The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-18
Rir!lmono Qispatth.
TUESDAY MORNING. ocr. = -, q
GENERAL CoNyENTtpN
OF ruR
EPISCOPAL CHURCH Of the UNITED STATES
7 f TIL DAY

WILLKy, of Conn.
The minutes Of Saturday Were read and
approved
Reports OF Standing Committees were called
for.
The Committee on Elections reported. re.
commencing that leave of absence be granted
10 nr. Cunning of Mich, Mr. j. N. Thompson
ef y. T., ard Mr.. Allen NJ Thomas of r. l..
for the remainder OF the session. Leave was
granted
The Committee on Typographical Errors
in the authorized version OF the Holy Scrip-
lures. submitted the following report, through
the Chairman. Dir, Henry nj. Mason;
The Committee 10 whom. at the last General
Convent sog was referred the subject of ~ raph<
cal errors in the authorized version Of the Holy
SCRIPTURES, with 3 view to the proposed standard
for tins Church, respectfully report
That since the ies' ihest,,s "i Sohsen M
ta3nmeat Of standard Bible for the Church in this
country; an object which the various acts OF the
Great Council of the Church through long period
Of time manifest to have been greatly desired, and
which at no perIod is more desirable than IL is now
Your Committee are OF opinion that the present
standard, declared such Mt the Convention Of 1873,
heing that of Eyre l.. Straiian, printed by W ood,
fall. should. with the exception OF typographical
errors i. the basis of the proposed standard; that
in order to avoid whatever tspographloai errors
may there exist, the edition oil the oSord press oil
1852 should be followed in the text; as 1t appears
from the testimony Of the Superintendent OF that
press. delivered before q committee OF the House
detection OF each error has resulted in the de;ec
.ion of but three, in the lapse OF the last twenty
years.
Your COMMITTEES therefore recommend the pas
sage of the following resoutions:
R,soirsd That, the House OF Bishors eoneur-
ring, joint coinmlttee be appointed TO whom
shall be submitted the proof sheets oi the proposed
standard, as they conseentlvely appear lrqm the
press of the New York Bible and Common Prayer
Book Society, after having undergone the exam
nation of typographical eor5ector, who snail he
cept the typo 20 be corrected by the
edition of 1852, printed az Oxford.
.. That Typographical Corrector he appointed
n resolution.
g. That he Joint Committee tee have authority a,; to
n. a. pEWoLFE HOWE.
HUGH nAvRy EVANS.
Mr.. Newton. of Mass. said this was very
grave matter in which the whole country was
interested He hoped the House would not act
hastily, and moved tha. the report be laid on
the table
After explanations from DIR. Mason, and re-
marks by others, Mr. Newton withdrew his
motion.
Judge Conrad, of Va, moved that the report
now under consideration be printed in con-
neetiun with the report made las session.
Mr.. Memminger, of ). O., compllmented the
chairman Of the committee on the ialthfulness
with which lie had performed the important
work and hoped the House would act on the
report now, without ordering il to be printed.
Judge Conrad insisted upon his resolution,
and Mr.. Memminger moved that 1t be laid on
the table
ports would appear in the Appendix to the
Journal of this Convention, unless otherwise
ordered; whereupon Judge Conrad withdrew
his resolution.
The three resolutions appended 10 the report
were then adopted.
Mr. Hill. of Cal, nominated Rev III. M. Ma
son, ID. d., as Typographical Corrector, under
the second resolution. lie wanted DIR. M. TO
have this compliment by the vote OF both
Houses.
Dr. Hawks desired more than a pliment.
He wanted to place it Oh higher grounds and
appointed DR.. Mason because he was both
competent and honest.
The motion was carried unanimously.
DR.. Howe. from the Committee on the State
of the Church, submitted the following:
Resolrsd, That the trustees of the Missionary
Bishop Fund be instructed to report to this House
their action for the past three years. and what
stops have been taken, If any, for the procurement
OF act OF Incorporation. as the Canon iequires.
Adopted.
The President announced the Joint Commit
tee on the part of the House TO devise Il plan
for the creation of a Church Building Fund
viz: DR.. A. Littleiohn, DR.. Jos. G. Talbot. Cy-
rus Curtis, H. Il. Baldwin, VIM. Welsh.
DIR. Littlejohn offered the following:
Resolret, That the Committee the State Of
their report, in tabular FORM the statistics of the
last Is years in regard to the increase OF the MIN
strv: also the statistics of the same period in re-
gard To the increase ofcommunleants, parishes and
dtoceses also. an approximate statement of the
present number OF CONGREGATIONS In the Church
unprovIded with regular clerical services, and the
present number OF occupied churches IN tho diff
| ferent dioceses.
| Adopted.
The following message twas. received from
| the House of Bishops:
| The House of Bishops informs the House of
Clerical and Lay Deputies that 1T has passed the
| RfSoired, That a Committee of Conf ference be
appointed on the part Of this House to confer with
q committee alreah5 appointed by the House OF
Clerical and Lay deputies, to determine the place
of meeting of the next General Conyention-Com-
mittee: Bishops Johns, McCoskrey and Kemper.
Another message:
Rexofred The House of Clerical and Lay Deputies
concurrns, That Clause }, Section 7, of the 18th
Canon. Title 3 Of the Digest, as printed the s5th
pase of the report, Is hereby amended, by the in
sertion OF the words, '.or vacancy from other
cause" So as to read as follows: And in case of
the death or resignation of Missionary Bishop,
cant Missionary Episcopate shall devoIve on the
Senior Bishop of this Church, with the power Of
appointing some other bishop as his substitute, in
SAID charge.
This resolution was concurred in by the
House.
A delegate offered a resolution relative to
marrying a deceased wife's sister, and refer
ring the matter to the Committee on Canons.
Its introduction met with strong opposition,
and the resolution was finally Withdrawn by
the mover. In the course of remarks upon
this subject speaker made use of the phrase,
s.the wife of a deceased siSter''-it fdNr pas
which occasioned considerable laughter.
Another resolution, respecting the repre-
sen,ation of Churches and Dioceses in
The next General Convention, was debated
and laid on the table.
DR.. Clarkson, from the joint Committee OF
Conference to determine the place of holding
The next Convention. reported that the
committee unanimously recommended the
passage of the following resolution:
Resoirsd. The House OF Bishops concurring,
that the next General Convention be held IN the
tier some discussion, the resolution was
adopted message was subsequently, re-
ceiyed from the House OF Bishops. announcing
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of 1862 will be held in the city of New York.
DR. Vinton, of New York. proposed the fol-
lowing Canon;
IVY henever Diocese shall be organized within
Mt his pleasure. become the Bishop Of the same
without election; provided. that he shall ut the
fe Bshop .'''0 'ss't" MS '"fS0''''0n as MISSIONARY
Referred to the Joint Committee on Canons.
Leave of absence was granted to Judge
Yerger, of Miss, for the remainder of the sea-
sion.
The House then proceeded to the considera-
tion of the order of the day-namely, the report
Of the Committee on Domestic and Foreign
Missions, DR.. Stevens, of Pa, Chairman of
the Committee, read the report, as follows:
The Committee the Domestic and Foreign
missionary Society respectfully report
ports from the Missionary Bishops of this Church
and those holding special commissions to act as
f sa S hs B n Mssens ea 81 III.
church. These have been considered in their or
der and their several statements and psoaostions
ton of this Committee the peculiar circum
stances of the Committee permitted.
The Committee deem it unnecessary to prepare
any are,,mentative paper on the Importance and
value OF the Missionary work, or to spread upon
or laid out to be done by the Board Of Missions
and the several Missionares The report reports oil 81 s m
xaroas Bsaops ana mssonary s sta,oha ~ ths ~ aep ~
,nen,s Of the Convention and will thus be accessi-
BILE To all menibers of the same.
as eInbodying their unanimous opinions, the Com-
rttee beg leave to Offer the following resolutions: