Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-06-12
EIGHTH DAY.
FRIDAY, May Doth, 1SI


On motion, the report of the Stand
ing Committee on Foreign Cores
pondence was taken up.
DIR. Matthews moved an indefinite
postponement, and the yeas and nays
were called for. The vote was taken
and resulted in "a yeas and S6 nays.
The vote on the question was order
ed to be taken at 9 o'clock p. M.
DIR. Pratt offered standing Rule for
adoption Tt shall be ont of order for
the expression of appreciation or dis
appreciation, by stamping of feet, clap
ping of hands or audible expression
The Rule was adopted unanimously.
By consent a communication from
DIR. Jos. II. Wilson was read.
With expressions of respect he re-
quested the Assembly to accept of his
resignation.
l. 1t is not possible for him to ad-
minister a trust when the authority
was taken away.
2. He was SO divided, in policy and
principle, from at least one member of
the Faculty, that harmony was des-
troyed.
3. God seems to indicate his duty
to accept call to Wilmington, n. G.
DIR. Girardeau, calling DIR. Smith to
the Chair, read the resignation of DR..
John B. Elder, as Professor in the
Theological Seminary at Columbia.
The designations of both these Pro-
fessors were referred to special COM
mittee to suggest a paper as the action
of the Assembly.
The majority report was adopted on
the call Of ayes and nays on vote of
IS to g.
On motion the blank, constituting
the committee to confer with COM
mittee from the Northern Assembly,
was ordered filed by the Moderator
The Assembly then took up the sub
ject of the relation to the Church of it's
baptized children.
DIR. Smith, of New Orleans, asked
leave to withdraw the last clause of the
report, which was granted.
On motion of DIR. B. NJ Smith, the
word "discipline' was stricken out and
the word obstruction inserted. The
report was then adopted.
Rev. DR.. Henry M. Smith presented
protest against tie action of the Gen
eral Assembly in appointing a Com
mites of Conference to meet Com
mittee of the Northern General AS
sembly, signed as follows:
B Nj Smith, r K Smoot, D A Camp
bell, J " Simpson, Chas + Reid, A W
Dinsmore, Isaac Long, A 81 Phillips,
J o Lindsay, John l. Yantis, X S Nc
Alhster, Geo W Ewell, J W Rabbs, H
f Hoyte, Chas + Collier, W l. Whit
| man, ID McNeill Turner, f Stringer,
| & III Rochester.
| The protest was ordered to be spread
upon the Record without answer.
Rev. DIR. Breck, of Kentucky, pre-
sented the Report of the Standing
| Committee on Publication, approving
! the action Of the Assembly's Commit
| tee of Publication, in the purchase ot
the buildings in the city OF Richmond
| Va, and advising the surrender OF
| the property to the Trustees appointed
under charter granted to the com
mittee by the General Assembly of the
/ State of Virginia; also recommending
| n collection to be taken up in all the
| churches on the first Sabbath of De
| cember next to aid the committee il
| the pres 4cution of their work. Placed
| on the docket.
The order of the day was taken ur
and the report of the committee on I'll Z
relations of the church to the Reform
church was received. The report re
commends the appointment of com
mittee, to consist of one Minister anC
one Elder, to meet the next Genera
Synod of the Reform church, 10 b'
held at Poughkeepsie, New York, OF
the Sd day of June next, to take mea
sures to complete a "co-operativ'
union" in all great enterprises of boil
churches, for the spread Of the Gospel
The report was considered seriatin
and adopted.
Rev. Mr.. Raymond presented tn
report of the Standing Committee o,
Sabbath Schools. The committee re