Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-29
General Council of Virginia
From the Richmond Whig.l

HO' L. LILO e~hClCho poANe L. -
already alive with ministerial
and lay delegates and visitors
: to the Convention which met
here to-day. Every part of the
State is already represented
and tonight the trains north
and south and the Rappahan-
mock boats will add largely to
the number. Steamers from
, Norfolk are also expected, or
which visitors from that city
will quarter during their So
.journ here.
The town seems to be clad in
its holiday dress, and it's peo-
pie, of every denomination, are
throwing their doors open to
1 old friends and strangers alike.
Their hospitality, which, in
other and more prosperous days
was known of throughout Vir-
ginia and the South, has not,
: we are gratified to see, been
diminished by the terrible vi
cissitudes of war which reduced
so many of them from indepen-
dence to comparative poverty.
; They are still the same gener-
erous people, whose tables are
never without a spare plate or
chambers without an extra
bed.
The event of the occasion so
far, is the presence of Gen. Lee.
A crowd met him at the cars
last night, and cheered him
Justify. He is the guest of T.
B. Barto-, ESQ.,, and was sere-
naded Lass night by the band
Of the Thirtieth Virginia regi-
ment Col. R. S. Chew, which
was with him from the battles
around Richmond to the sur
render at Appomattox. 1t is
not strange that the grand old
warrior should create a sensa-
ton among the people who were
so closely identified with the
defeat of Hooker and the route
of Burnside, for he would do
this anywhere, even if he were
brought in contact and in con-
trast with the assembled poten-
tates and clergy of the world.
Judge FL W Sheffey, of Staun-
ton, is here as a lay delegate,
and r M T Hunter will be here
by the Rappahannock boat to-
night.
All of the Richmond clergy
are here while we write, except
DR.. Minnegerode, who is ex-I
pected tonight.
We append a list of such cler-
ical delegates as we have been
able to obtain. The Conven-
ton promises to be the largest
and most interesting ever held
since the war.
Right Rev. Bishop Johns,
Right Rev. Assistant Bishop
F. M. Whittle, and the follow
ing ministers F. M. Ba-
ker, Richmond O S Barten,
Norfolk, and all the most prom
inent ministers and laymen are
present.
A committee on credentials
was appointed.
A committee of ten laymen
will be appointed tomorrow to
consider the subject of pastoral
support.
The Rev. j. Peterkin preach
ed an able and interesting SER
mon last night from the 18th
and 10Th verses of the I45th
Pslam.
After the reading of the ante
communion service by Bishop
Whittle this morning at eleven
o'clock, the Few. w. G. Mere
dith, of Winchester, delivered
the annual council sermon at
st. Georges Episcopal Church.
1t was a very able effort.
The morning service was read
by the Rev. G. j. Gibson, of
Petersburg, and Rev. w. N.
Pendleton, of Lexington.
After preaching, communion
was administered to the clergy
by Bishops Johns and Whittle.
Tonight there was very
inte-ea ing meeting in aid of
the Sabbath School cause, at
til same church. The Rev. Mr..
Suter, of Lynchburg, preached
a very appropriate and interest
ing sermon from the text, THE
seed is the Word of God.
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