The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-14
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
The American Tract Society.

Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
The Amsyicns TSaet Society
New YORK, May 10, 1860.
Among the most interesting OF the Hnni-
versaries Of the great benevotent societies,
have been the meetings Of the Na'ional Tract
Society This Society has this year held two
meetings Those who have for . tew years
past been assiduously endeavorin9 70 tnrn 1t
from its national to sectional course, nave,
by Introducing and Keeping up olscossion,
prevented il from hOldingits regular reilgious
exercises For the sake OF having meeting Z
in which the religious and benevolent cha
racter Of the work could be presented 10 the
Christian public, the officers TINS year APP
pointed n meeting on the evening OeIoFe the
| day of the regular anniversary.
large audience filled the Lafayette Place
Church, testfying TINS their interest in this
great institution. They were richly repaid
IN being there, for seldom is 1t that such an in
| tellectual treat is spread before An audience
as WAS furnished them by Rev. DIR. Scudder,
| Of Indiana, and Rev. DIR. Fuller, Of Bali.
| more. Dr. Scudder's speech giitte!ed and
glowed with most brilliant gems OF fancy and
imagination. while DIR. Fuller's was charac-
| terized by all the strength and power Of his
| manly and forcible eloquence. Both sustain
ed most ably the national and catholic cha
! racter Of the Society GaG commended it with
| the most unqualified praise.
| Yesterday was the business meeting 4 bon :
| 500 members were present Hon. VIM. y.
l AIekdDUrg presided. lNc EtIOft Ol tue past
year was presented, and the o<1fcers unani-
| nously reelected. Rsy. Mr.. Wolcott, of Chi
| cago. presented . series Of resolutions upon
the slave trade, and instrneting the Society
| immediately TO publish tracts setting forth ,ts
| iniquity. Upon this he made q long speech
| after the manner of former years.
AS soon as it was finished, Presby terian
| clergyman rose and offered As an amendment
| that the Society publish tracts on the evils of
German Beer Gardens, and on the evils OF
| Abolitiorism. IT yYas so put that the house
broke out into roags OF lau1i;st.
| Judge Nelson, formerly Chief Justice OF the
| States, Immediately offered a resolution that
| the taeeting now adjourn, which, as it did not
| admit OF iebata was carried by a large vote.
The opposers were t.us Eiosksd in their at
| tempt to turn this Societys anniversary latl
| an anti-slavery debating club.
GREAT METRORIC SHOwER.-A meteoric
| shower, which appears to have extended over
| the greater part Of Eastern Ohio, fell on
| Tuesday last. In New Concord four stones,
weighing from forty to sixty pounds each,
| tell near the track of the Central Ohio Rail-
| road, burying themselves III the ground to
the depth of about two feet. AT Ciaysville
| stones of the same quality, but in greater
| quantit.s fell. Near McConnellsville seve-
| raj boys observed a nnge eiaaa dascend 10 the
| earth. which they averred looked like q red
| ball, leaving a line of smoke in its wake. A
gentleman walking in his field near New Con-
| cord, heard terrific crash like thunder
| which las ted half \ minute, and then plainly
! saw a large body descending through the air
| in ob!i4ue direction, with velocity ap-
| parently much sseni.t tp2E IL Could have at
| tanned by its own momentum. Going 10 Ln-
spot where it touched the gound, he found 4
| rock weighing over fifty pounds, imbedded
in the earth depth of two feet. The stones
| were found over fifty miles apart aud are all
| alike, being fragmen1ary, AS it just broken, of
| bright grey color inside, with IL dark metallic
| surface. Sety compact and heavy The noise
| of the explosion was heard over four or tivs
/ nj h.,tn tlyap fI,pt n
der, in others shaking The ground like an
| earthquake. and q. New Concord causing
| such a violent concnssiOn that the houses
! We're heavily Jared ard many Of the doors
| bnfst ppen, considerably frightening the peo-
pie. The conrse OF tEs It.stsoriy fragments
was from northwest to southeast So un fis uaI
| "A meteoric shower will attract much atten-
| ton and investigation among men of science
REDUCTION OF POSTAGE TO GERMANY AND
! S.yITaEHLASD tY TIE HAABURE MAIL--We
reg uested TO state that the tseri.i,n r4e Of
postage for letters between lle lnited States
| and the Thurn and Vaxis postal district, con-
veyed ria Hamtere, in The United States and
Hamburg mail. has been recently reduced to
| the uniform rate of live cents, the same as
when conveyed ria Bysmea, so thai, in future,
the single rate for letters, of half an ounce or
| under, between this country and the Ger nan
States under the direction of the Thurn and
| Taxis post-oftice, whether conveyed via Bra-
men or via Hamburg will be fifteen cents
| prrpagnitnt optional.
We have also to announce that the single
rate OF letter pos tage between the u nted States
| AID Switzerland, by The Hamburg mail, has
been reduced from twenty seven to twenty
cents, prePa ysneHs OPTIONAL us HERETOFORE which
reduction goes into effect Immediately and is
the result of II reduced rate of German post
age on American correspondence transmitted
rtd HdmbuYg.-( on StttntiOn.
BLACK REPUBLICAN, PHARIsEE.-The Bu-
reau County 1ll.) Democrat, published at
pri nAfT rAsfd dana ht( (IvuyAn
says that during his boistefous ana abusive
speech the other day, he referred to the killing
of his brother at Alton, 4 few years ago and
declared he would be avenged. But, adds the
Democrat, he was very careful not to men ton
how he had defrauded the disconsOlate widow
of his b.othar ont Of the small estate left her
| by her husband, leaving her dependent upon
the cold charities of the world. The sister OF
the unfortunate widow is also an inmate Of the
Lee county (iowa) poor-house. Notwiih-
standing the destitute condition of this WO-
man, this bosterous hypocrite is constantly
prating about his charity to the runaway hig
| gers that he takes in and protects, and exult-
ingly procIaims that the hungry shall never
| be turned way empty from the phila n tn opic
| doors OF his home.
ARREST OF A BANK SwINpLER-An indi-
vidual recently arrested in Richmond. Texas,
| has been fully identified as the one who per-
petrated heavy forgery upon the State Ban K
Of Georgia. The Savannah Republican learns
| that his real name is Lawson that he is a
| Methodist preacher, and was for many years
| Il resident Of Mobile. Tne package OF money
| in his possession was found to be the same as
was fraudulently obtained from the Bank, no
part of it having been disposed Of The slip
OF paper ontaining the calculations of the
discount clerk was also in the package, which
was still wrapped i'll the Identical newspaper
| taken from the Bank. A requisi ition upon the
Governor OF Texas will be sent out imme-
| diately
WOMAN ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY five
YEARS OLD-Died, i'll this Town, near the vii.
lage of Heuvelton, last week, Susan Wads-
worth, in the 125th year Of her age. She was
| born in the family ofa Mrs. Burritt, IT, Mid
dletoWn, Conn. In All interview we had with
| her, we questioned her particularly about
some OF the leading events of the French war
| of I75J-57-'5S. She said she recOliecfed the
mass acre OF Fort William Henry by the French
| AMI Indians, under Mon ntcalm, and the tall of
| Wolf at q uebec. In reply to ques ton as to
| her age al that time, she said she did not know,
but she was as large as nova good lump Of
\ girl, that hurried through with her days
work, to go to de party The fall of Fort
William Henry was in August, 1851, and the
battle ON the plains of Abraham was in Sep.
| tember, 17J9.-OsdensdWgh (N. ~ Journal.
FROM Acknowledgements have been re-
| ceived at the department of State from Min
lister Mci.ane, with dates from Vera Cruz to
the Goth ult. There was no material change
| in the Ms pect OF affairs. A messenger arrived
Ut Vera Cruz from the city of Mexico on the
gath, by whom it appears that Miramon's s
government have agreed 10 accept the basis of
ad ius tment proposed by the French and Eng
| lish governments, excepting therefronl, how
ever, the provision for civil and religions
I federation. OF course Ii is impossible for the
liberal government of Mexico TO agree to any