The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-10-28
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL GENE
RAJ CONVENTION.
rpocEsp1SGs OF MONDAY MORNING.

rppCEEnINES OF MONDAY MORNING. .#
Tho session was opened by the usual di-
-;na services, in which the Rev. Joshua Pc
,..tin. D. D., of Virginia. assisted by the
pnr Isaac G. Hubbard, d. D., Of New Hamp-
IVA oficated. The benediction was pro-
nonpced by the Right Rev. Bishop Talbot,
Of Indiana.
The Re7. DR.. Beardsley presented reso-
,,,;on repeating the last section Of canon
n title /. Referred to the Committee on
Canons.
Mr.. c. 3. Farnsworth, of Rhode Island.
resented resolution looking to the preser-
1rat;ou of the parish records of persons con-
frmcd and baptized. Referred to the Com
r,ittee on State Of the Church.
The Rev. William H. Clarke, of Georgia,
o4ercd a resolution to change the title of
tbc House of Delegates by dropping the
words clerical and lay" Referred to the
Committee on Canons.
Mr.. William Welsh, of PENNSYLVANIA,
offered resolution directing the Commit
tee on Canons to report on the propriety of
forming canon making it obligatory on
sll new dioceses to form their standing COM
mi,tces of an equal number of clergy and
lavmen. Adopted.
Several messages were received from the
House of Bishops proposing certain amend
ments to the canons. Among them the fol-
lowing: ~..a...
"ResoiUed, That the memorial of the
Oneida Indians, presented to this House by
the Bishop Of Wisconsin, together with q
draft of proposed letter to the Secretary Of
the Interior, be transmitted to the House of
Clerical and Lay Delegates with request
for joint action in the premises"
Mr.. Hamilton Fish deprecated the inter-
veution of fae action of the House of Dele
gates in matters purely political. He said
that if this House took one side of the
question, some other representative body
would take the other, and that the voice of
both, perhaps, would have less weight than
the vote of some ward politician seated
in the council of the nation.
The chairman recommended the action Of
the delegates as individual citizens rather
than as councils.
The Rev. Mr.. A. Stubs, of New Jersey,
held that it was the duty of the House to
throw the weight of its action into the ques-
ton on behalf of Christianity.
The Rev. Joshua Peterkin, of Virginia,
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that the Oneida Indians were then friendly
10 the Colonies, and advocated measures for
their protection and welfare.
Several additional messages were re-
ceived from the House Of Bishops. One
stated that the House Of Bishops did not
concur in the resolution to amend article
Of the Constitution of the Board of Mis-
sions. Another fixed Thursday next as the
day for adjournment sine die.
4 motion to commit the Oneida Indian
message TO a select joint committee of six
delegates, after n division, was lost.
Mr.. Hamilton Fish, OF New York, offered
resolution that the House of Delegates
respectfully declines to concur in the action
Of the House Of Bishops on this proposition
because it deems it inexpedient for it Off
cially to interfere in matters of this char
acter. This was carried.
The Committee on Prayer Book made q
report on punctuation Of the prayers and
such other matters as had been referred to
them.
Several unimportant resolutions were
appended; all of which were adopted.
A resolution was offered directing the
Committee on Prayer Book to report on the
expediency of forming prayer expressive
Of thankfulness for the recovery of child
from sickness. Adopted.
The Rev. j. G. Hubbard, of New Hamp-
shire, offered a resolution that the Joint
Committee on Prayer Book be instructed
to inquire into the expediency Of intro
ducing into the standard prayer book of
this Church the pointing Of the Psalter for
chanting as in the prayer book of the
Church of England, and to report at the
next Convention. Adopted.
There being no important business be-
fore the Convention-after some action on
trivial matters of rOutinc-the Board took a
recess to give Committee on Canons time to
hatch additional business for the Conyen-
ton.