The New York Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1874, Page 4

4 ALTZ HANGED. THE EXECUNON AT CATSKILL, &. Y. “Joe’s” Confessions, Trial and Imprisonment. ~— Military Not Needed at the Scaffold. The CaTSKILL, May 1, 1874. yoseph Waltz, a singularly depraved and fend. ish murderer, was banged here this morning at fifteen minutes past ten o'clock. 1n all the history of hangings in recent years there has been no case, perhaps, where a man on the very morning of his execution was so possessed by the demon of murder. Half an hour before he was launched into eternity the wretch seized nls mother by the throat and attempted to strangle her. He was like an untamed tiger, ready, without a moment's warning, to spring upon any living thing within | his reach. The murder of his keeper, Charles Ernst, sent such a thrill of horror and indignation through the community as was never experienced before, And even at this mo- ment some maudlin humanitarians were before Governor Dix seeking a reprieve for the murderer, The plea of insanity was exploded long since, apd Waltz in his true character was nothing less than a fiend in human shape. He appeared perfectly Stolidon the scaffold and took no notice of the surroundings. His neck was not broken, but alter hanging for fourteen minutes he was pronounced dead from strangulation. His father witnessed the execution and took possession of the body. ‘The Catholics refused him a burial, and the body ‘will be interred on the Waltz farm to-night. ‘The story of the murder of which he was con- vVicted is as follows :— FATE OF HOLCHER, THE SCISSORS GRINDER. Harmon Hoicher, a respectable man residing in Albany, and following the avocation of scissors grinder, lett his home about tne middle of April, 1873, for @ short trip along the Hudson as far as | Rondout, intending to return about the Ist of May. He wasinthe habit of making trips from one to three times a year, generally being absent two or three weeks at a time. Being absent Jonger than that time upon his April trip, his friends became alarmed and advertised for him. | They knew when he left home he had about $100 with him, besides a nice silver watcn with a gold key attached to the chain. The receipts of the trip probably imcreased the amount of money in | his possession $100 more. They made search for him, and ascertained that after leaving Rondout he went to Poughkeepsie, and from there to Catskill, where they learned that Holcher had been, two weeks previous, inquiring for the Waltz family, with whom he intended to remain over night. Being informed they lived on farm about two miles below Athens village, he left for the farm, and was seen to pasa the toligate halfway between Catskill and Athens the same evening. The wife of Holcher and his son-in-law, Mr. Kelch, went to the house occupied by the Waltz tamily, the members of which were found at work in the garden. Mr. Kelch inquired of the old man whether Hol- cher had been there. Waltz said he had been there, put went away about midnight; but soon afterwards contradicted himself by saying that Holcher went away the next morning. After fur- ther conversation Waltz said that during the night he heard loud screaming in the room occupied by Holcher, and was about to get up to see what was the cause, when the noise ceased and ne concluded to remain in bed. The next morning, on going into | the room where Holcher slept, he found a large pool of blood on tne floor and that Holcher was | missing, a8 was also a piliow and bianket from the bed. anything of Holcher. After further questioning Waltz said Hoicher left his bell there, but objected to giving it up until he was paid for the pillow and blanket. Finally he consented that Mrs. Holcher and Kelch should see the bell, and directed his son Joseph, a man twenty-three years of age, to go to the horse for it. The son went towards the house, and did not again show himself. The ola man Waltz then accompanied them to the house and showed them the bloody Noor where Holcher slept. The spot was about tnree feet in diameter, the blood having been scraped up and remdéved, but the stains still remaiued. Kelcn and Airs. Holcher made a@ jurther examination of tue premises, bat saw no additional traces of the missing man, nor could they find young Waltz to question him aboat the matier. Having ascertained suMcient to arouse SUSPICIONS OF FOUL PLAY, Mr. Kelch and Mrs. Holcher returned to Albany, and informed Chief Maloy ot the result of their in- vestigations. Chief Maioy wrote a letter to Sheriff Barclay of Green county, stating the circum- stances, and recommending that some action should be taken by the Greene county authorities. With this letter Kelch proceeded to Catskill and had an interview with the sheriff. The sheriff at once commenced in the case. A lawyer was sum- Mmoned, who drew up atfidavits, to which Mr. Kelcn affirmed, and on these afildavits Justice Russell issued @ search warrant ior the arrest of the Seapected parties—Anselim Waltz and Joseph Waltz, father aud son—at whose house the last traces 01 the missing man were iound. Under Sheriff Bennett and Officer Ernst, accom- panied by Mr. Kelch, proceedea to Waitz’s house, na there found an old sofa, at one end SATURATED WITH BLOOD, which the fam.ly ackuowleaged they nad been try- ing to remove; also that blood was on the wail and ou the floor under the sola, or where it stood, and Which had rua through under a partition into another room, The family admitted it was biood, and that they had been trying to take It out, an said they had planed tne floor, Tne oficers jound a bell belonging to Hoicher ip the house, which Waitz and his family admitved he had left. Tne officers then arrested both the Waltzes, lather and son, and ae them to Catskill, wuere they were lodged in jail. THE OLD MAN WALTZ said he was awakened by a loud noise down stairs, and yot up and lit a match; but the noise stoppe and he went to bed again, and when he got up in the morning Hoicher was gone and had carried of a pillow and a blanket ;.one blauket, was left which ‘was saturated with blood, which they had wasned, but had not got the biood all out. Mrs, Waltz sald that When she went to bed that night she left Hoicher and ber son, young Waltz, drinking, and they ail thought Hoicher must have the nose bleed in the night, as they iound ali this blood im the morning. When told thatit was supposed Hoicher had been murdered they said that 1 he had been somebody must have got into the window and committ :d the deed. ‘The sola, blanket and bell Were secured. A search warrant was taken out to find Holcher’s money, watch and scissors grinaing Machine. Sheriff Bennett and Constable Charles Ernst, accompanied vy about twenty citizens, vie- ited Waltz’s hoase and premises, to make a search jor the body of Hoicher; but being so near night He said that was the last they had seen | rt proved correct, hoecyn ashes which | had been strewn With @ shovel about d brush, revealed sundry screws, wo lit Sues one a SN ee as is ore uns book & ind a number of hard 2 saence of t of the macht forest Inthe search, but Se tron work of the (ined machine, as well a8 rindato was ink With renewed ered all hands kept up the search, and while doing go word came that the balance of the machine, or the iron part of it, had been found st Qoxsackie. 8c) GEINDER’S TOOLS. Jt appeared that Mr. William H. Whitcomb, of Catskill, had in the morning been jnformed that roperty resembling machine had been jound at Coxsackie as long ago asthe 7th of May. and believing it might give some clew, he had driven up nearly to Coxsackie and found that about a baled a halt this side of ae by i the turnpike, under @ telegraph pole, there been picked up by Mr. Martin and his son, who worked on the farm of Rev, Mr. ond, the lowing property :— Two screw driv ong a vice, a broken grindstone, a treadle crank, a hone, a whetston | several pieces of scissors and razors, @ piece ot | ash wood (painted green), with a wire on it, a | leather pocketbook (empty), and @ heir watch chain, with a flat key attached, The party finding the tools, &c., re} d that when they /ound them there was standing against | the telegraph pole two fence rails and t! ele- graph wire had been cut. They aiso found tacked | On the pole, a part the way up, a folded paper, | which upon being examined was found to bea plainly written letter tn pencti on a peculiar sheet of letter paper. A portion of the written paper was in a fair runing hand, and the greater part | Lr age careiully drawn, or “printed” with a ni PeTe last line was written crosswi of the pet and a black scroll drawn around it. Un the ast page of the letter was the following: — There will be no turther mischief done In this vicinity by us, but we shall pertorm something worthy of obser- | vation in Central Massachusetts before many weeks, be- | tween Wachusett and Worcester. The property and letver was delivered to Mr. Whitcomb by the parties having them in their Pans and he drove home and nottfled OMicer rnst of what he had found. Justice Edwin Russell, Colonel Jacob H. Meecn, Deputy Sheriff Bennett and others held @ consultation over the letter and conciuded to fullow up the trail, The: at once returned to the scene and made a searc! of the house, The first room they extered was that occupied Joseph Waltz on the night of the supposed murder, and there in a small box, with private papers and books, was found paper similar to the sheet on which the letver was writ- ten, and which had evidently been a copy book; even the thread holes of the binder in the back | corresponded exactly and the writing was the | same. No further evidence of the author of the levter was needed, and those who witnessed it said the authorship of the letter was established beyond | a doubt. This last episode took place late in the alternoon, and, although only known to a ‘few, the news spread eapialy and ae became general, woen a stampede was made for Catskill and Athens. THE PRISONERS, Throughout the day the prisoners showed trepi- dation, and were anxious to know what the people were doing, but refused to give any iniormation. Towards evening news reached the prisoners that the evidence found was strongly against the! | and young Waltz was visited in his cell by Colone! | J. H. Meech and others, to whom he said, “Take me | up to my home te-morrow morning, and | will tell all about it; lavher and mother are innocent.” In | the morning Deputy Sheriff Bennett and Officer | Ernst took the prisoner to the scene of the mur- | der. Young Waltz looked about the house and | expressed a wish to view the farm, which he said he would never see in, and was conducted by the officers, followed by a large crowd of at least 300 to numerous pense: but at each he said very little, and tried, by his conversation, to convince the officers and others that he had been prompted by what he called ‘‘an evil spirit.” He then went back to the house and & secret manner made a confession. He stated the deed was committed about ten o'clock P. M., or a littie later, on the 1st of May. He went to the room ec- cupied by Holcher, whom he found asleep, and struck him three times with the hatchet—the time with the blunt part, and twice with the sharp side. He only groaned, and all was over. He then took the body to the stone wall, where the traces of blood were found covered up. There he left it f until the next night, when he took it down in the orchard and buried it. Having learned all they could, the officers of the county took him out, at his own suggestion to the place where the body was buried in the orchard. He expressed great FEAR OF BODILY HARM, but was assured that if he told all, he would be pro- tected. He consented, and, shackled to Officer Ernst, at ten o’clock he went about two hundred yards from the house, in the plum orchard, in the | ploughed ground, and, Lo @ careful examination | of the trees, told Justice Russel to “try there.’’ The crowd formed 4 ring and Justice Russel at the first probe found the ly. Parties at once commenced digging, and about eighteen inches below the sur- face found the missing blanket which was wrapped about the boar. Coroner Fanning ordered the body raise When unearthed, it lay southwest to northeast, with the head to the mountain and a trifle lower than the feet. He had on his person only his shirt and drawers and his ors revealed a horriply mangled appearance. in THE BODY WAS RAISED the prisoner stood by the scene, but showed by his contorted iace, flushed with shame, that not-all of his manhood had left him. When the body had | been placed ah stretcher—a door taken trom tne baro—he inioitmed Oficer Ernst and our reporter that he “wanted to reveal all’ and would show them where he had buried the books from the school house robbed by him. He then led the way to the stone fence a short distance below the body, and sald—“Try there.” Within eight inches of the buried books taken from three schcol houses in the town, were | marks of where parties had dug. He said the | boxes buried contained a Bibie, dictionary and other books tuken from the school houses, One of | Which nad been burned. He said he did not burn | the school house, but left the light in | it whicn set tne building on fire. le had lately put the books in the boxes, and buried | them where they were found. The boxes were |) taken in charge by the officer. Officer Ernst then insisted upon his telling where the money and watch were, This he agreed to do if the crowd ; Wouldn’t harm him. Upon being advised that it was BEST TO TELL ALL, and acting under advice of Mr. Walton Van Loan, he selected several persons and repaired to the barn. Here his ieelings overcame him, but he was urged to make a clean thing of it, ana accordingly | asked Mr, Vao Loan to lvok under the northeast | corner of the barn, and pull out several stones | and he would find a tin vox in which was the Silver watch and movey. On being asked while this was going on “how much money he got of the | Scissors grinder,”’ he said “about $82 in all.” The box containing the money and watch was found | where he said it was. This being all that was | wanted of the prisoner, he was asked what rompted him to the deed—he replied, ‘I done | it tor mischief—and not for gain. The bad | spirit was in me and I wanted to do something bad.’ Tne murderer said—‘‘I sn fer all night, last night, and the Lord Jesus Christ told me to re- veal ali. I aione am guilty—and now I feel.better, | I tell the truth now.” In regard to the letter, he | Said, “1 wrote it, but it was nothing but lies,” | TRIAL AND CONVICTION. At the February term, 1874, Judge Theodore R. | Westbrook presiding, he was placed on trial. The trial lasted a week, and was one of great interest from the fact that the question of insanity was the prisoner's plea. A great many medical men gave testimony, and the trial was the most exciting one ever held im Greene county. He was convicted and sentenced to be hanged. THE INSANITY PLEA. But a few days transpired before the execution Was the subject of comment throughout the county of Greene, and the murderer, 1! possible, created more excitement than during the trial. His demeanor was of a character to excite sus- pigs, as to the reality of his case. As tne day of jis execution approached Governor Dix was pre- to appoint a commission de lwnatico but litie could be done. A short distance trom | ‘Wailtz’s house, beside a stone wall, was a pile of | stones. Upon examination there were found some | twenty small stones stained with biood and hair, | which were taken to Catskill, and an examination made by Coroner Fanning, who pronounced tue biood the bicod of a human being, and the bair to come irom the head, whiskers Or mustache of a man. . SEARCH FOR HOLCHER’S BODY. Then followed the search for the body of Holcher, in which the whole community took the deepest interest. It is almost a year ago now, but it is still vividly remembered, The grounds of the Waltz iarm were invaded by hosts of people who were afixious ior new developments in the affair. Everything that possessed any evidence of suspicion was scanned by eager eyes. first theme for conversation, ag well ag wonderment, was the announcement of the finding Of two wmail hand belis under the barn floor. These bells bad, as was generally believed, been stolen from @ schoolhouse a short distance jrom the ses where they were found. The 9 removed irom them and they eepereely 1m copies of the Catskill lated respectively Jan- % nn the Margins of which the name of Joseph Waitz. 4 charge of Deputy Sherif Ben. and Ernst, were assiduous in searchin; 9" ana farm, while another party out ne Ail eforta, for the tims distan' efforts for the time seemed and the Sherif@ promptly ordered | tbe to leave the house and closed it. At this ume there may have been less than 500 peo- om OLD WOMAN WALTZ. “The old ag they all calléd her, seemed to draw r d was the et ior ju what "yas going no attention to the searc ‘wise. The TiSeerund sale ad ‘went and remained until the crowd and | vailed upon 1 which he did, consisting of Dr. John Ordronaux, New York State Commissioner in Lunacy, Long Island, and Dr. Gray, of the Utica Insane Asylum. They visited the prisoner and made @ full examination of bim and reported forthwith to the Governor, who thereupon issued tne following | r OR: tare Or New Yong, Exxcunvs Cnawpen, Aunany, April It 154} Piatt Cooney, Eaq., Sheriff of Greene County Siak—The commission appoiated by me to inquire into the ‘mental ‘condition of Joseph Waltz, who Is Inyour custody under sentence of death, have made their re- port, and are of opinion that he is sane and was go at the | Ume he commited the crime tor which he is to suffer. | My own conclusion. after a careful examinauon of the testimony, accords with theirs. You will please, theretore. give him notice that he must resign ali hope of commutation of his sentence and that he should prepare to meet his fate. I enclose & copy ot a letter written to the Sheriff of | Albany county on a re Provisions of the Revis Poco nt bso “Co the of the tutes I regal the exe- cutlon of criminals It is hardiy necessary to add that itis your duty to see that these imperative requirements of the law are rigidly entorced. 1 9m, Fespecttully HN A. DIX, yours, WALTZ’ SECOND CONFESSION. Fi On Monday, April 20, Waita expressed a wish reer cety é F Meoeh, and he was sent for, | Miers yt y token Te the jail he passed into the cell | 10 good spirits and in a taiking moo questioned by Mr. Moech Walty sald: he ped ited Saoraer Man previous to the killing of Holcher and | Lew: him in ditch not far from the Tower, on he Waltz farm. _aearch was made on the strength | Of this conlessiom and Waltz was one | conie f th | Sai sh of Monae i a then returned tome and the puree agen risoner 2 manded to his cell. There were bie two days, ox. | Clusive of the day of execution, re Which the prisoner spent his time ig urine the same unconcerned manner as betore up to the time of the commission of nis last and most horrible murder, that of his keeper, Charles Ernst, an account of which appeared ih yesterday’s HeRaLD. The floor of the cell in ‘which Waltz was confined was protected by strips Of iron across it, two and a hall inches wide and one-eighth of ao inch thick, Ormly secured to the ?eereyy NEW * YORK | gtand virtually disposes of Watts was taken to the tira nst Tustaay” be ned wi taken to he Deon suffered to Temata unsnadkied tn his ooi, and Oficer Erust was in constant attendance upon ‘ERNST. The condemned the weapon with which he committed the murderous assault by it from the floor, It was & ot iron about eighteen inches long and two broad and aboat one-sixteenth of an inch thick. Having this he bent one end double and recreted his bed, His keeper had not entered the cell more tuan three or four minutes when, watch- ing his opportunity, he struck him, and after his keeper was felled and stunned he went through his keeper’s pockets and took bis revolver and laced itin nis own pocket. As soon as it was iscovered that Ernst’s pistol was taken, the Sheriff and Jailer entered the prisoner’s cell and searched him, when the pistol was found. The greatest excitement prevailed a8 soon as the news read, and loud threats of lynching were made. Regn were at once sent to Go or Dix an- nouncing the attack, and stating the probability that Ernst would The Sherit went up to the iat with a posse to prevent any attempt at lynch. 4 ‘ ON ENTERING THE OBLL OF THE PRISONER this morning, I found him sitting on the und gazing vacantly, and in answer to questions of mine be merely started to his feet and grunted. He mene but little last night and this morning he Tefused to accept any pas ty he has, until the present time, on meals regalarly. He desired the attendance of several clergymen, but the Rev. Father O'Driscoll seemed to meet with his most earnest approval, althoagh he would hardly have anything to say to him, THE ARRANGEMENTS for the hanging were ably carried out. The gal- lows was fixed in an upper room of the jail, thir- teen feet square, and the apparatus consisted of 0 oaken beam pivoted to an upright in the garret Of the jail, the apparatus being the same used ior mp in 1846, Patrick Keily im 1847 and loody in 1854. Early in the mornin, opens I and B of the all Twenty-fift Regiment, under the command of Captain Blasie, took charge of the environs of the jail, THE EXECUTION. At nine o’clock he was visited by his father, mother and sister. He met them without apparent notice, and seized his mother violently by the throat with both hands. He refused to notice sister, His mother held @ prayer book in her hands, but he refused all consolation. At hall-past nine o'clock he was dressed for the scaffold, aiter force had been used by the attend- ants of the Sheriff. He wore pants of gray, biack vest, black coat and necktie, white shirt and shoes, He bore an Idlotte, (oF demoniac expres- sion, and contorted bis face in all conceivable shapes, At ten o'clock his parents left him, and at ten minutes past ten he left his cell, conducted by Sheriff Coonley, Deputy Sheriff Olmstead, Constabie Whitcomb, Father O’Driscoll and others, He walked assisted to the room where the execution took place, and as the cortége entered Father O'Driscoll read a prayer. Sheriff Cooniey read, in @ clear and loud tone, the death warrant as the prisoner was seated beneath the Oy oe The reverend clergyman offered up & prayer. ‘The Sheriff asked :—‘‘Joseph Waltz, have you any- thing to say?’ He made no reply beyond a grunt. use of a few seconds followed, the rope was pulled and up went the body about four feet in the alr and dropped immediate); about twelve inches, The body swung half. way round and round. Drs. Mackey and Collier counted his pulse; the former gave the pulsations of the heart every hali-minute, stating the intermittent pulses of the heart, the beating of the pulses, when respiration ceased and when the pulsations of the heart stopped. At thirty-one minutes past ten he pre: nounced him dead. The body was permitted to hang a few moments, when it was taken in charge by the undertaker, + The only noticeable points to speak of were the eigut slight convulsions, and that he died b; strangulation. The knot on the rope moved bac! ashe ascended, and remained about two inches from the left ear. The vast throng upon the streets adjacent dis- persed, the military formed in line and leit the scene for home, and quiet once more reigned in Catskill. The father of the murderer was at the execution. He seproeeing Sheri! ley, shaking him by the hand, 4 through now?” The noose placed about the neck of Waltz was made and presented to the Sheriff b: Officer Ernst, the man whom Waltz assassinated. The sister of Waltz seemed greatly affected at the scene, A committee of Catholics waited upon Father O’Dr.scoll this morning, and forbade his burial in their cemetery, and to-night his body was interred on the farm where lies, no doubt, several of his victims, Tne execution in all its appointments was carried out as near in con- formity to law as possible, the military present lending great aid and pacifylng the minds of the timid. Officer Ernst was alive at last report, but cannot survive his wounds. POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION, Shortly after the execution six resident physicians entered the room where the body iay and proceeded to hold a post-mortem, trepanning the skull and removing the brain, which was ol an unusual size, weighing fifty-four ounces, being half an ounce heavier than Webster’s. The membranes and tissue were in a healthy state, convolutions perfect and no indications of disease or malformation. An incision was made to detect any soitening of brain, but~without dis- renee any such disease. The unanimous verdict was that the dead man’s brain was in a periectl: healthy state. The brain was put in a jar wit! liquor and taken in charge by a leading psaen. and Dr. Gray, of Utica Lunatic Asylum, legraphed to. He stated in reply that he would meet the local physician and, in connection with Dr. Swinburn, e a critical examination, OFFICER ERNST is still alive (at nine P. M.), but he is still un- conscious. His wife and friends do all they can to alleviate bis sufferings, which at times are ag- onizing. He is a man of immense vital force, but having survived the shock to his nervous system, he will have to succumb to the inflammation that is sure to follow. The attending qivaiian says that he may live several days. lovements are on foot to raise a sum of money for the relief of his destitute family. ‘ihe village has resumed its accustomed quiet and the Waltz case has passed into history. SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR OUTRAGE, Guewrn, Ont,, May 1, 1874 A man named John Sullivan, who committed an outrage on a littie girl, five years old, daughter of Mr. Robert Crawford, of this place, on the 18th ult. was tried to-day before Judge Wilson. The evidence fully establisned the prisoner's guilt, and he was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged on the 25th of June. SUPPOSED ABDUCTION. A Sequel to the Brooklyn Excise Prose- cutions. Yesterday morning the Board of Police and Ex- cise Commissioners assembled in the trial room at headquarters, corner of Court and Livingston streets, for the purpose of resuming the examina- tion of the alleged violators of the Excise law. Mrs. Ann Ingraham appeared before the Board and stated that she entertained some fears for the safety of her son Freddy, whom she had-not seen since the evening previous. As he is the chief witness for the prosecution against the liquor dealers ee trials could not proceed and the Board journe: it will be remembered that Mrs, Ingraham, who ig @ member of the Women’s Temperance Associa- tion, has for the past two Sundays been going about with her son Freddy, who is about fourteen years of age, and collecting samples of spirits trom various saloon keepers to use the liquor thus procured in evidence against the dealers. Freddy, alone, entered the seventy odd saloons and pur- chased the liquor, which was bottled, labelled and put'away. He was, therejore, the only witness upon whose testimony conviction could be obtained. Two licenses were revoked by the Board last week, and on Wednes- day Mrs. Ingraham stated that her own life had been threatened by an iniuriated dealer in liquor, against whom they filed charges of selling on Sun- day and to a minor. The boy, who has never before absented himself from his home for more than few hours, resided at No. 1,544 Fulton avenue, very bright lad, and his absence is naturally a source of great uneasiness to his mother. It ts be- Heved that he has been kidnapped by certain ieee dealers against whom he was to appear. Hi failure to appear on the witness the cha: against the accused. The police authorities are very reticent concerning their movements in the search that is being instituted for the boy. A del- egation of ladies of the Temperance Association visited Commissioner Jourdan in the afternoon, and had @ conversation with nim in regard to the abduction of Frederick Ingraham. They requested that the excise cases should be postponed until the boy was found. The Commissioner acquiesced in the request. An official remarked yesterday that $5,000 would not be much for the liquor deal- ers to contribute towards paying the boy to ab- sent himself, OONFERENCE B METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHUROH, SOUTH. Lovuisvitus, Ky., May 1, 1874. A General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Charcb, South, assembled at the Public Library Hall this morning. About 200 delegates, represent- ing every Southern State except Virginia, were in attendance, including all of the six bishops. The Rev. Dr. Paine, as senior bishop, presides, Dr. T. 0, Summers, of Nashville, was re-elected Secretary, and the standing committees were ap- pointed. In the afternoon resolutions were offered pro- viding for the appointment of a committee. of pits) as ascertain wae Ppp Diag aaeren parsor \c are neld, Rep wand claimed by the Moth. odist Episcopal Church in violation of the hts of the Methodist Church, South, and under what circumstances the Methodist meena Church obtained jon of such property. The point being m that the resolution is very important, Ite discussion was postponed until to-morrow, A number more of the delegates are expected to arrive to-night, mr YACHTING NOTES. At the regular quarterly meeting of the Royal Halifax Yacht Club, heid on the evening of Monday, April 18, a. series of resolutions was adopted call- ing the attention of the Minister of Marine and the Vice Admiral to the vital necessity of stopping the practice of throwing ballast and rubbish into Halifax Harbor. It appears thousands of tons of dock dredgings have recently been emptied into the harbor, to the material injury of the holding ground, ‘ TheSeawanhaka Yacht Club are making every necessary preparation for the success of the race for the Corinthian Uup which they propose to offer this season. The following circular has been sent to the owners of schooner yachts belonging to the different yachg clubs:— ee em ew Yor Duan Six—Tho Boawanhaka Yarn 6 to offer s silver prize of the walue of $100 to for at Newport, in the latter part of August next. by such schooner yachts of the mized yacht clubs in the United States as may desire to compete. The race will be conducted according to the Corinthian m. In other words, each yacht must be sailed, and, as far as ossible, steered by her owner and manned exclusive! by amateur members of the club under whose she mod in hae ngland, April 18, 1874. props isentered for the race. This le of yacht raci been for some years successfully practised in Ei and has been found by lish clubs to conduce ma- terially to the development of practical seamanship among yacht owners, while it has enhanced (A 4 their son cane ome neetvere wal — ned in em 4 warmer for their respectiv The Seawanhaka Yacht ‘Clap was, we believe, the first to introduce the system in American waters by @ succoss- ful rexatta for sloops sailed last fall at Oyster Bay, Long Islana The present act of the club is taken with the view to bring the system before the owners of schooner yachts 2 the xarions clubs, pcg no Penkoe, to. G00b8 fiend the owners of vet are possessed of sufficient Knowledge aud alitity to sall thent with a skill and jude: mennenene to that Gispiayed by the owners of p= yachts In the handling ot their smaller craft. It is also inion of the club that to obtain amateur crews, capable of executing iptellinonts the orders of their captains, would be much less icult than is generally ee 5 iewport has been as a pleasant and easi! acosaslite sentisnrous ait the taiter pastor Augast ase Seaver ‘a large number of yachts are cruising in that ‘The race will be satled according to the sailing regula- Fa yg cy A Sa ‘The tie allowance wil be calculated om the Dasls ot length and tl "ithe sails to be carr restricted to mainsail, f resatl jitvaed fiyin wy pereets Hl, jib and flying Pape ae Lea ce lg be Each yacht may carry a local pilot or ite regular sail- ing master to act solely as pilot; but if in case of an Omenpancy, the owner should surrender the control of his vessel to either of these persuns, he shall be deemed by. so doing to have abandoned the The ownerof each competing yacht will be foquired. on the day previous to the race, to submit a list of his proposed Fete crew to the Regatta Committee. who shall have the absolute right to exclude from such crew any person who may be considered to be a “‘profes- sions) Each yacht will be aliowed to carry (exclusive of the owner and pilot or sailing rete ‘one man for every five teet in length on deck and fractional part thereof. Unless the definite entry of at least five yachts is re- ceived prior to July 1 the project will be abandoned. Commodore Bennett, of the New York Yacht Club; Commodore Forbes, of the Eastern Yacht Club, an Commodore Swan, of the Seawanbaka Yacht Club, have consented to act as judge The above are the principal features of the proposed race, but tuil information regard to details will be turnished by the Secretary, Mr. Frede: P. Foster, 65 Wall street, New York, to all owners of yachts de- siring it Prominent yachtsmen have expressed themselves as heartily in sympathy with the scheme. We hope that it willenlist your support and co-operation, and that you will enter ae yacht for the race, An early answer is . ful Fequesied, Tee SWAR, J. WILLIAM BEEKMAN, Jn. OOLGAT! FOULKE, Jr. M. ROOSEVELT SCHUYLER, FREDERIO DE P. FOSTER, The new schooner yacht Comet, that is now be- ing built for Mr. W. H. Langley, of the New York Yachi Cluo, 18 rapidly approaching completion and will probably be in commiasion early in June, The Bayonne Yacht Club has dissolved, and the members will probably amalgamate with the Jer- Hey City and New Jersey yacht ctubs. The Palmer 1s still in the hands of the builder and will shortly appear with a fush deck. Mr. Stuyvesant is goingin for racing this year, and, with such & fast yacnt, will be kely to make some amusement for the flyers. The Brooklyn Yacht Clab now occupy their new rooms in the building corner of Montague and Court streets. They have very roomy quarters, furnished in @ neat and comiortable style. The New York Yacht Club fleet will pened rere ee ite annual crulse about the 10th of ugust, The. alterations in the schooner yacht Gypsie, Mr. Livingstone, New York Yacht Club, will soon be completed, and the yacnt will go into commis- sion about the 1st of June, AQUATIC NOTES. Committee. The Harlem Regatta Association have decided to hold their annual regatta in June on the Har- lem River. The regatta will on!y be open to mem- bers of the New York Athletic, Nassau, Atalanta, Harlem and New York rowing clubs. The Yale crew have been on the water nearly four weeks and are now rowing daily. The boat will this year, with two exceptions, be filled by new men. R. J. Cook, of Pittsburg, Pa-, will reap- pear as stroke, and Julian Kennedy, of Pittsburg, Pa., will row in his old place, starboard stroke. The new men are M. G. Nixon, of Chicago, and 0. N. Fowler, both in the waist, and Frederick Wood, dr., of Norwalk, and George L. Brownell pulling port bow and bow respectively. The crew at prea- ent average about 168 pounds. The Schuyikill Navy intend to hold a regatta in June, which will be open to amateur oarsmen of the United States and the Canadas. It will be gov- erned by the same rules made use of last year at the regatta of the Saratoga Kowing Associaton, excepting the definition of an amateur, which differs slightly. Princet lollege intend to be represented this year in the College regatta, and are busy getting @ crew ready. The Saratoga Rowing Association have two steamers on the lake, and on the day of the big Tace one will be given to the referee and two Judges and the other to the press. ©. H. Kellogg, of the Yale Freshman crew of 173, will train this year as # substitute for the Col- ba 2 crew. either Amherat, the Aggies or Bowdoin will be represented this year at the College regatta. ‘fhe Columbia College crew have secured quar- ters at Hart’s, near Snake Hill, where they will ar- riye about three weeks prior to the college race. The committee of the Rowing Association of American Colleges and the committee of the Sar- atoga Rowing tion visited Saratoga Lake last Tuesday and selected the course for the col- lege’ race. é boats ‘will be started Irom a point about a quarter of a mile southwest of Snake Hill, and pull three miles straight away, fnisaing close to Moon’s, The Yale Freshmen crew has not yet been made BP. but will probably be selected trom Messrs. K. P. erwin, F. J. Stinson, E. C. Cooke, 0. b, Ciaflin, C. B. Rockwood, U. L, Brace and some seven or eight Others that are now in taining. The college ball will probably be held on the evening of the 16th of July in the saratoga Town Hall, as that is the largest baliroom in the town. The Neptune Boat Club, of Staten Isiand, have decided to rebuild the boat house recently de- stroyed by fire. The Saratoga Rowing as intend holding ete annual regatta on the 24th, 2th and 26th of A race is now belng arranged between the Yale University crew and the Atiantas, that will prob- ably be pulled at New Haven during Commence- ment week. The Regatta Committee of the Vollege Associa. tions are very well pleased with the arrangements that are being made in toga for the college Face. There are only three im the committee this year, a decided improvement on the old system of ‘one to each college. The Yale students are now making astrong effort to build one of the handsomest boat houses in the country. They propose to locate it on Chapel street, on the bapks of the river. It will be @ two story frame building and have accom- modation for seventy-five boats. The building will cost about $18, of which $12,500 has al- ready been subscribed for the most part by the students. The management of the buildmg has been ‘gi deer by three members of the Jaculty, and contributions sent to Professor E, J, Richards, treasurer of the committee, or C. H. Ferry, presi- dent of the boat club, will be gratefully acknowl- edged. The students have hitherto defrayed ail boating expenses out of their own pockets, but the magnitude of this undertaking renders necessary this their first appeal to their graduates and the friends of aquatic sports. Trinity University crew have secured training | oe goed at Riley's, on the eastern bank of Sara- toga Lake. second grand stand is to be erected at Point Breeze on Mr. Lesiie’s property on Saratoga Lake. Yale Wtf crew will put up at Meyers’ Cedar Biuff Hotel during tne regatta week. Harvard College is at present negotiating for the purchase of @ piece of property on the banks of Sara! Lake, and should they fail in buying, the crew Will be located at Ramsdell’s. THE OATHOLIO CHURCH IN ENGLAND. The London journals of the 18th of April report as follows:—One of the largest receptions ever before given by Most Rev. Archbishop Manning took place at his house at Westminster on Tues- day evening. All th Ls woud of the Roman Catholic Church in England, who were in town for their annusl meeting, were present namber of the Roman Catholic c! diocese of Westminster. The Archbishop likewise received the Vnievint tg mbers vf the Roman Catholle mobility of the three kin ineludts many members of both Houses of ramen: ‘here were about 200 altogetne: The reception commenced at nine P. M., and for two hours aiterwards the spacious rooms of the Arohbisnop’s palace were thronged with the visi | ’ HMRALD, SATURDAY, MAY ‘2, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET, CONGRESS. Dulness and Ennui in the Senate Yesterday. THE INDIAN POLICY. Army Supervision of the Abo- riginees Advocated. SENATE, Wasurneron, May 1, 1874. Immediately after the reading of the journal thé Chatr laid before the Senate the credentials of William B. Washburn, United States Senator from Massachusetts, to fill the vacancy caused by the Geach of Mr. Sumner, Mr. Washburn was escorted to the Vice Presi- Gent's desk by his colleague, Mr. Boutwell, and the oath of office was administered by Mr. Car- penter, President pro tem. Mr. BOREMAN, (rep.) of W. Va., moved that when the Senate adjourn to-day it be to meet on Monday next, Agreed to, Mr. ALCORN, (rep.) of Miss., presented Joint resolutions of the Mississippi Legislature instruct- ing its Senators and Representatives in Congress to vote for the Sumner Olvil Rights bill, Laid on the tabje. Also resolutions of the same Legislature asking @0 appropriation for the improvement of the Tom- bigbee River. Referred te the Committee on Commerce, Mr. KOBERTSON, (rep.) of S. C., presented @ me- morial of the citizens of that State asking the es- tablishment of a lighthouse at Port Royal. Re- ferred to the Commitsee on Commerce. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., from the Committee on Appropriations, reported favorably the House bill to enable the Secretary of War to carry out the act of April 23, 1874, to provide for the rellef of rsons sutlering me the overflow of the Mississippi ver. Passed. The bill appropriates $90,000 for that purpose, Mr. BUCKINGHAM, (rep.) of Conn., introduced a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to per $100,000 out of the fund arrising irom the sale of Cherokee scrip to the Cherokee Nation. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, Mr. BOUTWELL, (rep.) of Mass., asked to be ex- cused from further service on the Committee on Claims, and that the Chair be authorized to fill the vacancy. Granted, and the Chair appointed the new Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Washburn) to fill the vacancy. Mr, CONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., presented a memorial of the pilota of the Port of New York jt the passage of the bill in- yy Mr. min to repeal the pilot laws. Reierred to the Committee on Commerce, Mr. OGLESBY, (rep.) of IlL, from the Committee on Public Lands, to ‘which was recommitted the bili to protect the timber land of the United States, vernment reservations and Jands purchased b; @ United States, reported the same back, wit @n amendment. Placed on the calendar. OCEAN LANBS. Mr. CONALING, from the Committee on Com- merce, reported, With an amendment, tne dill to provide for the establishment of an international commission of the maritime powers tolay down Ocean courses for steam vessels and otherwise rovide for the increased safety of sea travel Piaoed on the calendar. Mr. JOHNSTON, (dem.) Of Va., from the District of Columbia Committee, reported back a number or tions of the citizens of Was! ton asking to be relieved of the sewer tax, with a request that the petitions be referred to the Judiciar: Committee, as a question of law was involved. It was so ordered. THR COLLECTION OF CUSTOMS. Mr, FgxTon, (lib.) of N. ¥., gave notice that on Monday next, after tne expiration of the morning hour, he would move to discharge the Committee oa Commerce from the turther consideration of the Dill introduced by him to regulate the service in the collection of customs at the various ports of entry in the United States, the disposition of fines, penalties and forfeitures incurred under the laws Telating to customs, and for other purposes, and would then ask the indulgence of the Senate to submit some remarks in relation to the bill. The morning hour having expired, the CHAIR announced that the Pap pement ety Civil Rights bill, being the unfinished business, was before the Senate, upon which the Senator trom Georgia, Mr. Norwood (dem.), was entitied to the floor, Mr. NonWoop said he was seriously indisposea and not able to ed to-day. He asked that the bill be laid aside informally. Mr. HAMILTON, (dem.) of Md., moved that the mee proceed to the consideration of bills on the calendar. Mr. EDMUNDS, ( .) of Vt., moved that the Geneva Award bill be taken up, and said there ae peer much comment iu regard to the delay on wu Mr. ANTHONY, (rep.) of R. I., suggested tnat two or three hours be devoted to the calendar, and the Geneva Award bill might be taken up aiterwards, Agreed to, ‘After the discussion of several bills and the pass- age ol some, Mr. SARGENT, (rep.) of Cal., moved that the Sel te proceed to the consideration of executive business, rgent’s motion was 4 ir. ‘gel ‘eed to, and, at twenty-five minutes to four P. M., the Senate went into executive session. Upon reopening tne doors the Senate adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, May 1, 1874, Mr. PoLanp, (rep.) of Vt., from the Judiciary Committee, reported a bill changing the time of holding the Circuit and District Courts in Vermont, Passed. The House tnen went into committee of the whole—Mr. PoLanp in the chair—on the Indian Appropriation bill, Speeches on the general Indian question and the policy to be pursued towards the Indians were made by Messrs. Hancock, of Texas; Richmond, of Pennsylvania; Knapp, of Illinois, and Beck, of Kentucky. ARMY CONTROL OF THE INDIANS. Mr. BECK (dem.) ridiculed the recently made treaties with tne Indians, pariicularly the treaty with the Apaches, Kiowas and Comanches, which provides for supplying them with clothing,: car- penters, farmers, blacksmiths, engineers, &c, The absurdity of such a provision was that you could not catch one of these Indians with a lasso. They were on the war path, and yet the louse was called upon to vote millions under pretence of educatin; them. He believed in civilizing the Indian, but that could not be done 80; long as dishonesty and fraud were the leading elements in their treatment. He be- lieved that so long as men were put in control of the Indian merely because of their political influ- ence; so long a8 Senators nominated and con- firmed their brothers, cousins and kinsmen as In- dian agents, there would be frauds on the govern- ment and on the Indians. He preferred to turn the Indian over to the War Department, for what- ever else might be said about the officers and sol- diers of the army er, could not be made thieves, Their education, their esprit de corps and their standing depended on their integrity. Mr. Woop, (dem.) of N. ¥., tollowea Mr. Beck, and said:—This was not govern- ment of propagandism. Money was not put into the Treasury to be used for making conversions, The government was not even @ Christian vernment. Before the Indian could be Christianized he must be civilized, ana be- fore he can be civilized he must be educated. He 'Wood) made a very wide distinction between civ- ilization and Christianity. He quoted from a re- port made by Mr. Shanks, of Indiuna, on the con- dition of thé Indians in lowa last summer, in which an account is given of an interview with a chief, who ts asked whether he wants schools on his reservation. ‘No, he does not want schools.” “Why not?’ ‘Because schools would teach them to have churches.” “Why did they not want churches?’ “Because,” says the chief, “they will teach us to quarrel! about God, as tne Catholics and Protestants do on the Nez Perces reservation and at other places. We do not want to learn that, We may quarrel about men sometimes and about things on this earth, but we never about God; we do not want to know how to do _ it.” more robperies than all the army paymasters trom the leeneayee gs e government. There must be honesty in the dealings of the government with the indians, and he did not believe that honesty could be got outside of the officers of the reguiar army. ‘Tne Indians could ofly be controlled through thetr respect tor power. They had no respect for the sneak thief, for the men who sold them mean whiskey and stole toeir blankets. No officer of the army Wanted to bring on an Indian war. There was no glory in such @ war. OMmcers and soldiers knew that there was no more credit to be derived from fighting Indians than from fighting a nest of bumblebees. PROPAGANDISM AMONG THE REDS. Mr. Woop, (dem.) of New York, considered the sickly sentimentality which entered into the consideration of the Indian question, and he also criticised = the propagay, dism undertaken by the Quakers. i. 4 believed that, so long as the Indian service | = @ source of patronage and profit, the jac would never be Christianized or civilized. a Feat esacmsned AF Fue’ gy ene coved people of plunder were kept at the close of the war, under the ge ey amelie ments of plunder > . a yh ridi- (dem.) of Ky. Lee peer ttt tee Mr. ADAMS, culing the tion. ‘THR PRACK POLICY UPHELD. Mf. Suanxs, (rep.) of lnd., argued against turn aR st Christian religion ages they Wore not willing to be slaven, end tt thers ere ni es, ani 18! pen quarrelied with about God ana bis tret, Not been qi attributes. The general debate here closed, and the Clery proceeded to read the bill by paragraphs for amond ’ = committee rose and the House, at a quarter tom's. ‘M., *00K 8 recess tiif nalf-past seven, Tne evening seya/°D,Was for co, sideration of the Indian Appropriation v.!¥ cole: Evening Sestion. “* wy | In the evening session there was the ustial livdly debate over Indian matters and in Le rg to thé War and peace policies as applied to the indians. Mr. mills, of Texus, offered an amendment and made a speech in favor of having the Kiowa chiefs Satanta and Big Tree, who were convicted of mur- der in Texas @ couple of years ago, delivered uy again to the civil authorities of that State, but the proposition was not sanctioned by the House, At last, on some unimportant amendment, tha minority insisted on having @ quorum, and, as no quorum did vote, the roll was called, and it ap. | ot ag that there were only 120 members present, ing twenty-six less than & quorum. Then the absentees were call and only four mora answered to thelr names. ere was some incli- Nation to go through the tedious and unprofitable process of sending the Sergeant-at-Arma to bring in the absentees, but more sensible counsels pre- vailed, aud the House agreed to adjourn, which it did at ten o'clock. BEECHER’S FRIDAY NIGHT TALK. An Increase of One Hundred in the Mem- bership of Plymouth Church—The Ne- cessity of Joining a Church. Mr. Beecher entered his crowded lecture room last evening with smiling countenance, indica- tive of a mind atease. Alter the usual services he said :—The fact that we are on the eve of the com- muaion season of the year; the fact that there are so many who begin their outward Obristian life at. this time, brings back to my mind a. long course of $ears and a long experience. My ministry has extended over nearly forty years, andI have, during that time, labored in the east and in the west exten- sively, and have been through a great many periods of excitement, and have had a great deal to do in bringing men women and children into the Church. In relation to lead ing @ Christian and godly life my views have not changed, but have grown intenser. I recog- nize the fact that persons may live out of the Church and be useful and salutary, Ifa man is living a truly godly lle we have no right to say he 1s not a Christian 1f he 1s outside of the Church, While I, therefore, insist on this charity of judg- ment I am sure that it 1s only exceptional cases that are found where a Christian life is pursued as ‘well outside the Church as within, not because the Church is the recipient of mercies God re- fuses outside, but for reasons plain to every one. In living @ Christian life alone one must lose the social and sympathetic influence. It is to live py the hardest way, and yet he does not reap half the benefit, for if religion 1s anything itis social The whole meaning. of religion is emotional, sympa- thetic, affectional and benevolent. If it means anything it is that men are to lay aside indiffer- ence and selfishness and flow naturally together and towards God. To be brought into the SYMPATHETIC CIRCLE and into fellowship makes religion quick and easy, and, I might almost say, spontaneous; and, more- over, while uniting with, 9 church is not bondage, yet it is a restriction, A man ought not to do anything wrong ; nevertheless we are all frail and there are a great many times when men would do things from whioh they would be greatiy guarded by coming into tne Church. We see this every day in the household. What heips one mem- ber to restst evil is the opinion of the rest of the household, and that which is true of a household is trae of the Church. Look, for instance, in this church; in many respects it labors under a disad- vantage; the church is so large that you can’t know everybody, but you can form acquaintances in circles, You have material to form nine or g eral influence, so that when a brother who has been associated with us many years goes away he carries with bim a yearning, a sense of affection, more like tlw feeling of a family than of achurch., Here is an instance, @ letter from a member, who has been absent TADY FERS it says, “Please see that I am not dropped; I won’t go out of the church; I have been well reported to deacons Fanning and Morell; 1am not voluntart absent; if 1 am dropped please let me know.” She was not dropped, but she was afraid she was. When some church members go away 100 miles they don’t take particular pains to let people know they are church members. There are com- ing into this chfrch next Sabbath about 100, four-fifths upon profession of faitn, and I think the whole thing will fail if they think they are coming into the Church as they would go toa hotel, Many persons put up in churches tn that way; they don’t expect to see the landlord; they pay lor What they eat and that 1s ail This Churo is not a HOTEL OR A BOARDING HOUSE, but a household; and those who come here have feeling of brotierhood, and we don’t understand that they come as men who have become saints, It would be a sad mistake if next Sunday morning they should stand up and say, “See we were sin- ners once like you, but We are converted now.” sin is im every man, and he comes into the Church to be educated, comes into the Church to contest it, he to restrain his natural tendencies and spiritualize them and live on @ higher Christian plane, aud, if they come in and sin after, we are all sinners. We come to learn how to control, and we learn little by little. We come into the Church to be helped, to be buoyed up by common sympathy. Weil, through the long period of my le I have probably assisted in bringing in MANY THOUSANDS, and, though some have falien by the way, the nam- ber is comparatively small, The great majority have felt the influence of that step as long as they lived; they received a joy that lasted through their whole lives. If you come into the Church to perform duty, the duty will always be a loathsome one, but if they come with a loving, humble spirit the duty will be a pleasure. A Christian life, I aver, is the SWEETEST AND EAStEST. When you begin to live a Christian life it is easter to live on a high plane than a low one, It 1s hard when you begin to play on the piano to learn to control your fingers, and is only accomplished by practice, and yet when you have learned it is easier to do What seemed so hara ‘That which is true of physical of man’s life. To live humbly and cheerfully may be hard at first, but afterwards it is easier, and it 1 transcen- dently happier and better Iie than any other and lower itte. “Here Mr. Beecher gave @ space for re- marks, and a brother sald that it was a very hard lue ior persons to depend on what was in them- selves; that he had tried !t, He said that where he lived there was on one hand the Methodist other side the Presbyterial StI; and so he trie to live better than either, and ao any other way. exercises is true *by himeelt; but, said he, it ts sympathy you want, ‘ou must belong somewhere and be brother to Somebody. Brother Halliday said:—I did not have quite so hard a time in the, Presbyterian Churn as our brother. It was the firat Church I joined, twenty years ago. There were very few young people in the church, they made the way so narrow. They put me in quarantine Jor six months. But I rose to say that f advocate all the astor has said of the importance of Church tel- jowship. PASHIONABLE WEDDING IN SCOTLAND. {From the Edinburgh Courant, April 17.) Yesterday afternoon Mr. Claud Cathcart Car. negte, Jr., of Garrie, was Married in St. Mary's church, Arbroath, to Miss Breakenridge, daughter of the late Wiliam Breakenridge, Kingston, Canada. ‘The marriage was celebrated by the Right Rey. the Bishop of Breontn and the Rev. William Henderson. The bridesmaids were Ladies Constance and Beatrice Carnegie, Miss Fothering- Miss E. Burnett and Miss Jamieson. The best men were Lord Carnegie and Mr. Houstoun Boswall, of Blackadder, Berwickshire, Among the marriage cary, were Mr. and Mrs, Strachan Car- negle of le; the Eari and Countess of South- esk, Lady Charlotte Elliot, Captain and Mrs, Alien, Mr. and Mrs, Auldjo Jamieson, the Hon. John Carnegie, the Hon. Charles Carnegio, Mr. and Mrs, Lindsay Carnegie, Miss ee! Carnegie, Mr. and Mrs, Raitt, of Anniston; Major Raitt, Miadieton; Mr: ©, B.; Mr, Bruce Gardyne, of and Mrs. Guthrie, of Guttirie; Mr. Stair Agnew &G. The church was filied with spectators. At the close oi the ceremony the marrtt arty drove to Middicton, the seat of Mr, Bruce rayne, uncle of the bride. ‘The bride wore @ white silk dress and train tulle veil, aprays of orange blossom and myrtic aad dia- mond ordaments, ’ ten common churches, but there 18 & gen- | ‘<