The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-20
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CHuRcH-The joint general missionary committee,
composed OF the FIRST seven members appointed by
authority OF the general conference representing
the seyeral Episcopal districts and an equal num-
Der from the board of managers of the missionary
society together with all the bishops met in } ew
YORK last week and reviewed the whole subject Of
missions The Christian Advocate says:
Alter the committee had finished its labor the
Results OF their action we're laid before the entire
C"~rd oi managers foe fiaal adoption The full
Ooaid met on FRIDAY evening, and the occasion Was
Que oi great interest. During the proceedings the
interest was increased ~ the Communicative, n,
tie secretary Of the pleasing intelligence ths,
IfstheFs Fierce and Humphrey had arrived .sfei,
al calcutta aud hoped to join brother Butler in
n"IFitS shortly and tbst brothers Prettym-n
an Long bGd arrived a. Cun-tautiporla and Ron
Ell shortly 30 select their central positin in E,i
garia. - '"'
lhe Ioiiow'as are the Approximations for the veS-
Io5o -fgFtig'' "l2S'o'.s.- Liberia. 5000 Cbin-
aio,aoo India. $40, Cos bulgaria sco. For.isr
6eInian, slo.a3l; Norway. ~ -cisr. am DrnnsrL
5000. south america. 81 5JO: Sandwich Island.
s1o" Domestic S45si1f.s German SSS to fnrsfgt
P,puia'lon other thaa German. 3io.625. Indl4u
eiissIonA, st,d1). EEgiisb. SiO.53. So Contingent
ihnu, audeT tb- constitution. 81 coo: sxuau.es al
ONCE, $1,000 toward meeting sbt OF treasury $50
Vou-uiaking total OF $460,Ss3 80
:, heV; bishop Waugh ~as elected president of the
VI r Missionary society on Mouisy. and Kew Dr
Durblh correspondiug secretary.
SUFFERING AsoSo TIE OPERATIVES The sdyices
| fbss.
o. nnanclal affairs preTaiiin. there The deprps.
sIoh % trade is mahiHg iEself sveraiy felt Mt
| chester, bredford, Leicester Hudderfi.ld Iced.
birmingham, and indeed in ali the great manu
iac1uriDg centTe- OF the country Mnny Ia,d,n,.
h uses III Manchester are dismssiDg NOT cnIy ,bsi
humhier Operatives. but salesmeu yarahpu.p,s,.
aud clerks The leading mills have stopred an
the number of men and women thereby berpft II,
employment can only be by the thousand A.
Preston the whole of the ope rativss il, more tba
dozen cotton mills have been thrown out Of EN-.
pioy inert by an entire stoppage while about g
mills there are running only three aud four tlavS
per week. This unfortunate paralysis of trade i.
principally the result { the American panic Th,
hosiery trade at Leicester is also suffering severely
~ bradford the WOODEN mills were early al
stand.
A CANADIAN FERmCT-SpsciaY Ffo-is,9. IN, II
fdmt2.-Ne find in the Toronto Globe and the
h"ntreAI transcript some Interesting details 81
another action against the Great Nestern Railroad
Company. to recover damages for the death of MIR
Alexander drAut caused by the terrible accident
AZ the DesJardins bridge The action was brought
by Mrs. Elizabeth Grant, the widow of tb, ,lr
ceased IL appeared in evidence that Mr. Grant
was mau of great industry ability and t,r.sl tl
he han commenced business az a gardener penpi-
iess Se'ehtte en years ago but he realized sufficient
70 couinlfhce curiosity store eu Goat Esland at
the Niagara Falls Ia it he acquired a considers
ole amount OF property and at the time of his
death was making $4,000 to $4,000 per snuum. in
THE Regular course OF his business He left h.ni,c
property "ultn AOput S5oUty, and te'fts @ h,
amount of Sio,0uO. But ne was not siv, to nee,
the latter, and certain mortgages helm, iua hi.
property had to be sold leaving his wife sud Fl H.
dren-ot whom four were girls under lG wears of
sse-ainGst at most destitute. The jury. after hail au
| houls delheratiOn, returned a verdict for IN.
| pIalntIf-damages as follows: For IN. widow
50 oop; lst child S4hd: I'd do. $500; Sd do Il ot
4th DO s''-oo; 9TH do, $1,000. Total, Sl1 200
| The FOLLOWING SYNOPSIS OF THY p, .yrr.pv -.
TEN will, we think prove interesting to thos,
readers who have not the time or opportunity I.
Consult astronomical works:
Distance of the planets from the Sun-Mercnrv
"a,VUlpUo miles; Venus, GH eJJ go: kartb a5 0OU
UOo hars, l+IUO0 U0; Juno, 2l3 COZ coo: Vests 2l5
| o~0pU Ceres, 263GOU 500; Pallls 264 Geo 00tr In
| piter, 491,000,000; saturn. 9nJyuOeO0 U.rsrh D,
| i,scO,HUU. Diameter of the sun aud PIapets-Sun
| SS3,246; Mercury. 1924; Venus 1857: Earth 7gil
| Noon. 21S0; Mars, 4.lSa; Vesia. 23S; Juno l4o5.
eres. lG3 Pallas SO; Jupiter So l7 saturn 20 no.
uerschel 35.ll2 Quantity of matter il, the plan,
rtary bodies, the Earth being 1-Sun 800 go: N.r.
curry o.l35; Venus 0l5j; Earth IoOO; Moon O,uy5
inplter 90 600; saturn lo3, $50; HerSchrli IGs4t
Density of the sun and planets. that of water b,uQ
i-Tun l5; Mercury . / t, Veuup ) II Is; I.sTtf
! 5: Mars 5 ~ Jupiter l La; saturn IL 81 u.r
schel /.
MECHANICS AND LABoRERs WANrEDIs KAysAs-W.
have received information from several reliab,
gentlemen just arrived from Kansas that a lars1
number OF m chancs and laborers are wanted II
z
the towns they have not a sufficient number :,
| mechanics to do half the work which is reouirad
and TOR which they would receive from e. 81 10 =
| per day One gentleman tells ns there IS NOT ,
| single shoemaker. tailor, black smith. or tinsniti
| II the town OF UsawHttEme nor in paoll, in l.,
| kins county. In fact. there is n deficiency in al
the mechanical branches throughout the Terri
| l"ry Two or three builders mOnopOliss all IN,
Work ID town and they are 40 bnsiiy engaged il
"recting dwellings ou their own account that tn.
refuse TO do, and unable To attend 70, outsid,
| woIk.--.S. Louis Dim.
IaBERIAN CoIS.-The one cent and two cent niece,
| Of Liherian CUin are aboGt the eame size though
not 30 heavy as the English hali-penny and pen
| ny piece, and are prominently marked with theil
| respective denominations TN the one side IL 4
representation of the Palm Tree IN hlO,nn n,
ocean with steamer in the distance, and the figure,
1871 the latter referring to the date If fnrHia
zion as II Republic. On the reverse. head of Libsr
rrty and Cap with a star the cap, and the word
| Republic Of Liberia" and three small stars ~
preseI ting the three Counties states which com
prise the nation The metallic currency Of Liberia
| consists in the ona and two cent pieces They
| were struck in LOudon in 1851 and present Gre
| ditable appearance
| NEWSPAPER LIBEL SUIT THAT REACHED THE CouR-
| OF APPEALS The Utica Observer notices A Jecisjnr
just rendered by the Court of Appeals in what il
| termed the "Utsego Count Libel suit" ialmer VS.
| Prentss The suit instituted in Is4q the DE-
trndant having published the alleged libel in the
| COnperstOwn treenash's journal, Of which he wa.
editor. The case was carried to the Court of Ap
| peals by the plaintiff who appealed from the iudg
meut of the Supreme Court against him for costs
The court Of last resort dismissed the appeal
ONE OF UycLE SANS SPECUL4rIoSs The miltsr,
asylum at Harodsburg formerly Graham
| SprinEs was offered by the government at puhI
sale on Thursday last. bnt did not find a purrhas
er 1t is eaid that $22 Gu0 all that was bid fo
it, when the commissioner bid for the governmen
S2f,5o9 stating that be was directed not to per
nit it to 20 for less than that amount but that
an advance was made upon that bid the prnpert
would be sold There being no advance the rAi
| was stopped. The property sold by DR.. Ora
ham to the United States seven years ago for 800
900.
| THE HARD TINES AND TnE IInRsE NAEErr-Th
hard times have very sensihIy Infected the h,r.
market, and those who \ few months since bon. b
| "n speculation, find themselves unable 10 sel
! without rulnous discount from original cost If n
all; while to keep them Il no ass rninous than L
~ell. At the semi-Neekly horse auction held i,
times wo1ld I've held at 800 and $3.50 each. wer
struck down at S2o or $50 AMI QUE animal. cspat
Of mnch service on 2 iarm CT before dray, Wa
struck of al s3.-N. J. hs'
AMERICAN ISpEBTEbSEss To ESoLAxp.-Capt Gal
ton, of the Toronto Colonist says the very hisi..
authority on tn subject estimates tha; tb. euor
mohs sum Of flSO@D0p0 sterling has been spent
| in one way and another. on American rniiways an,
other improvements, and that nearly all If this 4
| English money. The NolOnist adds: alt il a Gu
rjous fact that England has ihus IN about es,t.er
| years, advanced more money - the uited State
Than wonld buy ont both Caha,las real estate cha,
| tells and all. az their assessed value"
| FALLEN FROM GE.cs-The Rev. Mr.. Derby wb
| preached in Woodstock Vt. two years siuce sp,
| has subsequently been travelling ia that State 40
Letting funds to theological college nj Canton, \
Y. ARRESTED at Derby atew weeks since for ttu
crime of adultery. The other guilty party Is hrr
| ther clergynaB's wife.
| ONE N0fF.-In Franklin couuty, Rassel tlt
American candidate for Assembly, is elrcted b
| one vote over Audrus, Democrat The vote stand
for Russcil, 1913. for Andru=, 1879 Mr. RrsEsr
republican, is sso elected in syracuse by one yot
| over Mir. Cook demOcTa;.-N. l. ErprsSs