Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
Correspondence OF the Baltimore Suu.l

N,c Schoo, Presbyterian Church, Interesting Stats
ties of It's Organization and Membership.
The minutes OF the New School Presbyterian
Church in the United States have just been published
and emong the items Of interest to the people OF
Maryland Virginia and this District are the follow
ing: ,,.,,
Wilmington Presby:ery was organized in 1873, and
embraces all the churches on the Eastern Shore oil
MARYLAND aud in the State of Delaware. This Pres
bytery has Ii ministers aud lcentate. 10 churches,
Of which are vacant, and l, 1856 communicates. Elk
ton church, Rev VI Mears: pastor, 10 members ;
Hanover Street church, Rev Mr. Altman. pastor, 2s3
members; Central, l53 members, Rev + Wiswell.
pastor Pencader, Rev G Foot pastor, 81 members;
tewes, Rev G. II Mustard pastor, lO2 members; La
Trappe and Milfart; Rev W :, hsnneday, $50 "a
l47 members Port Penn, Rev IL Gaylord, pastor,
II members; Delaware City, Rev Morton, pastor,
% members. Some among the Oldest churches in the
United States are found in this section.
Tue Synod Of Virginia embraces all the churches
west of the Suequehanna river as far south Lynch.
burg, Va, WIS organized as far back as i7SS has
three Prssbyteries. viz Dist. of Columbia, organized
1881 Winchester, 1894; Hanover, 1888.
District Presbytery numbers l3 ministers, licen-
tistes aud Is churches, viz Fourth-Rev John Z
Smith d D, pastor, I2l; First-Rsv Sunderland
ID y, 2lS; Assembly s-Rev Andrew J Carotbers,
pastor, 100. Western-Rsv n Haskell, pastor, ~;
Fret Constitutional, Bs!,imore-Rev II Duunins,
pastor. al; Second, Alexandria. Va-lS3; Harmony
ard Quarries. Baltimore and Howard counties, Nd
Rev ] D Thomas - Pooisviile and Mddlebrook,
Montgomery county, Md-Rev II X Smith. g.; Sixth,
Washinstoa-Ss Fist Colored-eS There is in cou,
nec,iou with thi. Presbyt-ry, Rev J Sewlin, ID ID,
President of Delaware Co-g-; Rev VIM Nolan, u
D, Rev K R Gurley, Rev \ Dsniorth, ID D, Of the
American COLONIZATION Society Revs G Hammer,
NJ Rev Moses Jewell, y d, of Montgomery county.
Md and Rev l. Bartlett, Of South Carolina.
Winchester Presbytery has ministers, licen.
tistes and IS churches. Winchester, Rev A II IL
cd n harg Har nh,jrO Raw
T ID Bell. pastor, l95 members Shcpherdstown, Rev
II Matthews, pastor, l39 members; WarrentoD, Rev
A D Pollock, 5 5, -; Middleburg, Rev Fletcher,
pastor, 3d. Leesburs Rev II Smith, 80; Grove;
Rev j w McMuuan, pastor, 67; Ministers, Rev c II
Nourse, Rev j L Frany, Rev B Neal, Rev NJ
Graham, Rev w johnson, Rev w A Crawford.
Hanover Presbytery hss ls ministers, llcentia!e
and l6 churches United, Richmond, va. Rev II
Rev j Mcmahon, pastor. III; Pole Green. Rev &
w Adams, pastor, lG2 Lynchburg, Rev d Nit
chell, D D, pastor, l70; Prince Edward, Rev E II
Cumps,on, pastor, lis; Portsmouth, Rev j w
Hardy, pastor So Farmvile, Rev II Leach, ID
D, pastor. log; Lsesvie. Rev w II Matthew's, pas
tor, Is; Piedmont, Rev II 5 Osborne, pastor, 3l2;
Rocky Mount. Rev Gray, pastor, SO; Third Rich.
mon, Rev l. Ledou1, pastor, l!9 Mckenzie and
other ministers. Rev A j Leavenworth, Rev G w
Lsyburn, Rev McDearmon, Rev b 4 Martin, Rev
&c Anderson, Rev NJ D Kslopothskes, Of Athens,
Greece.
lno total commandments OF tOls Sy0OO, 4,lIo dHO
It's contributions tor the last year amounted TO
S7,259 So. The next messing Of the Synod is to be
held in the Assemb!yS Church, Washington, in Oc.
too-r.
The strength Of this denomination in the United
States may be gathered from the following facts
Synods %; Presby;eries, Iii; candidates for minis
fov. 2i3 ceaa:es, l05 ministers, ,595; churches,
1879, whole number Of members, 1919; adults
baptised. 1868; infants 379S contributions, (abouD
Sa5u0J0.
Bsptls,s. grand total OF regular Bsptists in
the United Slater, "a appears from the American
Baptist Almanac. is S91 us; the number in the Bri.
tt.h provinces, % sl2; in the Yves. Indies, 36U5o;
others who practice Immersion 162 000.
THE GREAT AMERICAN.-THE GIANT oE
THE WokLD-MiLEs DARpgS.-Some weeks sgo
We gave few facts IN regard 20 the weight and d.
mansions of this extraordinary man, and promised
readers, through the courtesy Of friend in Hen
derson county, further items VI interest. The friend
we referred 10 was the Rev. John Brooks, whose
YsrsciIy, VIZ believe, Las pever been questioned by
any one. He writes as soi!ows:
"Mr. Darden was born in North Carolina in the
year l79S and departed this life a. his residence in
Henderson county, Tennessee, on the I'D day OF
January. 1857, in the 53th year Of his age.
He joined the Baptist Church in early lite and
shor y sitter emigrated to Tennessee, where he
nected himself with what is called the Christian
Church, but had no; been member OF any Church
FOR years past, but moral and fond OF conversipg
on religious SUBJECTS. He was an obsing aud kind
nsghoor, aud fond of company. About ID years ago
he joined the order OF Masons. lie was twics
RED. His children very large. but probably none
OF them will ever be more than half the weight OF
their fa,he.. He quito active and lively and
laoored until about four years ego. when be become
80 hsshy that he was compelled to stay al home, or
10 be hauled about in Il two horse wagon.
'ln lSi9. he made contract with tailor to furnish
him suit Of CLOTHES for SjO-the cloth to COS
SIS per yard. Upon measurement, II took II yards Of
cloth. So the tailor lost $40 and the making. The
tailor states that three men, each weighing 900
pounds, put the coat on buttoned it around them,
and walked across the square at Lexington In 1850
it took l33 yards Of flax cloth. yard wide, to make
him o coat. II took IL yards Of cambria for his
shroud "a yards of black velvet to cover the sides
and lid Of his coiu, LIS feet OF plank to make his
coffin.
"Hs oofu was eight feet long; across the breast 50
inohes across the head Is inches across the foot "a
inches; it's depth IS inches. He weighed, in 1915,
81 pounds. His height was seven fee, six inches
His weight when he died, IA nea-y could b- Ms
oertained, was fraction 1000 pounds.-l.Iack.
son /7tna Wig.
TIE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON