The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-16
PETERSBURG.

.- sx6U--pgTsRsBURG EPfsc0PAL
1hs r .es or GERMAN
N'.,,N.opowrS,, INTEREST IN FisH-cULTURh''
sns,x.f.-E>taHrs TENFLAR--LARGk RE
c,iprs or suAAc.
tcorresposdence OF the Bichnonc Dsps'cnb
NOVEMBER Is, 1880.
rso as, snow Of the season fell yesterday
,,n,ng. For about two hours tie nskes
INC down rapidly, but coming aiter
tights rain they melted almost rs i's' a.
,bey touched the ground. .,,o.
1be Petersburg Episcopal Convocsilon'
v,h,rh met In semi annual session IN bIsu-
don church, Prince George county, 'ast
W"snesday. adjourned on Friday evening"
ter pleasant aud profitable meetirg. "A
nrnher Of clergy were pieseni, ana various
r,s,,ers OF interest 10 the Church IN tnis
soc,ion were discussed. Reports OF the
,,,s.,onary work done by the members
we,e very encouraging, ana VI oniy one
ncy,lon Of the Geld was there aech9e re-
no,,ed-ibat vacated by the new ~. NJ
ilaiborne. late Convection mi's'ondIy' VINO
ned accented q call 10 Hanover county.
ga. decided 10 secure the services oi au-
o,ler missionary IN his pace. heN.
'cSomas Spencer reported the cohlpie'ioh
81 -. Johns church, at Chester, AZ
a Et.sB
soid Rscon's Castle, and surry Court
SonSc. were reported In tine condition.
an ola oficer>-Dr. Gibson, president;
D. Tbomas Spencer. secretary; and Rev.
Y lanes. treasuyer-were tc'ecled.
The conyocation adjourned to hold It's
snrInc lesion IN 81. Johns church, Chess
a. when tbe subject a the Church work
s,ron,, the colofed people will be fully dis
c,,ssed. 10 be opened by Rev. Robb White,
ohio for several yems past has filled the very
i,snortan, posiiion OF evangelist among the
colored neople in the counties OF Bruins
wick and Mecklenburg.
On the train from the North on saturday
NIGHT. MIR. W. i. Page, Of the Virginia
FISH Commission, arrived here with two
hundred carp, which are TO be divided
among thirteen different parties living in
this section, who are the owners OF private
nonds suitable for raising these fish. The
interest IN fi,h-cullure is rapidly extending
I'm the Southside counties, and in the course
Of another year or two 1t Is probable many
III our country gentlemen will build ponds
nm their farms and stock hem with valuable
fish. Next spring we shall probably wit
ness The success or failure Of the expert
nent tried nearly three years ago Of the
empiying Of The one hundred thousand
young shod in The Appomattox river at this
point. These feb, it is said, attain their
maturity in three years, and reappear at
the point at which they started out IN life TO
spawn.
Rev. Or. Hawthorne, OF Richmond. had
two very lar.e congregations TO hear him at
the First Baptist church yesterday, and
preached Two able and powerful sermons.
He is great fayorite with our people OF all
denomiualons. and never fails to draw Il
full bOiSe.
There will be no celebration OF st. An
drew's day in this city. Our 81. Andrews
Society d>banded several wears ago.
AT the approaching session OF The Grand
Commandery at Oid Point AppOmaiioX
Commandcry VIII be represented by Emi-
nent Commander Alexander W. Archer,
Generalissimo I. c. Parracb, and Captain
General William X. Nichols.
The receipts Of sumac III this city this
wear have been immense-far exceeding
those OF any previous year since the hush
ness OF gathering these leaves commenced.
ROBIN ADAIR.