The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-18

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her. Since her last visit to this city she has i'm,
proved 10 personal appearance and something IN
her acting If a little more smoothness of delivery
may be considered an improvement when applied
to her neculiar style She appears tonight in her
great character of Queen Catherine, in "Heury the
Eighth"
PRESBYTERIAN %. S. GENERAL ASSEMBLY Fourth
Day The report of the Board of + reign Missions
was read, and that portion regarding India was
discussed Rev. Mr.. Laurie, spoke on the subject
for an hour.
He spoke of Incidents Of recent mart rdom ia
India. A native missionary tied to the mouth of
cannon, aud Gu to pieces with swords, after the
gun ha twice missed fire. mother and her babe
to die nd remain two da sunburied at Ia tfnDg
into stream by men of t. lowest caste. The
speakers own son was mentio~ ed in this come
ito. in the simplest DIS that could describe bis
owning, while manacled, in Chinese sea; but 1t
electrified the Assem- bly,, as nothing but genuine
feelings eau do, and the entire h use melted into
floods of irrepressble tears.
The details of expenditure in the report refer
mostly to small funds; but there are SO uaDy of
them that they exhaust the treasury despite any
supplies hitherto poured In 1t. The contributions
OF churches, since the disuse of agents to collect
money for missions from them. have slowly but
steadily increased; but it is mournful fact that
$40 churches, with 437 ministers aud 1612S COM
municants, have, during one whole year, not con-
church named to contribute half a cent a month.
| the receipts would have been increased by five
| SIX thousand dollars. Were they to contribute one
cent a week, it would produce u fund of 100000.
OF all the contributions of Presbyterian
churches, for every purpose, the amount actually
| given to the foreign missions amounts to barely
| four per cent.
| At subse guent stage of the proceedings Rev.
DIR enridge submitted the following important
report the proposed revision of the Scriptures,
which was adopted by the Assembly:
By of the General Assembly Of 1857, an over
ture To that body which is printed in its minutes,
DID, 35 &C. relating to the American bic so"ieLy's
new STANDARD English Bible, and 20 the best me thod
| Of preserving in its integrity the common version
consideration of the present General Assembly Du-
ring the year which has interviewed. toe attention
of the Christian public has en- directed to this I'M
portant subject, in a ve'y unusual degree and so
far as the Assembly has the Oeans of Judging, it is
appa rent that the Presbyterian Church throughout
the country is decidedly opp sed to the line OF con
duct, in the prs miss pursa by the late commit
tie On versions of that Society. and to the circula
ton by that Society Of heir new STANDARD English
Bible 1t is matter OF great satisfaction TO this
General Assembly that tho directors of the hmeri
can Bbe Society have resolved to cea publishing
the aforesaid standard Bible, and TO reeume the
publication ard circulation of the standard English
ble in the exclusive of the Society before the
late work of coalition and change commenced about
the year s47. We lso cordially Apr the farther
act n of the Board Of Directors 20 far it shows
a more vigilant oversight, in future of the work OF
its committee yersions AMI prevents any future
'hange OF the text its -cess9rrs without the
careful consideration and special order of the Board
of Directors,