The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-04-24
PETERSBURG.

-r,s,,-pc B1R1E sOCIETY-SIXTH ANNUAL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BY REV. DIR. JETER-
,|r,Tus-pERsoSAL- CEAETE'
,,.,IxrrgEsTING CASH IN THE HCSTINGS
rnrsT--ruE MANIFEST AND THE TAG IN THE
$50 or LOOSE TOBACCO CASE CONTINUED
,c,--os,om,encc Of the Richmond Dispatch.]
APRiI. %, 1877.
Tho sixth annual meeting OF the Peters
,,r~ Rib}c Society was held yesterday after
noon NJ tho Washington-Strcet Methodist
rn;sconal church. The meeting was quite
largely attended. As an auxiliary 10 inc
%ircinio Bible Society this Society worked
ns;c;cntly for many years before the war. In
,s-s !, was organized on separate basis,
cmn,oyinc colportcurS and agents OF Jus
o,.n o,h contributing to its own expenses.
r. ,nncars from the report OF the ENecu-
.;,.n romn;ttee that during the past year
tho AGENTS. of the Society have visited ga
,",,,;I;cs in the counties adjacent to Peters
$50 IN ~ whom were found destitute Of
-" ScriD;urcs, Bibles were furnished to
ION families and to % individuals. Mr. w.
u Creushaw is the agent Of the Society,
and very active and energetic one. The
formal address before the Society was de-
liyrrcd by Rev. Or. Jcter, Of Richmond,
who chose the Bible as his subject.
Rev. Mr.. Staples, OF your city, also de-
livrrcd brief address, showing the condi-
ton and the work OF the State Society.
Among other things he stated since 1871
s. 49, copies OF the Bible have been seat
on: from the depository in Richmond, over
$4,000 families visited, 1900 OF whom were
found without the Scriptures.
The following officers were elected Tor
tsr ensuing wear: President, Williams Il.
Dr.
Secretary, DR.. J. +. Moylcr; Treasurer,
.Judre Joseph s. Budd. An Executive
Committee, composed Of one one lay men,
her OF each evangelical church III the city,
was then elected,
Mr.. William Watkins, very worthy
vo,,nc farmer OF Dinwiddie county, re-
siding about twelve miles from the city.
died on Sunday OF typhoid-pncumonla. 1t
was only about four months ago that LIE
was married to 4 daughter of Captain James
T. Robinctt, OF Chesterfield.
Mrs. Dorothca BirdSong, an aged and estl-
mable lady, died at 4 late hour Oh Saturday
night, after protracted and painful illness.
Her disease was cancer OF the breast.
Mr.. Thomas Connolly, whose letters in
the London Times on American labor and
manufactures have excited so much atten-
ton. arrived in the city this afternoon. lie
has been invited to attend the meeting OF
the Executive Committee OF the British AS
ISOLATION tomorrow and deliver an address.
Some TWO or three thousand persons
visited Blandford Cemetery yesterday after
noon and promcnadcd its avenues and walk
WAYS The grounds. clothed in the fresh
spring green, offer beautiful and attractive
resort.
In the Hastings Court to-day an interest
Ing case is being argued, involving the qucS-
ton whether the purchaser OF loose tobacco
shall be bound in his settlement by the weight
marked on the tag or by the manifest made
out iy the inspectors. The case comes up
on IN appeal from the decision OF the JUS
.icc before whom il was first carried. One
oi our tobacconists in the early part OF
March purchased At Wcsthil warehouse Il
pile OF loose tobacco, which was marked on
the tag al 2U5 pounds. The tobacco was sent
10 his factory and worked up. Subsequently
a manifest was sent to him calling for 500
pounds. for which he made out his check.
on comparing the manifest with the tag he
discovered the discrepancy, and declined to
allow the check to be paid. Hence the suit,
which is not really for the money, but to
settle the question OF the supremacy OF the
manifest or tag. Custom here seems to have
been in favor OF the latter. The Court,
however. after hearing evidence and argu-
ment, decided in favor OF the manifest, as
copied from the book
The case OF Max. Marshall, indicted for
unlawful shooting, was to-day continued
until the next term OF the Hastings Court,
in the abscnce Of Z material witness for the
defence. ROBIN ADAIR.