Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 1, 1874, Page 2

e THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL, I, 1874. McCARTHY. . Ho Begins His Defense Before the Couneil, "Te Offers the Customary Pro- ‘test, and It Is Over-* ruled. ] A Touching Tale of the Sour, ' Cold Deacons. And How They Iuterfored with tho Work of Grages His Delicate Disfinotion.fi&v'feen a Lie and e Deoeption. ‘Which He Illustrated by In- cidents from Exodus. Ho Donios or Explains tho Various Charges Made, and Somo Aro Dropped. Discourteous Way in Which ¥is Adherents Are Treated. Adjournment Till This Morning. MORNING SESSION. Tho Bnptist Council, called to invostigato tho chargos agninst tho Rov. Flcoence MoCarty, ro- nowed its sessions yesterdny morning inthe Union Park Church, the Modorator, thoRav. A, J. Frost, in tho chair. Tho case for the prosccution had boon closed at tho lust doy'a sossion, and tho dofense was to bo takon.up yesterday morning. The Counil sat with closed doors, only the re- porters and Doacons being admitted, The usnal dovotional exercises procoded tho regular pro- scedings. Mr. MeCarthy was on hand, attonded by his counsel, Mr. Beach, whilo Messrs, Barry wnd Kohlteaat conducted the prosecution. BAVLIN. Tho Rev. Mr. Gordon dirccted the attention of the Gouncil to tho statomentof tho Rov: 3. Ravlin, fo the effect that soma member of tho Council was the Chicago correspondont of the Examiner and Chronicle, published in Now York, and that Lis writings showed that ko had projudgzed tho caso. If this wero true, this mom- Yor ought to bo expolled. Prof. Mitchell said hg did- not boliove thero was any eyidenco to show that the correspondont was a member of tho Council Tho Rov. Mr. Whitohond eaid' it wes well known that Mr. J. O, Brayman was the cor- respondent In quostion. In order to sottle the question, all the mom- bors prosent indicatod that noneof them wus | the correspondont, by risiug to thelr foot. N0 AYOLOGY, OENTLEMEN, The followinglotter from the.Xav. Mr. Rgvlin was read : o the Ecclesiustical Council Asscmbled at the Union Park Buntiat Church: DEan BagTane: I have never heen officially in- formed, b s by th papers (it You ud natasd » yoto roquestiug mbilo make o apalogy to the Council for the position I'hiad aeaumed, aud the little speceh T 1iad made, concerning the prossoution of tho pastor of the Dnlon Park Daptiat Ohurch, If tho matter was of u clivacter grave cnough o Tavo caliod for the action of the Council, D my ‘£aso, it cortafuly would bave been just and buincss- Tiito Tor me to Liovo been ofiicially Totifled of what I wa3 expected to da. Feeling thatX havo done mothing but my plain, stmplo duty, from tho purest motivis,—nothing, cen 1aluly, “worthy of death or of Londs#—I niust re- Fpocttully. docting {0 sccedo to tho requeat of tho Counctl, and sholl, therefore, muks naspolugy. “With malice toward none,and charicy towurd all,” T sm, Tespectfully, cte,, N, F. Ravum, Catcaao, Marchi 31,187, It wos moyed, ond, finally earried, that tho Coungil rovoke it6 action by which Afr, Ravlin was inade an honorary member of the Couucil, Mr. Darry, counsol for the progocntion, iu- quirod what tho ling of defenso was.to be. 2 ‘'ie Modorator snid that the defendant would be permitted to Introduco testimouy to rebut that offered by tho prosecution, but ho would not bo nllowod to impeach the mozal charactor of witnesges, - Mr. McCarthy rose to sponk, «and Mr. Barry got up ab tho same time. ‘The former demanded that, “that man bo compolled to sit down.” Mr. Burry. exprossed his contompt, for the reverond. “ bragyart,” a8 he called bim, - TIE DAILY PROTEST. Mr. BMeCarthy, thon read tho folloywing protest : I solemnly protest agaiust tho Bov. Dr, Mitehell sittiig in this Council for y, trial, whenoite of the chargos preferred ogninst mo 48 that of slandering him, T demand that ho withdraw, or clse ibat thut churge be withdraws, B T also eolemuly protest agoinst this Council hearing my witnesses and. defonso on tho flrafour charges iu private, after. Loviug permiticd: ma to be acousud on 1hem beforo a crowded audience, _Tliere were fivo re- enlts of this public accusaiion : First, the witnosscs for, thio prosccution woro Lept {rom stfagling. Bec, ond, the Wilnesses hieard cachs other’s testimoiy, snd thoreby avoided contradicting each ofher. Third, olunteer . witnesses were _called for, and oblained. Fourtl, the publlc was impressed througl {he eye and ean, ns/thoy cannot b by xeadiug (ho papare, Fiftl, tiacro wos tho best of all opportunilics to humiliate me, which opportunities wero freoly used, 1 demand all hese privileges in my defenso of these fouz churges, and 1 prolesi—indiguautly protest, us & Buptist, un an . Amorican, and 58 o hunian. being. sgalust this cruol and enotmous wroug. L solowly proteat agatast balug brzaiimed on oo of {ho pecilications supporied only. by the writien test(- miony of Mrs, — (3 mowmber. of the church), without Loe belug alcky and willout my baving the briviioge of beiug coufrouted " by- Lior, according to Baplist ango, ud croes-questioniug ler on the witncss stind; The Moderator promptly decided that the pro- tost was out of order, and that it could not be racoived. READY 70 0O ON. Mr. MeCartby thoroupon_hauded tho protest 10 tho roportors, resumod his seat, tud an- nounced i readinoss to procoed ' with tho dofonse, He snid ho would not bo reatricted by BIr. Burry or the Council s to the manner aud order in which he should tuke up .the charges. ‘L'he Modarator aunounced that Mr. McCarthy ‘would be sllowed {wouty minutes in whick to mulko his opening nddress, Mr. MaCarthy eaid, with some heat, that he ehould cluim twonty days if ho roquirad i, Bir, Judd, counsel in nn ecclesiastical cuso, bud ooous iod ono of the civil courts for weoks, aud whoen Ea was sick the court adjourned- for. his con~ venienco. Mr. McOarthy then procceded to-read from a| printed slip the speech he had {:repnmd for tho occasion. Thiss too long to publiok as a whole, Dut is s0 amusing that coplousoxtracts.are made from it : DLroruen Mobenatont It 18 now three years ang three mouths since I becameo pastor of tho Unlon Park Juptist Ohurch, Tho call exteudod to mo was safi fo by umaniimous iod enilusisalig, Lt Lad not been eattlod hero two weeks before I learuod thst I hadl cust my lot with a divided people, ~The division, Jiko oll lurch divisions, svas on tho former postor, Dr, ¥, G, Uylor, D, Woylors ndborents, consfuting mainly of 1the oxtensive fomily connestion of the Herlbuers, under tio loud of Deacon 8, A, Scribmer, hud just suconmbod & mojority of tho churol, and Dr, Taylor had ro- »igned.” But it wos the evident dolepmiuation of, tho Beribners thot, 10 auceessor of bis should ovor ‘on~ Joy & peaceful |pastorate, The church had in ity ploy s femalo Iniesicnary who was mischiovous and ntuinacious ; aud, o8 the yeur £or which alie was on- gagod Liad just expired, I demundod sud procured her Yeioval, Buo wu o frlond of tho Scribuerw, aud ber romoval guvo offcnso to (o wholo party, 1 supposs Faaat wbout twenty, frst and Luat, took tiolr lettors and went to othor chutelies, . But thiero was nathing liko n split nor a stumpedo—only that readjustment of the siemborship which usually tukes place on tho advent o a now pastor widely difigront from the old one, It wiil nover be fargottsn, howavar, that on thin occasion QDeacon Scribmer rulsed lis hand to heiven In thoe Yusincss meoing and waid s ¢ As surs as tlicra I u God ‘lx; l!&n:l'l:n, that mou (meaniug we) sbull jeave this chusck, +. Deacon Seribnor was soon atter this taken siol, aud “waa for a long thne un fuvalid, . And dyring thet time Yhe church was fn compurative peace, Tho ouly ‘drawbuck was in tho ropeated visits of. Dr, Tuylor to this city, This geutiomnn was in cons{ant conimuni- “catlon with the,Hurlbuor faotio aud, thouigh vesiding i Kew Orleans, had the alugular facility of rouppear- ‘dug s Gulcngo Whenavar, € pucpotes of Ui ox iwmuw, T Jogt Die elly,. On Liy 7t vislt, whes Wan present, 1 trented, iifia with uipgked caries; Bt 0oLl uover Luduéo bitn to reciprocie. it, ovel L8 fhe oxtent of roturning a.call, Y obsorved withy pel hat \whenovor 1o hd both 1 Ot fo” Besibaes Iuotion waa singularly nallve and troublosame, And ol laat T mado foruinl raguiost of my.Doacons thal ho sliould 1ot bo fuvited to. dooupy, my pulpit fu tny ahe genco, o my surprise, howover, this had no - offect, Dr, Taslor not only forted hin Wy info my pulpit, but in b sormon which ho fykcliei fn my abronce, in’ dulged i1 tho mont ungenordhn roflcctions on my ade minisiration of the nffnirn of-tho chtireh: Tu July, 1873, ot n timo whon tho church wns cone eplototaly prosperous, whon tho congregation win Iargo and deoply futerosted, and whon the Dow-rontal exooodod tho Gurront oxpouses; ‘Mr, Sliotudrow, tho Treaquror, n family conniezlon of tho Scribners, sud- donly’ announced”'in {hio busitiess-meoting: of tho cliual flind ho wan wreafling with an anoual dofioft of: of over 81,100, This vaa immediately shown, (010, & fraud, But tiie oxpostiro only onrogod atiil moro Doa~ con Boribner, most dotormined.efTort was mado to_ Lreak down' my siiccos and drive mo from tlio_pastorate, 1t falted, A ono-fourtl of tho momberliip: of tho churol, modestly elaliming to ponsoes all tho ploty sud: ol the Woalth of ho Lody, withdrew and formod tho Asbland Avonuo Ohurch, At Inat tho_opporlunity, for which thoy Lad long watohed and Waitod, came, Notwithstandlog tlio opinion that all the pioty had withdrawn, the chutch eujoyed, “““;,’[»‘ {hio Inst fall and winor, o moat peéu- Iinr and blassod Tovival of rellglon, _ixty-throo were Loptizod, ot lonst 100 convoricd, ond s many more would cortainly Lavo boon convertodand baptized, bt fora plot which was started for tto loublo purpoie of broaking up tho,rovival sad briaging bick tho lost trics of tho Ashiaud Avenuo Ghureli, This plot started wilh Mozers, Kingalnnd, Jones, and Dickott, Mr, Kingland lnd movor beod conlented slico tio Ashinnd Avento Ginurot witlidrow, soemed {0 Do hieartfly diegusted with the rovival, and robuked Mr. Grover and.myself for trying o lead his son to Ghrist, Mr, Jones, leador of tto choir and Suporin- tondent of tho Sunday.uohool, interfered to broals up tho rovival stnglng, and nbsolitoly stamped out o woti= doetulwork of yeace wilch s i progrou atnons tho chfldron of fifs school, Dosoon Pickett. sided with, Mr, Jones, In closo counection with this dissatisfac- tion with tho rovival, thoy bogan ta look witli. favor on the roturn of tho Asbland Avenue Oiwrch, aud to spests of ft s desirable, au of 1o e tho obétacls to thio reunion, Tho question was, Mow wasI to bo gob ridof? Afr, Klogslnd hod now succoeded to Mr, Shane rowe placa aa Trensurer, and {uherlicd a doublo nor— tion of hin spirit, Durliy the month of Docember {l1o wholo country was passing through tho great fn- sncinl panic, and the church finauces, in common il ol oliets, wcro, of corae, i coutubion, 3ir, Kingsland took advantago of this tempocary dis.; tress to makoa most heartless and dolorous complaint fo tho clurch that it s rapldly drifting into Susolyency. In this ho was vigorously support- o, of cowse, by Mr, Jones, Tho fof tbls _domonsirallon was tho ovening of Monday, Dec, 9. Tho rovival mectings wero then at tho holght of their intoreat, and tlio business meot- ing was hold at tho closo of ' the preaching sorvico of {hot ovoning, X lind preached on *Tho tears of Jesus over sinnora.” Tho accasion was ono of tho most sol einn and blessed thnt any of us over aw, It scomed an it our heds wero water and our eyes fountains of foarn, Wa doubled whellior wo.wora **1n the body or out of thu body,” Tho word was with powor, and sin- ners who camo t0 ecoff romained to proy, Many of us il over forgt tho oceaslon whlo meiory holds lse seal Blogars, Jonos and Kingsland weronot prosont, for ey bad fouy shucg descrtod the mootiuge in dieiust, But thoy camo in at thio closo, Thelr very looka and menner’ wero sour, unfooling, and contomptuous, Very soon oy operied s disoustion on Muances, aud indfeated plalnly "that, no matter about tho gldrions work which was in progeoss, tho all-important mattor of tho pastor’s splary (about’ which tho pastor Limeelf \iag popfocly eray, by thoas) liowed that tho Cliurel ‘was drifting to destruction, Notwithstanding this unfecling violation. of, the ro- Ugious feqing provalling in tho cliurch, tho masting weathered tho stormn ; thio complaiuors Wera silonced, andall would Liavo been well had {¢ ot heen for the introduction of suotuicr snbject, which gave thoso two [ d.(gnmmmlc\l gentlomou su oppourtunity to renow tho attack, Ho then goes on to.tell of Wagnor's charges against him ana the gradual alienation of somo of his peoplo, and contlnues : T was puiod £o obsorvo that thore wore no Indiea- tions that tho Dencons Intended to afford maany Follot from Mr.,Wagner's scandals, ot this meoling,” Thoy hnd, with o oxcoptious; abyonted themaclves from the 'meeting, Mr, Wagncr also was absont, ond his resiguation was not forihcoming. It woa ovidont thut thera was & proarranged. plol ou the part of tho Doa~ cond to leavomo at tho mercy of Mr, Wagter, Whon tho financial question had. beon, iisnosed of, T stated my griovanco about Mr, Wagner 28 delicately s 1 could, and requosted thot hts piaco bo doclared va- cant, The church complicd, The only votes ngalnst tho ‘resolution weso thoso of Mcssrs, Jones and dutud nud one of the Doacons, Aessra, Jonos and_Kingslaud, already in o rage over {lofr dis- comfituro on tho financial question, sofzed- upon thls voto ng tho ground of o most disgraceful exhibition of temper. With overy ppearance of cou- tempt for the pastor and tho blessed religious feoliug which prevalled, ATr, Jones rudely ail bolstorously ro- signod bia placa'ss Trustes of flo, ehureh, aud ovou demanded lotters of dismission for himsclf and fumily, r. Kingeland followed suft, Tho scliock to tlio feci- ings by tho peopla of God yreseut was g0 groat that thioy loft thelr sents and flow to tho sldes of tliosu gen- {gmon and begyod thom, for tho lovo of Glris, not to ralson disturbonce fn- tho churchat this juncturo abiout 80 slight » matter, 'This obly mado thein woysd, and produced such a_painful aud- disgracetul tumul that the mealing adjourned §n tho midst of businoss, "o all sppearatices our preclousrovival had heeu sude donly snd_completely_oxtinguished, Itwas ou tho foliowing morniug that T wrate tho lotiors (o Messrs, Jones aud Kingalund, ‘Another opportunily soon_occurred for the cxhibi. ti0n of tho spirit of ny opponenis, On (ko lnst nfgnt: 1n thio yoar I Leld s watch-night fervico in tho main oudience xoom of tho ehurch, At mldnight thors wero present about 200 porsons, who st togethier in {ho front seals, The rest of the Toom was noarly emply, Away back fiear the entranca £t Mesara, Joncs and Kingalnd, thei fumilies, and adhierents, They whispered, tlioy'changed thelr soats, {hey went out and camo back, thoy refusod wy.invita: tiou tosit in front, thoy held thelr heads up duting praser, and put tno down during tho sermon, Tho Doncous wero Gour, cold, atolid, took no pat in tho Uovotional ozorclscs, sud would' not everengage i our_devotfons, Buf, notwithstanding ull this une becoming bebavior, this mooling was ono of tho most powerful and romarkable that ever wis enjoyed by Chirlst's people on {lis cartl, About midufght cight couverta. wera baptizod, and 5 moro melting and on- {rancing spectacle, 16 scems {o mo, Christln eyes nover belield, Thisscene oulminated when I led fnto the water tho tottorlug furm of tho poar consumptiv git), Kitty Gardner, not long for this world, and when, as sho stod there, her eyos: ralfed to Licaven, Ler fuce shining liko Stophews, and fnvoluntary ojacuintionsof oy audl (hunksgiving, constantly broaking from bor Ips, Wo sang : 43Ty Itest aun 18 sinking fust, My ruco i noarly ru,” I think T can sufely ssy that n0 groatar praof of the ulter and hopeloss depravity of auy nuu could b given than thot o could witnesa thict sceno unioved. A gentleman who s 1ot u belisver o the Ohiristion ro- Yiglon ab all, s who was_present, was s0 profounl {mpressed that ho wrola s glowing acconnt of it, whic was publishod in ono of tio dafly papors, Buteyon tho rapture of. this butifi vision was eclipsed when, as tho minuto bond of the clock up- prouched the liour of 12, we all foll upon our knec, with o solomnity pervading the room as awful, i seomed to mo, us thatof tho ';uamgm and conscerats ed oursolves o 10 nervice of the Rodoamer for {he ew Year, Brothier Moderator, T ncvor saw such o o befors ; T never cxpoct {0 #o such a timo again, Itean never o equaled. AsX led thnt congregatfon iy thiat prayer, it cented tomo 68 if my very hoart would Teap rom niy mouth I my offort to utter tho surging, struggling emotions of that hour, Aud ovory Ohrle tiun in the room scomod {o Lo selzed with ihe samo uuearthly and uncontrallablo yearnings after porfoot conscoration (o tho' lutor’a servics, and-gave uttor- anco {o theso feclings in eols. and gropus, watil {1icir peachor's vica wae almoat lost ko the universal pleadingy of. o congregation, Wien wo had visen om onr _kiices and tho benediction had been pro- nounced, wo ali felt that that mooting had morked ono of thio mostastonishing communiestions of Gods Holy 8pirit afuco tio doy of Pontocost, “Wo all,” didLeay? O {no. ThoDeacons bad been turaugbot as gl oud (egid as corpies, Aud at the closw of tho eervico a Afr, Merford, o confrorn of M. Joues, aud not & membor of tho clurel, rusliod forward from Lix scat in tho bick part of (ho liouse, and with menacing foncs nd geatures, approichud mg- neur tho commiunion tablo, wud befora the good Crlstians presont Lad wiped away tho sacred teara of that cver-ilemorablo mcotiug, thioatencd aloud to punish o for the luligr 1 bud tllien Me, Joues, and invited o personal encounter on thie very vestibils of hosven, Mr. Joncastood nerat haud, anplauding thia ruMenly futerruption of & solomn roligiotn eor- vico, and the Deacons and. remainfug ugitators ntood scatlered sbout the room wearing lovks of conscious prido eud drropreasiblo delight, . 5, latiguugo fuila Mo, 1 Huvono mosns of mun{mfi 1 the Councll any sdequate fdca of this sacrileglous outrage, Lo eay at wo wesa geloved, or shocliod, oF Lorrdilod, falla far shiort of the reality, for wo might cich one, in porfect truth, hovo adoptcd’ thio languige of u siator who snid concorning it, thnt: sho bad novor ‘Loon curried 80 near (o heaveu pa slio had ben by the meoLlug, and Bover &0 clogo to bell as alie had beon b thie couduct of Mr, Merford and his nbettors, I thin hitindreds who wero prescot will bear mo out in tho opiufon that nover beforo wan such a demonale assault | Jezpetratod on tlio propeicties of ot houeo, snd o 0 doloninitics of * heaveuly place in Ohrisl Josus,” Mr. McCOarthy went on to suy thiat-ho had ulways regarded Mr. Waguer's siandors ns tho xosult of weakness rathor than premeditated wickednoss, Jau. 4, Deacon lteod’ nuked Mr. ‘Wagner, nt Mr. McCarthy'd suggestion, to siguo. slumplo statoment thuf Lio did not boliove tho at- ter to bo guilty of auy immoyality, To tho sur~ priso of Jioth he rotused to do #o, unsxufi that he olioved Mr. McCarthy was immoxal. It was on that day, according to Docon Keod, {hat Mr. MoCarthy threatoucd Waguor's life, Tho ovoning of tho eame duy tuo Deacons hold a meoting and requestod xir. McCarthy, who waa progont, to reslgn, on the ground that tho wenlthy Pooplo in _the ohurch wonld loave if tho pastor dfd not. Lho latter rofusod to reaign, whon the Deacons, futimated thot thoy could. make hiin do so. Mosurs, Jones and Kingsland, and the othor Dencony, immediatoly bogan tociroulate soandal- ouw roports o tho offoct that Afr, MoCarthy was s man. of infamous charnoter, and also com- menced * a sories of the most unbosrd-of, dos- perate, and disgraceful measurey that ever wore conceived by u body. of Obriutian. mon; ngaiust thelr pastor,” Jouuary 13, thoy called an Ecclonfastioal Coun= ofl to advisg as to what to do with tha pegtor. +Chis Oouncil was not invited to meet at tho chuyeh, but at the hook-storo. of Dy, Blackall, whora thoy could rely ‘upon o ‘congoniut ntmop- phero. It was 1ot 6von au ox parta Counoil, for the Deacons had no grievances, Indoed they no- knowledged ag mueh, but called it an * Informal n |'conforanco, 1 1 mootings, They followed up thess higli-hnnded -surd, who. lind now rogaluadl his hoolth, A TheDoncons wore groat on Informal and uplqua; moasuros with othors oqually ab- ‘The, samp, ovening they held, in the, loo- turc-roomy.of. the church, tho most slngular, and infamoug meoting that ovor nesomblod iy Chica~ 0. Ilhyo reom was erowded with.churohi-mom- hors and othors, aud tho busitoss of tho moot- "ing wa to inform the churel’ and the commurile ty that their pastor was an_immoral mon, Tirat t{lny aaid ho was s linr, and thon thoy called.on Doncons.Jones and Kingsland.to read thp lotfors thoy had rocolved from tho pastor. At lnat tho main polnt was reached. Tho ladies wére™ ro- uosted to_rot{ro, but they proforred to romain, Hiion. tio Dangors anid they would ot spopls. of it, but ¢ was.somothing perfeotly horriblo, ‘They dootared that thoy had-lost all. confidonce in. the prstor as a Christiou or a gortleman, Instond of ondenvoring t0 aTguo.with tho pas-: tor and obtain an oxplanntion in privato, nu re- quired by tho coveuant of . tho church, they tried to. blaclon, his charastor by vagyie, insinuations and denouncemonts in.publie, . *¢ Was thore over aOhristian pasitor tronted with such iuhumanity?* Co this voiy, day thore oro ‘peoplo who rogard mo a8 & _corrupt man - on.ac- count of that meoting; and to. this vory dayI rotoat Ilnvo not tho slighteut iden, what 'thoro cncons moant to have rolated whon tley asked the ludies to ratiro," Aftor giving an acconnt of thomanner in which theso plandors, nided by l!loginl votos, obtaimed tho ndoption of the requost tohim to resign; Mr. McOarthy savs, “Deliold how oasy n thing it Is for.au ugly mitiority to,invo ita way in a Uaptist church. '+ . . I"had no desire to.vomain pastor of paoplo like thoso; but whet man with o grain of onsoor solf-rospoct would: have.ro- signod undor suoh gircumatances ' o noxt Bunday morning lio found-the Times aconsing him, by name, of attempting to soduce o married lady, tho_ story, boing o ,puro fabrica-, tion, originating with the Doncons, 1t was that, morning that he pronched his notorious sormon,. He then wont on to show ths illogality of tho yarions meotings. of Jan, 20, Feb, 4, Fab, 29;. Iareh 16, and tho" ono called for to-morrow night, Ho also spoko of tho.unchristinnlike and illogal conduct of tho Denvons in cloking tho church doors ngaivet him, Ilo aleo spoke of tho continuance of tho rovival in spite of tho acla of the Doacons, and sjid that soma of. tho most recious convarsions. oceurred after . Joan,, 26 Japlism took plase overy Suuday. from Nov. 80, to 5,.but on tho lnst-named @ay some mis- crennt stole tho koys to the doors lozding from tho baptistry to tho, dressing-rooms, and’ thero .| tho baptisms onded. HOFT WORDS. By, Berry snid it was evidont thot this tirade. was gotten up for publication. OF courge,.the Council would know' how, muclt weiglt to atfach toit. Ha proposad to reviow.it briafly, * Mr. ted to roply to the oponing, speecl of the proso- cution, r. Barry rotorted: “You did roply—yon sald myspocch wg o tlssuo of folsohgods.” ~ Nr, McCurthy—* I stand convictod.. I did say. that, aud I stick to it.” Mr, Barry began his roply, raforring, In tones. of - withering svorn, to tho acoused as “that W o, Tho Rov. Mr. Ecrmott. objectied to the use.of snch torms, Mr. Barry said the. Councll oight not to havo lglened to McCarthy's. bufToonory. ‘Tho Moderator cried * Ordor 1™ Aftor o littlo more wraogling, 3Ir. McCarthy snid bo was somewhnt at o disndvantago, owlug to the mauner in which _the charges and speoifi~ cations were altered and cut. down, 2, Barry oxplained by saying. thati. some of thoso omitted in this frial would bo .brought.up in o civil court, Alr. MeCaxthy bittorly objected torstich proju- dicial statoments as this. TUE OUARGE OF FALSIOOD: Tho nccusod then took thoe titand in the capaoily_ of ‘& witness In hin own de- fonse. In roforonco to tho specifloation. ns to falgohiood, ho denfed hnving admitted to Doacon Kinzio that ho told him o falsohaod, or excused h!mm:u by saylng that ho.was ““driven fo.the wall.” 3 MMr. Barry agked. if he did not know that the storios about Mr. Shandrow wore falso. ir, McCarthy replied thntthoy wers not falso; 6 knew them to bo true, 1n reply to o question by the Rov. Mr. Gordon,. M, McCariby said bo bolioved Dencon Kiuzio wag &0 bitter and angry toward him that hio. hons ently beliovad o (the Doncon) would poison his brepkfast if be could. ‘Tho Rev. Mr. Goodspoed asked if. the Dencox. | tald him: ab tho timo.that what Lo seid wis false, - 7 Dir. McCarthy said Lo did not ; if, he had, Lo would have Lit bim, or hava leit him, A FRIENDLY LETTER, A lottor wns noxt produced, writien by n.Mr, Mason, of ‘New York, who was: convertad by Mr, McCarthy, aud ‘who writos that Deacon Kinzie told him that tho pastor was s holy 1omn and o persccuted man, ‘I'horo wag also in tho lottor some refuronco to the pastor's rolations to young Indies, which Mr. McOnrthy hositated to read. It thon came out thot the letter was addressed to the Dodorator, but came to liim (tho pastor) firat: i Tlhere was a general demand ut this point that tho lotter be given up-to the Moderntor, ir. AcCarthy hald 1t in Lis hend, aud deelared.ho would not give 1t up, a¢ ho dicl not wish to hinvo cortain portions of 1t madoe public. Ho changed his mind, however; and did give tho letter to the oderatdr, wha said ho would st road it over, and delermins how much of it could bo properly 1aid before the Council. MEDICAL EXPERTS. Noxt Mr,-McCarthy roviewed the lotter of Mra, Kingsland, in_whicli sho stated- that he liad ad- mitted o falschood to hor: Ho objected to the testimony, because tha lady was- uot sick, and should . Litve beon prosout: £o give hor ovidenco, Mr. Barry snid that Mrs, Kingsland was in too delicate condition to by prosout, and Mr: Mc- Carthy Jnow it : Mir, McOarthy denied that ho. know anything about her dolicate condition. Bho was: strong onough to bo in the church rondy to_ testify, for tho prosecution. o demanded that hor bosil- mouy by letter-be stricken out. The Modorator said it would not bo stricken out. Mr. McCarthy apponled from the docision, but tho Modorator wus sustained, ‘Tho Roy, Di. Qordon sald'it- soemod that this caso come undor tho Seriptural rule - that: an acousation against an elder should - not bo enter- tained if supportod by but ono witnoss, The Maderator decided that Mrs. Kingsland's lotter was corroborative of Mr, McLeish's testi- mony. A DELICATE ‘DISTINCTION. Alr, MoCarthy then oxplained bis convorsation with Mrs, Kiogsland by un?lu% shat ha totd hor, not thota person mighit: Jo, but might develve another, in his own defouso, toll o roblor thatho had no monoy, or s u Gen- crul mighte redork to strategy Lo misload tho enomy. He bolisved ho. quotod to Liur the ac- countin Bxodus of the mudwives tolling lios about the Jowivh children, The Modorator asked if tho pastor. would: preach tho dootrine that decoption was aliowsble: undor somo circumsiauces. M, MeCarthy unid he had preachod it, and olnborated it. Ho belioved it. Dr. Mitehell inquired if Lo rowarded the caso in lixodus as on of justillablo fulseliood... Mr, McCarthy proceoded to definohia doctrinal position on tho subjact of lying. Iis counsel, Mr. Boach, objeoted, on the ground that thorol,was no obargo relating to dootrinal error. “I'ns Modorator said it was & proper subject for investigation, On being questioned. by Mr, Barry, Mr, Mo- Carthy snid bhe novor told Mra. Kiugsland that be had Jied in bis own defonso. He told bor that in oxtromo casos docoption was justifiable, 'he RRov. Mr. Goudspocd—*' Do.you think rop- jutution more valuablo thau life " Alr, McCartby—** Brothor Goodapoed ought to Lnow somothing about that." e added that if 16 was n totnl loss of roputation, Lo rogarded it 'wg 8 gronter oval Llian the loes of. lifo; but any slight attack upon his reputation could not be so rogarded. i THE LUNOI QUESTION, Mr. Barry sald thnt the providing of lunch by the ladios juvolved considorable expenso, and ke lioped that. the Council would not.prolong its session neodloasly, . Alr, Gordon. said be was pained at. this allu- slon, sinco Lo undorstood thay Mr, Mcfiurdl{n Ariends hind helped to furnish tho luucl, Ho ‘would not tonch the food, Accordingly, be sb- sonted himeelf from the lunch, i, Tho Connoil hiore tool a recesa for material re- froshmont. The Indies resontod Mr. Barry’s romarke, and took pains to correct that improssion. It ap- poara that Mr, - Barry spoke wholly without ‘numn‘my. aud migrepresouted the- good Judios grounly, i During the lunoh, Mr. MoGeriby's friends and .witnessos, Inclnding sovoral lndies, woro - gaths {ared fu'tho ndjmulnr'\uom\'a-mum, whore thoy o i iwore regatod with therattlo of dishos: and ithe lodor of -viandg—uothing more, i ———— ATTERNOON SESSION, The Councll roaussomblod. ut. 2 o'elock, with ‘prayor, 3fr, McOurthy procooded with his do- fouso, TUAT LIE DUSINEES AGAIN, In reforonco to tho charge that ho confessed to Mr. McLofuh that ho' hud told a lie, andox- oused 16 on the ground ‘that ko' Lad’ beew quea- MoCarthy objectod:. 1Io was not pormit- | Just ad ono might | " tlonod. puddlonly, ho dentod that ho told Mr. Moy Lolsh,thnt-ho ld-not,wrlte n lottor to the young Indy, but told bim that b did not weito tho ot~ tor publistiod In' Tue “Ininug, It was uttorly falio that o confossod n lio, or apologized for it on account of suddonness, McLolsh's wholo conduct in the mattor was importinent and m- “pirdont in the oxtromo, Mrs, Kingslsud ndvised . him.to go baclk and tol] McLolsh about tho lottor to the lady; * for,” enid she, *AloLeish s a. monn, troachorous man, n gront onomy of yours, aud'ho will misuso this to your injury," 2na, TUDY was onllod as awiinoss, aud teatified concexning o couversntion with Mr, MoLolnb, fu. which ho oxpresad tho Dighosl confidbneo. pustor’s Ohvistian charaator, This, was Lo, yonrs g0, : 188 TRIPD tostifiod. that in the spring of. 1873, Mr, MoLoish oxprosnod gront friondubip far. nnd confidoncein. tho pnutor, nud- donind thot he bad over said, nuymlu? agalust bim,,or- that, Lo had:sided agalaat him,, & ‘. . _Inroforonco ta spoolfication four, rolating to slaudoring. momboers of- the churchi-by, sayiug. ihat thoy.find conspirad agafnst tho pastor, .aud ‘withdrawn their moral, and wn\ulim‘.y BUPPOTt— Mr.. MoCarthy, eaid.uhnt. this, did not rofer to Dencous . Converse and Shandrow, bub to some familios who had. loft tho church. , ¥ i DISFELLOWSLIP,, 1 Tho Modorator-naked..if. tho pastor.now vindls, cated his course in doolaring disfollowship with: Doacons Convareo, Slandrow, aud Saribuor. | Mr. MeCarthy, roplied. that. thoy, conypired ngaiust tho, churohy it. was; nob:n peraonal; offonge, and thereforo hig. folt warranted: in do- | b have b ma modorate and injudiolous ;. he. denled that-lt;was wrnn‘g, He. justifled. it -on,the ground that, it waa trite,, claxing’ diufoliowship. Tt migly THREATENING TO.SHOOT., In roforenco to the charge concorniug, the, throat to, shioot. Wagner, sud Braymer,. and the statoment that, Waguor. was_still, ciroulating. re- porés againsthim, Mr.. MnCnrthyqnva nvory-spley. secount of the colebratod mieoting of Dencons, whoro Braymor pulled -off his. coat to.fight, and Piokott . puflod, off. his. cont. fo flzht, but.noithor .of.” the- bold. deacous succeedod in alting tholrcoatn off; and, whon parties rushed forward to.rostrain them, neithor tried yory hard to brenk away and got st tho pastor, 1fo alluded to Deacon Pickott s acting like a *‘ Royal Bongal. tigor”® on,. that, oconsion,—that {5.to eay, he Hlourighed hig caua and triod. to.pull off Liu coat, It.hnd an.unintonded flavor of Hibornicisin, and tho Council was, considorably amused, To disprove thn.ohnrg}e that the-acoused had. liod in saying that the Doacons had * taken no action” townrd. ndjusting the,difticultios, Drs, Wiswaoll was callod, nud testifiod thab the pastor stated in thio businoss-meoting that, tho, Doacons had dona nothiug sstisfactory. Mrs, Dr. Briggs - tostifiod -to_the snme effoot, and. mauaged. to, divert: the Council by o slight oxhibition of Lior warm rogard for Mr. Barry. TILE RED NOBE. In roference . to. tho specification, that in his sermon ho charged Mr. Kingslaud with boing a drunkard, Mr, lfi'ucnrll\y dotied lm;hndy to show that: ho roferred to Mr. Kingslnud’s noso or, his babits, 1o did not,moan or say-Mr, Kingsland, Ho then relatad. the ciroumstencos of.n visit poid to him in. his hotol by Doacons Pickett and Morsill, They woro wronthed in. emiles. They had heard, thoy, snid, some bad - things ‘about Brothors Jones aud’ Kingsland, . and they camo around to. flud out:about it. The pastor told them ho find been told, that Brother. Kingsland Dad boon drnnl, . Thoy triod in overy way.to gob tho pnstor to. compromise himself,” but;he was tao smart-for. that. ‘Ho-ouly told them tuat ho bad honrd theso things, and gave his anthority. v, Paront was hero- called, . and tostifiod that ha told tho. pastor. that Brofher Kingstand was drunk,, Ho know ho. was drunk; smelled his breath, and talked with him,, OPINIONS OF BXPERTS. The Modorntor—** Might, not n men have the smoll of - liquor, on 'his; breath . without' being drunk 2" Witnees was under thoimpression that Brothor Kingaland was pnruz' inloxiented at:thut timo, 1o had scon him: go.into lagor-boor saloons sev- eral timos ; suppused he went to.tako o drink; nover. saw him drink., Ho had heard bo was in the habit of drinking, - but never saw him so drunle that ho fell down. A membor inquired . whother Mr, Kingeland's Dbusiuoss. might not take him down into tho aa- Joon, ‘The witnosa: couldn’t eny. Digitt ho not bave - gouo: down there. for Iunoh? Witnces thougliv it probablos thoy kopt .o free lunch in tliat saloon, bo bolioved, Mhss/Tripp, rocalled, stated that sho was firmly convinced that Brother Kingsland was undor tho influenoe of lhl‘:“ r at tho businoss meoting, Ar, Wilkio romarkeli. thnt o was drunk. iis faco was red, snd his brenth smellod like liquor, Mr. Ioblsant .asked.if Mise Lripp. was not awaro that Mr, Kingslond's.faco got red at times without baving diank suything. She seid his nosg gob red, but not his whole face. Didn't sl know that the offect of o cold was to muke his facered? ‘Mr. MuCarthy—*'DId it affect his- brénth, also 2" Z . Miss-Tripp believed slio never saw Mr. Kings- Jand oxcept whon ho was drunl. SUE XNOWS WETTER, Mr. Gordon suggested that it might hevo beon tobacco thnt sho smelled in his broath. iss- Tripp's comoly faco expressed a pro- nounced sucor ot this impenchment of the ac- curacy of-hor olfactories. She stated thatdlr. Kingsland's bobits. wero wattors.of common rumor. N TIE WISDOM OF THE OITLDREN OF: LIGHT, Mr. Binglum testified that Mr, Kingslund told him ho would not - swear ho- wasu't druuk, for when ho wanted a drink ho wont: and. took it. :;muoflfu had froquently smelled liquor in his reath, “Tho Moderator—Why.was ho elocted to an of- flcg in the churob if he had such & reputation ? Mr, Bingham—DBecause Lo had lots of mouey, and tho chineh wanted (o keop him, It was well uudorstood that the chiof renson why the Dan- cons wauted to geb rid of Mr. BlcCarthy was be- causo Joues and Kingsland had threntoned to loavo tho churel. Kingslaud said ho- know Alr. McCGatthy referred to him in the sormon, Ac- cording topopular rumor, Kingsland was o drink- ing man, The Modorator asked of Mr: McCarthy ‘whother Iiegliought 1t iu accordance with Serip- turul ralo 43 denoitnee & mau publicly beforo ko Dind Inbored with him privately. 3r. McCarthy roplied that thore was nothing to show that be hud donounced Mr. Kingsiand. Dr. Wollg—Did- younot refer to him fu-your sermon? 3ir. MoCarthy—I am on. trial for my, words, 1ot for my thoughts. r, Bingham had taken his seat, with the evi- dent intention of remaining, alony with Dencons Sclirock, Morrill, Fickett, nud Xeed, who had been prosent all tho fimo. Whe 'Modorator ordered Mr. Bingham to rotive. Ho protestod that lio was oo of tho Trustacs, aud had o right to bo prescnt if tao Doacons wore pormitted to stay, = Ho continued in tho room, snd' nothing more was said BLANDER, ” 1n roforenca to tho ohargo of slandoving Prof. Mitoholl for hinving occupied Lis pulpit, Mr. DicCarthy donied that be roforred to him slan- Qerously, though he did mean to robuke Lim for an_ungontlomavly thiug in filling his. pulpit withou. flrst couferring with him, well knu\vlnfi Uik Lo was, da faclo, pastor ot Unlon Pur} urch, Prof. Mitchioll said ho had soon unthing which could be called slanderous concorning himsolf, It was not slanderous to. impute .discourtesy. ]{n Hn«lbenn opposed to taking up this charge at all, TIIAT VOLY SUBJECT. I'ho dofense next took up tho specification ro- Intiug to convorustions on goxual subjacts, IMr, McCurthy oxploined that .the iuterview took placo in November, at Doucon: Shearci's houso, ‘The- Inttor. tofd im Lie needed o wife, and nll that was filthy or obseeno in tho talk originated in the fllthy labyrinths of Shearcr’s Imngination, It was a fabricutlon throughout. * His rolntions. with Bhoarer at that tine were most intimato and confldentinl, and continned so subsequontly, Qlr, Burtis- Lestifled that Doacon Bhoaror had. Doen rogardod, long aféor this, as tho pastor's warm aud futimato frioud and supportor, Mus.. Curtiss. statod that, sho laow Dencon Bhoaror to have been tho fl:utox'u warm friendat all timos; up. to the.night the Ashland aveuue Tolks loft, Dr, Bingbam etatod that Doscon Blhoarer had manfeated the warmest admiration for Br. Mo~ Carthy o8 & {alentod, moral, Christian ministor. Tho noxt poiut wns 08 to conversations had with Messra, Braymor, Swoet, Bchmak' and Mo~ Cann on. soxusl mattors, BMr, MoCarthy ox- plaived that his_rolations wern most intimate with Braymer. IIo had contomplated preaching a sormon on the *'soclul ovil,” and-had knd somo talle with Mr, Wilkie on tho subjoot, in tho course of which Mr. Wilkio fnvu oxprosuion to the epinlon which ho (tho pasfor) subkoquent- ly mentioued to Braymer -in a’ confidential, voveront way, ‘Chis.was not on SBunday ot ull, but on Monday eyoning, July 28, 1t was o pure aud Obriationoonversalion, and could not huvo boon overheard by God Almighty, Tesus Ohrlst, naud the Holy Spirit_without” sontiments of ab- volute nl!pl'uvll . Braymor_told It to Wagner ; Wagnov told 1t to ollers, and it becamo torsibly digtorted, Broymor donfed that ho wau responsi- Dble for it, andgot' vory.angry with Wagner for wiisropratenting it _ 1 Kty MuOnsihy bote-xond a lottex from-Miwm in_ tho, fig Burtls to whow that Mrs. Braymor was.angry, with Wagnor for linylug misropreaéntod tha n‘fi for's words and nots, Miga qu]}p rqoallod, taptified that Wagnar hnd, profossod”frlondhip ‘with. tho pastor aftor the cbuversation, and that Braymor enld ho would Jiko to split \Vngxxur'u Liead opon bocapso of mla- rugmunumtion‘ Ir. Parent tostiflod thnt the pastor baptizod Mrs. Wagner and Alrs, Braymor, and their hug- bands lod thiom up to tlio baptismal wators, - Mr. MeCarthy- donfod that. he.indorsnd Wag- nor's vorsion of tho coyvorsation, mnd. sub- mittedthat if Lo hiad done go, tha Dondons could Mot havo maintained rospeotful rolations, and oxpressod, as thoy did, their roidinosy to Flvo |, him an_indorsomont upon loaving the church, 1, Mr, Binghnm tostified that Doncon Swoot had Indorqod tho phstor's moral. elractor subuso. iquent to this conyersation, | VERY LOW DOWN, ., Mr. MoCarthy: here. statod that he was in- formed that, the Indies.who 'were in the. basc- ‘mont a8 his witoosson wera Insulted by tho Indics in tho luncl room,’ through which, thoy had to s In ordor Lo gaino bofora o Lounoil, Ho -thoretore askod that-tho front door be opened, ‘,‘tihnt thoy might como up that way. This wag ‘done,. - 5 # o EOATTENING WITNESSES, Driea Tripp, rocatlod, testified,to having heard Dencon Sweok iny that thoro was nothing crimi- nal charged ogainst the prstor; that ho could liston to Ius proaching all bus lifo, Mr. McCarthy rond & lottor from Miss Parlsh i‘lvhxg the result-of-a conversation with the ancons, in which thoy said tho charges \roro.nll, chall,and, that thie, pastor. was thd. smnrtost minidler in Ohicago, Al Tho Roy. Mr., Whitohend—Ta that your tonti- mony? Mr, Mchlh{—vwlmn_I Iook , around _me in thla]xoom 1am tompted to indorso it.” [Lough- or Mra. Ogris tostified--to having heard the Dancons sy that tho Waguer matter was settlod with Mr. McCarthy, Msa.Binghwm,tostiicd to. the samo effcot. g . MoOarthy, in his-own.behalf, doniod that 1o over told tho Dencons_tho things thoy ropro- Bented concorning him. -They might havo mis- undoratood bim'; bo hoped thoy did. 'Ha, would be a” pratty Paouu,. to expross sach,an, opinion to o ol Doncons, wio woro roady to bawstring bim, UR WANTS PUBLIOITY. ° Mr. McCarthy nnnouncoed -thut- this was all he had to offor in roforonce to all but tho first four chargay. He bnd to marry o happy.couple.to-, night ; {t miglit be tho laut nflalr of tho Jiind, Ho liopod that the public-would be.admitted to hoar tho oxamination on tho four chargas, tho proso- cution of which was heard-in public. Ho de- mauded this o3 right, and ko insisted on it a5 5, Baptist, o mnu, and an American citizen, o Gouncil declined to ontortain‘the question at all Mr. Goodspeod, lkhu Council “"Aftor prayer b took a recoss until half-past 7 o'elock, vy ety EVENING SESSION. When Lhe Council had reassembled, and prayor had been offored, Dr. Mitoholl stated the grounds of the rulg that, witnessesnot members of the church should not bo allowed to testify in writ- ing, becouso thoy ate noither under oath nor bound by the -vawa of, . Ohristian. profossion, and canniot bo erogs-oxamined. Mr. McCnrthy objected to taling up time in discussing abstract questions.. The Moderator told Dr. Llitchell to go on. Mr. MoCirthy resontod thid ns an fnénlt, and called Dr, Mitchell. to, order.. He was told that ho had no right to call auy ono fo ordor. HOME CIARGES-DISMISSED. Upon motion of Mr. Gaodspesd, the Counoil voted not to considor the charges relating. to, threats to biast tho charactor of mombers of the chureh, and acousations against them of -drunk- euness, adultery, otc. . TIREATS, The dofenso then took up tha charge of thraat- oning “tho lives. of members. of his church when he found that he waa caught, and likely to Hs expoged n bis .indecont and .improper con- et Mr, MeCarthy denied that ho had ovor thront- ened Wagner's lifo, Ina terrible stato of ex- citemont and irritation, e did say that he didn't Luow Liow he could stop Wagnor's mouth, unless, Do killed him and got banged for it. He nover. carriod, nor had # deadly weapon; novor had a fight siuce he was 14 yoars old, No man living 1iad & moro peaconblo rocord. Iiis languago.to Dlts. Briggs was_nob a thront; hardly o, predies, tiou ; ni}ntllynfunrz Ilo feared. ho. should., bo goaded into somothing desperato, but thero was 1o throat. Wagnor, Lo seid, waa o natural-born Deacon in his faculty of misropresentation. AMrs. Oyrus was. racalled, and stated how Mr. Wagnor faid L would not allow, * that man ¥ to buptizo his wife, for- some, repson,, which ho insinuated, but did not tell. Tustons. isa Tripp, recalled, stated that sho knew that: there wero .numorous, rumors. in. circulation re- tlecting upon tho pastor. Br, Goodspeed objccted to this sort of hoarsay, tostimony. Mr, BicOarthy vohemently urged that it was of vital consequonce to him Lo.prove: thab thie com- munity was. filled :with., rumor, a8 the result of. Wagner's misreprosontations, Blr. flflndflgccd seid the rumors were putin circulation by Mr. MeCarthy himeelf in his, sormon, S MMr, McCarthy.said he wanted to prove.rumors. prior. to.that. Miss Biuglam tostified .08 to. the, provalonce of rumors circulated by Wagner, and to.1emarks made by Wagner ‘in hor hunrln%. e Mr: MeGarthy again placed: himeelf upon the witness stand, “and narratod how: Wagner had busied himeolf in maligniog bim, Dr. Bggs.rolated a talk he had .with Wagner Inst weels, in which ha confossod that ho had cironlated ¥umors ogainst-Mr, MoCarthy, and roiterated that thoy wore-truc.. He maid ho.was ‘bound to root him out of the.churseh.. AFRIDAVITS, M, Barry stated thet ho Liad in bis possession cortain alldavits—ona by T T: Morford,'to the offect thut Doacon Kingslaud - was ‘ot drunkcat tho business. meeting referred .to; thut be lisd: known him throo_yoars, and ; knew:. him to: bo: a.man of sobricty, and another from. Dy, Hall, cortifying that tho rod appearance of Deacon Kingsland's faco was caused by a dieease Lnown o8 soua 3 that Lo know - him to be o man of temperato hnbits, M. . McCarthy stated his. boliof. that Wagner. was the instigator of , an axticle in the Zimes, to thio offoct that ho (McCarthy) had attompted to Tady, not named, but'so described a8 to loave no'doubt that Mra. ‘Wognor was roforred to. - 3 Mra, Bingham, recalled, testified to haying: boeard of tlreats mado by, Wagner to split opon. the pastor’s head with a hoavy. cano, * Sho told.'| BIr. McCarthy about thia, Aftor prayor by Mr, Walte, tho Conneil ad- Journed until 9 o'clock this. mornidg. STOCK-RAISING IN . MoLEAN: COUNTY, Soecial Digpateh to-The Chicago Tridune. BrooyvaToN, Ll., burch 81i—It is.proposed: by leading stock-brogdors in this county to form & titock-bracders' snlo -nssociation; to includo all- breedora. of blooded stoclk.in McLoan County. seduco & married and vicinity, and to provide for.monthly sales of | jj fino animals, which shall - attract buyers from all.| arts of tho Union, MoLoan County:is ace mowledged to be. the londing sootion.of . the.| Union {8 raisiog Norman horbes, aud s faststop- iug taward the frout ranlk in short-horn-cattle, Enmu of the herds ratsed Liore aronow considored | tho Loat in the West, ‘Cho first moating to pro-. vida for sitch an organization will be held in this, city about.the midala of; April, and undoubtedly will rosult in the formation of - an -association, John Hobbs, the well-known horseman,. of Bloomington, arrived to-day with ten slallions, importod from Normandy, NEW' ORLEANS: MARKEY,- New OnLiAng, March, 31, —DOEADSTUIE4~Corn i 3 white, 167100 § yellow Bcare and Armer ot 8, TaY—Dail ; prime, $17, TROVISIONS~-Huwi iraicr nt. 13@12%e, Morasaxs—Iu: light. supply ; formenting commony; 30330 7 Sair, DT43AUS ; OLGIN unchaugad, o0 ox iaxD—-110 Price; Current bu. Ao, ol 74,933 404 Lard- (kege). ot ) Toicon, olowr Biies, (casia),. Do clour rib.. Blioulders.. 1am (suga) Do therced, “loracs, (plalu) ok Dry salt nieats, cosk, ... o Bl AT R 200 —Domid. Hao ; Good - erdiuary to” strict . go latn, rogular und_oualor, g ordinury, 183@1$%0; low middiiig to- striet low nilddlhigs, 183, @16%0° middliog t biriet middlings, 104@ gooi mlsldllu&;. ATH@1T0, Rocelpty, 4174, Ex‘wnn to the cont{nout, 2,875, Stock; 943, 116 § 'unsold, 131,800, Monkrany~—Gold) 119X ; sight par, Storling, $5,40, - o fn S o WATERTOWN, MASS., LIVE-STOCK MARKET. WATENTOWS, Massi, Marcl 81, —Biuy OATTLE-~Ros colpl, 70¢ uupply: Vory lght { pricoa samo s lush woult { Oholoo, $0.05@10.76 3 exira, $0.50@10.00 ; sivat qh;x!l\ly, 8.50@39,00 § socond, $7.00@H8.00; third, §6,00. T L BN & TEMPERANCE' iceting of the Central Committoo of Our City Temperauce As- sociation, | Organization - Perfected: and Work Laid; Out, Forelgn-Born. Citizens of Springfiold - Hold a Mass-Meeting, ‘They, 'Will; Nominatp, Antl-Ory- sade Men for.City, Oflices.. Tho Work In, Wisconstn, Town, Indlgna, . . aud Ohio, OHIOAGO, THE OENTUAL QOMATTTER, + The Contral Gommitfeo of tho Wompn's, Tom- perance Movomonk, mot yestordey fqrenoon ab No, 61.LaSalle streot. About , 'dozon, ladjes’ iworo prosont, Mrs, G, B. Moph progiding, and ;tho business douo was tho adoption of & @ LT OF, BY-TAWS. for tho central and divislon organization. About ‘two houra were spont In, discussing tho variows iprovisions, and tho following is an abstract of ‘tho,rasult renshed ; TR DT Thoy proyido.that it shall bo tho duty. of the, (Contral Committoo to decido upon the speoial ‘offorta to bo mado fu_this, tomporanca rovival, ‘suols na hiolding, mootings, ndoptipg plodgos, dis> trioting tho city for elroulating plodges, spocify- Ing-modes of ‘visitation, aud “plauning. gonersl ‘mcasuros in aid of. tlip noyoment. ) | Tho. officora. of. the. Cantral. Committee shall ‘constitute an, Executlye Qomunittoq to transack ‘gonoral oxcautivo work. : 5 i, Tt s furthey provided that thera shall be the following commiitteca: On Pledges, Mootings, Visiting, and, Finguco, onch_to,_ consiat of fivo /membors, the Chairman to ba s member of tho Contral Committeo, Thare shall bo an Advisory Bosrd of Finance, «comppeed of gontlomen, wito shall doyiso the ways . oud moana.for raising monay, for currodt oxponsos, dnd with whom the Contral Gommite, :toe shall advigo in nll mattors relating to financo. { ‘The Division Committees shall bo called after ‘the Division.. in. which enol is formed, s, the North Division of the Woman's ‘Témperance Organization, tho South. Division, oto, ~Tlié number of membors of orch- Diyision Committoa ‘shall bo.twenty-ono, five of whom shall 1 om- Dors of thio Central Committna, * . 'Tho Division Committecs-ste, aythorized to. Tecoiye.into touu\vahignoh!.\ar agnociations of womon, which shiall bo known as Corrésponding Temporanco Saciatics, & - A joint moeting of Contral and. Division Com- mitb?fifl shall bo held on the flst Monday of each month, : Tho election-of ofticors shall bo by ballot, after duo notico has been givon of thoe election, The term of offico of the Central Commitfec shall ba six months, and of the, Diyisign. Committess threo months. ‘Theso by-laws may bo anended by a two-thirds voto of the Contral Oommitteo and all the Divis~ ion Committees. Tho remainder of tho by-lawa aro simply rules for business meotings, otc, THE PLEDGES, Tho Committos have put the pledgosi n the hands of tho printer, and. thoy wil bo roady for ciroulation about tho ond of tho weolk. 1 The by~laws will bo submitted to the Division Organization for their royision and nacoptancs at tho meotings for orgauizing, to-morraw nfier~ noon. The entrat Committes will moot Fridey, moruing, and tako final action upon thom, ¢ _ANNOUNOEMENTS, As tho mootings to comploo the Division organizations take place, this aftornoon,. all I~ dics {n the city are roquestod to attoid, 8y o'clook, in the following places : North Division —North Star Baptist Olnureh, on Division stroot. South Division—8t, Paul's (Universntist) Ghurch, on_Michigan nvenuo, near. Eighteunth streot ; nx?l:l \Xfiat Division—Union Park’ Congrogational, uroh. ILLINOIS, AT DANVILLE. Sheeial Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, Dasvieee, 1L, Maich, 81.—Fhe tomperance work still advances-in this place. Another large tomporance mass:mooting was held last evening. ot tho Opera-Houso, It was addresged by Judge Honry and tho Rov. Mr. Heith, Tho potition'to . Judge. Hauford, to imprison violators of the Liquor law having feiled ¢ accomplish the demred ond, o resolution was offerod at the meetiog, and-uncnimously. adopted, roguosting the Judge . to rasigu his-position. 'If.this fail, iropeachment may bo rosorted. to, as tho tom- ‘porance peaple soom determined £o have tho law, enforced, . ‘Cho.enlgons aro still boing visited by. the ladies; though nothing- out. of: the- usual order ocours, AT BIRINGFIELD, % Svoctal. Dignateh to T'he Chicago Tribune, SppiyaricLp, Ill,, March 81,—The call for o moeting of: forcigu-born citizens, to be hold to- night, to protest. against_the. crussde as an in- vagion of their persoual liberties, was Yosponded to by o large aidionco ot Harmonis Hall. The proceodings wore entbusiastic, yot peacoful and ordorly. Mr. Quinn, of. Peoris, was ‘the orator, and to the surprise of evory one made a nobly’ soueible and - commendable spoech, He coun- solod pence and ordor, told tha saloon-keapors to bo gentlemon, If men and:women did go mad- and, ravg &bopt, red-nosed Irish- mon, bloated Dutchmen; troat them civ- illy ' and k,mdgiy, and, the rosction was euro to como, Hesing ‘and O'Hara were exe pocted, but neftherof them put in &n appearance. Tho.object of.the meeting.was indiéated. by tho. ‘paseago.of o serios,of ‘rosolutions. nsserting tha right of evory one to- proseouts his busineas in Lis own way, frea from interforonco or molesta~ tion, and- recomwending that such men be nominated for city oficers only as would gecuro to all mon tholr porsonal rights and liborties. There will, uudoubtedly, bo three tickots in the fleld. The Domogratic {zxtv Las the‘lm}ll in- the. whigky elpmont, al~ hough-it is said that the Republican party will- bid for that-vote. by nominating o8 o part of the tioket whisky men, The Law-and.Order Con- vention mét to-nigit, and numinated tho follow- ing ticket; For-Mayor, tho Hon. Johu A. Chest- nut s for City Attornoy, Gen, B, B. Harlan; for ‘Lrensurer, the Hon, Ninian W. Bdwards, = * ~ METANMORA, Corgpnondence of The Chicago Tribune, Bieradona, Ill., Mavoh 20.—QOnr ladjos aro out, wora-torrible than ' un, wrmy with banors.” Their cnm{mh{n at gmaunt is. distinguished by this_ peculiarity; Ialling in covquering tha quor-tollors ; qw’entgd at tho polls, whoro thoy oleolioneerod nobly ; and meoting with a Leart- legs ropulso. at the lionds of the new Bpard, to. whom ‘L\ey'u]\‘i)_nn ed to itlihold liconies, oy linve. informod eaid- Board' that, unloss thoy. changed their. course, the press. of. the State shiouldbo, seirred up againsl thom. Tha ladipa, algo road-tha lnw.to the.learnad; gantlemen, “qld: thereby made them ocoupy & very uncomfortable position, GALVA, Correspondence of The ‘aqo T'ribune, GALva, TiL, March 80,—T'ho temperance mova- mant hare has been crowned with ' glorious re- - fourth tomporands inex=iastng’ -aud wholesala llquor-housos, sulfs.. The ladigs unjjed-in o orusade ‘sgainst tho ssloon-kaeepors about o ook az0, ~ On Bat- upday.the, Inst saloon-keeper. surrenderad; and emptied his fiquora into tho siroot. Corresyaidencs, of “The Chicago Tribyne, Oawran, Tll, Murch 80.—In the corporation eloction, which took pluce last Soturday, tho. Lomperanco.tiokat gob badly boaten. This resple, ayla bko o wat, blapket. on the praying wonian, Orupading stoclk-is bolow par, and the ark hes gono into dry, doels, ——— INDIAN. ¢ ATBOUTIL KEXD Spectar Divwateh to L'he, Chicage. Tribine, 4 Soursy Banp, Iull,, Mageh §1,-This afternoon twolya ladies, ona of whom made the complunt, woro. prosept fn the ofiico of L. G Welton to 1end thely influgnce,{n tisp prosoqution of Jones, for selling-liquor.in violation of the Baxtor lnw. Jonos pleaded not %ul.lt.y. o wad' tried, found guilty, l\n{-&t\md 8106, Thiy, 1y tho firgt triul lud undar thp dirousion of the ladlos, who,ard under- stood (o, bu roj 1p. proscouto uonrly avary. saloou-keopot. In the, olty-for ' tho vigiaton of soma of the provisjons of tho law. AT QDBUE! % Spectal Dispatch to Tha wqo Tribund, Gostey, Tud,, Mazoh B1,—Groat, Intorast was manitostod ab.tho tompersuca meoting Lold Ln thls vity to-day, Aboud lfin,&a(;:lntu “tfu man::. venl 0 amoes were o tho Loeag y o s Tolloyiog 16 & lat OF aking in all 192, B e ke o Troildont ; Mra, Wobor, Saoral obinson, Trensurar, | Oltlzong ‘)l:‘v}!?:;su‘;e‘x; lroultod Loy y tho Todion, and ransy o e cd. “The movy it atrougth ovory day. oveiant. o galbing Soeeial Dinpteh by 11 € o T Spees (epule] The Clit g r, Tone WAXNE, Tud, Mutch Se Tomiuit. the ntthe Tirsb Presbyterion Olnrchy T per&glr: !: large attendanco, aid' considdrablo onthisinam iy muufostod.. Tho.wark 1 bolug pushed with-uac ulL}.\u'ugl\. ouiy modernto suc. d “TAFLQIFTE, i 1idl,, March 81.—Tho temperance Indlen still continuo thelr visits to tbuxt)mlannn Thoy aro gonor- lundly ireated, yot manifestod nlly courteously recoivod and though no good results havo thomublvos. “The Clty” Coundil” hina™ atdorad the polles fotco to goo that tlio, 6 And' 9, ©'olock pro- visiops of tho Daxtor Bl I carrlod out, aud, o8 ® cqusoquanco, no liquor fasbld aftor 0 p. m, ——— " OHIO, AT CoLTADUS, Coroysus, 0., Merch 31,~Tho- orneado thin week Las not bgon yory F;odue;l\'q of good. Tho Indies who haye laborod on the streots for the Ens& two weoka are begfoning to wear out.in ody. - Notwithstauding thoir zeal ia‘as ‘intorss 8 over, the workof. the past two . days Ling prin- clnally baon 165 ciceutulion of pladis, " Soverst prowinent drinking-placos, at which tho Indios havd called very froquoutly for prayer durfug the crusado, oW posiiivoly rotush 1o SO Ehogh: AT DAYTON; T' O tcoThrte Davrox, O., March 81,—1ITe orusidors’ were busy all day, in spito of tho digsgrecnblp woathor. Aight o' Yront of ‘o ealoon ’\‘v;{mto ‘igm,r”'wo'xo pmy:nF ‘enused much oxcitemont, but ~was soon ) sottled, Whe women ara nchisving no ootituosts, TIE PRQOLAMATION OF. THE MAYOR OF CINOIN- T oUNATL C AAYon's Orric Orxy o CiNarswaTy, Morch 28, 1874, By virlue of the power vestod jn_mo, by and at the request of tho Donid of Police ' Commin: alouors of- the City of Ciuciunail, for. the' pur- uocuting tho poaco aud goo oxdr of poriled, o s uitl b o, Lollowed o & d aud labhls gt any tme ‘to bo! Tuy: LAD Yooy g zm-mmtxmo"'m‘fiéc o 5 1 = S might, tonded with dstruction of 1ifa db hereby iyato tlils proclamatioti All'poraons aie horeby waraed ngainst assom- bling on tho stroots and sidowalks' it buoh o mannor as t0 land to tholr obatruction for'the purposta of ordinavy ‘business; and for. travel and locomotion, or for using eald streots and walks for any other purpose o that for which thoy woro designed. Such obstruet 01 i8'% viglus tion of Doty tha public audl ndNidak] tisht: S is punishable by tho ordinunco of, tho eity, Which 1f¢ is thio duty of' thio puu‘m‘ Dapirtng Yz'zb‘”‘;fi- Thoro is no dosirs on tho part of tho municipal authorities to interfero with freo speech, or tho right of tho pooplo to poacoably” sasemble to- considor. what thoy may.guppose ta be publip griovances. For that purpdso o haye halls ang Publia squares provided, whiere all meotings'and public domonatrationa can bo miide. i Drocossions ihrough' tho strdts’ axe siblo ; but whon largo’crowds collect for w.]url?bh period on the streots and ‘blocldug up the 8amo, it is 8o sorious o vi of tlig Iaw that it cannot bo permitted. ¢ 1 thoreforo inatruct, by virtue of tho suthority vested in mo by the Tolico Board, all polica ofticers to faithfully exocute aud earry out’ tho ©objects of this proclamation ; and I do especinily chorge them to see that tho statute againgt the ourrying of conconled woapons i not violated, and that thoy Ekompuy miko ‘arrests of. oll wviolators of it; I alao charge zhom enpacially tq soo that Indica aro not insuited, snd that ng indigaity ia offerad thom in any shape or i’ any matgar by aug oxcitedindlylduals, and thaf they, . protoct the ladies and eafely cscort ihem from any places whero. the public peaca is liable, in - thelr judgment, to interruption. 1 appon to all oitizona Interestod n prosorving good order to sustein the polics in_discharge ‘of thoir dalicato, end it may be in somo cases, diflioult duty, ' We aro just now pnssing throngh & popular oxcltoment .in which strong fealinga and nngriy passions are being aroused, mnd ‘which an {hjudiciots word or an impulsive” blow from a singlo individusl might lesd to conse~ quences of o vary sorloud ohatdetér: “The ‘polica Linve but a singlo duty to perform, With any controversy or differonco of’ apinion they hava nflbhll;]; to do, but they must faithfully and im- partially catry out the laws aud ordingnces with- out distinction of porson or ox. X . . W. 0. JounsTox, Mavor, And Clisirman Board of Polioo Commisaioners, opalls, ation Syeciat Disgatehfo 1o Ghteags Trfy iaf Dispatcl: fo The. Chicagd Tribune, JANESVILLE, Wis., March 81.—During the pasd wook the crusadets in ‘Monrae, Graen' Conuty, have boon visiting saloons snd _generally splicite ing signqt\_lms to plodges, Several moetings lave boon hold, which wore largely attonded. Laat evening en immenso_concourse of poople asgomblod at the Turnor Hall for the purposo of uniting with the Catholic Temperance Sociaty in union meoting, The hall Lad bsou engaged for tho purposo by Father McGinnity, and whon the mooting nssembled he rend a lotter addressed to Limsolf by tho proprioter of the hall, prohibiting any other person from addressing the mosting. This contemptiblo nttempt to interfore with the freadom of spoech. was 'roceived with lond usger from alt parts of the hall, and the most Ln‘mnaa indignation is felt by all clossos of ens. 3 AT BRODHEAD . Inrgs temporance meetings are_boing hold av evening. Lk ovaning ovor 150 nataos woro . d:ut' to those who had proviously takon the pledge, IOW. g cal Dot 1 i evvcago et Special Dispateh g L'he Chicago Teidune, DavisTons, fn., March 3f.—ho city election oceurs hioro next ‘Luesdny, and a flerce contest lo'expooted. ~‘The only jusno will ba temperanco, sand condidates havo been nominated regardless of patty or politics. Iv is eaid positivoly that the Indigs will commenco crusading in o day oF two, and use overy mesus to influonco the elec- tion, The tomporanco agdyocatos sro working hard to seouto & Counoil that will closo the sn- loons ou Sppday and raise the price of liconsea. Tho Gormans und uil othorsare miagsing togatlior to urpnst} the tomperance mop, and one of the most exciting political fights thgt over occurrad lsx Towa will prokably talke place hogo nost Tues- By, ¥: S MICHIGAN. AT ANN ARDOR. Special Digpatels o The Chicano Triturd, oR, March, 8L.—A vory euthusiasti temporance moeting was hold last oyening in the. Prosbyterien Church. An address wag delivered by Dr. Pilmor, of tho Medioal Colloge, on the injurious effocts of alcohol on the physical sys- tom. There aro fow Indicntions, howover, that a praying band of women will visit the ealoons. S PENNSYLVANIA, spectel Dipsats 3 e Ssano Tobi Spesial Dispatah to The Chicago Tribune, Prrranuuor, Harch 8L—-The tomporance topie still contiyuey fo be niliatod by tho ladioy, sud thiu aftornood bho Womon's Ghristion Tempor- atico Uniop Leld s very fll mooting in the ltov. Dr. Poarsan’s Baptist Ohitrch), on Fourth avenuo. 03 tho Bouth Sido the Indies, in Bquads of {hree and five, visitod a number of saloons, nnd prayad and saug,” ‘Ihoy wera yery nlcoly troaled, bat nono of tuo gnloon-keopors wignod tho plsdge or promisod o ol S ppoarances ndiento (huE Hogs will soon. O Thurgduy evqnjnfi another tems Porauce mass-moeting will bo held. e MASSACHUSETTS, IN THE LEGISLATURE, BosTon, Mayoh 81, In the Senais to-lay re- Em-ta wora recelved from the Commiites on lquor law, and ordevod priuted. Tho mafority- m}mrt is 8gainst uny chrngo in tho law, Throe miuority-reports wore prosonted, .two for li. copuing under cortain restrictions, and one for 8 compayatively {roe sale of liguor. OANADA. AT OTTAWA. Special Disoyicl; to e Chicpgo Tribung, Orrawa, Onti, Murch 81,—The temperanot movepent is gaiuing ground hore, The ladiet of tho Capitul Liold A mooting to-sy proparatory to cauvasing the city foreiguaturcs to o wmun aulking tlat the pale of uqiml' in'the Parliamont buildngy he ahollshed. Tho mqvemont glyet promli of suocoss, bl A Pgryerse Faghex. A parringe ocourred i Dotrolt u faw days ago, \\'hlnwlhu I'ree Press thus desoribos: + There was o marriage lq the Ninth Ward yosterday, the sroom beiyg 0 hard-working moclianio, and' tha hrido the daughtor of ‘venpoctable parents, Tha futher of tho gixl wns oppoged to thie matoh and wag dotermined thyt it ghopld not come off, hut thio mother wus convincod that it waas all right Whieu the olorgyman’ and tho ‘guests bogan tt arrive the fathor began to get angry, and he would have ovorturned all the plans hut for thi * pluck of the opposing partics, who sent fors Fnllmnlan doubled un thoir fists, aud orderoc ho pxano[mr to go shead, The fathor under tools’ tq Beizp the brido, but some of tho orowé ran him oyt of dooys, and ha iwont adrogs tly tha puru-m'n'a s ¥ R SV S —