The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-10
Afternoon Report of Markets.
RELIGIOUS.
TrienniaI Convention OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church.


Episcopal Church.
When the Convention reassembled yesterday
afternoon at Trinity Churcn, New Yorh, Gov
ernor Fish submitted the following amend
ment to the resolution of the committee, as ex-
pTessive of his Views:-
the poss ns @ of sshGs ao @
tutiona union with the Convention OF the Protestant
Church in that diocese shall nave amended the
s1.n now presented 10 the 0Snventio9 6y cIang
By Ss % ss
that VIII such ch ,nge shall he mads and copy
thereof duly certined by the proper .uthoritIes shall
shall snail csSae @ the same to be pubshea and theSsspoa
the Convention Of the eroles.ant Epi.sopsi onutch
In the United states and further that the deputies
the hOer, and to participate in the debates OF the
Rev DIR. Goodwin was then again awarded
the floor and spoke In favor of this ameud-
ment. He spoke at length and was several
times interrupted by Rev DR.. Adams, and while
proceeding again message from the House of
Bishops was announced that they had passed
the following
concTfTiSs that the aGcess Of EASY De SnS me
same hereby is admitted Into the uaIOn wish tha
States.
DIR. Goodwin resumed, and after some further
remarks and conversation between him and
other members he moved the postponement of
the whole subject till the Committee ON Canons
should have reported Judge Otis, OF illinois,
presented n substitute for Governor Fish's
amendment in the nature OF an addition to the
resolution reported 10 the committee in the fol-
lowing words:-
Provided that In admitting the new Diocese OF Ne.
braskR this House does not intend 10 sAucU the
change of name from tina or Convention To "COun
c' the Diocese of Nsbraska unless aud until
constitution and csnonq OF the General Convention
sb ball have been so changed In the manner therein
| provided for am end meDts aud alterations
Debate and confusion followed as to which
question and what particular motion. amend
| meni, or substitute WAS now properly before
the House. The knot was quickly unraveled
| by a decision from the chair that DR.. Goodwin's
M w nj a a m
| tertalned, as IL was iiher to postpone indeh
nitely nor TO a day certain After some conver-
| sstion between the Chsir and Or. Goodwin as to
| the proprety of this decision, Judge OTIS with
| drew his substitute. A motion was then
| made TO take up the message from the
| bishops, which was carried. Judge Otis
| now moved his substitute again Rs an
| amendment TO the resolution passed bv the
| Upper House. DIR. Norton also moved to amend
| the resolution 10y adding the words "Protestant
| Episcopal before the word church." which
| was lost. The vote on Judge Obis amendment
| was taken by dioceses, resulting as follows
| clerical vote-yeas, l5; nays, Is. Lay vote
yeas, 10; nays, IL. So the amendment was lost.
Rev. Dr. Rylance, OF Illinois, Jnen moved Ia
concur In the resolution of the bishops which
was Also voted on by dioceses. The vote was:-
Clerical Vote-yeas, q; nays T. Lay vote-yeas
26 nays b. Several oioceses were divided, and
their votes were not counted Nebraska beina
thus admitted Internationally, the deputies
were called and took their seats, and the House
at quarter past i've T.. M, adjourned till this
morning.