The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-09
== liter FROM STANTON
..o conference of Me'''et''ss
r'h" ,.csna, church So"th.
ornAy,s PROCEEDINGS.
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.rG>>r;|~' f'' Il" S-.r>ros, March 6, 1874.
,o, ! O'Clock 4. NJ. to-day, l
ArN'"h E,r,ah,c room and a an'e' nap
.>uad e~,'SG:,ap and hurried oil TO the
:; ' Inc. q :b1 Baltimore Mcthoo n r n
r.'.'o ~, hySt t~o days OF "l'S' p''>
f:~', ~ have al7cady had: uos;5;rc wifi,
;a@' >~" Ei.aop noeSeit preslu'ns MN
| rG ;,,cIca courtesy and hfmhcSs wulosI
rs; nl .,.;yr. him, and delegation OF aoou'
''s'1 1'nrdrct aud CITY present.. -, ,p o,
'"o ''" SI,o,,opsl exercises were lea oy hes.
Inc , ~, some preliminary matters at
' ssh TO-, o. and The roll Of delegates 'S''ea as
fo1,wr: bishop y. 5. Doggctt. George
F'n,S''' 1.,nc. +. Armstrong. *. Arbo-
j. A,t ,,.I,;',,, : Baird. l.. II. Baldwin, Ben
eas;' M'" i,"n pshncy Ball. NJ. G. Baltbis.
l'a"n I MAJ. James Beatty, Henry d.
H!Nr' u n,,,rIy W. Bond, Aaron Boone,
Hi>lHp, - Poe Boude, William h.
" 'I |norro c. Brooke. Thomas w.
Bo!r, 1bo,n.s Hrilcy. Ezra +. buSey, Da-
BOW" .,ss !'.onrs.as But. Shannon r.
v" ''S i'qqc ". Cantcr. John w.
h"''' Thou,ss F.. Carson. William L
tSm'" l.. Clarke. William &. Coes D.
S u r,,,r,cu. samuel X. Cox. L. II. trtn-
w. W. CnclcubcrSer. {. l.: Cameron,
io'N' ~ Davis, John {. Dice. Adam u. Dol
t'>'L, - - u prilT. lefl. w. Dutfcy. J. Har-
>! pwlaac,. E:>.stus Is: Duncan, Wl:liani
r.rIclep. j. J. Eu:!le, 4. 4. EsKr'uSe'
a. ~, y. tt,hi>ou, J. W. Evan, ); u. FeI-
". J. f. Fitzpatrick, a. . t@aeFty, =.
Z ,.n'srslse. !. 2. Friiin. i.afa! ette r OK
go a. Fgrr, Games :. Gardner, II: a. Ga
~ 53Nn /. Gilbert. l.. h, GrSy1ll.
,,.ir. i. cTaatiN, }. n: Gray, Iho'
WA, 4. Grab, 5. V. Hadds~ay, =.
I.'' i;,n We,icy Hammond, W. G.
u.r,,1nnf. lcuu llsnk. j. \. Hank, VIII
t n',,'i y. l,.rpcr. Williamson Harris, L..
~ ;,n'' Iia,.!rr Nelson Head, William Hedges,
- - J,er-v. +. +. lic'cr!cS, James Hig-
H. ~ rurr71 ;. Ul.!!s, Thomas Hildebrand,
49, a.. J, liner. Henry Hclfmsn. r. r. ).
,J,,.'.r / { hummer, J. 5. Hutchinson, j..
- W,I. John Hammond, llolromSe Joseph,
ta,r',r 2, jefferson. II. +. johnson, Louis
y I1rc. CHARLES A. joyce, H.H. kennedy,
s.~rrI hfper, =. A. Kern, II. ". kinzer,
I1",, =. kn,sh., L. l.. kregloe, John Land
.,,a,., ! r. ligce,t, George W. Lightner,
= + IiplhKytn, l.. l.. Lloyd. W. l.. Lynch,
Vim & Hsln7, }. II. March, J. 5. Martin, a.
p T,rtir e.!< &. Martin. Gibson Mauzy,J.
= N,yNtl. ". A. Mcdonald, A. G. Nc
S,,r, ". l.. McNccr, +. \. Mercer, Gotllee
u.,,rs l.. {. Miller, W. r. Miller, +. VI.
SIiii. 1. A. =. Neal, L. d. Nixon, William
J. Perry. II. c. Pi;zer, John Poisa', j. 5.
Potter. William ). Quinn. }. ID. Reese,
Samuel Register, T. Ii. Richey, A. w. Robey,
SG.ucl Rogers. Robert Ross, William ..
En,.. :. S. Ry der. I. Is. Sargent, William
p ,..sr, J. c. Scdcwick. +. Fl. Ship!ey, j. l..
shi,lrv, r. :. Shrcrc, z. ). +. Sixeas, Z. K.
Smith. J. Z. Smith. j. T. Smith, ?. b. smith,
Robert Smith, Rumsey SDiithSoD, 5. K.
spgpp. J. n. Spanelcr, J. W. Steele, George
Stevenson, II. AZ. Striker, +. W. Strinser,
= a. STROLLER, Ii. A. Taylor, +. c. TebbS,
!. II. Tempk. David Thomas, j. w.
Tongue c. L. Torreyson, S. Townsend,
George s. TYLER. J. +. Vanhorn, Washing
ion Warner, William A. Wade, W. w.
Waits, A. Ii. Way, Addison Weller, Elias
W"l'z, V. W. Wheeler. w. H. Wheeright,
PHI. Wh,sues, J. F. Williams, 4. w. Viii.
con. Norvsl Wilson, r. II. Wilson, William
Il. Wilson, J. Il. Wolfe, j. W. Wolfe,
George II. ZIMMERMAN.
TIE following are the names Of the 5-
Lag Deleoatss.-Rey. Z. B. PrettymaD,
J. ". PearrG. J. B. Ray, G. Shipley, T. j.
Hsgruder, Z. Cxrback, ID. Clements, j. T..
Bradford. W. P. Conway, l.. w. S. Hough,
" Deny, X. shugart. W. H. Richard,
0. +. HieronimuR, Rev. W. Mines, Jr., J.
T. Evnns. George 0. Conrad. J. w. Falle-
Dony. A. L. Pitzer, J. W. c. Davis, j. Mob
Ter. ". w. Ballard, George Law, Frank
Hereford. 3. A. B4ker, William Overholt,
Rev. A. Thurman, 0. Hamilton, j. koiner,
A. y. Tarquarr, &. ". Washington, Joseph
HendricEson, W. Al. Price.
ne c0ns,So.es for admission on trial are
B. K. Fripp, W. W. Hedrick, Henry T.
Waits. Rufus Wheeler, Daniel L. Rush, A.
c. ucarhears, J. F. Baggs, Charles E. Sim.
nlol>, J. K. Andrew, II. W. Leslie, Asbury
Register, Robert Hieronimus, John w
Shreye, o. F. Burgess, Thomas &. hewitt
ami Michael Scanan.
Among tie visitors to the Conference We
D0tc:
Rev. Dy. Duncan and Rev. A. G. Brown
Of Randolph Macon College; Rev. DR.. Ben
nett OF Richmond Rev. +. n. Blogg: Rev
Or. Ncterrip. Rev. DR.. BEDFORD, and Rev
nr. Haygood, Of Nashville {: Rev. George
". Motley aud Rev. DR.. RoSSer, Of Rich.
nond, and Rev. A. Q. Hartman.
After attending to some matters Of rou
line, Rev. Arthur Smithson was transferred
from tuis 10 the Illinois Conference.
The following visitors were introduced to
thc Conference and invited to seats within
the bar
Rev. j. William Jones, Of Richmond
htY. DR.. Duncan, president Of Randolph
AacoE Cosege; Rev. Hr. Hullien, rector o
Iae Episcopal church, Staunton; and Rev
y. T.. Baker, pastor Of the Presbyterian
church.
Nr. Baker said that as the oldest pastor ir
the city he desired to extend to the Confer.
snce most cordial welcome to Staunton
anu 10 express the earnest hope that The
solnng Of The brethren to the homes Of thu
people may prove rich blessing to all of thu
cal!fches ano congregations.
When visitor is introduced he is brought
forward TO the pulpit, the Bishop welcome:
nm With 4 few appropriate words, and in
PRODUCES him 10 the Conference who receive
INN Standing.
Al each annual session Of Conference
there is AZ examination of the character o.
each minister, which simply means that in
quiFS Is made as to the ministerial aud mo.
["i character Of each one. This order wa:
CARGO ana partially attended TO on yesterday
re examination of character" was re
su!hed this morning, the Winchester district
seins first called.
Tue presiding elder, Rev. w. Fl. Wheel
virgin, renewed his request of yesterday tt
" paced on the "supernumerary list.
lie sad that while be appreciated the very
great Kindness OF his brethren in insisting
upon his retaining his present relationship,
and While be would go forth, hike Abraham,
0! "!d, not knowing whittier he went, he
YOU'D sill try to 60 with something Of
AoiAhain's faith, ana deemed it just to all
ptl'e> hat ne in>ist upon assuming the "su.
ptIhuEerary" relation. II
Inc Conference unanimously refused tc
sian. MS request to be put ON the ''super.
SunelaEy list (Which would have given