
Board. 'ie Regularly reported to the
=, - me deneral Agents. in connection with their
,5.fsy work seek to church. 20 and indi
aud transmit to this Board. The distrbnt;na
m 1ot dsstituts, and aim supply them either
on sale or by donation" ei
IN Eastern Virginia Rev Mr. Lyon report. An ON.
increase in the amount of funds co,isctsd
Ihe number OF Bibles and Testaments so;d and
ol1tnouted during the past year. N
irrespective of the sales at the Denoaito,v n p;h
mono, common to both sections of the staee the on
eHols IN Easeern VirEna az follows Sales and
o..;t eas famies visited 4ooc families found
en oo1 Bibles and Testsme sold 1000; aiven
sway ooo ~ appears that thsre il now con.ids ara
PIC de1ut1on OF the Word of God in counties which
. oeen previously supplied result of this fuctua.
on OF increass OF population, showing the necessity
., eoninued vigorous and systematic effort on the
part OF the society and itsa gents Mr Barker. who
county in y,in, ~ soo fne II;s,.upply Of Chesterfield
OF every ten, destitute. Mr.. Dunn has thoroushiy
.upPnea the couoty of Goochland during the past
II ute,-sold there 500 Bibles and re,tam.n.. sav.
away 7o and received about 5000 in dcnstiors for
tne general cause Out of 2n00 familie. visited in
Henrico. by Mr.. Woodcock 800 were found dest
tute, 290 Bibles and Tesramens were disnossd If bv
sale end gift These ers specimens of the want and
OF the work in the old counties of Eastern Virginia
that the distribution of the scri,tures in that NJ
40 counties has been continued the past year on a
arg,. scale than usual Ten counties have been fully
supplied, and eight others supplied in part 999a fam
lies have been visited by the distributing ssspt,
1873 OF which were found with aut the Bible; S454 B
bes and Testaments have been sold and given away
The number of families found without the Bible in
the sections visited, is about to seven and
half the proportion varying in the several counties
In Brooke OF 1889 families visited, only S. des
ttute while n Grayson ont of 243 visited log wera
destitute, In Kanawha, of 1857 visited, zs6 were
found destitute In Scott out of 1854 visited 27O
ttute. In farewell, out of 1850 visited, 2IO were
destitute This most destitute part of Virginia 10 In
the Southwest. The collections from Western Viz.
einia during he past year amount to about $4,000
Mr. T. Price, who has charge of the Depository
In Richmond reports the toisl mber of Bibles is-
sued by him the past year 55H; Testemsnts 1865
value of the cams 95I6l82. Whole number of Bi.
bs and Tsstaments disposed Of the past year l4473
Amount of collections from all sources $l2 s55 A.
The following officers were then elected for the
ensuing yesr:
Rev: PHILIP COURTNEY, President; Revs George
Woodbridge lst Vice President; M. D. Hoge D. d.
I'd Vice President C. H. Reid, Sd Vice Prssdent; L.
M Lee 4th Vice Prsaidsnt; 3; B. Minor, Cores
retsry; Hugh A. Watt, Treasurer.
MASAGERs-Rev. 81: 9 Kepier, Nelson Head, Rich
ard Whittieid, Jeha Williams Rev. L.. ?. Leddoux
2. P. Wilson, T. v. Moore, d. d., Michael Gretter
Thos. Fl; Ellis, C g. Gri,wold, w. w rarksr, M D
James B. McMurdo and Gsorge d. Fisher.
Owing to other religious meetings the numbe,
in attendance was not so large SIS was expected
though the church gradually became quite well
occupied Yet rs some of the speakers who were
expected to address the meeting were fatigued
with travel 1T was deemed best to postpone the reg
uar addresses till the next evening" and to convert
the meeting into one for conference and inform al
discussion.
At the call of the Rev. DR.. Hoge, chairman, Of
the Committee of Arrangements, the Rev Dr.
McLane and the Rev. DR. Riggs made few prsc
tical and pertinent rem arks, and were followed ia
in happy manner. by Rev. George A. Smith of
Alexandria. These remarks eyinced a right and
noble spirit towards the Bible cause and well
calculated to infuse that spirit into the audience
A few observations were also thrown out By the
President, the Rev. DR.. Hoge, Rev. Mr.. Wood
bridge, and b. Minor, Esq, the Corresponding
Secretary.
The exercises were delightfully."- interspersed by
the singing of hymns among them Bishop Hebers
beautiful Missionary Hymn, Of which the Rev. DIR.
Riggs recited verse in the Armenian tongue, in
which he said he had often heard it sung to the
same favorte tune
This meeting proved pleasant and profitable and
was an admirable preparative for the subsequent
exercises. 1t concluded with prayer by Rev. DR..
McLane, and the benedction, by Rev. Mr.. Wood.
bridge
Yesterday evening was devoted to full hearing
from the delegates of the American Bible Society,
both as to their operations at home and abroad.
Circuit Court The spring term of Judge Mere-
dth's Court, for the trial of criminal causes COM
menced yesterday. At II O'Clock, the Grand Jury
met, and being charged by the Judge as to their
duty while in session, retired for an hour or SO,
and on their return, made report upon the fol-
lowing cases submitted to them:
James Wech, stealing $50 worth of iron from
the Virginia Central Railroad Company-true bill
George Johnes alias George johnson, stealing a
negro Slave vAueQ az &0UU-true Dill.
Silas Beazley and Robert Heath, burglsriously
entering the house of John H. Tyler, and stealing
$50 worth of wearing apparel--true bill.
Floyd Tanner, stealing $l20 in money-true
bill
Henry Bull and Thomas @. Haley, charged with
the murder of Robert Farquhar-true bill
VIM g. Clarke, stealing two watches from II
A. Pearce-true bill.
Richard II. Folkes, forging John A. Belvin's
name to sn order-true bill
Moses Pike, for perjury-true bill
= John Adams, alias John Ellis, forging an order
On James Lyons-true bill
Henry Griffin. stealing q watch from VIVA
Whipple on the 9Th May last-true bill
There being no other business to transact, the
Grand Jury adjourned.
The trials of John Adams, alias John Ellis Of
John Johnes, alias George johnson and of Henry
Griffin, will come on to-day, and the Witnesses and
venirie men should therefore attend punctuAlly a,
IL O'Clock, in order to prevent any delay.
Burglary William, slave to George King, wal
tried before the County Court Of Henrieo, yester-
day, on the charge of burglariously entering the
house of Henry Kraka, on the night of the 7th oi
March last, found guilty, and sentenced to trans
portation beyond the limits of the United States
The court fixed his value ct $l050.
Church Obserrancts three last days of this
week, "Mauudy Thursday," Good Friday" and
"Hoiy Saturday" are devoted by our Catholic
fellow citizens to religious observanees in com
memoration Of the death of our Saviour. Durinf
the morning service of to-day, according to sr'