Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 27, 1876, Page 11

= RELIGIOUS. gestorday's Proceedings in the Northern Presbyterian Assembly. Tho Itineracy Question Nohated in the Methodist Con- forence. Tho Rov: Dr. W, W. Patton's Ad- dress Bofore the Illinois Con- grogational Association, Roview of the Sunday-School Lesson for To-Morrow. Qomparison of the Characters of Barnabas and Ananias. Addross of Prof. Patton Beforo the Mothodist General Conference, PRESBYTERIANS, THE NORTIIERN ABBEMDLY. N&w Yonrk, May 20.—The Prestyierion Gen- eral Assembly to-dny necepted an luvitation to ol the next meeting in Chieago. The Standing Committes on Church Ercction made n report, showlng that 136 churches re- celved $170,000. The Committee onBills and Overtures pre- eented au overture from the Committee on the Government of the Assemnbly. A reductlon of the number of delegates was advoeated, to the number of 372, The report was read and re« cefved, but no actlon was taken, Thoe report of the Comunittee on Freedmon wos read und mecepted. The number of shurches under the control of the Committe is 1983 the number of ordalned ministers, 233 tho number of schools, 893 the number of puplis, 3,710, . The report was aceepted, and nddresses in bebalf of the freedmen were delivered. The Cominittee was ju greot financial straits nt one time during the past_year, when three futl &n_‘u ments were due to the miaslonaries, The total ";‘1“&!;5 were £31,008, and the expenditurcs, 187, ‘The Btanding Committeo on Correspondence made o report in regard to fraternal refatlons to the Bouth, which was read us follows: The Committee appolnted to confer with the Preshyterian General Assembly, in scssion at Bavannah, i referenee to s bists of union be- tween the budies, beingz unanimously and heart- lly In nym(xuth‘y with the szurpom.-n which they were appoloted to accompllsll, and recognizing the fact that the two Assemblies aceept tho me forin of government und dircctory of worship; therefore, Itesolted, With n view to an expreasion of tho wnlted sod bearty wish of this body, that at the sarlicst practicable moment we may sce the estab- lishment of correspondence with the other Assem- by;and that this Assembly relterates its coriinl dore for the eatnbllshment of fraternal felntions with that Assembly in terma of perfect equallty and reclprocity, ax suon as it {s agreeablo to it to re- spond to 1ils nssurance by a elmilar oxpression. The report was adopted, and it waa resolved to telegraph the report and resolutions to 8a- vannah. The Committes of Arrangements for the next Genern! Assembly umullnfi us announced, and the order of the day was then resumed; when, after some further remarks, the report was sdupted, aud the Assembly adjourned. Aftor the receas the report of the Committee on Relatfons of the Chureh with the German population was presented. It recommended reaching to the Germana in thelr own language, Soln all'that can be done to bring then fito the Church, sud urges that thers be candldates lor the mlnis(.ry wlho can speak that language, ]Tuc report and recommendations were opt- ‘The Committee on Bustentation submitted a reportand serics of resolutions indorsing tho re- port of tho Buard. This report wus set nslde temporarily to licar tho report of the Spociul Coninittee on Sustentation, which recommends };\m% sustentation bo carrfed on on # separate asls. The report was discussed until adjournment. THE BAPTISTS, TIOME AISSIONS. Borravo, N. Y., May 26.—~The Torty-fourth annual scasfon of the Amerdcan Baptlst Home Mission Boclety met to-dny, Tho report shows afalr balance In the hands of the Treasurer. Tho receipts for the year endiog April 1, 1876, for inisslon and cducatfonal purposcs were $175,634, a falling off of §25,000 from the pre- vious year. The permanent trust fund s $43,- 03 conditional Lrust fund, 669,000, A wlcfrrnm of Christian salutation from tha Loulsville Cunvention was read, and a Commit~ fee appointed to respond. The following afticera wero clected for the en- wing year : Presldent, Hon. Robert O, Fuller, Mussachusetts: Vluc-f'resldcm.s, Hon. Willlam Btickney, District of Columblu; Hon, Jesse 1. Bishop,” Ohjo ; Treasurer, Joscph B, Toyt, Connectlcut; Auditors, Willinm * Phelps, N%\v York: Joseph Brokaw, New York; Correspond- Inge Bor‘rcuu'{ Nuthan lishop, LL. D., New Yurks Recording Sceretary, the Rev. D. B. Jute len, New York; membera'of _the Bonrd of Man- sgers—Firat Cluss, the Rev, David Moore, New orks J. Y. Eder, D, D., New York; W. IT. Farmly, D. D., New Jersey; Albort B. bflpwvll, New York; 8. 8. Constaut, New York. This evenlng & general hallelujah servico of raise of all the dclegates and members in at~ ndnnco was held, which concluded the anni- Yergary scrvices. METIODISM, TIR GENERAL CONFPENENCE, Bavrsvone, Md,, May 26.—Blshop Janes pre- elded in the Conference to-day, and the entire seesfon was taken up on the debato on the najorlty and minority reports of tho Com- nittco on Itinoracy, the point under dis- wsslon being the clectfon of Presiding Elders by the teport,providing that Presiding Elders shall ho ippolnted by the Blshops on the nomination of smajority of the Annual Conference by ballot Fithout dcbato; provided, however, that In taso the DBishops shall deom that fle futerests of the Church de- mand thub any peraon so mominated be otherwize employed they shall commun: ate their judgment to the Conference, which shall then proeced to muke other nominations untit the required number {s obtalned. he subject wus debated untll adjournment, CONGREGATIONAL. LABT DAY OF TILE CONVENTION AT QUINQY. Hpectul Dispateh o The Trivune. Quincy, 111, May 20.—The Association met U8 u. i, After prayer and singing and tho reading of tho minutes of the preceding duy, the reports of Committecs appoluted lust year to visit in- Hituttons of learning were recelved, They ro- lted to the Rockford Female Bemlnary, Beloit Callege, Wheston College, Knox College, und the Illinots College. Tho Rev, Dr. yde,of Chlengo, Introduced resolutionsin favor of u vigorous support of religlous news- Wpers, which were adopted. Iuyitatiuns for the next meeting were re- sdved from Bterling, Aurors, and Chamipaign, ud Bterling was selocted, x From 9 to 0:30 u. m. wos spent fn de- Yotonal exerclscs, led by the Rev. N, & Prentles, The Rev. Mr, Chamberlin reported back Lorta of wetfun on the American Congregutional Unlon, approving fts object of alding in churche bullding, but objeeting to the scalo of adiints- tntion exponses und tho cmiployment of two Becretartes, which waa adopted. Thegamo gentloman made remarks on sys- tematte Louollccuco s & substituto for & report Wd the samie Conmitice was continued, My, Chamberliu #poke further to the fmpor- ico of rafstug In the Stute a sum cqual to that Spended within It by the Home Misslonary Yodety, and offered a resolutlon ta that eilect, ™~ rotary Storrs stated that tho distributions New England and New York Btate wers fn- Seasing by reason of emigration, ko that thero Y less muney from thut quarter for the ald of - g Weat. LAY DELEOATION DESINED. Tho resuiution wus udopted. 5 Tesolution was pussod urglng the churches b8 moro generally represcutid by thelt luy- Conference. The minority. THE CHICAGO 'TRIBUN SATURDAY, MAY 27 delegates, and that the churclies pay the ex- penees of thele delegales, i _motlon requesting the publieation of Prof. Clupp's paperon “ The Christiun Woman waa reconshlercd and fndefinitely postponed Teat the Akaocintfon be thonght 1o ho committed toall of the acntinents expressed. The Rev, D, E. Junea was heard incommenda- tion of Root’s new book entitfed * Cholr and Congregation,”” The Treasurer made his report of the Inelden- Lal expenses of the Assoctatlon, The Rev. W. K. Whittleary was re-clected Trenaurcrand Registrar, and a tax of 21¢ cents per member was lald dn the churches, The thanks of tho Assoclation were presented to Mussrs. Clnp{p, Bturtevant, Barley, oy, and Tatton, for thelr papers read before the and thelr, ‘mhllcnllml was requeated withe dorsing all the sentimenta therelu contained, The ?h:v. Dr. Bascomn reported on the collees tlons for the relief of the familiea of decensel ministers and on the application of thie funds, Dr. Bascom, I W. ’mnlrh{orll, and J, W Beoville were reappolnted the Commitice on this subject. PURTHRR APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. Prof, E. Tanuer, of Jucksonviile, was chosen preacher for the next year, and tie Rev. Georgo 1luntington, of Oak Purk, the alternate. Varlous home misslonary committees were appointed for the District Assoclation. Carmnittee of Arrangements was appointed Tor thenext meeting, und alao one on Academics. A resolutlon waa adopted recommending the [lthur to preach on or near the tirst Sunday of July on some tople appropriate to Centen- nial year, and that a collection ho taken up for the “Theologleal Beminarys also, n resolition commending tho closng of the Centenulal Ex- hibitlon on the Lord’a day, A communfeation was read from the citlzons of Lincaly, vespecting the cstablishment of an academy at that place on certaln conditlons, It was referred to the Committee on Academies, A resolution was Im-ml in favor of the West- ern Scamen’s Friend Socluty. MUCH THARKS, The thanks of the body were presented by resolution to the Churcli, citizons, and ladics of Qu!nrf’. to the Chalr, to the press, and to all others who had aided In giving interest and sue- cess to the nlcc{huir. ‘I'he nurration of the state of religion com- plied from the reports of the District Assocla- uinm‘m]m then read by the Rev. H,D. Platt, and adopted. In the afternoon the closing excrcises took in conncetion with the sacrament of the rd’s Supper and addresses by Dr. Buscomand Trof. Iyde. DI W, W. PATTON'S SERMO: The follawing cxtrnet of Dr. W. acrimon, omitted . Patton’s delivered Thursday, wuas necessarily from these columns yesterday: In the Introductlon, the speaker drew attentlon {0 the fact that [n tho history of this country re- Uglon had cvor borno & leading part, and il te faith ond polity of tho Pilgeiin Fthers had from the first Ied the way to that peeullarly American condition of things in which wo ind $*A Church witbout s Bishop, & State without o King." At tho closo of the Revolution, the Congregational churches led all others in number and fn tnffuence, snd, although their (neresse since hns been fives fold, or from 700 churches to nhout 3,600, yet it has by no means equaled that of severnl othér de- nomfuatons, and uotorlously that of the Meth- odists, Nelitier how 1t been sitch ns waa predicted for it'by tho Rev. Dr. Stlles, Presldent of Yalo College, in hia famotik sermon, §n 1783, befure the Tegislafure of Connecticut, ont **The Future Glory of the Unfted States." D, Patton proceeded to Indicate what, {n ils opinion, wero the causen which hed thus llmlted the growth of the denominn- tion, and which wisdom and candor call upon us to conslder. He cnumerated elght, as follows: 1. Early geogmapnical poritiin. The chutchios wero {n New England_cxclusively, and were this not contigaons to the new territury, while between it and them Jay the parts of the country setiled by the Presbyterians, Dutch Reformed, * Lutherans, ute. For s long time, therefore, tho developument It bieen on a nnerow ecale and provinclal, 2, A mornl limitation shut_them out of the en- tire Bouth, They were inflexibly oppored to #lavory, and their polity wae incompatilie with the workiig of the slave-system, Befora the late War, not a Congregational Church existol in the South, wxeept two in Mixnouri, 3, A serioun defect long wasa lack of [:r er facilitics for church cxtenulon, owingto the fm- perfect dovolopment of thelr church polity. The e England fathers had drawn up & more pro- vinclal schiome of church-government, not antici- ating notionsl propositions. Thero wae, there- ore, & lack of organlc management for cxtenslve Teliowship and effoctive co-operation, icti oa how cxlat fn the Nationa] Council and fn the various benevalent socictics for misslonary work. ' Other denominations woro better equipped in this ru- spect. 4. Another check on growth was an undue aub- ordlnation of polity to a slnglo form of doctrine, to-wit: Calvinlsm. _'The feellni becania common that, if Calvinlam was hold and preached, it was of email consequence whethier the polity wau Congro- rational or Proshyterian, 'This prepared tho way for an_ensy ahandonment of the polity of their fathers, ond of the New Testament chirches. 1t wan In dlsrogard of tho teachlng of listory, wlso, which shuws that nothing so alds doctrinal error ns to bo backed by ecclesalutical power, which, In- deed, often instigutes false doctriue’ for Jis' own purposes, L b, A serious Injury rosulted from the adoption afa plan of union with thePresbyterians, in 1801, for the new scttlements. '(his was well meant, but reenlted almoxt wholiy to the advantags of tho other party, doubling its strength, and halving our own. 0..The long contlnued prevalenco of an Old Sclidol theology was also a grent damage, It tended to doadness, nad ended tn a reaction to Uniturian- {em, which bns greatly dumaged our repute. 7. Thore wan a lnckof a truu mthul of prechlng dapted to reach the common people. It was 100 Tearnod and formal; too dry und philosophic; docirinal and logical. And tho sermons weze all written and closely read. 8. Then there wos tho evil of o connection of tho Congregational churches with the State, and of tho divtgionis awd prejudices aud oppositinne fls created, which favored the incoming of other sects into Now England |tsclf, Having this reviewed with due humility the un. favorable features of the past, Dr. Patton turned his hearerw’ sttention to tho fact thut numbers were not the only test of success und Indication of pow- er. Hequoted the answer of tho Moncss, When Licltted upon hasing only s elugle enb: %3 One, but alion/™ " Ecclesiastical systeims must be juilged by the Institutions to which they glvo birth, by tho men they produce, by the clufaclers they form, and by the molding IAnence exerted ovar those outslds of their pale, In conelderiug the Influcuce of tho Pilgrim *+suiéh” ono munt not dwell upon the more particufurs of their Calvintstic crecd, but upou the spirit In which they held it, which was thelr grand charactorlstic. They heldall viewsonly provisionslly: as thoss to which, In the study of od's word, they hod thus far atinined. This"was the purport of the wolemn and oft-quated charge of dolin Robinaon to tho Pilgrim Chnrch, when itsalled for the New World, Houce Now Enjrland has been tho home of theologlcal progress, and tho birth- place of that modidcation of Calvinism known “New England Theology, " which hus wpreud wido- ly Into many denominatious, No other denoming. tlon bos presented sich an array of orfelunl and able thinkers, from Jonsthan Edwards to Horaca Lusbnell. Tlits progressive falth has ever favored educa- tlon, Tt wtarted the common-school systetn for tha masses, fnatituted colleges for those” who deslred a liberal education, and devised theologieal semi- naries to sccure a learned minlstry, It lao led tho way In o caues of inlesloin, at home and abroad, and maintaine 1t to this duy! last year's seports of contributiona to forelgn misstons being aa followa ncopalians, §0H,000; Muthodists, 8180, 000; Presbyterlans, $11:210003 and Congreativnalints, $170,000. Nealy all the great unlon rellglous sot cletica hisd thelr arigln among the Congeegatinnal- frta of New Englend, sach oa the “I'ract Suclety, the Sunday-Schaol Union, and the Seamai's Friend Boclety. Ho also thess' Pilgrim churches have fayorcd Christian nplon, and have so sha adwniuistrition of Tocal churches, and monts of doctrinal bellet as tho basls of on to accept of all who hold fundamental evan- celical doctrines, Indoed, thuy boliuve that noth- Bl s ‘s productive of divislon wu contrafized church power. A Lo the Influence of the Pigeim church-pollty, D, Patton clatumed that 1t had greatly modiyed Lha sworkiug of othiur systeins In Aniorica—the Episco pal, tho Methodisi, and the Presbyterian. It hua 8180 led thie way fuall mattors of liborty and roform fu the Stato. The workingof the Congregstional pollty tacgoly prepared the way for tie Ruvolutlon. The anti-slavery reform found fn them jta predo- cessora, in the presching of Topking ut Newport, and of (o younger Edwardsat New Haven, aud ro- celved fmportant atd from thelr pulpite and prees down to the Clvil War. Among them also started tho temporance rcforim, In the matlr of statis- tley, the laat fifeh of the ceuturs shows rapld prog- ress, especlally at the Weat. The fiest Congrepa- Honat "Wear Tiaok, In 1bst, showed bt 120 churchos In all the Weat, whera there aro now 1,473, natwithstanding the prevccupation of the lmportant Jolnta Ly the Presby(eciang under the uniun-policy, Anregurds the prevaleuco of the Congregutional form of goverument, irreepective of doctrine, ithas proved more accepiable than any othur 1o thy Amerlean peoply, “Lhere are abuut 70,000 Protest. ant churchea, Of theso, atrict Prelacy fuse 2, B00: tho_modificd” Eplacopacy of Methudfam, Tresbyterian organizations, 12,000; yatlonally-governed bodics (Tinptists i 57,000. “Thus the polity of the Pligrim Fa bolda 63 per cent of the Proteatant church Ame De, Patton felt full of hopo for thy fu. ture, aud belloved that in the Pilgrim faith and lity would bo found & propheey of thuse faris of he Church and of the State which, In tho gulden 80,0t tlie future, aliall prevall througlout all thy carth, —— BUNDAY-8CIIOOL LESSON, LBABNABAS AND ANANIAS. Acts, tv.—~As we tried t show In our lust pa- pery thero wus something sublime fn the bear- Ings and characters of the early Christisne, Tho spirit of truo consccration constantly mark- ed them, In thele willinguess to suffer for the cause of thelr Master, In thelr preferng burn- Ing ot the stako or Gghting with savage beasts tureceding from truth and duty, fn thelr de- slry to give thelr lubors und thelr riches for the Bood of others, wud u thelr eutire doyoteduess “hrist. and 1Tia cause, they must ever come mand the respect and rdinfration of mankind, Weonght not to pass unnoticed that good Barnabas (Acts, {v., #6) about whose motives of actlon no one ever hnd any doubt. Ile wasa mun of lem rellglous principleanid of great do- eislon of clinracter. 1o was ever true to his abllity, to his duty and his Master. He sold his entlrg estate and gave all the proceeds for the rellef and comforf of tho needy. Ho did not give to (od all his wealth and then retaln o part for s own personal aggrandizement, por did ho grasp bl gold, until death grasped bim, and Compielled” Llin to relinqulsh i Told of that which he really dkl not own. Barnahas wan noted for his zenl In the gowd cauge of turning iwen from sin to purlty. -~ Ho waa an early disciple of the Muster ‘whotn he so tenderly loved and falthfully scrved. o was el 0 Bhow, ua did Juores, < his falth hy hls worke.” 1o exchnnged his means for tlie happiness of ofhers, und Jald up treanures b hieaven, whers no Lhicves intrude, no roguces Jdy thetr witty arts. and no defuleaters” re KNOWD. W ought not ta forget bia alster, who, lving tn Jerusalem, abways manifested ore Interest in the diseiples, and ever recely at Jier own houst. gladly and jogfull Her Cheerful and Dopeful heart wis o unfalling source of fuspiration, and her tender words - and - ready help did mueh to ald thy disefples in thelr tolls. Bhe wan [ntelligent and communieative, and wis an entertalning friend of the good and the pure, We may contraat the honesty and Integrity of Barnubas with the dulxlh-uy und wickeduess of Ananins, and the truthfuliess and slncerity of the slster with the falsity and_ decelt of Sap- phirn, We suny not wonder that when Peter's wenctrating eye and pungent words went, drly- ng through the souls of “Anantos and hls wife they fell dead. God directed those cyes nml pave foree to thoso worda, a8 he did” to that zunlll pebble that Dovid hurled at Uollath of anth, “The sinful pair had Joined the company of the true and rincere followers of the Christ. They did nut fall to appear ut church, They wers rich {n thils worlid’s goods, Listen to thelr talk: “AN are doing what they ean for the good cause, In which eter and his friends arc so zeal- ously enguged. We nre often urged to rcrlcnlah the treasury from which the poor and .the slek may bave thelr nceds supplied, We ought to uld this good cause. W have no children to _whom™ we can trapsmit our ossceelons. Peter hinted to us in this morn- ng's discourse that we cannot be the followers of Chrlst unless we do whatever He s com- manded us. He haa commanded us to feed tho hun{:ry sl clothe the naked. Those of our cirelé who have lunds are selling_them and lny- fng them ot the Apustles’ fect. - That good Bar- nabua, whom all go deeply love and adinire, was rich. ITe owned a beautiful estate on the Island of Cyprus, but has sold 1t and given all the pro- ceedsto the followers of Tlhn who, When on carth, went about dolng good. ¢ N’q\r,” sald Anmninn, Wweo ghall lose our rankif wedo not at once make a generous pift. Supposs we give to'the caurs of Christ that valuable eatate of ours near Mount Morish.” 1lis wife assented to ft, and afd: “Ihops we shall keep enough to pay our fumeral ex- penscs.’ Let us no Im:Fcr 1lsten to this pair discusaing how they could securs a good reputation for charity und merey, and still rotatn o large share of what they had promised to confer on others, Thelr history is the saddest one on record in sacred story, 'I‘hc{ had piven the estate to the fo“d causg ot Christ. It wasno longer thelrs. t was sold at a high price, This but fncreased thelr avarice. They proposed to ln{ only o part at tho fect of the Aposties, and then pretend that they had given ull—thus make themselves gullty u{lhun, lyhui, and hypocrisy, () Peter comprehended” their “entire plan. The people at the usual hour had come o the neserbly-hatl to worship God and present their offerings of charity ond pood will. Atmong them wus Ananlas anid Supphira. They made o decided show in publicly laying their offerings at thy Apostles’ feet. They were well dressed and every way ingoud trim, * Sapphira presumied o should tecelva sume compliments for her fine appearance and largze charity. She had for- jrotten that sho was in the preseuce of the Great God, who looka at the heart, the purposes and. motives of the soul, and not ol the outward ap- prarance. Peter knew tho value of the estate sold, and the sum recelved, 1ls thoughts burned within L, 18 ho obgerved the duplleity of o man and Iiis wife, of whom he had hoped better things, e was deeply fndignant. when he saw o dark a cloud cuming over the stueere fricnds of tho Mustor. Bo with a strong, full voles ho soid: Ananfas, why did you let Sutan Il your heart and persudde you to lie to the Ioly Spiriti You gave tho entire cstate to Christ. It wus then na'Jonger yours; you rannot take back what you hLave already given away.” The Apostle does not say thut Satan was the re- sYunslhIc party in this wickedness; nor does he Blame him for'the bad influcnces he had ex- erted. 1t I3 his legitimate buslucss to alil thoso who wish to be away from truth and duty. men think that they are excusable for what Sutan inclines thewm to do. Peter did not luve nny desire to excuee Ananins on any such ground. He deemed temptatlons the meuns of moral discipling and sirength, The world I8 full of temptations for this express purpose, Evil thoughits will, now and then, ereep into our henrts in some sly way. but they really become ours only when “we “retain and mmr{nh them. Peter nssurcs Ananlas that the gift of that estute Wius voluntury,~that it wus still in his own power, mnot for his own use, but for ‘the usc of the puor, to whom he could distribute it as he raw fit. () Ananfas bearing Peter's_consure knew fult well it was but too true. Ile experfenced at once thut deep sense of gully which s always vsprc.sslw.-. Caln could not bear it, e hasien- ed'to the land of Nud, but thiere he could not sleep, Ansulas was touched h{ an uncrrhy haud, Al bis gullt enme upon hlm 1k 1lis_constience was_suddenly quicl conld see the true color of Wi soul. e was rich, and liad probably o large creleof friends. The death of a rich min ususlly makes a deep hurruuluu upon those who have par- taken of his eat aud his wine. But the Tact that Anonius sunk underthe preesure of Peter's words, under the abiding power of 4 guilty con- scienve, ipressive, Tho thought' lingers many minds that riches prolong life, snd cven that rlch men can foll those shirp arrows that sumetimes come so Bwiftly that wae ourselves areenever cunsclous of the mischie! they have done. In this case, something more rapid in Its coursc and mory foreible than words stopped the netionof the heart, A guilty consclence saints with lghtulg speed the panorama of life, hn colora appearupon the canvas with wonderful britllnney, and the man s terrilied us was okd King Saul, when his haunted soul saw tho spirit of the venerable amd sainted Samuel, polnting at him his long, stender tloger of contempt aud seorn, (3) * He fell dead.” His wealth had lost its power, The servatits of the palace rolled u sheet shout him and buried him. His wealth was a curse to him. It led him fnto erme. (irvat fear must have fallen on all, when they saw the sad end of this rch mun's life. His body was taken not cven to his for- mer home, but to o S‘mm outslde the city walls. No wife, no children, no fricuds wet his last restlug-place with tears uf sorrow, His body was not retained even for three short hours, d’ml. the partner of his sins might have one Jast ook, (T? Sust ns the servants reached home from his burlal, Eup‘m[ru, the wife, not knowing what hd happencd, entered the assembly-rooi, cheery nid ;,.ry', a8 if sho had been with her madden friends, withessing the muyetles of the dunee, hoplng, pei hapg, to guict "her soul by Witng It with other thougbts thau thut of her great gullt, Peter accusts her. s bright, Plerelng eyes Dash with the fire of indignatfon, and lha cutting words roll out “of his mouth even with unwonted foree, e sees lier Auplicity, and says: ¥ Wby have your hus- Dund and you gereed oty the splrit of the Lord " The Apostle quickéned her conselencs to an unusual tonderncss. 8he Indursed the words of 1l who was bidden from ler vyes, und took upon legself publicly the burderi ol the erime. Peter, with mord than his usual m,r»nuy sand solemnity, saids ¢ You huve con- ll' red ngeafnst the lving Gud. Do {uu BUPPUSL {8 8pirit cuunot deteet youl Ho Knowa your lumost thoughts, 11ls eyo penctrates the niost lidden recesses of your soul. Puter then threw upon her the full blast of his contempt aud Indfgnation. * ‘Thoss servants who have just buried thy husband without the city walls ‘aro walting at the door, audshall carry thes out, and place thy body by the sid of him with whom you have wickedly conspired.” Then Suf xL)hlm, overwhelmed by a - guilty conselence aud by the burning words of tho Apostle, fell at his™ fect and expired, At oneo thy servants came rugh- Ing iy found her dead, and buried her by the side of her husband. Infe they were conspira- tors {n tho samocrlime, ond after death they were occupants of tho same grave, und wery marked by the same shame. Greut foar come upon the Churchaud upon alt who beard the fearful news, I thy twinkling of an oye, the entira pano- range of life 1s sometimes painted on the “soul. “'he colors muy be all dark, und no ono s near (o whiten thuw as newly-fullen snow, 1t {s ruther luts ta select un advocate when tho trisl lias closed und the verdict has been rendered, flamubm and hig stster lald up treusures fn eaveu. PROY. PATTON, 1118 ADDUESS AT BALTIMORE, The following s an extruct from tho address of the Ruys Fraugls Lo Putton delivercd betoro the General Conference of the Methodist Church nt Baltimore: Let me pasnto a consldernlon of rome polnta more directly bearing upon a comparntive stidy of ho two churches now exchanging (heistlan raluta- tiouw, W nre more at onie, ale, (ol In polity and 1n_faith, than we sometimen hnve cred|t of lieing, When Erat here on Jast Saturday and Jistencd fo lonuent speeches made respectively hy Jodue Viinlds, from firoaklyn, and Judan White. from teburg, I eould fmagine that 1 wan attending the ous of one_of our Genersl Assemblics, the mecchien sounded no much like aimilac speechen wnide by ruding Eldera In our own body, And, while I'do not” nuppose you would_ecepf our iden of the raling Elder, it I# true that your Church and oure agres n thin: it the Chureh does ot me the minixtry, bnt that {n a1l questiona pertalning to its government the people have a_ snbstantial voice Inthe matter. |Appiaure.] And when 1 et upon the platform, In the prescnce of men whase natcs are fiousehold words (Uhe Tishopnof sour Chue by, { witw elnd (4 think that yaur Church, flke anra, while unwliling to relegate to sacerdotalinm, exciusively, the use of n govd Ne tanent word, 1t does not e the word In it ‘profatic senre, TApplune, | Nay, Lam furnished with an exegesta of the word epirrapar In the eloquent peroration of that nd- dress presented during the carly sessfonn of your Conferenre, fgued by the twelve, who, + finn. neglngaoft, aml In labora more abundant, ™ are Auccessors 0f the Aposties In the only true Seript- el seve of the word, . TAuplane. | And when T Hdened fo a disenalan which pertained 1o a local nertion In youe oy, 1 wax reminded of the fuct that the Meihodist Eplacopnl Church wan ap organ- izatlon, and that Jjt stande the teet of a lealthy organism, to-wit: that whatever affecta a part aifeets the whole, and when one member suffers i, wholo lundy wifTora with It~ (Apylauee. | Now, wir, when we reduce Presbyterianism to fta lowost'term, we nre nccuntomed fn aay that there aru cardinal’ princlpice which unierllo i, to-wit: the doctrine that th people have a substantial part In the government of the Church, thut the amaller portlon of 1t ie subject to the Jarer, and that there a bt one order In the minintry. Furlty of the mintutey, popular rrm'emmmnt. nnd_ecclernstical nity—thees ara features which distingaieh tho Dresbytorian Churel. [Applaare. | And now, 1f the lova of my Church ahould get the hetter of me {n the flush of momentary feelin, and T uhould eny that, In virtue of your substantinl orreement with us_in theso” great princl- s, yon are practically n I'rexbyterlan ‘nurch, 1 am moro I can anticipate your forglvences, and that yon will undersiand that [ mnko the statement without at all implyiny that either Church (s IndiTerent to those difierentinting featurep In our polity. But we are not onfy one in pollty, we are more #lgnificantly one in doctrine. And ¢ven though tho differences which do cxlst were greater than they are, it weren matter aufficient to constitute the reason for {roternal salutation, In that we cach ean eny we linve a creed. lArplnuml 1 bonor the Methodtat Chnreh heeatre 1t haa o creed. 1 honar it, sir—nnd will use & word which, in these dave of Dbrond-churchlemn, {a apt to awnken hostillly,— Docnune b nd a theolugy (applauseli - cause it requircs of Its ininluters that they shall be faftiful i teachiti that theology. fan: Plause.1 T honorit for whut some peopfe cali itn higotry, it what I call fta fidefity, In teaching to Itwehildren the distinetive polity and_ereed of the Chureh, and I honor It because ft {a not ashamed, 1n thend dnys, to say that ita theology Is Arminlan lnbplaurc)in we are not axhained o roy gur thcoloyy 1 Calvinistic. 1 teld you, brethres, the dny willbe observed perpetually aa'n legal holldsy throughout the fength and breadth of the Deyll's dominion, which shall commemorate the time when Christiank shull bo o far recreant to_ truth, so fn- differcut to or ra fgnomnt of it, that they ehall be willlng to_part withs all their denomlinational dis- tinctione and make way for a broad churchism which will let In everything from Ariuulsm to Cal- vinism. _[Applanse, 1 am not indifferent to the distinctive fentures of our system, hut I do eny that we live in times when wo can afford to emphasize thy polnts wherein wo agrec, 1o there days, when the question fa not so much whethier God hears prayer, 04 whather there i#a God; in these dnyw, when 1t I8 not so much n question'ss to how thie soul i saved as to whether there [ a ronl, we can afford to stand together and pross the evldences of epiritual_ezitence and su- pernotural bellef, [Applause.] In tucee day, when philosuphy fa parading thio wospel of nesel- ence, we can afford to stand together anil take stock of our articles of faith andeay, **This s what wo kniow.” When the claima of Tapal fnfal- libllity aro pressed on the one hand, and {he clufmx of private Infalllity (which aroe more detestable) nrc advoeated on the other, we can aford to stand together In main- talning the Infallibitlty of the Bidle, taking for our molto, ** Let God be true, though ‘every mun be a Nart™ [Apulaae.] CAsulust Polusiinin e preach thie doctelne of wan's. depravity, thongli it n wound pride; against Socinfanivm, we preach that Jenun Chiwt e na e propitiation for the sing of the world, and that his death wan not the reault of unavoldabla clrcumstances,a munifestation of mar- tyrdom o herolin, but a real sacrifclal death, We wornhip one God in trinity, and trinity in unity, We sy thut neither In Sethodist. pulpit nor I FPresbjterian pulpit shall a man ministor who dares to epeak In donbiful phrase respecting the supreme dolly of Jesus Chrlst. [Applause.] = And even whon we come fo the points, air, which do differentlate ths two Churchen, 6 will do_us no harm to nnderstand enchotlicr. {Laughter.] Taometimes hear it wald that Armplans are always Calvinlsts when they pray, and_Cabvlnistaare”always Arminians when they’ prenclr. [Lauzhiter aud applanke,] Well, #ir, an a pleasant interchangze of compliments, that in afl right enough [Inughter);and there v much truth a lts foundation, 10wt that the real issuo between us does not often come Lo tha surface, and [a but ecldom wlurply defined. And yet, nir, | wonld be thio Jast, ax yon would be the last, by sllence to sanction the, idea that thesa two great branches of Protestantlar atand apart and main- tain separate orzanizations slinply for tho purpose of perpetuating " teological logomachy, that which litta our denomlnationals ism Into importance and the distine- tlona which characterizes us, into a fleld of grand- cur, 19 the very fact of the doctrines which werva 1o diatinguich s, Bo truc s thiz, thata distin- gulehed Calvinist s sald thut the'diferences are diferonces which, when they are expressed, are exprossed lu terma of contradictory propositions; and lo hias shown that to my satisfactiun, Ko that the realm of thought falls {ato two great hemis- pheres, and Calvinists ond Armintan divide be- tweon them the whole bulk of thinking Christln wmen, [Apphisse.] And with o much territory at our disposni—n hemisphere for each~T think” we wuglit to b satisfiod if wedn not juah our con- quest. We each have enongh to gratify any but an Inordinate smbition. Onu of your Bishops remarked to me, kindly reetingt nivon Saturduy, thal this interchusipe of an- utation was something diferont from what it used 10 be, Now, Jet me ank the rennon for the change, The change Ia found, got fn the fuct that either Church s Juat regard Tor its distinetive doctrines; 1t 14 not due to a chango of falth und mutual ap- proach with reaeet of ductrincswhich differontiate e, Aeminlaniam In.the Arminlanism of Wesley; Calvinimn §# the Calviniani of the Westminter con- fesslon. Ko they are, nnd so they will continue (o remain, Bub the chunge Is due to the growing rplrit of Cutholicity In Chrlsterdomn—a wpirit which recognizes the great doctrines whereln we are agrced, ana sufiiclent banls far in- tor-donominational comity, while at the same timo 1t pernlts us to regard the differentiating doctrines na propor boundary Lies for denuiatustional pollty und work. And without indulging in any Utoplan dreama with respect to a visible corporate unily of God's Jicole, 1 do o and pray that this epirit of Chrle: inn aympothy and affection may gather strength as the years go on, {Applause,] —— PRIMITIVE METHODISTS, MEETING AT TORONTO. Bpecial Dispateh to Ths Tribune, Tonoxto, Ont., May 20.—The Primitive Mcth- odlst Conference mssembled here to-day. Tho Rev. Georgo Lamb, of Leeds, Engluud, was chosen President, and delivered the opeulng ad- dress, Over 100 delegates were present. e — GOLDEN MOMENTS, Tunumbered days we while away, A momont at & thne *4Mirspendlng alt our preclons hours, our glorfous youthful prime. " The phantom wheel of Time rolls o, {nhieeded In 1te flehts Aud, when at last we ope our eyes, “Ihie morn luns tured 1o nlght. Ani then how sad ta think of all “The golden moments gone, Aud only learn thelr peerlss warth Jugina to o, Lrth Tox MAXWELL, - ———— WOMAN N POLITICS, Tv the Editor of The Tridune, Quxgva, 111, May 25.—The New York Nutlon, that Sublime Porte of journals, had, in its lssue of Muy 18, a leadfng article entitled “A Wom- an's Intluenco on Polities.” The cue of tho article s tuken from the busincss transactions of Miss Bweet with Messrs. Blakely and Camp- bell. The argument {8 almost us powerful agulnst sell-supporting women, ss the celebrated Dr. Holland's, viz. : that *every woman who recelved good wages wos robbing swne man'—that swept Mke & devouring lamo through the country one lecturg-season, solie years 8go. One would think that Miss Bweet's experlence fn the Penslon-Otlice would vather furaish the text for asermon on the need of ¢ Civil-Servico Reform,” but fustead she s taken to tusk for seducing Messrs. Bfukely and Cutnphell from the path of political virtue; and, with severe and soulstirring sarcasm, the effeet of more Miss Swevets ypon polities s doploredl The Nation {8 appareutly alarmed. Its ** Ouee moro untoe the breach, dear friends,” las not the clear, singlng sound that fullh b an casy victory guve it ten yearsago. There §5 u g of dotitt, of uncertalnty ubout the conseqiiences of woman's baving learned (be ulplabet, per- tible to on sttentive ear, Now we ull Kuow that, whoatever clse that Journal lucke, 1L does ot luck ubility, It bas tither mude the unlawyer-like mistake of desplsing av opponent tov much to make u good ment agulinat bim (or ber), or clse, that urticle—that weak, unmeaning, sentimental satlre {8 tha best that vun be suld on thu side of the question, Men aro surc that women wero created solely for thelr usoand bebioof, that their only 1876—TWELVE PAGES 11 thought in connectlon with her assuming polit- feal duties, I8 to have her purify politiea;" bt there nre women who think of It as being useful fo yomen themaclver in various ways! If men wang smlllha purificd they will have to do the work themscives, The present condl- tion ks some of thelr own handiwork, Jf it docs not sult them they Tl best st about effecting a rhange, Mlss "Bweet has had o lesson that will enflighten her ignornnee and elear nway robwehs of 4 docllity, truthfalness, and rellance upon the anperfor wisdom of man, fur a Hfe. thne. And thanka to thy “wicked Democrate,? forty thousand " or more of hee siwters will be prepared not to fall lnto the pit whereln she fell; though there 18 no doubt there will be many viething before lhc{ Tearn all the wiles of chlvilrie politiclans, But the world must move, and the wuak must suffer the consequences ol belug weak. Respectfully, E, ——————— A Word Porsonals New York Independent, Hay 25, Consldering Mr, Bowen's carly and cordial re- latluns to Plymouth Church, it may scem to some, even now, Lo require explanation why there has arlscn In that churel such an antago- nlsm to bim. To thoso that understand the s, it 1s not strange. To ray the least, no other man was more active than Mr. Bowen in founding Flymonth Church or in calling Its pastor, and no man moare liberal and enthustastlc fn providing for it and support- fug ity and no man felt a greater pride in its brilljant pastor thanhe. To this fact the eot- umng of the Jndependent bear abundant witness, At last there came a change, when Mr, Bowen bad oceaslon to withdraw ki confidence from hils pastor. The reason he gave two months ago ina communication to the Examining Commit- tee of Plymonth Churcl, In response to their demand;; “and by their act it wos, after sume de- Ly, published. For nearly ns long a thine as Mr. Beceher has been in Brooklyn have his intimacics with wom- cn In his congregation been the oceaston of re- mark and seandal, cullng forth occaslonal warn- fngs from his heat fricnds, or, as Mr, Beccher admitted hefore his council, advice that he $widen the cirele of his_resting-places.” At last Information came to Mr. Bowen ro full, so ex‘pllult, and so convineing as to leave in his mind no doubt of Mr. Beecher's gullt. Jt was Mr. Bowen's dut?' then clther to aceept such evidence us he might_recelve of Mr. Beecher's penitenca, and conveal o far as possible the fact of his gullt, or to publish his guilt and demand Iis_degradation from the pulpit. For abund- untly sufliclent reasons, MMr. Bowen took the former and nore conslderate course. Ie belleved Mr. Beecher o penitent man. He could not expose to disgrace the honored and uscful and repentant pastor of Iiks cluureh, uch Jess the fame of o reputatle woman. 1t waa, therefore, his duty to keep lis knowledge sacredly seeret and never tolet it pass Lis Jips, This he did for years, with abro- ute fuithfulness, At last, on one tnemorable Christinns-Day, o man of rare abilltles, one who was for years un terms of the closest intimacy with Mr. Beeehier, and who had also been for many yoars Mr. Bowew’s right-hand man, the chief éditor of hls newapapers and his confiden- tlal advirer; une to whom he had o right to spealk as frankly s to a partner fo businces or nearest relutive,~thia pan came to Mr. Bowen, and with great peasion charged that their pustor liad rufin.'ll his home. Mr, Bowen was ndigoant, and for the first tlme told him that he too had known of onother eagse of Mr. Beecher’s guilt, Mr. Bowen gaso no namee, and supposed that his confidence would be respected, Bat it was not. Trom the time of the publicatfon by another— which he did bis best to prevent—of Mr. Bo en's knowledge of Mr. Beecuer's offense, Mr. Bowen was pluced o o mostunpleasant position, which he could In no way avold. He could not tell the whole truth without blasting a woman'’s nnme, He could not keep silence without suf- fering the most terrible misconception himeelf, Mr. Beecher was already under the shadow of eviaenee which would long agro haye destroved anyone whom the American people were Iess unwilling to condemn. Silence would never in- Jure him, hut could only fnjure Mr. Bowen, and that he would endure ruther than destroy that woman's fume, \rhusevubl(c ruin was not needed to prove Mr. Buechers guilt, so long ns larze Jines of cvidence In another well-known case were yet left studiously uncollected. It 1 under these circumstances that Plym. outh Church has done Mr, Bowen_the honor of declaringr that his gilence renders hilm unworthy of fta fellowship. Jic ts unworthy If worthiness requires that lie shall defend Mr. Beecher's purity and lle_to doit. Mr. Buwen belleves fn Falschiood. s Mitle 58 In adulterv. It is inno fentiment of emmlity toward Mr. Beecher or to- ward Plymouth Chireh that he retires from its fellowship, His admiration for Mr. Beucher's splendid intellectual eifts, and for his immense services to the Church and the country, I8 not in the least diminished. He knows that Mr. Beeclier, fnvocent, {8 of more worth thon n church full of othermen, whether Tiltons, or Moultons, or Wests, or Boweus; but with Beecher gullty, and striving to lift himsell up by pulling down every inan that knows lis gult ~—the cur of Jowest degree, be he gulltless, Is worthier than he. TAY s =t o THE STRONGEST MAN. Wonderful fents of Barnaby, the English Life Guardsman, Pred Darnaly wus educated at Tarrow, and thence procecded to Germany, where, under pris vato tultion, he acquired unuwnally perfect ac- quaintance wlith thu French, Itallan, ond German langusges, und fncldentally imblbed 8 tasto for gymnastics. At 10 be, the younge est of 150 candidates, paseed hls examina- tion for admlsson to the army, aud at the matare uge of 17 fonui himeelf a cornet In the Hoyat Horsc Gunrds. At thls time his breast soms o hisve been fired by the nuble ambltlen to becomo the strongest non in the world. o threw himaelf nto the puranit of nusclo with all tho ur. dor slnce shown in other directions, and the cupof his Joy must have been tall when ' precite exam- inatlun led to the demonstration of the fact thuthis orm meanured round the biceps exaclly 17 nchen, il playtingat Aldershot was o dumb. bell weighing 170 pounds, which he Nfted stralght aut witl ono hand, anil there waa 8 standing bet of £10that no other man In the catp could porform the Fame feat, At tho roons of the J.ondon Fenciug Club there fa to this day o damib-bell welzhing 120 pounds, and Capt. Hurpaby s the only inember who'can ft it abovo his head. There n story told of early barrack days whicli plessantly belnga ap a reminbicence of the Tichborno trial. ‘A horsc-dealer orrived at Windsor fithha palr of beausifai littlo ponioa wiich ho bad lieen commanded to show the Queen. Tefara ex- hititing tiem o her Sajeaty b toole ther to tho cavalry Larracka for display to the offievrs of the Guards, _Bomo of these, by way of & pleasant nurprisg, led the poules up stalrs uio Dare naby's room, whero they were much ad- mired. Bt when the timo came to tako leave un slarming dificulty presented fteelf, The ponles, hongh they hind walked up stairs, could uo mcanin bo [nduced to walk down agalu, The ollicers weroina ix; th horse-deslerwas in doapalr: when young Barsaby scttled the matier by taking np the ponies, ono tinder cach arm, and. walking down siuirs deposlted them fo the Wrrack yurd. Iut Cornet Barnaby wan as skillful ws ho was strong, 110 was ono 0f tho best amateur boxers of the dny, a2 Tom Paddock, Nat Laughaw, and Bob Travers could testlfy of their own well-carned ox- ferience, Morcovwr, ha feaced as well as ho oxed, anidl the tuen of his weist, which nover falled'to disarm & swordeman, was Known In more than one of the capitals of Eirope, Ton yeam ago overybody wan talking of the wonderfil font of the young Guardsman, who tndertook for s stiall wager wfi]upnquanur of o mile, run 8 quaster of ridy 8 quaricr of & mile, TOW & quaner of o and walk & quarter of a uifle in a quarter of hour, aud who covered the mile and & quarter ten minutes and twenty secon Fred Baruaby had, whilst barcly out of bid «, reallzed N boylsh dream and becan the strongest man in the world. But he had Alno heguny Lo pay the penalty af suicceas In the coln Of wagled tissucs and }nllln health. Whea 8 man finds, after anxlous and varled expertments, that a watur-ico 18 the only form of nourlshment uls stomach will retain, hw s driven o the conviction that thers s something wrong, snd that ho had better sce the doctor, Tho resnlt of tho young sthlete’s vislt to the dector was thut ho mourtitally laid dawn the dumb-bolls and the fuils, csciewed gywnastics, und took to truvel, e ———— An Ive-Rink lu day, widon Newcs af ihe World, JayT, A rea) I!efl-l’ll\l( has been (‘uullrllflux at the 01d Clock King's road, Chelsen, by Prof. Gam- oo, Thio rinle 1a formed in & pormanent hulldtg, fiaving watori The building i~ for wiuctators. sulf i3 decarated wlth Arctic scenery, so that W wheetof dco foriming the skating srea sevis like & ¥pot In the midst of an extenslve landscape, surs rounded with glaciers and snowdrifts. The rink fs conrtructed with & bottom of coucrete U inches tilck, and upon this sru 2-Inch deal-planks, form- {ug a lovel duor, huving aldes, und belog cove with o Inyer of ' tarred cow-hir alf n fuch thick, On thisfo Inid serles ot copper pipes of that oval rection, 234 juches wide and 1‘ Inch deep, con- neeted nt tho ewls, - The materlal of the tbea be- fugg cupper, the lust clucy of uccldent—faflure by unequul expanslon—is climinated, Mr, Gamgeo pointed out 1o Ui viultore on the accasion of & Private view of tho rink tha succesaive steps by which he had been cnabled, by the ald of steain, to ruduce aud matntain & temperaturo of thisty to Firty dertruce et frecaing point, and o appvy it ot @ sheet of loo oF to talutaiu the copgelativi sl stween 10 and 40 feek by 24, with a mean dopth inchies. ‘Phla, ho vald, was now belng ef- fected, not by the alternaty evaporstion and con- depmstion of either, byt by coudensing sulphuraus acid under pressure, This, on belug relazud, pro- Guced cold, which was communieated 10 o misture of glyceriny aud wator, Cubitiad tho propersy of remalniug fu a fuld state, sud was mado Lo circu- 1ate tbrough the tubes uuder tho shect of water forwiug thy tink, THE COURTS. 8. 8. Hayes Bues The Timesn” for Libel. And Wants Damages to the Amount of $200,000. Record of Judgments and Now Snita-s- Bankruptey Business, 8. 8. Hayes, the late Comptroller, began threo suits yestendny nthe Cirenlt Court against Wilbur F. Storey, cditor of the Zimes, tho dnm- ayes fu one of the cases being laid at $100,000, and fn the other twout £30,000 In each casc. ‘These suits are to recover damages for various Nbclous articles lately publishied (o the Zimes ogalnst the plaintifl, hut as the declarations are not yet filed, and as Mr. Hayes, who appears as his owh attorney, declines at present 1o mnke any statement, the particulars cannot be given, It I8 belleyed, however, that an editorlal statement {0 yesterday's Timer, that posibly the name of Mr. Iisyes will be nssoclated with even greater malversation than that of scttlng up his wretehed financial vagaries,' cte. TUE APOLLO MANUFACTURING COMPANT. About a week ago Hiram T. Merrll filed o P agalnst the Apollo Organ Manufactiring Compiny, Walter 0. Goodrich, George W, Eheldon, @G, Schafl, H. J. Thompson, J. A, E:dmfl,( ", 1. Crolg, and James Evans, charg- ln;f that the = Company was fnsoly- enf, and that Bheldow asnd Goodrich werw attempting to dlspuse of gome of the or- f" s fn frand of the rights of the creditors, vsterduy the defendantsfited a long und very circumstantial answer, In which they deny tho materinl allegations of the bill, and gives thelr version of the matter, It scews from their statements that Merrill is a musie-teacher, and waa fustrumentad {n getting up the Company, He was elected Dircetor, and took charge of thie Compuny's aifuire. Tt 15 allegest that, o mado several false returns, which showed that tho Company was making money, when {n reallty it was loging, and that he bousht goods” In his own name for the Compuny on credit when the bylaws of the - corporation forbid the incurring of any debts, These pro- ceedings were discovered, aiid o meetlng of the Dircetora was lield 8 slhort thne ago, when it wus resolved to close the business. A committee was then appointed, including complaluant, to settle the Companys uffairs. 1u one or two cases organs were given in settle- ment of debts, but this was only by consent of all partfor interested. The deferdunta deny that the Company is insolvent, but aljege that it only owes about 300, Including a disputed clalm” of complainant's, while Its asscts aro worth nearly £5,000, They also aver that Mer- it §s fndebied to them, instead of they to him; fnelst that they have f'all things beon careful of the Intereats of the creditors and stocklold- urxn a&ul, in concluslon, ask to have the bill dis- missed. CRIMINAL NOTES. The case of Maberry M. Lacey, Indicted for robbing the mails, was called “yesterday, and the trill postpaned until June 8, on application of ths defendant's mnrnu{, T. W. Bennett, Lacey was a Major fu the United 8tutes avmy during the War, und subsequently Chief of Pollee at Richmond, dad,, where he’lives. At the time he was arrested for robbing the malls Le was o rafllway Post-Oflice clerk on the line between Cinelonatl and thiscity. T, Ben- nett and two_Rlehimond sttorneys appear for the nceused. He appeared In court yesterday and entered Into u récognizance n tlie sum of $4,000 for his ulqmumum‘, A. A. Dwells and Charles E, Woolley hefug his suretics, Charles Plluger, who was fndicted with his partugr, Henry Feucrsteln, formuking away with his property In fraud of the Baukrupt law, vesterday appeared and gave ball in the suin of §2,000, Abrabiam Suydan belyg Lis bondsman. EMS. Judre Blodgett will to-day begin the trial of bankruptey fsones, and continue the sane vn Monday only, Tuesday he will hear o ect case, and Wednesday resume the whisky cases. Judges Booth, Farwell, Jumeson, und Ga Wil Gicar motiohis o<lay. Judge Rodgers will hear motions for new trials, Judge Willlnms will try set case No. L6571, Abbott've. Brown, and also divorce cases. dudge MeAblister will hold no court. Judge dameson will resume the call of cal- endar No, 2 of the Sué!erlur Court on the first Monday of June, beginning with No. 181, UNITED STATES COURTS, Jonathan L. Buoth, of Rochester, N, Y., filed abill against James flolmes aud Jobin Willlams, of Peeatonies, Winnehago County, to restrain them from Infringing Booth's pateht for grain sepurators, and znotler agaiust Willlamn “Pan- tou, of Clintonville, Kane Couuty, for a slmilur purpose. DANKRUPTCY SMATTERS. An involuntary petition was Hied_yesterday against Jullus M, Stein_snd_Charles I Barritt, merehant taflurs ot 248 Clark street, by W. Friend & Son, on a clabn for &325, and “Well Brotbers & Dryfus on o clajm for 326433, The creditors " chasge that = Barritt las confessed judgment fn favor of his wife, Allee A, Barritt,” for $1,150, by virtuc of which the tock of 'the firm was seized by the Sherift without any opposition on the part of Stein. The petitioners alleze that this was done in pursuunce of a scheme to detraud thelr credit- ors. A rule to show cause June 5, aud u pro- visional warrunt of eelzure were issued. In the case of Gaulty Hill & Co. the Assignee wis wuthorized o sell o bankrupte” asscts ut publlc auctionafter giving three weeks® notles by publication. Discharges_were 1esued to Trueman P, Law- rence and to Edward H. Parker. Bradford Hancock wus yesterdny elected As- FFXIM of Delos 3. Mills, the wholusale tobuceo dealer, Assignees will bo cliosen this morning for the ‘i‘!"u‘l‘u:. of Wolf & 3Metzler and Willkun H, ank SUPERION COURT IN BRIEP, Francls Morgan filed a Dill yesterday agalnst John P. and Susan E, Rels to fureclose a trust deed for £2,000 on the north 80 feet of Lot 4, Block 16, (n Wadsworth & Hool's Resubdivi- alon of Blocks 15 and 16 in Clenverville, Ruben Rubel brought suit for 83,000 sgalnst Ferdinaud Rubel, CINCUIT COURT. Frank J. Smith, saministrator of Martyo J. Smith, began wsult e trover sgainst Adolph Luoeb, luying dinuges at $3,000. John flutin commenced a sult against Fred- erick and Henry Yon Berge, laying damages at 000, COUNTY COVNT. Anna Freudenthal was adjudged fnaane. ‘Ihe witl of 8ilag O. Crumb wus probated, and letters testamentary fssued to Cornelin B, Crumb, under u bond of $2,000. The will of Fred Welge was Brm‘cd, and let~ ters testumentary bisucd to Dosette Welge, under o bond of $14,000. CRIMINAL COURT, The Grand_Jury rcturned thirty-six indlet- menta yesterday, © Of the number shirty-one were for larceny, nnd one each for a crime sguinst noture, conspiracy, ot, forgery, und ansuult. Tho conspirscy cuse is apzuinst William il. Burton, un old mock asuctioneer, who is charged with fleeding o vietlm out of £20 fu the usual way—ropiug him fu and sulliug him bogus ‘}L elry. The persons fndicted will be urealgned for plea this ‘morning at 10 o'clock, and the Arfals will begin Monduy morning. The Court wus oceupled nearly all'of yeatenday fn hearing the Evuus va, Cullaghaty quo warrunto case, re- ported elsewhiero. TUL OALL MONDAY. Junar Broburtr—Baukruptey issues. Junak Gany—o1, 400 to 4u8, 201, 503, aud 504 1o 516 fucluaive. Junax Jameson—Nos, 57,508 city vs. Ware, and 53,139 city va. Gullagher., Jupar RoGRus—H47, aml 627 to 650, inclusive, Junor Booti—i08, 407, 408, 410, 413 to 425, toclusivo except 422, ®R—010 to 094, Inclusivo ex- Jupar MoALL! cept 610 of Judge Rogers’ calendar, Also 423 10437 of Judi:u Jooth’s culendar, and will con- tinue on tho Iatter calendar uutd) furtlice notlee, dropping Sudgy Rogurs' ealendar, S Jubye FakweLL—Sct cases 1,633 sud 1,557, JUDGMENTS. Usiten StATES CikcrtT Covne—Jonan BLopoxrr \c&l%“‘ Chaso vy, Alfred sud Frank A. loe, “Suvkiuvs Covur—Conrsanoxs—James I, Me- draw ve, Samuel 3. 1ayes, 850, 45, Jepar Gany—Willlag 1. Lunt v, Gloh anca Company, $1.414.20,—Manufactnre tional k of Itacine, uso of ¥. Q. Ball, va. J, ‘oung Neammon, 85,750.75.—E, 1L Holmes et ol ‘va. D. Lvonard and Barah J. Levnard; verdict, 205, S mctrr Covtr—Jumar Rousna—A, If, Weld- hotf v, James Hamiiton, $25.—llenry Eilers va. Juscpti b, Wen verdict; 800, and’ motlon for ew telall et Uoorii—remando Joues Vi, Fanoy Il 4 lark, M LLisTER—Cy B, Wells et al, ve, T. B, U a0 v, P J Evi 74, 52, ~ 1% Lil Clu s T, %m‘k'!"w“”"’ Junker . Vi, ducob Lenz, NUENDERION V8, LILL 10 $he Editor of TAe Tridune. Cuicago, May 8.—[u your {ssuv of tho 25th fust, in {)um Teport of the trial of the suit brought by Alexandur Heuderson aguinst the catatc of Willuw Lifl, certuin stateiiouts sre wude which are uutrue, und do 1o great njus- tlees You state thut on the exawlustion it “croppei ont that the clafmant and O, A. Phil- llpui the witness on thie note, wera charged with having forged a contract for tha sale of lande amounting’ to $10,000 some yenrs ago.” Ide- alre, in correction of the above, to say that the ouly thing that transpired In the course of the trinl (n relation to land was that some years the clalmant aold an {nterest, in cortatn land, for which he received that sum. And not one tlcle of testimony was prodinced or offered of the character referred to. But while nothing of that charncter fn conncction with any of ibo transactions of claimant. or Mr. Phillips % crops ped out,” it did “crop ont ! prominently that during the timo the law firm of Montgomery & Waterman had the noto from tho files 1t was tampered with: for what purpose and by whem will protibly bo developed durtng the eiats Yours, ete., A. Hanprasow, i A FASHIONABLE WEDDING. Marriage of Miss Consuslo Yznagn Del Vallo to the Viscount Mandevillo. New York Heratd, May 23, T mardiage of (icorgo ¥ thtinm Drogo Montagn, Viecount Maudeviile, cldest aon of the Duke of Mlml:lu‘.!'u", af bolton Caatle, luntingdon- shire, Eng., 'with Mis Conanolo, cideat daughter of Scnor Don_ Antmin Yznaga del Valle, of No. 202 Fifth aventic, in thia city, waa solomnized yen- terdny afternoon' I Grace Chareh, Broadwey and Tenth street, by the Rev, Dr. Morgan Dix. . Tha marriago of an English Viscount, Lele to n Duka- dom, with tho dnuzhtar of sn AmeHcan citizen, Ia an evont that ercated considerable excitament In fashlonable circles, and the chnrch was crowded ¥ith tle friends of Wi 1ovoly girl who was abont i follow fn the faotateps of her falr compntriota— Lady Abinger, nce Mctirader, and Lady Ghurehilly i e Georgn Williom Drogo M e brldogroom, Georga om Drogo Mon« tagn Viatonnt Diardeviiio, was bom on tho 190 of Jane, 1853, and Ia the eldowt &on of the prement ke of Manchester, Tho family are descended om Droga de Monto Acuto, & warrlor that came wver from the Town of Montagu, in Normandy, in the train of Hobert, Barl of Moreton, at the tlmo of the Conquest. Sir Henry Montail, Lord Treas- urer of England, wna, In 1620, cletted 10 tia peerage as Daron Montagu of Klmbolton and Via- count Mandevitie, and, on the fth of February, 1024, Hir Lordehip waa sdvanced to an Earldow Earl'of Mancheater, Subrequontly ho was a woltited Lord Privy §eal. In the relgn of George n the year 1710, Charles, the fonrth Earl, was Duko of Munchester. The present Duke of Manchester, the father of the groom, wns mar- ried in 1852 to the Counters Loulse Froderlka Auguste, daughter of the Compte D'Alten, Tho family seat is " Kimbolton Castle, St, Neats, Munt- fogdonshiire; the London reslichee ‘of the Duka by Na, 1 Great Stanhope etreet, Moy fair, Bhortly after 2 p, m. yeatorday the guents began to arrive at Grace Church, and the nehers—Mceesrs, Walter Kane, Uelf, Sherman, and Yznaza—found plenty of employment seating the ladies that ponr- ed inio the cdifice. ‘There was a great demand for Beats in the centre afsle, but. as the guests wero sa numerons, many Nad 10 be Fatisficd with positions to the left or right. By 8 j. m. the church waz packed, and Mr. Warren, the orzunist, commenced 4 rerles of pleces, among which was a selection frum the opera of "** Lohiengrin,* The gucata were ull very anxious to obtalu a goud view of the Lride and brldegroop, nnd pressed forwand aa far us poa- sible. Thase In the rear stood on the sents o na to ta scc over the heads of those In front. Thera ¢ geveral fales nistms, buty Anally, ot aboud 5, tho organ peeled forth tho wedding march and the bridc walked up tho alsle, leaning on tia arm of her fathier, and followed by kix bridcamaids, —Miss Minnle Ftovens, Miss Kato Kernochan, Miss Mary Bright of 'New Orlcans, & cosin of the bride, tnd Ainees Emlly and Natica Yznugs, the bride's sisters. AU the altar the Dridvsnialds atood up to the 16t of the bride, and the groomeman, Col. William Jay, to the right of the groom, Senor Yzusm stood a Mitle to tho rear of the Visconnt. The brido wus attired In whito satin, richly trimmed with old point lace. The walkt and back werc of eatin damask brocade, ond tho sleeves of atriped ratin and pear)-colored pasecmenterle, | Her lair wan dressed with o apray of oranwe blastome, and & point-lace veil, reschin well down the bucK, was fartened with &' diston atarand crescent. in ber car ghe wore diamonds and pearls, The bridesmaids woro white tulle, with white satin bodies and nlccves, and pearl or: numentr. Their hair was woven With white flow. cre, and they wore Jong white tullo vells, Enc) ridemnad carried n bouquet of whito Illace. “Thi ceremony was conducted by the Kev. Dr. Morgan Dix, and the bride waa given away by bier father, ‘Aftir the concluslon of thu service, the bride took ihe arm of the groom and walked out to tho cars rinze, while the organist played the famour “+Wedding-March * from Tannhauser. The cntire arty then proceeded to the residence of the bride't ather, where a reception was beld from 4 tod D, M. PP crush st the church an tho guests eame ow waa very great, and the carringes gat so mixed uj that Sexton Brown had hard work getting them uj 1o the door in arder. TTlie reception at the house was attended by abow 700 gueets, most of whom were present at the cere. mony. ~Among them were: Mra, §. L. 3, Barloy and Miss Darlow, Mrs. . B, Lo Houth, Mra. AV fred Grimes, Mré, . T, Jobnson, Mra, 'Schermer horn, Mre.' Cornelins W, Lawrence, Mre, Jama W, Otik, Mre. Schuyler, Mrs. Richard Tighe, Mra. Titier, Mra. Gow, Dix, Mre. and the Misrer Hone, Mrw. Morgau Dix, Mrs. edmond, M, Drakoy Mre. Robert Stuyvesant. Mrw, B.' Cutting, Mra Stout, Mrs, Maturin Livingston, Mrv. Bioratadt, Mra. it B, Culting, Mrs. and Miss Bntier Duncan Mrs. Kemyes, Mos, Gonid Hoyt, Mrs. Thomas I\, Irs. Rhinelander, Mrt, and tho Missal Pell, Mr, Dierstadt, Mre. Aldema, Mix Newbold and Mivs Newbold, Mra. fre. and Mies Morris, Mrs. Stevens, and the Misses Gibert, Mra. Curroll, Mee, Pout, Sle” Bache Cunord, Mr. Royai Pheips Mr. ‘Kernochan, Mr. McAllistr, Mr. Grimos, Mr. Attur Leary M. Leonard W\ Jitome, M7. W) Thorne, Mr. Wright Sanford, Mr. Newboid, Mz Ttohert 1. Cuttlng, Mr. William Joy, and others, The wedding Tresents were very handdoma Among the most adwired were_two largs diamond crescents, from Mr. and the Miases Yznags, the brother and slsters of the bride, and_gold bracelet, Mr. Yznaga, the father of the bride; diamond car! rings, Mr. and Mra, James Kernochans large solf talee Wlumiond, 3r sud Mre. L. 1 docton fows eled Maltens erues, Mrw. 8. L. M. Barlow\ dlamond and sapphire breeelet, Mr. William Cote ting; dismond and rby bracelet, Mm. Luckmeyer: diamond butterily, Mr, W. P. Douglass; caved necklace, Mr. and Mri, Onativia: diamond ring, . Franklyng gold sleeve-buttons, Mrw. Irving damond ring, Mr._and Mrs, ‘Tigho: pearl anf diamond earrings, Mrs. A. D, Stockwe bracelet, Mr, Levnard Jeroma: enld baugle. Me Romilly; pold hracelet, 3lias Kétsitans gold braco let, Mixs Minnle Glbert; et of point ince, Mis Minnle Stevens: sctof laco flonnces, Miss Postl point lace parasol, Mrs. W, I, Garner} black lace parasal, Mr. Perry Tielmont; *earved ‘tvory toflol saly Col. WilllaniJay ;. sflver ten sot, Mev, Licl- mont: fan, painted by Chapling, Mrw,” Lippincott, of Phllgélphia; fan, pafmted by Rudauz, Mr. Ieasc Bell; point' Taco fan, M, Willlam_Vander. iit; albut of sketches o the Yosemite, Mr, Clar ence Ring; vinafgretto from the French Ministery pleture by Bieratadt, from the srtist: traveliu clock, Mies Kane: polnt lnce fan, Mr. Rolun Ttedmond: traveling case, Mr. Howland Robblus; travoling clock, Mr. Newbold; fan, Mr. Thayer! ivory prayer book, Mrs. Dorrell; fan, Mra. Oth traveling “clock, 3r. Arthur Leury; ivory tab Mr. Jerome_Toyt; ‘case of dapuneso fark ‘Morndyko Ricos whita eatin parasol, Mr x; mlrror, Mrs. Leavitt: afiver tollet ‘box, Mrs, Alfred Torrancos mirror, Mr. and Mrs. Delancey Kano; bouquet In Dreaden china, Miss May, 1t I understood that Viscount and Lady Mondes ville will sall for Europe w-murrow. —_——— MY SHIP, Ayay np on thls mountain el overlooks the eca, I'm watching, this bright weatber, My pretty ship, for thees 1 count white epecks by hundreds Just whero nea klseon sky, And, though 1 call and beckou, They all go salling by, They'll gladiden rome poor, lone hearts Who watch fust 2a T do, Earvrly trom norn til night, Acrass the waters blue; Aud sa L bid themoll godepeed, Whera'er their haven bey And pray that some bright morning My slip will cowe to mo, 1 frefghted it with treasures, | AT many yeurs 850, Aund sept it o'er the waters While summer-winds did blos Tta valla wera white 1 snow-dHite, — “The bright waves danced in gles,— 1 watched my bouny treasnro Whitle Lu apeck could see, Ah ! wherefors do you tarry ? "Tho days ara long and bright, And I am tired a-watching Ifor you to sall gm. My trensure, has the Storm-King, n cnvy of your Frace, Hurled you Lencath the waters, Aud of you left no trace ? Dl-l fiavu you g:own all-faithlcss, n s0nic port tar away, And stand with white salls fapping, tha day? 0ld you captive, ud take your tradsurcs fine, — A Tho good tiloge that I gave you To keep for v and minet And yet T watch the day long, And hopo the day louy Way That on soine blessed D10; T'li catch a gllmpua of you. Oh{ how 1Ml cheer and call you, And then you'll Jook and sea Mo 'way up un this mountain, ‘Whers 1've kept walch for thee. Farra W. 'ALTON, —— Bleopy Jurymen. Tho Lancaster [l‘m) Erominer throws ont thig hint for the benelk of ‘siéepy jurymen: *'Yester- day wo recorded the fact of o jaryman getting nod $10 and costs for keeplng tho oourt walting on bim one hour whits he tock bis attee-dinuce napat biw hotel. Another juror, with more tact, uppyared un timy, answesed to his name, and then taak hla seat i the jury-box, aud there took bis afteruoun nap, perfacily Gbilvlous to olug on arvund him, while his right. ur, Who had ined, sat staring Court aud witucases all tho aftornoon. Of cotrss the one who slept in conrt was not dnud—and that's tha differenco fu tho way of dolug ‘hiugy, Jurorg take warnlog. Mrv. Lee, M