The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-23
.,tor from, STANTON.


,,or,c,pondencc of the Richmond o'S''''."'i
,,rcrEoS FOR DELEGATE THE rAstohs ',..
rHs N"h'''n ,,xn PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SET
O -" nISrr ssIoSs IN rsssBYTERf CHRIST
'.s' ,ryIEScY OF The COUNCIL -fAsr9aAL
&AS rpoxssApH coNCERT s--INSTT-
T''N sru.srox, December %, 1876.
,., tho writ OF Speaker Hanger for
fe>', o,nc,i,n on Thursday, January 18Th,
new vol aud to-day the sheriff has is
W's IT, ~, nnt;ce. The candidates who will
s0cI 49,, I' 6sIf are Captain John n. Opie, the
X u 49,. ~. who was nominated by the late
eHn".ri Hon. 4. B. Lightner, q form or
o'n,N,',r,a,tve of the county In the House;
rcE'{ u,n A. II. II. Stuart, who will be again
81" ''yr5 Nv his friends. There will De no
S"li'n,i5p. The time being too short to start
co",."tt machinery, and the race will be
ine 49, From present appearances the
HT will be informed Of the views OF The
IN'55,da,es. as Mr.. Stuart will address the
GU IN Monday next {court.day) on the
lN"t ~ ,hc 0as. snd Captain Opie has an.
r>"ncsd his in,ention Of speaking also.
HT"s,crday question which has occupied
49, .,,enlIon Of Lexington Fre>bytery at
49,, times since last October-the pastor
w., - the Second Presbyterian church
fcra--was finally disposed OF. The PASTORAL
L,to.;ons OF Rev. McDutf Simpson with the
,,b Willow church, at Charlottesville,
rrb;lh have existed some two months, were
1,,,o,ycd by Presbytery against the remon-
.'~,4re o. his congregation, and last night be
e.. Installed pistor of the Second Presby-
,.,..r church here. Rev. DR.. h. 5. Ewing
,.-e,rhjnc the sermon, Rev. w. T. Richard.
t,r delivering The charge to the people, and
p.y. ". u. CSmpbel that to the pastor.
Tar. SETS the Staunt0n church fairly ahoat
Win good tide, its congregation having
5,,fa.I in numbec since lis organization a
,onn,h ago, and its Sunday school already
"rrn4arin. thirty scholars. The congrega.
,,au shows unusual activity. Christmas the
Isa,,-. of the church give the Sunday-sch0ol
children Z festival, and on the 22d OF Febru-
.,-v next monster Washington supper.
In The discussion in Presbytery on the
,,n.'u7ai relation movement was maze 10 en-
.,rcs The desire Of Lnch Willow church for
N. Tc'entiou Of Mr.. Simpson bya resolution,
cf.rcd by Or. Junkin. retuSl ing 10 dissolPe
hls relations with that church, no'"i'hs1aha-
-, Mr. simpson had eX pressed his conviction
ina, bis duty called him 10 Stanton. AS the
resolution under the circumstances was very
y
defeated Those fayoring the refusal were
Rev. Mcssrs. Campbell, Junkin, Gilmore, and
NcCutchcn. and Ruling Elder Sellers; and
those opposing the refusal were Rev. Messrs
Handy. Ewing. Bowman, Stricken, Rosebro
Murray, and Richardson, and Ruling Elders
Beard, McGuthrie, Charles Grattan, I. u
Gra:tan, Mccoy, and Tate.
The City Council, with q lenient eye t
the intercs. OF the boys, last night adopted s
resolution suspending the operation OF the
anti. ire.cracker ordinance for week, to the
extent Of allowing the boys to fire them from
GA. NJ. Till 4 Z. NJ.
Rev. Charles L. Hogue, of the Fifth Pres
byterian church at Louisville, KY, was yes
terday received into Lexington Presbytery
Hc is pastor Of Lebanon church, in Rock
bridge.
There are additions to my last programm
for the holidays. On Christmas-day tn
Indies of the First Presbyterian church Civ
afestiYal 30 the Sunday-school children. TIC
morrow night there is musical soiree at tn
Virginia Female Institute, and another at tn
Staunton Female destitute; and on Christina
morning there is 10 be festival at the Pres
by.erlar mission school.
The promenade concerts Of the West Au
custa Guard and Stonewall Band commenced
lat night at Grange Hail, which was beauti
!ulIy festooned with evergreens and other
wise decorated. There was handsome ar
rangement Of the gas.lights, and in addition
q brilliant reflector made the immense bal
Of dazzling brilliancy. at 7 o'clock tn
Guard, numbering forty men, under Captain
W. l.. Bumgardner, marched into the bal
headed by the StoDewall Band, and ate
stacking arms the gay uniforms scattered
among the girls present, making a yer.
handsome picture.
The Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute her
j. furnishing pupils to both the Church ant
the arts. One OF its graduates, W. b. Alters
Il blind young man, has entered the ministr
OF the Disciples denomination, and is preach
ing with success in Southwestern Virginia
and another, blind young man name
Puts, see mentioned in the Wheeling pa
,,ers as conducting the orchestra at tn
public exhibition given in Wheeling befor
the West Virginia Legislature by the pupil
OF the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institution Q
the State.
Ice two inches thick was cut during tn
cold snap this week, on Christians creek
near here. PEN.