Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-05-26
pre.by yterian aenasl Assembly,.

fresoyeefian uenezN Assena
sCEEvEIASD, o., N.y The com.
mittee appointed by The last general
conference.of the Presby TN; Assem-.
bly, to cufcr with si1 s. sommit-
tee Of the Southern PfsSS sians, 7
yesterday submitted a report, which
was, after warm discussion, adom-
ed. 1t starts out with stating that
the conference 'lasted several days,
and was characterized BY calmness
and christian courtesy. The commit
tee submitted several propositions to
the southern delegation, setting forth
that the acts Of the northern assem-.
-blies complained of by those OF the
south weresnnl and :yoid, as fat gss;
they aIe disS Pysd, md regretted thst.
tAsy cdaidd JeAK hij Judgment a,ppoh'
these acts nor express any opinion as
to their character. They desired that
such acts he considered in q spirit Of
charity, and dassurel.the brethren that
the northern Presbytcrians had entire
faith in the soundness of the. doctrine
of the church south. They would not
ehave sought fratcrnal relations with
those who believed in caurel, organ
ization in the interests Of slavery.
The committee stated that all these
declarations did not satisfy the south
er assemb who asked the commit:
Fte1ato say something like this: That
these obnoxious things were said and
done in times Of high excitement; that
they are to be regretted and held now
in a calm review Of the imputations
cast upon the southern church arc
disspproved. This, Of course, the
cnnmittee could not, and therefore
they were disappointed sin Their own
personal desire to eStablish frats
relation. ~ y .3 as.s5s ss 81,
In the p Presbyterian Assea,I ys r. 3
morning an lns,,ccessful attelnpt
made te-have the Actioa az ii = e 9, iIa 4
bly, on .confere1ee committe b 4 ljIiI .
recopsidered. oluta s. 8 - IS
Eadoptea rec commend u mini s ZEN
orally to,lead tk1 e. lcbes TO pray
for ayeftion Of the gral 56o 15er plague
in the west. The committee on home
nissions made a.report. q
-lR Presbyterian general assembly
tets meraiRg report Of COMMITTEES, on.
mission was. submitted, 1t has been.
unsuccessful financially, and is iii debt.
The home department, which was
concluded by pledges. Cor support At
last assembly, has succeeded more,
tiisU during previous years. Ninety
three churches have been organized,
and IS made self supporting: The
remainder Of the morning session was
devoted to the discussion of commit
tees, which lasted till adjournment.
The afternoon was wholly occupied
with discussions, and reports OF COM
n10ees were adopted. The evening
Es6ton was also devoted to discus.
tstbaE. No business transacte d.
SOUTH.
| ST. LOUIS, May 5.-h the Presby-
terlan S1eneral Assembly To-Day, the
scommittce TO whom was referred the
matter, reported resolutions declaring
that while they regretted that the
+cRaierence Of the committee Of church.
Ss.ip the north and south at Baltimore
last January, had been fruitless, they
nevertheless heartily endorsed the ac.
tion Of. their committee as tile only
ono which they could have taken. so
Most Of the evening session Of the
Presbyterian assembly was devoted
to reading records in the Wilsonrcase
At the meeting in the interest Of for.
eign missions held tonight, speeches
were made by Rev. .-E. Nilsson, late
missionary to Brazil, and others.
CRIME, e