Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 24, 1877, Page 12

i THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1877-TEN PAGES. - W " i T he was the onl T e g 1 e A | | | e ey S e Sy N SR TIEII TR T e forelgn missionaries to get a few minutes’ hear- 1ng before the A=sembly would not be misinter- roted. He would rather stand up hefore 5,000 1indoos than before the Asseumbly, and he would rather preach thirty-one years longer in India than speak for five minutes before the as. gamblcd Presbyters, But.it o happened that representative of the five Bynods of Indin there present. $its first fecling was one of saducss when he looked over the re. ort of this year, India fiad retrograded, and Bie sum-total of resulls, ns ahown by the res m been only onealf of that of tha preceding onc. Lost year was a year of rctrenchment, and “the number of mirsionarics had heen cut down from 134 to 320, a loss of 14. Tho speaker started In on his work over thity vears ago in Kolapoor, the cens tre and focus of Hindooism, andif any of them envied the position, let them o ani o Tike- wize. At that time such a "Il“F as a girls school was utterly unkhown in the whole dis- trict, and there wns ouly ouc boys' school, which was held in a loft over n stable. The mirsionarics were helped {n their swork by the sister of the King, who posscssed conslilerabl more brains than her brother, She oblained possession of a copy of the New Testament, and on reading ft found that there was 1o harm in it. Beveral of the boys taught in his schoo) lad radimted at the University of Bombay with the filghcu houors. ‘The spéaker approved very highly of the work donu by women in the mis- sion-fleld, and tnstanced that performed by bis own wife. showed the net gain during the year to TOE NBV. MIL M'RNIONT o sald while they had heard from other quarters af the plobe, o far, they Lind not heard much about our own part, particularly the northern and southern sections, He was tamllar with this missfon work in Mexico, nod had been re- nested to say something about it The mis- 3lummu thero lad a grand work to perforin g and, so far as his abservation extended, ha ha renaon {0 believe that they were domy (¢ faiths tally and glortously, Theg had a hard time, The Goveininent was “fi one day and down the y next. But atl were busily cngasced. ¥or a time thelr communications with the lome Board were etit off, aml they were in o struits. Oue lady had bheen obliged to parcel out hier clothing amony the puplis to cover thelr nakedness, aml that nueht have been the canse ol the iliness which drove her away from the conntry. When the Commiesion kuew of the sacritices tho missfonarics were obliged to sub- it to, woulil they not tako thie cause home to their vougregations und scu to it, when the re- turn was made next year, that there were nhot 3,973 churchies which utade no contributions teo the Forelin Misslouary Board! To hita there was 1o fleld of greater fnterest than that of Mexfeo, Wedid not know bow soou that whols section would bo added to our couutry. i wers to be the care, he trusted the Board would Lo able to cone tine ending teachers and preactiers there fn order thay the population might be fitted for unewnticn, The ehurchies should ierease thele contributions, and the banuer of Chnst be sent there thut the neople uilzht he brought to the foot of the Cross and n Knowledge of the teuth, CHINA, The Lev. Mro Noyes, from Canton, China, wus sorsy to hear the Board of Forcign Mis gwny say they lind no man to seml W China with hun witen he went back, The thousht upon his he: had been **What Is God saying o us to-day ' When heremembered the natural advantaes uf Ching, when ho saw the lines that tod there, the voles of God scetied to Le saylig, nows preach my Gospel naw, Uiy command Was to o W, and preach the, Guspel to cvery creature, and to do it now. \What incant these Hnes or travel that cirded the carthi “Iince-fourths of the heathen popuiation of the world could be reached by thuse: Hnes, Wits evidently God's will that His ve o Inand possess the land, of which there was much to posacss, The SL4,000,000 unnually svent for liquor would pay ulssionurics pleced in_ all the most needy places in the worll. ‘Tie fuvome of the neopleof this coun- try was even grester than the property valta- tion in 1830, und yet how little mulw{. come. haratlvely, was given to spread the Uospell Was 1t really a question of *eannot™ or “wiil not " DBut, oven under this discourngement, awd sotwithstanding the fact that there were nat sulllclent en to send to that far-ofl land, tiere was much 10 encourge the people of Gued. The walla were falling down,—as thoso of Jerichio bad tumbled down years usud yeary ago,—and the Kingdom of Christ was suc- ceeding the refcn of darkness, The Modcrator then put the question on tha nlxth(muuluunn, and it was earried without op- usltion, u'fl\u scventh und elghth (the final ane) were plgo adopted, s the Moderator sugiested that the udootion ol the report as n whols should be consldered at the evening sessfon. Ou otion, the ten-miinuty mile waa suspend- ed for the vvening. The Itey. Charles U, lieatty and the Rev. Dr. Plummor, formur Muderutors ot tho Gencral Assembly, were fuvited to scats on the plat- Turm, MISCELLANEOUS, SPECIAL ORDELS, Dr, Webber, from the Committee on Cliurch Polity, moved that the report relating to Lhs Lew Court of Appeals be mado the thind order for to-duy. Agreed to, Dr. Humphrey, from thoe Spectal Commitiee on tho subje:t, moved that the report on Chl- nese evangellzatfon be made the third order for * Frfday, Agreed to. On motloy, the subject of Synodical Records wras nade the seeond onder of the day for Natur- aay mornloz, L UEKMON CASE, | " The Rev. Mr. flickok, of the Commission ap- poluted to try the Hermon case, mado the fol- luwing report: 1L nppcars fron atatements made by one of tho parlive that the neceswaly or legal conrent was 1ot obtabied to the formation of the Judlcla) Commis. rion, and it 1s resolved that the case bo roferrod Lack ta the Judichul Committee, ‘The report was sdopted, and the subject re- committed to the Judicial Comuuttee, After peayer by the Rev. Mr, Irving, the As- sembly udjourncd untll 7:45 p, m, The Assembly reconvened at the hour men- tloned above, the attendance of gpectators, ese peciolly tudles, belng very larze, Prayer was olfered by the lev, Dr, Little, Tho hymn heelninge * From all that dwell below the skics™ was sung. THE MISSIONARY WORIK, cinL, The Rev. Mr, Merwin, o missionary In Chill, was then Introdueed, and spoke frst about tho worlcon the Pacific wast of South Awerlen other than Chilt. While it was a erand coun- try, it was sadly in need of the Gospel, aud the Tepublics needed it eapectally for thelr politiesl regencration, In Bollvia four Prestdents had been ussussinated, and Lhree were obllged Lo flesthe country, Levolutions were golug on not only there, but (o Pern, - Keuae dor, New Granada, and Veoezucla. While politiclans had something to do with them, he thought hie could say without exaggeration that the Romish cleyy were mixed up with the roy- olutions from beginning to end. The people were vompelled to obey thelr confussars, How conld a strong suclal Tabrde he buflt up with auch teachingd What _made the difference bhe. tween us and them? Evangeheal Christlauity, hie uuswered. It was not a question of race hut w guestion ofcreed, Bpeaking of the woral and religious coudition of “the people, he said in Chill, whose people hud been cailed the Euglish of the Pacitic coust,—for the most park courte- vus, sud toagreatextentindustrious, —one-third of the births last yeur were {legithnate. De- and fyfug were venal sfus. Jt was n sur- rise to find a person talk truthful- ly. ‘Thett, druikesoe wurder, were crimes so frequent | ¥ places Lhat they hu censcd to excite much coniment. It madeo heart bleed to see such Induiference to inorality w4 was manifest umonp those people. Astothe setlgious nstruction, the priests offered but one vrayer to the Savior where they offered ten to thy’ \’irxz'm Mary. But there had been u great change fu CLilL.” -1t was more than lw.-utflycau #nce Dr, “Crwmbull went there to preach prin. cipally to the English-speaking population. ile (Trumbull) sald” wheu he could get twelve peovle together Lo biear bim, he had to pruy God to keep him from cryfng, it wes such o lurge congregation, When they attempted to bujld'n little chusch, the Qovernment beard of it, and the Archbishop sent word that the worlimust by stopped. Dutthe friends sucecedud fo zetting riission to erect it, provided they Inclosed twith a buge board feace, The curlosity of the people, however, proved to be so great that this was_ taken down and a4 ralling substic tuted, Eleven years ugo there were hut ffteen gathered™ together fu Sautizzo— the oolv matlve congrezation in Chilt. Now there wns o handsuine church editice there with a congregation of from vighty to 100, In Valparaiso tuere wus oue of about the same size, Wblle thers had bLeen somo ditiiculties, and the schools had beew brokeu up at tunes, snd toere secined to be 1o progress made, vet, meath after month und vear after year, God encourazed the fricuds of the Missfons. To- day, i Chili, there were altogether twelve ur thirteen Prowstaut conceegations—four Eu- glish-speaking, three or four German, aud the 1e2t Bpanlab, ““The Gospel had taken root there. While tho ficlds seemed 1o some s0 bopelees, Lo the ey of fulth thers were attractious there ! In the midst pf the supcrtition and ldolatr there were millions of soula; and the churches would atrengthen ‘the Board of Forelgn Miasfons, and_enable them to senid men and women to South America, many precious jewels woukl be gathered for the crown of our Savior, [Applause.| ©, THE NEV. DR. UP2ON, of Albany, the Chairmanof the Standing Com- mittee on_Forcign Misslune, was the next spcaker. He was’ struck especlally with the Judfciat calmness of the report and the remarks made concerning it, fn which 1t was taken for Rranted that this work of forelgn missions was 4 wotk worthy of the Church, and that It hal all nssurances of success, People were usually ngtmlnku up a position on the defensive —quite the npgnalu of that revealed In the report and the remarks of the brothers, Books of apology for Chiristlanity had disap- Ecnrcd and were no longer published, and ooks in behalf of forcign missions bearin, anything llke such tities wero nitogether out of lace, Evergthing was certaiuty now,—cer- Inty that 5m was the real work of the Church, But while Christians recognized that they must not take the defensive. they shonld rm{lzc that they must act on the aggressive, and follow the command of Christ to preach the Qospel evervwhere, and to discible all nations, Christians could not stand still nowadays. In the fnce of danger, they were ealled upon ,simply to~ do or die. _ This, he belléved, was the spirit that animated every Chriatinn soldfer engazed In this work of for- eizn missions, Yet many would say they wonld rather wait until what hne* desired to do at homie was accomplished. ey would tather tarry at Jerusalem until all the Jews were cons verted hefore they could do anything for the Gentiles and the test of mankind.” All this was utterly false. ‘The foreizn mission was be- conitng & home mission work' more and more overy yuar, . It'was a falsa fdea, also, that clvilization would Christianize a people. That lesson had been taught through all nistory, It was safil that the work of foreign missions costtoomuch, What mattered it how iuch it cost to pay for the anlvalion of soulsf People never stopped to ask whcther works of nrt cost too much, or whether they paid dividends or not, aud yot people Interposed the objection to this work of saving sonls that {t cost too much. It had also fieen intfmated that o preat amount of the contributions wns expended before 1t did the heathien any good, Well, the figures sliowed that for every doflar given to foreigu missions all but four cents went to tho direct objects of these contributions, The spcaker did not be- llevo there wns such an example as this inall the banking houses in the world. Why. L ap- peared that theiBoard of Misslons had actually expended the wnazing sum of. 823 on the aver- nge, for the conversion of every soul. But, even looking at it in a conunercial point of view, this worl of Forelgn Misslous should be continuerl, Before the year 1370 the trade of this country with tho Sandwich Istands had riaen from o few thousand dollars to £4,000,000 sunually. Yet we were told: that this work cost too mucht Whilo the Church was saving souls, it wos paid abundantly for ull ity outlay, Lt Christians never doubt for “n momeut that the very best and highest sense this work for Christ on tiis- tant shores was abundantly rewarded by leading suuls to Jesus. ‘The speaker was' palned to say thero was too Metle uniun among Christiuns on this subjeet of misslons compared with what there vuiht to be. 41 this respoct the missior urles gave un example of Christian nulu:rn 3 a0 was never scen or heard of Lefore. “There tvas one pecaliar feature about this Gospel: the tuore the ple sent it ont the more they had. The speaker wus oblized to state a fact, disa- greeable though it might e, and this was that nearly oneshalf the elinrches 1 the country did nut contribute tothls greatcause. To the other half it was vwing that the enthusiasin lad not dicd vut. If all the chitrehics of this country sloukd unfto on this subject and contribute of thelr means to sustain this work, what could not. be uceoraphsbied? Let everybody o bowe, sald the gentleman fn conclusion, aind resolve that by theiv prayers, their words, thelr gifts, Lhey would do everything they could to lead souls i any way that “they nlght to the Savior, [Ap- plnusc.r H THE NEV, DR BIODIEAD, o a former misstonary tn Indiy, was tho next speaks Hle suld tiut he had been regarding the Assembly as the almoner of a largoe hounty. 1t was cusy to fancy the heatlien nations coming ub us supplinmta for that bouuty,: Perala, Bouth Awmcerlea, Indfs, and China cama forward to usk for gifts, "The Axsembly muat remember that, whiio they were almoners of a large and diving Lounty, they wero stewards of o great trust and auswerable for their saministration of it. Thelr ‘position was that of spectotora standing on on eminenee and overlooking o gorgeous , patio- ratn. The representatives of 5,000 chul were theru fran every corner of the laud. Taey came with all tho hilessings of the Gospel ih thelr hearts, and looked down on u world i sl i sin and degradatlon, It wos his part tu call the otfentlon ‘of his andlence to the vast Emplro fn which hie hul been labors Ing for the pust efzhieen years, In that singl Epire there were hundreds of inlillons withs out the Gospel. Three -hundred millions of suuls bowed down to gls made by thelr own Lands, ur clse followers of thee False Prophet, Tlie populution of Indls was cxecoedod only by Ita Pantheon, forin it they hod three hundred and thirty millfon lols, If the whots Christlan world lud no other tield than this In which to Jubor, thoy would have cnough to do. It was not ~ so touch the ignorance of the lieathen that tho missionarics to contend with s thelr religion, ) That rollelon was tho aln and folly of the Iindoos, and, ho had alinost sald, xecmed ua fmpregoablo os the lmzw-cnnrcd Himalayas, ‘Thy Cliriatisu rolldion was, s {t were, but of yesterday, when compured with that of the sin- Woos, 'The religlon of these people permented thelr entire suclal llife, and the dottrine of “casto” was u terrlble bulwark nthe way of wisstou work, The speaker did not Kiow whether the work amopg the Alohammeduns was more hopeful than among th lullowers of Drubmanismn, or the coutrary, It was true. that therc was a " germ of truth du the doctriues of ~ Mahomet for which they loaked fu vain awong the be- Hevers In Bralmuntsm. But the Molatimedans of fudin were sunk in ternble fdolatry, ‘Ihe ohly break fn the cloud wos tound In whint was known ns Brahutofsm us distinet from Branman. fan, ‘The Lelievers in the former hiad, to ngreat extent, shandoned the doctrine of custe, But, while they believed i the fatherbood of tiod and the brothierhood of man, they utterly faited tograsp the grest truths tn relation “to the saving power of the Lond Jesus Christ, Clvile Lzation without religlon never saveduny peoley ond materisl progress woald never save ldla, Tho exsmples of Greece and Rome ahowed that civilization without relizion resulted iy vice aud fmmorality. Uarlng the pase fifteen years thers had been wgreat widvance fn the Tacllittes for trausportation fn Indla, und much materlal progress. A visitor to Calenttn would Hd numbiers of educated men whuse dufly read- itz conslsted of the works ot Emerson, Huxlcy, Darwin, and Tyndull, - ‘Chey bad learnt enough tu know that” thers wers some things i tho bl hiard to nuderstand. ut the Gospel was takinz hold of the hearts of the people In many districts, ‘Yo speakier told of a **faker,” or rellyious mendleant, who had been converted and " was now un Elider in the church, — Whatever was to be dune ust be done now. 1o such an euor- mous population the searly mortality wus, of Lourse, very large, and the peopls wers golng dawn tafeath ‘mever hearing of the glorioug Guspel, Especially was this true duping the famine now prevalent fu that land, The fleld was whits far the harvest, and Jow were God's people ubeying Christ’s command, “ o ye nto Al the workd and preach the Guspel 10 every wreature’' ‘Truc Christiauity wasas omnipraent us its author, and kuew no distinction such us the worlil niade. — 1ts objeets were Uod's elory, and to save the gouls of men, The work ol fulth and the fubor of love of Christ's people could never be stayed uutll they reached vvery tiwok and corner of the world.” Te had hgurd somcething of retrenchment even after the’ re. teint of that munificent gift which had remoyed a disnureeable juenbus {rom the Churck, Dut liad Christ eaid % retrench 4 11 50, let them call in thelr laborers from Persta, Chita, and Su- a1 belooved the Courel, g e \\'un\d‘ retuln o blessings which it haid recetved, to follow fn 1o tops of the Disine Master, " *0 oW TUE LEV, DR ELLINWOOD then took up the thewe, 1t was rather late, however, aud a few were retleing. In beglue utng, ke sald he would uot attempt to speak at that lato bour eyen one word i he had not beeu specially requested todo 80 by the Women's Forvigy Missionary socletf. He wished it un- derstood that ho would only spesk tweuty winutes, ut the expiration of which time ho lioped the Moderator’s hammer woulld comy down. — He hoped, thercfore, that i apy wers compelled to Jeave they would do so befors be started. - Very few, however, cared togo, . Dr. Ellluwood enld it was hard to soeak for a copany of Christiau women—imany of whom were downright eloquent and who kuew more about thelr work than anyboedy clye—simply be. causy hu Bappened to bea mui and they wero women. Hewas glad to boable to present their wosk uuder so good suspices, ‘Ihils wurk was ot o new work, It was & resurrccted work, but it was as old as the New “Yestament. Phocbe might be eald to bave been the tirst womun wissionary. Tho speaker remembered to have hiard it stated once that wouien should Hot go to forelgn lauds and teach people there to prech the Goael. as i1 Prisclila Lad not been capable of teachiuz several people bow o write soiwe very goo sermous. [Lavibter| It scemed that the wowen of Cblcugu had been teuching the tors, and that the pastors themselves wero Tot nshamed to publish the fact boldly. |Ap- plause.) Thelr fabors in the recent resival, | helr peculise influcnce and hold on young ~ men, and older men, ami women, vero well Known, At their recent Convention they had one of the greatest meetinga ever hehil ln)llm Northwest. What s power, what & consceration uf spirit, was pres- entl "These womien were of the wealthest, the they coulii not forget that they were the disci- ulcgor Christ, and that they had fn thelr hearts the decpest, most carnest lougings for thelr sex overywhere. Many of the good results of thefr work were | direct | Like ll'nul. they l'md sald, *This | duo to ‘the fuct that they had had a abject. one thing o, the ~ Church undertook to mumlml.\tu them fn an: apeaker feareil that their work would to attend to, such muitifarfous works 1o per- form, that its success would not begln to com. pare with thefrs. He felt fike saying, for thy facts bore him out, **Ulve us this wonien's organization." Give ua the women's nnfimlzallun, e sald, Let it stand as the bulwark of the Board of Farelgn Migstons to meet ull rival calls that come I, and all appeals to divert and seatter thelr efforts and zeal, [t might be asked, Were they nohwzlectlnfi home work! No. They simply wanted to do this work by itseif. They were engaged in almost everything - elae,~or- ‘phan asylums, homes of the fricndiess, home missfons, refuges for straying women, fudus- trial schools, cte. Even fucluding the Woinen's Foreizn Misston, there was but $6,000 given to forelgh missfons In this whole Presbytery (Chicago) 1Iast year, but he knew of ong church alone that rave 314,000 for various lienevolences on the home fleld. The cry, then, shoull not be ralsed that they wero hefping the licathen to the neglect of the needy at their own doors, That idea should be ban- ished and this one Interest protected, and must eacredly quarded. [Applause,) 1In conclusion, Dr. Elfiowood” aftuded briefly to the moral Iufluence of the women's work, The question was then put on the motlon to adopt thg report of the Standing Committes on Forcign Missions, and {t was unaolmously adopted. SUBSTITUTION. The Moderator announced that the Rev. W. 11, 8impson, who had been appointed Chairinan of the Comtnittee on the Records of the Synod of Western New York, being sick, he had “sub- stituted the Rov, Edward Grabam, of Los An- Reles l’rubylcrer. After prayer by the Rev. James Eells, the As- sembly adjournc until 9 o'clock this inoruing. ANNOUNCEMENT, - The nnnlrurmrly meoting ol the ladles for liomo inissions in_conncctlon with the frcul?'- terlan Assembly will Lo held in Hershey 1lall, (te McVicker'a Theatee, Friday afterucon o'clock. Representatives from the scv- ctlons will speak of woman's work for the Idolatrous women of New Mexfeo oud Arl- zoug, and the Zenana work of Utah, It will fl‘\‘n il upportunity such as has never hefors cn afforded the ladies of Chivago of learning the true condition of their sex fn some portions of this country, UNION SEMINARY. THE ALUMN( DISNER. The alumni of Union Theological Seminary, New York, had thelr annual dinuer yesterdoy evening fu the Laafes’ Ordinary of the Tremont House, theltev, E. S8mith Barnes, of Class of 41, presfding. Tho company, eumbering thirty- six, assembled at half-pust 5, and at once sat down to dinuer. Au clavorate bill of fare hnd been prepared by the house for this occaslon, 1810, Invoked tho Divine blessing, aud tho clat- ter of kinlvesand forks which *followed hard upon proved that thedinner was fully ap- precfated. Anong the company were to boseen way, the ; be futer- fared with, and great Injury be done 1t The | od, thus divid Presbytery wasw Foreign ~Missionary Soclety, | tween the two but, uniike these women, it had so niany tifugs t souri Vailes. f tatucd that the Asscmbly coul The Kev. Josfah J. Leonand, of the Class of ‘| pulley of that character, which must tho Feeble Mindea was courtcuusly declined, the members belng too Lhuroughly tmbued with the publleation enthusiasm to make investiga- tion of the architeetural beauties of the city, John F. Hendy, corresponding member of the Preabyterian Church of America, rearetted his Inability to attend the Assembly. v The Committee on tvertures recommended the adoption of Dr. Stainback’s motion to re- ; Uuce the representation of the (eneral Assem- most cultured, of the front rocinl ranks, but : bly by one-halt. The Cominittee next recom- sended that THE POLLOWING CHARGES be made: First, that Knndas Synod de dls- solved, and that the prayer of Kansas Presby. tery be granted annexing ssid Presby- tery to QOzrk 8ynud; second, that “a new Synod be formed,known as Missouri Valley Syuiou, conetsting of Leavenworth, Republican n||u!‘, and DPiatte Presbyterics. The lnat- nameil l’rulv{trry 18 taken from Meadow Syne Il;F cight Preshyterics equally_he. ynods, viz: Meadow and " Mis- ‘Un motion of the Rey, Grider, the represen- tation ol Presbyteries in the Gencral Assembly was reduced one-fourth, TIE POLLOWING NECOMMENDATIONS - of the Committee ou the Minutes ol Ssngamon Presbytery were adopted 1. Mny a Preabytery ordain & minister on the Sabibathday? The question was anawered In ihe aifirmutive, 1t was g0 decided 1n 1 2. Can an accoscd persun be allowed or called npon 1o festify under oath (n bis own case? We think not, upon general principles, and wu are not awaee of any change on this point by an action vf the General Assembly. ‘The. question rrnutmcd on the minutes of Pa- elfic sguud hns alsu been considered, atd wu hold Ut the decision of the Cdmmwitteo 1a right. Tho question is whether a minister with a Ictier of dis- miesal and recommendation can be recelved nan member of A Synod in another scction before fis has been received and constituled a member of a Presbytery in such Synod. 1t §4 our opinion thiat the Committce was right in holding that auch a minlster inust become a twame ber of a Presbytery by its action befogs ho cau be & member of o Syuod. > DACR TO THE NONE OF CONTENTION. The report was adopted. ‘The debate on the Committeo of Publication was resumed. The Rev. Orider, of Kentucky, moved an amendment to the following eifect: ltesoloed, That this Assembly disapprove of the ublication of weekly papurs elalming to be in the nterest of the Church,.except the vne published by the Boord of Publication, and in accordanco with the recomimendations of a former General Aszembly, nnless the person desiring to lasue such pablication sball have obtained the conscnt of the Ueneral Assembly, A mnotfon to tablo this amendment was lost, and the substitute was withdrawn, STATED CLEHK VPRIZZELL said it Nad been clalmed that tha Church had comnitted an error In this matter. 1o polnted out that such could not have heen the caso, in- asmuch ns they had received their instructlons from the General Aasembly: 1lo desired tho General Assembly to take this matter in hand, and’ not” allow thelr Boards to be thus eriticlsed. He dwelt upon the necessity of according cheerful ubedlence to the mandutes of the Church, and proved by refer ence to tho bistory of the Church that the Geu- cral Assembly had decided that there should be but one paper, ‘Tho Rev. Brldgeman, of Lincoln, Iil., nover was {n favor of the one-paper plan, but, Inps- much s they had an oflicial * paper orlered by thu General” Asscmbly, be wanted it to bon success. ‘The Revs. Willenberg of Texas, Boydston of Misstsaippl, Young ot Texus, Barnet Miller ot Texas, and Beard of Tennessee, ulso partivipate ¢d in the discussion, TIHE MODERATONR nddressed the Assembly duriag tho sesslon, op- pusing the report ns a prun&gnf luw, He maln- d not continue o 170 Way to the pressure of succeedingg Asscinblics, ‘The debate was continued at tho cvening ses- sfon, and,after some fours of heated discusslon, tho anendment was careled, - . The romalnlng recommendations of the Board representatives of several generatlons of Chrls- | were sdopted without discussion. thn workers who huya gone out from this insti- tation to spread tho Guspel, Many met with thelr old sceminary friends for tha first tima after. yoars spent in foreign lands, Thero werd present the fnllcwlm; wlumui: The Kev, Dr. 8. Q. Riley, Clugs of %03 the Rov. Joslal Leonard, 405.the Ltev. George Duglield, D, D., 2405 tho Rev. d, E. Nuckwell, D. D., and the Rev. E. Smith Barues, 413 the Rev. Thnothy I, D, D, and the Rev. Chartes Peabody, '433 tho Rev. David 'I‘orm{ D. D., 0; the Rev, Thomas A. Weed, the Hev. Dr, J. G, Cralgheat and the ey, John Saller, 473 tho Rey, (. W, Cuan, M, D,y and the Rev. N, 'C. Chapln, *40; tha Kev, B. {1, Smith, 60} tho Ray, T, W, Bal: ley, '63; tho Rev, I M. Dartlett, D, D, W33 tho Rev. Isracl Brundage, 1501 tho Rtev, George C. Noyes, D, L., % the Rtev, William J, Eastinan and the Re Charles E. Kuox, D, D., 7593 tho Rev. J. Allen Maxwell and the Kev. teney V. Hallnuting, 'mf' Hm' Rev, Albert Bnlmuué '613 the Rev. B, , 11118, '63; the Rev. O, A, Kingsbury, aud tho Hov, & 4, Drigesy Bo D, %6 the flov, B, Yarsons, 8:° tha Reve Hlenr P, Collln, Howard Kthlbu!y. Duncan C, Milner, A, R.'Olucy, and’ Jlenry ‘1% Reese, of 2643 the Rev, W, 1L 8nyder, of 1703 the Revs. J. Milis Gelston, Euzeno I 3ills, W, D, Thomns, W, il Xiwflli and Donald Fleteher, of '73; the Reve, Jou I1. Eastinun and I, C. Uranger, of 753 the Reys, Ten K. Sargent, Ed Schotield, N, C. Rommell, and E. I Foster, of 573 tho ltev. L A, Edson, D, D, and tho Rev, E. [, Curtis, ¢lnsses unkuown. When the rich viands of the dinner had lined the wulstconts, and the exhilarating {ce-water had belghted the eyes and warmed the blood of the comipany, interesting remarks were wade, informally, by o number of the members, refer- ring, ul course, to alina mater and bygone days speut {n study in her qulet cloisters, » CUMBERLAND, TIR FIXTIE DAY AT LINCOLN, ILLs Speciul Dispalch o The Trivune. Lincowy, I, May 23.~Tho sixth day's pro- ceedings of thy General Assembly of the Cum- berland Presbyterfau Church wera fnaugurated with the customary relliglous services. The As- sembly ot once proceeded to the conslderation of the report ‘of thg Committec on Publicatfon, which tas already beeu published fn_ Tna Twiwuxs. Judge Carruthers, of Letanou, Tenn., in tho vourso of 4 Jont und powerful argument, ubserved that there should bo no bitterncas of feeling In the consideration of this question, 'The Church lind o government, and, if It were u government, it must govern somcbody. 1f the judicature of the Church were not 4 goverament It would on- wh ko w voluntary meeting called together tu puss resvlutlons und glve advice, 'Tho gov- crument of the Chureh was something ke the Civit Government, No man wus allowed to oo cupy a position [n i unless he would swear ho would support the Constitus tlon of tho United Btutes nnd that of the Government of his Btate. They had pledzed themnelves (o lll‘ppurt the Confessfonof Fajthas they had pledgzed themeclves to support Lho whale of the deliveratices of tho Chureh, The action of tuis Bourd, having emanated from tho (Gcenern] Asscinbly, was just as bluding as other cuactinents of the Church, Auy onu opposed to the vovernment of the Church ho rezarded Iu the sama light as natiiflers aud sceessionists wers reganded by civil Governnents, In regard to the quety which had been prapounded with regurd to TIE INTENTION OV THE CHUKCI In takiug this action, lie it was patent the Clrch did not spend 525 I buying up the other Chureh papers for thu purpose of preventing any private indivhlual startdug unother journal, He azreed with the clause of Wie report recont- mending thelrdiscountenaueing as u Churchisuch private enterprise. The Rtev. Young, of Texas, regarded thls ate tempt to muzele thy press as o very great mis- take, and State papers ought not 10 by in o it with tue Cumbertand l'ruh[’/llrhm, the of ticial journal of the Church, His own Presb; tery was opposed to the consolldation, advocated a focul veligious press, The spealier entertafied the Asseulily with an extended bis- tory of Texas, und was procecdiug to discuss the whale of the report lustead of tne particutar itent, when un uusuccessful uttempt was made to conflue the speaker to five minutes. After A TEDIOUS DISCUSIION of the subject, thu speechies were limlted to twenty wnlautes each. 'Tha Kev. Green, of Ne- braska, moved to strike out the objectionable tvatures of the report. ‘The Rey, Staluback, of Mcmphls, was of ©pluiop that, unless they came to u barmonfous conclusion on the lubiett, danger of o division §n the Cliurch wus painfully munifest. In order tu effect this hasmonious conclusfon, he moved :ll:‘:l;)‘léulwmg a8 o subatitute for the item fu ) Atesolred, "That the nctlou of former Goneral As- semblics on tho aubject uf $he consolidution of lupl.( ca) anied Subbutls Schools Was aisy a ported, board achools frea schools if should sce that alf Lh‘;l should to - ac inz of lie the necevsary funds for the support of such wchaals, ‘Flic Asveinbly then adjourcd, OTHER DENOMINATIONS. METHODISTS. TRE DALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Bavtistong, May 23.—In the Methodist Protestant Conventlon, Plttaburg was sclected 8 tho placo for holding the next Generul Cone forence, Couslderation of the report of the Committee on Houndarics was resumed, and the report was adopted.: The Districts of Michigan, West Michigan, Indlana, and Kentucky remaln unchanged. Other districts in tho ‘North, South, East, and West, with o fow unlwportant changes, remaln tha same, ‘The Committco on Misslons submittod a ro- port. It provides that tho General Conferenc at its quardennial session, shull elect o Bor ot Missfons, couslsting of nine wembers, fn- cluding threo as an Exceutive Comuittes,whoss term shinll be four years, and focated fu Spring- eld, O, ‘The Committea ou tho Kevislon of the Con- stitution and Discipline of the Church submit- ted an additional report, which was considored and adopted. ‘The report of the Committeo on Minlsterial Educatfon recommendfug the carly cetablishi- "’;""éfi"" of o l.huolugktfi sewnloary was recome mitted, A resolution that the meveral Annual Confer- ences or thelr Presfdents bo requested to tako measures for the celebration w thelr respective listricts of the completion of the first half cen- tury of the Methodist Protestant Church, which takes place Nov, 18, was wdopted, A reeotution to sppofnt a committeo to pre- are a statlstical report to he tuserted In the rulun:ulln( proccedings of the Convention was wlapted, ‘Fha report of the Cominittes on Revislon was resumed, and the articles on General Cliurch Hoarda, duties of pastors, ussociato pustors, su- pernumernries, ministers, unstationed wintsters, uud clasy-teaders ndapted, After several minor amendments the articlo " on Ueneral Duties of Trusteos was adopted, A paper recommending that the Prestdent and Secretary of the Conveution hold the same oftices In thu Church until the next (loneral Canventlon, but have 1o preroptive or power tnl “"ffi'“ ana auswer correspondence, wis ndopted, ‘Tho report of tho Committes on Reviston woa resumed, and artfeles on revislon, publle worship, courso of study for the wiulstry, and Christian duties, wers adupted. Au amendimest agamat the use of tobacco was addod to the lntter articly, At 11 p. i, the'Cunvaenlion is atill in scsslon with o view of completing fte labors and ade Sourning flualfy to-nizht, “The entlro réport af tho Committeo on Ro- vistun was adupted, Dr. E. J, Drinkhouse, David W. liates, and W. . C, Dulaney wero appolnted a Committes o preparc and publish the procecdlugs of the Convention. ‘Tl report of the Connnittes on Misslous was ndurtv:‘l Jrithout debate, ‘The report of the Commities on Minlaterial Fducation, urging the establisiment of a theo- winary, was adnpted, eports of the Committies on 1lvmu Books dopted. The Committee on Church f:xwmlou re- y refi::mcndln: tk‘:l esu&alhhmuuk of 8 ur that puspose, opted. Adjourned, 4 ; MISCELLANEOUS, GERMAN CAYMOL.ICI. CLEVELAND, May 23,—In the (ferman Cath- olle Central Assocatlon, third day's sesalon, the Cummittee on School Syatem reported as follows: Airet—~The Catholics do not fight the schools system uow in extatence, but Joave it to itself and it own develupments, but they think thy best aolution of th stances, nOW In exlstence fn 19 hring to the higheat potalble perfection, o th will not unfy bo equal, hut superior, to otue ¢ schiool question, under tne circum- thelr puolls they Second—The Cathollce should nake thelr own le: that muans, they dren fn Catholic rchools b lnstructlon geatls. The best meany mplish 3t would bLe the slart- auhool socicties tin all Catho- communitles which shal} furuish ‘Phie members of lius Ceutral Avsocistion pledze theniselves 10 work with tho utnost 2eal fur hie establivhing and support of the school sucle tien. 1'/“'4—:1'!10 statistical reports on Catholic schioa. mattors fu our country uio desirable, 10 nlwuys Lave full knowledge ou the status of the schools. M’l‘ha Feport was unaninmowaly adopted without hate. v Ou motlon the Exccutdvo Commitice was fn. structed to take the newasary steps for the ju- yapers 1y hereby peatisised, and the Cumberland | corporation of il Assoclation. Lresbyterion carneat) ¢ - mwg ;' gr'xlntchm'ch{ recuidmended 10 the pat: The substitution, after o brief discusslon, was Whthdsuwn, Tho editor of the Pretsbure Prve- bylerian was theu aecorded the floor, He spoke euthuslastically fu favor of e LiuguTr or 1M pRxss, i nd urge at priyate enty 7| Aé\:.l. foterfere Elnh 1hu“§&l e ured, Alie Assetnbly then took a recess. The firat bous of thy altcruoun sesslon was | Assoclativn, so that duyoted to the transaction of routing Lusiness, Au Luvitation to visiy the State Iuatitution fur and it was adopte: ur}?éd té: support. the Ferclusiote. of the o cla) organ of the | the ‘Lug Comnnitice ou Priutine recomnmended, that the socletivs should by e Exceutive Committee reported n favor procity uf traveling cards between Ceutral Adsociation and the Irish aevolent Unfon, aud {¢ further rec- L the * followlng — rules: That travellug curds of cisher As- soclation ' should Lo recogmuzed by the societies belonging to either A members who get sick stould huve tho sam beuvtit as regular resident wmembery of thut Assoclation, sud that the amount of the beneflt shoull be th sama as fs pald by the soclety which las [ssucd the traveling-canls; “that & member dles, his goclety aball he potified at once, that his body may be conveyed to his home, and If this {s Imposstble, the So- clety in the placo shall take charge of and give the Lody n respectabls burial; that all expenses nust bee pald by tho Hoflm.rv which has Issued tho traveling-canl, and (1t fuils to do so the Central Aseociation ur the Irish Benavolent Union shall be responai- ble for the payment; that these rules shall be applicable only Lo places whero only socletles of one denomination exists, ‘The report was adopted. BAPTIAT MIBS10NS, ProvinmNce, May 23.—~At thoe session of the American Baptist Misslonary Unfon the Coms mittee on Special Misslonary Papers submitted a report recommending that the existing debt of $47,000 be paid, hot by general contrivution and retrenchment of * missons, or by withholding from Burmah the new mission fn Baumoy, but by more universal and laf giving The managers were requested fo In- quire whether there are not some missions which may be discontinued for the sake of more largely relnforcing missions of greater promise. The réport was adopted. A proposition o clear the whole debt of £47,000 was received with tremendous ap~ plause, and sums were offered by individuats or ”‘fir{fi by churches until $30,000 were sub- scribed. "The First Baptist Charch of Cleveland, 0., was chosen s the place for the next annual meet.- fienum of Committees on Asiatic and European missions, recommending no abau- donment of the work, were adopted. ‘The Committeo on Enrollment raported 804 e memberes and 123 delegates present. ‘The Rev, Messrs, W, E. flateher and A, E, Dickinson, delegates from tho Southern linptiat Convention, were invited to the platforin, President. Robinson extended true Chrls. tian Fellowsbip from cvery member of the Unlon, They respunded’ riefiy, A resolution was offered and referred o the Bonrd of Managers, providing for the appoint- ment of a commnittee to confer with like com- mittees on the part of the Home Missionury and Publication Socletiea to prepare a plan of consa'idation of the scveral sucicties. = After closing remarks by the President the meeting adjourned to meet at the call of the Executive Committee. WISCONSIN SUNDAY-SCITOOLS. Spectal Diepatch to The Tribune, Osngosu, Wis, May 24.—Tie Stats Sunday- 8chool Association began its annual sesslon hero to-day, with o prelininary opening luat night, Byron Kingsbury, of I noty presiing. About 160 delegates aro prescut, Prof. Toune, of Chicago, {8 couducting tho singing, and L, F. Jucobs 1s promiuent In the Convention. Mr, Jacobs spoke toa packed audience to-night at the Congregatfonal Church. TROOKLYN SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. New Yoni, May 23.~The forty-cighth annf- versary of the Drooklyn Bunday-School Unlon was celebrated fn that “city to<lay, and it is esti mated that about 40,000 children participated in it. The weather was ali that could be desired for the event. The children nssembled {n thele varfous schoofs aud touls part fn some short ex- cretsesy they then proceeded to the differont churches to “which they were nssigned, whers h{mus were sung and ndidvesses delivered, after which the parades took pluce, There were efght divisions, and In_each dlviston wero from six to elhit schools. The processlous were nccompa- nled by bands of muslc. 1 THUB 'APAL ADLEGATE. Bpecial Dispateh to Tha Triduna. Quence, May 23.—Creat preparations nre being made in this clty for the reception of Dr, onroy, Papul Ablegute, 1lis Lordship will ar. rivent Polnt Levl by the International traln late to-nleht, and will'bo met by o comnittes of reception, He will erons to this side in tho morning, and will be _escorted by varions Cath- olle societica to tho Basilyes, where low mass will be said, Arches aro ereeted ot varlons potuts on the llus of procession, and arrange- ments lave heen made fur o goneral jllumina- AMUSEMENTS. ROSE EXYTINGE AS CAMILLE. MissEytingo's conception of Camille docs not Qffer cssentlally from that of other nctresscs who hinve cssayed the part in this city, except in g0 far as sho i required to tnodify tho uhysical expressfon of diseasc, Sho cmbodics the Intenso fecling, tho devotlom, the slow, ‘wastiog offects of suffering and decay in much the samo manner a8 hor predecessors. In the firat acts she Is perliaps too earnest for tho ideal coquette, and {n tho latter onca still too vicor- ous for an interesting Invalld; but her treatment of {he character {3 ar- tistic, and shows both fuiclligent study and successful mcthod. 8ho reaches her highest polnt in the sceno with the elder Duval and her ‘parting with Armand, Her death 18 palufully real and fmpressive. In thie exhibition of suppresscd emotlion sho seldom 1aila of lmn- Tect reaults, ftis deoply to bo regretted that sbo I8 not better adapted, phiysically, for tho part, which requires leas ainple proportions and majesty than she bestows upon it. A simllae criticlam might be passed upon her dovelop- meut of the character emotionally, but i this latter poiut perhaps there would "be much dise ugreement of opinlon amnoug judges, ‘Tho per-+| formance {was not so successful ua € mlght have been In consequenco of the absence of Ay, 'Thorne from tho cast, and the substitution of Mr. Les for him. ‘This accldent, s the reports sometimes say, threw u gloom over the festivi- ties of the oceuslon—for which, howeyer, Mr, Loeo wus hardly to blame, fuasmuch as he hal token the part ot @ woment's notice. To-nleht Miss Eytiuge will apuear s Julia fu ie Hunchbaek,” aud Mr. Thorne will appear as Sie Thomay Clijford. ¥riday night, for hier bencfit, Miss Eytinge will' pliy drmande Chandoce it # Led Astray.” e b— g THE BLACK HILLS. A Sketch of the Situation nt Dendwood, . Estruct from o Pricale Leller (o @ Qentlemun in Chicuga, Deabwoon, Dak. Ter,, May 14.—I arrived fu this city on the Lith fust, was on the road twenty-ona days out of Cheyenue. 1 camu in by the new road (mud up to your neck), I pald slx cents per pound for wy welight and bagoage, with thoe understanding that I was to ride all tho way; but, alas! I svou discovered my mis- tako: [ had to walk ot the way,—300 miles, Board Is 815 per week, and hard to ot at that; day-board plone fs $10 per week. The town I8 crowded with men ont of work and out of wnoney, Thetruth of the matter lv, too many &ra coming hera for the [lills to support. Wagres runge from 34 to $7_per duy for thoso thatare able to get work. Tobaceo,” chewing s #1 per pound; smoking, abont 81,23 &sr pound; clgurs, connnon 15 cents, ontinary, 25 tents a vicee, Flour, §28 per hundred, or 350 per bar. velt how te that for hight Votatoes, 15 cents per pound. Everything is sold by the pound erey Ono man has got up a coriwer on flour, and finu run it up fvom $15to %28 per hune dred fn the last tiiree duys, Wiisky s 23 cents a drink, and very poor stufl at that, Byery other liouseds cither” o saloon, gambling-house, or huse of prostitutiony Tils (4 ons ol tho most lively towns that the country has ever hads that 48 what thu ‘miners here all _ eny. Hardly a night passes Lut what there are balf-a- dozen n?hu siht in the walu street of tho town. My advice to people in the States, wio inteud to” come herato milne, is to stay where they are, for there are fiva uien for every posts 1! bere, They will have to put up Witha ureat deal of “hardships and privations by their overlaad trip from Cheyenno to Desdwood— 60 miles, 1 soeak frooi experleaice, and, theres fore, ought to know, You cun mako tho trip bf stage from Cheyenno to Deadwood in about sfx days: fure 3503 meals on the way 318, inak- iug abiout $70 tor the throuwh trip. 1 camne Ina truln of overed wagous for about 3803 but it touk o twenty-onw days to et hiere, Frelght from Choyenne bess §3 3 cents per pound, A dime or o pickel {8 never waed In this country; ulmost everything 1s 23 cents. ‘The tnoney In circulation 1s gotd-duat und silver coin, ‘There are two dwsly papers liere,~the Pioncer aud the 1ines; (n size they aro ubout twlce as large as an urdlnary theatre-programme, Tuere aro seven broweries, two coarcoul-pits, thres brick-yards, und soveral saw-mlils, snat I kuow of§ also, two theatres. ———— STILL COMING TO CHICAGO, Apectal Dispatch 4o The Tridury, Broosixatun, I, May —Au ecxcurslon- traln of 1,500 people from McLean County will wrrive in Chicogo at | o'clock to-morrow via the Chi & Alton. ‘they will remalu uantil 5 o . Friday, The tealu, a3 run, is o specula- tion by the Methodist Church, and the excursion lucludes rail aud lake. e —— POOR CHANCE FOR A DEAD MAN. Spacial Dispaich 1o The Tribune. ‘BrooMiseros, I, Muy 2.—Ward 11, Lamor, of Washington, telegravhed here to-nleht | quiring if Benator David Davie® lluess was se- rlous, which fudlcates that a report is alloat that that geatleman 13 stek. Sevator Davls {3 hero ab bioute 1 perfect healths THE COURTS. Personnl Property Taxes Not n Maritline Lien in Ad- niralty. The Lancaster Insanity Caso Still on Trial Before Judge Blodgett, Foreclosure Suits Entered Against the Wilder Property, New Suits, Divorces, Confessions, Judgments, Eto. In the mattck of L. C. Huck, Connty Col- lector, ve, the procceds of the schoomer Pil- crim, Judge Blodgett rendered an Important declsfon, holdingd that personal-property taxes are not o marlthne lien in adinlralty, 1t ap- peared that personnl-property taxes had been levied year afler year sineo 187 agalnst Catharioe Downey on the sehiooner Dilgrim, which she owned, and they amounted to §35.01 last January. Previous to hiis last dateyhowever, and I the fall of 1870, the schooner was lbeled under o claim for sea- men's wages and sued for $925, Other claims were proved np and pard, leavinga balance of $182.31, which was claimed by n party who had. o morlgage for 866433 0on the vessel. L. U, Iluck, as County Collector, fileid au fntervening petition, clalming that hehad o first len on this balance for the $55 of taxes nbove men- tioned, The questfon was thus directly rafsed swhetlier personal-property taxes were o marke timo lien, and, if so, whether they wero entl- tled to priority over a mortgagin The matter svas referred” to. Commissioner Proud{oot, and he deelded fn tha negative on both points. Ilis conclusions were adopted by Judge Blodgett, who, on exceptions to the ré- ort, overruled them and ordered it 1o be cons firmed, The Commissioner stated that the riles In ndmirsity provided as to what should be deened mariline contracts and maritime licns, but did not mention taxes. The revenus Iaws of Illinols provided that personal- frupcrty taxes ahould be a lien on he personal properly of the person assesscd. The statutcs slso provided for licns on vessela for supplies, labor, «ste, moterials or '?n{xm’ of any kind, but no heatlon was made of taxcs. The declsfon In the cage of {tie Lottawanne, 21 Wallace Rep,, 658, was declsive of the ques- tions In the present Instance. That caso declded that after paynient tu full of all ctafins having luna by the udmiraity law, clalins under mari tima contracts, where the Stato law gave o lien, might come In. It thero remain- cd o surplus afterwards, the mortgagees wero to Lo pald to tley exelusion of claims for home supplics, and wnless the con- tracts under which the claiins vyere brought wero maintained In thele nature th ey could have no standing in o court of admlre.lty, vor could thiey rccovor agelnst procceds in” ndmiralty. The State laws giving liens far_such claims could not in any way nffect tlwy Federal laws governing adniralty proceedings, 1t could not be for a nioment elalmed that parsonal-propert) toxes wers In any sense maritimoe in thelr nature, They werd assesscd ngainst persons, not against things, uud an adeqguuto remedy could be found by proper diligetice In the Btate Courts, The clahin for taxes estended back to 1873 but, in admiralty, clalms of suchcharacter in tho nature of secret liens wers uu!uvumh{‘y regarded, and, if dug Alizenco were not_used, were considered ns stale, and rejected. It was cven required that seamen’s wages, tho inost favored claims fn Admiralty Courts, should bo proscented withuut delay, or the advantage of thelr liens would be lost, *Tha present instance #cemed to bo an attempt Lo forcs on the Federal Courts It nu admiralty proceeding the collee- tion of s etnls tax o the exclusion of claling Wwhich by the Admiralty law wore protected, and thefr classificatfon {n tho order of priority fixed. But even if the claim for taxes could bs “admit- «ted, thero would Lo nquestion as to ta ctassifl- catfon In tho order of priority, In the Lotta- ‘wauna caso the claims for supplles in the homo Jort wera deferred to tha claim of the murtl.’n{.’l:m They constituted maritime contracts, and if they wero postponed throngh belng a len on the vessel, how much more would o clalin for taxcs, not belngmaritime iu ita nature, be postponedor deferred in favor of the mortgareo; and oliowed at all, it could not como In untti after thomortgngo wus satisticd, Tha question as to thic tax, arising s it did in a proceeding in ad. miralty, must governod by the law as lald down fu ndmleatty proceedings, aud the clalm of the County Collector would' therefore have 0 bo dismiased, TUR LANCASTER CABE. “Tho trial of Alvin N, Lancaster on a chargo of insanity was vuntluged yesterday all dny before Judgo Blodgott, ol the -court-room was filled, Lancnater himaelf sat motlouless, his eyes fixed on tho ground, and elasping his wife’s band in his own, nppurnnl\y taking little or no Interest in tho cnse except when addressed, ‘The tirst wit- neas was Lrol. Jewell, who testified that from what ho had seen or heard of Lancastor ho con- Aldered lim to be sulfering from Inclpient par- ualysls of the brain, and that he was not compe- tent nt tho tine of tho trial to appreclate the situation he was fn, Mr. Bodemunn, o driwzzist, conflrned the tes- timony of Dr, Wickershain as to the Ininppost seene. Mr, Stampfoskl, o real-cstote dealer, gave several fnstances fu which Latcaater had acted In an frrational mannar, Dr. Blako testilled that huwas acquainted with Lancaster, and Judaine from what ho lud #cen of blm i Juil, and the testimony bo hud heard Tucsitay und _yesterday, ho conshdered Nhis to by of uusoioul mind"on the Lithof February last when Lo was tried for perjury. Dr, Pitoll teatifled that Lo had kuown Lan- caster for seven or flfiht yenrs; had lived with him and been his famfly physlcian the greater art of that time. — During the last two years Laucaster had changed much for tho worsc, aud tho witness thiought from his strange conduct, rom the hatkictuation tder whicli ho Iabored aa Lo his great wealth, aud as to the conspir- autes formiod againet him, from the testlmony fn the vresent case, and, above all, from his Tong wfilnmtnncn. that the defendunt was un- duubtedly fnsano ut the time of hls trial for erjury. p“.\fr. {nmbnrd. o lawyer, stated that Lancaster ave as redson or discharzing Mr, Petors that 0 had folned the other gide, or Joined in o con. spiracy ngainst him, In the afternoon District-Attorney Bangs opened the case for the Government by calling E, C. Davidéon, 1o testificd that Lancaster was u very quick-tempered man, but ho had not notleed any -{m atoma of Insaulty i him, Alexander McLean, for several yoars a clerk of Luncaster, testified that be_ did ot think iy former employer fusane, | [l however, thought he had changed much of late yeurs, and was surprised to sco that Lancaster did not recog- nize him Monday when lic mot him. dJ. W, Furley, Lawrence Proudtoot, J, N. Buck, Francts Hodmun, and John Connell, al) more or less acquumted with Laucaster, testifled that thuy did vot, from what they kuew or saw, con- sider him to he {nsane, Sotig of them bad no- ticed hewas quick aud nervous tempered, but they did not notice anything which would lead thein to helieve him of unsound mind, J, . Farmer, a cool at the []ull. was the next witness, [fe testitled that ho fiad walted on him thieo times o day while he wae in the fall, oud had discovered nothing unusual in his conduct, J. ¥, Boardruau, Keoper of the \Woodmil lotel, followed, flo had been acquainted with Luncaster since 1874, aud the latter bad been s gzuvet fur somu time, Nover beard hin say anything about anv couspivacy, nor act fu any manner lidleative of insauity, Mr. und Mrs, Laucaster and her mother then left the court-room, and Dr., Paoll was reealled, and testified that Lancaster had for many years beon sullering from the effects of amative ex- cessed. Mo camo to witness [n 1869, sullering greatly, and the bunca of his noss wers theu affectéd. Witneas treated him for mouths, sumetlmes twice o day, aud cured bim, so that he Lud not since been” affected. Dr. Jewell, recalled, tostitied that his opiufon ‘was not materiully modliied by the testiwony of Dr, Paoll. The Wiscase wentioned, however, was a cuuse of fussulty, aud u pain In the head was ono of the most common symptoms. L thought that Lancaster's coudition must hayve uguravated bis discase, Dr. Blake, recalied, ugreed with Dr, Jowell in i oplulon, Mr. Donfield, a night-watihiman at the jall, stated bo had conversd witli Lancaster fiity or seventy-five tmes, and bad notleed nothing pee culfar "“‘“k"’ un ol oceaslon, when bio #: conspiracy hadl been furmed agalnst tlin, The casy was then postponed until this morn- fu, when some wore medical experts will be examined. pivonces. Virtue Blair filed her bill yesterday, stating tbat she wus married to Rovert Blair n 8eptem- ber, 1572, and lived with Lim until March last, wisén sl lett, hin on aecount of Lis erucltvyand upplied for a diverce. lluj:rumhcd veforu, and. sbe withdrew her suit aud went back to live with bim ugatu, He broke Lis prowises, aud she charges ho has been (n the bahit of beating and kickiug ber, of geutlng druok, aud of fre- uenting the company of women ot bai ic laft him n acean thme ormen of tute, mud #he proposes. this time {0 push lier s througly, deapite his deceltfal Promgee: Nellie Wilson Hhodes nlao filed 1 v mplaint againat hee hushand, Ransom E. Rhodes, Prag- ing to be rid of him on account of his drunken. ness, And Julls Herntagn came Into o acked to be releasedl from her vinrs (:;“:\r:';‘l:‘:""l Bfirll%nuu\lic--nuuu ncl In;l deserted her, dudge Maoore yeslerday grauted n ey divaree to- Matile K. Von Tagen tram Gast 1L, Von Tagen on the pround'of cruelty, The ollenses were commitied at the Commercfal Hotel last winter and this soring, Lut they ca. sisted blllnfl{ of focking complainant in hep roow, or pulling or pushing her around, thoueh o severe violence was wsed, The complatnany secms to have gotten her decree guite ensily, N ?nc‘rue \bus nlsu“ r}?lmlc;\ 0 Daring 1, ichols trom Dorens B, Nlenols on o i of desertion. the ground ke 1 b e Tnat o-morrow will bu the last day of e the June terin of the Superlor (,\z;rrt‘ ety The Conneciieut Sutint 1o 1ne e Connecticut Mutual Life. Hgtran |- pany filed a bill yesterday agafust Nal.ht.l':n?l"fl and Martha E, Wil L Thompson, 1, v, Bishop, J. M. Arwedson, Obadinty Jacliron, David ‘A, Gage, the Third Nationa) Buot Chicago, Albiea” Cate, James Vau Deventer, and " florce Willlams to foreclosy A mortgaze for 810,000 on the narth hait of Lot 8, except the north alx inches of the east aixty-tive feek thereof, in Block 170f Fraction Scction _Addition to Chleago also another A‘mlnu . I and Martha E, Wilder, Joseph Mouk, Christopher Mcedolin, Moses Bensinger, L. B. Schmidt, D. 8, Covert,' Jncob Greey sy . 11, Scavey, Thomas B, Seavey, E. 1. Heavey, O. 4, Gllman, - J, M. Arwedson, Obadinh Jackeom, D. A. Oz, Alvlon Cate, J. M. Brunswick, dullus Balke, &, ¥. Trocacher, Janies Van Deventer, and lorace Wittiam, tg foreetose o mortgage for $85,000 on Lots 30 ana 381, Block Y, of Fort Dearborn Addition and n third agaiust N. . and Martha E. Wilder, J, 1, Thompeon, H, W. Bishop, Jacos MeDi e PThied Natiounl - Hank ot s dJ. M. Arwedson, Obndish Jackson, T’ A . Alblon Cate, James Van Devente Tioracs iiliams, sl the.Younelore Aryymect tural_Iron Company, to forcelose n mortzarg for 875,000 on parts'of Lots 12, 13, nnd 14, Lok 16, of Fort Dearborn Additlon, hounded as fol- Jowa: commencing at the north corner of sald Lot 14, whero thg south line of Wasbington street Interscets the west linc of Dearborn lace, and running thence west along the nortfy inc of sald Lot 14 81 feet and 6 {uchics; thenen south ou a line drnwn_ paraliel with the west line of snid Dearborn place through sald Lots 11, 18,a0d iuto Lot: 12 feet; thonee cast on n linc drawn paralicl to the uorth linc of said Lot 12, 81 fect and 8 Inches to the west ling uf Denrborn ;:lam:‘ and thenco north along the cast lue of eald Lots 12, 18, and 14 120 fect to tha place of beginning; eall premlscs having o trontage of 8134 feit on Washington strect by a depth of 120 feet on Dearborn place, - NANKRUPTCY MATTENS, Alonzo C. Glcasen, o carpenter at 626 Statg street, of this city, handed {n_his st of dehts and assets yesterday to the United States Dise trict Court. Ioowes 81,881,861 Ilfs only un- exeinpt assets are $198.05 in bad debts, The petitivn was referred to the Rezister, A discharge was Issucd to Willlam Higcfne, In the case of George F\ Farrington, an order wae mado for tha sale of hia nsseta for 81,800, The case of Lyman . Hunt waa relerred to the Registar for final report. Bradford.Hancock was appointed Assizneo of William A, Ewlng, The composition meeting In the caseof L. C. Pitner was continued to’May 30, Assignees witl be_chosen at” 10 o’clock this morniug for A. N, Jengen and John C. Gocbel, and at 11 o'clock 1or Revsaclacr 8tune, A com- I)nmlon meoting will also be held at 10 o'clock in the case of Gocbel, Thy first-dividend meoting In the matter of the Crystal Lake Pickliug & Preserving Works s sot for 2 p. m. . BUPERIOR COURT IN DRIBF. Honry Withbeck commencad a sult yesterday against Willlam Price, Clark Lipe, A. B. Caol, ond James 8, Kendall, claiming gfi).ooo John_Woodbridge, Recelver, for tho use of senry W. Kinabury, sued O, B. Dickinton, B, ©C. Leach, aud Junathan Abel for $1,600, Loyl Rosenfeld and Jacob Rosenberg brought sult to recover $0.000 of 1L, IL Honore, John Schioll and Willlam Locb fileda il agolnst Emily Iackett, James E. Hackett, and o lnrgo number of others, to forcclosca trust deed for 81,600 on Lots 48 anddiin C. G. B, Trussing’s Kubdivision of the 8. W. Bloci of the E. 83 88-100 ncres of tho 8, 3¢ of the 8, E. }of Bee, 12,80, 18, “The Lasallo Zine Compauy sucd Joln B. Go- rard and Antolno Gateau for §1,000, LEmit Diotzsch ,for the use of Frank Agnew ct al,, Lrought suit fu debt to recover 81,400 danie 08 ?t ohn Bweenev, Kern Cash, und James gl Anton Bkow-Petersen ot al.y for tho use of E. G'; Mason, sucd Houry Ureencbaum & Co. for Thomas C, Day commenced o suit for 835,000 againat tho Fifth Natlonal Bauk ot Chicago, Ueorge Armnour begun a sull ugainst Willlam M. Turoman to rocover $1,000 vamages for an alleged breach of coveunant, ‘The Amcrlean Buspender Company sucd L. Moses for §1,000. . CINCUIT COURT, Juaul)h Aloxander beran o suit yostenlay ainst Bamuel W, Allerton to recover 82,500, 'rederickt W, Hindekuper. cotmmenced ' sult in roplevin agalnst Charles Keen, Sherlil, to re- coyer 100tons of ralirond jron; valued at 14,00, solzed 1o sutisfy o judgment agafust the Dan- villy Rallroad, COUNTY count. 7. Inthe eatato of Churles Bauter, a grant of ad- ministration was mwule to Marla E. Sauter under bond for $32,000. THE CALL. D08 DRteasoNu—In chainbers, Juoar Bropurtr—Untiuited call of calendar, beginning at No. 60, The Lancaster maunity case 1a atill on tris], and prol \’_',’ wuod for ol day, Junuk Ganr—~s0, 81, 03 to 1001, 1010101, and 106 to 111, Inctisive, No. 83, Feency ve. Uarland, on trit JUNGR JAmEsoN--Assists Judgo Oary snd hcars passcd casea, No. U7, Darrow v, Fltzpatrick, on trial, Jdunux Moore—53, i, Jubar Roucis—8et caso 4, 687, Jlaino vi, Tloe den, nnd caleudar Nos. 3to 20, Inclusive, X Yoorach va, Columbus, Chicago & Clucinnatl Jtalle road Company, on trial. Sigunct McALLsTen—G7 to 86, thelusive, excepd 08, 62, G4, 60, and 78, No. 85, Ekcrwn Ve Tiyan, on telal, Jdupoy Fanwrti—Set care 1,012, Crane ¥4 asder, .nlmuz Witttaxs—The Walker casea still o8 rial, trin JUDOMENTS. Surnion Count—Coxrrsnions—Iicnry M, Dofes ot L Ve John V. Clage an. Goorg S, Collih 1 No caso on trial, $024,17.~Danfcl Sharp v jan 1, Liavison, $1,130,05, — Philip lorger ve, Johin and Lsrbara et $211.63.,—~George Whicax ve, Lould r;:‘ Natloual Bank of Cbicage 202, 80, W L m:'\-u et al va, Jobn enz, g Colla g ‘Albort, Auguity $242.12. —Ilonry Martin ct ). und Frank Grondies, 110,750, 1, Cieuir Covnv—Jubor NRoaens—Albort To Lowis vs, Chicage & Pacific Jtallroad mem’"fll oM 68— deunto ‘A, Humplitey v, leaze, i fitt, $760,71 Joln's Mutual’ Benesolent Soclety homas O'lirlen, 831084 —Henee Nathau ¥, Trickdy, $25.90, ~Fhilip 'A‘sl‘wnm“- DA. fl:mh:naflgrfin scph . " Slddal),’ §520.00.~Uowan Gompany va. Auncrican "Wooden-hus. Comuanty 30 — . §. Dreyer Hyde, 701~ 0 S reee v dauee G, Hndey $1053 "G, Carponter, adminls- G, va, famc . fhity dunin MoALLIVTED b, % vordicl, $112, and mos o o ““fi';:";z.l'f.'."v.‘. o il Trust it trator, Vi tlon for now trl aud Savings Jia WITiE CHURCH HYMNBOCK, WITH TUNES, FOIt USE IN Congregational & Preshyterian CHURCHES. 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