The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-09

declared to be appropriate to clergymcn so
ministering be: list, for bishops the present
Episcopal robes /; I'd, for all ministers a
white surplice, black or white stole,
black cassock not reaching below the an
kles, and black gown and bands. :.
They also recommend that provision be
made: LIST, that on occasions OF service
where expediency or necessity of health
may require it, the University cap may be
used I'd, that candidates for orders, who
are licensed to act as lay readers, may use
the academical black gown.
The committee further unanimously re-
commended that action be taken to carry
out in such manner as may secure its OBJ
servance, the principle declared in the Sc
cond resolution sent to this House by the
House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, at the
General Convention of 1868, to wit sin
all matters doubtful reference shall be made
to the Ordinary, and no charges shall be
made against the Cody counsel and judg-
ment of the Bishop"
In conclusion, the committee recommend
the adoption Of the following resolutions:
Resolved, That this report be communicated to
the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies.
Resolved, (the House of Clerical and Lay Depu-
ties concurring) That joint committee, consist
ing of three bishops, .presbyters, and three
laymen, be appointed, to whom the subject mat
ter of this report shall be referred, with direc-
tions to report to this Convention at as early
day as practicable such canon they may deem
necessary in the premises.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
[Signedl Alfred Lee, j. Williams, I. M.
Clark, w. N. Odenheimer, j. B. Kerfoot.
Accompanying the foregoing report are
the following resolutions:
Resolved, That in view Of the gravity of the
subject and its bearings the House is unprepared
for immediate action on the report submitted by
its Committee on Ritual Uniformity, without
previous consideration of the in joint conf
mittee of the two Houses of the Convention.
Resolped (the House of Clerical and Lay Depu-
ties concurring). That joint committee be APP
pointed for consideration of the above-named re-
port of the Committee of the House of Bishops
concerning the ritual, and to report, If any, what
action may properly be taken in the premises.
Action was postponed until Tuesday.
From Washington.
POSTAL TREATY WITH GERMANY--AP-
EQUIPMENTS.
Washington, October THE postal
treaty with the German Empire was signed
here to-day. f
Several appointments were made to-day !;
none Of them, however, affecting the South.
Major Junius Ii. Wheeler, of the Engineer
Corps, has been appointed Professor Of En-
gineering at West Point, vice Professor
Mahane, deceased.
COMMISSIONERS TO THE CENTENNIAL
ANNIVERSARY.
Washington, October Alexander R..
Boteler and Andrew j. Sweeney have
been appointed by the President as COM
missoners from West Virginia to the Cen
tennial Anniversary of American Inde-
pendence in 1876.
| From San Francisco.
of the escaped Nevada convicts have been
captured and put in Jail here.
| The steamer Arizona has arrived from
China, with 1,751 tons of tea, silks, and
other merchandise, for New York, St..
Louis, and Chicago, comprising 24,90S
packages.
Dcfaulting Collector Convicted.
Baltimore, Oct. 1.-THE jury in the case
of Bowerman, the late deputy collector,
rendered verdict of guilty in four counts,
and innocent in one count, of the indict-
ment against him. Sentence has been de-
ferred.
The Cuban Insurrection.
Neao York, Oct. 7.--Cabral and staff,
narrowly escaping capture, were driven to
the Haytien frontier. Cabral re-organized
his forces and drove Baez back. Baez shot
his prisoners in his retreat.
Wife, Murder and Suicide.
Neao York, October Julius Steinman,
larger beer saloon-keeper, killed his wife
to-day, and then hanged himself.
From France.
ALGERIAN RESURRECTION, ETC.
Paris, October THE Court of Revi-
sion, to which Rossel appealed, sentenced
him to death.
The Algerian agitations continue, and
apprehensions are entertained that the
abandonment of the colony will be neces-
sary.
The Republican journals demand that
Theirs take prompt measures to suppress
the Bonapartist conspiracies.
From Spain.
Madrid, October 1.-THE Minister of
State has telegraphed to the Captain
General of Cuba that the necessary rein
| forcements will be forwarded promptly
W upiiolu tiie lidtlOudl authority ana pre-
serve the integrity of the Spanish domin-
ions.
From London.
LITERARY PIRACY CONDEMNED, ETC.
London, October Literary piracy
provokes sharp newspaper controversy,
which is very severe upon American pub
fishers. An international copyright system
is strongly advocated.
The ship England" from Quebec for
Liverpool, has been abandoned at sea.
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