Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-17


can lie confidently stated, that such an extern
sive interest in the subject Of religion has
never bnen witnessed.
An Overture recommending a change OF
the time of meeting of the Synod OF Virginia,
from Oct 90, 1858, to Nov. 3, at II, N. was
adopted.
The report of the committee appointed by
previous assembly to conduct u CORES pom
dence On the subject of union between the
General Assembly ofthe Presbyterian Church
and the SYNOD of the Associate Reformed
Church of the South, was read. The CORES
pondence suggested two important cithcultles
10 the way of union, the difference OF the two
bodies on tue subject OF psaimody aud inter
communication.
A motion was made to continue the Com
mittee of Correspondence, which was alter
wards amended by one discharg'ng the COM
mittee from further consideration OF the sub
iect, and the relinqushment OF measures Tor
union on accountot inherent din :ultIes In the
wav.
Dr.. Breckenridge made an eloquent address
on this subject against further efforts at UNION,
cbaracterizine the demands of the Associate
Reformed Church as inadmlsslble, not pre-
,enting tina, spirit of broad Christian liberal
ity which favored further discussion, aud
Celebrating the proposition that what tue
assembly wanted in its constituent elements
was eogeneousness which would notexist
if the two bodies should be Incorporated.
DR.. uoge forcibly presented the same
views wlih additional arguments for the ees-
sation Of measures tending to secure union.
Several members followed on the other side
Of the question.
Pending the discussion the hour for ad-
iournmeut having arrived. the whole question
was ordered to be placed upon the business
docket, which is equivalent to laying 1t on
the table subject to call.
LATER FROM TEXAS The Galveston News,
Of the 9th, furnishes the following:
We learn from parties who have arrived
from Houston, that the greatest excitement
prevailed there, on account Of certain disclo-
snres. connected with the issuing OF some
three hundred and fifty Thousand dollars
worth Of stock in the Central road, with
u view 10 control the election of the Presi-
dent and Board of Directors for the ensuing
year.
A private letter from friend, dated Cor
nus Christi, lst inst, says: Inc weather
IN this section is very dry, ard the crops SUI.
(eriny for want Ct raID--or, what Is lett OF
tbem-the greater portion having been de-
stroyed bv the grasshoppers. These insects,
40 numerous on the Nueces lew days since,
have left for parts unknown. They took
their flight northward. Corpus Christi Is
very dull she looks like deserted village.
The Palestine Advocate says the Trinity
has falleo nearly to low water mark; that 1t
has remaired navigable long enough to carry
eff pretty much ali the cotton OF Anderson
county and large portion OF the neighbor-
ing ones; that corn is doing tiosly, the wheat
decidedly promising, and trult ana sweet
mast abundant. -,
A priyate letter from Town Bluff, Tyler
county, dated April %, says: Taking 1t all
| in all, this has been the most favorable season
! for starting crops that l have known tor
dozen wears in these counties, and we DOW
have better stands of corn and cotton lcorn
partlculary) than | have ever known. Our
rivprs--,be Neches aod Aogelina-are yet
over the bottoms, aud steamers are runplng."
A letter from Bolton, says there Is not
era.shopper in Bell county, aud the crops are
very beautiful. an, :.
The San Antonio Texan of the 29th ult,
thus records the flight CT the grasshoppers
from that vicinity:
For the last two or three days, millions OF
prasshoppers bave been flying over cur city,
the bulky ones falling to the ground. Inelr
course seems TO be northwest, and they are
very high in the air.
The Gonzales Inquirer, OF the lst., reports
that the grasshoppers continue to leave ana
adds
We hear Of large number of our farmers
who commenced replantlng their crops last
Monday. There is sufficient moisture 10 the
ground to bring up the seed, and with TWO
or three good rains during this month and the
next. we will yet make good crops.
Orr LgyEE.-The n. o. Pcayune says
"The singular spectacle is presented, from
Canal street to the shipping in the Second
District, of the bows Of steamboats, resting
unon the wharves and access to them being
provided By lines of staging IN some cases
thirty yards long. Standing at the loot oil
Canal. and looking across the river, 1t seems
10 be piled up far above aud, the houses on
the opposite side standing apparently IN the
| midst If the waters. The wharves are not,
! however, further covered with water than
they were twenty-four hours ago, though the
river is plainly rising"
Rev. J John A Broadus has been appointed
to the Presidency of the Baptist Theological
Seminary, which is about TO be established a
CSeenville, South Carolina.
Mr.. Broadus has not yet decided whether
be will accept the appointment to remain g.
nss,or Of the Baptist church in Charlottes
vile. The Advocate says: As pastor o
one of the largest congregations IN irgipia
a. President Of the BAPTIST Female Institute
whose successful establishment depends 81
niue h upon him, and as the gnlde and In
structur Of go many young men "no' Wills
attending lectures at the University, are pre-
parinc themselves for the Baptist pulpit, w
do not we'll see how bis sphere OF usefulness
could he extended elsewhere, or bis place 81
supplied by another.
VOLUNTARY ENSLAvEMENT.-We yesterda.
witnessed one Of those cases becoming nov
so FREQUENT, and which ought to open tn
ewes of Abolitionists, the voluntary enslave
nent of q free negro. An active, abie-bo
| d;oi man chose rather to choose maste