The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-29

| Colonel Buford offered The city Of Mont
gomery, Ala.
NJ; Anderson, Of Texas, nominated Dial
ias, Texas.
Atlanta was selected.
EDUCATION.
Mr.. Harding, from the Committee OF
Education, presented a report recommend
Ing that there be no change In the plan FOL
aiding sludenis during the ensuing year
thH the Assembly eDjoins upon Presby
tefNs 10 take into serious cor slderation fhs
question OF supplying candidates for ID,
ministry; that the Assembly approve tb,
recommendations OF the Executive Com
mittec that Presbyteries be not hasty in their
reception OF candidates: thorough in ex.
animation OF them as TO personal piety,
&c. and that moathly statements OF de.
poIsmeDt OF students and their standing
be sent to the Presbyterial chairman OF
educstion; that the usual concert OF prayer
foi Young men In the institutions OF learn
ing De observed on the last Thursday In
February; that the following Executive
Committee be chosen for The ensuing year
Rev. +. N. Richardson, secretary G. w.
McCfea, treasurer; Rev. Il. Daniel, Rev. j.
w. Rose, Rev. j o. Steadman, Rev. L. T..
Bigger. and Rev. X. Evans, Il. NJ. Estes,
NJ. p. Jernagin, James Elder, C.. {. Grabau.
Adopted.
Recess to $3.50 7. NJ.
Night Session.
The General Assembly met again at half
past O'clock.
DR.. Robinson. Of Charleston, presented a
resolution forb'dding members from speak.
ing more than once on the same question
and longer than five minutes.
A motion TO Fix the time at ten minutes
was lost, and the resolution was hen agreed
TO on diyisio1-ayes, 46; noes, IS.
DR.. Mutually, from The Committee on Pub.
licatlon, read the report again. This report
has already been noted.
Mr.. Davidson, Of Mississippi. objected to
the report, chiefly on account OF the fact
that the publishing-hOuse has not been sold.
He wanted the house sold. The report was
adopted.
Mr.. HaZen presented resolution 10 pay
for printing the reports on retrencbment
and reform out Of the contingent fund, and
not out Of the publication fund. Agreed to.
The report Of the Committee on the Evan
gelist was taken up, read, and adopted.
The Committee on Foreign Correspond
ence presented reports on various Oyerlures
a small standing committee for conference
with the officers Of the Assembly, dc. (;
also, response TO an overture from the
Texas Synod, &C.; also, appointing dele
gates TO the Reform Convention, &c.
Adopted.
DR.. Pryor announced to the Assembly
that he had received announcement OF the
death Of an officer OF his church, aud he
would therefore have to leave on the train
in the morning. DR.. Pryor then proceeded
to take leave OF the body in appropriate re-
marks. He said he is now in The hftieth
year Of his ministry. He was born, bap-
tized, and reared in the Episcopal Church,
and Joined the Pre- byterian Church On con-
victiOu. He expressed the hope that his
dear Church would for time enjoy peace.
His hearts desire and prayer TO God is That
we may all meet above. DIR. Pryor then
left the church.
CHCRCH LAW.
DR.. Palmer pr, scented substitute for the
report Of the Committee on Bills and Over
lures on the overture from the Synod OF
south Carolina on Church law, etc, hereto
fore reported. 1t states that 10 the nature
OF the case Just and necessary consequences
form a part OF every Interpretation in
which they are implicitly contained. Whilst,
therefore, in this general sense the con-
sequences which are necessarily de-
duced from the law of the Church
are a part Of that law, the constant Pro-
testant doctrines 10 cur standards are that
neither the law itself nor the consequences
deduced therefrom have any binding au-
thority except as far as they are clearly
established by the Divine Word.
The substitute was adopted.
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION IN CHICAGO.
The report of the committee on the
greeting of the Christian Association, in
session at Chicago, was recOmmilted.
Adjourned.
fBy telegraph
LAST DAYS SESSION.
STANTON, May 2S.-After discussing a
number of minor reports, the Presbyterian
Assembly adjourned to meet in Atlanta, Ga,
next spring.