I. 'Daily _Prayer itteeting—ltroin'l.2'7k4to IWO o'clock at the Methodist Chnich,Vilth - "street, nett door to*Gersprz office. = VISCOPAL CONV FN -t zgatdutlon-ope~ln~ Exerelses.-After " noon.M6iNikilPLlbeCOllititttloh,AdoPW, Alm.; &c..- • - • The Animal Convention of the Pittsburgh .. - filidceisti Staid Protatchit Episoxilal Chu - it% disseMbleia•ail' 'Trinity Church. on Sixth - .-strei:it,, • this dry' iresterday. Religious tier :Vices were held in the morning, end at one clock the Convention was called orller Ibr business by Rt. Bev.' Blandir Kertoot, 2bb' presiding officer. ,1 : Captain T. J. Brereton, Secretary of the former Convention, called th e roll of the iniergy and laymen, delegated lo the Con. mentien, when the followpg geaitlemerk •swered to their names : ;•?• ••, CLEBGERY. •; ' Rt. Rev, John B. Kerfort. D D., LD D. Bishop, William Adderly, M. Avery, J. A. Brevirrh - Marion •Byllfpeby, Thomas Grumpton, S. J. Fallei, W. Hilton, D. C. .;-Jsinois, Killakelly,..D 'Cow S. B. Lyman, D D., 8., lftckey, D. C. Page, D., C. 0. Packer, W: Preston 'DIX, ..,:Brothers, . Henry Purdonv ,Gee. Stutterl'7l. Richard Smith, Rickard T. Smith, Jun. 1 1 . Spauldinx,_ Jos.. P.-Taylor, Wm. P. Ten Broeck, Marais Tolman, Henry E. "Sschudy,•Wm..White, Wm. Wilson,--R. J. Carter, Geo. C. Rafter, Henry H. Loring, F. 'Brown, ' 14etis Jno. H. -31idck. John LisckenHenry ! F. Hart-, inan„.l l . l . 'vdrelAi,jos.` 'H i*D. H. Ileilmtlless, .M.urphy Able A. 'Mc "Searbdrgh, •C. B. Butler, Thomas 14.-Bellum, Win.Fuller,•John Sulleller, ° ll Seymour, Henry J. W. M9orq, • LAY DELEGATES. • Trinity Church,' Pittsbirgh-John D. 13hoenberger, Josiah King and. James. M. C S anis, "Laceille-Gdo*: Parys, • • Wm. Barnes and Wm., ;_,„ • • Christ Church, .Allegheny..-W - Dellaven. j. K. McKnight and John Phillips: -•• • St. 'Andrews, -Pittsburgh ---W. B. liviturif Isaac Whittier and John P. Henderson. St. James, Fiktabumh-Felix B. 13runot, James McKay and Grace Church, - •Mt.-Washington-T. J. "BighaM, Edward , Bratt and Thomas •Shlui non. • • St. Lakes, Chartier-Itarites Ford, j. S. lacCulloughimd James E. Stewart. St. Marks, Birmingham-J. W. Paine, -v. • John •Hughed arid Wm. - Davis. - ' Calvaryiliast Liberty-Thos. M. Howe, - George R. ; White and Jos. H. Hill. - St. Johns, Lawrenbeville--Henry R. LynolVGleorp T. yan Doren. and-Samuel St. Peters, Pittsburgh-Hill Burgnin, Joseph .M. Knapp and - Charles A,. Cotton. St. Stephens, Sewickley 7 -Gecirge,W.Cass,• ligyetTit Wirtifekinson. St. Paula,,Kittannitigr•Armstrong COUR. ly-Ed. S. Golden, James Msrgraye, John W. Rohrer. • •• St. Michaels, Armstrong county-John BaTkeri 41'?-T•..stOyer4,, . ~ sre .WEliiiii iiiiiy. ~ • - - St. Stepiens, Brady's Send -E. M. Fer guson, Jftb.,N4Steutrt4 Thidit Butler. Christ Church, New Brighton-Benjamin .. Wilde Thos. Franklin; 0.. G. Craig. ~.E: - St. Peters, Butler-John M. Pun-lance, .. Jamas Braden, L: T. Mitchell. , . - '*-- Christ eh:in:li, Meadville-Leon C. 'Me •• :grew, Jiunes.R.Dick, Mram Betts. • .., St. Paula, Erie-B: B. Vincent, Benjamin - *rant, John . H. Bliss: ' • ' .^ . • - - +Christ Church, Itrovnisiville-N. K. Bow ,-,;thium, Jno. Wallace, Jt.;• L'-`n ' ' ' Trinity Church,. , Connellsville-Goorge A. Torrence,'Henry iliunot. • • St. Peters, Uniontown -A. Howell„ Geo. Morrison. ~,, ,_ Grace. ChurCh. Menallen - TP•9 I ''wettte. Co.-Ewing Searight. St. Paular Dunbar ,TP., Fayette Co- -- ;Wm- Walker, James Walker. St."Yeters},Blairinele-4. Snyder. . , Christ Church, Indiana---W. M. Stewart. ' ' - TrinitY,'.gew Castle-L: L. McGatiln,' D. D. Lord, E. B. B. McComb. .._St.johns, Shiiion-Alek: , Adaing, James ' McFarland, Henry Jacques. • - Christ . Church, Oil City 7 -A. L.• Bennett, I W. L. Lonk; W. He tolling. .c St. 'Johns. .Ronsciville4--'. .A. Oiirtien, C., :•St,. Johns, Franklinamnel Plumer, _.. John M. Perham, 'Benjamin W. Braden. kg, ..".xf tTlibitYl'+' _ashhigtom;;;W: i'W. Smith, - ' Jacob R. McKennani Hugh Q. Miller. , St. Pani's„ Monongahela-Charles Til- Mil li ' -- - , 'IC rist Church, Greensburg-S. L.. Car , gter. Jos, IL Kuhns. • - - 7 The Maher; then called for the certificates •• lif other lay deputies; and a number were , ~ landed in and referred to the Committee. , ,Bahop Serfoot declared the election of Secretary to be next in order. Capt. Brereten stated that, under the terms of the old o:nistitntion, heynis inch gable to ra-election, and ,would, therefore, not be a candidate. He thanked •• the ,Con „wcntion fbr the himor that tad been confer-' - - l ied npon him. - The)3lshop bore tistinionStithe :41101410y ..d.ftdaer witt•which Capt. , 3iiietebirrhad discbar 'his duties: ' • • t 'Mei. ' J.' Coster, , Tteet '611113114 , Bow t._34sues • Institute,: was then unanimously On motion of Thomas - i. , Singtain ,Esq., a vote of thanks was ndared;t4Sqoiring Secretary. • ; • , Di-,, Caswell, of Rev, England, was in - trodneed to the Convention by Bishop Eerfoot.t '. ' • •- ''' t Rey', Mr. Chase, an Indian, fromtheDio• 1:080 of .Hnron,-in ; Canada; was nest intro .- /laced to the Convention, Wand cordially •weloorned. 111 sr 1T..4 a i. The following Committees were appointed: Oii Mattis' ‘oratrgyiticn i tsiSeats-Reva. 4110131,Ka4aY, Brovmstud f'n,rdon. -, • • iMety Aida--lidelertie;Coltnif, Steirart, 1.-70,Millice*.VITinot and - jilletanu _. . - •.. _ Admission of New Parishes-two. Kr: Tolman and Mears: Vincent and Howell. State ;of th e *Church--Rev s.- .R. S. Smith, Tenbroecle , and Spaulding, and Me ssrs.. . Barrett inideßonham. ...,. Qtr=-'Rev, 3. P. Taylor and Me ssrs. e.. 4 7whi nod olGden. • . ~ Silftnesik--Hev; .;Wm : 'Wilson, I =Pltimer and Bradln.- _ On _motion, adjourned to meet at three' . ::-WtialictiniltelditarnlXlll.' r i ;•It . ~ V . 1 f.f. ;!, ;:---its.--r x•-- ••”: -, / AFTERNOON SFESION.- - , -.• ,'•'' Dj kllei `llfottretiti r tin ie‘liakinftded -. at' Thar +o'clock, and 'was, called 10 - eraiii . by the. Sishopc' - whb ' opestpd the ezeTcPWA with . . On ibitnorT.'3.l3(gha Ur: filth - - era was appointed Assistant Smretary.. " ' I TEkkOnnuid,addiess was then read the , Bilitop. , , It was a limit stile and well writ ten deVai,, giving In 4001;•litry2.1fiter lelltinii, . • .._,mies COntedWitlithe Dtaxose. - -- ,,i b M lildamillAcrlipi t4tßteiFoiTtitu-:. ''" f t teDiticasel 1,0 itdoma. ' A_ L • A delegate desired to know wind' *mad • .11eib•elffestot•aa ienendmantetaithirlion -, , ti r 11 ....lik- ' dli Ottplained tatortiivistderidt , be policy ,to MIKU4 thOlt Constitution as a igkeilsebetthidi any article sftlittivit*ed-, „fanff*Als,_Cotitktinion u t Ta lt otalk,•" . ,W;'S.um sainthat,ba lib i tiodd t geo4ntatenft the Comm ' 10n, y WahlriaXll 4 Th l i 1 01V - 201#140 " 0 effeat..in - ` -•' , - 1, - ' l .• i ,c., , i A. delfroelrfie Vgginhittliinet,t mi. ~.3340uuzi,tairianduumt-cia OgArdiglas4lo :C I OWt s =4koo4.23=l3=trir eCtiOt. aIY V' the n, a n a WlAti,! A- 10414 e" 4:47401ar ' . , , .her ,,„ yeire,lk+ . 4.- 2 ~,i,,11;,-..",_t..:-i 4 1 1 0 0 1 'sne ' a Q% mordff'.l 1 ~ AlliArtlir SP-dif,lFlNFlgnii.Mt , Seib. 4Witiell=lak.r.ZitcyrlPP•arnifraitAtir:tops 1 1 00 c ': .0 ilir, I' +.1,--0P1,,tr.,::-.. ~= , ;..,,,,, ,t :-4. - • ,-,:.,:: :;=..„‘,." ~,, , =i -----•.----- _ del who were attending th e those ( ' . 6 3 ' Cc w ) o n til vtili d -'' be ti6 r. n eil .all ui d ol- W ert-3tak'n°et . th . (7111'. m :" llaun . •• 4ean k an -: 111d il leave the house ?I The Bishop said that such ,protaa , noti . 043 the case., . • . ,r.- A delegatol SOke k''. that tliti matter had , been, fully, discussed at the , last Con ea-, tion;indnotivithiitafiding the riling of the' Chair to the contiary; hethOtight the mo tion of Mr. Bigham out of order. . ,Mr. Bigham rose to a point of order, stet :mg that tie helped the , gentietibui , wouldnot I discuss a matter which had been decided by the Chair, ; , - .lie would take an ap peal from the d - on. The gentle " ‘ • declined to take an ap peal, but Mid* weiild ask the ConVentiori to settle the matter in a milder way-that. wair„ltyytiting Own the amendment. Mr. King thought it would be better lo adopt the Constitution, and then limit dis cussion, to such' sections as there be ::Mr. Ten Broach said that. he did not see that the suggestion of the gentleman who had p recede d hint would simplify the mat ter, as there was not likely tobo dismission - upon any section to - which there was no objection:''' L After a lengthy discussion, a vote was talten , tai the titnendment. ' ‘i - • • The Chair was unable to decide, and a division was ‘led for, which resulted in the defeat,of tte t amendment by a vote of f aa orty i m a o y t e lo s n to ado pt tofo: The question then recurred on the origi -six nays. Constitution as .a whole. A delegate desired to know if any .por tion of the Constitution was altered oramit ted if it would defeat the Whole. • - The Bishopanswered the question in t he affirmative. He said the Convention must now either adept or reject the Constttation. They could not omit a single line of it, but ' they might find stifficient, objectign : to one line to defeat the entire instrument.- . The question was called for. The vete was taken by order, and after the clergy had voted, the vote was an-' ,ilm:MmEti eV follows: .. . . . Fob_ adoption 34 '. - Against ' 3 .-. The Bishop announcing, that, each „Parish. would be entitled to otervote; and ordered the.list, of Parishes to beaalleff; , ,which was announced as f ollows: .. . . . • F or 'adoption - . ' . ' . 19 .„ Against ' . 8 ' The Bishop announced that the Constitu tion had been adopted and Was now ..in or- - • garde law.of -the Diecese. -. ... Mr. Slatterly waked if amendmenta were in ordet. If so, -he desired to offer an 7 tanendutert, to : section 8d of. article Bd, which provides that lay " delegates to the Conientitai must be , male' communicants. His amendment was, "That 'in Parishes where there were no male, communicants, that females be' admitted ,as .delegates." He discussed the subject at length, and was interrupted at intervals. The Chair requested that the motion be ' redhead to writing, otherwiseit could not be entertained. Pending the time the gentleman - was preparing his motion, the Bishop requested the Clergy who have not yet handed in their Parochial letter, to do so at mice. I The Secretary , then read a 'communica tion from the Managers of Diamont llos pitalllnviting the delegates of the Conven tion to omit the Hospital, stating that the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne & Chicago Rail road Company, had kindly offered to fur nish transportation. The amendment of.• Mr. Slatterly was then read. Mr. King moved to amend the amend ment by adding the following words: "Provided that no old women be admitted, and not more than one slily man in , forty." The ruled this amendment out of k order. • ' - - Mr. - Benjamin" incited 'that the amend ' meat of Mr::Slatterly and all other amend ments, be postponed until 11 e., in., Wed ' I nesday. The motion was adopted. . . womiNATions. ,• , - .Mr.. •Burgwin moved that the Convention go into the nomination of officers. The mo - don was adopted. Mr. Josiah King moved the following nqminations and notified the Convention that he would have tickets printed for the candidates nominated by him. He made this statement to , prevent the accusation of unfairness, which might otherwise arise: Finance Committee-Thomas M. Horne, Thomas J. Brenton, Jdsiah -King, E. S. Golden, 'N.H. Bytara z - Standing Committee--Clergy-Rev. Thos. Crompton, Rev. Johnßarborough, Rev. .losephTaylot; - Laymen-L.. John H.. Witten berg. er, Geo. W. Cass, Hill Burgtem, John N. Parvlance, J. W. Paul. . . Deputies to General Conferetice--Ciergy . -Rev. John Scarhorotigh, Marion Byllerly, Richard S. Smith, Win. White, John V. Spaulding, William Wilson, Dr. Preston: , Isynnn-John H. Sheeiaberger; George W. Cass, E. S. Gelden, Thomas M. Howe, F. R. Brunot, Hill &nimbi, D. D. Vincent; Supplementary Deputies-Revs. W. P. -Teit''Srock, Marcus A. Tolman, R. D. Nev ins, H. M. boring. Laymen-Josiab Xing, Benjamin.-Grant, Alfred Howell, Gaylord Church. . Treasurers of the Episcopal Fund-Mal colm flay, Win. Metcalf. ' Treasurer .of the Chriatian Ftincl.; 2 3."Ft. ', Mr . holden moved that all the . names *platted - in , 'nomination be printed, which Mr. Butortwei-illed . the attention of the Convention tolhe initiation from the Man- - agers aft,llisailtintilsehlekluut not yet lien acted upon. On motion, it wan resolved to accept the invit*en, s end Melt ihliegieiptpti Thursday 'afternoon. ' .' • On motion, the Convention adjourned to meet at nine 0;oloclf-this.utorr'^ - i.. 1 ..i. . , #.. Terrible Esploslon. An agitating tank (belonging to the oi. refinery of Messrs. Fulton & Marvin, at ..itirneld!s BtAtiorip 04.t4e.241e1,4*ny, Valley Itailioacf, : iitiant bmilii iiiiii`iiiiif titi 'this side of Tarentum„ in, Westmoreland coun tyvititili4ed On- -Moditi l akt.ainiaii. The explosion was caned by the pressure of air which alrasfindtig ftoad :bins the tank by means of a fan. A cooper named James Joiregg o ,employed Otpl i prg,kst wag lOWA ' hytthe niptanni; an or r . ' illititnemper- - 14telldent of ,the refinery, _had h is knee .cap.brolitni by, i rOldelt -I .ni wood *blob'. was' :violently hurled against him. Mr. Gregg . ' . resided at ChartiettfWestnitibiland!,(39lM ty...- The daunt done W. the. - mike was considerable. is , thought that . the ,;_4 ll . ....tiact...rfVei.Log ititjaoBloll..)A9fild...bone about theasoMAne *bleb so troubled the lcsiale-to amount lat timphination in " this accident. : ~,‘ i z ;0310 .. 41 i • Attempted Infauticlii* ','''• ; 1 ;"Jimewlybartantifftil than Wa11:631131d on the track of the Clevelandrinfit *baling' Railroad, :-' melfoilay . `morning at , Marttns burg. It e.pritum - d" t hat the infant - - ' ltiVezi'lgrtif kii the ' thin liy .'" ' ,was , ..... - .. a negro girl; ittetfrwps4ll4; . 1 1C•eleM"Osn . gut lie wile• - whettiief nbaard ' l4C Be,Wr., This size . picion. is strengthened by tlefact.thst she Yffil.9frrnfrved4 o, at .itti'AN.l.4 114,1800u1i mannervan& got not at Msztt=hiarg.' , -The >IE-wa s "Ivs. l lto rl 7 o, 'air t rg=ttiOttel *las sad' .0010 Oefief wi out touehbig -or ml- . 0. 9 144;2 ,, it *lei intindlinineWisdpftli ietinge'kgsrel. 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