The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-27
PETERSBURG

PETERSBURG.
rprscorAr, MINIsTEfs--A BRIEF
pEAIh ,,, nr 4 FAITHFUL PAsToR-KEs ksos
SEtNn I'M TOBACCO Exr0RTs--A CARD
REosh -. wJrHgRsPooN IN REPLY TO
FROM rrASE--pARpoN IEFUsE0--oTHER
IsAs' n,cnce OF the Richmond Dispateh.1
Ico''eS'>' JANUARY %, 1879.
,,rrsn received TINS afternoon brings
;,,elligepce OF the death last night,
The 81 %r,~mood, Nelson county. OF Rev. Ed.
near s9 a,;,hcrs. an eminent and beloved
puaa ~ The Episcopal Church In this
ministo a brother OF our venerable and
state, az" ,nwnsn,an, DR.. Thomas Wiihers.
csteels!Fu was born 10 Dinwiddie coun-
The ee GEE % n October, 1918, and was there
w. in the sixty-trst year oi h i.ss =, Do
,o.. his boyhood and scnoo, aayS ~ ,o n
spc living With his grah ha,s nsn y
C Ca who for more .nan nss Conrt
u.as clerk Of the ColE ',aa h;s edn.
v, this city. lie .recS,s sso and tho
W os,ion at Trinity CoieSd nornn,eted
I:niyersi,y Of Virginia Az" INC En;sconal
". theological studies II 'Gu lSte and
S C., He was ordaihee ia tT Sinh.
ras located in Southampton soa uh',,r.heS !,
Scn,lcnlly &c had CIV" "a J.ncastcr
Williamsburg. Yorktown anu L" ar;sh IN
a,nnty, He was driven from ms !ai .St
.Sc latter county by the war; aulin ss nmst
no served as chaplain IN Tue 1 ,.n hn wss
vice At the close OF tsie WA ne mod
SeIH's' :, Nelson county, where he haa
ca''ra lo ~ three churches, and where ne H.
chaISe to;,hf,,,y and earnestly in the cause
hoTeu Was,er. Early last fall he went 10
o! n's So n perform the marriage ceEe-
hlen ~ his eldest son. Since that tlme us
ihont y hos been very delicate, and he mas
hca'" "' Savtre sufferer. The immediate
eeen =, his death was spinal meninsltls::
cause u =. was emncntly beloved ana
MI. w " IN every parish in which ne minis
use'"' -, &C n pastor he was untirlng, SELL
IT, ;.,;ng and alfectionale. Here, where
sa'r '"S sn well known, and where he has so
hs NV VS. nr,acbed, his death will be greatly
WV" tad His remains will be brought to
ps1rrsDurs for interment-
Pow DR.. Hams. rector OF st. Pauls
,hmrch last night received telegram from
C,rnmbio. &. C., announcing the death OF
tis mother. He lett on the midnight train
- attend the funeral.
" The intcrnal.rcvenue receipts ii this dis
,-;r, for the week ending to-day amounted
TO $l2.5SS. ., .,,oooo =,
bond from this port during tue week a@sre'
.ateG only 1868 pounds.
Pcv. Dr. T. D. WitherSpoon, pastor OF
tho Tabb-Street Presbyterian church. on
his return to-day from the East Hanover
prcshytery. prepared card in answer to
Rishop Keanc. winch will appear in the
Ipdey- appeal tomorrow. The Doctors
card is exceedingly courteous, but meets
directly the different points raised In the
Eishop's letter. While it seems that some
verbal errors were committed in the report
n the Rev. Dr.. Withcrspoon's language
uscd last Sunday night, he ayows himself
AZ having said that the " cleverest sell ever
rroc,jccd on the community was IN conneC-
iion with the bishops lecture DR.. With
crspoon does not hold the Bishop re-
snonslblc Tor the invitations extended
70 the Protestant clergymen to be present
and Occupy seats on the roStrum. as he sup
Moses him not 10 have known anything
about It: nor for the representations made
fiat there would not be anything Scctarian
sh0nt the address, nor for the tickets being
messed on ProtestantS in their offices and
stores, on the statement that the lecture
would be Tor charitable purposes. He
thinks. though, that the Bishop ought to
have changed the tone OF his address
after he saw that protestantS had been
induced TO sit On the rOStrum, or made
preliminary explanation, so that those
who desired to Go so might with
draw. lie denies having said that the
Bishop poured abuse on the heads OF Pro-
te.tants." but says his language was that
"the motives OF the Reformers We're mis-
rcprcsented." and that the Bishop "tra-
duced the principles for which they con-
tended. and or which the Protestant Church
was founded" In conclusion, Dr.. Withcr-
spoon states that there is nothing in bis SER
mon tomorrow that will offend the most
sensitive Catholic. His use OF the word
"sell" was intended to convey the idea not
OF offence given or received, but OF advan-
tagc taken OF Protestant thoughtlesSneSs,
which he put his hearers on guard against,
that it might not happen q second time.
II Is understood that Governor Holiday
declined TO interfere in the case Of the young
man Edward Taiiey, for whose pardon he
was petitioned on Friday, and accordingly
this morning the prisoner was sent over to
be peniten!iary in company with the three
others convicted at the present term OF the
Hastings Court. Talley was convicted on
two charges OF forgery and sentenced to five
years imprisonment. His petition was
signed by nearly all the jurors who tried the
case, and was presented to the Governor by
McSsrS. Alex. Donnan and Charles S.
Sirlngielow, who interceded in his behalf.
The cotton receipts this week per the
Petersburg railroad were 517 bales. To-
baeco-both hogsheads and loose-is begin
ning 10 come IN more freely, and the sales
and inspections dt the warehouses arc grad
ualIy Increasing. ..,..... .... ~
The attendance at the public schools this
week has been much decreased by reason OF
sickness among children. The average was
much less than during any week since the
opening OF the schools last fall.
Key. DR.. McDonald's lecture ut the First
Baptist church last week netted about $50
ior the benevolent object for which it was
gwen. Bishop Keane's lecture netted
neatly $500 for the Catholic Beneficial So
ciety.
II Is stated that the AppomattoX Paper
inils, in this city, are soon to be put in ope-
ration again by Mr.. j. G. Riddle. These
mus, which are supplied with the best ma
ssbinery aud water-power, have been idle
LOT years. ROBIN ADAIR.