Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 3, 1874, Page 4

4 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TERMA OF RUBACRIPTION (PAYADLE IN ADYANOE), 512,00 | Bunda. §2.50 Bilrotiet S 1880 ey ta ol & year at the same rats, ’}':‘l!lflvfiflldull’ and mistakes, be sure snd give Post 01 coadd , fucluding Btate and Connty, Remittance: made elther bydratt, expross, Post ‘Oftico urdor, or in reglstored lottors, at our risk. TRRMS TO CITY BUNECRIDENS, Daily, delivorod, SBunday excopted, % conte por week. Daily, gelivorod, Sunday included, 20 oonta poe wook. Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Doarbart-ats., Uhloago, Tit TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, 'VIOKER'S THEA Barbocn At Siath *Qur American Cou ngagemont of X, A, Botern AOUADRMY OF MUSIO—Iialstod streat, hetwaen Mad. . Engagomont_ of tho Vokos Bamily, o Wrone Hus o the Joaht Fidso. ADELPHI THRATRE-Comor of Wal . © Varioty Torforman e Genoriane, K. W." Mako, oto. evoning. Lo-Lo, 218232 West Madison he Jackloys, eto, Altwr G0 THRATRK-Nos, stSoat Manoty poctormance, i moon and oveniog, EXPOSITION BUILDING—-Lakoehoro, fnot.of Adams THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY JUNE 8, 1874 G03o acller July, Oats woro motivo and @30 higher, olosing at 443{c oash, and 423(c mollor July, Ryowas quiot and atondy at 90o. DBarloy ve 2.00 | was dull and nominally easior, at $1.40 for No, 2. Ou Baturday evoning Inst thare was in store in tlna oity 1,160,766 bu wheat, 1,741,270 bu corn, 801,557 bu onte, 14,474 bu rye, and 42,400 bn bar- loy. Hogs wore dnil and oealor, salos dragging at 84.76@0.00 for poor to choleo, Cattlo worsin moderate demand nt $4.00@0.25 for common to oxira. Bheop woro scarco and nominal. e —— A Beotoh mombor of tho Drltish Iouse of TRT-Madison stract, botween | COMMOUS brought up tho Washington Tronty Inst night. Ho criticised the high-handed sctlon of the Glndstono Administration in choking oft " criticlsm of tho treaty, sud moved o resolution for tho componsation of subjeots of Groat Brit~ avonue | M0 for losses occasioned by tho Amorican War. o fornoon amy | Tho motion was negatived. It is bocoming every day mora apparont that the Troaty of Washing- ton, more than any othier alngle causo, contrib- uted to tho dofeat of tho Liborals in tho lato gonoral elections, Mr. Qlndutone dosorves all strest. ** Parls by Moonlight." Aftornoon and evening, |'ihe American sympathy ho can got. —— r—— . BUSINESS NOTICES, N WRRK'S DOINGS IN WALL STRERT. IIX- 1 onplial wilhout, risk, ot froo, UM BRIDOILE GO & Wallab N: . The Chivags Tiibune, ‘Wednesdsy Morning, Juns 3, 1874. Tho British Parlisment has adjourned over Derby. Day. We may live to sos tho time whon Dongress will intormit its arduous labors to wit- Roes o bago-ball match. Presbyterlans aro wosk and human. Thoir Assombly in St, Louis las rolegated the woman guoation to individunl churches, This action only oxtonds to thospeaking of women in the so- cial proyor-meetings, Such & right ought to bo securo sgainat invesion on account of sox, race, color, ete, It should be added to the Olvil- ‘Righta bill, along with tho barber-shop and bath- room scctions. Canadian reciprocity is not likely to be sgreed to without an angry protest on bohalf of Wost- ern producerd, Tho complaint is that tho troaty admits breadstufls duty freo, and will therefore enable the Caradiansto forestall tho Eastorn mar- kote, It will not bo ossy, beforo tho treaty is submitted to tho Senate, to work up much of = fronzy in the West in anticipation of prospoctivo indiract damages. When thoe facts are published, objoctions to them may be urged with some force and directness of Mr. Windom hns submitted to tue Semate a subatituto for the Houso bill to regulate com- merce smong the States. It is hardly worth noticing except 23 indicating a marked abate- ment in tho zeal for cheap transportation and the goneral intorests of the enslavod husband- man which seomed to animato Congross at the oponing of tho sossion. The subatituto will not pags both Houses ; if it should, the porsons who ‘wonld most vociferously complain of its praoti~ eal operation would mot be tho railrosd com- panies. Assistant-Socrotary Sawyer is the only Treas- ury offficial implicated in the Sanborn scandal who remains in ofice. Ho should loso no time In rocognizing the otornal fitness of things by Zollowing Baufleld and Richardson into retire- ment and disgraco, His testimony before tho ‘Ways ond Means Committes was more arrogant and disingenuous than that of his aseociatos in offico. The country can sparo Sawyer. Now is the opportunity for him and Banfleld to fulfill their obligations to mociety and the Chureh, The salon and the sanctuary will welcome them, though tho wicked politicians should sot them adrift, : Bomebody has been keeping an eye out for the intorests of tho excellent Colleotor Judd, The Customs Revoouo bill has been reported in tha Senate with an amendment providing that no change sball bo made in the salarica of tlie Col- lectors of Cincinnati and Chicago, It will be remombered that the bill as it passed the Houes limited the compensation of theso oficinls to a Bum in gross, cutling off all perquisites. Just 28 Mr. Judd owes sometling to the party, sodoos tho party owe something to Mr, Judd, The im- porteraof Chicago have not begun yet to pay for Mr, Judd's specches on Secosslon sud Slavory delivored in the fall of 1871, e —— The bill to regulate the practico of United Btates Courts in Utab, which pnsaed the Hougo yoaterdsy, is not above roprosch, It provides spocial machinery. for the conviction of Mormon polygamists. Elder Cannon, the Delogate from Utah, insisted, with considorable forco and o rensonabloness that will appeal to the good senss of ‘‘tho average man,” that the operation of the bill should bo confined to ono Torritory; and that class-legislation is inhibited by the apirit, if not by the letter, of the Ameri- can Constitution, Nobody in thin part of the country admires the Mormons or their puculiar ipatitations, but tho bill for their supprossion, ‘which passed the House yosterday, suvors too strongly of persocution to give genoral satfafac- tion, —_— Returns from tho election in Oregon yoster- day indicate a victory for the Demooratio Stato ticlet, and the choico of & Ropublican Congress- man, This rosult was achieved by o, union of the Ropublican and Democratia forces in oppo- wition to a strong Independont movemont. The Associated Presa roports asport that the Inde- pondents have carriod the Logislature, but our mpecial advicos, which are trom a trustworthy source, concodo the State tothe Democrats. Tho Indopoudents have as much ocoasion for rejoiciug a8 anybody. They bave ewopt the Olty of Portland clean, and this wag tho objectlve point of thelr offorts, Thoy Lave slso given a wholesomo shiook to the old viganizations, and consolidated two incongruous clomouts In suoh s way a8 to insure the defeat of both, e —— The Chicago produco markots were gonerally & shado strongor yestorday, with o falr business dolng, Mess pork was in good domand and otoady, closing at 817.22@17.95 cash, and B17.45@17.4734 soller June, Lard was qulot and 10@12}4o per 100 Ibs highor, closing at £10.70@ 10.75 canb, and $10,95@11.00 soller July. Moats wore quict and & shade firmer, at 03@0}g0 for shoulders, 8J¢@90 for short ribs, 93@03(¢e for ehort clear, and 103{@113go for ewoot plokled hams. Iilghwines wore active and atrong, olos- Ing ot OB per gallon. Lake freights woro less setivo and easler, at @637 for wheat by sail to Buffalo, Flour.was aotive and lowor, Whoot 3¢ @30 highor, with rathor luss doing, and cloged st §1.163¢ cash, 91,105 solior July, and 81.20 for No, 2 Minnesote, Qorn was less notive and s shade flrmey, closing at B0J§@B0340 oush, aud Preeidency of tho Erio Railrond. His succossor Las not been ohosen, but it is undorstood that ho will Lo agentloman under thoiufluencaof Col, ‘fhomas A, Bcott. Tho manngors of Erie have now no policy boyond the payment of dividends on the common atock; to seccure this ond thoy are willing to throw the road into tha hands of tho Vanderbilts, or Bcott, or any othercombination that will make it pry. In this thoy aro not altogother justified. Tho troublo with Erlo is nof 80 much bad managomont =s broad-gaugo. If ho were proporly supported, Preaident Watson could do all that is nosded to mako tho road profitable to tho stockholders. sembly yestordsy, The Eleotoral Inw was undor discussion, A Republican member in tho heat of iy argumont forgot himself for one moment, aud taunted the Bovapartists with being of that party which led to Bodau. Instantly s ferrible uproar arose. The DBona- partist party in France lms snddenly leapt from insignificanco into prominenco. It had olmost forgot about Bedan, The angry reference in the Assombly to that porton- tous dofent almost 1od o blows. Lvidently thero is no futuro before the presont Adminlstration in Franco, unless the Assembly bo specatly die- solved. The Municipal bill pagsed by o fair ma- Jority, but tho Electoral law, upon which is staked tha existonce of the new Ministry, isnot 8o cortain of approval. B8till further slong lio constitutional questions which can Bearcoly bo takon up without procivitating a crisis, MORTON AND HIS TROUBLES, Tho Ropublicans in Indiana have got their logs tangled in tho same way as their brethren in Ilinois by reason of tho vates of thoir Son- ators and Roprosentatives on tho inflation bill, and the President's veto thoreof. Accordingly, we are ot surprised to hear that the friends of Morton and Pratt are diligontly canvassing the State to socuro tho eloction of dolegates to the Tepublican Convention who will indorse the course pursued by those Senators, and thus in- forontinily condemn tho veto. Nor Is it unlikely that thoy will succeed in the attempt. Their prospects are decidedly more flattering than those of Logan aud Oglesby in Illinois. It may o safely assumed that tho Republicans of Indi- ona uro with Mortoh on this question, and that thoy will go, in their Convention, as far as ho shall himself advise. It is by no means cortain that the Ropublicans of Illinois agree with Logan and Ogleshy, or that, if they do agree with them, they can be induced to say so in plain English. It is much moro likely that they will ignore the isaue ontirely, or sdopt Bome equivocal resplu- tion which will carn them the contempt of all mon Who aro cither eornestly in faver of infla~ tion or earnestly opposed to it. But Mr, Morton’s policy contemplates some- thing moro than an indorsement of bimself by tho Indiana Convention, It is plain that ho has not abandoned the idea of carrying ** the West and Bouth,” and also the Btate of Ponnsylvania, in tho next National Republican Convention— carrying them on the issue of ourrency inflation, —or “oxpansion,"—as his friends prefor to call it. Indeed, it is hinted that ho and thoy aro propared to pull down sthe wholo Repub- lican templo unless they can have their way. The St. Louis Democral Las inti- mated that such & calamity might happeu if the contractionists (as thoso who sustain the Presidont's veto aro styled) eliould carry the Iilinois Convéntion of tho 17th of Juae. Of courso this is more gasconnde, but it serves to show into what desperato siraits Morton snd his allios have beon flung by the voto of their ¢ bill for a modorato increaso of the currenoy.” ‘WISCONSIN RAILWAYS, Tfforts aro making to arrest tho progress of the cases fuvolving the conetitutionality of the WWisconsin railway logislation in tho State courts, and to transfor them to the United States Dis- trict Court for tho Weatorn District of Wiscon- sin, Tho creditors of the Chieago & Northwost- orn Railway, ropresontod by William I\ Rick, 2osos Taylor, Henry R, Picrson, The Farmers' Loun and Trust Company, and the Union Trust Compeuy, bave notified the Attornoy-Goneral andthie Railway Commissionors sppointed by the Govornor that thioy witl apply, on Juno 4, to Judgo Drummond, at the Oity of Madison, for au injunction restraining them from procood- ing to tho enforcement of tho not of tho Loglelature of Maroh 11, 1674, The injunction, it grauted, will transfer the decision of the cou- stitutionality of tho Wisconsiu law to the Bu- premo Court of the United States, The grounds on which reliof is demanded by the croditors aro the samo 88 those on which the railway compa- nica themsolves olaimed the law to bo unconsti- tational, viz. ; that if it be onforced tho Com- pany will * not dorivo from all its sources of rove- uue a enfiicient bum of monoy to pay tho operat. ing oxpenscs of said railway, and to pay the inter- est on ity bonds and maintain the road and its equipments in a proper state of efliciency,” oto, 1t Judge Drummond entertaing tho oaso, it will ‘be neoossary to luveatigato the condition of the roads and seo whethor the represontations of the Company are correct. This done, it will not Lo higrd to pass upon the constitutionality of the law iteelf, Whothor Judge Drammond will griut the injunction or not, romalas to be soen, It ho docs, something will bo gainod by bath portios, The oase will roach the Unitad Btates Buprame Court &t an oarlier date than ¢ It first had to pass through the Buprome Court of tho Btato of Wis- couin, It willbo deolded, too, by Judgos loss lisblo to bo influenced by losal bias, and on the broadoat gronnds pousiblo, Altogether itisdeaira- blo that tho Unlted Btates Suprome Court should pass ox this kind of leglalstion at the earliest moment No deaision oan of course bo resshind till the fact fs nscortainod whether or not the ratos nro such as the companios say they sro, Bhould it turn out that thoy aro such, it s cor- tain that tho United Statos Supreme Court will Liold tho Iaw to bo not constitutional, Thoe com- Prnios cannot ba compolled to run tho roads at & losa to thomeolven. If the atook of the companies has boon watered, and if thoy aro paying inter- «est on a sum groator than tho actual cost of con- struction, it mny bo otherwiso, Should iho in- vostigations, on tho othor hiand, show that tho railway companies have misropresonted the roal stato of tho enso, and that thoy can operate thoir ronds undor the law without inourring loss, it will bo a bnd thing for thom. Tho logislation on railways has had some good offact, whother con- stitutional or not. 1t lins compalied the rairond companios to modify thoir prices. In Minnoro- ta, tho Bt. Paul Pioneer snys that on soveral of the roads matorlal reductions havo taken placo. . THE LEVEES OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Tho subjoct of the late inundation of tho TLowor Missiesippi was discussod at tho lnat mooting of the Chicago Acadomy of Scloncos. It was admitted that no systom of lovoos that could be constructed along the msin chanuel of tho river could over be mado to conflno tho wators within ity banke. This was also tho unanimous opinion of a largo numbor of #team- boat captains recently intorrogatod in 8t, Louis. Allagroo that more room must bo allowed for the “mighty watera” gathered from somo twenty States aud ‘Torritorien to find thoir way to the Gult of Moxico. This oan Yo done by leaving tho sloughs aud bayous that branch off from tho muin stronm evory scors of miles open, and, ns faros mny bo, connecting them with somo largor conduit near the biuffs, and running par- allol or nearly 8o to the main stroam. Of courso, it would also bo nocessnry to lovel all theso whoro there is & suflicient amount of land to be reclaimed to warrant the oxpenes. By adopting this plan, a groat jucrease in the longthof tho lovees would be roquired, but tho total amount of labor would not bo increased in & corrospound- ing ratio. Tho lovees would not need to bo so high, sud there would be far less danger of their being undormined Dby tho curront., Nature horeolf has marked out thisas tho only safe plan to follow. Itis tho ono sho has adopted to roliavo tho great river itsolf duriug all seasons of floods, nud. ouly by working in accordaucoe with thiose plans can man hope to ronder his own Iabors effectual. It is stated that the rocont overflow which has coused guch torriblo sufforing and loss of prop- orty camo from long-continued raing along tho Lower Miasissippl, and from tho Ohio, tho Cum- berland, and tho Tounossco. What, then, it may bo asled, would have been the distress had tho Mississippi ond tho Missourl added their vast. floods to the gonoral inundation? Noarly tho wholo country adjacont to the river betweon Cairo aud tho Guif would have been doomed to destruction, But as nobpdy is required to livo upon these threatenod ands nny moro than upon tho sides of Vesuvius, it may bo urged with much force that tho poople who tako tho risl, in considoration of the largo crops thoy obtain in ordinary seasons, should ropair the lovoos thomselves. If amon who can obiain good upland at a shilling an acro, or even for nothing, upon whick he can grow tha cotton-plant kneo- Ligh without rislk, still prefors to invest his capi- tal on the botiom whore he can grow tho cotton- plant higher than bis head threo yoars in suc- cession and bo drownoed out the fourth, there is 10 law to inhibit his choico, nor slionld there bo any to compel moroe prudent ones to share his risl, For these roasons, whilo we otrenuously urgo the employment of all means, even thoso of the Government, to relievo the destitution caused by tho flood, we aro not propared to indorse the nssumption by Congress of the task of building or rebuilding tho lovees of the Miseissippl. The Government should not bo mado responsible for the temority of citizens, whothor thoir losses are incurred in growing cotton on swamp lauds or building railways through Northern Dakota, BTATE AND AL TAXATION, Every intelligent man who obsorves the progress of political ovenis knowa that now parties aro in procoss of formation, But tho obsegyer is not s man of sonse if he fancios that hocen alroady onumerate tha tonets or objects of the now party of tho futuro, or desig- natoits londers. Of somo things wo may Dbe reasonably confident. Questions of material intercst, of finsnco, taxation, transportation, aud publio oxpondituros, will largely occupy tuo attention for somo yenra tocomo. But no one can yotgay in what form thess questions or cither of thom will be g0 prosented as to pro- duco that sharp division of publio opinlon out of which new parties arise, Of all tho quostions which scom Hkely to enter into future political combinations probably thay of local taxation haa boon most fraquently over- looked or ignored. It is acurious proof that, avon in our habitual thoughts the Govornmont is tonding steadily toward contralization, wo aro not apt to spoak of roform in local taxation 08 ono of thoso which the party of the futuro muat zealously sook. We thinkof the queations which aro dobated at Washington nslikoly to have more or losg influence upon the sbaping of partios, but not ofton, wo imagine, do we roalize Low muel departure from sound principles and nogleot to effect genuino reforms in loeal taxa- tion nnd administration havo contributed to bring about that general dissatisfaction with old partios which is the very starting-point of now movements. Not ofton, either, do we consider witlt what tremondous forco s well-devised sya- tem of yoform in the methods of assessmont aud collaction of taxea by Btatos, counties, oftios, and townsbips, would appeal to the moust en- lightened opinion a8 woll 18 to tha atrong self- intorost of tnxpayers in evory part of tho country. In a vaguo way the faot is recognized that in many 8tates, and particulatly at tho West and Houth, the tax which the people foel most keon- lyis lovied and collected not by & Government far pway &t Washington, but by one at our very doors. Somotimos, the gonorzl complaint is rathor as to the appavont oxtravaganco or cor- ruption of the Stalo or local Government, whoa, in roality, the people complain rathor bo- cause thelr burdens ave not 5o placed a8 to bo oasily borne, In ofher caues, =s in this Btate, publio opinion hoa penotrated to the main faqt that our burdene are lmmorsurably the heavier and the more hurtful beoause thoy are moat une oqually distributed, and so unwigoly placed as to oppross productive industry, In Now York, through the very able raporls of a Yax Cowme misglon of which tho Xon, D, A, Wolls wag Chalrman, the subjoct hus boem brought to the atteulfon of thoughtful men, aud its vest imporlance and besriug upon woalth, industry, population, mud goneral prosperity exe partially realized, but no action hay boun takan by s Loglalaturs wilch sopree sonts rathor tho pot-house and cross-road wiro- pullora than the cultivated intolligonco of the Btato. In Ponnsylvanin, s syatom altogother unique wan doviaed yoars ago, and is yob upon trial, but has bioon considorably modifiod in con- soquence of declslons of (ho courts, renderod from timo Lo time ninco itn adoption, affecting tho status of differont forms of proporty and tholr lisbility to taxation. In movoral othor Statos, Commisnions havo investigated the sub- Ject, but gonerally without much practical ro- sult. In fact, keonly as millions of individuals feol tho burdons of local taxation, the subject has never yot beon 80 gonoerally discussed that the poople realizo itsimportancs, or know whnt they want to do about it. Yot oven tho imperfect atatistica on this point obtained for tho conana of 1870 shows thot over $08,000,000 wera col- looted for Btato taxos, noarly £78,000,000 for county taxes, and noarly $185,000,000 for town, city, or othor municipal tnxes, making an ag- grogate of ovor §2$0,000,000 thus ocol-* locted. Even In 1806, when tho internal ravenue roachod its highest point, and tho taxes of the FedoralGovornment roached almost avery trade, occupation, business, product, corporation, firm, or porson, tho nmount collected by the Unitod Btatos was little greator than tho sum shown by tho consus to have boen cotlectod by Btato and local Goveramonts in 1870, yot it is well known that tho consus returna in this re- spect fall far ghort of tho truth; that thore are speoial texos of many kinds, for local improvements, for streots, ronds, bridges, or scliools, which do not appear in ro- turns of regular municipal taxes, and largely swoll tho actual burden, Andyot it js not the magnitudo of this burden, but its exceedingly unwido distribution, which inflicts tho gravest injury. Itis hoavy enough in the aggregato to bear with fatal offect upon home industries, and occupations or employments of capital, if un- wisely placod, and in some localities, whero its mugnitude i groatlydisproportioned to the value of proporty taxod, theoffoct of thisburden, thus unwisoly placed, is almost equivalent to whole- salo conflscation, Even whon itis but modorate- 1y hoavy it has o moat powertul, though by many uususpected, influence to drive away capital and enterprigo, to break up induslry, to bar out fm- migration, and to oxaggerato that over-baneful tondenoy of our population to scatter over wido areag of territory, thus forfoiting all thoso ccono- miea in civil and industrial lifo, and that educn-~ tional and social progress which produce and charactorizo the more advanced civilization, Thus this subject hss become one of the deepeat interost, not moroly to the political phi- losopher, but to every taxpayer, evory laborer, or producor or capitalist. Loug ago, it.would have taken strong hold upon public attention and political organizations but for the fact that no student had yob suggested any line of reform in eny degroe applicablo to many localition. Lach mndividual taxpayor felt that there was somathing wrong, but not one realizod tho mag- nitude of the ovil, and vory fow imagined that thoir oven thoir neighbors shared their feolings rospecting it. It is not onough to uay, a8 hag beea truly said inmony States alteady, that real estato, and especially farming property, bears an altogother disproportionato shnre of taxation. The evil goes much deepor; the taxes levied for Stato and local purposes, as & general rulo, aro in no respect proportioned to the ability of pareons to pay, but are levied in utter disrogard of that con- dition. NorIs it onough to point out, howgver clearly, tho oxisting evils, Whoover comes for- ward with well-matured plans for practical ro- lief will not only go far to shapo the action of the party of the future, but will be long romem- borad a8 & benefactor to the country. m——— CHORPENNING, The pheenix is in America, But, despite our bonsty, it 4 not embodied in rebuilt Chieago. 1t is the Chorpenning claim. That oternsl fraud, oxposed nud rejectod so many times, is again thrust upon publio attention. Chorpenning, ox- contractor and, prosent lobbyist, has provailed upon tho Judiciary Committee of tho Houso to report in quasi favor of his job. The Chuirman, Gen, Butler, fulfilled the congeninl task, The Comnmittoe, apparontly lost in wonder over tho kindness of Mr. Chorponning, says, in its roport: *Thoy [Chorpeunivg and couneel] profossed entiro willingness to abandon any part of the claim which might appear to bo tainted with fraud,” This is sonoblo in thoclaimant, When- over ho is caught trying to steal, he will setually stop trying—so far as that particular placo is concorued. Even this scanty promise, howaver, will not e kopt, Tho whole claim has beon proven fraudulent. When Postmastor- Gonoral Oreawell was dotectod in the act of pay- ing it, and was only kopt from doing to by a hur- riod Congresaional rosolution condemning the sleal, the Cabinet oulprit ploaded that ho was obliged to pay by tho words of tho Iaw under which be actod, but did not protend that the claim was in itsolf anything but a fraud. Wr, Dawos, who had not thon been subjugated by Butlor, exposed tho job in one of Lia bost spooches. 1t bristled with figures and facts, and was conclusive, Noman has answored jt; no man can auewer it, The Judicinry Committua Las reported & bill giving Chorpenning recourss to the Court of Claims, requiring his cnse to bo lieard within threo montus, and allowing an appoal by oithor party to the Bupreme Court. If this could make it impossiblo for thoe busy Chorpenning to aovor bring his claim bofore Congress again, and if wo bied o compotont Attorney-Gencral to defoud tho Trossury from tho legal attack of this inde- fatigable lobbyist, the proposed mensuro srould not bo a bad ono. The Judiclary Committes ig porfectly right when it sayss *“Tho ascortain- mont of the dotaila of the amount [alleged to be duo Chorponning] aud ils adjustment by a com- mwitteo of Congross, or by Congross iteolt, ia wholly impracticable, not to say impossiblo,” ‘Phis wholo clsim busincss ought to bo taken out of tho hands of Congross, It is judicinl, not loglalative, businesa. The transforof all of it ta tho courta would save & vaat deal of jobbery ana corruption at Washiugton, Duistow hes boon confirmed aa Beoretary of tho Trersury by o unanimous vote of tho Senate, apd Richardson as Judge of tho Cowt of Olaima by a emall majority. Someof the Re- publican newopapera ind groat oceasion for ro- joleing in tho fact that Bristow knows nothing of fluance, Ho will aot, they eay, slmply in a ministorial oapsolty under tho diroction of Congress, o will have no fancy {hcories of his own to testat thorisk of the business community, e will not take upon his ehoulders the torrible respouelbility . of “moving the orops;” they may got to tide- wator by the graco of God, undor the opora- tlon of natural laws, Buch & proplietio visionJot Dristow's administration will doubtless en- francs ths pacriy presy, wid mhdy par. sonn hosides who were hesrtlly disgusted with the dangorously lttle knowledge of finauco displayed by Mr. Boutwoll; but the real inter- Protation of the vision ia that Bristow willbos Hocrotary of routine, just as Richardson wan, Tho Intter gentleman bng gone to the Court of Olalma, Hols tho most impudont beggar that ovor appoarad boforo that tribunal. Yo wae dis- graced, and ovorybody know it, but ho was so littlo shamofaced ns to prolong Lis tonuro of ofticinl 1ifo by sheor importunity. Under similar clroumstances & Japaneso ofiicial would have commitled hari kari, 1t ia a significant fact ihat Richardson was confirmed as Judge by a baro majority, many Republican Benators ro- tusing to vote. THE CATHOLIO CHURCH IN AMERICA. Tho rolation of tho Catholic Church to the now Gorman Empire {8 a subjoct of great popu- Iar intorest, ng woll as of Governmental concern, in that country. It would soom that tho Relch- stag bos boon looking boyond tho Atlantic to 800 how tho Ohurch oporates hers, and how our Govornmont gots slong with Catholicism, and liow Catholics and Protostants live under our Constitution, Triedrich Kapp, a gontleman who lvod somo time iu thie couniry, hins been giving tho Gorman Parliamont tho benofit of Lis ob- sorvationa in tho United States, Ho snid: “In tho United Btates, Catholiclem s o solid, woll-organized army, admirably com- manded by ablo ofiicers, whilo Protestantism 1a broken futo fragments, and can bo compared only to o Lost of voluntcora which would be de- pleted at any tima if attacked. It doponds on- tirely on the Catholio Church, which is in full possossion of political power, when tho strugglo botweon tho Government and Protostantism shall bogin,” The Prussian Government is uofortunate in its choico of counsol; for, ns tho Staats-Zeitung of yestorday remarks, commenting on tho foro- golug: *Mr. Kapp is & gontlomnn who loft this country with ¢woor throofixed idens, oncof thom that, sooner or lator, the Catholic Church would ongage in o terrible struggle with our Govern- ment for supromacy, The Catholie Church isnot in tho ascendnncy in this country in auy respect whatevor, nor in any Stato of the Unfon, 'Thore nover was & Cougress nor & Stato Legialaturo in which Catholics woro ever ropresonted oxcopt by & small minority. Kupp's assortion is, thore- foro, entiroly basoless.” It is not to bo wondered at, however, that ho mado it. The Gorman Parliament wanted such information as would confirm it in its policy towards tho Catho- lic Clurch, and it obtainod what it wnanted. Had Kapp expressed auy othor viows, thoy would not havo beon wolcomo to thoso ho was address- ing. . The Anzciger des Treslens of St. TLouis agroes with tho Slaals-Zeitung of thls city, that the Catholio Ohurch's policy in this country is likely to bo in tho futuro only whatit is at presont. Should the Catholio Chureh begin a confliot with Protestantism other than that which, from its very nature, it must wage sgainst it, it would be tho losor. The conflict would bo one not of Catholics ngainst professed Protestants, but of Catholics against non-Cath- ohes, who aro vastly in the majority, and who, if neithor orgavized nor disciplined in snything olse, would be organized and diciplived for the purpose of opposing the aggressions of Catholics on the rights of Protestenta or othors, If such aggres- sion wero attempted. Wo havo no fears that any such aggrossion will ba made, It the Gor- man Empire would learn from us how to solve the queations of its relations to religion, it will lot tho Catholio Church and all othor Churches take caro of themsalves, Ho long av tho mem- bors of auy denomination do untoothers ag thoy would havo othors do unto them, an enlightoned Govornmont will leave thom alone. When they forget this golden rule, it is timo enough to call tem to order, — Tho policy of Democrats of Illinola, fore- shadowed by the Springfleld Register, is roaf- firmed in the Rock Islund Argus aud the Aledo Bamlcr. Tho former paper, referring to the 10th of Juno Convention, says ¢ They {the Independents] should bomen who can clearly comprohend the ditferenco betweon rostricted commcreo and legilation for cluswes aud monopolies, aud freedom of trado and commerce, equal rightu for o)t clurses anit speclsl favors for mono, They abould be men who ¢an make clear distinctions between honest wmonoy and * cheap ” money; mon who are not in favor of repudiation fu ony form; men Who inslst that promises nde shall bo kept; men who know that repudistion of obligations is dishonest and dis- honorable, The Aledo Banner, tbe Democratic organ of Alorcer County, says : 1t [tho 10tk of June Convention] must advocate free commerce. Tho people aro really for it. Eastern anufacturers aud monopolists, ausiated by thu Governmont, have wrung dollar after dollar from tho peoplo of the West, Clothes, victuals, and tho various uecesdaries of life, have to be bought at double price, witnply to enrleh o fow monsyed Esstern monopolists, Tha poople of the West have fed tho Esstorn peoplo long onoual, Protection fs a kind of econowy that mukes thorick richer, and the poor poorer, and iho fa- boror’s life a mere strugglo for simplo oxlstence, The Couvention miust not advocate entive or even partial repudiation, It must not, with Logan and Ogleaby, bolie tho truth and advocate thn fssuo of more urtificial paper money, It must not forget tho rallronds § that they must Lo fairly but firmly dealt with, In short, let the Convention tako such sction, uominate such men, adopt such principles, as will vicet the demands of thu times; ond lot tho mon who go for Moercer County not forgut these things, ————e e All threo of tho New Orlenos daily papers chroniclo the fact that & duol was fought near that city on tho 29th ult,, and that one of the partios was killed. As the combatants woro well-known gentlomon of the city, aud the affair grow outof n family difficulty, all tho papors agreo In supprossing the nmmes, and meroly stato the facts in twoor threo lines. The gen- tlomanly mannor in which the duelists sottled thoir griovanca s only equaled by the gentiemanly mauner in which tho papors troat tho occurrouce, 'ho finoncss of hooor on tho one sida is only equnled by tho distingulshed sud tondor consid- eration on the other. At the samo timo, if two men should have a gricvauco on tho strect in New Orloans, and ono should kill tho other, we presumo those papors would have no seruples about publishing the names and hieading it * An Appalling Murdor," or somothing of that sort, ‘Whoroln tho two cases differ, howover, it Is very difticult to ascertain, Bome of tho BSouthorn nowspapers, espe- cially tho Richmond Enquirer, which has a column of editorial dovoted to the sub- Joct, are abusing Mr. BEdwin Booth with- out stint for rofusing to comply with the re- quest to dovota oue night to the bouefit of tho sufferora by the Mlisalssippl flood. Tho gonduot of these papoers Is shuply lmpudont and insulting. It Mr, Dooth gives n benott to this oharity, he ounnot consistoutly yefuse any othor, 1o {8 not in & position to give benofitu to chayi- ton. o was lutoly placed in Lunkruptey, and fa now laboring nssiduonsly aud monfully to retriove his fortunos and pay hia dabts, Ie fs big own charity, and it is his flvst duty to reliove himgelf und Lis oreditors, This done, ho will be at liborty to roliove others, and thore iw nothing in his past lfe and carcer whioh shows an unwilliognoss to aid olhers whan he is in & postiton to do it CHRISTIAN CONVENTIONS, The Woman-Question Dodged by tho Sty Louls Assembly. Individual Churches to Regu- late Their Own Practice, A Quict Time Ovor the Temparance- Question, The Woman-Crusaders Not Approved by the Church, - —_— Tho Pselm-Singing Controversy Excites the United Prosbyterians. Miscellancous Religlous Mattors, THE PRESBYTERIANS. Fpsctal Dispatch to The Chicago Lribune, TIIR UENERAL ASBENDLY, 8r. Lours, Mo., Juno 2.—Tho Assombly was Inrgoly attunded by outaiders to-day, and tho mombera woro on hand promptly at 9 s, m. The quontions which oxcited most foterest in the forenoon sousion wero temporance and tho wom- en-topic. After much skirmishing, Dr. Atwator's stringent resolution in condemnation of tho lquor-trafile—rolterating that total abstinonce was tho poliey of the Ohurch, and that all law- ful ard rightoous moans should bo used to de- atroy sald trafie, and to oarry out tho polivy of tho Church—was carried, and the otber ono, commending the crasadors, was laid on the table. THE WOMAN-QUESTION. "Tho dlscussion of the Wwoman-quostion croatod tho most decldod sensation that hins boon stirred up #iuco the meeting of tho Assombly, aud the choering on cnch side, ns tho dobators mado points on tholr own cide, was immoenso, 8o much 1o that the Moderator rebuked tho Assembly for wauton lovity. Dr. Aikmun, of Elizabety, N, J. Lins the honor of having proposod the monauro that finally carriod the day. His mensuro was that tho gosston and pastor of each church shall #otdlo tho matter witother women sball speak and pray in the social prayor-meotings, and that tho Uerioral Assembly should expross no opinion on tho ecriptural toxt involved. The speochos wero only threo minutos ench Bliun, of Cambridge, N, Y., 10d off in support of Dr., Aikman, in a vory lively specets, NO CHANGE WANTED, Tho Rov, Mr, Jones, of Goneseo, N. Y., did nob want any Invasions on the time-honorod customs of tho lathers. Dr. Recd, of Philudolpbia, did not want the Inw and conscience of the Chureh disturbod; thorefore, hio wauted & committeo of five to tale chnrg‘a of the matter and roport at tho next ny- sombly, Dr. Looth, of N. Y., aid not appreciato the con- suroing of Brathor Coopor, of Brooklyn, Inst years lie thought tho brethron ought to go as faras Dr. Ailmun’s resolution, auylow. Dr. Jrench, of Brooklyn, wantod tho Assembly ]lotcumn up to tho mark, sud pass Aikman’s reso- utton, TFathor Ifunt wanted the Assembly to stand by Paul on this question, and therofore Lo opposed the monsure. Dr. Willinm Aikman, brother of Robert Alk- man, was opposed to the resolution; thoy would injuro the truo position of woman as mother,wife, nad sister, by forcing hor to lakoan uunutural position. Wo should endeavor to increase tho attractivoness ot homo lifo; Ay UE_WANTED NO TEMPEEANCE-CRUSADERS Dr, H. A, Nelson and Dr. H. Johnson wero in favor of Dr. Aikmau's resolution, and strongly fusisted that wontan should bo allowed to bLoth pray and Hfi“k in the social prayer-meoting, Among tho conspiouous mon _who voted for Ailimou’s resolution were Dra, H. A. Nolsou, H, ‘A Booth, H. Johnso, Dr. Neluon AMiliord, and tho Revs, Rlobort Ailmun, Mr. Blinu, nud 1, E. Cooper ; and smang the most conspicions oppo- nonts were Drs. Murray, Crosby, Atwater, Will- iwm Aikman,sDarling, and Breod, The voto on tho resolution was: veas, 211; nays, 84, Tho Rey. Dr.[Donaidson felt songgrioved nbout the cheering ovar tho result that Lo threatoned to loavo the Assombly unloss it was stoppod in future. The women'in the galleries, who wero the wives of ministers gonernlly, strongly sym- pathized with Aikman's resolution, and “smiled copiously upon the oiorts in their bohalf, MINISTERIAL RELIET, Dr. Robert Dickson, Chairman of the Stand- || ing Committeo ou Ministerial Relicf, presented his report on that subject. The sum of 879,474 was received during the last year from various gources, and was oxpended as follows: To min- isters' widows and_ children, £70,077; to the frustees of tho General Assombly for the permunent fund, £3,196; and the balance for incidental exponses, Tho wholo uumber of beneticiaviey was 403 ; of {heso, 171 wore miniy- ters, 218 widows of ministers ; and 21 orphan families. The permanent fund s now 3114,515, ‘Tho Commitiod asked for $110,000 for next year's use, GILURCHES ERECTED, Dr. Roberts, of New Jersey, gave the report of the Standing Committeo on Church Lreetion, About $112,000 were asked for noxt year for thig purpose. T'he Committes appointed at tho Inst General Assowbly to draft a peper on the subject of Court of Appeal, reported for s permauout Committoo of Lighteon, to bo elacted at tho noxt Gouneral Agsombly, and that six should go out ench year and the sume number bo elected, thus dwiding tho Comumitieo into parts, £o bo etected overy threa years, aud to have jurisdiction over all questions'o? appesl aud of & judicial charac. tor. T'hoy skould receive and decido all appeals that should como up from the Synods to the Gouoral Assenbly, oxcept on questions of dog~ trino. On thet subjeet, tho Court should have no jurisdiction. Tho Presbytery of Doflalo presonted o puper aguinst the proposod court, and on motion of Dr. Crosby, both these papers wero ordered printed with the Assembly documonts, and the mattor will bo taken up at tho noxt Assombly. THUE PREEDMEN. The Commmittes on Freodmon prosonted their report, which showed great progross in evangol- izing the citizons of Alricau descont, Tho Com- mitteo strounously insistod that tho gront powor of thoir werk dopoudad “HD" tho educationul do- parimont. They insisted thet tho groat offort sliould bo to teuch the colored man, and that the life of the Church dopeuded on how faithfully this was done. Dr. Medlillon reported trom the Committes on Benovolenco and Fiuance, and rece owmended that that Committoo should consist of ono unpaid membor from eack Synod, which Com. mittes should supervizgo tho bonovolouce and flnuncas of the Church, und should rather super- vise all tho bouevolont boards of the Church, This Committoo askad that $1,692,000 should bo raised durivg tho next H«mr for the various Donrds of tho Church, to bo apnortioned as fol- lows: Tor Faroign Missions, $600,000; for lfome Minsions, 470,000 ; for Sustontarion, 100,000 ; for Church Ireotion, #150,000; for Educution, §112,000; for Ministorinl Itallof, $100,000; foF Froodmen, $75,000 ; for Publication, $75,000, The disousslon of this subject was unfinished at tho timo of adjournment, but it mighi bo mentioned that uniess somo_positive aotion iy talen on_this subject, this Commutten will go out of oxistonce, sccordiug to & forner action of tho Assombly, VOLUNTARY SOCIETI¥E, Dr. Niccolls, of this city, roudy a very elabo- rato, olour, and comprehonsive report on volune tary mociotles; uiter giving an annlysis of the operations of tho Lraot Bocioty, Sunday-School nion, and othors, ho canio to the couclusion thut thoro were too muny &uch societion; that they wero practioally irresponsiblo to anybody; that they genorally ~becamo en ollgarehy; that thoy undortook to do worl which the Obmrch did horwelf ; that they drew thoir monoey prinoipaily from Prosbytorlany and Congrogetionatists ; aud that the worls tho) porform: could bo_dono lotter by the Churcl through her own Doards ; theroforo, the Oowm- mittee recowmended thut thoso voluntary socie- tios should publieh books insterd of attémpting todo the work ot* ovqnflallzlng, and that tho Prosbytorisn Ohurch should = coucentrate ity henovolont contributions on its owu DBosrds, T'his roport wau received, approved, and orderod Krlu!ed, ‘Tha report went alaboratoly into tho {story of theso sociotios aud the action of the Gonerzl Councily of tho Congrogational Churoh thoreon, and all of 1ts posltions seemod to sult the members almost Ilmvunmll{. Tho Assombl adjourned, very good humoredly untll 8 o’aloo| inthe uvnulu;:. 170 the Associated Press) 8r. Lous, M‘Ay“&? u:x: lln(:z):eénlng'u soasion of tlsw General Asusmbly this reparh of the Oomuits teo on the offioo of Nuling Elder was prosents and, aflor wmendment, adoptod. 1o m-ovmfa' that any ehurch, by voto of the mombars in full communication, may eloot Ruling Elders for w limltod time, provided that the time be not lesa than threo yoirs, and the session be mnde tocons siat of throo olassos, ono of which only shall ba clected ovory yoar; and providod that tho Ele dors, onco ordaincd, shall not bo divested of of- fleo though thoy are not re-olocted. It alao pro- vidos that Ruling Jldors oannot sit and voto with the Acting Lldera in cases of aatual procoss Jus diclally, TIHE PHILADELDHIA PRESDYTERY OABE. In the caro of tha complaint nj:rcaomud by Dr, Vormilyo, of New York, ngainst the Contral Dreabytory of Philadolphls, for recolving tho Third Ttefornmod Church of ' that city, sopaeated. from tho pastor thoreof, and uniting it with tha Weatorn Presbyterian C)mrch, the spocial com- mitteo to whom tho cara was referred roported through Dr, Notson, tho Chairman, exonorating the Prosbylery, and uurgomhlg that the qucse tion of tho property interestinvolved In tha caso bo loft toa clvil tribunal. The roport wag adopted, FINAL ADJOURNMENT, Tho Assembly hay decidod to adjourn Wedness day evoning, whon about 100 mombora of tha body will sturt on an excursion to Colorado, spe- clal'traing baviog boon tendored thom by the 8t. Louis, Kansas City & Northorn aud the Konsas Paclilo Rajlway for that purpose. Tho Rarrow-gaugoe road, extouding, from Donver to Pucblo, will'also estend courtesios to tha party for a visit to Colorado Springs and othor notable places {n that section of tho “Lorritory. TEMPERANOE, ‘This morning tho tomporanco question cama up ou the motion to adopt the rosolution offered by Dr. Lyman Atwatar for a sorios of rosolutions sihmitled by the Rov, Mr. White, The lattor Leld that tho exigeucles of the times demanded strict nud positivo action on the part of tho Ohureh. Ha sald that what was wanted was somo- thing piain and practicable and conducive to unity of action. Tho Assombly rafused to_oxtond the debate, and, o voto boing teken, Dr, Atwator's sube sutute was adupted. v rogrots the grent avil of intomporanco, and urges all to unlts against 1t, but it is pot dogmntical, nor doos it protend to ©xpross the opinion of tho Assembly, T WOMAN QUESTION then came up o8 & special ordor of businana, Dr. Richardson prosonted tho roport of thoe Special Committoo to which tho matter had beon roforred, which declnres that o litoral intorpro« tation of the previous doliverauce of tho Gon- eral Assembly donlod the right of womon to tonch, pray, and oxhort in public or promiscuouy uswomblages. Lineh Ansembly, howosor, bad th right to ordor ity own proceedings, and might therofore decide fn roference to this subjact whether it would or would not permit a uovias tion in this mattor. Dr. Crosby oxplained that the queation camo up on an overture, and the quostion was, *Aro wo to undorstand tho doliveranco of the Goneral Asgombly as forbidding womon {o speak or pray at rogulnr woekly prayer-meotings?” ‘Uho nne swor of tho Committeo was, *Yes, except in upo- clal emergenaies, to bo declded by tho pastor or tho Sossion.” Dr, Poor and Dr., Nalson opposed tho idea that ihio Assembly, in its doliverances, was doing nny | thing moro than oxprossiug nn opinion for tia {ul’um approval or disspproval of thio Preabys orios, Dr. Aikman offered as & substitnte 2 rosolue tion that tho Assembly express uo opinion ug to the Seriptural view of ‘womna's right to speal oy pray iu a socinl prayer-meoting, and to commit tho wholo subject to tho disoration of tho pass tors and Llders of tho churches. Tho proviour question was called. A motion to rocousider wag lost by a large majority. Dr. Aikman's substic tute was thon adopted by a vote of 211 to 84, # RELIZF FUND, The niuoteonth aunual report of the Commit. tee ou a Ltoliof Fuud for Disabled Ministors and tne Widows aud Orphans of Decensod Ministord wag road, Tho liabilicies of tho provious year loft unpaid for want of funds wore moro than %9,000, end the familics to whom it was due wore obligod to wuit until eollections could Le gatbered in from churches, ‘'he Leneficiarios for tho yoar have boen 178 ministers, 213 wid- ows of decensed miniators, and 24 orphan famie Los. The resources and oxpenditurea for tho year ware 578,472, leaving liabilitics of §15.044. On mation of the Rev. Mr. Niles, tho first Bunday in July was sot apars for collectious for this fuud, PIYAL COURT OF APPEALS. The Cominittes appointed at the lnst Goneral Asuownbly, to consider the nppointmont of o now and final conrt of appouls, reported in favor of & court of eighteen, composed of nine minis~ ters and nino Ruling Lldors, who aball bear and decido all questionn except questions of doctrine, A papor protosting against such o coutt was recoivad from the Bynod of Buifalo, Bath roe part sud remaonstruucs were laid over for another year, AMERICAN BIDLE SOCIETY. Tho Rey. Alexandor McLoan, Agout of the Americau Bibla Socloty, made o short spacely, tn whicl Lie gavo some fiets in regerd to the work of tha Bourd during tho year, ‘The Assembly pussed a resolution requesting l!xotchnwhen to continue contributionstotho So~ ciety., CHURCH LHECTION. ‘ho third annual voport of tho Board of Church Eroction was presoutod by Dr. William C. Rob- orts, Chairmau of that Committes, Tho pash year has -boen ono of poculiar stringoncy in monoy matters, which has painfully atfected all tho Bozrds, ~ but mora especially that of church ercetion, limiting the receipts and rvoutricting the work of chburch building far hc;ond what was oxpected, aud greatly ncod- ed. Notwithstanding this, the receipts for the post eloven months have been largor than thaoss of tho corresponding montha of tho rroriou( yoar by $14,560, aud the Board is not only out of dabt, but has & considerable balance on hand. Tho recoipts during the yeur woro $96,43, which, with tho balanco oi hand at tho beginning of tha your. $6,220, muakes & total of 104,716, Appropriztions wero made during the year te 166 eburches, tho cmount grauted to thom boiug 85,530, TH1 BOUTHERN ASSEMBLY. At tho aftoraoon sossion of the Assembly, Dr. William L, Breckenridgo, of the Committeo ap. lmi“ml to consider Lho expedlency of a commits co from this Assembly conforring with thq Southorn Assombly, reported that, owing to the netion of tha Assembly, notling romainod to ba done. Tho Committeo was dischargod. . FREEDIHENS" MISSION, Dr. McCool, Chairman of tho Standing Com. mittoo on Missions for tho Ireedmon, made g raport giving statistics relativg to the work of the Committao during tho yoar. The Socretary of the Committeo, Dr. MoLoland, #aid they wera glad of the action of tho Assembly in continuing tho Committoe for tive youre. DENEVOLENCE, Dr. McCalls mado a roport {n ragard ta Voluntary Bocioties, The Comumittee of which ho is Chaivinan bolioved thers wers many rival benovolout socioties, and they ought to be con- salidated, Report accepted. BUEOLAL COMMITTEES, The Moderntor anuounced several spacial committees, Tho mout important i on thae l’au~1’msbytnrmn Council, a8 follows: Dr. Howard Crosby, Dr. J. R, Paxton, Dr. Jamos McClish, Dr. 8. J, McCalis, Dr, Bronson, Dr. Churloy A. Dickey, Dr, William 0. Roborts, Dr. Chartos 8. Novinson, Dr, Alex. Reed, Dr. Wille {am P, Breed, tho Rav, Addigon Ioury, the Rav. Lberle, Willinm Thompsont, aud Elders Judge Deake, Thomus O, Low, and Loe,—ull loading lights in tho Clureh, "The Gonornl Ansombly this ovening Hatoned to tho report of the Coummittes appointed to pro- paro tho aunual narrative of the state of religion in the Chureli. ltwas lstonod to with much attention ; the groat succoss of the Church in the paat year was particularly dwelt upon, and proisod of success in the fulure were roportod oxtremoly flattering. ‘I'ho Bourd of ‘Urustecs of the Assombly were empovwered to auuually oloot & L'roasurar for the consolidated Board of Education and Ministors ial Roliof, and all details rolating to said election woro left to tho Bu;_\}fl of ‘.‘l‘rusmw, in conferenco with tho Bourd of Education. On motion, the Rev, A, B. Kitiredge, of Chi. cago, pustors and eldors wore requestod by the Assombly to form WOMEN'S MISSION CIRCLES in tholr churchos in conucetion with the Boards of Home aud Foroign Missions, Thoe considerg- tion of the question of ministorial relief was ine datinitoly poatpened, ‘Notico was given by Dr, Booth that to-morrow %o would movo & reconsideration of tha vote by whioh the next pluco for the aunual meoting of tho Assombly was o bo choson, Tho probabihity now is_that the fuvitation oxtendod by tho Itov. Mr. Talmago, of Drooklyn, will bo acoopted .y Tho question of establishing o cheap paper to Do known au tha Presbyterian Monthly was discuesed, and_ aftor considorablo debato i rosolution, offerad by Dr, Crosby, that the Ronrd of Iducation be inutructod to conform the Prosbytorian at Work to thesuggestion containe od in the paper by Dr. Dattle, waa adoptod. ‘Those aufiguutlmm wore for more of the juice thau of the dry boues of Churoh mattors, THE UNITED PRESBYTERIANS. Speotal Dispatch to Phe Chicuyo Tribiine, Moxsoury, 1M, Juno 2.—Thy Unitod Drerbys torian Assembly was oallod to order ot 2 p. m, I’unrcgum of the Committoss of Tomporanceand Olureh Ixtonsion wers presontod and dooketod. A resolution was "offered by tho Hov. Josiah Btaveuson that the lash Thursday of Febunary