Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-23

for the assembly's expenses, and TO
pay each commissioner an amount
equal to half of his travelling expenses
to and fro. No money to be paid,
however, to a commissioner whose
presbytcry is in arrears.
THE COMMITTEE ON DIGEST
reported and asked further time to
complete the digest. Adopted.
A resolution to fix the salary of the
corresponding secretary and superin-
tendeRt at $500 per annum was
tabled.
DIR. Poindcxtcr's resolution to have
the board of publications prepare an
enlarged manual was rejected.
Rev. Samuel Patton's resolution, to
have each minister collect % cents
twice each year from every member of
his congregation for missions, was
voted down.
A NIGHT SESSION
was held at $50 o'clock.
RESOLUTIONS.
A resolution was adopted to call all
ministers to account for failure to
comply with the acts of the general
assembly.
A resolution was laid on the table,
offered by the Rev. 0. E. Hart, to
contribute to the foreign mission fund
an amount equal to hal expended by
the assembly for tobacco during the
past twelve months.
A resolution to conduct fr~aternal
relations with other religious bodies
only by epistolary correspondence, was
laid on the table.
A resolution was adopted, offered by
the Rev. j. G.. White, the tract dis
tributor, censuring moderators and
synods for not presenting their rec
ords to the assembly,
A resolution was adopted to with
hold the minutes of the assembly from
presbyteries 10 arrears to the contin-
gent fund.
A resolution was adopted regarding
moneys collected for the board of mis-
sions, and directing its proper separa-
ton from moneys intended for presby
terial and synodical purposes.
The delegate to the Presbyterian
Church Of the United States was
directed to prepare his greetings to
that body in writing.
The treasurer's report exhibited a
balance on hand of $3.50.
JUDICIARY AGAIN.
To the third days meeting of the
next general assembly was referred
the question of whether or not a con-
gregation has a right to retire elders
from official duty. This question came
up from the Obion presbytery. u .dt
The rresbytery of Searcy, Ark.
asked to have certain articles revised
regarding trials of church members.
Granted. gf
The memorial of Rev. o. +. Belts
asking a letter for a church member
was granted.
A resolution offered by Rev. c. S.
McLOskey at the last assembly was
decided to be an abstract question
and no action was taken.
THANKS, MANY THANKS.
The assembly, by a rising yste, ex-
pressed sincere and hearty thanks to
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
of Memphis, for entertainment and
Inequalities, to the ministers and
churches of Memphis fer their well
come invitation to occupy their pull
pits, to the railroad and steamboat
lines for courteous favOrs, to the press
of the city for reports and notices, to
Colonel Simeon i. Barinds for dis
patches sent broadcast over the land
and printed elsewhere, and to the
stated clerk and his assistants. The
assembly also accepted thanks offered
by the congregation of Court Street
Presbyterian Church for its mark OF
distinction in holding its session with
in their church.
After this the moderator, J.. S.
Order, spoke feelingIy of the digni-
fed manner in which the assembly
proceedings had been conducted and
of the entire absence of unkindly SEN
timents. He proposed the song,
Shall We Gather at the River" in
which all Joined. He next declared
the assembly dissolved, to be again
convened at Evansville, Ind, May q,
1880. The closing prayer was offered
by Rev. DR.. Patton, the moderator
gave the benediction and the assembly
stood adjourned until next year.
STYLES OF HATS.
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