The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-18

Last night avery large au9ience assem-
bled at the Presby church 10 attend
the anniversary meeting OF the Young Mems
Christian Association Of Staunton and 70
hear what was a very prominent fea-
ture OF the programme, IAN address, OF
perhaps II might better be classed o
lecture, from The. Rev. DR.. Barnas
Sears, the ex.president OF Brown University
and the regent OF the Peabody fund. The
evening opened with some remarks by
Thomas d. Ransom, Esq president of the
Association, on the fruits or the past years
work, very prominent among which was the
production OF increased fraternal feeling be-
tween the various Protestant denominations
Of the city. DR.. Sears's lecture, which fol.
lowed, was asschplariy aud profound q piece
Of work as was expected from bis high repG.
tation. AFTER touching upon the great tempta-
tions of the ACCESSIBILITY, not In its worse
sense, but 10 Its bfoadest meaning loose mos
rails in our Transactions with our fellow-men,
producing vague sense of~our obligations
OF honor and political recktessness -be made
aforcible attack on the traiptng for sesptlcism
that the so.cahed scientists Of the present
day are giving, the Young minds Of the MAJ
ton. Remarks were made also by Rev. Viii.
liam E. Baker, Rev. DR.. Charles Manly, and
Colonel James IL. Skinner, the subject of; the
last gentieman's remarks being the value of
literature and proposition OF the Associa.
ton to establish circulating library in con-
nection with the citizens. The evenings ex-
ercises were interspersed with some splen-
did chorus-singing by the Staunton Musical
Association, composed of members Of the
different church cheirs. The Association il
making active preparations for the reception
of the delegates to the State Convention.
The action Of the City Council here in op.
position to the employment of convict labor
on the water-works, so highly commended by
the Workingmen's Union st RichRond, was
the result of a resolution offered by Mr..
Robert ". Burke, member from the First
Ward, who was formerly well.known mer-
chant of Richmond. This reminds me that
Richmond men are not scarce here. Among
them are Mr.. j. W. Todd, brother of Al.
derman Todd, of your city, who is in the
produce business; MIR. William i. Butler,
secretary OF the Augusta Female Seminary,
formerly prominent merchant in, and
member of the Legislature from, Richmond |;
Mr.. Z. B. Sublett, commission merchant, a
connection of your well.known Richmond
house; and Mr.. Marcellus N. Bradley, of the
firm Of Burke s. Bradley, formerly of the
well-known firm Of Peake IL Bradley, of
Richmond.
S. TraYers Phillips, Esq, counsel for Cap
tain John n. Opie, who contests the seat Of
Hon. a. Fl. Fl. Stuart in the Legislature. has
notified the latter gentleman Of the fixing OF
a day for taking the dispositions in the case.
The popular impression was when Mr.. Stu
arts letter of declination appeared that there
was nothing to do but have q new election
@ln hoe mi n NO NJ
face on the matter. .-:. .,....s ,L..s
Mr.. NJ. Harvey Efinger, the cashier of the
National Valley Bank, who was paralYzed
few days since, is rapidly recovering. he
was one Of the principal projectors Of the
new Second Presbyterian church, and at its
organization Sunday night prayer WAS Of
fered for his recovery. ...
Unpublished recollections Of Stonewall
Jackson, i believe, are 10 order just now.
Happening In at the Office of Major Jed.
Hotchkiss, his Typographical engineer, he
was speaking of Jackson's march far in front
OF Fremont, in the Valley, TO Richmond. and
said that before the movement the General,
whose habit was to deceive all around him,
ordered him to make map Of the ground
around Lexington, where, Of course, he had
no idea of going. The night he left Ere.
monts front be called Major Hotcbkiss to bis
tent and said: Ride over to Mt. Crawford,
and you will find man on horseback in the
road; give him my compliments and
tell him to go ahead" The Major
rode over, and sitting on his horse,
in the road, in the rain, he found
the man and gave him the message. The
man, without a wore, put spurs TO horse and
gallOped off. He never knew who the man
was. On returning to General Jackson's
headquarters he found the tent struck and
every body gone, and nothing but the re-.
mains of dying campfire. Nor did he see
Jackson until at Waynesboro', on the way
to Richmond. The General had ridden off
to .aunton that night by another road, and
had been talking by telegraph to General Lee,
in Richmond, about the coming movement
around Richmond. Speaking of Jackson's
statue OF Richmond, and its likeness to him,
the Major reached up and taking card from
the mantelpiece said, "Here is back view
of old jack" II bad been sketched by one
of his staff from behind while Jackson was
sitting on fallen pine tree In pouring rain
watching the crossing of stream by his
troops. The old SLOUGH hat is shielded down
in front to turn the rain of, and the view is
that of broad-backed country farmer with
the ever present satchel across his back. p
The suit of the Contractors us. The Valley
Railroad Company will be argued in the Cir
cult Court with strong array of legal talent.
For the company Judge Hugh W. Shetfey
appears, and the contractors are represented
by Tucker 81 Tucker, Judge Robertson,
Echols, Bell & Catlett, Elder & Nelson, G. u.
Cochran, and r. L. Parrish. :"
An interesting ceremony took place lew
DAYS since at the Baptist church here, being
the baptism of two pupils of the Deaf,
Dumb, and Blind Institution. One Of them
was the organist OF the church, and is
wonderful musical genius. What would you
think of man who can sit down and play
three hundred and siXty-fve airs-one for
every day in the year-from memory, with.
out, of course, seeing a note? His name is
Tyson, and he is from Fredericksburg. ~
s0' - ,',..F -'.0'. = PEN.
r. WORKING PREACHERS. -Four ministers Of
the Evangelical Church have just completed
q church-building in Wrightsville, Pa,
which they erected With their own hands In
twelve days, and it win be dedicated on next
Sunday. They designed it and performed
all of the necessary work for its completion
themselves, and in the mean time conducted
a meeting at the chapel at MillersyiIle, driving
from one place to the other every evening
and morning. 80 - o+
The Kelly motor has not started that train
of cars to New York yet, but it has pulled
another Philadelphia newspaper from the
pedestal Of incredulity. 1t is ene baaenn