The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-07
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WEDNESDAY MORNING ..........A ApRIL- ,s,,
UNITED SYNOD OF TIE PREsBYTgsI.x curoc,,
rms BODY, comprising representatives from ,hs
various synods In the United States met at Knor
vie, Tenn, on the LIST Inst Rev cu.s,.s u
nkfp ID. d., OF Richmond, Va, was eleetaa Nd
"tor Dy acciamation. On the second aav NJ -,
session declaration of principles was repor,ad
ior the purpose OF showing the position the svnod
proposed to occupy. The eighth article Of this ds
claration read as follows:
lnasnuch as neither the Savior nor his Amos
'ies lntImatcd that the slaseholding re,sti,r r.
Esiniul, and rs they did not atlen7nt "a rnr,"~@
siaVeholders from the church by lapisiation ar h.
'estiiylng against it; and further "a the systar,
vi slavery Is an institution of tho Stat. ira ron
t'nuance or abolition depending entirely upon the
will OF the State, irrespective OF the xia ,
! cirons oi church courts, it is the ipdgmant "a
this synod that the discussion or agta.ion ~ s,a
| very ia the Judicatories of the church except so
| af as respects the moral aud reliptous d,,tias
| growing out of the relation of master ont sTa.a
IS inappropriate to the functions of iu5ieatnriaS
Ihis Synod representing Presbyteriss thai bavo
| "hndrawn from their former ecclesiastical con
| hection because of the repeated and unconstit1
tonal action on slavery by the General Assembly
| therefore declares that under the present consti
tntion OF the Presbyterian Church. the agitation
OF slavery in any of our judicatorias or further
| '"nn ettdius 10 tue moral and religions dutias
| arising from the relation, would be tnconsistanf
| win the design OF our withdrawal from our far.
| ner connection, and in forming a new organiza-
| 'ion. Whilst then, We propose no alteration Of
! ,ne constitution OF the Presbyterian Chutch be-
| ie'ihg that as II now stands, the spirt of IL ia
against the agitation Of slayehoiding in the church
we express the opinion that those who unite with
| us OF VINO may come after us. will be under A
no!aI oolga'ion so long as the constitution re
mains as 1t Is, TO exclude slavery the agitation of
which has already divided three large denominr-
Mons 10 this country, a subject of discussion
from the church courts.
| Ihat portion of the report referring to sIavery
vas maze the special order of the day for Satur-
| day.
| On motion of Rev. C. Parish, the third Thurs
| d'y ia May, 1859, at quarter before o'clock in
the evening, was fixed as the time, for the next
meeting OF the United Synod. The place, the
| Second Presbyterian Church, Lynchburr. Va
FROM WAsHIyGToN.-GeueraIS Sargent. Of cincin.
| hati' had formal interview with the President
and rendered his regiment of volunteers for ser
| vice III Utah, supported by recommendation of
the Legislature of that State.
IL Is understood that General Harvey respect-
iuIy protests against being placed second in com.
inaud under General Smith in the Utah exuedi-
ton, and desires command IN some other direc.
tiOn
From the representations of Gen Robes the
state Department has reissued It's former instruc.
Hohs TO prevent the organization fitting out of
unlawful expeditions within the limits of the
United States for the invasion of the Northern
states OF Mexico. Both governments in Mexico
have written to him on this subject, but he Off
ciaiiy corresponds only With the one recognized
by our own.
Col. Beuton's health has materially failed With
In the past few days. lie speaks Of his life a.
drawing 70 ciose-cOnyerses cheerfniiy with his
friends on public affairs, and says that the only
great measure in which the administration has
ia fiaH ~.
caniiy al All seasons Of the year OF central route
TO the Pacific.
The Senate has not yet notified the House of its
adverse action on the Montgomery substitute
In the event ofthe failure of the Kansas bill under
Eesent circumsta stances. an EFFORT will be made
from the democratic side to couple Kansas with
Minnesota. making the admission OF one dependen;
Oh that OF the other.
TrLEGRApHIC COMBINATIONS. The following note
from the Hon Amos Kendall to the editors of the
Washington Union, corrects a very important
statement which has been sent abroad by tele.
graph agents to the press of the country:
WASHINGTON, April z, 1855
10 the EddnrS Of tie fisoa: It is widely circuIa
ted 10 the telegraph news from Washington that
On the 3lst utimo, Senator Bigier presented ''the
memorial of Amos Kendall and others interested
IN the Morse telegraph lines, asti0g protection
dgaiaA coglPeting telcgroyhines"
The memorial asks for no such rodiculoUs thing
But it shows a combination of parties in the
thted states with parties ont of the L. States
whose aim is to destroy all competition in trIc
Eraphiug, well in the United States as across
the ocean, and 1t asks Congress 50 to regulate the
foreign telegraphic intercourse Of the country AS
to promote ard preserve competition in the bust
ness The object of the memorial is therefore.
TALLY the reverse of what it is represented
to be,
BY publishing this communication you will
obiige AMOS KENpaLL
MODERN Misunderstanding 10 the New Or
leans papers, the windows of heaven were opened
upon that locality. the 30th nit. in an unusual
Iy emphatic manner. The Picayuue says:
Every street was converted into a canal. and
without boats or carriages il was found impossible
To move from one portion of the city TO another.
Bridges aud boxes were swept away like bubbles
nd work of purifcation was performed which
a thousand scayengeTS wOuid fail To accomplish in
week For some time to come pedestrians Will
complain no more OF dust washer women of
empty cisterns. Planters and market gardeners,
too Will stop their clsmorons prayers for rain.and
the young cane III grateful greeuness will ac-
knowledge the proVidental visitation. And then
the flowers, will they not bloom out afresh to serve
as chapietS for the fair and loving, the pro-
phets OF a future spring-and the forest trees,
green and glad, will they spread out their Ieafy
honors,an rejoice in their newly acquired bloom.
SHOCKING ACClDEST.--A little boy, only years
pI IA.
by train of loaded cara on the
North Pennsylvania Railroad his fathers
house, on Saturday last, and shockingly mutia-
ted. Both his legs were cnt of, and yet, with
marvellous tenacity. life endured for several hours
before the little sufferers agonies were ternIna-
ted by welcome death. The poor little fellow
taken to the hospital at once. where even the
surgeons were shocked at so fearful mutilation
III living body.
BANK OF PENysrLyANIA.-The Philadelphia Led
ger says:
We understand proceedings have been iustitu-
ted before the Graud Jury OF the Court OF Quarter
Sessions, CONCERNING the management of the late
Bank Of Pennsylvania The Grand Jury have
found true bills, charging Messrs. Thos. Allibone
late P esident, aud Th0s \. New hall, late Lirtct-
or OF that institution. with conspiracy, concern
ing the alleged mismanagenent of the business of
the Bank, thereby causing a great loss to stock
holders and others. Yesterday morning Mr New
hall came into Court and entered bail in the sum
OF $4,000, on the charge of conspiracy. Mr. John
Welsh entered the required surety.
New York SwINDLE ExP0sED.-The New York
police have recently detected all extensive swiu-
deiDg operation conducted by some one whose
name IS yet undiscovered under the false style and
firm OF Olpbaut, Bartlett 4 Co. The method of
this swnder has been to send circulars to country
merchants inviting theu to become agents for
the " West India Company" for the sale Of coffee,
holding out the most iiattering hopes of making
large profits, aud requiring remittauces in ad-
vance for ths first consignment of coffee. IL is
said that since the first Of these circulars were
sent, the amount received has been, for the past
week or two, about $1,000 per day and that the
swnder has probably received in all about $4,000.
He has office at pos Broadway, where one clerE
manned Phillips) was employed. This clerk, when
arrested at the post office, had in his possession
about 10 letters that he had just taken from the
letter box, many of them being registered letters,
and all doubtless containing money. These were
handed over to the Mayor, who has them now in
charge.
FROM IIAyaSA.--By the arrival of the steamship
CahawLa at New York, We have dates from Haya-
ia to the 30th nit. The United States steamship
Fulton left Havana on the evening of the 18th nit.
Business still continued dnl but the price of su-
gar Ras maintained. Ereiglts 10 the lnitol