, 1877-05-17
Meeting Of tho General Assembly Of the
Presbyterian Church.
Programme for To-Day's Scrviccs-..List
of Ministerial and Lay Com.
mtssioners.
Meeting Of the Trustees and Visitors Of
the Garrett Theological Institute.
Discussing ths Financial 0utfeak.-.taek Of liar.
nonJ Between Receipts and Expenses.



MEETING or TIM uENnRAL ASSEMBLY.
Tha preparations for tho annual meeting Of tho
Presbyterian General Assembly, which will be
called 10 order ia Fsrweli 1Iall at11 o'clock this
morning, arc all msdr and the only thing tho COM
1n'seoners Will have to do will BE- 10 seats
Ani commence business. For the past week, ow-
Ing TO Tho failure at church people to promptly
offer accommodations for thc Visiting brethren tho
Committee Of Arrangements have becn much an
no1cd At the prospect Of not being able 10 provide
entertainment for NIL tho strangers. As han been
before stated IN TUE Tn,husr, only s., 600 has
-hocn set assde this year for the payment Of boArl
bills, and this amount will not 20 very
for In taking care OF hundred men for two weeks
at hotals. When tho Committee went over their
book Of assignments yesterday morning they found
that there were ctghty.two Commissioners unpro-
vided for. Quite number OF Offers Of rooms
were, however. received dnfsng the day; bat at
O'Clock last evening there weto forty c1csEymcu
. and Elhcrs In Secretary Turplna room wondering
nsy 1Sf g sf s S,a .e
!: . prvsto houscs @ '', and tho test to boasding.
sse now Ts Esdi Sa q se
pected that thcre WILL quite number como 10 TO-
,.tse ao hs,s H vorKed @ vesy Ill., Id hsve done
.sss ,sS's ssSR's, ;ss 1s'b,'s'.a' ef eSs'so 10
Up 10 5esteri.y aftsrnoon esout 100 o, the Com.
n. arrived The svsn'os trains
msnF Of whom went to liz hotels 10 remain
af asss ssshs .sopt III Ia r's5 a,. oHis sse ss
/ Paelde twenty Of. 20, tho Sherman Hoase
y s.1 ns .e9nt ] At ;.t ;s, t. S.
nhout quo in ali. In adltikton 10 these, in ths
neighborhood OF 100 Secretaries, members Of
hoards. ctc:, from different parts Of the country
will attend tho 'e.1'"a,; .;soasozuryrs;
Tho % oof q na VII b. Geeusa
being ope1s to Jefferson. There viii be Gowcset,
ss. a'p' 90 's'''lea' s.ee'. on some 'pss'' ossa.
pest.onitc haa bctn cstab'i.hei q i3o borsoilec,
wheto III ietera addres.si 70 ths A..emblJ Uni be
,delys1sd Ths Office will resemble tho ono located
seoa!d perlsp. be .tate. in order Il, to eortce.
inst ia tde seeond PfesSyiesian Church an md Id.
%:ssnSy sajea5asS y ,ness - tas!s I sser;sst tSs
j rssatly. e -
ss s;';ss * :': 3 :'::s ~ ;s
st Ts:a 81. VI III e iss In asS
II; i =! ,ss:s: i
81 sss sis sssas s
$ssP $n. Put any 2' s"a, a' ss'0 ss
iss:i:es et seass ssss'a sSs;s e
nny sps5e ting at m afternoon session, some nnsi.
liz il impossible to foreshadow. In the evening the
kEacFAmtAt OF the Lords Suppef will DO admins.
ltered to tho Observation-Disclosures '' ~ "'''-
rim rnt nw1wn ia rf1r opr,n,.1.uo,t
.of the Goncral Assembly. corrected to dAa0:
orFtckks.
The 1tdY. E, F. Hatfield. d. L., Stated Clerk and
IL iEs1. Cru. p,ex.on D. D., rermanen. c,s,t
= sTnoss Snaa'ssloSi'a: ~ snnssr. ....,.
Ajbsny-SInteeryt ~ teoyeo ifsfkncse Aoeon j. tJpNou
ID. u, Jar.rs d, k, Mcclure KlirF1 Ala waterman
William Tl]lluYheat, Archibald NcClurc.
Cbanlpisjn- -Sinjster iienFY Il W9tisr Elder Keubcn
Wha!t0a.
1.siney. '0"A - 4''''' f''4s' 0@A'as' "
Cook. C1IfIn Ii, Sins. UayJ ts,wcl.
:: Catawbs-MlntstcY iIobert H. Hail. ElAer ftarvnv
.t3Eisf.
I!eaS F'HafmA"''ef 81a1, chsfea o. ssll'oK' Elder
, Esi.teid-Ninistnr willard ft,c,,snjsrn
S*lInists. I,ssnt - II TWsfis Et5.r rto, IL