The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-27
PETERSBURG.

ORGANIZATION or A suADAY.scH0oL STATE IN
suIrUry: HOW THE SOUTH ~ PLACED AT
DISADVANTAGES IN SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
pEArus-rHE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AT CITY
POINT" srvgN.YEAR" LocUsrs-AN OLD
slIygR.MISE RE0rENED-FIsH AND.GAME
ITEMS PERSONAL.
fCorrespondepce OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
May 26, 1881.
A meeting OF the pastors and Sunday
school workers OF this city Is to be held on
Saturday 10 the hall OF the Young Mems
Christian Association, with q view 10 Inc
organization OF Sunday-School STATE In
stilute. Such measure, 10 Is tnougn., Is
demanded in vindicaiion OF the sunday
school work done 10 Virginia, which State,
In the absence OF such an institute, Is
placed al disadvantage in the showing made
at the Internationa, Convention. All the
northern States have their State institutes,
and these are emblazoned on large maps
hung up in the hall OF the Convention. A
central Illuminated star points out the
States that have their institutes, and on this
map it is seen that rot State south OF Ma
SON and Dixon's line is distinguished by
the blazing star. To the eye OF the visitor
this fact suggests that the South is doing
nothing, or very little, In Sunday.school
work: when, in point OF TACT, the SCUM Is
showing as much energy and earnestness as
the North in the woik. by the orgahlza-
ton OF an institute and proper representa-
ton in the Convention OF June, at toronto,
it is hoped to give Virginia her true stand
ing. :,
MIR. Arthur Wbitmorc, weIl-known cit.
= n 40. .s.xsx f,f
the thIIty-third year OF his age.
Intelligence was received last evening OF
the death, in Brunswick, OF DIR. w. T..
Wynne. prominent physician and citlzen
OF that county. He died OF paralysis, hay'
ing suffered a second stroke.
A number of the knights Templar OF this
city went down 10 City Point yesterday 10
meet the Sir knights OF Boston, Providence,
and Richmond. They met on board tue
monitor Catskill, and enjoyed very plea
SAINT season. Some Of our knights went
over TO Richmond this morning. some
four or five hundred Of our people also
went over 10 your city to witness the me-
mortal services at Hollywood and the rem
plar doinss. 80,
What is known as the "seven-year =" To-
Gusts have made their appearance IN large
numbers III CeItdin iOCdntiSn III nv
George county. They cOntine their feedins
grounds mainly to the oak forests, ana 90
not injure The crops. The woods are musl'
cal with their voices.
The old siIver-mine IN Mecklenburg
county, near BOydtoD, which was opened
and worked during the Revolutionary war,
has recently been re0pened and found TO
contain such rich vein that the owners
will introduce the proper machinery TO
work it. The vein OF ore is said to be
about eight by ten feet thick. Some OF the
implements used in the mine when hrst
opened are said TO have been found In II IN
good state OF preservation.
The Fish and Game Association has iound
il necessary to reduce its rewards for haWk,
fox, and owl scalps TO one half what 1t has
been paying, aud TO cease paying anything
for them after the 1St OF July. The Asso'
citation will also call the attention OF the
Council to the law prescribing their duty
in respect 10 the erection OF the Mcdonald
ladder in the dams within the corporate
limits.
The congregation OF the First Baptist
church expect a visit next week from Dr.
Eaton, their late pastor, and from Rev. +.
G.. Dargan, their new pastor-both OF whom
will attend the General Association in Rich
mond. ROBIN ADAIR.