Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1867-05-21
Eniscopal Council.

ne iAnu annual cOulCll vi tHo IOtcStdut
Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Virginia
convened at the Trinity Church in this place
on Wednesday last, the 18th inst.
The Introductory sermon was delivered by
Rev. G. w. Andrews, d. D., from Hebrews
13, 7.
AT 2 clock the Council was called to order
by Right Rev. John Johns, D. D., Bishop of
the Diocese
The Secretary, Rev. T. G. Dashiel, called the
roll of the clergy, when sixty were found to be
present.
A committee was appointed to examine the
credentials of lay delegates, who subsequently
reported thirty-fve entitled to seats.
The following resolution, offered by Rev. DIR.
Norwood, was adopted:
Resolued, That the visiting clergy and stu
dents of divinity be entitled to honorary seats
in this Council
Mr. H. E. G. Baskerville, of Richmond, was
elected treasurer of the Council, and Mr.. j. ii.
Tyler assistant treasurer.
The Council then adjourned to 4 P. NJ
At the afternoon session Rev. George A.
Smith presided, in the absence Of the Bishop.
Reports of no special public interest were made
by several of the clerical delegates; after which,
the Council adjourned till Thursday morning.
Pursuant to adjournment, the council met on
Thursday morning at 9 o'clock
Rev. George I'll. Norton, offered the follow
ing resolution:
THAT the treasurer of the funds for disabled
cergymen be requested to convert the assets in
his hands into cash so soon as it can be done
without unreasonable sacrifice, and that the
money thus accruing be distributed among those
who are properly benefciaries.
On motion of Mr.. Tazewell Taylor the reso-
luton was referred to the Committee on dis
abled clergymen.
Mr.. D. L. Powell offered the following,
which was adopted: 'That a committee of ten
morrow to take into consideration the subject
of ministers salaries, and the means by which
their more punctual payment may be secured
The Right Rev Bishop Johns then made his
annual report, the reading Of which occupied
about three-quarters of an hour He asked fol
the appointment of an assistant bishop, stating
that he is now completing the twenty-ffth yeal
Of his episcopate, the forty eigth of his minis
try, and the seventy-frst of his age.
The Convention adjourned for Divine service
after which it again assembled, when the Rev
Henderson Sutor, chairman, submitted an alb
stract of the regular parochial reports. Ii
white and colored, 721; communicates, white
and colored, 6,522; confrmations 631 mar
riages, 4Sl; Sunday school scholars, 1855
| teachers, 8l7 contributions, $45 1873. As.
Rev. DR.. G. W. Andrews, chairman of the
| Committee on the Division Of the Diocese, re
ported which gave rise to much discussion.
On motion of Mr.. Massie, the report was re-
committed to the committee, to report at the
| afternoon meeting.
Rev. r. T. Davis offered the following,
which was adopted with but little opposition:
| Resolued, That in the judgment of the Coun-
Gil it is inexpedient that the session of the body
Loqo, CT ,.rIf fhr
members separate before Monday.
In the afternoon session, the committee or
| division Of the diocese, reported against divis
| ion at this time, and recommended the election
of an assistant Bishop.
| Right Rev. Charming Moore Williams was
here introduced and invited to a seat in the
chancel The Right Rev. Bishop Johns intro
duced the distinguished gentleman as the
elected and consecrated Bishop of China an6
Japan. He was received, all standing.
Friday was consumed chiefly in the election
of Assistant Bishop. A number OF candidates
were voted for and number of animated ad
dresses in their behalf delivered.
The choice Of the Clergy first fell upon Rev
there was no election. Finally, the vote of thu
clergy was cast for Rev. Francis NJ White, O
Louisville, KY, as a compromise candidate. =
The vote of the clergy was as follows:
| For Rev Francis M. White. AZ
For Rev. c. j. Gibson.
| For Rev. Joshua Peterkin. Observation-Disclosures.
For Rev. j. A. Latane ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
For Rev. G. w. Observation-Disclosures.
The lay delegates ratified the choice Of the
clergy.
On Saturday, there was nothing done o
special interest to the public generally: Th'
time of the meeting Of the Council was changed
from the third to the last Wednesday in May
| The next meeting Of the Council will take place
in Lynchburg.
| On Sunday, ministers of the Council hel(
service in all the Churches of this place. as vel
as at the Institution for the d. & ID. q BlinC
and at the Western Lunatic Asylum.
In answer to hope that he would soon visi
Petersburg, Mr.. Davis replied to some friend
that nothing would do his heart more good
that he would, indeed, be gratifed to visit al
parts of the South, but the peculiar circum
stances under which he labored forbade such
qualification now. He thought it unwise tt
| tempt popular demonstrations in his behalf
and he feared that his friends, acting upon thu
generous impulses that had always distinguished
their conduct towards him, would do him to-
much honor, and thus provoke unjust criticism
and excite bitter feelings among those who coulo
not sympathise with them.
The latest advices from Brazil, which are tt
the 9Th of April, bring no important intelli
gence from the seat of war. The Braziian'
were preparing an invasion of Paraguay at ;
point up the upper Parana, but in Bueno
Ayres and Montevideo the disposition towaro
making peace seemed to be on the Increase
The decree of the Brazilian Emperor abolish
ing slavery, which, according to cable dispatch
was issued on the 9Th of April, was not ye
known to the papers of that date, but they men
| toned the current reports concerning it.
| The spirit Of lawlessness and violence stirred
| up in the South among the negro population il
directly ascribed by the Albany Evening Jour-
nal to the new Radical crusade and the ed
itor protests against the Republican party being
held responsible either for the extreme mer
| who profess to act as representatives or for the
doctrines they promulgate, which are consider
ed subversive of all sound ideas of government
incendiary in their effects, and calculated to de-
lay the processes of reconstruction
Va Military Institute.
On Thursday last, the following gentlemen
were appointed visitors for the Virginia Mill
tary Institute for the ensuing year, viz: VIII
liam Fl. Macfarland, of Richmond A. L. Ow-
ON. of H,l;f,v. III ro+lott of A,,ructo