The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-21
frepcrsed for the Disps'ch.l
MAY 10, 1881.


fgepofted for the Dispsich.l
MAY 10, 1881.
Morning sesssom.
The CoupciI met a. o A. M. Prayer by
Rev. Mr.. Gibbs. ., 90
follows.
The Bishop, sfter an appropriate intro.
duction. refers to the sickness and affiiction
In his family, the unusual severity OF the
winter. and his attendance upon the General
Convention, which prevented him from
accomplishing as much as he would nave
liked.
Completing his diary. the Bishop refers TO
the fact OF bis having celebrated tue Loru
Supper at Trinity church, Franklin county,
al niqht. "This," be says, "under ordlba'
nv circumstances, is, 10 nv Judgment, I'M
lawful. But | felt justified In violating
what 7 understood to be the order OF the
Church by the necessity Of the case, there
beinp no other time when the sacrament
could be administered"
THE Bishop gives the following list OF
postuIants: Il. NJ. Randolph, FauquIer I;
Lysander w. Rose. Jr., Richmond; X. "A.
Castlemap, Fairfax; Rev. Preston &. Nash,
Richmond; w. l.. Gravatt, Port Royal; y.
III. McQueary. Albemarle; Thomas W..
Jones, Appomattox; Carter Page Alex
andrfa.
John A. Crockett, OF Norfolk, and Theo.
nhilus s. AIfriend. OF Petersburg, postu'
Iants. have been refused admission to holy
orders; and John &. Fair and Charles H.
Ftchett have been transferred, the former
| 10 Washington Territory and the latter 10
| Texas.
Candidates for Priests Orders: Angus
tine j. Smith, Jr., James Il. Funsten, Mar
tin johnson. N. 4. Marshall. Andrew D.
Willis. Preston G.. Nash. and Rev. Edwin
Allanson. received from Iowa; George IL.
| Appleton has been transferred TO PeDnsyl-
yania and Thomas l.. Cole to Northern
New Jersey. and Henry +. Cuthereil ha>
| Withdrawn from being Il candidate.
| Persons Ordained DeacOns In st. PauF,
church. Alexandria, June %, 1880. William
| Clark, officiating in Mecklenburg; Edward
Louis Goodwin, in Franklin; Wiiliam
Ware Kimball, in Campbell; Arthur SeldeD
Lloyd, in Prince Edward and Cumberland;
Mercer Patton Logan, in Petersburg;
Charles j. :. Mayo. in Elizabeth Ciiy;
IThomas James Packard, in Halifax; and d.
Watson VIM, in New Kent and klng
William.
Deacens Ordained Priests In ST. Paul's
church. Alexandria, June 20, 1880, Rev.
Robert Il. Claiborne and Frank ID. Lee. In
St. James church, Richmond. February 8,
1881, Rev. George e. sutton. In ST. Paurs,
Lvrchburg, March %, 1881, Rev. Edward
:. Gregory.
Law Readers Licensed: William Beverly
and James Foster. White parish, Fau-
ouier: John G. EwclI, Christ church parish,
Lancaster; Samuel G.. Mason, Meberriu
parish, Greensvllle; Joseph r. Anderson,
,Jr., ST. Andrews church, Richmond; +,
A. Hatton and r. {. Marshall, st. Johns
church, Portsmouth; A. NJ. Smith, Leeds
parish, FauQuier; Thomas w. Jones, st.
Paups church, AppomattOX; T. ii. Nc
Oueary, Nelson parish. Nelson; w. f. IT.
wing. b. Bum. and j. Ii. Dlllard. st. PauPs
church, Norfolk.
Letters Dismissory Given: Rev r. ID. Lee,
to West Virginia; Henry Wall, ID. d., n.
| p Dame. and j. h. CraighiIl, TO Maryland ;
Albert Ware and Henry I. Lee. to Easton
Robert s. Barrett, to Kentucky; b. T..
Habersham, 10 Oregon.
| Letters Dismissory Accepted Rev. Z. Al
ansOn, assistant Grace, Petersburg, Iowa ;
T. Ii. Lacy, rector Meade Memorial. Man.
chester, West Virginia; j. K. Jackson. Ce-
dar Run parish, Fauquer, South Carolina
George w. Easter, Northampton county,
Eiston: John X. Mason, st. Johns church,
Liberty, North Carolina; Gerard w.
Phelps. Meherrin parish, Greensville,
North Carolina; Robert +. Jackson, GeOr.
gia; Robert Nelson, u. ID. China.
| Clerical Changes in the Diocese: Rev.
John Amber has resigned, and Rev. A. p.
Gray has taken charge Of ST. Paul's church,
Prince William. Rev. 4. Boyden has re-
signed Green Spring parish, Louisa, and
Walker parish, Albemarle. Rev. II. 5.
Barrett has resigned Christ church, Rich
mond. Rev. Il. r. Claiborne has given up
his missionary work in Greensvile, Sussex,
and southampton. and become rector OF ST.
Martins parish, Hanover. Rev. j. ID. Craig
hill has resigned the churches in Nause-
mond, and Rev. n. =. Dame those in Mont
gomery. Rev. Edward S. Gregory has
become assistant minister of st. Paul's
church, Lynchburg. Rev. b. f. Habersham
has resigned st. Paups parish. Hanover.
Rev. Z. w. HUBBARD has exchanged Bloom
field parish, Rappabannock, for Russell and
Hammer parishes, Bedford. Rev. j. III.
| Hundley has ceased to officiate in Middle
sex and King William. Rev. j. II. Jones has
resigned Cunningham chapel parish, Clarke
county. Rev. John j. Lloyd has resigned
Heber parish, Bedford, and accepted The
Office of evangelist. Rev. j. M. Meredith has
resigned OverwhartOn parish, Stafford.
Rev. Alexander OVERLY has exchanged st.
Aune's parish, Essex, for Bruton parish,
| Williamsburg. Rev. j. W. Ware has eX.
changed HuDgar's parish, Northampton,
for Nelson parish, Nelson. Rev. j. G.
| Wheat, ID. D., has become assistant minis
ter OF Christ church, Winchester. Rev. T.
Jervs Edwards has resigned Emmanuel
church, Harrisonburg. It's my sad duty to
report the deaths OF four of our clerical
brethren during the past year. The Rev.
Henry 5. Kepler was the first to depart on
9TH October, 1880. in the nty-fouIth year
OF his age. At the time OF bis last sickness
| (which was brought on by exposure in the
discharge OF duty and was protracted to
several months) he was Iaboring as mis-
sionary in GoochaDd county and in the
State penitentiary, Richmond. Rev. Will
liam n. Ward died at his home, in Rich
mond county, on the 25ih OF February,
1871; aged sevcnty.fOur years. For seye-
raj years be had been most actively engaged
in missionary work in Spotsylvania and
Caroline counties, but was obliged by feeble
health a few months before bis death to cease
from his labors. Rev. Frederick ID. Good
win, who for years bad been so broken down
in health as to be unable to perform any of
the duties Of the ministry, departed this life
at his home, in Wytheville, on the 26th OF
March, 1881. In the seventy-eighth year Of
| his age. Finally, on the 29th Of March.
| 1881, the Rev. Edwards b. Mcclure, rector
OF Hanover parish, King George county.
died after a violent and Distressing illness
OF SIX DAYS, in the sixty.iourth year Of his
age, triumphing IN the consultations OF that
blessed gospel which he bad preached to