Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-08-23

By Saturday Evenings Mails.

| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "a iuT 20 IeiiSiOu
meeting has been progressingin Chesterfield
ten miles from Richmond, for several day
past. We understand that delegates wer
present from twenty-eight churches located il
Amelia, Powhatan and Chesterfield, which
counties compose the Middle District Baptis
Association.
Rev. c. Tyree preached the ihtroductor,
sermon from the text go work in my vine
yard to-day" Those who heard it speak o
1t as one OF the most powerful and eloquen
sermons they ever listened to.
From letters read it seems that during the
past year $50 persons were added to tht
churches by baptism, making the presen
number of commandments 3, 1855; and that the
churches are in q Furnishing condition.
w. Pope Dabney, esq, (lhe delegate from
Powhatan and Cum herland to the last Leg
islature,) was elected moderator, and III. Ii
Hancock, esq. clerk. Mr.. Dabney made az
appropriate address, thanking the Associa
ton for the honor conferred on him in calling
him to preside over their deliberations.
Rev. A +. Dickinson advocated the claims OF
the Col portage Board. and was followed by Rev
MeSsrs. Tyree, Bland, WiniTee and Others il
earnest addresses in favor OF sending out all ar
my of Colportears The interest lelt in tn
subject may be Judged OF By the TACT that S4ls
IS were contributed TO the Coporteur cause.
rne Association adjourned TO hear "a sermol
by Rev p S. Henson, OF Fuvanna At the con.
cusion Of the sermon, Rev. b ID. Wintree made
an appeal in behalf OF the Foreign and State
Mission Boards, located i'll Richmond, and bsS
were subscribed.
In the afternoon, Rev c. C. Biting, the agent
for the New Orleans church, addressed the meet,
ing in behalf of the Biptst Cause IN the Cres-
cent city and received 1913
Rev. u Mason, OF Manchester, was re.appoint
ed 10 labor as missionary within the bounds OF
the Association. al salary of $500, and one.
half OF that amount was raised III few mo.
ments.
On Friday tie Association met and spent
most of the day in discussing various reports IN
behalf Of Sunday Schools, Temperance, Pi5e
operations, Domestic Missions, etc. The al.
dresses were good and showed that there was a
far amount oi talent In tn body.
The Association adjourned late in the after
noon. all feeling that il was one Of the most sue
cesstul annual meetings they had ever held
Richmond Dspatch.
MURDER "A negro man, the property oil
Mr.. Estes, near N0rtonsVill,, was committed
to Jail, on Monday last, charged with the
murder of negro man the property OF Mr..
Cattcrton, of the same neighbOrhood The
murder was perpetratcd on Saturday night
last, in the public road, near Mr.. John Trays
residence. MIR. Fray heard the noise occa'
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ly to the scene of the Conflict and there saw
the deceased upon the ground. entirely dead
and the prisoner standing over him with both
hands firmly graspiuG the throat OF the de-
ceased. There were three other negro men
standing around, quiet spectators o! the aw'
full tragedy. The deceased was man re-
mlrkaLle for his great strength and activity
and tho prisoner was rather below the aver
age in bis physical development. These
facts, and the additional one that the three
who were present could give no satisfactory
excuse for themselves AID their conduct nave
led to the suspicion that they aided the pr
souer in the preparation OF the murder
The physician who made q post-inortem ex
animation Of the deceased, was perfectly sat
isficd that death was occasioned by strangu
latioa.-- CHn l5:teSriWe 1dcOcate.
ARRIVAL OF MILIrARr.-Yesterday the
steamer Roanoke, from New York, brought
to this city, one hundred and fourteen new
L. S. recruits, under the command Of Lleuts
Steeu and Bell, en- route Tor California by the
overland route, to &C; as an escort Tor Lieut.
Bcale's exploring corps, while cutting road
from Fort Smith to the Colorado river. M0s'
Of the men are young and hearty, and will 10
doubt do Uncle Sam good service, when once
they are thorc ughly broken to. military har
ness. They left here on the Danviile Rail
read at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and
20 direct to Texas, where they are to take II
charge fifty camels for the use Of Lieut.
Beaes command.
During the trip on the steamship Roanoke
difficulty occurred between some OF the re
crui,s and the mate Of the vessel, which ended
BIZ the former throwing the latter overheard
Luckily, the mate was fshed out, with NJ
other injury than q thorough ducking.--
Rich. DIS.
RAIy.--The Charlottesville Advocate says
We had a glorious rain ia this locality or
Wednesday evening last, which must have
done great good to the corn crop. Willis
all parts of the State, aud particularly 81
with most Of this county, have Geen suiisE
ing terribly from the drought Charlotte5
vile and i'm Immediate vicinity have been bies
sed with a very fair season. We were, to b
sure, getting very dry, and fears were be
ginning to be entertained for the corn crop
bat the rain of Wednesday has again revi
we'd our hopes. We truly hope that the ralr
was general.
ANTIDoTg FOR STRYCHSINE Two OF oul
most eminent physicians have lately beer
engaged in q series Of experiments, on tex
CANNES, doomed by law to an execution
with q view to ascertain tie effects, aud, |
possi5le, the remedies for various poisons -
The result has been a discovery that, TO
strychnine, strong dose of campbor admin
istered before the spasm enSues, Is decided
antidote, to the fleets Of that subtle poison
South Side Dem.
HAIL SroRM.-There was a very severe
hailstorm in the Greenwood neighbOrboo1, OF
Thursday of last week. The tobacco crop o
Messrs. James Bowen, Thomas 6. Bower
and p. Cleveland were almost completed
DESTROYED Charlottesville Adroca'e.
AcclpExr.-On Frid,y night last, tn