Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-25
Ola school Prasbyterian GenoraI
= 81 -D Assembly.
SATURDAY, May "a, 1862
MORNING sEssION.

SATURDAY, May "a, 1862.
MORNING sEssION.
Ths Assembly was called TO order at nine
O'Clock, and opened with prayer by the Moder-
ator. 500
The minutes Of yesterday were read and ap-
The committee on Commissions reported
of California, present, who
was admitted and enrolled as member OF the
Assembly.
Leave Of absence was granted to several Of
the members.
The committee on Bills and OVertures,
through its Chairman, Dr. Backus, reported, as
follows:
The committee on Bills and OVertures-
Overture No. 10, on the erection of new
Synod to be composed of parts Of the Synods OF
Philadelphia and New Jersey. As no new 10.
| formation has come before the committee, IL is
| recommended that il be still further postponed.
Recommendation adopted.
Overture No. "a, signed by Jas. Lat'a,
Samuel Mahaffey and others on the hasty and
| irregular dissolution OF the pastoral relation
The committee recommend the adoption of the
following resolution: ~
ResoIred, That the l7Lh article Of our form
of government in spirit and letter should be
rigidy regarded by our pastors and churches.
and enforced by our Pfesbyteries. Adopted.
No. 26 Report of committee on Church Com
mentary. Postponed from the last Assembly.
Recommended that as the reasons that led the
| last General Assembly to postpone tho consid
Grafton Of the subject continue, 1t is still fur
ther postponed. Docketd.
No. 90. The committee appointed by tho Gen.
eraI Assembly of 1860, ITO devise some method
for properly preserving the records and papers,
of the Assembly, and to report what papers,
| If any, may be placed in the care Of the Histor
ical Society,""
Report, that in consequence OF the Absence OF
the STATED Clerk from the country one year, and
retirement from his place in Philadelphia the
other year, since this appointment 6as made,
| there has been no deliberation of the commit
| tee. executing a slight conference during the
sessiors Of this Assembly. They are agreed,
however, 20 report, that the records and papers
of the Assembly can be kept for the present in
the safe of the Board Of Publication; and that
| in their judgment the Clerks may be lefs to
their discretion, ordinarily, in giving papers to
the Historical Society, provided, that it be ex-
pressly understood, and ordered by this Assem-
bly, that no paper shall pass from the custody
of the Stated Clerk, which properly belongs to
the record, either as an integral part or as a
necessary voucher thereof, or which has been
referred 10 another Assembly, or intended for
communication to any other body with which
the General Assembly is in correspondence -
Docketed.
One of the tellers of the election for mem
bers Of the several Boards, and the Directors OF
the Theological Semlnaries, undertook to report
the result; but, owing 10 some misunderstood
| ing among themselves, the report was deferred
Reports on Synodical Records we're made the
irst order for Monday afternoon.
ORDER OF THE DAY
The order of the day was then taken up,
being DR.. Breckinridge's paper Oh the State Of
the Church and theSCountry.
Rev. Mr.. FOrman made short statsmenti by
way Of explanation.
Il was decided to close the discussion on Dr.
BIS paper at four o'clock this afternoon, and
take the vote thereon. TWAS also decided that
the speeches hereafter be limited to fifteen min.
utes-exceptiDg only DR.. McPheeterR, who had
the floor. The Doctor then proceeded II
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