Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1867, Page 1

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IARD OF ALDERMEN 2h, 1867.—The | 't Inid before the Boa d a communica. \ the Mayor siatny (Pat be Yad approved Oct ralac.s wRich or gi: in this Beard »& communication t the Mayor ea. ing A memoriat fron ¢ barles E jing tbe passage of an @. refan { Ain moueys (thir e or forty doltara) | ystted to ihe ¢ o ond Ward tor Privilege of tapping Lf'a street sewer, the ver Raving beea Geseseed for the coa- nD of sald sewer, and forenor haple on refers: a toe Committee on Claim: t. Given imtrodeced a ressintion request- the Surveyor toexe nine (hat portion of waler course running parallel with ih tw stand norta of Rhode Isiand avenu; Tepot. to this Boara suck recommenda- s for 1.8 mmproveme: as will abate the $ complain. d of by the citizens coatiguous e:0: Agreed to. Mr. Elvans introduced vutioa requrstiag the Mayor “to iaform Board by what authority the iron pipes ch supply Pennsylvania aveane with e «pring water from the spring on F s!reet th, Dave been taken up or destroyed by the trac.or for the laying of the sewer in licn et, amd, also, why the two large cisteras at corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 9th and \ streets—erected by the Corpora'ioa a: At expeise—as well as the pump on the thers: corner ef © and 9th streets west, © been rendered useless.” ‘The chair (Mr -r) said he had @ memorial signed by W. Metzerott and forty others, oa the sime nect. Tespeetinily inquiring by wnat au- rity the pump bad been removed, and the erns and pump rendered aselcs. The olution was adopted,and the memo:'al was »rred to the Mayor. Ir. Lioya presented tke petitron of Peter Jay, praying remission of a fine imposed on a for keeping a dog without license; referred Committee on Claims Also, petition of sia, to open 24th stree: west; md to Committee on Improvemenis. ‘yes presented the petition of property-hold- on 6th street for paving, curbing and gut- ing sald street on the west side, from H to I eets south: referred to Committee on Im- ovements. The Chair ; Mr. Barr) introduced nll to repair the alley in square 20s: referred Commitiee on Improvements. Mr. Turto om Draineze Committee, report d favorably Council bills to lay water ma‘ns in © street nth, from lth to 12th street west: ia Pand sstreets north, and 15th street west; and in O reet nor’h, from 9th to 11th streets west; and 1 Mevyland aveaue, between 6th and 7th see's Wesi: all of which were passed. Mr. Aore, from Improvements Committee, re- pated favorably on bills to ce: the curbstones 4n| pave the footways and gutiers on the sofh side of B street south, from 7th to 1th strete east, and on Is! street esst, in front of sqiare 726; passed Also, bill to grade Q street ngth, between 11th and 13th streets west; pssed. Also. bill for improving a portion of Sw street east: pessed Also, bill appropri- atng $100 to repair the Re zister’s office; passed. Also, introduced a bill io grade a portion of Ist street, 160 feet from the north line of D street south; possed. Mr. Tait, trom Police Committee, reported ‘a vorably on bill granting permission to Henry Moore to piace au iron railing in front of his Froperty, five feet from the building lin Fassed "Also. bill granting a similar privilege te W.T. Walker; passed Also. made writ- ten report on the petition of Josepn I’. Brown aud o hess. property Dolders, asking the re- moval o; the vanit or mausoleum on H street north, between 9th and (In streets west, un- faverable to the prayer of the pe:i.toners. aud the committee was discharged from its consideration. Mr. Lieyd, from the Commi:- tee en Clams, reported bill to refund to A Ballmain =4>9 erroneously denosited by bin in the Bank of Washington to the credit of the Tedemp:ion fund of the Corporation; passed. Also, reported bill for remissioa of a fine im- pesed on Caroline Bannerman; passed. Mr Elvane. from the same Comm'tter reperted Javorably on Counetl bill for relief of Patrick Quirk; passed. Mr Richards, fron the Com- mittee on Schvols, reported the following sub- stitate for the Couacil bill, making au appro- pristion for payment of the arrearazes do colored schools of Wasbington, in accordance With the act of Congress We Be its r vide for the Tequired from the city of W the Trnatees of the the actot Conzre ssneh or ret incInding the cost of si nents. furniture and boc tures on account of s¢ hetween the ages of six ard seventern yeurs, to the whole nuiuber of children. white and ered. between the same ages,” there b hereby. appropriated out of the s« case of its insufficien the sum of thirty-f ven dol in order to pro Suns oo money ag are shington to le paid to - approved J ate part 0 ou ted. That no payment. un je until all arrearages due Schools of Washington a to teache: shall ha See. 2 the said act of Congress of July 23,1556. was evidently need to give every col- ored child as much « money aso every white (which it isch strict construction of w doee not give, inasmuch as all of such quoneys have been used fort is hereby and in ca «white schools,) there ed ont of the ‘school usnfticlency. out of the neral furd.the sum of thirteen thousan eight bundred and four dollars and sixty-nine cents, (913.9 1.09.) being the amount necessary to meet the difference arising from the strict construction 7 the law and its evident invention, according to a accompanying statement above referred to in ction Ist See. 3. That until otherwise directed by the laws ef Congress, whenever any moucy is received expended for any kind of poses int city.one fi.th of such stun shall be sct apart by the Mayor to. the Trustees of Colored Schools in this city H be gulject to their order according to ths said act al elerted to, The follow ing 1s the statement referred to in the above bill:— City of Wasbington in ac- count with trustees of colored schools. Amount due from May 21, 1562. to June 20, 156: amount due trom Jniy 1, to June 2. $196.5S—8743 US; amount of interest at ten per cent. for 1¥ years, to Oct. 23, 167, rata amount trom June amount of sbursements from July 1, to June 30, 1565, $79,395.33: amount of treas- urer’s warrants aud Mayor’s disbursements trom July 1, 1865, to June 30, 1566. $65,661.98; jountof receipts and expenditures trom Jane 1864, to June 30, 1-65, $119,516 14—$29,903 20; mterest on one-fifth of last trom June 23. 1566, to Oct. 23, 1867, $3.736.91: amount ot treasure: warrants and Mayors disbursements from July 1, 1st6, to June 1567, $107,212 g!— $21,442 46: Mmterest ou amount’ due colored schools from Uct. 1, 1567, to Oct. 23, S145. whole amount due colored schools to Oct. 23, 1567, 956.054 74. Credit payments made before 3, 1586. $10,13103: Interest on same from 3, 1866, to Oct. 23, 1866, 13 years, $1,266.79; payments made, $9,159. mine months to Oct. 2), 1567, $659.95; total credit, “4746: balance due Trustees Colored Oct. 23, 1567, $34,507 28. Statement of differences as follows:—If one-fourth of $149,516.44, instead of one-fifth of same, be taken, the amount is $37,379.11; amount of in- terest on sald one-fourth for 1% years, per cent , $4,672.39. If one-fourth of S107, instead of one-fifth of same be taken, the awount is $26,505 (S; amount of interest on said one-fonrih for twenty-three days, at ten per cent., 165.59; total, $69.02).47. Amount re- ceived, &c, on said sums, one-fifth ts the pro- portion, $55,215 78: difference arising from the two Modes of reckoning, $13.-U4.6).” Mr. Ricbards moved that both the Council bill and the substitute bé printed with the pro- ceedings, aud made the special order tor next Monday night. Mr. Evans wished immediate action taken. Mr. Richards said he had no objection so tar as be was concerned, but as neither bill had been printed, he thought it beet to have them printed so that the Boara might act under- standingly. In answer to @ question of Mr. Moore, he explained bow tbe committee had arrived at the amounts. The difference be- tw the Counci! and the commitiee was committee thought that under ihe jaw ot Congress the Trustees of Colored Sc&ools were legeliy entutled te one-fifth of all money Teceived or expended toreebool purposes. The Council bill was on the basis of one-fourth. He had pat in the Council bill the difference between the two calculations, *13;£06.69, as matter of jut not as a matter of right under the law. ‘The law was clear, but as the inten tion was no doubt to place whie and colored cbildren on the same footing, he had patin the amount of the differer ce. Mr. Elvans said that the law of Congress of 1564 provided that the ect in reference to the colored schools should be construed in accord- ance with equity, aud @ccording to its intent and meanin, Moore was opposed to that part of the king &n appropriation for (his difference. He was oppo ed to voting anything or taxing the people for generos'ty 1¢ it waa not just and right. Heagrcsd wih Mr Richards, excepi as to that th‘r cea thou<and dollars. After alluding to the powiiioa assumed at .D4 last meeting by tae gentieman from the Third Ward, Mr. Eivans, and his publication in one. ef the pn \pere of Saturday last, Mr. Moore proceeded to give Bs own Construction of the bening Star, law of Congress in ference to the colored He qnoted the act of Jonas, 1981, ne Actof July mepdatory of the ove. Mentioned & Aid the provisions he ects of Congre: Preceribe the nature and ex‘e tons made upon this community for the sup- Port of colored schools. The first act required the Corporation to pay the Trustees of Colored Schools a certain proportion of the whole fund received that should be applicable under ex- isting Jaws to purposes of education, and toe second act construing the first increases the exaction py requiring tbe ent of 8 certain proportion of all money eived or expended for school purposes, or for any ob. ject connected therewith. The exac'ions ihe “construing act’? were imposed becansean every year more or ess money was expended tor ibe support of public schools whica was ho! received fer that particular pnrpose, and WAS not. therefore, liable to nssessmen? on Ac- count of colored schools. ‘Thence Coagress 60 “construed” itsown act as to cons:rain the Corporation either to abandon its own benefi- cent school system, or to pay the colored schools the desired’ proportion of the ent ecsto! thatsystem. Now, someof the differ. ences of opinion which prevail in reference to the amount justly assessable for colored schools under the Inw of Congress, arise trom the ancmatous organiz@tion of their schoois. They are not the creation of this Corporanion put of Congress,wbich, however, contributes nothing to their support, but assesses their cost upon the sums expended on the schoels of the Cor- poration. The Corporation is thus prevented from establishing colored schools of 118 own, because, at whatever cos: sneh schools might be organized and maintained, tt would not be relieved from the payment of the tax on school expenditures which annually accrues to the Trustees of Colored Scbools acting under a inw of Congress and holding their office by ap- pointment of the National Government. In fact, the moneys to be paid to these per- sons acting independently of the Corpo- ration would be increased in proportion to the additional cost that should be in- curred in establisbing colored schools, because the tex is required to be paid’ on all moneys voluntsrily expended by the Corpora- tion for educational purposes. As respects the Proportions of the white and colored children, there seems to be no difference of opinion. Ac* cording to the last census. there are four white children toone colored, which is just one fifth, and consequently the assessment should be made at twenty per cent; which oo an expenditure of one hundred thousand dol- lars would yleld to the Trustees of Colored Schools just twenty thowsand dollars. But the gentleman from the Third Ward, by ex- trnordinary computation totally inconsistent with the premises he assumes, arrives at the conclusion that these trustees are entitled to $20,000 on an expenditure ot $90,000. He falls into the error of computing the tax which we are constrained to pay under the law of Congress, As an expenditure ot this Corporation onaccount ofpublic echools, In other words, he seems to bave persuaded himself and endeavors to persuade us that the tax levied by Congress on the cost of our own schools is Itself taxabie, asa portion of our receipts or expenditures for school purposes. That in part we are re- quired to pay atax on the very money which we are constrained to pay as tax by the law ot Congress. Nothing could te more prepos- terous pan such a propusit’on, wether it be founded on ihe origina! or the “>ustruing act Alter stil furtber reviewing the laws ot Congress and their construction, Mr. Moore suid: Now will any one other than the gentle- men from the Third Ward pretend that one fif'h part of $50,000 is $20,000; certainly not; no arithmetic other than his cwn, nor any con- Tuction other than his own cau make the per centage on $60,000 under this law exceed $16,000, According to bis estimace the school expenses of the pas. year which was stated to have been $120,000 would yield the colored trus- tres $30.(C0, when under the law they are en- ltled to oriy $24,000. They (“he members who are denominatrd as conservatives) will not be misled by the strange one-sided computation of the gentleman from the Third Ward, now- ever he may thre wen to breikup the preseat system of public schools unless his extraordi- nary demands be acceded to. As a simple of the blinéness of his judgment and the inacen- racy of his figures on this particular subject, I bere quoie a single paragraph from M3 publication ef to-day which has just met my eye. Jie says in speskicg of the amovut ue to the colored schcols for the year encing the 30:h of June, 185: +-The amount appropri- sted for white school: repr ents of ourse the four-fifths of the combined fund to which sach schools eve entitled. £74,725 77. The amount due tothe co'ored being the nal one-fitth upcerthe law would be 31>. ; making a total of a combined fund, $93,410.95." It ison figures and principles as erroneous and in- com prehencible es the sample here given that we are acked to make appropriations of the public moneys without hesitation and without inquiry under a threat of the dispersion of our public schools. Who else can make 15,652 the Ove-fisth part of $74,728! Mr. Moore proceeded to say that atl we can do is to appropriate one-fitth of what we ex- pend for: ducatioral purposes to the Trus'>2s of Colored Schcols. That was the Irne and just interpreiaiion of the law of Conerecs in hie opinion. He then referred to the tureat of the gentleman, (Mr. Elvans.) that uniil this Board passes the Council bill m: king appro- priations forthe Trustees of Uolored Scrc ls, no bill for the white schools shall p:ss the Boards. He would not be deterred irom deing his duty by any such threats. There was not one gentleman in this Loard who bed ever stated that he would oppose any sppropria- tion for colored schools under the act of Con- eres. Dir. Elvans replied to that portion of Mr. Moore's remarks 2s 10 the non-essessment of scbool tax of 1565. He said that he took the reporis of the Trustees of the Public Schools as a basis for his statements, and ironica ly remarked that he hoped geome action would be taken to compel those gentlemen to make Teports on which reliance can be placed. Le motion to print both bills, with the pro- ceedings. and make them the special order for next Monday night, was agreed to. Mr. McCathran, from the Committee on the Asylum, reported a bill making an appiopria- lion for the purchase of new furnaces for .he Washington Asylum: pessed. Mr. Turton, tym Drainage Committee, reported a bill to coneiruct a sewer in 19th 6:reet west, from G to H streets north: passed. Mr. McOathran in- troduced bills to grade I street south, from 9th to 10th streets east: to repair thé foot pave- ment on 4th street east, from M street south to Gporgia avenue; .o repair and gravel 4th sireet east. irom L sireet south to the river: to con- siruct a sea wall at the foot of 4th street east; and they were referred to Committee on Im- provemenis. Mr. Given introduced a bill re- quiring the use of lead service pipe in making connection with Water mains in this city; re- jerred to Drainage Committee. Also. Dill to repoir'Ne bridge on Sth street west, between O.and R streets north; passed. Several bills from the Lower Board were re- ferred. The bills for relief of John Riggies and W. R. Hooper, vetoea by the Mayor, were received irom the Board of Common Connell, and the question being put they failed to pass over the Mayor’s veto. Council bill to amend the act to construct @ sewer in A sifeet north, between 2d street east and Delaware avenue, was passed Mr. Turton, from Drainage Committee, re- ported a bill to construct & sewer in 2d street ‘west, from D to & etreets north; passed. Coun- cil bill authorizing the Mayor to establish the width of the sidewalks of (rant street in square 375 at five feet on each side, was passed. r. Richards, from the Committee om Con- ferenci disagreeing yotes of the two Beards on the general appropriation bill. re- ported that the Committee were gnable to agree, and asked that they be discharged; agreed to. Mr. Richards then asked the appointment of anew Committee of Conterence; agreed to, and the Chair appointed Messrs. Given, Noyes and Grinder. Mr. Noyes stated that he would be too busy to serve, And asked to be excused. Mr. Given stated that he had nothing to com- promise upon, and thougat tRe Chair had made & mistake in Sppointing jum. He hoped he Would be excused from serving. Bar. Richards stated that the Committee had Agreed om all the points of difference except je. Messrs. Noyes and Given were excused, and the Chair appointed Messrs. Moore, Talbert and Grinder as the Committee of Conferenee. Dir. Elvans stated that he was authorized and directed by tae Board of Trade to reqi the Boards to meet that body and the George- town Councils and Board of Trade, at the roomsof the Board of Trade in this et morrow ¢vening, order to concert meeting In recited pls of the ezac. The the Washington caual, [The bill authorizes with W: D. ‘tho! Lot Mr. tion, in reference to the removal of sediment, by inserting « by the contrac Agreed 20 ‘My. Moore stated that the corporation bad uot @uibority to meet the expense by laying a 1 tax, as proposed. He was in favor o edging, but it could not be done in is ir. Noyes ssked Bow he won! propose to he expense ! Moore said it must be done ont seberaitund. He also Monghithe work ood o be throw open to comps and g the lowes! bidder. Mr. Wise was a goo oF and could be relied or. bat he thongh: would be th way. lie also sta‘ed thathe id mot like the ides. np part of the ‘n basin, now used as a water reser voir, for clearing the canal, pa’ did n ge any on- yection On that arco ae he had not consaltet with Mr. Wise nor any one else, and did not knoW the reasons for the deposit of sedimen: in the place proposed Mr. Noves eid tuat by’ cleaning the canat rocm would be aflorded ‘here fur the same amount of water displaced by filling up tn marsh in question, to say nothing of the ad- vantages ina sanitary point of view of Ailing Up this malaria! disifuct. Mr. Richards said the svbject was a most important one, and required carefal invests gation. Our system of sewerage was connected wih it. and action should be carefully consid. ered. He had cor fidence in Mr. Wise, but "be plans suggested for the improvement of th- canal conflicted with each other, and he was hot satstied as to which was the best. One plan wasto have a flow of water through tn canal and so krepit clean, Mr. Wise proposes to cut off part of the water area, and he nelieved a plan had been mentioned to lead the water from Rock Creek through the canal. We should consult persons who know the prince. ples of hydraulics, and it might be well to have the matrer go over until Congress could be asked to help in the matter. He favored a pos: ponement and further investigation, and su gested referring the matter back to the com- ee. i mi Mr. Noves hoped that the bill would not Tecommitted, but that something woald be done with the question speedily. So far as the principles of bydraulics were concerned, we bad all the information we were likely to get or to need. in the different investigations ana reports made. Tne report of Messrs. Cluss and Kamerhauber was exhaustive of the whole subject. The people were asking for action after ali this long delay. Mr. Moore would not like to have the pres- ent tide-locks destroyed, as he understood had been talked of. Mr. Noyes satd it was not proposed to re- move the locks in question. He understood Mr. Wire's views to be that the tide-locks would be serviceable in directing the flow of water in ove direction through the canal to purify it, but that he did not believe that any current of water would serve the purpose of dredging the canal. Mr. Richards said in reference to the plan of depositing tbe sediment in the western basin that it was valuable as a fertilizer, and spoke of arecent article ina city paper about the value ot eewerage for agricultural purposes. Mr. Noyes said that with the quantities of Government manure yet ou saleat a low price at Gierboro and elsewhere, it wonld bea long time betore the farmers of the country would be likely te trouble themselves to catt away the canal gravel for manure. ‘Mr. Given sad be would give his yote on sanitary grounds. We should give the subject due consideration before takingaction. Hehad been in favor of learing out thiscanal, believing that az long as we have any right of propri- etorsbip—if we have any, which is a moo'ed point—tbe canal will never be remunerative 1a this Corporation. The sheds and fences along the canal were a nuisance, and the work would never ke vsefal for commercial Ppurpoees, but onlyas asewer. The river front ‘was the place for the business. There was a Jack of enterprise in this city, which would hinder the canal or anything else from being remunerative, except the loan ot movey at five per cent. a month. The Board would remember the difficulty of raising money fora steamship line 8 shori time since. It was so with every project except sbaving. Our business men were verse to ex- pending S100. unless they could see how they would get $150 in return tor and even then want to oe secured by collateral. While we are burdened dy snch men we can never be prosperous as a com- munity or city. He was not prepared to vote for this bill. With the gentleman from the Fourth Ward, (Mr. Moore,) he doubted our Jevy this tax without authority of and he agreed with his friend the Second Ward that Govern- Ment should lend a belping hand in making the improvement. We should havea committce 1o confer with the Committee of Congress. The Government sewers drained into the cansl. We should hesitate before entering upon this matter, and incurring a floating or funded debt of one to -wo hundred thousand dollars. He asked how was the money to be raised for this improvement, if it should be deemed de- sirable to make it. Mr. Noye3 said he thought it rather dis- gracefol tor the Corporation to fold its arms helplessly and eay that it can do nothing to abate this canal nuisance. Where there is a will there was a way, and if we are in earnest in wishing to clean ont the conal we can raise 'y. For the credit of the Corporation this nuisance shouJd be abated, and there was no otber way short of dredging it thoroughly; and after that keeping It dreaged, which could be done et a emall annual cost of about $4,000. We brad “hesitated” and “pa.sed” and “con. sidered’ about i long enovgh. Mr. Elves asked if we did not have a pro- Position from business men who do not shave to lease this work. To dispose of this work in that way would have one good effect, and that ‘world be to take it out of the arena of politics. At apy rate he was not prepared to vote on the maiter at this time. Mr. Noyes said the committee had found Jegal and other difficulties in the way of giving itfo a private company. So far as reponsible names were concerned in a private company, the Corporatioh would have no guarantee that they would not assign their tranchise to less responsible parties. Mr. Tait said he was opposed to letting the canal go into privatehands. He wa; Bo prpeh: et, bul if such disposition wes made of it, we would have # coutinued accumulation of trou- bles and complaints about the sewers filling up tbe canal, &c. It was an intolerable nuisance atpresent, and the Corporation should prompt- ly_go to work and clear it out, Mr. Turton moved an amendment to the first fection, for appointment of a competent en- gineer, to be appointed by the Mayor, and con- firmed by the Board of Aldermen, as there was me provision for any superintendence of the work except by committees of this Board, who would not have time to attend to it. Mr. Noyes said it was hardly necessary to gO 'o the expense of an engineer to superin- tepd the working of & mud mechine. Mr. Turton said that we should not appro- priate @120.000 to be expended withont any an. Petintendence, except that of the contractor eelf. 1. Noyes said the bill provided for say intendence by a committee of the two ards The amendment was rejected by the follow- ing voi Yeas—Messrs. Moore, Richards, and Turton—3; nays--Mesars, Elvans.Givep,Grind- er, Lioyd, McCathran. Noyes, Talbert, Tait, aud President (Barr)—9. ; And the Board thereupon adjourned with- out further action. Common Councit.—President Molin in the chair, and all the fan laer) emgrard mess! ‘was received the Mayoran- nouncing bi bare of act for footways on ‘west side of 15th street, between Rhode Island avenue and P street; to grade and pave alley in Square 563; and for flag footway at G street sonth and 10.8 street east. Also, one trans- mitting report of the apothecary of the Second ward; referred. Also, 8 communication of Serveyor Bliss, estimating the cost of ing, weling and bridging 21st street, from Penn- vania avenueto dary street,at $7,920.10; referred By Mr. Slowen. @he following were presented : i— Petition for the construction of at 17th street and Massachusetts avenue. By ir. N B Olarke—Bill for foot on edt side of 11th sireet, between North C and t Capitol, street. ‘Mr. Nalley—Biui to al suisance in G street, between Delaware brid Cal FS ‘and 2d street; bill to P racciaiey ob B ere rs be een. in Bisaiey tor > — Peti mnt of taxes erroneously paid, accom: ied bya bill for the purpose;-—att ot whieh were Yemission of a fii By Mr. m of Mary Rady for te refund i Nin the echo. till invol ine any appropriation or general funds notil aiter the payment ef the tith lug appropriations tor the support of ii Mhouitod treet go. Washington tor the carrent fiseat year. and yor the pay! a sages dae to the truntess of colored 8°! Mr. Connolly offered :be following, which wae adcpred Pena re as early aa pa three foe" pes Mr. Connoi trom mittee of Con. jetenvson the General Appropria'ion bill, re- paste @ Oom' ® were unable to agre that they be discrarged anda Y appom'ed. S Reker asked or what points was nt. y answered that the Committee and on the part or the Lower Hoard could uot withdraw tbe'r objection to the clans? max? an appropriation for the salary wid contuge expenses of the Inepector of Sewers, and they also disugreed us to the modiii2ation of tne oath which had been tuserted in the bul. The motion of Mr. Connolly was adopted, and @ new Committee of Conference ordered. The Chair appointed Mvssrs. Urocker, A. P. Clark and Moore. Tho followme were reported from commit. tees:—By Mr. O. 8. Baker, (Improvements — iM establishing the width of footways in rant street, which, after some dis-nesion, WAS recommitted, but was sudseqnently agatn Teported and passed. By Mr. Arrison, (same commi.tee)—Bills for footwsys on south side of Pennsylvania avenue, between [1th and 13th streets west; for do. north side of K street street north, between 15th and 16th stree: ‘west; do. west side of Ist str: at west, betwiei 1 and K streets north, which were passed. Mr. Slowen (Health Gommittee) reported bills for the relief of D.G. Ridgeley, W.C. Mil- burn, (two bills.) E. B. Bury. J. K. Bates, E. V.B. Boswell. ward apothecarie:, which were asecd. Mr. Connolly, from the Committcs on ‘ays and Means, reported Aldermen’s bill prescribing the mode of collecting special taxes. Mr. A. P. Clark moved that the bill making appropriations for schools and to pay the ar- rearages due the trustees of colored schools (returned from tae Aldermen, who retused to concur in the ameadments,) be referred to the Committce on Schools, which was agreed to. Mr. A. P. Clark called up the resolution that the Board will not appropriate money irom the school or general funds until after the passage of the bill making appropriations for public schools, and to pay arrearages due colored schools, which was adopted—yeas 14: nayr—Messrs. Ball, G. W. Miller, L. B.S Miller, and Mc ore—5. Messrs. Connolly and L. B.S Miller sskec to be excused from voting, but the Board re. fmsed 10 excuse them; the former voting in the affirmative and the latter {2 the negative. Mr. Crocker, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report : W sHINe ron, Oct. 21, 1857. To the Board of Common Council: . Your Committee on Clainis. to which was referred Intion reque:ting the committee to asc Tmonnt of arrears due to the trustees o! schools from the Corporation of the city rexpeetfnliy anbmit the following ghteenth section of the act of Congress en. An aet te provide for the publi of youth in the county of Washingto Columbia, and for o:her purposes, 25, 1st, ag constrned by an act of Congress “rela ting to public schools of the. District of Columbia approved July 23 1835, pro¥ides that the cities of hington and Georgetown shall pay over to the t lored schools of suid cities «uch a pre portionate part of all moneys received or ex pendal for acheol or educational purposes in said cithea, i cluding the cost of sites, buildings, improvements books. and other expeaditnrs nL of school hildre: 1 63 Of BX ani se rshearto the whole number of chi i same ages; tha cortained Ly the last reported census of t te sand apportionment; and that the money shall be considered 4 payable to said trustecs on the first lay of Octo ineach year; and, if not then paid over to then interes? at the rate of 10 per centum on the amount unpaid be demanded and collected. Th census of the population of said city was take n the ar ISC0. that census the whole number ot children in the city of Washington between the a of 6 and 17 of which 11,853 were white. 2 pred. The propor n of colered children to the whole number of “fifth. The propordounte sam ustees of colored schools for the fiscal 9, 13 w t paid when it After duly demanding payment snl payment heing refused, the said trus- tuted # legal proceeding against the cor- to recover the amount. Jn this declara A suit the trnstees stated that the for white schools during aaid fiscal year 00, and claimed the sum of, $20 8, uring the pendency of the matter wai referred by. stip n to an an who, on the 24th of April last, submitted his repo: by which he decided that the whole amount ¢ Pendeil for public schools. during the gaid fecal year, was s.\8 wo appeal has been take from'the report of the auditor, and a term of t court has intervened, your committee have concla- ded that parties shouki be bound by it. and, there fore. we take the sum xo reported as the basis of calculation forsuch a fiscal year. The foregoin sum was all expended for white achools. which were entitled to but four fifths of the amount to ‘be expended for school purposes, white and col- ored, and as we have seen the colored sehools were entitled to the other one-filth. If then $79 543.33 is four-fifths of a given sum, the whole sum, or five: fifths. would be #99,556,63. of which the tra tees of colored sche © entitled to $19,983. that being one-fifth of the amount. Of this sum there has been paid to said_ trustees 7 959.63; leaving still unpaid the sum of $12 03. 64, Li gud nterests to October 1, 1857, two ¥ 2,400.72; and we have the amonnt, in our_jndgment, ix the amount ‘tees for ti! fiscal ar ending June 20, 1865. f Further your committee state there were ex- pended for public schools during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885, as shown by the vertitied state- ment of the reginter the sum $01,022.03 There was disbursed by the Mayor §7-512.73. red Wy the treasurer for schools, sundry amounts, €127.23. Aggregate amount received and expended, ® C0199," Said amount was expended | for’ white schools, that were entitled to but four-fifths of the sum expended for school purposes. white and col- ored, during the year. Tf, then, $68,651.98 Tour fifths ofa given sum, the w nor five fifths would be $85,827.49." Of this the satd trustees for colored schools were entitled to receive one fith, amounting to $17,165.49. ‘The amount of fines was ‘$94.93, of which the said trustees were entitled to receive $235.48. Total amonnt said trustees were entitled to, $1740.97; to which add interest for one year to October 1, 1367, at 10 per cent..¥ Total amount due sald trustees tor said ending June 30, 1856, $19.141 Further, your committee » there was ex- nded for public schools during ‘the year euting ‘ane 30,1867, a8 shown by the Mayor's inessage, the sum of $1-9.256.05. This sum was the four-fifths forthe white schools. The whole sum, or five- fifths, would $16}320; of which sum the guid trus- tees Wore entitled to one-fifth. $42.32. The May- or hap paid to said trustees $9,169 39. ‘The amount remaining due said trustees, October 1.1857. was $25.14 61 for the facal year ending June 20,1857. urther. yonr £0 “the amount em braced in the school pli pranoked tor cnet oa yous ending Sune 30. 18:8. in, for all purposes, ox ve of colored schools, $1207. A pi ‘as provided by Congress for colored si hi Bove basis of calculation, is $20,187.00: #um we earnestly reconimend to be tn: cluded in the said bill, and appropriated for the purpose of colored schools for the said fiscal year ending June 20, PITULATION. se Due trustees for fiscal year ending June 20, 14.404 Due hited for fiscal year onding Tease a) 3, - 19,141 03 Du atees fc year ending June fg bcd ada 23,164 61 806.760 08 Arresre—Dne trustees the 10 per cent. on the taxes ‘receh ved from. colored per- sons, for which n9 C1 been SAV EM Them... s.csccseersrererevnsnssensseeseeseceseeere — 4,239 97 real 3863 and 1844. fo whee” add’ amonnt for Yeu TUDE 30, 1868. secrvnsnerereesspeneeyeay ‘otal amount to be any iated... th t Aer OT col deen gnid by the census of 1860, a8 provided by een Eat led of Rr RT tee oppose igeen giartntae gia arene Seo ae eae ct at ac fty between pie trad ities oh fhene ong Toure oF the Sich eee Or of aif i ed DER; Many bellegs then to number one thing. “abe the census of eeelve hod them ‘share Heir numbers. In iow of euch fact? we pratt £2 ats ‘adhere to. the ie od r their by t atime jey—S. ir A. te Oiask reported, fromthe Commit. School ‘further, 0 961,000, and by the ot al ts, Faraiture. Otkee oxpenasturen the amount of money to. be prist actually entitied fact, we feel it an cals: without deducting ove” dollar rom nays+-Measrs. Arrison, Ball, L. B.S. js, the.echao} bill ‘amended itemactedy That the proportt oh Meaheca oc serene for schon ‘0B account of schools pay e- Toe ce aes OnaST a isse then te sea ee equally with the wl ATi the apprepriatlon toe eames dust claims under the Ta igute, Nall the amount of arrearazes to col. addition Lect none! oi al) WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1867. {of wool. to the Boa in accordance with the law of Congress apy Jaly 234,186, shall be consid Tne and payabi tothe said © ols at the of each every month after the passage of this act Mr. Clark sent tothe Wlerk’s desk the follow- ing letter, WBicb was read Wastinuton, Oc WTA ari man, § We, the nn lersigned, hi svesiigated the claim of the Trustees of chools against the Corporation of Waehi nder the reveral acts of Congress. have th eingion that the sam of $67,000 ia due from rrearaces tothe 30th of June. tsi. and they Hing to accept that eum in full of waid claim, t 3. Bowen, A. @. Hail; Trnstecs af quired whether by this that Is due the colored A Schools Mr.0. 8. Bai bill as repo! dali scbools is provided for; will they getsomething | over SOT 00? Mr. Clark answered in the affirmative. ‘The bili was rend a third time and passed, yeas Ii: nays—M+ssrs. Ball, Dalton, Moore, and Nalley—4. for any any other company. on or the street railroads in this of passengers, carriages lena 5 1 as are not provided iy all the modern improvements for the comfort il eon nionce of passengers, as required by the T of the several street railroad companies of his city. And any company. person or person: pring or causing to be used any carriage, not Hing such requirement, shall be liable to a fine of five dollars for cach and every day and every un- lawful carriage -o used. Mr. Pau caid that the Washingion and Georgetown Railroad Uompany have fitted up a number of old omnibusses which they are about to run on 14th street as street cars, which is in violation of their charter. The company is required to place on the road cars of not less than 6 feet in width. furnished with all the modern improvements, and he had ‘with a gentleman measured the cars it is pro- poeed to place on the track, which he found to be Sfeetin bight inside. and 5 fcst 4 inches in ‘width at the inside pari, while at the ends the width was less than 5 feet. The bill was re- ferred to the Police Commitice: yeas 11; nays 9. The following were received from the Alde men end passed: Bills to gradea portion of ist street east, to extend it 1S0 feet south of D street south; for foot pavement on the north side of I street, between 2tst und 22d; to make repairs in the Register’s office; for tlag footway acro3s C street south, on the east side of 13th street west. The following from the Aldermen we-e re ferred: Bills tor foot pavements on west sid of 13th street. between Nand O streets; west side of 3d street west, from E to I ctreet south; west side of 18th street west, between K and M north; for the relief of John Harris, J. H. Merri), Carolina Bannon, A. Balmain, F F. Cook; to repair sheds at Centre Market; and to organize additional schools (| secondary and 2 primary,) in the first school district. Atl0o'clock the Board adjourned. oe Co-Operation in England. From a@ report recently issued, combining the annual statements rendered by various industrial and provident societies regis.ered under the corporation act of 1563, it appears that there are Dow six hundred and seventy- #ix co-operative societies in England engaged in trade, besides those engaged in manntac- tures, Four Dundred and thirty-six of the:e have made statements of their business, from. which the report is prepared. The aggregate number of members of these societies at the clo.e of the year 1566 was one hundred and seventy-three thousand four hundred and twenty-three. Their capital stock is generally Giviced into shares of one poundeach. The business of these associations is mostly that of selling provisions and groceries; but dry goods and boots and shoes are sometimes included. Abeut one half of the whole number of gsaociations are in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Many of them have bern in operation for tweniy years. The “Rochdale Equitable Pioneers,” established in 1944, has always taken the bead of the rest, and stil! continues to doso. It has six thousand two hundred and forty-six members. and a capital (in one-ponnd shares) of £97,459. Their sales of groceries and provisions during the year amounted to two hundred and forty-nine thou- sand one hundred and twenty-two pounds, cash, and realized a profit of thirty-one thou sand nine hundred and thirty-one ponnd: Upon this profit the soctety paid to purchasers dividends amounting to twenty-five thousand eight hundred pounds, applied over six hun- dred pounds to purposes of education, nearly two hundred pounds to charities, and two hundred and fifty pounds to the reserve rund, besides allowing a certain amount for depre- ciation of stock in hand, and deducting the in- terest on its capital of over three thousand pounds, This is the most favorable instance of the of co-operative associations among all the English societies, but chiefly so in the large amount of basiness transacted. The aggrega’e fiscal condition of the socie- ties at the close of the year 1566 may be s:aied in tabular form, for the sake of brevity and clearness, thus: Total amount of share cxpital * Log Joan “ £1, 018,093 118,023 The only offset to this in the amoant of trade Habilities, viz: THE BALTIMORE TRAGEDY. — Judge Bond Refuses to Release the Arreated Parties on Bail. Henry Stockbridge, Esq., yesterday morning made application. in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, for the admission to bail of Jesse Owings, colored, who stands committed as an accessory to the murder of young Ellermeyer on Thursday night last. Mr. Stockbridge stated that, from the evidence so far adduced, the only case that could possibly be made out would be that of manslaughter, and that his client was entitled to the privileges of bail. The State's Attorney, Mr. Maund, was of the opinion that the case was one that required a careful investigation before bail was taken for the accused. The court, after full considera- tion of the application, declined to grant it, re- marking that he bad instructed the grand jury to take up the case at anearly day. The ac- cused, alter the action of tha: body, could either be discharged, if the charge was not sus- tained, or give bail on the indictment. if found. {7 At Shady Side, New Jersey, to-morrow night, there will bea mass meeting to nomi- nate George B. McClellan, late United States army. for the next Presidency. 87 The Cincinnati Examiner presents the name of Geo. H. Pendleton as the cnoice of the Democracy of Ohio for their candidate for President. &7 The mortality report in New Orleans gives thirty-five interments of yellow tever cares for Sunday, and thirty-one for the ending Bi 81x o'clock Monday morning. The ‘weather bas again become oppressively warm, 3 the epidemic is con: tly not decreas- ing. §7-A New London town meeting has ap- ree #500 to establish a free night school or young men. S7-There are more promising young horses in Maine at presentthan any one time for many years. aa Naty ization is activel; jing on in all parts of usetts. ‘cates So The Parisians ars about Inying a bop ld ae along Fir reg whirl tton is lower tham it has been sinc the first year of the war. i ‘hes 193 freedmen’s So The State of Virginia schools. Ae ia &7-One of the Col: Bishops 5 Saat ce cee eee ormo ‘moon, at on additional oxpouse of $30,000 per annum. ‘ne le sugar manufactured in Ver.. equal in value to its products ‘mont is near! ‘Jeffersonville, Indiana, i the Ciretis okawn tucky. It is immediately across the Ohio from etiavie, ‘ne are fonmal (Episcopal) advi- ‘he question mi Soe cay uence iat tears the efficiency ‘of ite eer Greases last. lop; ‘than human . Be. th q ‘hree-quarters of the two thonsand and shoemaxers Forcester, Massach: ae syare gut of work. x gi 2 a to! N2, 4,562. harles Sumuer and Mrs, Samner. [Correspondence of the N.Y. Express } A pablic man sometimes becomes so puolic that bis private affairs command a puoitcity which it would be an affect of the press not tometice, Hence, I send yon the follow- ing Not two years ago, the long-Enown clor, Onaries Sumner, became n Benedict. A highly educated and accomplished man. of good Manners and betier appearance, narnraliy enovgb, be stood high xmong the ladies of | Moston. and he bad vo difficulty in winmug | the band of a widow. (from one of the F. V's of Boston,) who sacrificed no inconsider- able jointure in marrying nim. The houey- mcon bad all the apparent charm that boney- moons usually have, when Mrs. Sumner west with her busband to Washington, and new scenes ensued. Among the accomplished men composing the /iplomatie Corps in Washington was Baron Holstein of Prussia, whom the Prussian ging bad attached to the Prussian legation there, ‘to spy out the land.” Naturally enougd he conrted 1he rcquaintance of Onaries Sumner, the Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the Senate—who, at a dinner introduced bis wife to the Baron, an was placed beside her at dinner. An acqual ance ensued, and a friendship followed, such as naturally and honorably spring up between the sexes, with xiodred tastesand aspirations. The Baron atteaded to the lady in maviner sand soirees, abd in other public places, and occa- stovally escorted ber from the Senate, where beth had beea to hear the Senator speak. Mr. Sumner, becoming displeased with this Acquaintanceship—it cannot be properly call’ d intimacy,—wrotea letter to Baron Hol- siein,in which, while complaining of it, re- port says he insinuated something not honor- Able to the wife. The Baron wrote back a le!- ter in whicb, ia substance, he said, there wis | language, snd demanded to be informed as >> | . no cause of offence whatever,—be had been polite to Madame, 13 he was to other lidies of similar accomplishments, and nothing bad ever happened which propriety, or good taste forbade. Butif the Senator was not satisfied with that, he was ready to give bim any such satts.sctionas a man of honor demanded. This correspondence was the beginning and end of part first, but Mr. Sumner, report says, then became cool to his wife,—and the lady and the Baren became more reserved in their imterconree, Then Mr. Sumner. asjChairman of our Commitire of Foreign Affairs, wrote te | the Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the distinguished Bismarck, that if he (B.) would recall the Baron, be (S.) would be obileed. The adroit Bismarck yielded to the patential posiuion of the American Chairman of Foreign Affaire, and the Baron was recalled to Berlin. Mrs. Sumner next became acquainted with this correspoadence, and was indignantbeyond all power of description. Her indignatioa rested upon that part of the corresponds :ca which, 1 wasallegcd, touched her honor. Tre end of all this is that Mrs. Sumner has gone her way to Europe—their common establish- mentin Washington being giveu up, and an- other is taken by the Senator for the winter. Virginia News. At the Tenker Church on Linvill’s Creex, on Saturday night last, during the meeting then in progress by the Tunker brethren, tome mean scamps cut and stole the stirrups off many of the siddies belongine to persons attending the meeting. Some o. the saddies apd carriage harne + were also ¢ ‘ried off. The p-ople of Caroline metin convention and nominated Dr. J. J. Gravait, of Port Royal, as candidate for the State Convention, tor that county. for the district composed of Caeunes Spo sylvanie, and King George e Davis, and other gentlemen, for the sum of $11.4°9. They cost originally $40.00). ‘The fine barn of Mr. W. Carter of Amherst county, wes burned on Thursday night last, together with three hundred buenels of wheat, eight brad ot horses and <ome farming uten- sils. It was the work of an incendiary The cace of William George Taliafrro, charg-4 with bomicide, came off before the county court of Caroline en Tuesday last, and wes submitted to the jury without argument. The jury returned a verdict of « Not guilty.” The house in which Gen. Zachary Taylor was born is now ured as abarn at Sylvan Lodge, the residence of Lieut, William Deas. Court- House. Both sides are exerting themselve: in Rich- mond in relation to the conyention—holding meetings, and endeavoring to get out the voters. Mr. Joseph C. Kennerly, of Clarke county, is the Conservative candidate for the conven- tiop rom Clarke and Warren. There is @ prospect of re-establishing the paper mill in Fredericksburg. RECONSTRUCTION IN THE FIFTH MILITARY DisTRicT.—Specia! erders No. 166, from head- election on September 27 and 23, 1867, on the question of a convention for the purpose establisbing @ constitution and civil gover ment for the State loyal to the Union, was 179,194, of which 75,(83 were for a convenilon, 4(c5 against it, and & blank. A majority of the whole number regiztered having voted, and a majority of the votes cast being for a convention as pr’ scribed by acts of Congress, the delegates elected at said convention, as hereinafter named. are notified to assemble in convention at Mechanics’ Institute Hall, in the eity of New Orlesne, Louisiana, on Satur- day, November 23. 1° according to the acts of Uongress of March 2 and 23, 1867. The order then recapitulates the names of the delegates elected. RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SECOND MILITA- Ry D1sTE10T.—General Canby’s order for the election in the Carolinas, on the 20th of November, does not differ in the main from similar orders .rom other district commanders. It prohibits violence, or threat3 of violence or discharge, or other oppressive means to pre- vent any person irom registering or voting, and parties found attemping to do anything of the kind will be arrested and tried by a milita- ry commission The civil authorities are held responsible for good order on election days, and soldiers will not be allowed about the polls. though post commanders will be ready to ald in Keeping the peace. FENIAN AFFAIR6.—A cable telegram from Fabian yesterday says :—The trials of General Nagle, Col. Warren. and other prominent State Ppriconers implicated in the Fenian conspiracy, will commence on the 2th of November be. fore a special commision. Itis said that the United States Government will provide for the defence of Nagle and Warren. The in- former Reilly has been shot and badly wound. ed, bir this city. Several policemen have recently been fired upon in the night, put none of them were hurt. The authorities are engdged in @ vigorous search for the perpe- trators. —————______ U7- Calf-skin bats, with the hair on, are a Bovelty just come trom Paris. Many will find them an excellent fit. 7 Churches wanting ministers, and minis- ters waniing churches. advertise to the effect in. the Advance, the new Chicago Congregati: - ist paper. eon SZ The slave at Richmoi been converted into a divinity schoolroota “for cole ored preachers. SJ The, Papal States cover 15,499 square SS Gepepr kee a am Of 2,698,115 peo- AZ Pittsburg is to have ¢ skating rink, with & gurface of 17,000 squi a4 feet The fssociation has been organized, ds (840,000) subscribed, . at sat &nd@contract awarded for the wT to draft men to rebuild | tne Missiscippriovees: amram eh, eet or y exbibiuon b wv it was invented, a7 The * eity 1s asatiy we husared thonsenn Yom They have ghost in Pittsburg, Pa., whieh ‘over tea kettles, extinguishes lamps, Su layne, Mer er ts toy but invisible hand On women’s arms. nacch gulture in Novia Gavgiisa i deraten to cotton this year: ey " » the Portiand thopn. fea ony ou ne gulctgo S77 Ico is selling in New Orleans at 33 per M7" A’piae rember raft, from the “Wisconsin Hosted down the Mississippi, theother covering thTee acres of surface’ ‘The fasbion makers Rave ordered crino- and volvlnous ors iio bring gain The School Preebyterian Synod of Ind:ane bes declared in fa Tenmon, . Boston bas now a Young Women’s Oaris- Association. ts object is to provide cheep and Pleusani bome for sini <5 \ | ' | | storratio arty. | ho | ! as such a person wi Charlott:ville and University Gas | Works were sold oa Monday at auction to B. | C. Flannagar, Jonn Wood, Jr. Dr. Jno. S. | The Lodge is not quite four miles trom Orange | quarters Fifth Military District, declare that the total vote of the State of Louisiana at tne , , for the purposes stated, | BALTIMORE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD {Special Report for The Star.) THIRD DAY—( TINUED. Pending the close of our report yesterday the resolu'ions offered by Kev. A. H. Cross the subject of foreign missions, Was under co Upon this subject, Rey. Mr. Chamberlain, missionary to Brauil, addressed the Synod a! jepgth He earnestly urged the assignm= More ¢co-laborers in the missionary caus thought their absence at this time reflected but little credit upon the churches at home. | bad gone to wealthy members of Presbyterian churches—m)llionaires—and asked for mis- eionary Money; but, with rare exceptions, they met Bim with poverty pleddings: and when they did give, it wasinsnmssosmail tnata beg gar would almost be ashn nea to acknowledge it as a dopation frem him. The speaker was sestbing in bis reference ‘o the action of tnd:- viduais and churches im this matter, and ! figurative langvage, wach, at first though: sremed to excite surprise and displeasnra among many of his hearers In his opini> he said, the ministers of the Presbyteriin Church in their sermons on Sundays. preacnet To nothing bnt congregations of robbers—r yh bers of Christ—because there was no m of the church who could not afford to send n of his sons (if he had any) at least to the cans: And support him out of hisown private sources, and by his failure to do so. virtnally a robber of Christ. The Boar Foreign Missions were cripable. too, in ne was a measure, and the members thereof harps & great deal upon their poverty-stricken condition. They could not send more missionaries to the fleld, because they ware already in debt in thesam of £35,000. For nis part be would be glad if ir was $100,000: cause then it would indeed be a heavy inde edness, and require energy and vigilance ¢> -relieve them of the responsibility. He par- sued this strain for some time, and concinde4 by an eloquent and earnest appeal in benalt of the cause of which he was an exponent The report, which provides for fund to send a missionary to Brazil, w accepted. Rev. Dr. E. A A. Taylor advocated tts a49p- tion, and boped that some person of sound perience weuld be sent on the Braz needed tn th: He believed there woula be no dim Faising au abundance of money tor the among the church and people Rey. Dr. Smith remarked that he was not present when Rey. Mr. Chamberlain began bis speech; but he had been informed outside that that gentleman had said that the mem- bers of the Board of Foreign Missions were liars. Now, he desired to know if such lan- goege had been used, and as a member of the ‘ard he nad a right to know who had lie, and 1p wbat respect they bad lied. Mr. Chambertain denied having uttered such sing a ben canes who Dr. Smith's author was. name.” | Rev. Mr. Crawford expressed his decided disapproval of the temper mautfested by Rev. Mr. Chamberlain. He said that on a former occas.on, when he bad heard him on the sub- ject of mistions it was bis determination to go home and labor earnestly among his flock for aid for that cause; but now, after the language | which had been used, he feit discouraged, and had grave doubts whether he would make any effort at all His people were not in the habit of being called robbers and covetous and liars. | amd such like names, and the brother in in- culging in such language had committed great impropriety, to say the least. No such bully- ing would ever do the missionary cause good. ev. Mr. Chamberlain reiterated his denial of having used such epithets direct. What he | did say, (and he would stick to it,) was that the congregations of the Presbyterian Church were generally composed of “robbers”—rob- | bers of Christ, because they fatled to do what they had it in their power to do; «that is, aa- vance the cause of the Lord by contributing liberally from their sions.” If it was the sense of the Synod that he had said the Board of Missions were liars, he was willing | to retract; but still he believed there was a mistake. | A series of resolutions expressing an opinion | on the remarks of Rev. Mr. Chamberiain, to which exception was taken, were offered; and Upon a vote being taken thereon they were da- teated. This littie episode in the hitherto per- fectly harmonious character of the proceedines | ot the Synod, produced a feeling of regret througbont the hall. Rev. Dr. Gurley was glad the resolutions had been bronght forward, as they presented a new subject, as it was a means of systema. | tizing the wants of the Churcb, and look to definite object, as they indicate’ what 1s need- ed, and the Churches po doubt will respond. The matter of the territorial lines of the Presbyteries of Carlisle and Baltimore was taken up, and the report adopted. | Rev. Dr. Smith offered the following resolu- tions, which were adopted: | The Providence of God and the prevalent sentiments in favor of uniou, especially among the different branche: of the Presbyterian Churcb, seem to indicate itas a special duty of the times that all who held the head, even Christ, should seek by all proper means :o draw closer the bonds of Christian fellowship among its members. Between vurselves and the United and Reformed Presbyterian Church there srems to be no inseparable ob:tacles in the way of organic union on scriptural prin- ciples. Both bodies have the same ecclesias- tical descents, and thus their histories and their traditions are one, as their faith, their trials, and their triumphs have been the same in ther past, eo their sympathies, their spir. itual lise, and their future are the same now. Both hold without question or dispute the same symbols of faith, the same distinctive | doctrines, and it seems eminently desirable thatthe necessary step3 should be taken to ascertain whether an organic union be desira- ble or practicable. In order to this, the Synod woulq 1. Call the attention of the Presbyterian Convention about to assezunle to it, aud rea- pectfally ask for @ place in their deliberations. 2. The Synod “ereby memorializes the next General A&.embly of the United Presbyterian Chorch toascertain whether it would appoint a | COramittee to meet a similar committes trom our body for conference on the subject. 3. The stated clerk is directed to forward = copy of this minute to the presiding officer of | the convention im Philadelphia, and to the | Moderator of the next General Assembly; and the commissioners from the Presbyteries com- prised im this Synod are hereby appointed & committee to bring the subject to the attention of the next General Assembly, and urge it to take appropriate action in the premises. Rev. Dr. Tustin offered the following: } | Resolved unanimously, That the thanks of this Synod be, and are hereby, presented to the re- porters of the EVENING Star and Evening Express for having 20 fully and accurately furnished for the press the proceedings of tis y- Resoived further, That the thanks of the Synod be presented aiso to those editors of our city papers who have kindly transferred to their” Tespective papers the proceedings of this body. In presenting the resolutions Mr. Tustin said he deemed this recognition but emall compen- tion for she labor performed. In a long ex- perience *s a member ot Synod and other religious bodies, he had never known the pro- edings to be reported so accurately and intel- ligently, and in eo extended a manner, as the proomais, - g* of this Synod had been daily re- ported. The resolutions were adopted unanimously. Dr. of Presbytery of Uatawba, asked the privilege of addressing the Synod. daring which he stated the reasons why the Cataw- ba and Concord Presbytery, in North Caroli- Ba, was not fully represented in the Synod. The Presbytery of Catawba lest year consis'- ed of three members, but had trebled since that time. « Rev. Dr. Gurley offered a series of resoln- tions in reference tothe claims of the Board of Domestic Missions, which were adopted. A resolution of thanks was tendered by the Members of the Synod to thove who have so generously tendered hospitalities daring the session of the Synod. bject of education “l want his ‘The substitutes on the eRe elena, ene snot Rav. A. B. Oross moved aS oe line as pre- sented Rev. Dr. limits of the Provbytere of Garay e, whice includes portion of North and South Caro- to. tie . E. A. A. Taylor thanked the Synod Send selecting Georgetown for itssession just : After the supging of a deaatital hymn and &n appropriate ‘and benediction by the the at = 5 + Sgacae 16 minutes to Sp. m., Se-The Jews 20 largeand intiuen- erned the Jewiah holidays ana ieeneee S7-Mr. Merrill, just elected lowa,is a pale eee a FO Bs st ‘and his wife also from tree State. S7 While same of our humenitarians areor- Saetnencet ta pine Seater Salas tes te PamegsFecagen ao-Thein ° e- \trodaction of mi i into the public erammar caatn chee cevie unataniee Somnus as «“) a there are “no parks a he tener a at vi holds his own pretty weit tise convert to Eng. OF six cotte atiarge age tart,