The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-01
I H E DISPATCH.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING. .DEcEMsrs I -lv,,,' ,sss


sEssos PsEscuEpI IN JAPAN Buiaf Of n Na.
sisK--A letter In the New York Herald. dstea
s'moda, Japan, August Cd, contains the follow
ing:
On Sunday forenoon last, the Rev. Mr. Wood
Chaplain OF the Powhat preached a sermon =,
the Consulate, on shore, which was attended by
Commodore Tatnall, bis officers, and large part
OF his crew; also Capt Nicholson, his officers and
crew. Around the house were crowds OF Japanese
looking on, for the first time in their lives Mt
Christians worshippng God on their soil. The
reverend gentleman delivered an excellent sermon
In which be contrasted the former prosecutions
of Christians in this country with the happy re-
| suts secured by the new treaty. IL was an inte.
resting occasion to see pearly foEr hundred Ame.
rcans worsAipping their God on Japanese soil.
Death for the second time has visited Us. Alex.
ander Dcona1, private marine, died on the 81 at
nit, and was next day buried in the American bu.
rial place. with military honors. lie was a native
o! Ireland, had long beeniip the service aud was a
good man As the fnrerai passed through the
streets OF Smoda, thousands Of japanese we're col
lected on each side Of the road to witness the
scene and listen to the solemn music Of the band
six Japanese, who have professed Christianity,
followed our departed shipmate to bis grave, did
| also Consul Harris aud his suite. The flag at the
consulate was hoisted at balf mast.
The Mr.. VERNON FUND is receiving constant &C.
| cessiens-amoug them notice a contribution
OF $lD from the Boston Light Infantry About q
suttcs oiNeis pretty entertainments IN New York
last week, gotten up by come patriotic ladies for
the same deserving object, the Post says:
During the week q series of entertainments of A
peculiar nature has been given at a private house
in Lexington avenue. These have consisted first
| OF concert by amateur performers, and then of
some tabieaux vivapts. the subjects selected from
Moores poem of Paradise and the Peri.
Tickets to them were sold to their acquaintauces
by the lady managers of the Mount Vernon Asso-
citation in New York, and the proceeds will be de-
voted to the Mount Vernon Fund. A stage and
elevated seats were prepared in the parIors OF "A
fashionable woman, and some of the bsst known
people in town have attended the sorees, which
are crowded nightly; indeed, very many more tic
kets were demanded than could be supplied.
The tableaux have been pronounced very adrni.
rabie in design and effect. They were gotten ND
under the supervision and direction of an accom-.
plished southern woman, whose experience emil
nentiy calculated her for the task : some of the
most beautiful young girls in New York persoua.
ted the golden haired angels at the gate of Para.
disc, and forced the spectators to admit that the
Peri was very right to make such extraordinary
Efforts to get into Paradise where their presence
was to be the reward; the more prominent actors
We're mostly young men and two clever children;
aud the lady to whose taste and talent the success
OF the plan is to be attributed, read the passages
OF the poem which the tableaux were intended to
illustrate.