Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-05-23
Strong Resolutions Denunciatory
:of Sectarianism in Public i
Schools.
The Deyastations Of GrassAaS
s .pers in Missouri.
And Various Other Items Of interest.
Presbyterian iaeaerl h.emblY..

Sr. LOUIS, MAY 2e2.-ln the Pres.
by,erian general assembly Jas. III.
Campbell was elected president; Rev.
.Jno. Douglass, vice president; Joshua
Inslcy, secretary and treasurer. The
report OH education was 4efarred to-
the committee. Have rDcaind ovrr
sl5,000 during the year. The debt
of the educational bureau is thirty
five hundred dollars. Number OF
candidates fort the, ministry 10. The
committee ons publications pre-
scntea spors Ihc -@mmittce re:
port receipts $4,000 in church con-
tributions; s34, 900 from sales of mer-
chandise, and $4,000 from other sour.
, ces. Disbursements, ss5S,O00. The
endowment fund amounts to $780,
600.
Savannah, Georgia, ,swssslsctcd as
,ss es,i4s1 p,,Gs ssssn{G sS5 the next
Gen. James p. Logan, Of Illinois,
delegate from Cumberland Presby-
tcrian assembly now in session Fat
Jefferson, Texas, was introduced, and
made an address to the assembly.
He gave the; history of that church
and statedits present PROSPECTS. Mr..
ga..-said church -sympthiZed
with the southern Plcsbyterians. The
churches were similar and had simi.
lar fields Of labor. He deplored sec
tarianism though lie believed, in de-
nominatids1 Modefaloi Hodge
heartily endorsed the sediments :. -
CLEVELAND, May 2222.- The after.
noon session Of the Presbyterian gen:
grail assembly resolved to hold ses.
Sion Sunday. esprit in the churches
and their work. bsi,R las ttea,e o.
prayer and remark tomorrow. Wis
iting cl.rgymen will fill various pul
pits Of tie city and nsEhbos4ood
towns. :
= CLEVELAND, o., May 222.-Presby
terian >General Assembly met thi.
morning at nine o'clock. After rou
Il tine ba,ias,s, n Es xk. b,ss, ,sss,,, 9
tion: ss1 ssa s.a
Reso1oed, That the continuous, per
sistcnt and repeated efforts made y,
the feapisttss throughout country
under tutilage, direction and advice
Of the Papal Hierarchy, to obtail
control OF tue school fund of the sev
cral states of-the Union, OF to have
portion qk1e fun diyer q ron III
legitimate uses 10 Nhfoh & is pledged
in order to devote the money to tn
support of Papist schools, demand
from all protestant Christians Of a
denomination and:evcry citizen Of tn
United States, opposed to the unio
of church and state, resolute, detel
mined and combined effort and ii
creasing watchfulness to prevent III
success Of the insidiops sttenpt Aein
made in this countryNby adherents (
papacy to secure control Of scho,
money; and it is hereby recommends
by the gctsasl assepAy pf the Pre-
byterian church that all attempts I
subvert our schools or divert any pc
ton Of the various school funds in an
the states to the use Cf<any chure
or sect, should be resisted aud pr.
vented by a4Aono1s sle Na
Reso1sf Tat 4, oessrk of y
Godless'schnols, can, with more justie
audpropriety,be applied TO the schoo
they have instituted in the place
common schools. In the schools
our country the pure;word Of Cpd
read without comment, while IA, 4
papal schools the Bible is exd,d
and the dogssas and traditions oi m.
are substituted for the Coilman
mcnts Of God.
The rcmaiader Of the morning 9,
sion was occupied n considering Il
REPORT OF, the committee on wo
among the freedmen Of tue south.
. a u a..s.. : 4 --.sAal.i
PsNtical. !, ss2.
Akron, e:,T May aaa-'Ts.e tepu
lican convention for Summit count
held to-day, passed tho following :
olutions unanimously:
Resolesll, That delegates fre
Summit cont = To- a q Ia sysnt!!
= be instructed Is favor an anti.thi
term plank in the platform to be ado
ed at that convtnelstf. fA~s
Do.nl,rI That said delegates