The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-05-23
ST. LOUIS.
Married..


ST.. LOUIS, May 22.-Col. John l..
Kault, of Bloomington, Illinois, Secs
ond Assistant Postmaster-General, was
married Yesterday, at Decatur, 1llinois
to Mics Ida F. Pickerell, OF that CITY.
The newly married couple passed
through here last night enrou'e ior
Washington. ~.
Presbyterian General Assembly.
The second day OF the session OF the
Presbyterian General Assembly was
opened by prayer by the Moderator
Rev. S. J. Wilson, half an hour being
spent in devotional exercises. The
programme for the meetings PROVIDES
Tor two sessions each day, beginning at
9 A. NJ, and continuing till P. NJ, with
a recess from to 2 P. NJ. for luGch, the
second session TO be from to lOP'
The Moderator announced the ap-
pointment OF the following committees :
Bills and overluree, judicial, poIity OF
the church, home missions, foreign
missions, education, publication, church
erection, theological semInSrles,
ministerial relief, freedmen, suslentallon'
CORES pondence, benevolent, mileage,
finance, narration and leave OF absence,
The synodical records from large
number OF churches were handed 10
also, papers, memorials, overtures, &c,
which were referred to their approprl-
ate committees without reading. The
annual reports received from the boards
OF home missions, foreign missions, ed
ucation, publication, church erection
committees on relief fund, missions for
lreedmen, the sustentation fund, be-
nevolence and finance, trustees OF the
PRESBYTERIAN house and otthe general as
ssemby, treasurer OF general assembly
and the various theological seminaries
of the church. DR.. VIM. Breed, OF
Philadelphia, DR.. James l.. Robert
son and Judge Jas. l.. Drake, were APP
pointed committee TO select place
of meeting for the next General Assem-
bly,. A great par OF the morning ses-
sion was taken up in considering the
formula for the admission OF members
to the church, At the last stss'on OF
the assembly a formula had been pre-
sented by a committee and referred to
this assembly. Several members had
amendments to offer, and many had
new formulas made out. After con-
siderable discussion, on the motion OF
DR.. Niles, of Philadelphia, the whole
matter was referred to a committee OF
seven who were instructed TO report by
Monday noon, or sooner II possible,
On motion OF Rev. Howard Crosby, of
New York, all academic and CIVIC IL
ties were ordered to be omitted In the
records OF the assembly. At noon the
report OF the Committee on ConsoIda-
ton OF Church Boards, was taken mp.
1t contains the financial statistics OF the
several boards and committees, the
figures being taken from the minutes
OF the assembly Tor the year ending
May, 1873, and are aggregated AZ fol-
lows Salaries $60,660 printing, NC,
s24, ,967; travelling and office expenses,
-Sll,525 total expenses, SOS S97S +,
amount spent on the objects, $l2,5l5. o9;
total funds received for the year, 81, :
344, $40 dirided among the board' as
follows: Foreign Missions, 1852, 7I5 !;
Home Missions, s30,475; church erec-
ton, Sll0,774; eustentatiou, SlO,85S !
education, Sis, 900; ministerial relief,
sSl, ,3O2; freedmen, S54 ,26O; publics-
tons, s55,S96. The amount spent by
these boards is as follows Foreign Mis-
sions, $5l5,505; Home Missions, SD
O56 church erection, Sl0l, IA; sus-
tentation, SCI, ,4S2; education, $lO4 jS9;
ministerial relief, S74,3S5; freedmen,
S54. S34 publications, S5l, ,O46; total
Sl,25I,5S9. In regard to the consoi-
dation OF the different departments o.
work for the purpose OF increasing their
efficiency, the committee recommend
the establishment OF four distinct boards
for the oversight and control OF the
benevolent work which the church
carries on at home and abroad as fol-
lows: Board OF Foreign Missions
Board OF Home Missions, Board
OF Education and Relief and the
Board OF Publication. it is recon-
mended further that the standing Com
mittee on BeuevoIence and Finance be
discontinued.
A minority report was submitted by
DR.. Herrick johnson which provides
for the same boards as were recon
mended by the msjority report, with
the addition OF a Board OF Church
Erection. Both reports were received.