The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-05-30
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PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON
SCHOOL


uP, neV' Df sprague, the secretary of the hoa ra
e'oo thst curing the year there were printed a.
s,.y .eu.y ne" works; Of which fiityson were neu
ninssaon VI .nese W 700 copies were printed. O.
no new tracts 64 500 copies wore Issued snd
io'ooo copies OF the Presbyterian Almsnac. NAL
10 a'i ioi 900 copies Of new publications. Tha .1.
"a, number OF Copies issued was $4,000 The ~.
nun'ner OF pabicafioos by the board since IL,
oIsaniINion reacheA 1888 copies. The cIrcn.
Iation OF the Home Journal and Foreio. Racoss
reacnes 300; the Sabbath School yisitor az ooo
."' nnnn OF volumes distributed durjp9 the
yer,, ooA w.. Pages of tracts, 3,O55 $751;
Ine treasurers report show an aggregate of p.
coipts for the year 1929 e9S 81; an ncresss NJ 90
80 Us over the receipts Of the previous wear Tbs
total expenditures. $l07 ,56l OF; an Increase q,
SOY 34-ieavipg balance, March !, 1859. of s22 :,
l3I 20 in the treasury.
The amount received from the colportap. f,nd
was $24sl7 35; contributions from churches. 400.
soZ ~; the receipts from egacies and other sour
ces, fl,oof % The balance agaiDst the coiportape
fuod, March i, 1859, was So 800 76
Dr smith, OF Virginia, moved the approval OF
the report and the adoption of the resolution. en
dorsipg the action of the board in counteractipg
the sale of infidel works
Rev. Mr. Wares, of Mississippi, said that the
Westminster Confession of Faith, issued By the
board ior hve cents copy, was the best, the most
important work relative to a mans salvation 1.
had ever published. He advocated cheap publ.
cations.
The Rev A. r. Bank, of Arkansas. agreed pre.
cisey with his brother. The wonderful fl cts for
good OF doctrinsl publications In cheap form,
had repeatedly fallen under his observation He
doub ed whether the board was operating in re.
gard to tbe extent of it's ability. He though BIT they
were not doibg in this direction one.half as much
as they could.
Rev DR.. Edwards, Of Philadelphia. dsplored the
publication of the Sabbath School Visitor and Of
the Home and Foreign Record He deplored their
publication as q sound Presbyterian Their issues
were decidedy of an inferior sort
The hour OF noon adjournment interrupted Mr.
EDWARDS In the afternoon several able speeches
were made concerning the location Of the Nor th>
western Theological seminary.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 26.-The morning session to.
DAY was consumed in the consideration of the re-
port OF the committee on church discipline.
IN tue afternoon the consider alton OF the North.
western Theological Seminary question WAS re-.
sumeo. vote was taken under the operation OF
he previous question: resulting in favor of Chicaqo
as the location of the seminary.
Inc report OF the committee on the report Of the
BOARD OF domestic missions was taken up and dis.
eusseo I'LL the ADJOURNMENT.
GREAT FIRE AT KEY WE'T-BusINEss PORTION or
THE TOWN IN ASHES by the arrival at Baltimore
Of the U. s. surveying sc schooner Howell Cobb. from
hey west, We learn tina, fire broke out in that
place on the morning of the 16.h instant, which
ragged for five or six hours, and laid in ashes tbs
whole business section of the town, except the
stores of Bowen Curry and Mr.. Tufts.
Among The buildings consumed was that occunisd
Dy .ne United states Court and Marshal, and the
insurance once All the records were saved but
the libraries OF Senator Mallory and Judge Marvin
ieli prey to the flames large quantity OF loose
cotton was also consumed. together with the T &
store house, iucuiing $i6 600 worth Of government
stores. ana the warehouses &C. of O'Hara A "a eils
a cargo OF tuear, be,onaing to condemned British
iqu9 was stated IN them and was totally lost
The total lost is estimated at $3.50 OO0-insurar ca
Sgo 0e. Among the principal sufferers ar WIN Il
YAH 20 Brown Bros. Jas Filler. Mr. Carnphell and
Mr. schaerer IN whose store the fire originated It
appears the toR q haa NO fire apparatus and tbers
was great scarcity of wafer. To Capt Branpan,
Lieut. Ed1y and he 'ldlets OF the garrison as we'll
as the officers and crew Of s storeship IN rort
great credlt is due FOR their fcient services in
nnaliy staylrg the progress of the flames by hlow.
ing up surrounding g buildings.
ADDITIONAL INTELLIGENCE FROM MEXICO BY THE
ikHSEssEE-We have received the following ad j,
disionai intelligence from Mexico, by the Tennes.
see.
Miramon's Cabinet have issued Circular. saving
that they meant no disrespect to the America q
Government, 10 withdrawing Mr Blacks and the
other American Consu.s' exequstors II farther
| says that peaceable American citizens will be al,
lowed to remain in the country
Consul Black remains at the Capital, at the de.
sire CT Minister McLaBe, who has sent him a n ew
exeQuator.
that Gen ZuaZua, Liberal, has six thousand wall
armed men gathering around San Luis Potosi with
whom be intends marching to join ALVAREZ and
Deg0lado.
The French Gulf Squadron are at Tampico.
SUICIDE A Frenchman named Hubert commit,
ted 'icide at New York on Thursday by taking
arsenic. Deceased was somewhat distinguished
msn IN Paris during the revolution Of lS4S, and AZ
a0tdTie bad the signing Of death warrants III.
came 10 New York three years ego, and being
poor was aided by rehiittances from bis friend,
10 Paris. Recently the remittances grew too small
for bis support, and this difficulty with the wan,
of some employment 10 this country and othey
troubles threw him into dependency The man
with whom he temporarily resided 10 West Broad
way was one whose death warrant he had signed
among others, but be managed to escape They
were, however, sincere friends in this country.
A ToUGH PlREMAN.-As one Of the engine com.
panies in Bangor, Me, was going TO fire in that
city few nights since, one of the firemen tripped
| aud fell from the drag, and unfortunately the
wheels of the heavy machine passed directly over
his chest and face. All supposed he was killed
and were picking him up-when he came to- and
after splitting out a mouthful of blood and ust
Inquired with much feeling, "Did 1t hurt the en-.
eine muvh, I" He seemed to feel relieved when he
learned that she had only sprung an axle. His
anxiety for the welfare of the "machine" was re-.
freshing in these selfish days.
RELIGIOUS CERIMoNY.-Upwards of six hundred
persons, nearly all young ladies, were confirmed
and partook Of their first communion at tie Ro
man Catholic church Of ST. Francis Xavier, in N
York, Thursday morning. The catechumens we're
all dressed in white, aud we're enveloped in long
white veiIs TIE ceremony was q very impressive d
one. One of the officiating clergy was the ex.
He'd Bishop (Labastida) of Puebla, Mexico.
THE KANE MoNUMENr-New York has been talk.
ing of raising monument to DIR. Kane, the
dauntess explorer of the Arctic regions Tbev
have settled now that it shall cost $15 600, bui
are about to raise the sum by lecturiDg.
AN UNFORTUNATE ELoPEMENT Mira Philopeps
SchDider, aged 80, eloped from her husband ia N
York last week with Charles Bechet, country.
man. She took $500, and three of her children
Her paramour treated her most cruelty and on
reachiBg Montrose. Va deserted her. She made
her way back to New York, where her husband
received and forgave her.
MOVEMENTS OF GEN. WALKkR-The Moses Taylor
brings partial confirmation of the reported land
ing Of Gen. Walker, the fllibustsr chiefs at Aca-
pulco, Mexico. He had with him his lieuteuauts
Anderson and Natzmer, but bad 20 men with him
as was reported, and it was supposed when the
Golden Gate left that he was On his way to the
Uuited States.
CITIES EcosCaIsIsa. cities of Dubuque, Da.
vepport, and Keokuk, In Iowa, have dispensed
with the use OF the gas for lighting the Streets
Keokuk has aise abolished its police force aud
Dubuque has reduced the number of policemen to
half dc The object 10 to economise, IN order
to psy their debts.
NAVAL 0RDrss.-Assis.aut Surgeon Gibbs
has been ordered to the John Adams, vice d B
Conrad, detached and ordered to the Savannah;
Assistant Surgeon VIM Bradley ordered to the
Levaut; Assistant Surgeon Corson dered to
the Hartford. Commander Wm d Porter has been
ordered to command the st. Mary's row in the
Pacific.
NAVAL MovEMENr.--It is ststsd that the Presi-
forced. The Preble, which has just arrived ai
Norfolk from Paraguay, has been ordered to the
Gulf, thus increasing the squadron to nine vessels
Alarm at Walkers movement occasions this pro
ceediug.
RIsH IN PRICE or BREAD IN LONDON During the
hrst week iu May the price Of cheap bread 10 Lon
don rose from five to ssven pence the four pound
loaf and among the high priced bak ara n loaf a,