Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-28
PRESBYTERIAN sYNOD.

and it was useless to pursue the canvas
further. Adjourned.
PRESBYTEREAN SYNOD.
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Its Proceedings Last Night.
The Synod Of Nashville met pursuant t
adjournment, in the First Presbyteria
Church, September 26th, at p o'clock 1
NJ, and was opened with sermon by tn
Rev. James Park, of Knoxville, from
Cor, chap. and 5 v. "For we preach no
ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, anc
ourselves your servants for Jesus sake"
The last Moderator present, Pew. W. E
Caldwell, of the North Alabama Presby
terry constituted the Synod by prayer
when the roll was called and the
PREsBYTERY OF HoLsToN.
Members. W. Bachman, Geo. A
Caldwell. Elders-A. Carmach.
PREsBYTERY OF KNOXVILLE.
Ministers-T. A. McCallie, w. w. Nor
rison, james Park. Elders-W. w. Ander.
son, w. S. Kennedy, Jno. Ramsey.
PREsBYTERY OF NASHVILLE.
Ministers-R. A. Lapsley, D. D., T. D.
Wordlaw, H. B. Bonde, w. L. Rosser, r.
F. Bunting, d. D., j. w. Hoyt, Jno. w
Neill, A. n. Cunningham, D. D. Elders
JOS. Jones, NJ. D., d. n. Kennedy, B. B.
| NJ Barr, j. n. Lawrence, NJ. D., j. A.
Bowman, NJ. D., J. W. Wendell.
| PREsBYTERY OF NORTH ALABAMA.
Ministers-W. Z. Caldwell, F. l.. Ewing,
A. B. Caldwell, Alex. Smith, Robt Cald
well, J. Simpson Frierson, J. Stevenson
| Frierson, S. w. Mitchell, F. A. Thompson,
J. H. Bryson. Elders-A. b. Ewing, K. j.
Gordon, j. w. S. Ridley, S. j. Strayhorn,
Isaiah Dill, J. w. S. Frierson, NJ. d.
Rev. Robert Caldwell, of the Presbytery
| of North Alabama, was chosen Moderator
and the Revs. F. l.. Ewing and Fl. B.
Bonde temporary Clerks. Synod adj
journed till Friday morning.
FRIDAY, 81 A. M.-Synod met, and was
opened with prayer by the Moderator. It
was resolved that the Synod spend the
closing half hour OF each session in devo-
lional exercises. After calling the roll and
marking absentees, the minutes OF last
Synod were read.
The Moderator then announced the diff
ferent committees.
Rev. DIR. Baird, ofthe Cumberland Pres
byterian church, Rev. F. D. Finney, of the
Synod of Mississippi, and Rev. Mr.. Otts,
of the Synod of Alabama, were invited to
sit as corresponding members.
Rev. H. B. Bonde, with Rev. S. w.
Mitchell, his alternate, was appointed to
preach the missionary sermon before the
Synod at its next meeting.
RogersviIle, East Tennessee, was chosen
as the place of next meeting.
Synod took recess until p M, after
which it was called to order.
The Committee on Boundaries of Pres
bytery of North Alabama made report,
which was received and adopted as follows:
The north boundary of North Alabama
Presbytery shall be the counties of Perry,
Marry, Marshall, Lincoln and Franklin
In view of the epidemic last fall during
the session Of the Synod, all the absentees
were excused.
Various reports being read, were referred
to their appropriate committees, and others
were received and adopted.
The Rev. H. T. Sloan, Of the Associate
Reformed Synod of the South, was invited
to sit as corresponding member.
The Committee on Statistics reported
that the Synod of Nashville consists Of four
Presbyterias.
l. Holston has eight ministers and
eighteen churches.
3 Knoxville has FIVE ministers and four
churches.
g. North Alabama has twenty two min
listers and eighteen churches. a.
A. Nashville has thirteen ministers and
seventeen churches.
Total-Ministers forty-eight; churches
sixty-seven,
The Synod adjourned, with prayer by
DR.. Lapsley, till this morning at 81 A. NJ.
CIRCUIT COURT - JUICE HARRISON
PREsIDMG.-Most of the day yesterday
was taken up by the argument in the case
of Morgan u.s. Nashville and Chattanooga
railroad, for negligently managing the cars
in coupling them, so as to cut off plain |
tiff7s hand.
1t appears that the plaintiff, Morgan,
was an employee of the road-foreman of |
the gang of brakemen. The injury he |
complains of, occurred to him while assist |
ing in coupling cars TO make up train.
His hand was caught between the cars, and /
so badly injured that he lost IT,
The plaintiff alleges that he was sub
ordinate, and that il was his duty to be be- /
tween the cars, az he was; that il any sig |
nails were made the Engineer did not re-
gard them, but ran so violently against the
car he was to couple to the train, that with /
care and prudence he could not have es-
capped being injured as he was.
The defense claims that employees Of a
railroad contract for extraordinary risk,
and that the law as to the liability Of the
railroad company for injuries to employees
is very different from that as to strangers.
That the plaintiff was superior in the
business then in hand and had the manage
ment and control Of it, and If there was
any negligence it was his fault-and also if
the car was running so fast as pretended by
the plaintiff, that 1t was negligence on his
part TO remain between the cars at all. The
jury had not agreed upon verdict when
the court adjourned.
Margaret Moons rs. Dennis Connor. This
was a case where the defendant, a Con-
stable, collected money on a judgment and |
failed 10 pay it over to the party entitled |
10 il. The court instructed the jury that if |
they found the defendant had collected the |
money and not paid it over, that the plain |
tiff was entitled to six per cent. interest, |
and twelve and half per cent. damages in |
addition, as a penalty upon the officer for |
neglect of duty.
Court adjourned till o'clock to day.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS FOR THE |
WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 27.-R Dor
man and wife Fanny to w. Freeman, lot
in Edge6eld, $4,000.
NJ. Kramer TO Margaret STARS and |
children, deed OF gift to 70 acres IN Larnes
county, Ky.
J. ". Binkley to P, Waller, land in dis
trict 4, 1895.
Same to f. A. L. Waller, land in dis |
trict 4, 1924
I. B. Rains to Jao. Lumsden, land in
district 8, 5000.
Mrs. P. D. Williams to Martha Moore, i
lots I5S and 154 in Williams addition to
Edgefeld, S1l62 80.
Same to Mary Jane Hollister, lots l55
70 n