Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 28, 1875, Page 2

2 #hall. Oonsiderable progress was made in the canons, Adjoutnod at 7:30. Tho Convontion cloges its labor lo-night. —_——— THE CONGREGATIONALISTS, H.LINOIS CENERAL ASSOCIATION. Apeeral Disvateh to The Chicano Tribund. TRocxronn, 111, May 37.—The Association met in tho Sccond Congregationsl Olurch at 8 o'clock and waa opened with.prayor by the Mod- erator, Tho Gommittes on Nominations report- od tho District ome Misslonary Committees for Aho year, which were accordingly sppointed. CONROLIDATION. Tho Rov. Dr. Patton's redolution was then talien np, and, after amendmont, was passod ns 1ollaws, with but one dissonting voico s Reaolred, That this Ansaciation caruestly adds fta reconmendation 1o that of the Iata Natfonal Council in favor nf such o cambinallon of the threo minslonary agarines published by our feading bencvolenit avclc- tien v aliali ecuro thelt fsno in one cover, preserving otbernno thelr individanlity, and bolieven thnt such igement 18 csential to tho thurough disvemis ‘mirtlonary Intciligence, sod to tho cultivas matio Leueficouce, DEVOTIONAL. The honr from 9 to 10 was dolighttnily spent tn dovotional exerciues. UOno aged father, who aad reached BS years, gavo a thrilling testimony. I'rayer was roqitosted for the recovery from tious tlnees of Ihilo Carpenter and Charles Hasmmond, both of Chi A BREEZE, Prosidont Dlanchard croated & scnaation st tho closo by yuoting o professod waying of tho late Dr. ~ Storrs, of Massachusetis, that 2u adhering Mason was haud-n-land with tho dovil, which ecalled for an oArnest protest from brother, who said that ho was not imsoll o Mason, but kuow muany of thom wilo Wero atong our most carnost Christians, EDUCATIONAL. President Chapin, of Deloft Collegs, mado a atatoment of tho work by his institution and by the Loakford Fomulo Sewinary. 1lorhowed the necessity of the collegos to the miniatry, sud asked for prayer and aid, QETTING MONEY. Tha Roy. T, T. Chamberhn made nn addross o Syutomatic DBenoficoucos,” e urged the Divino right to all we havo. Our silver and gold aro the Lord'a, booauss wo ara wholly Hlis, to every fibra of our bolug, Tho pastors liavo A apacial reaponaibility to lmpross this duty anid rivilogs on thelr people. Thoro must o o systomatic provison of a fized propartion of A gross Incomo, Most men would bo ashamed to soo in black and white thio orcentagro which gilts boat to incoma, Thon thera must bo motbod " in the distribution, which illl 1o Josouwis dono, Any systam will do that nakes “frequent offerings and apponls to every ono, young or old. Iacts wero given, prov- ing' the advantago of sa oxact plou, using tho onvelopo system for current charch ox- yenses ay well as for bencvolent purposes, A discuesion of tho tfopic followiog, ono brather urged that a pastor should sot an oxample to his tlock fu thls mmatter of systamatla conseeration of Fmpmy. A socond jusiated that this was vital to individnal and clnreh clinrscter. Othors pave importaut facts from their own exporience, showing the fsithinluess of God in blessing the liberal, Thospeakers swere numorony and carnest, and thero was evis dence of a grent ndvange in sontiment and practice. Dr, ‘Goodwin, of Chicago, closed tha discussion with ono of his stirring speachies, IEFUSAT, TO REPREHEXD SECIET BOCIETIES. Tho Special Committos on Presidont Blanch- srd’s resvlution with roferonce to I'hilo Carpen- ter's proposed dountion of a houso to tha anti- recret socivtios reportad advernoly to its passage, sud the subjeet was postponod to uoxt year. NEXT YEAR, Tnvitations for the next_anoual mosting wers recoived from Quincy, Ottaws, aud Storling. On motion, Quiney waa selected 48 the placo, Necoss was taken for dinner, AFTERNUON, At 2 o'elock tho Asyociation rosumed business, and listened to reporis of Vielting Cowmmittoes 4o various collegos and educational Institutions, tocluding Dololt, Whoaton, snd Knox Collegos, and the ltockford Seminary, All clalined to bo doing great good and to nned large auws of mon- «cy for buildiugs and ondowments. RELIAIOUS DAILIKS, At 3 o'clock tho Loy, U, D, olmer road sn o8- #ay on the rolation to our cliurchios of rehigious periodical literatare a8 au ovangelizing forco. o dwelt on the entirely mod- om nature of tho newspaper. espocially of 1bio religious nowapaper, which onght to Lo the best of the elasg, and ahould be published dafly, and uot merely weenly. Thero must bo progress or rotrogression. Boaralas, if now living, would not Lo on tho strects, but oditing @ papor. It is ot to supersede tho putpit, though tha latter i suore limited iv iufluonco than of old, and is not o much in domond. 'Whis cails for the nowspapers, Tho apiritual wanty aro 100 variod to be met by tho pulpit atone. Tho paper can apeak imporacnally ; can briug humor tuto use, sud can resort alyo to fiation, It must ‘be thoronglily evaugelized itself. It may beiu @ limitod way dominatioual, avolding a narrow gocturianism, Lut the drift ia towards uvion. +Humanity must be placod bofora cecloslasticisni, .1t must ba inspiritioual rather thau sensational. 1t must not be primenly & businoss enterpiise. Tho premium method eavors of trick, and does not give purmanont success. Its seope must bo as broad a4 the moral wauts of tho werld, 1t must ranotify clvibzation ; must . Do indopondent, tibersl sud Outliolic; must lead, ot folllow, oviulon. LUYPT AND JEWRY, Prof. 8, 0, Bartlett D, D., rend an essay on the traces of coutaot botween Ligypt and Inrsel. Abrabam visited Egypt. In the time of Cinit o million of Jows Iivm{m Egypt. The Boptuant version of tho Bible is au earlior monnwent of the sawe fact. The distinet monumental records of ilio Jows are at Thebes, whore Shishal is repro- sented with Jewish prinoners, aud similar facts orodepictod a4 to othier monarche, such a4 Liaamnes, Tho catly Hobrow narrative claima to bave boon written by ono trained In Egypt, nud that the Hebrows bad loug lived nud boon oppressed thero, Al this is confirmod by tho wcidental comcidences botween what is “to bo traced fu tho Iliblo and in the monuments of Egvpt, The lipgulstic aflinities are uuterons and significant, sud the meantion of {dois, uroa- ments, mnusical Inetruments, goms, ote. Tho oruny was heard with groat attentiou. IN TIE EVENING tho time was given to tho missions among tho Deathen and awong the Bouthern Treedmen. ‘“Lhe Rav. J, Humphroy and the Rov. Dr, ‘freat tauds nddrosien on the formor topic, and tho Tiev. Mewars, Patton, Chamberlin, and Powoll discusscd the latter topic, TIE PRE! BYTERTANS, NORTHERN ASSEMBLY, BUBYENTATION. Cruvoranp, 0., Moy 27,—1n the Preabyterian . Clenersl Asgembly thls morning, a resolutlon was ndopled rocommonding ail churchos which Luvo not tixed (Lo timo for tho collection for tho causo of sustentation to make coutributions for tho object on tho firat Bunday in March, oran uear thut tune a8 convonient, CUUKCIL EIECTION FUND, I'he roport of she Doard of Church Erection Tuud was receved, 'Whe Toport eays thal elringoncy of tho timoa las prevonted tho Board from dolvg as much wotk as desired, but on this sccount ald has beon moro valuable, saviug much church praperty from Lelng wncriiced, Tuoy commeuced tho year with s batauco on band of $12,469; fsosy teceipty of the yoar have beon $116,801," This, wied 1o the balanco on hand, mado tho working capitat $129,270, Appleationa for aid hayvo been received from 213 churches, oalling (or 8145,600, wineh, sddod 1o the applications ou filo st tho beginning of the year, not_disposed of, mako a total demand of #{66,300. Tho Honrd has bad under considesation for the past twolvo months tho wenls of 191 clinroches, amount. ing_ Lo ¥B1,480, an ayeraxo of about &137 to emeh church; 180 churches Liave recoived appropriations smounting to §63,+ 623, whilo &37,803 romaing to Lo puld, ‘Th 1oard has not falled in apy inslance to moek its engagoments, J¢ now hnk'on dle insurance pole icies from ths host cnmrumnu of thie country to tho amount of ¥300,291, During laut year ix- teen Presbyterian church bulldiugs have been dostroyod, 'involnug & losy of £15,000, mauy of which'bad no insurance. 'Tho Losrd deprocates tho croction of coxtly odifices unlosy tho congro- gations aro porfoctly secura in thoic wubscrip tious, aud gay the provathng teadency ls to the e1action of costly buildmgs, 'Whip dosire comes niore from thove outsido the church thau from these of its membors, Proporty-ownors in uew towns sud settlemonts offer large wubsceiptions on conditivu n buildiog of _cortain dunonsions aud style be crected, ‘The desire Lo eccuro thove 8 repelling loflnence npon new comors, and drivos them Inco othor churches of to tho neg- lact of Go's worship aliogathiér) whereas s snialler snd Jess pretentions butlding, plsinly butt comfortably finianed and paid for, is far more sttractivo to atrangers, or thosa seoking s sanctuary home, 110ME INSTRUCTION. TheRev, Epher offoio 1 the follawing presmble laticns, which woio adopied ¢ A%, T3 Clinrcn lin ana teackies that chil ren bory withit the pale of tho visibla Chiurch, and. dedicated to Go fn bapdiam, aro under tho inapection and government of 118 Gltgeh, and are to bo taught to 1ead aml repent the Catechium, tho Apostlea’ Creed, and the Lord's prayer,sud théy are to ho taught 1o Yray to abior sin, o jear Gody anil obey Lo Lord Jo- wia Chrlst, aud when they conie o yeara of dincretion, At thoy be freo from scandal, hppear mober api aicady, and have muficient knowledgo to discern tue Lord's bodyy they ought tu bo juformed that it is their duty and prisilegs to come to the Lort'a Bupper ; aid, WiERAs, Thero scems {0 bo Inadequate attoution glven Uy parents, pastors, and_Ohristians generaily to this firat and divine provision for the perpetuity, perity, and extension of tho Church ; thorefure fledoleed, Tuat the Genaral Asseinlly heicey Ape- cially dirccts the atiention of the wholy Chiurch 1o tuls monientons mblect, i the full assurauce that 1o park of thn work of the Church i3 more tundattental and imyportaut than tust walon fs performed fu the quiel- uews of home, whers Ulrlstian parvnta uro the divincly clivsen and Tespouniblo guardisus, guldes, examplon, and (cachors of their obiluren n iho way uf the Lord, 11his Genersl Ameinbly desires that the lmost zenn bo shown fa (hia wark, that genaration of Gaud's eople, tenswed fn heart'ln thetr iufancy, tay row 1> 4 the practico of o’ worship sud service rom (Lelt oarlicat yeat, s that hts Chirch may ba 1more joteltfzent, zealaus, holy, and progressivo than any forer nge, g After suiao miscollancous business the As- sombly L0ok n recens till 2 o'clock, % The afternoon sosslon was cociipied with tho recoption of delogates from other churches in corrosyiondence with the Genoral Assembly. ‘The ‘Zowmmitteo of the last Assombly, regard- fog tho obsorvance of the eenteunial yoar, road o roport, which was adopted. The stauding Conlatos ou Lleotions reported, and, afier soma discussion, tho report was adopted. An offort was mada to got throngh A resolis tion tq_ compromise with the Presbyterian Church Bouth and offect a union, but {4 was ruled onk of order. ————— CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIANS, COMMITTLE. REPONTS, Jerpuzson, ‘Lex., May 27.—In tho mession of tha Genoral Assombly of tho Cumboriand Prea- bytortan Church to-day, tho Committeo on Edu- cation reportod that tho schiools connceted with the Church ara in an encouraglug condilion. Tho report of tha Judiciary Committee, favor- ing achango of vento in church cades, was non- concurrod 1o, and the minority roport dieap- proving tho proposition was adopted, Tho Comuittea on Sabbath-Schools recome monded renowed efforts for the support of Sab- bath-schools, aud discountennuing light litera turo, Tho Committeo on Tempsranco recommendod consolons efforts against the great ovil of Intem- peranoy;, but thought it not noocssary that any additional deliveranon from the Church should bo mnde on that subject. ‘Ike revort was sdapted, ‘The Genoral Assembly will doubtless adjonn to-morrow night, i UNITED PRESBYTERIANS, OEKEMAL ABSEMALY AT WOOKTER, Ou Woosten, 0., May 27.—Tho sccond day of the Unitod DIresbyterian Goveral Assembly was openod with prayer by tha Moderator, Dr. Darr. The usual committecs wero appointed. Tha Chalrmon of tho Commlttees aro as follow: Bills and Overtures, Prosident E. I, Jeffors ; Judiclary, D, ¥. Morrow, D. D. ; Narratives and Btato of Teligion, tho Rev. J. R. Brittain; Home DMisaslons, the Tov. D. 8. McHonny: Troodmen's Misalon, Willlam Westart, D. D.; Cbutch Extonsion, James Harpor, D. D.; Pab- lication, the Rev. D. 8. Keunody; Lducation, tho Itov. John Rinpoy, Blinistorial teliof, tho Lov. R, O Perguson ; ¥abbath-school, the Rov, A. Collina ; Finance, James McCandless; Statis- tics, tho ey, W, B, Oweas; Correspandence, D, A. Wallaco, D. D.; Rovislon, the Rav, Thomas Browu, The nsmey of the ministers that have died during this year aro John Mcdastor, D. D., Moses Arnot, ‘G, M. Hall, Josooh IL Fros D. D,, Michael Iarshaw, David Currio, G, O, Brown, D, W, Freach, D, D., J. M. Donaldson, William B, Evskine, G. P’. Poicock, J. A. Rickoy, A, P, Taplett, Richard Galloy, Tifteon mon havo bean ordained and twonty- aix bava boen liconsed, oloven now vongregalions Lave boen orfanized and au_equal pumber of missjon atationw i the Unlted Btatos Lave beon eatablished. ‘Clio stntiutica show an incroase of 1,100 over tho decrense, Four huudred adults have been baptizod, A hr‘fin number of the congregations have abolishied the pow-rant system, and rely on voluntary weekly contribations to moot all ox- penscs, both for homo and for foreign work, Fhe new iwissionaries sent out during tho yoor wora tho Rov, I L. Scott and wile, Miss Elizabeth Gordon, aud the Rova. J. R. ‘Aloxan-~ der and Johu Giffen, An Arabio pealm-book hus bean publishnd, and tn in use in Egypt and Ssria. Tho Assoclato Reformed Church of tho South has united with our body in tho mission work, sonding Miss Mary 5. ” Gallosvay to work under thae divoction of the United Presbyterisn Doard. Mra. Sarab Hanus, of Washingtos, Pa., memorialize tho Asscmbly to provido for & wams= an's minsionary Board. Tue I'resbylerian, of Keoknk, roquosts im- mediate action for the establishmont of & church apor, ¥ r, Rorr raported the sclion of the Conven- tiou for Prosbyterian confedorations. Thore Is good prospoct af a great intarnationnl Presby- terian Church. Thore will bo s couferouce on tho subjeot in London July 21, 1875, 'fho {tev. Movry T, Bloan, delogate from the Assoclato Reformod Churek of the South will be Lienrd to-morrow, Te In tho ovening sovernl atirring addrosses wore made Lo a largo and ontbusisstio audionce, —— THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL, THE ILLINOIS CONVENTION. LAST D. Special Dispateh to The Chicaga Tridune, Avroy, 1il, May27.—Tho Btato Bunday-School Cenvention assomblod ot 9 o'clock this morning, and tho usual prayer and prisso mervices occu- pled the morning hour. Roports from coutities woro thon {alon up. Vorbal reports woro made by dolugates from quite s number of counties of the most encouraging oharacter, showing that tho work of organlention was going steadily for- ward, Biate work was takon up, and a roviow by iho Statistical Secrotary, E. Payson Porter, of Chicago, ocoupied the aitention of the Assoclation. Mr. Porter In the Buatistical Bocrotary of tho National Assoclation, and prosentod 8 complote roport for the Btato, and slso of the United States and Canadas, for tho past yoar, a4 preparod for tho Iuternational Bunday-Bchool Qunyousion, which met at Balti- more May 11 to 18, 1875. 'The roport from 11li- nols shows that a galn of 25,000 scholars has becu made’the paat yoar over the pravions year, A financial report wos made shawing the Asso- ciation to be only 887 in arrears during the yoar, and tho appropriations of counties was asked for. The Executive Commities reported 1n favor of Jacksonville as the place for halding the next wassion of tho Assuciation, in 1870, 1uthe aftoruoun somion tho subject of nor- mal clossos was dlscourssd upon \1{ , P, Jacobs, of Clifoago, filing tho place of Vresident Edwards, who was ugable to be prosent, which waa folluwed by o discussion by the members of tho Conventlon, and was very {nferesting. ‘Ibo ltov, I*, M, Van 'Toecss aunounced a con- 'lv,:nunu tor (;h. Ellul Distriot, to be Liold at Jar- ndale in October, 'i‘lm Tev. Dr. Drooks, of 8t Louls, delivored a vory fine addreay upon Bible studies, "fhy *Gospol i Bong" by P, I, Bliss, of Chloago, followed. This exercluo consisted in reading certain paasages of Sarintuza alteruately, and commonting on thom bristly, The Convon- tion then pamsed resolutions expressiug thanke to the residents of Alton for their generous hospltallty. The time of the evening sesalon will bs con- sumed by short addresses and reports, whea Conyention will adjourn, Tho Couventlon kias beon ons of the most enc. cessful evar hold in the Biato, and a tendauoo bas bean present winco the commience. went. =1 hiberal %um. ‘-l‘;d ll.\n‘lhntur? -uEpun u; |{:nn ——— fton fuduces 080 In clarge of those i N f::‘n‘l?ll‘:gu l: gah far he:flu;xd‘ ;Llul P\In“" own botter MISCELLANEQUS, ave dictal Thess gencrous :;l\:;:grl;g:mam; fail to pay, sud umf the dis- THE RRFORMED CHURCH, sppointod church is left in its poverty to strug- glo with su ugeipocted debs that oftentimes the bullding, pro- Juevents the completion of Yents the payment of the Board's nrvapmtlon lndihl the Louss can bo usod at al for worship it in an untinided conditlon; while the knowledge of this pendipg dobt oxeris Mpacial Dispateh ta The Chicavo I'ribuna, Fonr Warng, Ind, May 27.—The Genoral Bynod of the Reformed Church of America ro- 7 | maiued in scasion until nearly wldnlght. ‘The yoport of ths Committos on Overturs from the Presbytorian Assambly lookiog o an Loy~ TI'ITE CIIICAGO TRIBUNFE : IRIDAY, MAY 28, 1875. menlcal Connell of all bodies holding the Wents miniatér erend, with a viow to organization, wag sdopted, ag followa: Liesolved, That the General Bynod contémplates with minich mitataction 1ho various movemeits fooking (0~ ward a closs reunfon of the Ieformed Chutches re- Iatedl to one anothier by bunier tes of aMnity on doc- trine and government, aud finds apecist roason for cordial {nterest in the praposed Counil of the Presby. terisn Churchen as being 8 movement tending to hind together atill more closely thoso Churchos which bold thio Weatminister atandards of faith, Jiesolced, That, fnssmuch se the fleformed Church in’ the United States, represented by (bin General Bynod, recognizen no confeston an possensing hinding anthority hut tha Jlcldelberg Catoohirm, whilst the FPeumenieal Councll proposed by the General Asssinbly of the Tresbyierian Chiirch, in the paper 1ald tefore 11k, Feapecta only those Reformed Cliurchoa Livlding by the Wentminater standards, it {a not, In onr Sudgment, Televant to the character and ohject of this movement of thn Preabytorian Chiurch thiat tiifn Qeneral Bynnd appoint deleqaten to Fepresent tho Nefarmed Chitreh ? uu“ Unlted Biates in the proposed Ecumenical Soumeils Renojved, Thal it sccords with the viows and deeires of this badyto havo proper arraugemcuts made fora Convention of Reformod Chnrchea ot a broadee buale, that I to say, & concert of churches holding tn com* mon the recognized symbols of the Heformed iranch of tho Evangolical Proteatant Church, and that we will co-operateiwith any suitable measures which may ba proposcd 13 effoct auch Convontion, 3 lterofved, That ho officers of tho General fynod be tnstructed to communicato this action to the Commit~ teo of thu Genoral Arsembly, A resolution recommending n ?ruper obsorve anco of the Centennial was adopled, and about nudnight a final adjournment took placo. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ARSOCIATIONS. Ricuvonn, Va., May27.—Tho Iaternational Conventlon of Young Mon's Christian Assocla- tions was called to order by Prosidont Hardoo, After praver, varlons committees woro appoint- ed, and the Rov. Duucan Me(iregor, of Aan- chester, FEnzland, was unanimously elected an honorary Viee-I'residont of the Convention, and ascendod tha platform amid loud spplauso. NEFORTS, Ttobert Werdensall, ono of the gonornl agents of the Exccutive Committee, nha hns boen working in tho \Wost, mado an {utorosting aud gratifying ropert of his work nluco last October. Tho Rev, I'redorick Von Schluorback gave s sketch of tho difficultics with which the work amoug tho Gormuns was environed, aud a history of bis work among his poople. 1le concluded with tho arsurauco that thowork of the Lord smong thom wan progreasing, Mr. G. A, Iall, of Waulington, gave an intor- esting mcconnt of the tour uf Mr. Thomas It Creo and hipsclf through thoe South, Iio viv- {dly contragled tho cold recoption such tabors met with in that sceton flso yoara ago, and the warm greotings snd cordial co- oporation with which ~ thoy mot in_ thelr rocont tour, 1Mo spoka feolingly of how men of tho North aud Bouth had como to lovo each other moroas thoy knew onch other bettor. Ifo reforrod gratotuily to tho warm hos- pltality recoived overywhero in the South, sad of the wonderful Intorest manifested in tha worls by the pross of tho Houth, and tho ablo as- siwtancoe gives by them. Tho worlk was pro- grossing wont eatiafactorily, nud Lo was_cone vincod that God bad wonderfully blessed tho Bocd BOW, Mr, Hall wag froquontly intarrupted with ap- plauso, Ar, Morse, of Now York, Gonoral S8acrotary of tho Convention, submitted his annual report. The work of the Executiva Committeo of Btate aud Proviucial Convontions was noxt discussed. FRATERNAL. Tho following moessayo was ordered to be tol- ographad to tho Daptist Couvention in sossion in Philndolphia, the Gonoral Assowblics of the Dresbyterian Chnrch North, at Clovoland, and af tho South, at Ht. Louis, the General Assombly of Evangehical Lutheran Church at Baltimors, aud Gonaral Synod of the Roformed Church at Fort Wayno, Ind, : Rcitaoxy, May 27,—The International Convention of Young Men's Chiristlan Ansociations, now In sorsion, send fraternal groeting, Itead Firnt Thearalonlaug, third chapter, twelfth and thirtecuth versed, Adjouraed bl 4 p. m. TXLOUTIVE COMMITIER'S REPORT, At tho aftornoon session the Executive Com- mitteo mado & roport. Awong the ost impor- tant rocommendationa are the following: The callivg of two or more conforencos of the Ex- ccutiva Committoe, the corresponding mombers, and othier frionds of the canso; tha sottingapart of tho second Lord's day in Novomber s & day of prayer, as herotoforo, with the rocommonda- tlon that on that day a colloction bLe tuken up in ald of goneral work; the appoint- ment of delegatos to & Conforence of Ase socintions of all lands, in Hamburg, Ger- many, poxt August; an incroaso in the aunual lucome of the Committao to tho sum of 820,000, baving {n viow the Koflowlml spocifio ob- focts: An ouorgotio prosecntion of the work in tho Westorn ficld; an Immadiate rosumption of tho work #o successfully prosocutod iu tho Soutn aod Southwest, The Commlitee giva the following summary of tho reports of tho Asrociation for the ourrent yoar: One hundred and fifty moro fureishod re- ports to this Convention than last yoar; 494 re- port an aggregats momborship of 67,418, Tho aunusl currept oxponses reported by 848 amount to §356,425. Nlnoty porsons aro acting as geveral eecrotarion and agonts of various Associations, and Btato and fntor-Na- tioual Committees; 453 keop open roading. rooms, and 156 of thom w?mu a daily lltuufi. ance of 10,480; 190 own libraries, numbering 180,227 yolumes, aud of tuess 157 aro valued at 81Y0,158 ; 60 have buildings valued at §2,484,- 900, On theso thero I8 a dobc of $700,750, Last yoar thoro wore fitty build- nga. Forty-two havo building-funds awounting to £300,093. Tha aggregato of buildings and building Iots smounts to $2,825,. 894, boing an incrcase of $339,231 over laat yoar, Tho Committeo closo thelr report, with a “coo- teast of the condition of tho Associatiou nine years ogo and not, showing an immonse fue orenae, Adjourned $il1 8 p. m. ‘Tlho ovouing session was devoted to s discus. slow of tho topio Lay proaclilug, avd the train- ing youug mon should have for tt. THE NEV, MR GORDOX, A meeting of ladies and gantlomen interested in organlzing & unew Baptist Church, undor tho guidauce of the fov. John Gordon, lately of this cliy, was hold in the old Congrogational Church, cornor 0f Washington and Groen stroets, last mm(nyB Tha attendanca was vory limitod. Mr, W. 3, Dodgo ocoupied the chalr, and alr, J, T, Bird was electod Scmokn?. ‘fhe Prosidont regrotiod that the inolemency of tho weathor kops many, who otherwlso would bave boen prescut, at home, Nothing furthor could be doup, howaver, until & soply hiad boon recoived to tho lottor nddressed to tus Ituy, Me, CGordon at Philadelplls, asking that gentloman “lh“hl“ he would aacopt the pastorateof the now chnreh, Tho meeting, afior offering up a prayer and fl"nhfil} somo sacred melodios, adjourned subject o call, T METHODIST BINKOTE. A mecting of the Dishops of the Methodist Church was hold at 'Trinity Motlodiat Churoh yestotdny morning., ‘'I'he weeting, which i an snnunl onv, is held for tho purpoys of arranglng tha list of fall conforence, eto., and is not In any souso a formal ouo, 'Thero were prosens at tho meeting the following Bishooa: K, B8, Janes, Levi Bceott, M. Siwmpson, 1. R. Ames, Thomaa Bowman, W. L. Harrig, R. B, Fostor, J. W. Wiley, Stophen Al, Mortill, Edward G, An- drows, aud Chlbert Iavon, Bishop Peck is in California and was unable to ho prosous, The {lm will uot Lo ready for publication for some aye, TIE FOX-RIVER AGBOCIATION, The fortioth annual mosting of the Fox-River Uaptist Assoclation, composed of over forty churchon in aud around the cllly‘, will be old in the Englewood Baptist Church Tuouday, com. monciug at 2 p,m, Mo Assomation wil] bold over bwo days aud will cousider intercs talntug to tha wolfare of the churchos. The 1, M. Lomsbuy, of Aurora, will presoh the an. nus!_sorwon I'uveday evening at 73¢ o'clock, ‘Iuo Rov. 'L\ J, Morgan, D, 1),, of theTneotogioal Bumiuné il dallver & aormon on * Lducation and the Contonuial Work Antong Baptlats,” Mr, A, K. Beott, & roturned misslonary, will addrass tho “Woman's Misslon Bocloty.” Beveral ad. drefives ou tho Contenuial work of Daptists wil bo made, e also ahort addresses on homo and forsign missions, Bunday-schiool work, and tem- porsuce. Theso meotings are opon to the public, and & cordial fuvitation i3 oxtouded to alt, VESSELS PASSED PORT HURON. Special Dispateh to The Chicags Tribuns, Ponr Hunow, Mich,, May 27,—IP'assep Dows —8team-barge Honry Howard and cougort, Mary Tringlo and barges ; achrs Cawmbiis, Laura Hamilton, Lady Duflerin, Lliza (torlack, Emma O, Hutchinaon, Pasgseo Up--Propa Fountaln Qity, Bwallow, Donton, Naliant_aud barges, Prafsio Bato and b-rfieu schry Elizaboth, Jonos, J. W, Doano, 11, O, Richards, Kato L, Bruce, Mona Martin, Sau Diego, Onondags, Francis Borriman, City of Erc“un Day, Portland, J. It, Velton, Minoral Siate, xile, Wip—North 3 light, Wiatuen—Lige, THE MIGSOURI RIVER. Bpacial Duvate to Tha Chicaqo Tridune, Hioux Or7y, May 37.—Tho Missousl River has comonced 1aising 8t Fort Bully, The roceut Lot weather hasmelted the snow in the moun- taipa rapidly, and caused a rise of sbout & foot at Hully to-day. A floed ia tho river ia expectod. M'CARTY. : his London Operations Colletso. with Organizing tho Wichita Oopper Com- pany, Limited., They Beturn to This Country with Somo Inquisitive Eoglishmon, The Humbugging Nature of the Job Exposeds McOarty's Thrents. Towarda the olose of 1ast Fobruary Tnx Tarn- Nz published a pretty full account of the opera- tions of Col. W, C. AlcCartv, who was at one timo a rather noticeable (udividual fa this olty, whoro ho won a sort of roputation by long bair, & Bpanish oloak, and the ansertion that he bad sorvod with bravory in tho Confoderate sorvice. Tho arliclo stated thst aftor lo had beon lhere a mliort time he becamo soquainted with Dr. George Collstwo, who camo up from Texas, whero ho claimed to own untold thousanda of acres of land in Dastrop and adjoining countles, rich in cosl and copper. Thesa two not to work to organlze and float te Chicago wihint wwas known as the {* DASTROP COAL COMPANY"; but either owing to the disinclination of Chica~ go capitalists to Inveat in entorprises to bo car- ried on at such a distanca from home, or to thoir distrust of the Company, nobody could ba found to subscribo to tho oapital stock, and the achemo foll through. Boe- ing that there was nothing to be dowo hero, tho two wont to Ingland and at- temptod to catablish a company thare. " It was statod in tho artiole in queation that they were Iuborlnf; to organize a corporation for the pur. }meu of working thoso coal-inities, and that Mr, Jessomer, tho woll-known steel manufacturer, hind agroed to take & numbor of shares in the onterpriso. About the only thlnF 3 whioh was Incorrect in tho article was thi atatomont in refer- once to Mr. Dossemeor, and, singalarly onough, it was just this ons fact which contriboted mors tlsn anythivg elso to tho partial suocoss of tho schomes of McCarty snd Collotso, Soon sfter armiving in England Inat autumn, thoy founa that 1t would be oxcesd- {ngly difficult to gat any one to invest fn Texan coal-mincs, 80 thoy gob up & schemo of whnt was to bo known na the ¢! WICHITA COPPER COMPARY, LiMITED," Dr, Colloteo, of the Bastrop Company, was to rotain the ooal-mines, but the copper-mines, locatod in the County of Olay, and on tho border lino bstween the Coun- tios of Jones and Taylor, wera to be worked by the new Company. _According to tho statemont of tho parinors, the copper-ore was 6o abundant io those two locallifes that a thousand tons ef it conid bo zotten cut ina month without any difficalty. It was estimatod by them thiat the copper could be transportod to Galvoston for a fow dollars & ton, and conso- quently could bo sold in England at an advance of at least 50 per cont ou the cost of mining and transporiation, Whilo these nogotiations were golng on, and whilo tho Englishmen wero llatoning to tho ENTUUSIANTIO AND GLOWING DESCHIITIONS of the coppor mines and tho surrounding coun- try,—tho latter, baing according to Colletso sad McCarty, o Isnd of milk and hanoy, shonnding ingamo of all doscriptions, o land of flowery moadows, intersccted by running stroams,— copioa of Tug Tnisuns contsining the article abovo referred to wero received in London, ‘Lhose geotlemen aaw thom, and whon they came to itbo statement concarning Mr, Bessomer, knowing vory woll that ho wss not s man who was in the hablt of Investing In anything of the kind, and that ho had not invested in this par- tloular case, thoy wero lod to dietrust tho trath of tho whole article, THB WABLIRE M'OARTY alao denied $he truth of tho charges, and mald that when ho returned to Amorioa, as he shortly futended doing, he shiould get rodross, not by monos of A criminal suit for liboel, but by golng to tho office of tho nowapaper, takin, holeol the ear of the Efirnun who wrote tho article, putting apistol to bis head, leadiug him through the stroota to tho offica of a Notary Publio, and there oxtorting from him a eworn recantntlon of the falsohooda he had written, That, he explaloed, waa the ordinary method of goting justice in Awmorica whon ono hiad boon traducod as b hiad Then Collatso and McCarty submitted TUEIL PROPOSITION, whioh was for tho organization of the Wichita Coffer Company, limited with 15,000 shares of £4oach, Uf thess 7,500 were to bo taken by Colletso, the ownor of the land, All that ho asked was thas the sum of £0,000 be subacribed for tho surpcu of paying his oxpeuses in Lon- don, and also to defray the expeoscs of sonding n party to America to investizate and verify tho truth of ble etatemonts. The English gontle- man with whom they wers dealing ressoncd with thomeolvos that theso men conld not be awin- dlera or thoy would not have asked for ao amatl asum, Had thoy askod for £10,000 they #ould havodlsgusted thom at onece; but they ssid to thomsolves ttiat people would naver cross the water audoffor to travel back again ; & distanco of 5,000 or 6,000 miles, and be aatisficd with as 00r & romuneration for their trouble as $16,000, Therefore, thiey coucluded that the oparatora wers honest, and tho monoy was raised. Eloven hundred sharos wore tnken'st £4 a share, and £1,800 were Enld to Collatso to defray his ex- renses, £600 bolng sot aside for the purposa of paying the oxpenses in America of {;Imlult and two English geutlomen, whose mission it was to 800 88 to ths corroctuess of his stnto- ments, Of course no company was crganized, ''hat was to bo done only on tho receipt of & favorabl port from tha party, No ceriificates were issued, and no officors sore clocted. VIFITING AMERIOA, On the 2d of April Mesats. Collateo, McCOarty, and F. G, Lano, of Loodon, and Jamas Sce- combe, No. § Fenchurch street, London, a prac- tlca! minoraloglsy, left England for this aountry, Dunug their Journoy from the seaboard to Bt. Louls thoy mot various psaplo, who, {n the good- natured way charscteriatic of Amoricaus, spoke rather higl n{’or McCarty, and the Englishmen tolographed back rathec favorable reports, the rosultof which waa, that the shares, although not put on tho market, wont up to & premium of sbous £10. Whilo en route, MoOariy regaled them with sundry accounts of his proweds ss a horseman, his daring deods upon the plaios, and endeavored to induca them to buy horses at Bt. Louls and take them down to 'Texas, sasuring them that thoy conld get no Texsu haraca which wero worth anything, and that they conld soil thoir caitle thera when they got through with them for twica what they cosi in Missouri, Upon roaohiug Devison, McCarty informed them that thore was always danger from Iudians, snd that therofore it wonld be nocensary to THAVEL WILI A NEAVY ENCORT, Bo :4{ eoured about ton mounted men, and startod with sevoral wagons through a country where, 84 far as tho Englisbmen could lears, there was no noed whatever of any escort, and whore o Indiaua had boen for a vory long tiine, Notwithstanding thoe atorios MoCarty lohl(-bnm Lia Lorsetnansiup, one of the frst things he did, on_reaching Denison, was to find » buggy, and In that ho drova all the way durlng thelr ex- plorations, ‘Luoy traveled due west from Doni- aon untl they reachied the Olay County fands, on somo of the headwators of the Littlo Wichita, THE LANDS IN QUESTION were nat oaloulated to particularly edify any one, ‘Thore was uo grase, no water, no aoything, Af- ter looking thom over with great caro, it was the quiat opluion of Mr, Lana that there was no coppor there correspouding with the state- monte made by Col. McCarty, At one or $wo poiuts thers wore somo ** chimnaeys® of sandstono rock which showod tracea of coppor and it Is not nolikely that thare are velne &nn Whether the motal oxlsts in paying quantities is anothor quention, Whotber that is the spot whero McUsrty got the specimens of copper whivn he extublted in Londou 16 something yot ta be verifled. When it cawe to going down to tus Joucy aud Taylor Uounty lands, Col, MoUare ty betrayod o) M8 TOTAL JOXORANCR OF THE COUNTRY ovor which ho lad informed his companions Lo bad hunted so otten, He led them due west and north, through & frighttul coun« try, noarly up to the bordurs of the Biaked Plaius, whoro the mules were without wateror, grass for & coupla of days; and, at last, when thelr hsy and corn wero ‘almost gons, a 1o struck o stzoam which Le awors the Brazos, but which was lasntilled by onws of the ouoort se bolug the Big. Wichits, Tley then tarned around soutbward, aud, after ependiny sixtoen days on a journoy whioh required bul three, succooded in'roaching & poiut somewhat woarer olvilization. Mr. Laue's opinion was thae Gol. ~McCaty and bis copper-Jands wore frands, but he intimatea nething of the kind to bim. He kuew that Lo was beyorid the reach of Iaw, and was not quite posi- tive but what MoOarty might bo able to do him same serious harm, Connequontly Lo aud his oompanlon quiotly took thelr horses, loft oamp, and redo strafght aeross the country fo ITeuriotta, which thoy roachod in two dayn, and fourneyed thonce to Donison, whora thoy telographed homa lclnf“l? sdvanco suy more wonoy to MaCarty or ollete ‘While traveling up the conntry they had mads repoated advancos to their companions for ex- pennes, ote., and probably lavished on them the romalnder of the £3,000, ~ Having fimshod their businass in Texas they cam ralght o this city, and catled at Ve Thaisuns ofiice yesterday for tho purposo of stating that the romarks mado cotrcorving tha moral charsctor of Col, MoCarty aud his companion in tho article puvlished Inst February wero all fruo, ss they lad found ° out Ly personal ex- amination, and that they woro thoronghly satiafied that he and his companion wore worth- lers, diareputable frauds. 1t was possible Col lotso ownod the Iand, but that made vory little differenco, for tha land was worth nothing, Tha 4,000 acrea lylng in' **Beott's Tract,” as itis called, was worth ahout 4 conts, It was worth nothing for farming or grazing, and conld only be neod for minfug, aud for that it was not rolitablo, Tho gontlewon said that Col. Me- ‘arty had froquentiy relteratod hin Intontlons of coming to Chicago and gotting s correction of tho atatemonts made conicarning him; but it 1s hardly Jikely, alter thia last cxposuro of his op- orations, that ha will vontaro to turn up in Chl eago, wlich ho loft 8o heavily in dobt, The two fiamlcmnn left lagt night for Now York snd owme, FIRES, AT ANDZRSON, IND, Bpecial Dispatch to T'he Chicago Tridune, Axpensox, Ind., May 27.—A firo this morning, about 3 o'clock, on the west alde of the square, deatroyod tho Qdd-Tellows' bullding, s threo- story brick, and six framo bnildings. The total loss 1a ostimated at from $50,000 to $75,000 ; In~ sured for $25,000, The ground floor of tho Odd- Fellowa' building was oceupiea by Nichol & Makoponce, hardsware merchants, whoso loss is 87,0003 L. M, Cox, boots, shoes, and clothing ; loos, $1,600, Tho socond and third storion wors occupled by attorneys® officos, a photograph gal- lory, the Lemocrat vrinting ofitce, and Odd-Fel- lows' Hall; total loss, 85,070 ; Ryan & Droadbeck, boota nnd shoos, loss 83,000, Sam Peaco losca ou bLwlding £1,000; occupied by I, E. Bliss, candy storo, 81,800, A. Charman, loss on bulld- g, 81,6005 occuplod by L. A, Charnan, gro. cery, and tho American Fxpross Company, loss £1,700. Gaoorgo Dach, grocery ; loss on building and stock, 82,600, Huaston & Co,, James Harp, D. W. Campbolt, grocors, and B, M, Hodgaon & Co., ary goods, ocoupying rooms adjoining tho tho butldings, sustain loss by moving. " The ntocka are estimatod at #4,000, fully coverod by insuranco, Tho Firo Department consists of a hook and ladder, with no organ- ized company. The fire fs supposed to have been the work of anincendiary, Thero wera several famllios liviog {a the upper rooms, and soma marrow cacapes were made, A child was thrown out of an upper window and caught without lnjur{. aftor tho stairway had burnod away. An old couple, named Chsrman, wero taken from their bed just in time to savo their lives, anda numbor of othor hawr-breadth cs- capes are reported. AT TILTON, N, H, Tr.roN, N. IT., Moy 27.—~A torrible fire is rag- ing hers. 'The bullding occupled by D, W. Davis, Mies N. B, Moson, sud E. Adams, took firo about balf-past 1 o'clock. Tho flamea com- municatod to tho adjolning buildings, ownea and occupied by Mrs. Kenlaton, Ars. Rogors, Willlam Hill, R. E, Noyes, snd A. Barnos, Thoy wero totally destroyed, Ifill's block, Mra. Curtis' houso, and_ the Granite Milla aro in daomor. The hotel s partinlly dostroyed, Tlo flamea extended across bio river to housos In Northfleld, owned and cupled by B. F, Cofran, and a houso nwuodg;‘; tho Granito Mills, and occupiod by J, W. Fawdry. Asslatance has coma from Franklln, snd twa en- ino aro oxpocted from Lake Viliago. Tho loss 3 catimated now at $50,000. Tho fire Is not un~ der control, Tiuro¥, N, H., May 37—11 p. m.—Tho flames are subdued. Tho loss is $70,000 ; insurance, §50,000. Twonty familtea aro homeloss, AT OTTAWA ILL. Sptctal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, Otrawa, Ill, May 27.—About 8 o'clock tnls afterncon & fire was discoverad fn tho resideuce of Louls Gagol, » woll-known marblo doaler in this place. It scoma to bave boen the result of adofective fluo, Mr. Gagel was sbscat. The firo was discovered in the roof of tho building, which was a two-story framo houss worth about 24,000, Tho eteamer was promptly on hand, and all the flre force of the city.” Whila thor could not save the burning bullding, they saved the surroundiog proporiy. Loss, ©4,000; in- sured in the Imperial, of London, house and contents, for $2,200. Vnry littlo of the furnituro was saved, AT GOVINQGTON, TEMN. Mexrms, Toon,, May 27.—A destructive fire ocourred at Covingtoo, Tenn., at 1 o'clock this morning, deatroying about a dozen storshousos on tho east aids of tho square. The princlpal sufforors are: L. Lippman, grocer, 88,000 ; Hall's farniture warehouss, loss uoknown; L. """""““}’,fi,fi'@fi,‘,""‘”‘ 85,000 ; Larlko's saloon, OQ.WD‘ ouglans, drn?glu:, 83,000 ; J. L. 8till, drugglet, 84,000 ; Winbarmer's {ailor shop, 1,000 The total loss in botweon $25,000 and ©30,000, on whieh there s no Insnrauce. The otigin of the fire la unknown, AT GLOVERVILLE, N, Y. Grovenmire, N, Y., May 27.—A dissstrous fira broke out In this village on Saturday night at 11 o'clock, and destroyod m large amount of property, Among tho losers aro AL Martin, & merchant, whose lozs ofi stock is 83,0007 D, Btsenburg, manuatacturer, loss, §6,000; Leoklin & Hotchkiss, fonr deslors, lost tholr atock. The entird deatruction of housos aud goods equals £00,000. It is supposod to bave been tho work of au Ipcondiary. AT HOLLISTON, MASS, Bostox, May 27.—A fire in Ilolliston, Maen,, Iaat night, doatroyod & largs hotel in the contro of the town, Bhipper's livery stable, and from ton to fourteon houses olnstorod about the ho- tol. The firo broke out about 11 o'clock aud burned steadily until & late hour thin morning. "Tho 1oss, la all, will probably excood 910,000, NEAR QRAYTOWN, O, Totrpo, O., May 27,—The saw mill and siavs factory of Day Geyer, noar Oraytatn, dentroyed’ by firo this niornibg, The loas $10,000 ; no insuranco. OAK PANK, Yesterday afternoon about o quarier past § o'clock, tire moronity snd quict that brood ovar Ahiiw pesceful burg were broken by the wild ring- ing of the fire-bell, Lvery person in the village af the masculiue gendor grabbod il the palls they could lsy thelr batds on, and atarted In the diroction of the fire. It proved to be the fine, commodlous bara of Mr, Phi- landor Bmitk, sdjoining his residence, he flamen apread with foarful rapldity, and the Iarge aod flne residencos of Mossrd, Smith, Marks, Meacham, snd Whoptes, scomed lu Imminoot danger, atuated sa thoy are, 80 elosely togothar, but by the srduous Iabar of ‘the oitizons, who coverod thom with wot blankets, carpots, eto. they wore saved, wilh no injury except a change iu thelr complexion, caused by the scorobing they recelved. Mr, 8im Conwoll waa the first to giva the alarm, snd the first man on the pre 8 at the time of thoa fira, Ife, with the help of Clarence ‘ElderkIn, saoceeded in getling ous of the barn the olegant fomily carrisge and buggy, thareby eaving them, The aidew: leading from the barn to the rear of iho houss was iu fames :mn? ‘tho hboy- mln{ull‘{ ‘!louuh& an )y tearing up. stoppe o _progress of the fames to tho houss, doing all tuls b“"“‘,:[ oae oanie o their Lelp. Mr, Buith sod famlly wer absent, spondiug the day at Evanaton, A p‘gaeounnml iu the hase- ment of $lie barn was ihie only animal destroyed. The loss is ostimated at £5,000. Partly lnsured, ow the fire orlg d is not known, Mr,Jolin Towell lost $28 in casls, which was in the barn. a8 la IN CHICAQO. The Alarm from Sox 303 at 0:45 p, m. day was occasloned by flre in the two-atory frame bullding of Henry Wolteudinger, No, 284 Weat Fourteenth street. An 18-year old dsngh- ter of the mutnm was savoroly bursed by {he upsetting of a korosens lawp, which caused the fire. No serious daminge resulted to ths house, S o Lu?n‘l D. a‘ms, who "h. ureulled ul‘ ?b. ouls a day or {wo ago on & charge ol ul property lyl Hot Bpriogs, Axk,f on x'.??. {.zng tenscs, bas beon disoharged under a writ of corpus, snd will leave for his home in Now York at onoo. THE CROP QUESTION, A Promising Outlook in Xansns. The Grasshoppers Confined to & Limit. ed Soction of the State, A Great Scare, but No Serlons Damago Dono a3 Yets A 'Hoppor-Baid npon 8t, Joseph, Mo.— The Uity Gardens Complotely Destroyed. KANSAS, TIE OUTLOOK MOST PAOMISING. Correapondence af The Chicaqo Tribune, Latronta, Kan,, Moy 23.—It may not be ont of place for mo to make to you s fair statement of the condition and prospoct of crops 1n this acc- tlon of tho Btate, in view of the promuncuce glven to iho subjoct by the Clicago papers, which prosumably roflect the curront opinlons of your pooplo on the subfect. As tothst partof the Statenouth of tho Kansas Tiver and west of tho cast line of this (Lyon) County, I can spoak Iargely from personal knowledge, supplomented by the resulis of caroful fnqoiry from reliabla sourcos, covering #o mnch of that torrltoryas I have ot por- soually inspected. In tho region abosemons tioned, thore nre mnext to uo grasshoppors, and, whera thoy exlet a2 all, {t {s in comparative. lf small numbers, and in but fow localitics, "fhio farthor wont wo fin tho loes thera ato, until, alter passing thres tiors of connties, thera are none, All the Jdamage they havo dono so far could not, at the ontside, oxcood $300, and their work {s less apparent now than it was two weoks ago, Thero is noxt to no approliension of danger from the grasshoppors now on the ground, though tho probability of thoir making thelr appoarance from tho Wost (Colorndo, dc.) bLas beon somowhat discussed with reference to its olfect wpon late corm. Thia s, of course, puro spéculation. The cropa never looked bettor than now, In this county, winter wheat was conaidorably win- ter-killed,—say one-third of it,—but what re- maios in vory fino 3 but, west of this connty, the wheat was not hort by the winter, and is rapidly soproacking a harvesting conditlon, with a pros- pect of a magnificont yield, The mcreago {8 Inrper than “ever bofors, and tho yiold will be proportionntely larger, unloss wsomethiug not now antieipated 88 possibla shall oceur. Corn, onts, flax, Hungarn, spring whoat (of which latter thore is but o amall acro- 8g0), look tho bost Ennnlhln. Every condition scoms favorablo: The acrongo is™ tnusually Inrgo ; tha ground Ia in the vory best condition’; tho soason hias, on tho wholo, ‘been favorable ; the pooplo are dolng thole full part as navor bo- fore, inthe faith that Providence will do Hie. Thers cnnnlmi doos not_exist, 1n this section, auy ground whatever for tho siatomonts made cuncamlng dostruction taking place and snticipated, On tho contrary, the outlook is wmost promising. Enst of here, moro damage bins boen done, and moro ground for approhen- sion exiats; but cven thore, the damsgo besa been confined ta individunis and ecctions, and I very much doubt if ono-twontloth of the ecrop has baen taken, or ia in dangor from the grass- Loppors, 'hora ix a falr prospect for fruit throughout the Btate, eapecially for peachos, atrawborries, etc. Cattlo aro doing well, and will soon bo go- ing to market, Tho number is fully as great as over, and the condition fully equal fo that of lnat yeoar. While tho Bfate had o hard time last winter, 1t still bas not lost all, nor have the poo- ple loat hoart, A'single crop will more than re- store the old status, and that, I firmly believe, wa shall have. P. B. Puoxs, NO OZNERAL CONTLAIST OF GRASSIOPPLIS. AURPRISINGLY )ALL DAMAGE. Correspondence of The Chicano Tribune, Lawnexce, Ean., May 25.—I havo just boon ridiug on tho cara botwoon this placo and Kon- sas City, admiring the luxurlant vegetation and the promiso of abundance which tho region travorsed pressots, To beguile the way, I 'ppod occasionally into Tie Tnr-WeesLy Tamn- uNe of Wednesday, the 13th inst. Amongst othora, I rond tho articla hended *“Tho Grasshap- pars.” Bo faras this part of East Kaneas {s con- cerned, sald articlo is incorroct, ‘There sro {:wn numboras of locusts hare, but the damage hey have done ja surprisingly small. Many por- sons are budly scarcd, but,” 80 Iar as I can roo, without reagon. AT Browy. EYERTTOING PHOSPERING, Correspondenes of The Chacan Tribune, Peace, Rico Qo., Kan., May 23.—The citizons of Kansas fool delighted to boast of the flue prospects of onr conntry. Everythiog scoma to prosper. Crops look well,—{all whoat, spring wheat, rye, onts, barley, com, and vegotabler, growlng well. Frequent showors and warm weathor seem to bless our country. Immigrants aro dulipm(ng wost, oll of good cbcor, Lot Kausas have ono fuo crop, aud our Blato i eaved; but, snould it fall, then Kansas would bo depopulated. DBut we hope for hor success. We havess fins & conatry ss can he for prairie- farmiog. Tho Ark: alloy can’t bo beat for fortile soll. Pe: lf raveling Wost would do well to try thia valley for stock or farming pur- poscs. J. T 8xooT. —_— MISSOURL A NOPEXUL REPOBRT. Bpesial Dispatch to Tha Chitzago Tribune, Br. Josern, Mo, Moy 27.~Tho roglon of country koown as tho “ Platto purohase in Misaourl, and the adjolning county in Kansss, to-day woars a more cheerful aspect, Coplous ralns bave fallon in the laat forty-sight bours, snd the grasshoppors are visibly on the declino, Many now bave wingaand thetr flight ia expocted moon. The corn orop with no further drawback will ba good. A hopoful view is now taken ol tha prospect. » Spectal Dispateh to T'ha Chieata Tridune, Kanaas Orry, Mo, May 27.—It 18 ostimated that 2 inchos of rain haye fallon in thia region in tho last twenty-four hours, and great good to crops of all itinds has beon the result, From Joouwille to within 20 miles of Kansas City tho prospoct was povor bettor for & msgnificont crop of corn aud wheat. It 1 thought that tus ravagos from fnu-\;nppma bave about onded, and farmers foel muoy. relloved. Kaxeas Orry, May 27.—Tuo rain hea poursd down in torronts alZaost Incessantly forthe past twenty-four hours, and is atill coming, Roports ‘brouglit in by traizs on roads running into the city show that tho rain has bgen geuoral in evory direotion for over 100 mlics from kore, Conside erable damage is dons _ to fences, railroad ombonkments, and somo to the crops. The lowlands are flooded and washed oul in some localitfes, bub the greatost (n{nry has boon dono to tho grass- hoppore; uufold milliona of jusects have beon destroyed by tho flood. Tloy waro wasted into the gutters and sowera of thia clty, and tho mlmu of this vicinity bave beon full of them f ay. The Missouri Hivor, opposite the oity, hxa beon black with. thow, aud {ho euginosr Of the reilroad bridge reports that thero i hardly any ostimation of tho number that has floated vaat, ‘The lavea Las boon ‘visited b buodreds of people to witness tho grati- fying aight. Taero s no question but what the bulk of the jnscols in this vicinity have boen destroyed by the flood, and 1f i ocontinucs through toenight, as there is every prospoot, thara will bo fow lafe to troublo the farmer, In the opeu flelda the ground in places 1s thick with dead boppers that bave boou killed by the ‘boatlng rain. The fecling of dread ia rapidly glving wav to one of rejoicing, sud Gov. Hardin will doubtlees be oallud upon to isaus s procla- mation of thankvgiving, instead of ona of fust- ing and prayer, ORASSHOTTERS AT 6T, JOSERIL Carrespanaencaof The Chicago dribune, 87, Josepu, Bo., May 25.—Sinca tho date of Tup Tutnuxe’s lsat report on the giasshiopper scourge iu Missouri, now facts heve developed themsolves right here in our midst, The jn. sects, 85 if by a general understanding, entered the duy of Bt, Jossph on masse from the norih, aweoplog everything before thom. To-dsy, in tho heart of tho city, the pavomenta are covered with tho posta to such an extent that pe- deatriaus ~ cannot svaid ltvpnl.u.a upon them {f they woul and all day ihe atrcets bave vosounded wilkh tho nr. op (not unlike che casting of & l'nunh-ul-gu ly orpedo agalnat ¢l 1), snnonnciog the pase 8o *over the river” of one or moro of the o< socts, They soom to bo taking a southorly courae, From personal observation, your correspond- ent _can testify to_the amount'o! damage dono by this raid, 8t Joo, as iy gonorally kuown, wes posscased of many beautitul garden “thoso, prl the adventof the grasshoppers, had roached an advaoced stage of growth, and promused finely, Now they are totally destroyed, not » vestlys of verdure being laft 1n them, no tha scene 14 & gloonty one fudeed. ladiesy true to their instinct, orgesnized thomnelves into a broomatick briga tho “lioppern, bt found that, unls ce husbandn, they contd not sabdug the tuoans, for, as faat na tlioy drove them frout, (ho rear gaurd of the cnomy entered th s oy My wore Gomplid s o | 8 contosl 0 graasslio) mih for thom.” SIASLprecs proving iy Cori nlso hias heen completely domoli anioro. 1n n afoaoike bt anthecile ook in rogard {a Lo doatroying eapacition of jpry sect + A gontloman who ins watahed e opt" atlona oloscly, ataton thiat, in lean tian fivg " utes, two giasalionpare can lavel & stem of cnrn‘ Agenticman from Tioy, Kan.. saya s o promiatng eropn aro balog laid Jow, and thar genoral fallure {3 certal, Ono farmer 41.qr who had planted, among othor corasin, & 1. acren of ryo, which be wAs about Lo otk n s o, days and Lavo thrashed for hus hogn, discovos {bat tho grasshoppers had arrived, and, bel, belur bound ot o be lieaton by them, ho bugak all hin lioga looro In tho ryo, and, Lotween th Frluhop ors and the Lors, it was ‘soon dnxm’fi ished, The aspoct of crop affaira in RTOWin, lass favorable each day, aud the futnre ouunof is dircoraging. On{ why did Gov. Hardin pub off that prayer-moeotiug until tho 8d of Tune Noswan, £0 ba calcitrany m by {1, OfF in thy ———— ILLINOIS, ARNY-woORM, Bvecial Disvaleh to The Chicans Tridune, Camo, IiL, May 27.—No grasshoppors hery yeb, but the srmy-worm, neatly as bad, commencod its march across this soction, axj | aweceping corn, hay, whoat, and oats bofo Much loss haa alroady been sustained, lnxl.l]‘:: pesta continus to march, altbo %h tho farmery are doing all thoy can to arrest their progress, Cao, Ill, May 27,—Tho army-worm has ap- pearad fo Alexander County and is des‘rogin, crops at fearful zate. Oue farw of 160 nceen of corn was dostroved in a fow hours on Munday, slthough forty mon woro fighting thew, Or,op ravagos aro repoited, CHINCI=TTO, Spectal Dispated to T'he Cicann Tribine, Brooyxarox, Iil, May 27.—Chinch-bngy havo appeared in groat numbers in tho west yagg of the connty, but a4 yol no potato-bugs haye beensoon in this vicinity, e did AN WISCONSIN, BUT PLENTY OF ONINCE Axp 3 FOTATO DUOS, Curyeapondence of 1ne Chtcagn Tridune, Tont ArrixgoN, Wia,, May 27.—Tho prospacts for fair crop In this vicinity soem to be fajy, Quito & good deal of rain has fallon 82 far, snd everything is springing up lively. Chinch-buey FAIR PROSPECTS, iu great numbera cover the ground, nud the fntmors have somo fears of thoir beiug trouble. gome. Armios of potata-bngs aro ready, wait. ing to devour the potatues a3 gocn as thiey coma up, No graeshoppers as yot have putin thes appearanco {u this part cf the country, CRIME. THE NEBRASKA PENITENTIARY. Speciul Dispateh ¢ The Clidcano Triune, LxcoLy, Nob., May 37,—1t waa supposed thy tho killing of Worth yesterday would have a quiating fnfluence on tho mutinoers, but to-dsy Bobaae, ono of the leadors o the former rovolt, refused to go to work, Tho Wardon quletly int formed him'that it wna go to work pow or the bull, nng for ane day or for six months, aa ho choss, Bohano studied a moment, and raid go to woik. Da#ger 1s expeatod ahoad, snd is propared for, RESISTANCE OF AN OFFICER, Special Dixpatch to The Chicaao Iribune, SeniyarFiELp, Iil., May 27.—~Tho State Millors' Assoclution 18 to meot hore for the Nras annual session, on Juno 2. Samuel Lowry, who wasar. rostod somo days ago at Fast 8t Lonis chorged with reslstinga United States Doputy Marahal in tha dischinrge of hisduty, was to-day reloased on 1,600 bail to appear at the noxt. term of the Unitod States Court. RISTOR! ROBBED, Speeial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Qarana, Nob,, May 27.—Ristorl, with her com- pany, has arrived from the Sonth, Bhe loat five valuabla diamonds in a Pullman car, between 8t. Lonin and Kausas City, She rocoived & dis- patch this evening from the Cblef of Polica of St. Louls saying that tho diamands Lad boen rocoverod and tho thiet srrestod. ROBBED THE MAILS, Hantronp, Conn,, May 27.—Daniel L, Hay- den, the dishonest postal clerk in the Ilartford office, who was dotected in rifling lottera a fow wookis ngo, appeared In the United States Courb to-dav and Eluanuzl guilty, and Judge Shipman sentencod bim to threo “yoars' imprisonmount in the Conaecticut Stato Prison, REPORT FROM A BACK TOWNSHIP, Specunl Dispatch ta T'he Chicago Iribune, Laronre, Ind., May 27.~A counterfeit £5bill on tho Tradors' Natlonal Bank of Chicago is in clroulstion hore. The only difforenco in the gonnine and tho counterreit s tho inferior quali- ty of the paper in tho countorfeit. REWARD OFFERED, Srecsal Dispaten to The Chicada Tridune, Quxcry, HL, May 37.~Hal, the man who was knocked down aad robbad a few nights since in this city, is nat expeoted to live. The Mavorhas offored o reward of §300 for tho approhousion of the asassin. MURDERED BY AN OFFICER. New Yorz, May 27.—Last night Honry Rox, & private watohmau, shot aud itled John O. Mo- Kenuon, aged 14 years, on Twollth stroo, for tonsing bhim, Rex was arrcatod, THE REARR HORROR, 81, Lous, Mo., May 27.—A negro named Hen. ry Brown was arcested to-day on suspicion of baving murdored Phil Pfsrr night befors lsst, but the ovidonce against him is not strong. ———— ST. LOUIS RTAYORALTY, 87, Lovrs, May 37,—The Qeneral Torm Clreuit Court this morning overruled & motlon to dls- solve’ tho tujunctlon in the conteated Mayoralty cage, thoe eloct ot which Is, that Cliy Reglaster Walsh is enjoined from permitling tho City Councl, or any of itu committecs, to got posxos sion of the ballot-boxes. 8r, Louss, May 27.—Tio diepatch sent from Lore this noon rogardiug Lhe coutested Mayoral- ty caso did not convoy the full sense of tho de- clsloo Ly tho Circuit Contt. The Injunction doed not” enjoin sbsolutely the City Jloguster from delivatiug tha ballot-boxes to tho City Council, but only resiralna him from dmmi soat the present timo. Tho Council is now {u apooial seealon, and shio Court eaya 1t hiss no jurladiction in tho cass, aud won't hsvo any th1'the poxt stated sossion, which comes on in Novembar, ‘I'bon the Council witl have puwer to examine tha ballot-boxes, and tha cass can be considored aud déaldad in & logal manner. This puta tho contest off mix months, In the mesn- time the Council can only determine who is Mayor from the zeturne made by tho judges of aloctlon, but, as the Committes of the Couucil have urnaJ: roported various irregularitios in tho olection, 1t canuot now be said what aotion the Counct! will take. ? — 4 8UICIDE. John Croker, af No. 033 \Yoat Madison-at., at- tomptod salcldo last night by taxing a doso of otrychnino, Ho will racover. Oause of tho ac uuknown, Apecial Disnatch to Tha Chicaao Tribune, Yasnrow, D, T., May 27.—Tho wifs of U Q. C. 8paids, & olerk 10 the Quatiormastar's of {lco hore, is uupioml to bavo committed autclda laat night by jumplng ioto the river, Bhois m\nluf to-night, aud tho watohman of the Yaz West, ipiog at the 1ovoe, 1 womsn's voloe mdupfuh in the river, wan too dark to Jeo. Mra. Spalds haa slightly deranged at times recontly, —_—— THE WEATHER, ‘Wasmvaroy, D. 0., May 23—1 a, m.—~For the Upper Lakes, thie Upper Mississippl, and Loner Missouri, falling, followed by rising barometer, warmer south aud osst winds, shifting to cooler vorthwest, and partly cloudy weather and 0oca- alonal ralus. ———— TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES, A ramor has bosn clroulatiog in San Franolsco, snd probably elsewhors, that \V, O, Naiston 18 about to retiro from the Preaidenoy of tho Bauk of California, and a oconeplidation” of tho tiuan- cial tnterosta in that clty is contomplated. Rali- ton statod personslly yesterdsy woruiug that thoro is no truth whatever in the roport. The cortificato of paid-up capital of tho Doalon Post Company was filed on Weduesday, aod & beard somathing ke & of but 1t beca charter obtalned, The object of the Company - 14 to continue the publishing and priuting busi- nous, sud bold the material aud ?und will of tho Boaton Post. The oapital stook is $300,000, di- vided {nto 8,000 shares of 9100 sach. _‘flie cor- porators are tho Han. W. F', Porter, Presidéok aud tho Hon. Ezra D, Winslow, Seorotary.