The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-20
SECOND DAY.

L 1ESSxNb A@lAs
MEMPHIS, November 16, 1866.
The Assembly met this morning (the
Moderator, DR.. Kerr, in the chair), and
opened with prayer by the Rev. DR.. Cum
| ningham.
The Committee on Credentials reported
the following members present, as having
arrived since the meeting Of the body !:
Presbytery Of Montgomery, Frederick
Johnson; Presbytery Of Knoxville, John
McCauley; Red River, Alfred Simpson,
DID; West Hanover, J. M. Blackman
Fayetteville, ID. d. Mcbride; -, Will
liam Burks and J. Spencer.
| The following standing committees were
then appointed by the Moderator: -
On Bills and Observation-Disclosures Geo.
Howe, d. d. "A. r. Banks, J. S. Grasty,
and J. Woodrow; Elders II. T. Bartlett,
S. Nye, Hutchinson, and George Thomp-
son.. s.g. r,ct rs...
Judicial.-Ministers J. II. Rice, N.
Mckay, and C.. J. Moore; Elders B. n.
Estes, and George j. Walker. ..r5
Theological Observation-Disclosures Jas.
Woodrow. j. T. Davidson, and R. B. Ander-
son; Elders J. s. Culinary, and E. w.
Faucette. ~ stau ssaI .G j ... ,.a.5 81
Domestic Missions. Ministers W. M.
Cunningham, William Finn, J. H. Rice, j.
J.. Reid, and D. @. Irwin; Elders ]. H,
Gilkerson, J. S. Fleming, and L. B.
| Thornton.
Synodical Records. Alabama
Ministers N. w. Calhoun and w. A. Gregg,
Elder IL. T. Bartlett. Arkansas.-Minis-
tiers D. E. Jordon and Samuel A. King,
Elder j. W. Gilkeson. Georgia.-Mihis-
terra A. Currie and j. II. Eoll, Elder W.T..
Daniels. Memphis d. Fraser
and A. Silliman, Elder G. W. Pollard.
Mississippi.-Ministers S. A. King and S.
J. Reid, Elder j. C. Gillispie. Nashville
Ministers A. r. Banks and W. T. David
son, Elder w. N. Blake. North Carolina
Ministers D. w. Shanks and G. C. Moore,
Elder o. Hendricks. South Carolina.-
EiderJ. p George. Texas.-Ministers +. G..
Campbell and I. Morrow, Elder A. o. Nor
ris. Observation-Disclosures J. W. Cochran
and j. II. Rice, Elder j. T. Culinary.
On Leave of Observation-Disclosures A. II.
Barley, +. Thompson, and J. M. Cochran,
Elders T. P. Clapp, J. L. Adams, and j.
j. James. .-
Devotional Exercises. Ministers D. C..
Irwin and II. @. Alexander, Elders A. O..
Norris and W. n. Blake. .......-
Rev. S. A. King then introduced a series
of resolutions, which were referred to the
Committee on Foreign Missions.
DR.. Adger, chairman Of the Committee
on the Preparation Of the "Rules OF Par
liamentary Order n" for the government of
this and other ecclesiastical bodies of this
Church, made few remarks before intro
ducing to the Assembly rules as prepared
by the committee, after which he read the
rules as compiled and published by the
committee, explaining at the same time
some of the errors that had occurred, and
introduced new rule as the twenty fourth
rule of parliamentary order, which allows
the mover of any question the first right to
the floor, as the Doctor expressed it, to
prevent anybody from stealing the movers
thunder. The rule was adopted.
1t was moved that the report Of the
committee be received and adopted.
Il DR.. Woodrow desired to know if the
committee wished to be understood as re-
commencing the adoption of these rules
and recommended them to the Presbyte-
riesY
DR.. Adger-" Yes, sir! We have made
them mp from the best authority and
established customs of all parliamentary
bodies"
The report was then received, but was
not adopted as whole for the government
of the house,.
DR.. Phillips moved that the rules be
adopted for the government of the house
during its present session, but after some
discussion he withdrew his motion, and
moved that the old rules by which they
had formerly been governed be adopted
for the present session, or until the others
should be acted upon.
This motion prevailed.
Rev. Mr.. Alexander then moved that the
report be docketed.
This motion also carried.
DR.. Rice then moved that the rules, as
reported by the committee, be taken up
Seriatim and acted upon, until all were
acted upon. The whole should be acted
upon by final vote. After some discus
sion between DR.. Adger, DR.. Woodrow, DR..
Phillips, ]. l.. Mayre, ESQ.,, and others,
this motion carried, and DR.. Adger began
reading the rules as adopted by the COM
mittee, Of which he was chairman, and
with some few amendments and alterations
the reading continued until the hour ar
rived for receiving the report of the Exc
cutiye Committee on Domestic Missions |;
which was read by the chairman of the
committee, DIR. L. Wilson.
DIR. Rice then called attention to the fact
that, according to the rule, all appeals and
complaints should be made on the first or
second day of the session.
BY request of DR.. Adger, DR.. Atkinson
was appointed chairman of the Committee
on Publication in his stead.
DIR. Baird then moved that the report of
the Committee on Theological Seminaries
be read and referred; the report of the
Seminary of Columbia, S. c.; also, the re-
port of the Faculty also, the report of the
Committee on the Union Theological Semi
nary of Virginia. m.a
A memorial was then read from Green
brier, Va, asking that a sustentation fund
be raised for the support of the ministry,
as other churches have done with 80 much
success. This memorial was referred to
Committee on Domestic Missions.
DR.. Rice then read memorial asking
that the time for the meeting OF the Gene
raj Assembly be changed from November
to May.
Mr.. George, Of the Committee on Devo-
tional Exercises, reported that the commit
tee had set the hour of IL A. NJ. as the
time to be devoted to devotional exercises,
to continue half an hour.
Mr.. Bartlett moved that 9 to az A. N.
be the hour, but for the. convenience Of
those who wished to be present, ii to ll11a
was adoDted q a..1 p