Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 14, 1874, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY APRIL 14, 1874 5 in {8 lito-glying folds, Bolting out from tlie same polutaof thouglht, Cotlsin aiways como up (0 dod snd eavon, and Bir, Aill to tho practical of this lifa; o tho iapiineas of’ man horo, and thon patised.” Specification Seventeenth—In (o rormon _aforceatd ho amploys tho word nad to Indlcatothe doctrines of the Biblo In au unseriptural eenao, oud in a ponse dif- foront from thnt in which thoy aro used by the Lvan« gellon] Gliurclien In general, and tho Presbytorian hurch in artleular ; tint 13 to_sny, ho 80 usen micl ‘words ns * regeneration,” “ converaion,” * repentance, #Juniification,” “ now hoart," “ pulvation,” Eavior,” fdlttf jcation ohteenth—Ho, in offoct, donles tho udiclal naturo of {ho condemnation of tho lost; that i to may, in {lio Aormon unlllk:d’ “ Yaith,” printed in #ho volumo called, * Truthy for fo-Day," and in ofhor sormons hio uaea tho following and sibiilar Janguagoe: 20 leawt traco of infidelity Tesons tho actisily; W= Yolict brings ali to L, and datins tho soul, not by nrbitrary decroe, but by n stealthy nrrosting of the best flow of ita lifo. ' Unballof 18 not su arbitrary, but & matural, damundion,” Specification Nineteenth—Tio teaches that falth aves, bocausa it leads to n holy 1ifo; that enlvation by falth 48 ot pocullar to Christlunity’; that salvation 16 tinte tor of degres, and (hat tho snpremacy of faith in sale vatlon nrlacs vut of tho fuet that it goes further than officr Chriatinh gracea towards nnkiny men holy ; that 4 {0 way, In thio kormon cntltlod, # Talth,” printed in tlio voluno called # Trutlis for To-Day,” the followlng nnd almilar Jangusgo ocoura: “ Falth in_Obristina rich soll, out of which righteonaness isn gorgeous bloom, " ' # It fhoro wero enongh truthe—-truth of morals and_ rodemption fn tha Mohannnedan or id- dhist syatem to_savo (o aonl—fatth: would bo thio luw of salvatfon within theso systems,” ¢ Halvation by faith {3 not a ercation or invention of tho Now Testa— ment, but 1t 18 a law that has pushed its way into the Now festamiont from tiio realn without,” ' No other raco could 80 suvo tho soul—Olarity may do much, gl poftens the heart, and drags along a traln of vir- tucs ; but it is Hmited Dby tho horizon of this lifo, Yoltairo and Paino wero both beautiful in charity, towavd tho pavr, Lut that virtuo scoms Inadequntos and, of tho higheat form of charity, & religlous fuith % tho best causo, and hienco charity st tako thie place, not of a leader, but of ono tat li Jed. Even penitonce 18 & poor *snvlig graco,’ comparcd with falth” Specification Zvwentigth—Io lcaches (hat men arg saved by works § that s to sag, in thio sormons entitled # Good Works, " Tho Valtio of Yeatordny,” A Relig- ormons, thio following and 1 Thoro i uothing aocloty nut divine 1ighteousncss, but Luman righicousnes,” '* Meaven 18 & holght to whicls men olimb on tho decds of {his life,”_ « Coming (o (o grave, ho only can look forward with oy wlio can sweotly look back,” 4 Tlio good deods of yestorday, 1hio good doeds of to-ilay, tho porfected goodncss of to-morrow, deep lovo for mian, n_consclousiess of tho presenco of God, will Al tho whiolo faco with & no- Dloneea and hoppincss lo whioh earth las thus far been willingly o strangor, ‘This will bo & salvation, aud Qlirlst will bo a Bavior.,” Spectfeatton Tieentyefrst—Tlo denles tho dostrino of Justification by Falih, as held by tho Reformed Churches, and tangbt in bo Westminster Oonfezslon or Faith; that § to nay, In {ho scrmon entitied ¢ Good Works, nbove mentloncd, lio uscs tho following and similaf languago: “ Works, thint {8, results—a now life,—avo tho dostiny of faith, tho reason of ita won- Qorful play of light on_tho religious horizon, Failh, 22 8 boliotaud a {eieadaliy, in food, B0 far oa’ It bears tho soul taward this moral porfaction,” Spectfcation Tuenty-secon s misropresenty tho doctrinal viewa of thoso who bellove in Justifica~ tion by Falth nlone ; that is to say, 1n sundry sormons nbovo montionod It f intimated that thoso Who kold tho doctrine aforcaaid divorce faith from morals, and bollovo that mon may bo saved by an intellectnal s~ Bout to a creed withiout regard to personal character, Specfeation T'wenty-third—Ilo hua mpoken of fho Biblo, or portions thereof, in torms which involvo a donil of dte plenary inapiration ; it &8 o say, Inn sormon cntited, “Old Testument Tnspiration,” and in sundry articles writton by 1im and printed in tho Intertor nowspaper, Lo refors to tho 100tk Psalm a8 o “hattloong,” 08 tho “good of an boir” “n ro- vongo ™ and tn an articlo printed in the Intérfor, Sont. 18, 1875, hio usea tho following languaga " lie prome Inenco givon to tho 109th Pealm in my remarks arisca only from the fact that it hns long been & public teut of the value of any given theory of inspiration, This 18 ono of tho places at which tho rational world asks ua to pausoand apply our nbundant ond bonstful ‘words, Most of the young men, even in tho Prnll,:g'. terfan Church, know what ho listorian Froudo snid of this Penlm' n fow years sinca: ¢ Thoso who sccopt L0 100th Paalm as the word of God, are alroady far on. {helr way toward autos-dn-fe nnd moesacres of Bt, Hartholomow.’ And while thoy may, for a time, reject fhcso words, thoy will soon domand & fhoe ory of Inapiration very differunt from tho indefinite sdiration of {110 pnat.” Specification Tirenty-fourth~Ho has spokon of the Biblo, or portions thercof, in terms which involvo & llfl:ln‘ of its fufallibility, and which tend to shiske tho confidenco of men iu i{a Divine autbiority ; that is to say, {n the sormon on_* 01 Testament. Ingpiration, tho'following pnerago ocoura: & There 18, It Booms fo 1me, no other conceivablo method of - trestfng tho Old Tegtament than that found in tho word eclecticiam. ‘Wo must gock out its permanent trutls, follow ita ceutral’ ideas, and love them tho moro bocauss tho) wero_climinatod from thio barbarlo ages with o muc eorrow and Dbloodshed.” Morcover, in the article in {ho Interfor sbove mentioned, ho says, * Olrist clarod tho Commandments dofoctivo”: nlao, in an srticl printed in tug Znterfr, dort. 4, 1B73, he spealts of battles—menning tho battles thie Ysraeclites engoged in with the approval and by the command of Jehovah ~='¢that surpassed in cruelty thoso’ of Julius Cmsar,” ‘Ha also teaches that the Mosalo legislation was cruel and unfust, and uses the following and similar lan. gudge: “1f David’a pernonal character had been pro~ coded by genorations which dripped fn blood, by gen- erations which punished over thirty forms of offenses with dealb, by gonerations which slew women and clifldran, by gonerations which punished dmpurity by 5 fluo of ono antmal from the flock s and, if rearcd in such on stmospliore, David sent Urlah to'tio front nnd thus suuured Urlal's Leduliful wifo, ono cortainky should not attributo this immoralily to any lack of vovelation, indeed, but rallier Lo an obeenco of that quality of rovelation found afterwards in tho morals of Josus.” Morcovor in an articlo writton by him and printed in the poriodical known a8 tho Sunday-School Teacher, and bearing date Julyl 1873, ho uses the fol~ lowing and similar languago : ¢ Tlio Aposalypes seoma nothing moro than common Ohristian doctrincs touched with tho forvor of imagination.” Aud, more- over, in o sormon entitled * 8t John,” printed in the olumo catled * Truthe for To-Day,” ho uses tho fol- Jowing and similar languago : “ There are 10 prophe cles of literal evonts in tho Apocalypss nuy more than theroia {n Tnseo, or Teunyson, or Whitlier.” .- . #For na to inquire tho méaulug of {ho soven acals, of whthor Roma bo not the * Babylon," would be for us 1o meck tho ¢ Desarted Village,” of Goldsmith or tho #Boulah Land’ of Jobu Bnuyan,” “Specification Tueenty-fifth—1lo hos declared to por- eons not members of thochurch a want cf bollef in ‘one or moroe of the doctrines taught in tho Wesiinin- ster Confeselon of Faith; and also that his opinions aro in harmony with those of tlio Unitarian Church, "Tho forcgolng charge, with these apecifications, may e proved Dy tho printed nrticles_and sermons of Mr, Bwing as abovo mentloned, and by tho testimony of tho following wituesses : Oliver M, Leo, Horaco. A Hurlburt, Williom A, Ewing, Chariea’ M. Hoiwe, Leonard ‘Swelt, William 0. Gray, Mr. McGlurg (of Jansen, MeClurg & Co,), Measra. Gu'rpontor & Sheldon, tho Rov. Willam 0, Yolung, tug Rev. J, 1 MeGluea, {uoRov, R, K. Wlarton, the Rov. 0, L, Thompson, the Rev, R, W. Patterson, D, D,, tho Rev, Minot J, Bavage, tuo Rev. R, Xaird Coliler, O, O, Waters, tho TRov. Alur 8wazoy, D, D., and F. A, Riddlo, ONATOE BCORD, ; Davtd Slug, bolng o minister of tho Prosbyterlsn Church in tho United States of America, and u mem- Ter of the Preabytory of Chicago, does ot sincorely roceive and adopt tho Confession of Faith of this Church o containing tho syatem of doctrinos taught 1o tho Holy Beriptures, Spectfication I'irat—1lo has doclared to the Rev. Rob- oot Laitd Collfer, a Universiist ministor i chrgs of tho Ghiurch of tho Messfol, in_Chicago, i substance, that boogrood with Lim’ (Colifer) in his thoological viows, but tiought it best, for {lie present, to romain shero be wag, 08 Lo could thoreby sceomplish more @ood for thio causo, v Specication Second—TTa docs 1ot accept and Volleve doctrines contained in tho Confesslon of Faith, viz: The doctrines commonly known s * Prodostination, #1ho Parseverance of {io Baints,” and-* Depravity, V. Specifieation Third—Ho hhs doclared in a lotter writton to Goeorga A. Shufoldt, in -meot in that ahurel, Prosbytery in the promisos, and (¢ would be tor :::o Prosb; :ury to accopt their actlon or not, aa 0y saw fit. i Mr. MoOlurg—Ts not the articlo read sufficient~ 5 A oloar ? Tho Moderator mado 1o roply boyond rappin; on tho dosk with his gnvol,ml{;lyof tho mln{‘a’:org and laymon having jumped up,” and ondenvored to got tho floor. v Mr. MoClurg—T think tho documonts should bo put in the hnude of the party charged, rathor than the Judlclary Committeo, . Tho rula rosd is cloar nnd oxplicit. Dr. Bwnzoy—Tha slmplo objact in reforring 1t ia that tho Committeo might soo whethor it ia in ordor, A DILATORY NOTION, Mr, urd—I movo to amend by adding tho wordy, “and tho Committon aro instrugtod to :-al[’);rl. Mi l)]:o Atd]m)xmnd moctiog of tho PT“?\{- 01 and nleo Lo place a co r In tho Baids of Prof, Bing s CPY ©F tho Papo : ‘The Moderator—What do you understand by ¢ the ndjourned mooting of tlio Presbytory P Br. Hurd—Tho mooting to Lo Lold in the Socond P'rosbyterian Ohurol, [Tho Trosbytery Lind deeldad, whon it adjournod, to adjourn to Mr. mehndgo—f hope {he amondmont will . my yoar 1871, {hat ho had long beforo time abandoned {lree of the fivo.poluts of Calvinism, afirmed by the Synod of Dort, naming e three, meaning tlio threa of tho dootrined adopted and taught by tha Confoaslon of Fultls, Speciflention I'ourth—Iu a sormon delivered in ths Tourth Preabylarion Olurcl, April 19, 1674, be said s #The Ohiurch of Englnd jofns with tle dissouting churchos in India na o fact, and cares little for tho £postolic succesaion In a Inud where the Brabmin can #0 far ont~da it In the quontity snd abaurdity of holy teachings and holy pedigrees, © Aud thiero the Galvinist conceala his five points, for the erowd of Indfan philosopbora cin sl pronosoton polnta fux more obscuro; and thus all tho Protestant sects approach tho whole pagan world with the Gospel ro- ducod to ita simplest oxprossion, Lleased ora it will bo when wo shallbe as fully ashamed fn America of tho thinga that dividous, as wo sre whon our feot touch Indin or Japan,” and moro in the enme strain, faThe specifications contained wudor Oharga firat, ate reliod on ns contained undor and in supyport of Ohikrgoe second, the samo o8 If ropentod, 2 Tho foregolng claryss, with snecincations, may ‘bo proved by the prinfed writings of Mr, Bwing! o aboyo reforred to, and by the tealinouny of tho following wite nesecu s ‘The_ Rov, Robert Lalrd Gollicr, Georgo A. Bhufeldt, tho Xov, David Bwing, Tespecttully submittod, Tnavom L, Patzon, WIHAT I8 TIE COURSE? The Moderator—You havo heard those charges . snd specifications as thoy have boon rend by Dr, Palton. Happily, in our Prosbytorinn Church, wa havo had o Jittlo oxporionce”of sconcs ke this—charges aud trials for heresy—that I, for my own part, must confess that T am n littlo at a lous to know Ymulunly what notion should follow the presentation of theso elinyges. My impros- sion, however, is that tho antfor will be sufil- cloutly cloar it I vend Sco, 8 of Ohop, & of our Book of Discipline s ‘When complaint 1a Jald beforo the Preshylery, it must b reduced to writing, and nothing farther {s to bo douo at tho first meating, nnless by consent of par~ ties, theu giving tho winfster n full copy of the charges with the names of the witncsses aunexed, and elting of purties and witnesaca to sppiear and bo heard at the next weeting, whick mcoting uhall not Lo gooner than tou days aftef wuch citation, It wonld kceni then that, excopt Ly tho conuent of 1o partiea involved, nothing furihier cau be done up~ ou the preuent oceasfon thun to prosent theso chargoa toFrof, Swingg with {ho specitications, names of Wit nefieen, oto, As I sold, Lmay Lo 1 error, and ifso I shiall Le glad to bo corrcoted, A OTION YO BEFER, 5 s Dr. Bwazoy—Lmovo, sir, that the papers be it into tho hands of the Judiciary Committoo, Thin Committee consints of Ltevs, It W, fattor- #on, Bon 1. B, Bly, Ly, and Eldor O, Thae Moderator—Any remarks o make ypon tLat motion? o 8fr, Dean—I would lika to know the yosult of that action boforo I voto for it. The Modorator—{ supposo the Committee would revommond some detinite action to the not pass, It { understand the lmport of it it provents tho Committeo from roporting to us tho mensures to bo pursued—toraport whothor theso charges arolin form. My only olaeouuu Is thnt it sonds things forward too far. 'Uhat Commit- too, it I undoratand the amondment, wonld have fo report nt tho noxt meeting ; and thon thora would havo to bo rnother adjournmont in ordor £hnt thoir roport might bo aotod upon and the partles know what they have to do; and, of gourso, Prof. Bwing would ho entitled to further timo to know preciecly whnt courso to pursuo, I may bo wrong, but it sooma to mo tho Committes could roport to-morrow [this] morning whother tho papors ato in ordor and what {s to bo dono in ordor to carry the thing forward in s proper way. DR, BWAZEY—. I hope tho amendment will not pnss, 8o far 8 wo lunow, tho charges aro frivolous. Ido not monn to |mp}y that thoy are; but I mensn in a Iogal pofnt of view wo have no countonanco of them. Tho socurity of the Prosbytory, aud an ordorly mothod of procecding, are socured . {f thesa papors go into the hands of the Judiciary Qommittos, who are supposed to be qualified to adyiso what wo'shall do with thom,—whother we shinll talo them up nt anothor mosting, or at any othor timo, and what disposition shall be made of them, . Thia is the ordinary usage, and thero should ba no quostion in regard to it. DR. RURD— I do not wish to take up the time of the Pres- bywrly._ but it sooms to mo tho amendment should pasa. In mattors 50 grave o this, noth- ing whatever is Toat by delsy and doliboration, M{ improssion of thoaction of the Presbytery this morning was, that it adjourned meotin; was to be held before o vory lopg timo, and modo my nmondment in order that the matter might bo hnstoncd, and' I have other reasous why tho mattor should take the shopo indicated by the ameudmont, . - REPORT AT ONOE. Mr. Trowbridge—I move, ns. an smond- mont, that the Committes bo requost- ed to roport toomorrow [this] morn- ing, for tho simple remson that the rosult may not bo colored one way or tho othor by piling ‘mooting on meoting, It is not with raferonce to any delay, but only to provent tho m\lhly{}‘ylng of moetings, aud 4ho prolonglog of this il nj:u noither mido would caro to soe it prolongod. DR, PATTERSON— The original motion is the proper one. The Committee onght to ngorl upon theso charges at onco, not having much to do, and I do not why it is nocossary to walt a weok, or two, or three, bofore moking » roport. It would soom vory much out of tho way to put the charges into the hands of the acoused beforo the Committes had roported that thoy weroin order. It sooms to mo that tho- firat thing to do before the cboarges are placed in the hands of the accused is for tho Committoo to roport upon thom—whether thoy are in order, and in their judgment proper to be ontortained by the Yrosbytery, leaving tho Pres- bytory to tnke such action upon their recom- mendation as thoy think proper in tho premises. AR, KITTREDGE— I would augsast, if the brother who offored the socond amendmont will accopt it, that the Com- mittee bo requosted to eubmit their report at tho sccond order [ordor of business) to-morrow morning.”' It seems to. me very imporiant that tho timo’ be known. Mony of tho Lldors are business ‘men, and cannot bo awavsll day to- morrow [Lo-day] and thore should bo a full and complote Presbytory when this mattor shall be roported upon. - And I suggest, and Brother ‘Crowbridge informs me that ho will accept it, that the Committee: bo requested to roport as thy spcnd, vrder. I bolleve there is.only one order for to-morrow. morning. § PROF. PATTON~— , Will tho Presbytery indulgo mo in ono word on tho quostion’? " "Tho obauntlnns ‘which bave boon mado sgem’ ‘to bo portinent to o caso sltogether different from this. If thoie were oharges basod upon a common theory, and I acted as your com- mittee, it -wonld -bo puflnctl{‘. propor that yon should determino to accopt-tho roport of 'your committeo and prosconte tho charges. You mny do that’ with " open’ doors, ‘or by the Judioiary Committoo nnd thoir repot. But, it sooms to me, this. .is . an entiroly. differont caso. I como bofore you.on my own responsibility, I write a courfeous lottor fo - you. and ask leave to prefer cortain -charges. I read them. Thoy are potfect "nud distinet. Thoy aro bandwriting,” “'and it is porfeotly competont for this Prosbytery to grant mo Jeave to prosecnto those chargos here and on the’spot. T am porfectly nwaro of tho responsibility which ia involved in this cnso. You are ontirely sccur- od brf the lnnguage of our . book, when “you ro- mind mo that, in auswering this responsibility, I 1ay myselt open to tho charge of having slander- cd a Gospol minister, Xsec no reason for any dolay of “further action than that which is pre- gcribed in the book. The book saya nothing on the sabject of tho Judiciary Committeo, but simply that, tho chargos belng read, o cflpf shall bo given to the ncoused; tho sccusod shsall then ssk for such timo as mav be .nccossary in crder that he may prepare his. de- fenso; opd Do may ask . for some porson to aselat him in the proparation' of his defenso, The thing can all be dono in five min- utes, And, while I'am on tho floor, lot mo sny this : I supposo Mr. Bwing will want the ton days of thobook.. Aathe prosecutor . in this case, ‘X think we shall not bo ablo to enter npon it in 80 ghort o time s ton dnys, - ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WITNESSES in the Rey. Roboert Laird Oollier,' 'and 'he s in Europe, and it {s imposeiblo for ua to proceed until wo in - momo way get his tbsrlmony. Now, it ia a question of very groat momont that wo should agreo ns to the mode wheroby that tostimony 18 to bo taken. The book provides for only one way,—~that a commission, consiste ing of two minlaters, ba sont to tho spot whero tho witness rosidos, .and . take his testimony thero, If we do tha, It will involve & gront deal of oxponso, and it will take a grent doal of time. If we wait untit Mr, Colifor comes baok, and is ablo to givo hia toatimony, we ehall have to. TOSTIONE. THE OABE UNTIL REPTEMBER.: - Novw, if Mr, Bwing wounld "waive the queation a8 to the modo wheroby thia teatimony should ‘o taken, and consent that the tostimony of Mr. Collier should bo taken in the form of . a deposi- tion in tho presence of any ono compofout to take evidence, wo might shorton the process and bo able to ronch & result in somothing losa than two months. Dut I seo ,no roason' what- ovor, Mr, Moderator, for tho sotion of tho Judl- cinl Committee .ini & cnue where tha party com- plainait standy individually responsible for tho charges proferred.” ALLOW ME TO CORTEOT YOU, Dr. Patterson—Notwithstanding thera is not jn our rnles of -Unoirllno snything in rogard to the Judioial Committos, there is something in tho rulos sdoptod by this judicature, recom- mendod by the Gonoral Assembly, which pro-- vides that *In all procosses of judicature where! there {8 an acousor or proseoutor, it i oxpodisut that there bo s committee of judlicature ap- pointed, to bo oalled a Judiciary Commitico, whose duty it shall bo to arrange all the papors, and to’ prosooute, under the direction of the }udlcntura, tho wholo order of procoodinge, 'he mombors of this Committee hall be en- titled, notwithstanding their porformance of thin duty, to sit and votein the case underprocess of judieaturs,” ) NO JTARM 1IN REFERIING, Mr, Wayman—1lere certainly could Le no hnrm in roferring tho matter to tho Judioial Committee, evon if thoy should report it back to tho Preabyfory without rocommendation; but it cortainly Is provided iu this rule wo have adopt- ed that overy mattor of this kind shall bo xe- torred to the Judiofnl Committoe, THE PHOOKEDINGS IRREGULAR, Mr, Taylor—It gtruck me sa vory important that the matter should boreforred to the Judicial Committeo, according to tho suggesticn of Dr, Pattorson, aud alto fmportant becauso. the pro. cooding thus far bos boon {rregular, Aco rding to tho teaching of the hook, all theso charges axe otit of order, 'Thoy should haye been lald upon thio table and placad fu the haunds of thencoused; but thoy liave boon road. The procoeding thus {ar I Irrogular, and it sdemsa to me tlint wo havo tho congont of the accusod party bafdce we pro= coed any furthor in ‘this matle¥, "It odght cor- tainly to ho roferred to the Judiclal Committee. Tho statomont of the book is very plain; * When ‘agafust Benjamin V. Pago and complaint {8 Iald beforo the Presbytery, it must Bo xaaucod o writing," T HO FAR ALT CORREQT, # And nothing furthor is to bo done at the first mooting unloss with the consont of tho partics," ‘Whon thoy woro presentod tho consont of Prof. Bwing should havo baon askod befora thoy wora rond, “Than give tho minister s full copy of tho charges, with tho namoa of the wit. norsos anncxod, and oiting all parties,” It struck me tho sction has boon frreguiar. The papor should have boon reforrod to the Judicinl Committeo to roport at tho enrliest possible our. "Uho Moderator—1 bardly think that_your in. torpotration of the artlelo will staud, bocauso theso charges could not bo spoken of as boin *“1ald boforo tho Prosbytory" until they hae boon read, A WITHDRAWAL. Prof. Patton—I' withdraw my romorks with roforenco to thoir being referred to the Judicial Committeo, I am porfootly willing that tho paper should go thore, Tho quostion waa thon put on the amendmont. to the smondmont, and 1t wos agroed to with but one dissenting voleo. GREAT GONFUSION foilowed, the Prosbyters appearing not to know what thoy liad dono, Boma beliovod tho adop- tion of tho smondment asttlod the mattor; oth- ora contonded that tho quostion ehould rocur on tho amondmont as amended ; nnd at{il moro in- sistod that the question on tho original motion 88 amonded should be voted upon. The Modo-, rutor was nt goa, and looked benignly upon o brothor who proposed that tho motions aud amendmenta bo voted down, and » now bogin- ning mado, . Ono brothor dosired o amond tho smendment to tho amondmont atter it had beon* n‘mnd to, .ond it required considerable pereuasion to convinco bim that {hat was not In acoordanco with patliamontary law., Boveral Eelntl of order were mado, ono_ being that do- ate was ont of order a8 o voto was ponding. z’ms‘ wn} :ut fi”‘"’""fl“"‘ i\ un;y Mndnrim{ :lm oaring it, a8 ho waa hopolossly at worl ng to pxei%rvn order. -Thero waa disordor, bulr’nm Probbytora dol(gbtod to tallcall st onoand the samo time, and honco the Moderator had a rough time of it. i 2 AT LAST. ; Tioslly, the amondment to Dr. Bwazoy's mo- tlon wag agrood to, a8 was motion as amended, the undorstanding boing that the docament was to bo reforred to tho Judiclary Committes, sud that thoy wore to roport in the morning. The meoting thon adjourncd. THE COURTS. ANOTHER LOMBARD -BILL. Homor Cook, Aseigneo, filed o Bill in the Uniied Btates District Court against Letitia Lombard, 8. A. Brigge, Joreminh Burns, J. B. Wooks, J. L. Lombard, J. G. Lombard, J. N. Harvey, Assigneo, L. 0. P. Froar,d. H. Matthows, Julia F. Fay, J. Lombard, and Willlam Garnott. Cook tolls the old ator&o( Bonjamin Lombard's taking caro of a friends, view of imponding troublo, and describes morae par- tioularly the munificont provision ho made for his wifo and her brothor, Matthows. On tho 28th of Juno, 1878, Cook eays Lombard bought of ono A. N. Mendows, Lots 1 to 40, Block 1; Lots 1, 3, 8, and B to 46, Block 2; Lots 1 to 48, Block 4; Lota 1 to 24 and 85 to 48, all inclnsive Blook §, o Gunn'a Bubdivision of tho north 8 acres of the wost 3¢ of tho enst X4 of the southwost 3¢ of Heo, 22, 40, 18, which Lo con- voyod to his wifo Lotitia, worth about $40,000. A part of theso wora soon after convoyed to J. B. Wooks, and Weeks tranaforred o portion to 8. A. Briggs, for seouring, s Cook thinks, some of Lombard's Indobtedness to tho Frapklin Dank. In_ January, 1878, Lombard conveyed to O. H. Mntthows b large number of lots in Poter Rchimp's Bubdivision of thowoest 3¢ of tho mouthonst ¢ of tho south- eust I{ of Boo. 9, 14, A part of this was transforrad to Mrs. hambmi, and the romain- dor to 8, A. Briggs to sccuro more dobta to the books. Lombard on the 20th of Soptembor 1ast was owing tho bank about $140,000, noarly $100,000 of which was unsecured, but, although fusolvont, ho transforred a Isrga Amount of real catato to the bank, and thus cancoled $100,000 of bia indobtedness. A number of other alloga~ tions _of o similar character are made, but thoy. bave already been made known through tho copious oxtracta of tho tostimony in the mattor of tho Franklin Bank, which has been published. Tho Assignee, thoroforo, aska that all these cnnvu{qmcou may be doclared void, and tho land sabjected to tho paymont of the ‘bankrupt's debts, TAIEAS CORPUS, Martio O'Neil filed o gxoulinn in the Circuit Court asking that tho Matron or Koverund Mother of Orphan Asylum No. 8, on Donglas place, may bo compolled. to surronder s child named Mery Hanley, alins Mary O'Neil. Potitonor _ states . that . ho took _Mas to the Asylum about & Weok ago, to Lavo her od- ucated, A few daye oftor; his wife wont to get her, but was rofusod. Ho then also made a visit for tho ssmo purpose, but met with no bottor nuccess, Whereforo ho nsks o writ of habeas corpus, ahich was allowed by Judge Rogors, MORR KINZIE DOWER BULTS, Mrs. Gwinthloan H. Kinzio, not contont with hor past achiovoments, yesterday- commeuced two more suits for dowor—ono_sgainst ‘Fhomas 8. McClelland, for hor sharo in Lot 14 in Ogden & Lombard's subdivision of tho accretions oast - and adjowing Lot 12, Blook 54, in Kinzic's Addi- tion, Tho othor was dgainst Jnmor B, Stawart for u portion of Lots12 and 18 of the same Sub- division and Addition. - ‘ - ITEA. | Bradner, Smith & Co, began_ a suit for $100 Bgainst Onrtmnl.er & Bloldou, the maungers of tho Btar Lecturo Course, N In the mottor of Bhanahan & Wost, W. J. Manning had filed a petition to beallowed to ‘have tho dobtors pm&my bocauso ho was 8 momber of the fim and solveut. Ji “dFB Blodgett denied tho potition yestorday, holding thnt, as Monning had not paid tho dobfs of the firm, ho could not be.allowed to have the property, and in his former docision on the quostion of bank- ruptey ho had hold that Manniug was not s mem« ber of tho fivm, i In tho case of Bush ve W. I\ Storoy, an action brought to recovar . 860,000 damages for catling plaintiff ** s shyater," 8 domurror was interposed gome time ago by the -defondants. Tho ecnse was argued’ and takon under advleomont by Judge Booth, who will give & decision this morniog as o whothor the word bas such a rocognizable moaning a8 makes it actionable to apply that torm to a person. . 'UNITED BTATES COURTS. John D. Laukenan filod a biil against Martin .0: Walkor, John Forsythe, Obadish Jackeon, H, W. Gould, and the Morchants’ National Bank, to forecloso o morlgnli‘o for £80,000, on Lot 8,Block 8, of tho Fort Dearborn Addition, E. E. G. Hook &.Hastings, organ manufaoc- turers, of Boaton, bogan. a wult on two promis. eory notes for- 81,000 oach, agalnst the Union Park Ctmgruinlonnl Booiety, claiming thero. i now dua on tho notos the sum of 81,051.'66. Johnn O, Wheelér began a sult in’ forcible en- try.and dotalner n[én(nat Granvilio Bates to. ro- cover possession of a lorge quantity of land in MoHenry-and Winnobage Qountics, John Brownoll -brought o suit in trospnss 3 Benoca D, Kim. barl, laying damagea nt $40,000, -+ 0 o > Frlodrioh” Bohmidt auod 'tho Joliot Iron and Btool Company for $20,000. i . - - DANKRUPTOY ITEMA. In the matter of P, H. Heffron, an ordor for the examination of the'debtor was made, - “SUPERIOR COURT IN DRIEF, Joln Richardson .bogan & suit for . 81,600 ogainat Hiram G. Morge. . . Honry W. Loman bu&m on eotion against lm“!el; m;\flthurhnd and T, R. Armstrong, claim- ng §2,000. 5. D. Backett, Recolver, brought suit for $2,000 against August Stoinhane, O, D. Hoartt, and Robort Hemeb . . Hiram - H, Coarpentor sued W, P. P\, Mesorve for £4,000. « Charlos Heydor, John Schelor, and Joseph Bhoomaker commonced & suit againgt Daniel Wolff for $1,000. A sult in trospaes was brought b} Jeannctto Wurteburgor sgainst Ferdinand Jacger and Ernst Jaegor, laying damages at 85,000 Jom 0. Whito bnfiun an_action in {rospsg sgoinst Goorgo 0. Whito and Joseph Britten. 2Jummmn Bullivan and James Miclio claiming The National Exchange Bank of Milwankee, bogan a suit for 5,000 against W. D, Manohes- ter and T, W, Andorson. Nathan Morton filod & distraln for rent ngainst Lacia M. Coburn, claiming 91,600 for ront of 175 and 177 Weat Washington streat, THE OALL. Junoe Rooene—188, 101, 104, 100, 108, 200, 201, 208, 204, 904 to 207, 210'to 313, 917, aud 219! Juvor Booria—o0 to 88, excopt B, Junax Tnze—3,337, 1,803, 51 938, 2,004, Junoe FAnw:Ln—l,(dl to 1,415, Jupax MoRonenta—19 to 50, except 96, 88, 90 Jupox JAMESON—103 to 100, 107to 113, 114, 116 to 120, 128 to 126, Jupok ByiTn—Assiats Judge MoRoborta, JUDGMENTS, Ofmovir Jount — CoNrEssIONs~—The Connecticut yn‘%n\yu nsurance Company v, J, Young Boammon, ‘' Borenior Counr—Junax MoRopxrrs—Seth Gage ot al,, v, John Walther, $403,68,—J. V, Farwell et al, Jamon 3L Wood, $183,05,—Tlenry McShano, ot al,, v Willism 8, Shepherd, $1,162.—§, 1, Munson v, R, B, 1L, $610,70,+fiussefl X.- Bickford v, G, A. Coiby, 34.70.—Nevin W, Butler, Recelver, v, Jucob Molr, 1418, *6in Illinols, CAPITAL AND LABOR. Ton Thousand Pennsylvania Iron- Workers on a Strike, An Ultimatum from the Employers to the Employes, Meeting of International Labor-Assacia- tions in Rochester and Phila~ delphia. ~ A7 POTTSVILLE. Bpectat Dispatch to The Chicago T'ribune, TPorraviLig, Pa., April 18.~For somo time past thero has boon moro or less disngroomont betweon thio iron mnnufaotirots of the Lebigh, Bohuylkill, Columbis, -and -othor rogfons, and tholr worknon,—who ¢ompriso puddlors, holpers, rollors, catohors, trimmora, and laborors,—nbout tho mattor of wagos. Thoe fron trade, since tho . finnnolal panio of last fall, has beon in a vory cembarrassod condition, aud, although conven- tiohs Lavo boon hold in the varlous principal aitios by ropresontativo producors to botter tho condition of ‘tho buslnees, nothing for its im- provement has beon accomplished. The continuad stagnation of the iron intorost has caused tho mnstors to reduso wages, to koop thom from bolug ontively ruinod, and this bas 5 : * CRFATED THE PRRAZNT' DIFFIODLTY betweon thom and thelr mon. Within the past fow_days, public and mecrot moolings hiave been hold, and largely attendod, by tho workmon at tho contral polnta of tho iron country, The most important meoting was liold ot Reading, undor tho auspiucs of tho Na- tional Puddlors’ Union, and ropresontatives wore prosent from all tho districts of the Stato gov- orned by the organization, AN ULTIMATUA FROM TILF. WORRMEN. Considerablo notfon was taken rogarding the difforences botwoen tho omployes aud_employ- ors, and it was finaily agrood by the Unfon {o issue tho snnoxed ultimatum, o bo eont to tho manufacturors : Wo pl‘fl¥0ln o go by the markot prices, 1If fron rolls at from $70 to $75 por ton, tho ruling price for puddling sbic] bo 5,763 holpera 80 ba Ly licat 48 conts; when puddiing in $3.75, o atlowance s o bo recatyad from s offic; if iron advances $5 por tom for lars, the bolling fa'to advanco 35 centa; f thora fs any decreass 1n prico, tho puddiing rates ore to fall in Jroportion. ‘Who seliing prico s 1o bo =ottled by tho wholesalo prico at tho ‘mills, ns quoted fn tha Iron Age, the averago prices during tho month fo_servo sa the price for tlio succoeding monik, v e ‘The mill s to govern ftsolf, and all questions that may come botween tho Companies and the mon are 1o bo settled by the Company and tlio Union, Pay-duy to ba tho third Bsturday of cach month, - Tiils agrooment to bo mado binding on both purtics for ono year, or untll Aug. 1, 1875, This japer must bo aigned by tho Company snd a committes of fivo of the Tuddlera' Unfon, Upon the receipt of this dooument, thoe prom- inont oporators beld s conforonce, and 1t was ‘unanimonsly resolved not to accode £0 the propo- sitlon of tho mon undor any circumstances, - A BTIIKE COMAENCED, When this declslon was made known to tho mombors of tho Union, a strike was at onco in- mflmtad in o oumber of the ropresontative rolling-mills of tho Stato, and now thore aro be- twoon 10,000 and 15,000 mon on the stand-out. Tho announcoment that tho mosaters wonld not accopt tho achodule of prices as adopted by tho nion, but would &trictly adhera fo the 25 por cont reduction, hea al?rcld ropidly throughout the iron country. Iivery day the number of molcontents I8 “augmontcd, It is stated that the rupture that has ocourred in Penngylvania will oxtond to every part of tho country where iron is produced. . - EXTENT OF TUE UNION, 5 The National Forge of the Iron Puddlors’ Union has 46 forges in Ponnsylania, 23 in Ohio, 4 in West Virginin, 2 in Kontitoky, 5 in Indians, 8, 13 _in New York, 0in Now Jorsoy, and 1 each iu Wiscousin, Mcfitgm and Mary~ lend, The mombership of tho organization is batweon 60,000 and and 60,000, aud tho Treasury is sulliclontly well supplied with money fo sus- tain tho mombors for a long timo should tho striko becomo gonoral. ' A meoret menflug of thoiron-worlors employed- at Palo Alto, Yort Carbon, Fishbnak, and othor ’J-:lnuus was held in this city Saturdny evening. 'BE TRINUNE corrospondent has gloaned somo points a8 to tho action of tho meoting, which -show that, thero is much discontent among the men_of thin region, and thoy are awaiting tho rasult of the conferonces held by the Brother- hood in Allontown, Bethelom and tho adjoining rogions, One staudout hag slko tnken plnce ot Port Carbon at the works of Oapt. Boyor. ; INTERESTS INVOLVED, Tho iron-workers aro taking a deep’ intorest in tho movemont that has buen startod in this Btato, sud in thio Westorn States, for the forma- tion of » National Miners' Unton, There are about 10,000 iron-miners in Pennsylvania alono. Tho wor(«lnqmen ur0 nlao groatly interested. in tho National Industrial Congroes, which assem. bles at Rochester, N, Y. A large numbor of delegates havo gone from this soction, and it is expacted tnat vory important businvess, looking to the increase of ‘wages in the various trades, will be perfocted at tho Counvention. - A BEOLET BESSION OF tho International Workingmen's Assoclation is now belog held in Philadoiphis, in which every labor union-in the country 18 represonted. Chi- cago, 8t, Louis, .Cinclnuati, and othor Westorn citios are roprosented by some of the most prominent Iabor sgitators. As far na can bo as- ccrtained, the purposs of tho mectiug is to talo such action as will moro firmly bind togother tho laborers engaged in all branches of indus- - try in the Unitod States, and to proparo for a Eauornl and dotormined onslaught on what the ody term “tho unscrupulous nudmonapolizinF oapitalists.” One Internatlonal Workingmen's Associntion is compogod of branches of the Nutional Lnbm-inlgmon's Confederations, and is o most influential and powerful organization, STRIKES AMONG TUE COAL-MINERS, The coal-miners of the Wyoming and Lykens Valleys aro bocowming very much discontented regarding the disposition of the operators to ro- Eudhmy tho rules and rogulations of tho Minors' ationnl Union, Dranchos of which aro being formed in all parts of tho conl-region, Already o number of Iocal strilies hnve takon rlem. Fivo thousand miners hiavo loft tho collieries in vavi- ous soctions, and there is n strong probability thag other standouts will ocour soon. TIE DISASTIOUS EFFECTA OF TILE STRIKES. Tho Town of Williamatown, which has becomo uite largely populated aud prosporous through the influonco of the coal-trade, hus beon almost entiroly rulned from this cause. Tho colliorfos ore ull ‘stopped, tho colliers aro kecking employ- mond slsewhioro, and the morchiauta aro suspond- ing busineas. Tho cutlook in both the cont and fran roglon {6 vory discouraging, and tho most disusirons results aro . looked for atan oarly te. AT READING. Special Dispalch to Tha Chicags T'ribune, Reinng, Pa., April 18.—Tho trouble among the iron producers: and the operatives is more manifost in this city and adjacont country than furthor up in the iron region, Tho United Song of Volean, the iron-woikers’ labor organization, lisve offored thelr wagos proposition to tho manufacturers, who refuae to accopt the samo, ‘Tho rosult has boon that o number of the pud- dlers and othor workers have struok, This morn- ing the pipe-works of Soyfort, MeManus & Co. were etopped. BIX HUNDRED MEN ON A BTRIKE, Dy this notion, 200 more mou have boen added to the 400 ulrendy standing out. The firm wish the operatives to sign the so-called iron-clnd sgreement, which roquires the men to renounce tho Puddlors’ Unfon, but no one sooms willing toplaco his name to it, and the dond-look re- wains a8 firm na ovor, A GO-OPLTATIVE IRON COMPANY. Thore ia & stroug movement on foot among the workers to form n co-operative iron com- pany, 'l‘fiu groat atrilo at tho Berdsborg nail works atill continues, and thoro is no probability that the dlmmm{wlll bo ndjusted. The iron mills noy closed, bosjdes those above mentioned, are the Ponnaylvanin works, Danville ; Orauo's roll- ing-mil], Catasoqua; Cambris milla, Johnatown ; Rogers' mill, Port Qarbon ; Hardware Company's works, llumflug; the Duncannon mlll, aud the Susqubisnna il Coluiabin aud 0. T, Ponnoolk & Co's rolling worke, Costorville, Thore are also s numbor of minor concarns located in vari- ous towns that have scoumbod during this dis- {urbance, Wheon tho striko was started at the Reading Hardwaro Works thero was somo NIOTING AMONG TIE QLD UANDY and somo new mon the company attepted to ran, The polico iptorposed and arrested the ringlendera of tho affray, but not_beforo saveral of the party were severely fojured. Tho goms latn numbor of puddlors and othor hauds strik< “Augt is low estimated aa 20,000, whilo tho number of furuneos oub o1 bluet in the BStato is 080, Parties prominently {dentifled with tho trade stato thlP overy furiace in Pounsylvanis will be blown otit by June, WEEELY PAY-DAY WANTED. All olnsgos of mochnnios are laboring very Rirongly to hinve their omployora pay thom wook- 1y instéad of montlly, tho latter systom bofug vory uoh abused. Laat Saturday nlq’ht I‘!\!fiu and onthnsiastio mooting was hold in this city by tho workingmen to take atops to push such a movomont, and tho following resolution was i zsmhr 111 n tatlees ¢ tha Senata an Mousa af Representat e, o, Anascatanel. Weringmen of (o City of Tioading, having beon laboring nndor great diifieultion T Socalving b waca vy monilly ‘pamentt, and knowing it would bo fo onr benefit, and {o tho beuefit of ovory laboring mun {n tho Btato of Poutiayivants to racolvo hin wages ot tho closo of every woel, reapect fully would ask your honorablo bodfes to take tho question into gmll' ournest conaldoration, and paed Az, McOullough'a bill, By so doing your honorablo Dodion will rocotvo tho thanks of evory laboring man in tho Stato of Penunylvania, TAX ON BANK STOCK. Case of Tappan, Collector of Chicago, vs. Merchants’ National Bank. Decision of tho Supreme Court of tlie United States. The Right to Tax Shares of Non-Resi- * dents Affirmed. ‘Wasminatox, D. 0., April 18,—The Ohlef- Justice doliverod his first opinion on tho Bonch of tho Bupromo Court, to-day, in a case from linols, touching tho right of tho Stato to tax non-rosidont National-Bank shareholdors ab tho rosidonce of the Dank, Tho mombers of the Dar who hourd it, and his brothren on the Boncl, sponk of 1t in oulogistio torms, Roverdy John- gon is complimentary in his romarks, both as to tho morits of tho opinion and the maunor of do- livory. This wrs tho cnso of Tappan, Ool- lootor of Taxes, Chioago, ngainat tho Morchanta' National ‘Bank of Cliongo, from the Circuit Court of Illinois, prescnting the quostion whothior tho Legislature of Illinofa could, in 1867, provide for tho taxation of ownors of sharos of capltal stock of a National Dunk in that Btato, at the placo within tho Btate whers he bank was locatod, without regard to tholr placos of rosldonco, o Court bolow docided that tho tax could not ba thuslsld, and the decroo was agaiust tho Colleotor, Thnt dooros 18 hore raversed, tho Court holding that shares of atook iu National Banks aro personal proporty uuder the National Banking nct. ‘Thoyare n spocies of personal prn]iony, 8ay tho Court, “ which js in one songo Intangible and incor- porate; but tho Inw_ which creates thom may - goparato them from the porson of owner for pur~ pokes of taxation,” Caso m Indianapolivs Speciat Dispateh to T'he Chicago Tribune, Ixpravavoris, Ind., April 13.—The Superior Court ta-dey decided that tho city has the power to tax aharos of National Bank stock by act of March 4, 1878 that capitol stock in tho pmpurtfi of tho corporation; tho sharcs tho undivide: proporty of the stockbolder; that & tax upon Bhares of stock is not n tax upon capitnl atock; that tho provision in tho chartor of the Bank of tho Stato of Indinun is to bo strictly conatruod and tht tho words used in thob instrumont mean capital stock, and, by no rule of construc- tion, can bo mado to embraco shares of atock as tho indlvidusl property of sharcholders. sl o P i RAILROAD NEWS. Affairs of tho Exie Rond. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tiribune, New Yonrg, April 18.—Prosident Poter I, ‘Watson, of the Eric Railway, arrived hero Inte Ingt night in tho stenmship Abyesinis, from Lon- don., Ho wont to Europo last fall for the pur- poso ‘of seouring, if possible, a loan of 840,000,000, which ostensibly was to onable the Company to cxtond and improve its lino, but was in reality, it Ar. Auditor Dunan's statemonts aro to bo believed, to oxtricate it from tho quag- miro in which it is floundering. Whothor ho ‘was succossful or not, ho has not yot made pub- llo, but the general inpression is lioro that ho FAILED TO OARLY OUT HIS PLANS. ‘Whnt his. courso will bo with rospect to the re- cont communications res] um)fin:hn solvenoy of tho rond eud Integrity of its adminisiration,was tho subjcot of goneral conjecture on the.streot to-dny, Mr. Watson kept his room at his hotel all day, and would soo no ono but officinls high in tho administration of tho Erie Road. ¥t is underatood when ho heard that Dunan had writ- ton o communication in tho nowspapers affecting his (witmoss') intogrity, Lo was very much ‘overcomo. Another story contradicted this, howover, and gaid that when ho hesrd of Dunan's lotter ho wag in good spirits, and was not even angored by it. It is oftloially undor- stood that a meating of the Erle Dircctors will e called to-morrow, and that Mr. Watson will make a roport of tho result of his mission nhmnl]‘ and will refuto the charges made in Dunan's letter. 'Lho Directors DESIRE AN INVESTIGATION of tho affairs of tho rond by an unjmpenchable nccountant fu tho intorest of tho Loudon uhave- holdors of Erio, and tho accountant will be ap- rointed and arrive in this country soon, The Board of Directors hng cabled the following s The Boord loarn with satisfuction that tho Erlo stockholdors will anovo for sn exsmination of the Com= pany’s accounts, We trust thnt tho poreona sont will Lo solely n (bo fnterest of tho Erie stockholders, and of such unimpeachablo charactor as to render thofr xo. port concluaive, The Wisconsin Contral Land=Grantes 'he Noew Eabllread Law in Wivcon= Spectal Dispateh ta The Chicago Tribune. Mapsox, Wis., April 18.—Roports from Wash- ington are that tho Wisconsin Central Railrond Company has come to an .understanding with the Interior Dopartment in relation to the landa for five scctions, for which Gov. Taylor fesuod cortificates last winter, but on which Scoretary Delonohaddeclined toissue patonts, on thestrong rotost of influentinl oitizons of Wisconsin that f ho did so tho Bmmrifly would Lo insuf- ficieut for building tho rond from Stevens Point to Portage, a8 roquired by tho chartor. It is statad that ho concluded for the prosont to with- hold patents for lands slong two sections of 20 milea each, and gave the Company their option of soctions. Thoy choso tho two whoro thero wes tho lenst coal, includlnxi', tho upper section, whero tho lim‘t is ln;lwpud y tho prior grant to tho 8t. Oroix & Buperior Railroad, if it ia not invalidated. Tho loss caused to the Company by nogleoting to build, ar arvango for building, the Portago ond of tho road haa oxceeded what 1t would have cost. TNE NEW RAILEOAD LAW, Thore {a livoly concern through the State in regard to the courss tho railronds will probably pursuo after our now Railrond law takes'offect, April 3. ‘Ihe only information that s ronchod tho public in rogard to the mattor has been that givon by Tur TninuNe. Tho press generally unito in warning the Reilrond Companios of the folly and dangor to them of renisting or ignor- ingtho law, and romind them that the un- friendly logislation of - last winter ~was the result of tho suleidal polioy: of rafufn froights in the woight of tho om{n movemen| Inst falf, which onuged such a fooling as Ied to the nomination aud_cloction of men bound to show tho railroads that thoy woro not omnipo- tont, and stimulated the strife betweon partios and enr.uugz mon in the last Legislature, s to who should make most capital” by restiainiug railroad loglslation, = Earnings of the Atlantie & Pacific Railway, Speaial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, 87, Lous, April 13.—Tho not oarnings of the Atlantio & Pacifio Railway and leasod linos for Junuary, ns compared with tho cortesponding time last ycar, show an inorease of over $600,000 for the yoar, —_— OHIO LEGISLATURE. Coruxpus, 0., April 13.—In the Bonato to-da; the following bills ([maum] : Bonate bill to lmung Boa, 95 of the Municipal Codo so as to provide that tho testimony of witnosses oxsmined beforo tho City Oouncil shall not bo used aa evidence in crimina! procoodings against thom, Provhlud that no official papor or records ehall bo inoluded within zhwrlv logo of such evidence; Houso Bl to codify the Diteh lnw; Bonato bill to authorlzo the incorporation of companios to sell goods and morchaudise 3 and Houso bill for the more cconomical managoment of the Insano Anlylum. u tho Mouso bills wore introduced to amend the Code of Civil Proceduro so s to exomat' aditors and propriotors of nowspapors from tes| llvllng 88 to tho idontity of porsous from whom they rocelve communications; chouging the termof office of County Audltors from two to throo yoars. FIRES. Destruction of the Wisconsin Biind Asylum Building at Jancs- ville Loss on Building and Oontents Fsti- mated at $260,000 Record of - Fires HElsewhere Yesterday. At Janouville, Wik, Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicago I'ribune, JanksviLue, Wik, April 18.—I'he Wiscousin Btato Inatitution for the Education of the Bliud was totally doatroyed by fira this ovenfug, tho workahop adjoining belug ol that was snvod. About 6:16 o'clook, aftor supper, the pupils being in thelr roading olessos, Mr. Thomes II. Littlo, tho Buperintendont, was sitting in Lis offico, whon a boy ran in giving tho startling informa- tion that tho dumb waltor, which runs from tho besoment kitohon to the top floor'in tho now woat wing, was on fire. THE DUMD WAITER ON FIRE. Ho ran to tho third floor whore a door opened into tho waiter, and found that door on fire and flamos running above it, Turning on the Aro- hosoe, and, finding no wator coming up, ho ran for a Babcoock oxtingulsber and fought tho flames withit, but to no avail. Thero belng no hopes of extinguishing tho flamos tho puplls wero all ordered out of the rooms. Tho Buperintondent personally inspectod TO BEE TIHAT ALL ESCATED, and tho work of romoving tho furniture bogan. Tho ‘slarm wns sounded in tho city about 7 o‘clock, but tho building being a milo and o half {rom hore, and on tho top of a high hull, tho firo department did not reach the scene untlt half-past 7 o'olock, Thoy wero then upa- .blo to accomplish anything on sccount of no wator baing availablo.” Oue ongino was taken to the river bank, & quartor of a milo dfstant, but wasunable to got suction aa sho stuclk hopelessly in the mud. A VERY LITTLE STATE PROPERTY WAS BAVED {rom tho uppor Btorics, but nearly everything in tho first and socoud storios was taken out, much of 1t belng. tho personal proporty of Bu})mlud- ont Littlo aud tho tunchers. Up to half-past 7 o'clock tho flames woro onnn.nm\v to tho wost wing, but soon aftor thoy sproad to the contro of ‘tho main structure, and thonco to thoe east wing. At 8 o'clock the en- iro building was enveloped in flames from tho basoment to tho voof, and ns a strong wind was blowing at tho timo, tho tpectncle was grand, Bighting up the sarronnding country for milos. BPARKS PASUED OVER THE ENTIRE OITY, At 10:30 o'clock tho flames had consumed all tho wood-work of tho building, and woro rapidly dylog out. 'Tho pupils woro all saved, boing romoved to difforont housoes, and they will Lo nunt“’%o thoir rospoctivo Lomos a8 soon ns ‘posaiblo. ¥ ] "Tho building was a largo stone structure, val- ued at $200,000, on which thoro was no insur- ance, the State having insured its public build- inga itsolf for tho past year. No cnsuslties aro roported, oxcept Mr. Little having his right hand soriously - burned whilo fighting tho firo at the dumb-waitor, Nothing dofinito can bo learned 88 to how tho Gro orginated, but it probably first caught in the kitolen, At and Noar Grand Rapids. Special Dispatchto Tha Chicago Tribune, GrAND Raprps, Mich., April 1.—The houee of John Darling, a prosporons farmor, noar Plain- flold Villago, O milos from hero, was burned down early iontnrflny mornlnlr. Darling and a hired men find Lindled o fire in two rooms and me to food tho stock. Boon thoyeaw the houso o flamos. All tho othor mombers of the family, fivo in numbor, still asleop, wero roscued in their nighit-clothos. Tho wind was blowing, and the building burned rapidly. Nnthlnfi but four pleces of furniture wero saved. ‘Tho house cost nearly §4,000. Total loss, 85,000, Some insur- &nco on thoe honse in this city. To-uay a dwelling-house owned by J, F. Churohill, occapiod by bimselt and o Mr, Camp- boll, both boving familios, was dostroyed by fire, with noarly all tho contonts, Lots on Louso, $1,200; partislly insured, TFurniture de- stroyed, At Lo Clairo, Ras Spectal Digpalch to The Chicago Tribune, Davexrort, la., April 18.—A fire in Le Clairo, this county, yosterdsy destroyed the Congrega- tional Church and u’ framo houge, The fire caught in some tarred oakum from a hot stove- pipe. Tho'loss on the church is $1,600; insur- aunce, $500. . Loss on tho house, 16,000 insur- ance, 61,000, At Saginnw City, Miche Special Dispatch to T'he Chicago Tribune, Easr Bacinaw, Mioh,, April 13.—About 2 +o'clook Bunday marning & framo dwelling-house, locatod on the corner of Granger and Clinton gtreots, in Saginaw City, was destroyed by fire. Tha_building was ownod by Theodoro Caswell, but had boon vacant for gome timo; estimated lous, §1,200 ; tneurance, $800, Freight-Car Burnci near Blooming- ton, | Special Dispate to The Chicago Tribune, BroouinaToN, Ill., April 13.—A freight-car of tho 1, B. & W, R. R, took flro in some unox- L)lninnd manner yestorday abont 5 o'clock, about nlf o mile wost of thia city, and wes entirely consumed, At Junction Oity, Kan. Juxcriox Otry, Kon,, April 18,—A fire early this morning deatroyed soven buildings in tho bueiness part of the town, including’ Miller's wholesale liguor store, Kont's drng storo, tha Hnle Houso, Mulgard's restaurant, and hoavy domago o the slock of Schnell & Mouroe, gro- cors. ‘The loss is $86,000; insured for §29,000, Theo fire ls the supposed work of an incendiary. Thore are no fire ongincs in tho town, A heavy ahowur of rain prevented tho epreading of the amos. At Clove Iand. OLzvEDAND, 0., April 18,~A fire this morning dostroyed tha lavgo drying-sheds of the Lake Bhoro & Michigan Southern Railread Company, situated about two miles cast of the Union paseonger dopot. Thoe sheds were filled with gonsanod lumber, a large quantity of which was dostroyed. T.oss from $80,000 to £40,000. Tha flamos woro kindled by sparks from a passing locomotive, e RELIGIOUS, Ilinois Conferonce of the Evangolical Association of North America, Bpecial Dispatch to T'he Chicago T'ribune. - EKanmaxee, April 18.—~The Conference correcta my designation of thelr Association. Thoy do not attach tho * German ™ to their name. Cor~ roatly, tho arganization Is known as the Iilinofa Conforenco of tho Evungolical Aesociation of North Amorion, Ou yesterday, Bishop J. J. Eshor proached at tho Evangelical Ohurch in the mornjug. The attendanco was very large, and the discourtg wag impressivo and highly luturonumf. In the nltor- nooon Prof, A. A, Bmith, of _the Northwestorn' Colloge of Naperville, Prof. T. W, Holdngr, the Revs, A, Albording and G. Ligonlaub swore ordained as Eldors, and tho oy, W. Bohmues ge Dencon, In the evening, tho Rov, W, Youst preached a missionary sormon, A cqllogtion was takon up, and over $700 were securod for misalonary purposes, This morning, the Committos on Misslons ro- ported that 814,762 woro contributod during the past yoar in tha Conforonce” for Homo Missions, A considerablo portion of the morniug exercises worg talon up in the appointment of Collector of Miusions. Tho Rov, John Bchnoider was ap. pointed. A subscription-ligt wne civoulated smong the mombors to pay chureh dobts, Noarly §5,000 wora pledgod by the individual members of ¢ho Conferonce, This senms ample ovideuce that tho ministors in tho Illinoly Con- forenco ato thoroughly committed o thoir work —1{n purso a8 woll an bonrt, Tho Rtov, Jacob Himmol, Prosiding Elder of tho Pooris Distriot, rosigned his oflice, and the Tov. 1, Ilintzy, of Chicago, was oleoted to All tho vacancy, ‘tho appolntmonts for the coming yoar will be l\lnd: this ovenlng, provious to finel adjowrn- tment, 5 —— NAVIGATION. Drtroir, April 18.—Nows from tho Biraits ro- Enm tho woathor. fair calm, the meroury at 5°, and tho ice unobauged. g - 87, OATHENNE'S, Ont., April 18,—Tho pro- poller Milwaukeo arrived at Port Dalbouslo thia moming, bringing the crew and yawl of the schoouer Motoor, of Oaliville, Tho Mateor was found in & siuking condition, The Milwaukeo towed her thres hours, whon slho sank, b milos from Oswogo. Ponr JoLbonxNg:, Ont., April 18,.—The harbor 1s cloar of igo. Vesgols aro arriving and leaving without hindrance. Osweao, N. Y., April 13.—The schoonar Oha- noy Ames, with whoat, from "Toledo, arrivad to- night, This in tho first nrrival fbrough the Welland Onnal this seagon. THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS. Lntest from the Orovasses Near Now Orlennn, New OnLeAns, Apil 18, —A crevasso 800 foot wido 8 ronortod nt McCullom's, two milos he- low DBaton Rouge, in the laft bank. Tho Btato Engineor, who was dispatchod to the mouth of tha Hayow Plaquomina to cut the dyke whicl koops iho waters of tho Misaisaippi out of sald bayou, has roturnod without oxecuting his mia- rion, "Tho eitizons of lborvillo Parish and the Town of Plaquemine, in a public meoting, pro. teatod n]fnhmh outting tho dylo, and resolved to pravont it by forco. 'Lhey havo a detail of armed meon guarding the loveo. It in now positively nscortained lx{ those bost iuformod thnt tha upumnfi of the Bayou Plaguemine would ovor- flow tho 'Town of "Plaguomine and tho greater portion of Ihervillo parish, Lhenco the opposition of tho citizona, Batox Rouar, L., Aprll 18,—The crovasro at McCullon's plantation offeats Ward'a Oreck and Bayou Fontaino hottoms, and about fifteon river Rhnh\llonl botweon the crovasse and Dayou lanchac, Tho plantors and Levoo Company will mako an effort to closo the broak, ——————— EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. OArno, Iil., April 13,—A slight shock from an nlmlx?nakn wat oxporioncod in this olty yoster- day aftornoon, botwoon 2 and 8 o’clock. "In tho évonivg, about 0 o'olack, tho clouds in the sonthwest assumod curious and unusual configs urations, nssembling in short somi-circular belts, one above anothor, with thelr convexity towards tho zonith, To-day tho wenther is very blustory and threntoning. STHPSON, NORWHRLL & (0. OPLEN TIXIS DAY A lorge importation of their Qelobrated “INVINCIBLE" DOUBLE-WARP BLACK ALPACAS, At 26 cents a yard and up, AND “DRAGON” BRILLIANTINES, At 50 cents a yard and up. MAGNIFICENT G0ODS! Our Usual Low Prices. 79 & 81 State-st. SHAWL! Shaiwlsi Chas. Gossage ¢ Co., We have opened in this department ohoice seleoted styles of Spring Otto- man, Fanoy Diagonal, Reversible Oashmere, Embroidered, Beaded, and Fringed Uashmere, Broohe and Pais- loy Shawls, Indin Camel's Rajr Shawls, India Crape, Scarfs, Laco Pointes and Baoquos, eta,, ete., all fresh, seasonable, and attractive in styles and prices, Elegant goods opening in our Cloak and Suit Department, 106,108 & 110 State-st. G0 & 62 Washington-st. Further Arrivalg LINEN 00DS! eld, Leiter & (0, State & Washington-sts, Have just opened Fresh Impor- tations of Linen & Housekesping: Goods, The largest and most complete agsortment ever offered by them, and at a large reduction from recent price; FOR, SALE OR FOR RENT Desiring to congentrate our busine: Tactory, cor. of West ’I’wnnw-sun:gé.wr?l‘:; Pisk-sis,, where our Doot:. d, i Ea., nre 1ooatods wo. ooy bha sy iRty Do by us, nt the oor. of GIary s ‘W ot sta, FORBALI or FOR RENT: Ono oo dred and Bovontyssi ot on One Hundred and 1'ifty-fou oovorod with e 1 three and four i, b orios_high, with tho exaop tion of hirty foot on Olark:at, by O - g;nfi:nfi‘:fl‘l fiy-four icat on ’l’wulfl‘-'h. 33 g\“l‘(‘l‘h nolinory, Shafting, X0, 03 may be desired will be sold with tho proporty. GORR'% PHILLIPR LS, 0o, e n S B MR 00 STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS. s NNOTICH. Orrion of Snzawoby fotioot, Fyxirons: UB"“"'E AU, Ty, Marohy 53, Thoro will ba a ooty 0F 46 ACoENAlsen ST R i of tho holdors of tho Bhors wood Hohool Furnil ) 3 th 3 Togd kool Kraityre ompany, at thelr ofioo, an Rat. 0 of taking sction In rofore onog. 1y he oaplinl stook i g wd ity FAbM g g th Compasy to oliers. J. G, CoLEiA. Hoo 1+ JUNE, Prosidoat, RENT. Offloss fu the Botropolitan Black, rorthwsst corn Randolph and Ladullo-ata. ; building st o TR A b z