The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-09-25
Dover Baptist Associations.
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September 23d, 49, !
This body, which includes all the Baptis
Churches in Richmond City, Hsnrico, Hanover
New Kent, Charles City and King william, and
possessing . membership Of 18.OOO met Las
Tuesday q Colosses in King William. Al the Dis
PACE = thepeopiss paper, Il will doubtless gladly
publish brief report Of this exceedngly interest
Rev. @. G. Bittting, preached the Introductory
sermon. Rev. Mr.. b. is IN elegant speaker and
succeeded 10 interesting his audience for more
than an hour The sermon will not soon be for
sofses Mr.. j. b. Wood, Of Richmond, who had
been Moderator for the past four years resigned
his position and Rev. J. O. Turpip was elected his
successor, aad Rev. W. s. Briggs, Of New Kent
was MADE Cierk From the reading OF the letters,
We learned that 700 persons had been baptized
during the past year, and two now Churches con-
stItuted, one at Ashland, the other in Richmond.
Inc Leigh Street and 1st Baptist Churches oi
richmond. reported having nine young men in
istry. In the afternoon Of Tuesday, Rev. r. ].
Wills, OF hichmand, preached In the grove, while
various matters of business were transacted in the
Church NV
bedncsddy.-Various reports were read and dis
cussed. sseries of resolutions offered by T. j.
Evans, OF Richmond, ELECTED exciting debate ju
which Rev. Drs. Jeter. Broadus, Bitting, Willis.
Francis and others participated. Several were for
P1onIoisofy iaWs Otnete J0F n0faI eQA9lOn. Du--
ring the day sermons were delivered BY Rev.
Messrs Burrows. Jeter and Dickinson, OF Rich
mond, and Rev Mr.. Raymond, President of Chesa.
peake Female College.
7hnrsday.-Foreign Missions were ably advoca-
ted BY Revs. A. 81. Poindexter, j. b. Jeter and r.
IL Bagby, and 1900 raised for that object. Reso-
iutons were offered 10 bshalf of education, which
were followed by addresses from Rev. Profs Ry.
land and Raymond. Mr.. RylaEd urged the claims
OF Richmond College, and represented it as being
in very fourisbiug condition. After addresses
from Revs. W. 4. Broadus, Fountaine and Jeter, q
resolution was adopted recommending the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary. Rev. Mr.. Bit
ing advocated the claims of the New Orleans
church and obtained $3.50. Messrs. Evans and
WOOD OF Richmond represented State Missions
ana obtained large contribution.
Rev. A. Z. Dickinson, the general superintendent
OF Baptist Sunday Schools and Colportage, stated
Association had visited 1910 families with 1890 of
whom they prayed found 12S families destitute
OF the Bible, and % destitute of all religious books
except the Bfsie; gave away $65 worth Of books
ana sold $i,2S0 worth. Rev. MIR. d. argued the
Importance OF the work, and gave several incidents
showing that these labors had been greatly
blessed. Editor Sands, of Richmond, gave histo-
ry OF Coiportage efforts in Virginia. lie believed
that the denomination could not do better than
unite their efforts aud send out a large Dumber OF
Cell lloIteurs. Col. Alex Fleet, of King and Queen,
said he did not see any hope for many destitute
families except this work. The Colporteur goes
where the preachers voice is never heard. He be-
iieved that every Christian ought 70 be Colpor.
tsur for his own nsighborhood. The Colonel told
very amusing anecdote, illustrative Of the good
which is being done by these efforts. MIR. I. J.
Evans gave his hearty support to this work He
had seen it's good results. Mr.. E. made On eloquent
address. Mr.. Allen, OF Hanover, said that much
good had been effected 10 his county by this
agency. Rev. DR.. Manly spoke at some length and
with great effect. Mr. L. NJ Coleman, Principal Of
the Hanover Academy, delivered an eloquent nd.
dress upon the necessity Of Colportage. He wanted
several men sent to Hanover. He was ready to
AID this work to the extent Of his ability. The
discussion was closed by Rev. DR.. Burrows in an
address which did honor to his head and heart
lie urged that every neighborhood be canvassed
and every destitute family be supplied with book O
During the day, sermons were delivered by Rev
DR.. Ry land, of Richmond, and Rev. MIR. Francis.
The Association adjourned after having held .
deeply interesting session. The congregation.
we're very large and attentive, aud it is hoped thai
much good was done. CoRREspoNDINr.
PERnoUs BALLOON ADyxNruRE-It has been stat
ed that two children accidentally ascended from
Centralia, Illinsis, Tuesday. in a balloon. pro
f.ssionai eronaut, named Wilson, had jut befor
| returned from q successful ascent. The Journa
says:
After the graphing iron had been made fast
| Harvey, to amuse his children, one boy age
| about four years, and the other girl of eigh
years. placed them In the basket car and permitts
| them to ascend several times as high as the rop
| would allow. Unexpectedly the graphing iro
| slipped from the fathers hand, aud the balloon
with its precious freight, was waited out of eigh
| The distress of the parent knew no bouads. Tn
peril Of the children he considered imminent, fc
| what assurance bad he that they would not
| borne into some dense forest, where they woul
be overtaken by hunger before they could be founc
| or perhaps descend into some lake or stream an
be drowned? AZ soon as was possible an Extr
was issued at Centraliaand the whole neighborin
country placed on the alert to watch for the bal
loon and children.
| Saturday morning at day break, farmer nea
New Carthage, forty-three miles distant from MI
Iiarvey's place, discovered the balloon suspende
| in the AFR, attached by graphing rope to . ire
| in his yard. He Immediately hanied the balloon
down, aud found the youngest child awake in tn
bottom of the basket, and the eldest CAREFUL
watching over her little brother. They had bee
waited about by different currents of air through
out the night, and had como to halt but o littl
while before they were relieved.
| The'story the girl told was that as the balloon
sscended she cried piteously to her father to pul
it down. She said che passed over town whsr
she saw great many people, to whom she likewia
appealed at the top of her voice. This place Na
| Centralia. Tue balloon was to pass owe
there. but the people little imagined it carried tw
persons 10 such danger. Her little brother erie
with cold, and the heroic girl took Oh her aproi
covered him and got him to sleep. In handtin
| the ropes she happened to pull one which had th
| effect Of bringing the balloon down, aud aithoug
| not understanding the philosophy of the move
ment, she was quite content to keep the vslv
open, 90 long as by SO doing she found sbe al
/ preached the earth.
The youthful aerial voyagers wore 10 tho balloo
about thirteen hours and quarter. 1t MAJ easii
Do imagined that among the neighbors wht're the
landed they were the objects of much curiesity aB
| interest. The girls presence of mind and lovin
confederation for her brother, may we'll ea title be
to remembrance, while the incident itself was {
| such a remarkable character that We opire that
will not soon be forgotten in that section.
The boy and girl we're conveyed home ~ soon q
prsct cticable, and t was needless to say were n
/ ceiyed with outstretched arms.
| FIREMEss RIors IN PHrLADELPMA.--A riot oc
| Cured among the Philadelphia fremen on Wed
nssday night. Samuel Perry, member OF tn
franklin Hose, was shot through the body, =
ceiving fatal wound. John Robinson, . membt
| Of the Hiberuia Co.. was beaten over the hea
with u club bis skull fractured, and was remove
TO the Hospital in dying condition.
WALKER NOT ARLoAr.-rhe statement copied fro
. New York paper that Gen. VIM. Walker hi
sailed again for Nicaragua turn out to be untru
The steamship Star Of the West, on which II VI
said he had called, took ont noDo but bona AZ
passengers for California and Fraser river.
ONE OF IRE "THRRE ETHoUsAND."-ThrouRh the Q
ertious Of the Pension Bureau, the Rev. lsaiah Hur
lev of Vermont, who 10 said to have been one Of d
pious. iliussrous and neyer-to- be-forgotten $50
| New Eogland clergymen" who signed the fam0
bull OF excommnnication leveiied at the bead
President Buchanan. has been indicted for forge
in tho preparation of evidence on which 70 procu
lsud warrants
MoEs sHAN WAS WANrEp.-Wm. A. Carr, Of Ke
lucky, who got wife last year BY advertising
the New York Times, aud was universally laugh
at, IL now sued by one Of the fair respondents
his advertisement, Mrs. Pauline W. Carroll, Be
ton widow, for b. each Of promise.
A female pickpocket in Philadelphis 10 wor
$2s 600, all made 10 the dlchins business
The Wifs Of ~ Horace vernet, the Distinguish
painter, recently died in Paris.
Dan Rice, the we'll known jester, 70 said TO
lying dangerously III At zanssvsils, Ohio.
Il John p. Baldwin has bsen elected mayor Of X