The times. [volume], May 17, 1891, Page 7, Image 7

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POVERTY ? STRICKEN JEWS,
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large Immigrations From Russia and Oilier
Countries.
ROUS DEFECTIONS FROM PARNELL
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Many Personal Notes Encampment This
Bummer Invitation Heoelved.
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ih Vaughn, of Company C.
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1 C. H. 'Vi and I.. C. Farrar,
..-charged :
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i t!i Virginia regiment,
regiment
Vf. I'. Drewrv Las been appoiuted
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lompany C,
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nd their 26Sdannual celebi I
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ed to form one
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. era, and is very
editabli _
TuCkB?OB School.
Tho comm* exercises of the Tuck
1 will take place at tho
iltii Baptist church, west Main str- f, W? i
May 20th, U IP. M. James
Temi ? aad Miss I.. B.
.nt.
lunch and Sale.
t al 117 east Main street
e ladi.-s ot the P< ter kin Guild of St. ?'??
\ iii have a lunch and a Kale of
at 13 M. ami continuing
Ut 'he day. Tho proceeds ol the
Le will be given to the rectory fund.
-a
Southern Men.
[Wilmington Mosnenger.1
\ er barren of a noble breed
..ittti<in wai
g otb had before thu
were bora ora?
ls, nnd bj had made them
,iiul to the great ta
latry, >Hon. Charles
mner said in the United -enate,
out 1871 or "/J, that for sixty
ara tba South had dominated this
un try and shaped ita legislation and its
all had "clean hands." We much
?; at men as those of Ute South,
ten in their entirety, are ever seen on this
;i. When shall the world again
>k upon a Washington and a .Jeflerson, a
I 11 .'.rv. a (reston and a Badger,
tobert E. Lee and a Stonewall Jackson, a
seph E. Johnston and an Albert 8. Johns
I houn and a Clay ?
ng men of the South in their eager
.s to make money and achieve a name must
! ls of tlie pest the
n who gave tame and glory to oar common
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?tkS|ieao_al of a nhauiasllm nnd
? r dan ond b
: P?n. which has a diamond in !?
" ,"?"???"< are ol wonderful brian?
and nv hr.
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IHanal rous lire. *
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rnoin
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with the B and the
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v. hi n he ap]
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tenoi U< auder
naidered ons of tin
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the public. A
the company, how*
chorus, which na
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ttractive. The cob.
:. ? laborate
production will be of high oi
eut have engaged for this Bummer
?Folly.'' a little dancing
er, win. I ? rived in this counti v
and ! ap
i -...' opera, and
ri BSOSAI mi in itu
Between !*><? Lawyers la the Henrleo County
I our! - House.
During * nt of registrar
1 ? v
-. \V. M. Sa;:.I- and I dni'ind \\ ad.lol,
had a personal difficulty,
to how it occurred, _i Banda says the
? ? an answer in t a o
med that one had I
pera. He di ed that, insist.
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answer aply s momo.
that it bad not been
indc- had any other evi.
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nued to wax wann,
.id ia Bub
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CROPS SAVED BY SHOWERS.
The Recent Rains Greatly Improve Grow?
ing Vegetation.
THE COLORED BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Closing leaseeej An Absconding Defaulter
?steeleel i.. i.. m.kera ?^eoss-teeni
l?.??p|.enra>nre?Over the State.
Lrmnrnuno, Va.. Hay lt, [Special
lowing ia. thi ly weather crop
d t-n reports from voluntary
crop eoi throughout thi
and publiehed by the I n . Bignal
eg Friday, I
B \a.
w that
??"' len uni sunehine have been
itly below ths normal, end the long spell
of dry weather has been broughl lona
by the genera] ? | ure prevailed for
The am..Tin! <f
rainfall bes evi ragt .1 one snd i two
Inches, and il wm general!] a steady end
'?nun. it bee been one that assured e
thorough soaking Into the ground, bb.whir
ami corn-planting will be resumed, and the
ms an 1 barley crops aires ly
show the good effect of ths rain. In many
? lover crop bee been slm< st
ruined by the drought an<i the new .
killed, but some, perhaps, will nu pr
1 he rinir crop ia yi lamage by
ths frosts ol' ki ?
air. where.
ring are the remarks of special cor
respondente:
Lynchburg, 1.87 inches rainfall infourd
which put the ground in excellent conditit n.
ng crops recovering rapidly. Fruit
??I condition.
Danville, 2.16 inches rainfall in three
All crops benefited and doini* well in tins
?
Belem, 1.80 baches rainfall in three days end
still raining at 6 P. M. 1
end oat crops already reviving, but had Buf?
fered consideral
. 1. H inches rainfall in three
!> will advance
Dals |i ? ? .13 inch rail fall tn.
day. Thursday. Wheat end
.don i bs rei
kim I- bas the appearani.t nu abundant crop.
[Note. I; n probably had good rain
Thursday night and Friday. I
. ii Lunatic Asylum .
inch rainfall for three daya ami still rain?
ing et 4 I'. M. Friday. " Vegetation bad
Buffered from the drought, '-lover crop will be
'her poor. Wheat barely
looks well
Stanardsville, .21 inch in two rh
day, Thursday. I hey probably bad good rain
adey night snd Friday. I Clover hay is a
fa.hire. Oats bid fair not to make aced. Wheat
haw'' I acco plants late and
.it crop is j;
M .uifnll on Wednesday
and 'I bundey, sufficient to fini
urn and I rthe
i ches and pears
is left from tl
Rii :.::. nd . 1 ini b rainfall "Wednes?
day and Thursday, and has benet
all pi it ure
u i and injure -
? ion.
Petersl nfc, 1.74 inch rainfall in three ?'
bas i
the ground was very drj
gloomy.
i inch rainfall in three dava.
I ? thing bad been! i i drought,
but the ram has been very beneficial, st
beni.- slightly injure ind cloudy
weat: 13th. 11th and 15th.
A list os ni i; ABBI ** / ED.
Disappearance of Em?I I.. Hieker?An
Artesian Well Other Newe,
Lyxchbttbo, Va., Mey scial.]?Abel
Hotel
National of this city,
the money-drawer last Saturday
night and sk: I ??? spoils,
.'. a' l; i..! .rd anti
? .uni-,' for triai. He is a
rly of Dan
1 . W M.
? ever s;n< e the lllst
instant and is sui
:r twelve ye irs. f agc,
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bad on '
,'l'Uph I:
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with prices
well mai
The first Artesian well ever attempted in
?ur bv
Sheppard, ot Kirbin ll
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nchburg Hotel and is expei ted to be
Dr. J. M. Wickliffe, who -.vhs in t.
i
lay tin- eel
? retraction
terr.il against bim by
btise i treble dis.
harris by H. A. Marshall, justice of the
>eace ol mtv.
XOR FOI.li ? / il v
Vnlnsula li uits anti Vegetables in Demand.
A I lontim; IV rei k -Personal,
:.K. Va., May ir,. !
-??d m price
a tho New York market throughoutths
ellinj: at io to 12 cent* Thursday Fri.
, cents.
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! et and
been m. nun in
hat Bi ' sii necks,
inl s To dry up, and that the
[arylan ?p ls seriously dam ? ?
ow that the Norfolk I ..t
their 1 ill crop proper.
. continual use, while
ibbege n ma try. both are I
. ntities
t each are being chipped delly. 'J h?* threat
iiiu^ weather, however, continues, whit h
as a somewhat d I ?:? t
: iiiioth ms 'he temper
tsmouth. Norfolk and At
?y war l. will be held here t r: w
. Hamal Bwamp forest fires .-til! i
The floating wreck ol a 200-ton sci.
arely submerged, with a srnull pole standin-r
? reported three-quarters of
mile W, S. W.J from the Cape Charles
?ipr buoy.
A delegation of twenty B. P. 0. Elke left
pro to-dav to attend the Sixth Annual Re.
? the order at St. Louis.
[ley, a highly esteemed
rang lady, died at St. \ inceut'a Hospital this
orning.
THE TOBACCO MARKET.
ysterloua Sliootln*; Affray la North Dan
> ill,. Unsolved?Other Hewe*
UumiLE, Vi., May 16.-[8pecial.]-The
af tobacco market for the past week has
?en very active so far as it went. The ro
ipta wore very small md the sajee at the
irehouei swi rbefon
mr. The farm- ? busj tak
tr advantage of the go d planting
idstickmu'in tbrt planl ne t-?towu
tn tobaoi???. The ofl of the bet
r grades of leaf, and this fact caused
m averages to creep nigher than for
epreviuu-. week, though prtoee werlnot in
e main more than a shade higher, and this
ia due to the scarcity of stock. 1 he total
leramounted toeboot '..75.000 pounda, and
it amount Mid out for the same waa tar,.
i. makins* the average nearly fl5 per linn?
ell pounds. Menura ttirerajbavehadagood
?ck. and they have encouraging reports from
a Southern and Wi rket*. The
...k's shipments of j.iug looted Up 130,000
unds.
rhe Michigan and New York party
?ntioned in last Bight's telegram, to-dav
?ed a trade with Captain W.N. Boffin ena
Ional James M. St ai for their magus'
tn neal Face's dejiot in Halifax county.
,w wu us livy ai HUI. Tho h'orlherners -will
take possession next fall and become
permanent cm/en* nf old Virginia.
The North Manville police are to investigate
* mysterious affair in that town Friday night.
The sound of shot-guns called tho nflOersoiit.
?nd this momma certain blood marks along
one of Um buooarinoedthsKith, n
Ibal ugly work was done Friday night,
DUI IO far no due to anything definite lia*
obtained, and the gun-shots, together
Witta the blood marks >>t this morning, are
matters which are agitating the average North
Danville mind.
lill. tOI.oRl.lt IIAI'USTS.
Tho Closing .senion of ths Virginia State
Convention.
CHARi.oTrr.8vri.LS. Va.. May 16.?[Special. ]
lay was the third day of tho Virginia
Baptist State Convention (colored). It met
at a o'clock. Ber. H. EL Mitchell pri
Isa* were cou.iin-'ed by Reva.
K. spiller, ot Hampton, and W. B.Jo
?iogt..n, I?. C. Tho report of tho
board was read. Seven students
aided during the year,-ix ut the
Seminary in Richmond and ono at the Way.
land Seminary in Washington, D. C. Maota
work ha.s been ace, mpliehed. A balance of
< the hands of the board. ' Tbs
eu of ths Riohmosd Theological Semi?
nary to the waa the subject of an
I ir. D. C. Winston.
Pi ri' P. Anniatead addressed
Iv on the "Needs of the Seminary
at Lynchburg." and Kev. J>r. J. E. Joan ?> ? :.
"The Future of the Negro in this Country."
Dr. Jones was requested to have his speech
' for general distribution. At tbs after.
noon Ben ion a committee was appointed to
attend the d. b of the Behool in
GI u siter c.,unfy "ti I?ty96th. Theaecre.
tary of the foreign n_anon board. Kev. J,
d Taylor, of Washington,submitted
hi* report of the w..rk deas bv this board,
had f wo missionaries WOI k>
pie in Central Africa.
M. K. I : the Richmond Seminary,
has been sent to that held as Agent to re
is work, accomplished during the psst
eight years. More missionaries will be sent,
lg] t, "ti th- return of the agent. A
balun. ..- of |621._ n-mains to the credit of the
'l he report of the Bible and Publica?
tion Board was then submitted. A large num?
ber of Bibles and reata '- ha ?? been dis?
tributed in destitute places and maaydoaa.
: booka received. Thjs board ha* a
balance of ?:>~.W in tha treasury. The report
oftheatatisl bary -flowed that there
lt* 1.041 .hui' . ? I I minis?
ters, with a total membership of 101,108, l "li?
ing the yeai there srere 7,488 baptisms
and 1,977 deaths. Tho committee on
newbodisa reported. At night Rev. George
Washington, l?. c., preached
to a larg* congregation. Thia preacher is ex?
tremely popular with the holy, is very black,
weighs aoout 200 pounds, quits witty and is
altogether a genuine negro, during his dis
he stoutly affirmed that the Apostles
T'ter. .lames and .b.hn were educated preach,
er*, and said that they received their educa?
tion m * i at tho bes* school the
world h.. n, "at the feet of Jesus,
graduated nt Calvary and received their dip
ii the morning of ths resurrection.''
Jhiring the flitting! of ths convention
prominent and well knowp white
? -i .md otha ? among
them Dr. A. E. luke' r Religious
lb raid,Ti.dimond; Hov. Dr M \ Ickera, super?
intendent of the Home afiaa
^outh, I :? < irmand
stone, of the University of Virginia, and
?
idjourned this afternoon to
dita? Baptist '-liurch,
Washmj D. ( cona Wedi
u M.iv, l- 12.
il. II. Mitch-' mville,
? ii the convention, I
. ; . as b st ths Charlottesville
Baj.ti.st church to-morrow at ll
/ / / / /.*>/{( no.
alBty-SlBtb Iou.nil af the Virginia Episco?
pal i hurch?''eneral Note
>>.. May IC?[Special.1?The
S'ii.ty-sii I of tba Protestant Episco?
pal Church of Virginia will meet in Crace
.al church. Rev. C. J. Gibson rector.
B next. The material
,. will be truly respectable,
m I there a_1 be recognized in its roll-^all
? made themselves well known
' aa weil deal arana.
I'i.. very mu i largs number of the
ivey to the earl of some a
emily flavor of the Old Dominion.
About two hundred and titty clerical and
av del. cutes have been reported, which is
aid by 1 have experience tobe too
argo a body in the average church building
.rfu! .le legislation and
?
s crow three daya. one
nay almost think that this will furnish
ats of I
ylii.-h by the adv -hop will be tho
. of dividing tl -
been held in mis city f.>r
nore than len yeera. It then met th?
in St. Caul's church OB
nion -? >r. Haines being then, as
rica! and lay delegate*
? 1 about 2M in ltMl, and last year at
-.vii i e an ezcursi n from this city to
lichmond on Monday for tho benefit of the
g of 1 ends will be held
? 'reek church. Bouthsmpt .n county,
id a very large atten lam e
led by
aa "t the i Inion.
Ihe United Btate* internal revenue colleo
8 I dial pirginii
sere aa foll i
17.08; cigars and eie;)i ? 238.90- spa.
827. Total, $29,66L07.
/;-./ / lol HT ' <tl v rr.
.v. _, ft . VI, iCorklS?Another Prospective
li....in lloliinsoii's Circus?Needed Kain.
Gala, Va., May IC?[Special.]?The
meeting of the Presbytery heida
.'ilton Wed:.
?' I .lo from pastoral i
lurch. In the future Mr. M.-.
orklewill devote his whole time ut Clifton
Mr. T. ELIS Uiehmond,
?6 making prep* their
..; aummer residence at this place on
:' Wrightsv?ls, Pa., is
Lng alter his int
-ound Princess Furnace, lt is rumored
mt the Captain will form a company, in
ipacity of his furnace, build a
Ling mill, eke ovens, etc., and boom
ilton iii "great ?IBpe" this summer and fall.
The crowd that went from here yesterduy
orning to Clifton Forge to attend Bobin.
.n's circus tilled the train so full that a
.ecinl had to be sent I .-ommodate
ri at Glen Wilton and Iron Gate.
The much-needed rain ha* come at last and
?, and other crops are greatly bene
;ed. _
ISLE OF WIGHT.
iterestlng Base-Bill Mn.li?A Murderer At
Large.
Windsor. Va., May IC?[Social.]?An in
- match game of base-ball was played
iy between the Wakefield and
tadeo* elnbs, resulting in favor of the
ind or dub by a score of five to niue.
Hie murderer Seabird Edwards is still at
rge, and his capt! Me
ntly seen hiding behind a tree in the
ge of a vast and almost impenetrable
?wsmpy woods, The G arnot has asea
ked t ? offer s reward, but nothing has yet
en heard irom him. Edwards has threat?
ed to kill several others in the community
which he lived, and the whole community
in a state of excitement.
Union Theological Seminary.
Worsham, Va.. Mav 16.?(Special.]?Rev.
C. Abttunder. I), M., having resigned his
ainu tins institution, the Kev. C. C. Here?
in, I). 1)., of Clarksville. Tenn., has been
ii tel to hie plac*. Kev. T. C. Johnson, of
?uisville, Ky., has also been elected to a
wly-created professorship. The faculty now
IB? B. M. Smith, D. D.. LL. D., emeritus
Dfessor of Oriental literature; Thomas E.
ck, I). I).. LL. M., professor of systematic
.1 pastoral theology; I. f. latimer, Th. I)..
D., professor ol ecolssiastical history and
I?jr, W. W. Mooro, I), lt., professor of
lental literature; C. C. Hersman. D. !>.,
ot Biblical literature and New Tes
aeat interpretation; Kev. T. C. Johnson,
lart Robinaon. nrofessor "f the English
ale and pastoral theology. Bas C _ Peck,
I? , derk uf tho faculty; Kev. Charles
lite, I). 1)., secretary of the board of U_>
s and mteuds?W
A SENSATIONAL CONFESSION,
A Woman Jailed for Infanticide Implicates
a Weil-Known Man.
SUSPECTED MURDER OF A NEGRO MAN.
Will Border's Death Sentence ("otiitnuted?
A Reward for u Murderer?
North Carolina News.
Weldon. N. C., May If..?[Special. 1-The
woman Boyce, who is now in jail at Kdenton
on a charge of infanticide, has made a confes?
sion implicating a well-known man, whose
name is withheld from the public, though a
warrant of arrest bas l**en issued for him.
She says when the child waa born she gare it
to its father, who promised to take and raise
it. Ho wrapiied it up and carried it from the
house before daybreak. She does not know
whether the infant found was hor own, but
believes it was. The man never returned. Sho
says sho had nothing to do with killing the
child. It was alive when taken from her
house.
SCHPECTED BfMRr>F.n.
The negro man who was fouud drowned in
Boonoke ri%'-r at Terrapin Point, Hertie
county, a few days agu, is thought to havo
been murdered, though there was DO evidence
before the jury of inquest to identify either
the murderer or his victim. When his body
was discovered a rope twenty-live feet long
was knotted around both ankles, whloh were
crossed, securely feet ming his feet together,
and his lett arm was broken at the elbow.
THE OXroKD AND COAST UM RAILROAD.
The < >xford and Coast Line railroad will
open up a fine country within easy reach of
Richmond, via Clarksville, Va. Tua road will
run through Granville, i-'ranklin and Nash
counties. It will cross the Durham and
.-rn. the Haleigh and ('aston and will
form a junction with the Wilmington and
Weldon, lt will take in the towns of Frank
lint.'ii. Louisburg, a/id Springhope, making
its Southern terminus at Wilson. Ths road
will traverse a country well adapted to fruit-,
grains,grasses end cotton and abounding in
every kind of timber. Oxford has already
subscribed $40.1100 to tb- enterprise and other
towns and townships will do likewise.
RKFIIESIIINO RAINS.
The rains of the last few days have been
r acceptable, and will give an impetus to
farming operations, which was much needed.
Every one is putting ont tobacco plants, and
they thrive well. Other crops havo also been
greatly benefit
THK RAM ALBEMARLE.
It is not generally known, but ia neverthe
less true, Suet the first iron-clad boat ever
Itructed from the keel up was built in thia
county forth< rete Government If
area lue famous ram "Albemarle," which did
such good work below Plymouth during tho
late war. lt was built of timber out in this
county, and rnost of the work was doue by
natives. The contractor, Mr. Gilbert Elliott,
is a broth- i lent Elliott, of the At?
lantic Coeet bine, and had previously con?
verted tho iron-clad "Merrimac" from a
wooden steamer.
R AI r. WA T A Ct I lt EX I.
Trains on the Itlchmond anti Danville Road
Delayed?Reward for a Murdorer.
[oh, N. 0., Hey 16.?[Special]?An
sci iden! occurred on the Richmond and Dan?
ville railroad between herc end Greensboro
thU morning which blockaded the track for
several hours, ami tin* mail train flue here
ichmond at 1:30 o'clock did not arrive
here till k o'clock to-night A freight train
wes derailed snd ? negro train hand a
itally hun and several others
injured.
.Governor Holt to-day commuted the death
a of Will alias Babe Border, who
was convicted ami sentenced for murder at
. of tue Superior Court
land county, rle waa to oe hung on
June 12,1891, but commutation thant;'-, ths
sentence to imprisonment for ten years it
hard labor in tue penitentiary. The appli
d was signed by judge.
solicitor and jurywhieh triedthe ease. It
was stated that uo malice waa ahown ou the
trial.
-nor Holt to-day offered a reward of
1100 for George Dudley, who is wanted in
mtv for the murder of Redmond Blow,
a knife-wound at
the hands oi Dudley, received in a
dispute over a game of canis Tuesday night.
Ten oents ?;is the amount quarreled over,
Two ot: i pr- ient et tj.- gs
in jail ewell ey has
nea end nothing is known of his where?
abouts.
Special received here this afternoon from
Wilmington says a white 1ml named Ched
wick wee run over and instantly killed there
ly by an omnibus of th-* 1'urcell Hotel,
uf that city.
8 I \l l ll F FIRST TBA! V
A Lady Who Witiir??r<l tba Op Station mt the
i hst Locomotive in fnglemti
Wonrrov, X. C., Hey ic?[Special. 1-There
is an aged English lady named Nixon 1.
Surry county wh- lave wi!
-it locomotive ever run
in England. She says the engine waa
rated with flees captured bv Wellington
at Waterloo. Mr- don in 1880,
and was just ike on the ocean, and
arrived in New York on . 27th ox the
same year.
William Hall, a bridge-builder, fell from
tho Vadkin-Hiver bridge on the North Caro?
lina ami Mid
tamed aa He fell
a di-tance of thirty i>et on I sand bank.
..:ail agents will be put on the \\
and Wilkeeboro railroad Monday.
Winston shipped over two hundred thoa
land pounds ot manufactured tobacco this
week.
ll.-- Winston base-ball team closed a con?
tact to-dav to nlay a series of three games
?arith the Columbia <S. C.) P-am at Charlotte
next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for tho
?hampionship of the two Carolinas.
Another Riot leader Captured.
Charlotte. H. C.. Mav 16.?[Bpi
Ti ihn Brown walked into the embrace
law hero to-day. Hs wsa ons of tho ring
seders in the late race ri t. and while i
in ther of ths rintel-, ii! jail was re- ,
jv a policeman and di a ths capias
*triginally issued for him. l
if eleven of tho ringleaders who have been
raptured.
Ashland Affair*.
Asm.and. Va.. Mav 16.S-[Special. J?The
lebate of the Franklin Society was a great
md the debating medal was av.
o Mr. Horace Buchanan, and tbe one for
;reatest improvement in the same society to
tr. O. E. Harnett.
The medal offered by the Washington Hall
raj swarded to Mr. I W. F.ason for being tho
*eat orator, and the beat declamation to Hr.
"harlea T. Wortham, he having won it over
?leven coinji. set debater's
nodal was won by Mr. I? II. Kern.
The Franklin Lil .viii have its
lebate to-night in the college chapel, and if
he weather ia only fair a large crowd will be
n attendance.
Mr. Jordon Leake, of the University of
r'irginia. is in Ashland visiting hia father.
u.ljje William J. Leake, who has been sick
or some time past.
Slr. Joseph Alsop, who has been in the em
ilny of ii. H. Nixon, druggist, for nearly a
?ear, saree here Bundar to accept a p
t Newport News. He has many friends who
riah him great au
Rei. Gilchrist Herndon. son of our es
eetned towuaman, Dr. /. H. Herndon, left
Vednaeda.v for hia new held in Alabama,
rhere he will occupy a pulpit duriug the
ummer monthe.
Mr. Jame*. Chenery, of your city, will aeon
love to our tow for the aummer.
To Ma?t lu London.
The Governor yesterday received a circular
rtter from Mr. Mutton, chairman of the or
aniring committee, ami Ron. W. H Cor.
-I I. foreign vcrt-tary.calling attention t?>the
eventh International Congress ol Hygiene
ml Demography to be held rn Loudon Au
ust iU, 189L
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It Wlll Con rene In Petersburg- !?*lt W*aa*
BBU?Sf/a
The ninety-sixth annual council of tba
|IC_?rUbel Virginia will
open in Grace church at Petersburg at IO
o'clock neit Wednesday morning. Bishop
Whittle, Assistant-Bisnop Randolph and all
the clergy of the diocese are expected to ba
present. '1 he laity of the different par?he*
of the dioeeaa will bo represented t>y om
member for each rector snd an additional
mein i.?t wh-re there m an aseUtant or a*
r associate rector. The l?ity of the
I pscopal churches of this city will in all
probability be represented as follows: St.
Tani's church, General Anderson and J.
Baskervill. Monumental church, Thomaa A.
I St. James church. Prank Maguire and
John J. Powell; Giace church. Colonel
Tulmer; St. Mark'* church. John L. William*;
St. John's church. Mr. Saunders snd Captain
?J Meyer; Moore-Mem..rial, Mr. Gordon;
Christ church,"thomas Poindexter; Emmanuel
cbur.h. Joseph Bryan.
The delegates from this <ity will leave on
Wednesday morning. The council will open
in Crace church with regular *ervice* and
holy communion, followedby a sermon by s
minister to bo appointed by the bishop. A
bu,iness meeting will be held immediately
after the ?ermon.
On Wednesday evening a missionary **r
vi.e will be hold and on Thursday morning
the regular business will be fully under tray.
The chief subject to be discussed during
the business sessions of the council will be
the ouestion whether the di.Kies* should ba
divided aud what dividing lines would be
the most desirable.
Another topic under deliberation will bs
tba brotherhood, wi?eh is an insurance so?
ciety for the < fergy <>f the dioces*. In all
probability the council will not adjourn until
Saturday evening.
A subject which will no doubt be brought
up fur discussion will be canon 19 of the
ed constitution, of the can ms of the
Protestant Episcopal church in tlie diocese of
Virginia. Tun CBBOU in ipiestion is not con?
tained in the constitution and canon of
other diocese*.
At lust y.ar's council a motion was made
to strike out this canon, and the subject waa
thoroughly discussed pro and con. However.
final action in the matter waa laid over until
the session of this year's- council.
Th* canon in question is entitled:
"Offenders to be admonished or repelled'frem
the Lords table, and re&di as follows:
Any member of tbe < hur.h, being a comma
cant thereof, conducting himself or herself in a
manner unworthy of a < onition. oughi to be ad?
monished or repelled from the lard's table by
the minister of tue parish or church, According
to 'te hip,ri.', (.sining, attendance at horse
racing and theatrical amusements, witnessing
immodest and licentious exhibition* or shows,
attending public lulls, habitual neglect of th*
public wornhip. the neglect of th*
Holy Con_au_VOB, or a denial of the
doctrines of the (los.iel. si generally
1*1 forth in the authorized standard! or
the ( hinch, are practices from which ail Chris?
tians should abstain This enumeration, now
Miail not be construed to include all ths
ipline or Admonition iu th*
(.'hur.h. In cases where it may be deemed sx
:i* I.v the minister, er mav be requested by
the accused, the church wardens, or either of
them, motioned to assist th* minister
in ascertaining tb* facts of the case; provided,
that if such warden or wardens shall fail or re
?o act within ten davs. the minister shall
I to act under the rubrics of th*
Church.''
Personal and General.
Tn Timm acknowledges the receipt of a
handsome photograph of tim pour C's Press
Club of Charlotte, N. 0. The grout) consist*
\. Mathews. Columbia State: L. H. Thu
tillo, Augusta Chronicle; E. P. M'-Kernck,
News and Courier; 0 P. Pell, State chronicle;
ll. II. Hhickburn, Atlanta Constitution: John
lb Murrell. Richmond Timm, and lust, but not
hast. J'. A. Sa-, m. the veteran former manager
of the Raltimore Morning Herald.
II?BEl i .eeeived a flattering
offer to sing in a church choir in St. Louie
Sh) has it-. le ration.
The time for meeting of Sunday-school
teachers of the Young Men's Christian Associ
nternatioiial lesson
has leen changed to 6 o'clock. The exercises
continue un hour.
Mrs |f, ,r. Morley and Miss Nan Morley, of
Philnlelphia. are the guests of Major fi. J.
Black, 1200 anus. They will remain
in thu city several wueks.
M I' .tinah Hut der. who has been on a
visit to friends in Savannah. Ga., for the past
few mont hs, has returned home after a de?
lightful trip.
Irfjlas Mary Alf riend is in Chicago visiting;
relatives and will probably remain there until
in July.
IUSI Tabb and Dora Pugh, have
ned after a nm-t delightful visit of several
months to th* ol Colonel John B.
Richardson of New Orleans.
At St. Jami s Kpiscopul church Bishop
ll j.reich the sermon this morning
and he wi 1 als. oili.iate at the confirmation
which will follow tho sermon.
Hade* tx Dispensation.
A dispensation has been granted by Grand
i?. L. Oil rgiauL for*
new tod hts ol Tv ? h is to
be hmond iu a few dava
is are some well.
known you:. ..icu.
vi no i \ i t urn ii.
A flay and Brilliant anticipated*
Distinguished < jest*.
VtaO?Os, B?4CB. M.. : ial.1?8incs
my last the Turki.>h legation has been rein?
force. I here by Norchagan Bey and wife, un
Austrian, en route* to Boaton to call oa the
Turkish Miniater. and lett same day, Tues?
day.
The amusement* here this season will be
ninny and diverse. Mr. Crittendou. th* pro.
pnetor. is a great, frimd of The Timi*, and
wUl no doubt giva a carnival in its int*re>ts.
Opera three time* a week will be one of tue
beipii in contemplation,
[ne call for roome from Ti. hmond v
the appearance of a Richmond colony oaring
l? hero who are
:.oin tho South, Memphis particular?
ly.
I he Conni Impenali, the new minister from
.?! for the Princess Anne, and
none Blaine ead family stu! remain.
?u Richmond are expected
Sunday.
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[The following beautiful littie gera, which
was written by G. K. Hervey, and appeared
in the Penny Magazine ia a great fa?
vorite with tin late Governor Littleton Waller
i franni ntly rex ited by him
with deep feeling, lt is republished in Tua
. re.,nest. --Erin og. J
I know thou art gone to the home of the blest;
. why should my soul be io sad?
I know thou art gone where the weary ones reit,
An i the mourner looks up and '.? glad
Where 1 ive hath mit off in the laud of lt* hirth
tm it had gathered in this,
and hope, the sweet singer that gladdened the
? th,
Lies asleep on tho boiom of blina
?hon art gone where thy forehead is
starr .1
With tim i .anty that dwelt In the ion!,
Where ll I thy loveliness cannol bs
marr d,
Nor thy heart 1 fl turned back from its soaL
[know tl f the Lethe that flowi
Through a ian I wh-r* they do no! forget,
That il ry onlr repos*,
And takes from lt only regret.
a the far-away dwelling, wherever it b*.
1 believe thou bast visions of min*,
ind the love that mads all things aniuiio tom**
1 have pot yetJIesrned to resign.
. nsver look un with a vow to the aky
but a light like thy beauty is there;
Ind 1 hear a low mintier bk* thine in reply
Whou i pour ont my spirit in prayer.
['hes* eyes must be dark that so long bar* bees
dim
Pre aiisin they mav gaze upon thine,
Ju: mr heart hath revealings of thee snd thy
h.me
Ip .jany a token and sign:
n the hush of thu night, when abroad en th*
Or alone on the desolate hill.
have ever a proaence that whispers of tb**.
And mr apirit liss down and ia still:
.nd though, like a mourner that sits by a
tomb,
I am wrapp'd in a mantle of car*.
let the grief of my bosoin?oh, call it not
gloom
Is not the Stack grief of despair'
ly sorrow revealed, aa the stars ar* by Bight,
Pfr off a bright Manon appears;
nd hope, likr the rainbow, a hoing of?flit,
ls boru, kk* ibo rai?boa. lu tears