Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
By Yesterday Evening". Mails.

NJ. p. GENERAL CONFERENCE -Si,ah Day
A report lr m the judiciary Committee was
received aud laid on the table.
Communications from Rev's Ruel Hanks
representative elect from the New York and
Vermont Conference: and S. Morrison, repre-.
sentative eject from the Indiana Conference,
were received and referred to the appropriate
committees.
Rev Samuel E. Norton, from the Commit
tee On Boundaries, submitted q report, which
on motion of Judge Bibt, was recon mitted
the report OF the Judiciary Committee was
taken from the table and recOmmitted with
instructions.
TIE last iten of the report of the Commit
tee on Means Of Grace IN response to the
inquiry of T. Taylor Heiss, was, On motion,
adopted 10y the Conference.
% motion of Req DR.. Murray, the report
of the majority of the Committee on Memo
rial- and Petitions, touching the memorial of
the Charleston, S. c. Church, was taken from
he table. The majority, consisting OF R"v.
DR.. J j. Murray, Rev. VIM. Collier, and
Hon. B. S. Bib, reported favorably upon
ID" application of that church; whilst Geo.
Vickers, esq, from the minority Of the COM
mittae, presented coulter report, alleging
that to grant the prayer OF the petitioners
would he an infraction of the constitution o:
the church. The church III question pray
that their relation to The Maryland Con.
terence shall be changed from that Of a Station
t. a Mission, so as TO avoid the Inconvenience
Of change Of pastors bi-annullly. A long
and spirited debate grew out Of the lntrOduc-
ton Of these reports, which was conducted
by Rev. DR.. Murray, George Nickers, esq,
aud Rev. Josiah Warden, who moved an al
journment, while the question was still
pending.
AFrEnN on SESSION The discussion Of the
question under consideration when the Con.
ference adjourned, was resumed, when long
and able speeches we're made for and against
it by Rev. DR.. Murray, aud Rev. JOSIAH Var
den, and, late in the afternoon, the call tor
division being sustained, the question was
determined 10 the negative, and the report
was lost.
A resolution was fred that the General
Conference recommend to the several Annual
Conferences the call Of a convention for the
purpose of altering the Restrictive RULE
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
FIGURING MILLS observation-disclosures
BURG, May l0--The large flour mills, owned
by Joseph B. Ficklin, situated between this
city and Falmouth. was destroyed by fire
last night. Mr.. F.'s loss is very con>idera-
BILE, as there was no insurance. Our lose
,rnm,tlv fhp ElDt
{ although in, IA yet, a disorganlSed state, }
headed by those two brave tiremen, Thomas
McGrlI and John Haywood, who soon sue
ceeded in getting the fire under their COL
troll, and thereby saving other valuable PROV
erty of Mr.. +. and others. Both came near
losing their lives, having to jump from an i'd
Joining shed, before the falling walls COM
petely demolished it. Our Gremen should
at once organize, as this Is the second hire we
have had 10 the las. week.-Rich DIS.
SENTENCED TO BE llUNG.--Before the llus-
tings Court yesterday, negro named Lewis,
slave to Messfs T. & 5. Hardgrove, was
tried for setting fire to dwelling house &C.
cupied by Louisa Ann Barker, free negress
fourd guilty and sentenced 70 be hung on
the 18th If June next, between the hour Of
10 o'clock, \. NJ. and 4 o'clock, 7. NJ. The
prisoner aud the woman had lived together
as man and wife, but disagreeing had sepai-
ated, when the prisoner declared that be
would have revenge. Ga the night that the
house was fired, the prisoner was seen near
it, Just at the moment when the fire was ex-
tinguished Rich DIS.
WoyDERrrL DISCOVERY OF Glib We
learn FROM reliable gentleman, recently ar.
rived from the South, that in the last few
weeks there has been opened at what is
known az the Puckorson Gold Nine about 4
miles from Altona, Georgia, a vein OF gold OF
richness equal, if not superior, to any ever
discovered in this country. The vein has
been penetrated at three different points ana
exhibits the most astonishing ess.-Rich.
W6g
Mrs. Ex-Presidcnt Tyler during her re-
cent visit to Richmond, paid into the Mount
Vernon Treasury S400 which she had col
lected by Der exertlons IN Charles City
county. This Lowell and accomplished lady,
is one Of the chief ornaments OF the Assoc
citation, and the contribution she has just
made proves the energy with which che
has espUused the cause, and the spirit OF
patriotism which adds its lustre to her gra-
ces.
The Richmond f nquirer says I've we're
pleased to fud that Ex.President Tyler,
who passed few days in Richmond, was
much improved in health and seemed to
erioy his usual fue fDw Of spirits"
On Saturday last, the last rail on the
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad was
laid. This makes continuous Iine If rail-
way from Richmond, Va. to Memphis Tenn
IHLOROFORM Ether; Glycerine; Calodin ,
Y Creosote; Mi. Silver; Suiph. Morpaia:
SuIph Cincaona; lodite OF Potash; Sub. Mt
Bismuth and Caromne, received. and Tor sale by
PEEL STEVENS x CO.,
mvl2 cor. OF King and Afred.sts.
MRS. ALIENS HAIR RESrORER, and
w Bylobalsamum, Hurds Hair Restorer,
Woods do Jayne's Hair Tonic, Trcoph-rous,