St. Mary's beacon., 1858-09-02


intcrlockcA, $yrmihg circle. Il wxs gh;Gstly
scene to contcrr Plate
Interesting Sale of Relics.
TIE PERSONAL EFFECTS or THE LATE GENERAL
PEESIFER +. SMITH.
This morning, at ten o'clock, the admins
tratrix sale of the estate of the late Gen. Per-
sier F. Smith. took place at the auctitra store Of
N. Thomas & Sons, South Fourth street The
Attendance was very large and the bidding
Spirited throughout. Among those present,
Who eH.uccd considerable interest in the
sale. we noticed number Of prominent citi-
zcns, including large proportion Of military
,ner. Hon. John Hickman, of West Chester.
and Others from that locality, were also i'll the
auction rooms
After the prompt disposal Of = incentive of
fine cut tunlhlers, sNgsr bowls, wine glasses,
porte-Il, t,r*tcS. raAthemntical and r'sHca' in
stfumclk>, rngavings, &c, a carbine. CnlPs
patent, new. with appendagcs. brought $44;
Colts sporting rife, with aprcndage. and
cartridges, brought SOL; pair of very superb
or pistols; made by "Mantoaa vii sppara!-
A pair Of gid epaSSlcttes. sxsss,<four dia-
Eiond<, made in the city Of Mexico were then
offered for sale and induced some quite anilnat-
ed bidding. Gon. Patterson led all the com
pctturs, he bidding 500 piece, when they
were knocked down to him for that sum. 4
large number of other articles, which We have
no: time to specify, we've then SOLD in very
rapid succession, anu brought exceedingly
good prices.
Among the articles offered for sale, but
which had not been reached at the time we
left the auction rooms, were n large amount
of military wearing apparel; \ chess table with
backgamInon board attached. The wood Of
this table is n,Sdc of the Notifications Of Vera
Cruz, and is supcrbiy carved The checker
board is made of wood from the flag staff at
the City of Mexico, made expressly TO order
bv George J. icakcl, and has never been in
Use.
No. 21l ON the catalogue of articles, was a
iarec military arm chair, elegantly carved
made by the same gentleman, Of wool from the
Notifications of San Juan d'Uiloa, Vera Cruz,
and cost $3.50. We doubt not that a hand
some sum will be realized from this SALE
P.iiadellhtd Journal, 23.
WAsntSuroSs FAMILY BIsLE.-The Agent
of the Nashville Bible Society, Mr.. r. NJ.
Hawkins, has recently been distributing M
blcs in Macon county, Tennessee, and while
travelling through the country, met with tic
old family Bsble that found q place in Gen.
Wlshingtou's chamber. Dir. Hawkins says ::
Il took it in my hand examined it careful
IL, after which I read the 10Th Psalm in
family worship. l then asked the brother to
til me how he came in possession of it. He
said that at the Generals death his neice
fell heir to the Bible. Previous to leaving
Virginia, her son was taken 81 ok and died. He
waited OF him until death. The old lady told
him that she was getting old, ahd must s,on
die, and that she had nothing to give him for
waiting on her son save the old family Bible.
He gladly received il, and brought it to
Tennessee with him on horseback. He told
me that he would not take three thousand
dollars for it. The gentleman lives in the
town cf Lafayette, Macon county, and his
name is Cvsoucl Claiborne. You can't be-
gin to imagine how / felt while turning
over It's leaves. | really felt and thought
that kai found precious Jewel, 1t sp-
peared to me that would have given any
price for it,"
The WIxCHEsTER CHURCH DrrFruLTY.-
It having been stated that the troubles in the
Methodist Esriscupal Church at Winchester,
Va, were pccastoned by dissatisfaction on the
slavery question, correspondent sets forth O
statement of the matter as follows
..On the oath of July, Rev. w. ". Bennett;
al the NJ E. Church, South, delivered an ad-
dress at the Coutt-House in this place, setting
forth the position of that Church on the slave
~ question, by invitation of numerous per-
sons who had recently withdrawn from con-
nection with the NJ F. congregation here, on
account Of what they conceived an iarosicn Of
their rights and a riolGtiOn Of The spirit
of the laws and uSages Of the Church,
who, ctir withdrawing dhrstrom, took irto
consideration the proper course to be pursued
by themi and, upon looking into the principles
! OF the 81 F.. Church, South, found them er-
actiy spiteH to their risscs and their position OF
that Church on the subject Of slavery-that OF
: "o,.-interrHtion--to be the position occupied
10y several Christian denominations and that
which they conceived the proper ones for all
Churches. After the address, thirty or more
members were organized as a congregation
which, since then. has bceu steadily increas-
! ing"