The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-07-29
PETERSBURG !

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vus METHODIST DISTRICT CONFERENCE
HgALrHFuL STATE OF TRe cHuRcH--ELEg.
TIoS OF DELEGATES 10 TtfE ANNUAL CON-
FERENCE - HEAVY TOBACCO BUSINESS
Eight LUSATIcs IL JAIL-A FINE RAIN
OTHER ITEMS. III.
fcorrcsponaence of the Richmond Dtspstehl
6 81. @ sis.. 81 July "a, 1873.
The Petersburg District Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church adjourned last
evening after q session OF three days st CITY
point. The general state OF the Church In
The district was reported as heaIthful ana
boneful. and as giving evidence OF increas-
;nv nrosperity. Accompanying this report
WAS series OF resolutions pledging the pas
tors and official members TO use their best
efforts 10 dissuade their people from any
nract;ce that cannot be INDUCED In the
name OF the Lord 10 induce them to avah
themselves Of the means OF grace offered Dy
the Church: to invoke the prayerfal atten-
ton OF the people to the subject OF the rcia-
tiop of the children to the Church; ana de-
ciaring that the Discipline ought 10 ne
administered aflectionately and prudently,
vet firmly.
IA very interesting report on the subject
81 missions was presented and adopted. In
fhe aepartmeDt 0! domestic missions there
arc two appointments in this dissrict-the
Ettrick and Blandlord-both OF which show
gratifying progress. Rev. DR.. A. w. Will
son, the missionary secretary OF the South
ern Methodist Church, gave very interest,"
ing outline Of the foreign and domestic mis-
sion work accomplished by the Church.
Hicksford was selected as the place OF the
next annual meeting Of the Conference, and
the following gentlemen were elected dele
gates to the Virginia Annual Conference,
which meets in this city in November next !:
Colonel r. Il. HamliB, OF Dinwiddie; Dr:
J. A. Winsieid, OF Sussex; j. j. lvey, OF
Cheste. field; and W. 7. Davis, OF Peters
burg. The sum OF 1925 was contributed
by members OF the Conference towards pay
ing the debt OF Randolpb-Macou College. ;
The receipts and breaks OF obacco in this
CITY this year have been heavier than in any
preyious wear since the war, and the indica-
lions are that they will continue large for
some time to come. The stock now on
hand will reach near 5000 hogsheads.
There are now eight lunatics in the city
jaiI-all except two OF them colored-and
most Of them awaiting admission TO the
CenAral asylum, at Richmond. Within the
last few years insanity has developed to
remarkable extent among the colored
people. 3
The Hastings Court finished the business
OF the July term to-day. aud adjourned I'M
til the third Thursday i'll August. Very
little business OF importance outside OF the
commemorative cases was transacted.
We had very fine and Il very much
needed rain this afternoon. Farmers in
Chesterfield county say the ground is so
hard it cannot be worked, and the corn in
many sections is wilted and stunted; and
not only this, but vegetation OF other kinds
is parched and burned.
The carly watermelon crop in this section
is almost n complete failure.
The mail train from Richmond this morn
ing was delayed for three hours by an acct
dent 10 freight engine at the Hallway
Station. The engine jumped the track at
that point. and it was found difficult mat
ter to get it right again.
The number OF inmates in our almshouse
is GG, OF whom IL arc whites. This is the
first time in long while that the white
paupefs in the institution have exceeded
the colored. ROBIN ADAIR.