The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-22

fyrom the Dispatch special rcporter.]
DAsvtlAE November %, 1875.
<,..,rorcn met pursuant TO adjournment,
p;sh,n McTyeire 10 the chair. :.
Tny + J. Boggs, recently transferred
,hn SouthwcS. Missouri Conference
.,ndrcted religious services. =
We, Local Preachers are Elected 10
Deacoa's Orders"
rJgsrd c, Robinson, from Amelia circuit,
,,n-ovAIe district. was recommended and
n,.ncd 10 ordination.
e'E TO- name of Alfred Stablss, who was
o,.,,ed 4, the last session OF this conference
:, asqcou's orders, was reported. be IS
nrescat for ordination.
fT6sart D. Barnett, Of Cambridge sta.
.;on Eastern Shore district, was elected to
ordlnation.
Iahn ". Parish. OF West Amherst circuit,
JyDchburg district, was elected TO oroina-
wv ", W. Roysl, OF West Point station,
pirbnond district, was elected to ordlna-
ton. ... ...s..1,., !,
Eller'S Orders."a.
William G. Clark, OF Fluvsnpa circuit.
Charlottesville district; James II. Barnes and
p Y. Rowlett. Of Amelia circuit, Farmvillc
d;s,ric,: and John W. Sypcoe. of Wesley
chan! station. Petersburg district, were
elected 10 ordination.
.Taln ~. Amcs, lay delegate from Norfolk
C;Ty'.ii. reported.
James l.. Fisher, of Monumental-Street
s,q,ian, Portsmouth. desired recognition OF
hi. rldcr's orders. Il was granted.
John 5. Russell desired recognition of bis
dcicou's orders. He is from what claims TO
/, The Methodist Protestant Church 10 Eir.
ginis.
i-,ed in Virginia.
". 4. Croker informed the Conference
tina, The former Methodist Protestant Church
in Virginia declined to grant this applicant
dccon's orders. rs they did not regard him
=, suitable person to ELL that responsible
Office.
BISHOP McTye:re stated that he desired it
n be- distinctly understood that the Metho-
di,, Protestant Church in Virginia that had
united with the Virginia Annual Conference
wss in no way whatever responsible for the
urcscu, status 0! the applicant for the recog-
milton Of bis orders.
DR.. John c. Grsnbery, OF the vanderbilt
University, is in attendance.
Question 20. "Are all the preachers blame
less In their life and official adn'tniStra'
lion? ?"
The following passed: Fl. c. Cheatham, J..
F. Twitty, J. 5. Hunter, j. t. Weaver, y.
Manning, j. 5. K. Clarke, j. o. Moss, George
II. Ray. j. Jameson, j. Lear, 7. NJ. Beck
ham, u. NJ. Wallace, J. w. Blncoe, j. T..
Lurpkin, J. =. Woodward, and =. White
head.
EDUCATIONAL BOARD.
Rev. d. 7. Wills, president of the Preach.
ers' Educational Board, reported balance
in the treasury at the last Conference OF one
hundred and ninety-fye dollars. Has col
lected during the year i've hundred and fifty.
nine dollars and eighty.three cents, with
which amount five young men have been
carried through college for ten months and
three others assisted iu whole or in part from
September to December, 1873.
The treasury is now nearly empty, only
continuing SG510. About $500 was sub.
scribed at the Conference In Elizabeth City
only about $500 of which has been paid. A!
the last meeting Of the Board there were Q
number of applicants worthy and well recon-
mended who could nos be received on &C
count OF lack Of funds, as we are resolved
no, to 90 in debt. They only succeeded by
hard work and hard praying in meeting
their demands. Some time since the presi
dent lacked $50, and payment was nearly
due, and vet after vigorous effort he saw nc
way Of relief; resorted 10 prayer, and few
DAYS before payment gentleman, not Me
thodist, and not living in Virginia, came
into bis Office and handed him exactly $50
Thi, is regular Muller style. Is it not the
duty Of the Church to educate our young
men called to the ministry? We ind that
God is calling more OF The destitute and un'
educated men to the ministry than of any
other class.
The following resolutions were offered
and passed:
!. That the Conference does most deci.
dediy appfove OF this work.
.. That the President be authorized to
appoint some one in every church 10 The
Conference to solicit and receive subscrp.
tons for this Object. .s..
8. That we now take up q collection for
this object.
About two hundred and fifty dollars were
raised.
AN ASosYMoUs CARD,
addressed TO Rev. f. NJ. Edwards, impugn-
ing the official administration Of the board
of stewards of WaShingt on-Street church,
Petersburg was read. 1t was called forth
bynn article in the Richmond Ch''1stldn al
vccate, in which Mr.. Edwards called upon
the writer, in previous No. Of the Adrocate,
sigriug himself Simon ScruggS, to either re-
tract or make good his implications OF dis
honesty of character in more than intimating
that the board OF stewards and ministers
knew how he gave an improper direction to
the funds collected for the missionary and
other benevolent enterprises Of the church.
d.. Lee said that II he was member OF
this body he ought either manfuliy to retract
Or make good bis charge.
Several members yindicated the character
of the Washington-St brethren as being
above not only reproacb, but above susp!-
cion.
William T. Davis said that with the excep-
ton Of the basket. collection be kept re-
cord Of every cent received, and from whom
received, and how applied.
The card was brought out BY the call OF
Rev. W. W. Duncan, pastor.
Bishop McTyeire said that had ne known
that there WIS no name attached to The caro-
he would by no means have allowed it to
have been read, as no responsibility attaches
TO anonymous writers.