The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-15
VIRGINIA NEWS.
,u-,,c.c Annual Conference N. r.
<'EurCl:. south.

'., ,,,, we're filed yesterday morning and
ry members Of the Conference. AZ
r,tS i. VI. Bishop Pierce preached
e. ,,,f, and interesting sermon at the
>I;st ChGrch. OF which Rev. W. A.
=. naStor; alter which. = number Of
..ays we're ordained to the office of
At o'clock 7. NJ. Rev. DR.. Dun
..,e,hra the ordination sermon; alter
l,rrc class, who had been elected
.,.r.' orders. were ordained ny oiSnop
..,. assisted ~ Rev. DrS. Duncan, Mar
I.oma>. Head. and others. The lee
'.' t,f,,rrr,; in the Lutheran Church on
..~> mint lv Rev. Or. MunSey for the
a., = Tie district parsonage was de-
success. an amount sufficient being
..,i ~ relieve the parsonage from tnan-
ESTABLISHMENT.
rlYrn nays rSOCEFDlSGS.
O.. ~ slrly hour this morning large
80. was in attendance 10 witness the
gl.u,> of the Conference. which con-
\ The usual hour-BiShop Pierce
-'' .r~n?;:atc religions services were con-
..'.! IN Ecy. Or. McFurrin. :,
r.r,;,'nlitc> OF last session were read and
..~,Au,{.
-r.r REGULAR minute business was then
-..r.unI. and the Lexington district called,
,...... y : represented by Rev. Presiding
r...r Cur - nclnE III IN improved conol-
r.., characters Of RcvS. W. G. Coe, j.
... .u.nh Fiuly. ;. Townsend. y. Weller,
r. : IN Horn. W. Il. McNeer, John w.
.r...-. :. Il. Sna,r. W. III. Wilson, and L.
I,'i,. were examined and passed.
T.. Npoli,ld district was then called,
., gtfnn}gnir! on bv Rev. j. {. bier. The
sm,,hr> within lis bounds were repre-
.,n,rG in favorable light.
liz. character and official administration
f.. Yyr,,dgu. Elder Dice and Revs. Il. +.
.>ou. l.. ". Na>lup. j. Hiidebrand. j.
a.. j.s. J. Beatty. William Hedges. l.. ID.
EE.r. !. W. y clfo, and c. /. Torreyson,
Y,.rr, N4Mincd and passed.
t.erpmmlttrt, 20 whom was referred the
....r Il W. u. IllEcock reported that the
... .!rury sustained Ghc charges, aud lie was
,.,i...i.cG from the Conference.
!;rv. i. II. Waugh presented recon-
r.,n,!afion for the recognition OF elders
.. .-I.S Tor Rev. Geo. Moss.
mo character Of the following supernu-
,u.r...:cs WAS Examined. and their relation
'.,,iuurG: J. Newman Hank, J. {. Hum
r..r, i. y. spanger. George il. jefferson,
1Iwuld +. Ectnick, L. L. Frampon, Jehu
u.nn. John p. Hyde. Z. :. +. SiNeas. JAS.
I.--git, +. Mills. j. ". Botclcr, aud j. W.
Bal.
! letter each from RevS. r. y. Holland
and : II. Griffith WAS read, Informing the
conference. that they had severed their con-
action with il by becoming candidates for
..t.rs in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
IN. name of Daniel Ii. Parrish, who had
lied Guriugth year. was called, and refer
r.i e. the Committee on Memoirs.
~. MUu>cy moved that 4 committee OF
-..g.. he appointed on the death of Bishop
A.uIcw. The Chair appointed Rev. Drs.
Nuu,"y. Head. and Sargent.
ON melton Of Or. sargent, Rev. 2. Il.
Ntl.n.r. principal of tlin and Preston in
>.uGtr. located at Blacksburg, Va, adj
dressed the Conference i'll the INTERESTS of
tnut Institution. lie sad the college had
,.!u>uurc, Nryond the most Sanguine eX-
nr,tatiun> Of itS warmc>t friends: that 1t
n.u~; nu; jc regarded rs the rival Of Ran
dyiph Macon or Emory and Henry, but an
Institution demanded by the section OF
country il WAS intended 10 SubSerye, and
vas destined 10 succeed upon the basis Of
il own merit. The Conference was re-
4iio-trG to appoint two additional trustees.
On motion. 4 committee was appointed to
nominate delegates to the Sunday-School
Convention. " nictI cOnveneS III Nashville,
fem, in May next.
4 committee for the investigation Of the
u.
y.ri't for INSTRUMENTATION was made, was
n2rointrd, Of which Rev. DR.. uough is
chairman.
Or. McFcrrin requested that a committee
I've appointed to receive the funds designed
10 !Iguidate The old missionary debt.
Tie chair appointed T. J. Magruder.
= resolution offered in reference to stand
In, committees appointed by the Bishop,
was adopted.
The characters of Revs. Norval Wilson,
john l.. Gibbons, Henry Huffman, Elias
WITTY. and L. kriglo were examined and
passed. and they were continued in the SUI
pcrannuated relation.
\ resolution offered by Rev. S. Rogers in
relation 10 Rev. w. V. Tudor, deeply re-
grelting the necessity of his transfer to the
Louisiana Conference, was adopted.
The question "Where shall the next ses-
sion Of the Conference be held?' was
asked.
Tie following places We're put in nomi-
nation Warrcnton, Alexandria, Winches-
ter, stanton. Harrisonburg, and Salem.
After some discussion, the decision was
made unanimous in favor OF Warrenton,
Va.
Rev. W. G. Cross was granted leave OF
absence.
: committee on publishing interests re-
ASS
entire connection the literature Of the pub
li,hing-houSe Of which Rev. A. FL. Redtord,
u. D., Is agent.
Dr.. kcutord addressed the Conference,
and announced, as per recent arrangement,
the transfer OF the Southern Repieac to
Nashville, Tenn, at which place it is to be
published under the auspices OF the pub
clearinghouse.
The services of Rev. DR.. Poisal in the in
tcrests Of the Rerleac, and the energy dis
played by him in securing for it large sub
scription, was in the most complimentary
terms acknowledged.
Conference adjourned with the benedic-
ton by the Bishop. B.. S.
HIGHWAY Friday evening,
about dark, as Alpheus Wilson, ESD, OF
Portsmouth, was returning in his buggy
from his farm, near Shoulders Hill, I'D
Nansemond county, and was just tins side
Of Smoky town." about four miles from
the city, he met two negro men IN the
road, and, not suspecting anything, Kept
on by them, his horse going at walk but
Immediately upon passing him, one OF them
llrcd at him With pistol. the bail taking
effect in the back part OF his head, imnle-
diatcIy above the neck. He was thereby
rendered partially inseusible. The two
IuiHlns then ran up behind the buggy and,
catching him by the neck and shoulders,
dragged him out, and while one of them
was choking him to prevent an alarm,
the other robbed him OF gold watch and
chain, and his pOckct-book, containing $25
or $50 and some valuable papers. After
securing their booty they left him in the
road after while he recovered sufficient
strength TO make his way to store in the
vicinity OF GettS's Station, from which place
be was taken TO his home in this CITY. His
horse became frightened and ran off in the
heHnning Of the robbery. DR.. L. A. Bill