The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-12
Pan PresbYterian.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE GREAT COUNCIL TO
HELD IN PHILADELPHIA.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE GREAT COUNCIL TO BE
HELD IN PHILADELPHIA.
philadelphia Press.l
Preparations for the coming Pan Presby-
terian Council, which will open In this city
on september 22d, are being completed by
the different committees appointed Tor the
purpose. The Business Committee OF Pro-
pramme Committee has issued the follow
| ing circular:
Visitors may avail themselves OF summer
excursion tickets issued by the trunk lines
east OF Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and New
Jersey seaside resorts which pass through
Philadelphia, and which are good to come
upon to October 1st, and TO return TO No
yember 1st. Specific information can be OBJ
tanned at railroad stations. Should reduced
rates be obtained for delegates they will be
announced.
The Presbyterian Board OF Publication
House, No. 1884 Chestnut street, Will be the
| headquarters of the committees, where dele
gates and those appointed to read papers
are requested to report Immediately on ar
rival and register, and be assigned their
places OF entertainment.
Visitors tc the Council, by applying at
| the same place personally OIL their arrival
in the city, can obtain information OF and be
introduced to clearinghouse and hotels
willing to accommodate them at rates vary
ing from 81 10 SO per day.
Al the Academy OF the Fine Arts on
Wednesday evening, September 22d, at {
o'clock, the members of the Council will be
received socially by the Governor OF the
State and the Mayor Of the city.
At the Academy OF Music, on Thursday,
September 90, at IL O'Clock A. NJ, the
openinc sermon will be preached by the
Rev. william NJ. Paxton, ID. d.
| The Council will hold its first session on
the afternoon OF the same day, in Horticu
tural Hail, at $50 O'Clock.
The address of welcome by the Rev. Will
liam p. Breed, ID. ID.
| The Churches represented and the dele
gates appointed have been classified as foi'
| lows: /. The Continent OF Europe. 2. The
United Kingdom OF Great Britain and Ire
land. 3. The United States OF America. 4
The British Colonies and Dependencies.
The following is the list OF delegates as
far as the names have been received:
. Presbyterian Church in the United
States (Southernj-Revs.J j. X. Wilson, d.
| d., Wilmington, IN. c.; Joseph b. STRAIT
ton. ID. d., Natchez, Miss. Benjamin NJ.
Palmer, D. d., New Orleans, La; James
Woodrow, d. ~ Columbia, S. c.; Charles
A. Stillman, D.M Tuscaloosa, Ala. John
Leighton Wilson, d. D., Baltimore, Md.
Joseph II. Wilson, ID. D., Wilmington, n.
C.; James A. Lefeyre, ID. D., Baltimore,
Nd; Allen Wright, Choctaw Nation
George d. Armstrong, d. D., Norfolk, Va.
William NJ. Muikland, d. d., Baltl'
more, Nd; William L. Boggs, d.
H., Atlanta, Ga; William Brown,
ID. D., Fredericksburg, Va; Charles IL.
Read, d. D., Richmond, Va; }. Henry
Smith, d. D., Greensboro, n. c.; Hon.
John l.. Mayre. Fredericksburg, Va; Judge
Thomas Thompson, South Carolina; VIII
liam p. Webb, Esq, Eutaw, Ala; William
NJ. Mcpherson, Esq, NJ. d., Missouri
Hon. ~. D. Jones, Baltimore, Md; T: A.
Hamilton, Mobile, Ala; 2. Joyce, Esq,
Louisville, KY. Professor W. c. Kerr
North Carolina; ID. c. Anderson, Esq, Al
ALBANIA; Rev. c. S. Venable, Virginia Hon.
c. ID. Moore, Little Rock. Ark. Judge j.
NJ. Baker. Jacksonville, Fla. J. j. Ores
ham, Esq, Macon, Ga; A. 2. Mccormick,
| ESQ, Texas.