The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-20
.vrRGrNfA k';iEWs,.
virginia Annual Conference of the
. ss African MI. e. Church.

: .ss African MI. Is. Church. !,
STArNT0N, VA, April, 1871. !,
b The Conference finally adjourned this
afternoon. The following appointments
Were read by Bishop Wayman
Norfolk DISTRICT Jonathan B. Hampton,
=. E.-Norfoik station, j. B. Hamilton !;
Norfolk mission, \. Mccoy; Hampton, j.
7. NORRIS: Norfolk rircuit, 7. Is. Lewis.
Portsmouth DiSta7ct-J. +. Lane. +. E.
mouth mission. to he supplied Suffolk, r..
Goyans; Deep Creek, r. III. Parker; Smith
field. Shadrack Jones.
Richmond Distrtct-W. d. W. SEIZURE.
man, j. E.-Rlchmond station, w. u. w.
Schureman Richmond mission. NJ. Mar
shall ;CheStcrticld mission, Henry ballard;
Prospect, Geo. Unison Roydton. l.. w.
Lee: CHARLOTTE {. H.. to I've supplied :;
Pittsylvania {. H.. L. nj. Only; Peters
burg, to be supplied.
Stdm'ton District-W. Z. Derrick. P. T..
Staunton station, w. Il. Derrick Green's
vile. i. A. Scott Mint Spring, 4. J. Gas
piled Middle Brook, to be supplied Cor
louisville. TO be supplied.
Salem Disir9ct-,Tacklin Strange. =. F.
Salem station. j. Strange; Cave Spring. j.
+. W. Moore: Rocky Mount. G. w. Pmck-
crt; Mount Lebanon, j. II. Riddicks.
HMhsriNr DiSt,1ct-Iohn II. Offer. 7. +.
Wythcvilc station, J. Henry Offer; Blacks
burg station. W. +. Williams: Pleasant
Grove, Geo. Williams Wake Forrest, to
hc supplied.
Winchester D,St,7ct-John w. DigcS, p.
way. Il. ArmStcad; Dullicld, to be sup
piled.
Eastern Shore n'$trct-Aaron Pcnden.
+. E.-Eastyilc circuit. A. Pcndell; Pun
Soteague. Thos. Nj. Cole: Onancock, l..
Davis Modistown. 7. Shepherd.
Isaac J. Hill transferred to New York
Conference.
Resolutions Of thonks were rendered to
the railroad companies and the conductor
| on the Chesapeake railroad for kinducss
exhibited TO the Conference.
| The MASONIC PROCESSION, DINNER, &C.,
ut Norfolk. on Tuesday. went off in grand
style. Fine speeches were made. Grand
| Master Owens was as follows:
In looking around upon this large assem-
b'ase | see among YOU the officers and
| members of Norfolk Lodge, No. /. a lodge
| which, with four others. sent delegates in
| III TO Williamsburg, and there took the
| lnltiatorv steps for the organization Of the
Grand Lodge of Virginia. Nearly CEN
fury has passed away: the generation of
men then living has followed that which
| preceded il change and decay have placed
| their marks upon all things visible. The
| interests and passions of men have been
| IN hostile attitude; peStilence has raw
aged our homes. and war has black
ened and devastated our beloved
State ; and yet amid all the mutations OF
! time. the prosecutions of enemies, and the
| apathy Of friends, she has steadily and per-
Seyeringlv pressed forward in her mission
| of friendship and brotherly love. and not
withStandng eleven Of her subordinate
Lodges were taken from her as a conse-
| qucnce of the descriptions occasioned by
the late civil war, she now numbers between
EIGHT and nine thousand sons, many of
them the best and pureSt men in our Com.
| monwcalth, whose zeal for the promotion
| Of the tcnctS of our institution is continually
| exhibiting itself in works Of charity. and in
the erection Of temples dedicated to uni
vcrSal bcnevolcnce. Under the benign in-
| tlucnce> of the teachings Of our institution
we entertain no apprehension that the
"bright example OF brethren dwelling to-
| ccthcr in unity" which has gildcd the past
OF our Grand Lodge, will lose any of its
| lllstre. hut feel assured that her future his
| tory will lie marked by the same devotion
to the principles Of Masonry which has
ever characterized her, and W hich has re-
suited thus far in gratifying success. My
brethren, the good you have done should
| encourage you, and the good you may yet
| 60 should operate us an incentive to q more
| dilCent SrharLc OF the duties incumbent
on YOU As MaSonS. In the language adj
| dressed to every one who enters our pOr.
! tails, | now say to you that to soothc the
unhappy, to sympathize with their misfor-
| tune. to compassionate their misereS, and
| 10 restore peace to their troubled minds, is
| the grand aim we have in view; and in
| this great and noble work in which YOU
are engaged without the hope Of fec or
| reward,
l '.Think not thc goot. the gentle
! Deeds Of mercy lh;'u II ;, done.
:iisil die forgotten ali. The poor. the prisoner,
| lhe iatherleSs. The tilendle,s. ami The wid w,
| y II daily own the bnGuty Of III ha1h,
shall cry 10 Heaven and pull blessing on thcc.'
As the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
| Of Virginia, | congratulate the Fraternity
| of Norfolk on the zeal which has animated
| them in the effort they are now making To
| rear a structure which will be q source OF
pride To all who are engaged in it. You
| have Just cause for rehabilitation, and |
trust that the unity which has heretofore
! prevailed in your ;lssembla"es will abide
| With you, and carry forward to completion
the work 80 au>piciou>ly begun to day.
| In behalf Of the Grand Lodge, l use this
occasion to express to you all her deep in
tereSt in your welfare us Masons and us
men: and she finds her honor promoted in
| your virtue, and her strength increased in
your numbers. She commcnds you to the
care Of that Providence that has sustained
her in all vicisSitudes; and sympathizing
| like kind mother in all your circum.
stances, she adopts the language Of her pa
iron Saint, and says, IL have no greater
gether in love-