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PILGRIMS' PROTEST
Dr. Storrs* Congrrgalion Rrpndiates the De
cislons of 1he Advisory Connril.
WHAT WILL FOLLOW.
A Secession To Occur if the
Council Is Upheld.
A STORMY SESSION.
Thera was a very remarkable meeting of the male
members ol the congregation iu the lecturo room of
tbe Church of tho Pilgrim*, Brooklyn, last evening.
Dr. Siorrs, the pastor, was tho moderator, and among
those present were Messrs. Sidney Green, W. T. Hatch,
J. P. iiobinson, J. C. Barnes, J. Van Cott, F. Woodrufl,
W. F. Merrill, It. P. Buck, Dwight Johnson, F. Mygolt.Jr.,
A.Baxter, C. C. Dike and Colonel Adams.
Tbe ladles were obliged to bo seated In au adjoining
chamber, from which a vlow of the proceedings could
be had. The proceedings were characterized by a long
and vexed discussion of a set of resolutions, altered by
' Mr. W. T. Hatch, condemning tho result of the Advisory
Council, which was afterward adopted.
Dr. Storra called the meeting to order about eight
o'clock, and prefaced tho proceedings with a short
praver, at tho cnu 01 wnicu nu iiniiouuccu mat uio
ipccial business of tho evening would be tlio consideration
ortlio requisition, signed by prominent members,
read on Sunday, and published in the Hkkald of yesterday.
Mr. W. T. Hatch then offered and read tho
following preamble ?nd resolutions:?
Wherein there in a known and authoritative ecclesiastical
law of tho tloiigregatumal Cliurch, evidenced hy Its usages
tud It* accredited platform* of policy, hy which the validity
>f the act* of churches and of councils are detcrnilnauble;
anil whereas the procedures of churches and council*
which do not conform to that law are disorderly, illegal and
revolutionary, and not binding upon Individual churches or
Ibe Congregational corninuuion; and whereas the late Adrlsory
Council convened In Jtrooklyn, in February. 1 -<7ii,
lid, in its public result of Council, in terms or effect, declare
and atflrin :?
1. That a subsequent ordinary council may disregard, annul
and set aside the result of a previous council which
acted within its letter missive and within the acknowledged
competency of a council.
"J l'hut a church may, without reproach for laxity of discipline,
drop a member for alleged prolonged absence front
ordinances, or other minor offence, without inquiring Into
the truth of graver ehargos publicly and spccilirally made
against the moral and Christian character of such member;
"selecting" a minor "offence on which it shall separate him
rout the fellowship," that it may avoid the scandal of
investigating and cutting him off for the graver offence;
:i That a council may declare itself upon matters of tlie
gravest concern to an individual church and to the collective
churches of the communion whick are not submitted by tho
letter missive from which, by the consentaneous act of the
Inviting and invited churches, the solo authority of the individual
delegate* and of the collective council Is derived, and
by which its functions are strictly limited.
4. ItiAt without hearing a church that ha* proffered a
mutual council to a sister church and without <* submission of
rhc question by the letter missive, a council may advise the
after church tnat aurh proffer was unauthorized and should
be rejected, and may thus take upon itsell the exclusive
responsibility for the rejection of a proffer which it wan
within the undoubted competency of one church to make
and of the other church to accept.
V That after agreeingto unite in calling a mutual council
Each party ha* an unconditional and unlimited right by obMttlg
i<? oxcluue from the fi.iin.il uny church or minuter
proposed by the other party to bp invited, even irrespective
of the question whether such excluded church or minister is
in truth or in fact so committed to u pronounced judgment
In the case as to be morally inoligihle to
sit in the council; that such right of exclusion exists
even after the excluded church or minister has beeu named,
agreed to, and by arrangement between the parties noli tied
that an invitation will be sent; and inuy be exercised ?o as
to exclude from a mutual council 'one-half of which is to
be named by each party), all churches which, and all ministers
who by their maturity o! age, expo ience and wisdom.
Dr ny reason of vicinage, or special knowledge of the parties
or of tho relevant facts on which the council is to pronounce
a coucltision, are in the nature of things most competent
morally and intellectually to conclude wisely and justh ;
l'?. That a pastor (and, by poiut of reasoning, a church
member, who has equal rights with the pastor) who is
tharged with a scandalous offence, may he permitted by his
;hurch to pass bv the standing Examining Committee and
tnnstitute a special committee of attached friends and business
associates (some of whom are n??t members of the
thureh) to investigate the charge, with the ussistnuce and
lirection of bin private attorney, and that tho church mav
iccept an investigation by such special committee so constituted
and directed and its decision as ample and linal, as
relieving such church of all duty to inako further inquiry
into the truth oi the charge.
7. That a council may set aside tho order or method of investigating
by a regularly constituted council, a grave matter,
which .concerns the purity mid good name of nil the
churches, and may substitute therefor a secret commission
anomalous in the mode of its constitution, in the definition
and limitation of Its functions, and in its method of procedure,
and hi the personnel of the tribunal, so unknown that
confidence cannot ho implicitly reposed in either Its integrity,
intelligence or impartiality; therefore,'
Resolved, That the .t'limcli 01 the Pilgrim* will n't
accede to and will not he hound by the principle so declared
in the result of Council; tout it regard* those principles
as novel, false ami revolutionary, and subversive of
the plat forma and polity of the Congregational communion,
and tiiut it does not hold itself hound to continue denominational
fellowship with any church which adheres to those
principles.
Resolved, That when the fundamental principles
I of the Congregational platforms and | olicy?principles
which underlie all voluntary corporate association and
effort?whatever concerns the collective brotherhood of the
churches may be judged by that brotherhood in a properly
eonntituted council, ordinary or extraordinary, according to
the particular case, aud that it a church provo* itself unwilling
or unable by some appropriate ecclesiastical
procedure, Instituted by itself, or iri an ordrrlv war
proffered by sister churches, to rid Itself of a scandal wh en
tends and threatens to discredit all the churches, it is the
right and may he the imperative duty of the brotherhood of
churches to institute inquiry, in order to rid itself eitberof
inch scandal or of such church; and that we shall regard a
final denial of such right or the brotherhood of churches to
Investigate in any extreme case, through nil er. lesiastical
council, as endangering not only the purity, but the very existence
of the communion of Congregational churches.
Mr. Hatch, alter reading the resolutions, declared
that be would say noihiug In support of them, as all ho
would have liked to remark had been said better by
l)r. Siorrs on tho provious evening.
Mr. Wbittcmore spoke at some length on the resolutions.
He characterized the late Council as a noble
one. and said bo bad no doubt m.it its members bud
acted in strict accordance with what they believed to
be true principles of Congregationalism. Congregationalism
bu detlued in a manner precisely similar to
tbe explanation ot Dr. Storrs on Sunday night.
Congregationalism, bo suid, is not dying out,
but increasing, and tiio tailing away
ol ono cburch would not alTect tbe prosperity of tho
cotnniunlou. It bas been said, be continued, (but in
the Congregational Cburch one council lias not tbo
right to act contrary to anoihor council. It is trco
that In * single instance tbe laic council contravened a
former oi \ Tho previous Council decided that a mem
ocr could not bo dfvpped irom tbe roll of a church
without a trial Bflt tbo late Council bud more light.
Several Christian judges have been callrd on lor
m n nninlnn fin tfiw nim?lintt iinil lltov
have docieod thai n council is not mutual uuioes thcro
18 perfect willingness uu bulb sides, first to accept arbitration,
nnd then to decide with period bnrmony
wbo shall constitute that council, nu'l then both aides
aro to sign tho letter missive so that no one shall know
which party originated the council.
Mr. Whiltemore, who is a very aged man, here becamo
very faint, and said he would Iko to speak moro
fully but touud himscll physically unable to do so.
Deacon Buck said the cutiro matter had been gone
over so thoroughly by the pastor on the previous
night that nothing was left lor hi in to say. lie poured
out a bitter tirade ugatnsl what he cullod radicalism in
tho churthos. He said:?"IsVt not the aim of radicalism
to upset all law and order in our land f" Ho was
proud to say that be
HKLONOCD TO Till CONSKHVAT1VK VASTV
in the church. Ho wiut one of the founders of the
church in which they wore assembled, and he certified
to tho lacl that be and those with whom he was associated
in the buildiug ot the edifice, and in calling the
young aud conservative preacher who had never since
ielt them, that they intended the church to be a real
old loehioncd conservative New England Congregational
church. The men who composed the late council intendbe
had no doubt, w hen they Ielt home to do right, however
they Ielt when tliey got to Brooklyn The action
f moat of the delegates had been analogous to tho act
?( a man who holds the tip ot apeu in signing bis name
while some one else makes the mark.
Mr. Whiltemore requested the gentleman to mention
the name of one delegate who had so acted, hut
was summarily silenced by l?r. Storrs, who declared
Dim out ol order, and he sub/tided.
Mr. Jeremiah P. Woodruff was called, snu In response
asked what would be the result of lbs adoption
ol the resolutions.
Dr. Mtorrs said he would be pleased to have the matter
explained by the gentleman wbo drew them, it
seemed to him that they would make no change what*
ever in the relations ot the church. They were Simply
a protest against certain rules slid principles enunciated
by the Council, which any church had a right 10
make, but they did not iiecmre a dislollowsltip with
any church, uor with tho cointuuuity ol chun his.
This interpretation waa indorsed by Mr. Hatch, and
tbo question won again almiii to be imt when Brother
Wood bridge arose and said that he was gr.atly pained
by the trouble which had existed atuoug the churches,
and particularly at the feeling against Plymouth
Church, ot which ho hail hern u nit mher for many
j t ar*. Ho had discredited and (ought against llio rumors
dcrogutory of Mr. Ilecrher'a character lor a long
time; but ho mast now say, honestly unit frankly, that
ho
EKMKVBO Til 15 CII4*(iKH TO RK TRUE.
Tho brother was called to order hy the Moderator,
, anil at the suggestion of Judgo Van Coll, withdrew tho
pbjectlonubls remark, lie then continued;?"'Councils
are not iolallihlc, und if iheru is nowuv provided in tho
. Oligregatlonnl church lor the relief 01 churches situated
as u o are, thru I think wo ought to Unit some
wnvuutol IL It la lor others, wiser than myself, to
tind that way."
Mr. A. Foreman suggested that as the question was
the most important one which liatl come hetoro the
Cliurcb lor years, the resolutions and the pastor's ?jIlri
Ol Sunduy nigtit should he priuted and illstrlUui,.U
among the members, and the meeting be nd*
jomiied two weeks to give the latter an opportunity lo
isjruse ibun. "
lhls piopositloii was opposed, and I)r. btorra, at tho
request ol several members, again road tho preamble
and resolutions.
Judge Uirdscyc did not want the matter delayed, as
%
It would giro lime for the formation of parly spirit
They had ibo result of the Couucil In their bands for a
mouth, and the body of the church was lanniiar with
it. Tliot-e who bud not read flic decision of the Connen
had he.'ore ihctu for the previous twenty-lour hours
a carelul dyest ol tho whole matter prepared by nno
In whom lliey all hud perfect roulldcnuu. The first
statement was that the church protests against theuc
Hon ol the council?an ncnuu ?%u?u ??? !> ? ?m/
in violation of Congregational polity, but In
tliu laco of reason itself. In regard 10 the resolutions
also, ho thought iliechurch was tally prepared to act.
Hi* continuance in tho Congregational Church depended
upon whether other churches thoughottt Ilia
country should concur in the protest or not.
Judge Van Coil .said:?The Council uttlrmed certain
principle* which ur' enumerated in the preamble. Are
the principle! to altiruicd in conformity with Congrc>
giitioDul usage a* we understand it? li not In conlorniiiy
with Congregational usage and law, us wo underI
blllUd it,
KHALI. ?? l*ROTI8T?
That I* the whole matter put forth in tho proamhlo
and resolutions submitted to this meeting. The
speaker argued against a postponement, as the result
ol the Council had been In the liauds of member* lor
< more than a month. We are not going out into the
streets to collect in small knots to cook up a division
between the church aud the pastor. (Applause.) If
i there Is a division in this church. 1 want to kuow it,
and 1 want lo know what the division I*. 1 think the
time has como lor a settlement, without postponement,
i ol the question whether wu are a untied church or a
divided one, ami it we are a divided church, lo know
just what the point of division is.
Mr. Whilieuiore attempted to make some reply to
the remarks ol Mr. Van Colt, hut his voice was completely
drowned by cries of ''Question," "Question,"
; and a general uproar which ensued.
Tho quest ion upon the amendment was put and lost
Dr. Starrs then read the preamble by section* and
they wu re severally adypted.
The Moderator then read tho first resolution. A
rising vine w.ih rnimii nir mm mu rrauiuiiun ?
yeus 78, navs 2b.
Hroilior Whittumoro interrupted the taking or tlie
vole vviili?"Mr. Moderator, 1 am sosatistied that those
resolutions arc so at vartauce una no misrepresent"
j (Cries ol "Order.")
Tile Moderator?Tho rote is being taken, and no debum
in in order.
Tlie second resolution was then put and carried by a
risiug vote?yeas 8b, nays 14. The question then
came up on tlie adoption ui tho preutnblo and resolutions
as a whole.
Brother Van t'ott said that if ho had been under:
stood as having cast uuy rellcclioii against Hroiher
Foreman, he had not so intended, and cheerluily with|
drew any sueli remarks. (Applause).
Tho vote on the entire document was then taken and
adopted?yens MO, nays
llrother ilaleh theu moved that the address of tlie
pastor delivcrod ou .Sunday and tho document adopted
at this meeting be printed. Tho motion was carried
und the meeting was adjourned.
MOODY AND SANKEY.
i
The morniog services at tho Hippodrome yesterday
wore rather well attended, but as tho weather was
somewhat unsettled the crowds of ladies ibat usually
attend tbese meetings were not visible. Mr. Moody,
Mr. Sail key opd tho Rev. Dr. Hepworlh colored tho
ball together and took scatB on the platform. Tbey
' were soon followed by Rev. Dr. Kennurd and tbreo
other, clergymen. Tho services opened with the singing
of tbo twenty-third hymn, "1 am so glad that
Jesus loves me." This was Joined in by tho wholo con
gregation, and the chorus w-as given with great effect'
After the singing Dr. Ilepwortli read out a number op
the usual requests lor prayer, among which were the
following:?From a teacher in a mission school for help
and strength to carry out tho work of the I.ord; for a
number ol men, members ol New York clubs, tbat they
may be couverted and know the folly of their ways;
for churches In Say vi lie, I,org Island, in Hartford,
Conn.; in Bninhrtdge and scverul other places; lor
Cornell I'nlvcrsity aud for the University of Virginia,
that all those that study there may be infused with the
Holy Spirit; from sixteen sisters for their brothers;
from lourtceu daughters lor their parents; from eleven
persons suffering from special doubts aud religious
difficulties; Irom n loving duughter lor a latber eighty
veurs old who does not yet kuow Christ; for a young
lady dying oi consumption; for an only son who lias
given up hope of salvation.
ilov. i)r. Conchlyn, pastor of tho Madison avenue
and Twenty ninih street church, offered the prayer
ullor the reading of the requests, and then tho choir
sung the lorty-lourth hymn, "Uracc, it is a charming
souud." Mr. Moody afterward read ttie twelfth chap
lor 01 ACIS. 110 men oueruu imiuas io uuu jor 1110
number of convorts that,had been tuado during the
week. "On Sunday," he said, "I lull as it the windows
ol heaven were opened when I saw and heard the numbers
that were inquiring after Christ. Ought
we not give thanks to God lor all tbeso
things f" Ho continued that It was evident I
that there is a spirit of inquiry pervading and permeating
the great city of Now York, und people woro
being brought hack to Christ who had not acknowledged
the Master lor years. Numbers of revival meetings
were being held throughout the city, and the account of
the work being done was encouraging in the extreme.
Not only, he said, are the ministersand those appointed
to extiort doing great work, but the young converts
, are laboring to bring other converts to Jesus. During
the meetings lor the last two weeks there was a man
from i'hiladelpblu who is the owner of a large foundry
present every evening. He came into the inquiry
room last night and said he was going to I'luladelphia
on the lato train and he intended to try and convert all
I his employes to Jesus.
Mr. Moody was lollowed by the Rev. Dr. Kennard,
who gave a detailed account of the work in his Church,
where a number of new converts were Joining every
week. On Sunday night, he said, twenty.live anxious
persons came forward and asked for light.
A gentleman irotn the Ninth ward spoke ol the
Christian work In that district. Ho said that there is
{ a meeting hall in the centre of the ward, and that
numbers ol pcoplo Hocked to the meetings in it who
I had prejudices against going Into a church, especially
I the iioorcr class of people, and a great deal of good
was being done with these people.
A gentleman from Brooklyn then came forward and
related a number ol umaxing conversions In that city,
j The work had coramcuced before the advent of Mr.
Moody In thai city, but wont on with greater forco
{ unci.
Tho meeting concluded with a prayer by Dr. Hepworth
ami the s'nfing of the hymn, "Praise God from
' whom all blessings liow."
EVENING SERVICES.
In the evening there was a large meeting In the
Madison avenue hall, bat no overflow meeting. Mr.
Moody, nowovcr, held n private meeting at Association I
Hall tor tho benrflt of inquirers and youDg converts,
and was not present at the Hippodrome meeting, which
was. conducted by Mr. Snnkey. Kev. Mr. Saunders
addressed the assemblage and took for his text
Luke, Ixi., 0?"1 will follow thee, but let
mo first go aud bid them farewell which
are at homo nt my houpe." Ilia address was
principally on the necessity of accepting Christ's word
ul once ami without delay. He said that many Christians
were lost iroui the habit of prorrosnnation and
ot making (utile excuses to themselves for their delay
in accepting Christ. They say tlioy think Ihey are
doing about right and try to be satisfied with their
spiritual condition; but It is this matter of being about
right w hich is the rock on which the majority of those
who ought to corne to the I.ord split. The people who
are alwayl intending to do right uurortunately generally
slip up.
Mr. San key satig the hymn, "There were ninety and
nine who palely lay In tho shelter of iho told," and the
nieoting concluded with benediction by Mr. hatikoy.
There wore.prayer mcetngs lor three-quarters of an
hour afterward, and the inquiry rooms were well tilled
with seekers after spiritual knowledge.
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE.
THE CONDITION OF THE SOOTH EDUCATIONALLY,
RELIGIOUSLY AND FINANCIALLY, A8
SEEN BY A SOUTHERNER? A FRIENDLY CRITIC
ON MR. NOBDHOFF'H LETTERS.
Two weeks ago the Hot. Dr. Lee. formerly President
of Clark University, In Atlanta, Ga,, an institution
founded and maintained by tbo Methodist Episcopal
Church North, came to this city to plead in beliull of
the religions and odncallonul Institution* of tho South,
especially those sustained by the Frecdmcn'a Aid Society
of tbo Molhodlsl Episcopal Church. Last week
he brielly addressed the Methodist Preachers' Association
of this city sud was then Invited to give hla experiences
more In dotuil. In his addross yesterday ho referred
to some thIFfes that were slightly rontradlctory
o( what he called tlio very excellent letters written to
the Hkkald hy Mr. Nordbolf. He said it could easily
bo seen that two sides of the picturo could exist and
Mr. Nordhod soe only one. That gentleman con lined
himself more especially to places ou tno lino ol railroad
travel, wlitlo the speaker, as clrcnit and station
preacher and pre*!ding elder, bad sera tbo Interior
as well as the railroad centres, lie claimed
that Mr. N'ordhofl made a hasty and special
visit In the Sooih, while 1,0 wn* born
nud reared In tbo Mouth, nod lor eight rears past has
been laboring in 'icorgie as a minister representing l>o
Methuilist Kpiacopnl Church. Ho bad, he said, the intciestsof
tbo wInto people of the Moutu as much at
heart aa those ot the negroes. Mr. Nordholl auld that the
negroes 01 (ieorgia ow ued 17,000,000 worth ol properly,
bill the colored peoplo ol Month Carolina and one or
two other Stales own much more than that. Most ol
this property hail been seruiod to 1 hem through lite
influence ol the Northern white t< *< h*r* sou preachers
and residents The southern people would not knowlagljror
willingly sell an MMM land to ibe colored
people. The crimes and attempts that had Imeu
charged up?n the southern people against the fr< cdmen
and their Northern while teachers Mr. Nordhon describes
as having luk-di place, II at all. ?tght or len
years ago, and were, aa he alleged, the outgrowth
1 ol the
asutOMiTiM KgGKsniitrn 1* m* was.
Mr. Lee pointed out a < ase that occurred Icaa than
one year ago where threats In destroy Iter school und
drive her out ol the place were made against an Illinois
teacher who was located 111 a place which lie
would not mme, only seven miles Irom at. important
railroad town. Hy various iniluence* ami encourage,
meins this lady was induced to remain until the school
term closed, "when she left the placo. There ore
, rifiiiy places, not more than twenty miles j
I buck from the railroads, where llio colored
men don't yet know they art' Iree. The Urangera
I control the labor ol tho State and havo Died the pricoo j
JKK. HERALD, TUESDAY.
at $flO a year and rations for men (colored) and |20 and
ra|ions Cor women. Tlu-re is no provisions at all for
children. And i? esrape tbo oppression o( tlioao raioa
the colored peopie must emigrate ifom tbo State. He
ua<i spi'ii inem wita rncir nine pacKs civparmrig iv
Stairs to escape starvation, for with their families they
could not live on these sum*. Indeed, he had known
some men working for ten cent* a uu.v and had heard
of othern working lor as llllloa* six cents u day. lu
South fieorgiu thia condition of things exists more especially,
(or tb? supply ol lalior there ih greater than
the demand. The silent and uncial ostracism ol the
colored people und of white Northern paople Is greater
than ever, inougti the open eflorts to auiioy are less.
There is au evident hope uud a steady though silent
eltort on the part ol the South to reduce the colored
people to a stale of jmm.uucu, and if tho Methodist Kidscopal
Church should withdraw its lultuencc and its
fortes Iroin that region those dark and bloody deeds of
old would be repealed. Nine ,ve.>rs ago a whiie lady
teacher went to liriinivitlc, Go.'. and was refused admission
tu the hotel or to the home ol any while person m
the place, the has heroically maintained her position,
but, so great is the ostracism practised there, sho bus
been visited by two Southern white persons only during
those n nc years.
f huusauda ol the church members ol tho Methodist
Episcopal Church Sooth are with tho North, hut itaoy
reluse Irnlernmng until tliolr General Conference or
their leaders show somo disposition to move In that
direction. And the latter refuse because they say that
by the "Plan ol Separation" ol 1844 the Methodist
Kplscopal Church has no right there and Is simply ire*.
pMPsinsr on tho territory of their brethren. There is
abundant work and room lor both churches in tho
South. There are forty-seven counties in (ieorgia alouo
whore tho Method!*: Kplscopal Church havo neither a
station nora minister; and yot they have lorty-llvo
w h leand sixty-seven colored ministers iu tho .State.
Tlio.v havo no' mixed churches ot white und colored
members, except iu a lew plucos where there are not
eiioni'ii ni either color to sustain sena'ale establish
muni*. llaoK ol the railroad centres tlicy have no
church building Uiai exceeds in average value {'200.
The
CONfKKI^CBS ALOXO TIIK Ol'LF COAST
consist chiefly ol colored ministers and members, with
hore and there a lew white. Theru aro three colored
conferences uluug the liordor. At the close ol tbo w ar
the Methodist Episcopal Church had (>8,000 ehurcli
moinbers. It luid since added 1)00,000, ot which number
about list,OhO are w line and 178,000 colored. The
border churches number 140,000 members. In the
Central Boultiern couiereuces they have 7a,000 moinbers,
about 36,ono o| wlioin lire colored. II, therefore,
tbo Methodist Episcopal Church gives up its white
work in Hie South, lor the same reasons It should give
up Its colored work. The Co'orcd Methodist Kplscopal
Church South, which has been sot oil' by the Methodist
Kplscopal Church Smith, lias 00,000 members, but has
no iiioaiis ol prosecuting Its own ordinary work. It It
had one ot Its bishop-, would not have come North to
solicit aid. Tbo Meihodisl Kplscopal Church South
Is no bettor ablo to carry on the work
thus begun and prosecuted by the Church North. II the
latter w ithdraw, the poor whites as woil as the colored
peoplo will lapKo again into a sewl-civllliod condition.
The Stale Commissioner of Education reports that ho
has plumed 190 schools in iieorgla, and recommends
the County Commissioners not to employ as tern hers
any Northern persons or graduates ol the Atlunta
I'nivcr-ity and other Institutions sustained by tho
Northern Church, because, as ho stales, the faculty tu
those institutions touch sociul equality by eating ai tho
samo tables with their coloruu pupils. Those Statu
schools sre nominally open only three mouths In the
year, but really not more than one month. Out of a
population ol *1,000,000 in the Stale ol lieorgu (hero
are 468,000 Illiterate persons. Tho Baptists of ull
shades are the most numerous In Ueorgiu, but ol tho
132,000 of them 40,000 aro known as hard shells, wno
aro opposed to lem|?erauco, to m ssious and to Suuduy
schools. Hence the mountain districts of (ieurglu are
full of ''crooked" whiskey si ills. The Methodist Episcopal
Church ftouth lias 92,000 members. The Colored
Methodists ol the South, in union with the Method -t
Kplscopal Church, have put f 1.600,000 into Church
properly there. This will ho saeriliced il the Church
withdraws its protection and help. The benovolent
societies of the Methodist Episcopal Church have spent
*117.000 on them since the war and received back
$4b.OOO. The Doctor dcsrr.bcd the "holy dunce*'" and
the supposed Ictisch worship ol the colored people in
Iho South, and declared that it had been publicly stated
In the Slalo (Grangers' Assembly tbut members bad
flogged their colored laborers, anil tbe facts had been
published in the Atlanta papers and never denied. The
Doctor, therelorc, made a .-troug plea lor the Methodist
Episcopal Church to stay In the South.
LECTURE ON ROBERT BURNS.
Mr. Ifogea B. Perkins delivered an interesting and
instructive lecture last evening at the Methodist Episcopal
church on Washington Heights. His subject was
the "Lite and Character of Robert Burns," and he was
listened to by a large and atteulivo audience, composod
ol tho leading residents on tbe Heights. The lecturer
described lturns as a truthful delineator of human
character and passions, and contrastod bis writings
with those ol 3belley and others, who are not always
truo to nature. Burns never slralucd his muse to
create an eflect. On tho contrary, tho emotions and
phases of the human heart were given in lines so near
tbe truth that they elicited a response Irom all nations
baring a knowledge ol Ills native tongue. The Englishman,
the Welshman and the Irishman tound him
to t>c a true poet and wcro thrilled by his songs as well
as the Scot. Here In America the genius of Burns was
naturally admired, ami lus writings are ns lamlliar as
household words. Tho character of Bums was essentially
democratic. Ho nover euolgized a despot nor
intoned anthems to a tyrant, while he wus always devoted
to the cause ot the peoplo and loved to sing lor
tho lowly and the meek. The proceods of the lecturo
will go toward aiding the Washington Heights Ladies'
Aid Association.
FUNERAL OF VICTOR BISHOP.
Tbe funeral of the late Mr. Victor Bishop took place
yesterday ^rom bis late residence, Xo. 41 West Tenth
street. At half-past one o'clock, tho time announced
for tbe ceremony, a large number of tbe deceased
gentleman's relatives and friends wero In attendance.
The servlco was conducted by the Rev. Tuttlc Smith,
of tbe Fifty-seventh street Episcopal church, who also
made a brief but eloquent address. The pull-bearers
were Messrs. John J. Murphy, Robert Friedrichs,
Courad Broker, Jr., C K. Morris, William H Earlo, M.
Tope, A. I'. Uodcnpyo and C. l-asalle. The remains
wero enclosed In a handsome casket with silver mountings.
The floral oflerlngs were uutnerous and of great
beauty, being made up chiefly of lilies, roses onu violets.
At the close of tbo services the funeral cortdgo
set out for Greenwood Cemetery, whero tho romams
will be interred.
THE PATEIISON SILK FAILURE.
All the creditors of Tilt A Son. tho I'aterson silk
manufacturers, have signed an agreement to accept
sixty coots oo a dollar, except Mr. William ityie, wno
Is a creditor to tbe cxteut of |40,000. In the meantime
600 employes of tLie 1'hcntx null, who wore suddenly
thrown out of work by the closing of tho place,
are anxiously trusting that (lie settlement will bn made
so that operations may be resumed. Unless all Ihn
creditors agree to the compromise toe establishment
will have to be thrown Into bankruptcy.
CHESS.
The grand tournament at tbe Cafd International will
commeuce on Monday next and will bo tbe most important
event in American chess wblcb has laken place
since tho Chess Congress of 1857. A largo number of
first class players have entered tbo lists, and In view
of tbe approaching Centennial Congress much interest
ts manifested as to tbo relativo rank the contestants
will take, rbe llrst prize will be at icust (100. and
there will be three others ol smaller value. The games
will be played on even terms, and among tbe entries
are Mr. Uoorge McKenxie, who has enjoyed
for so muny years the honors ol the
American championship: Mr. Bird, the celebrated
Kngllsh player; Mr. James Mason, regarded
by many as accond to no player In the country; Mr
Allieroul, well known lor his brilliancy of play; Dr.
Darnell, tbe champion ol Brooklyn; Mr. Deiniar. who
has held a prominent position in American chess tor
the past len years; the veteran Mr. Perrln; Mr. lirenxinger,
who has not played of late, hut has consented
to re-enter the lists on this occasion, and some rising
voting players who will measure their strength with
those mentioned above. The mateli system adopted
m Vienna will be used, each player conteannga match
of the best two games In three with each of tho others,
drawn games counting one-nail to each. If by the aid
of drawl the score reaches two and two each scores
onc-hslf a match.
ATHLETIC ENTERTAINMENT.
An entertainment, consisting of boxing and wrest
ling, I* announced to take place al Hum Thoatrc on
Thursday af.ernoon Beside* the amateur and prolesatonal
perlormera that will be preaenl, two young
women will tion the mittens and do Itieir best to please
the spectators.
WILLING TO FIGHT ANYBODY.
George Kooke has withdrawn tho money deposited at
the C'/ipper olllco for tho purpose of making a glovo
match with John Dwyor. The men could not agree on
the ctty in which the glove light was to take place.
Kooke announces that he w ready to Agin any m in of
150 pounds, with or without gloves, for $l,noo or
$1,600 a side, and haa his raonoy ready to deposit.
SPORTING EVENTS ABROAD.
A day or two since the police authorities of llampstead
received Information that about twenty men each
of the Coldstream and Grenadier Guards respectively
had arrived by the underground railway at the .?wi??
Cottage station, St. John's Wood, and were repairing
to n held whore a Coldsiroaui and a Grenadier were to
light lor a certain amount of stakes. Two bodies ol
coniiablen, nnmliering ten each, were sent in the direction
of West Knd and Child's Hill, and at tho Cork and
Moon in the lornicr locality, one parly came up with
tho soldier* after ilia battle had been In^nn, hut had
been relinquished lor a lima, an the poller were reported
lo be on the track of Ilie party. I nape riot
Woodland, who eventually had nearly tinny men tinder
hint, spoke temperately to some of the j;ii irdNinen,
telling them it would lie hla duty lo snppre** any attempt
of a breach of the peace. After waiting a considerable
tune tho soldiers, perceiving there waa no
chance of ilto fight coining ofl. abandoned tint idea ai
| having It.? Spoiling and Oruma(ic A'uoj, Feb. 2b
MARCH 14, 1876.-TRIPLE
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ATHLETICS.
Can
HABTABDS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION'S WINTER l?U
MEETING? SECOND DAT.
Bqhtojc, March II, 1870. Y
Tlio second day of the Uarvard Athletic Association's sp<
winter meeting began at eleven o'clock this mornlug
with?contest in putting up dumbbells. Of the two t,1(f
competitors Messrs. U. F. Carver, '79, and 15. Perkins, and
L.S.S., the latter wastbo winner of the cup. The sec J*'*
ond event was the conclusion of the tio tu middle an,|
weight sparring betwoen Messrs. Riggs, '76, und Don- exc
ton, L8.S. *
The
Boct I was consumed In sparring for >m o "ning, eon
Mr. Riggs getting in tbo llrst blow?a stout driver on win
tho body?to which Mr. Runton replied with a well direeled
blow on tho right kidney. In tbo Qerce half arm
rally which closed the round both did so well thai the whi
judges were forced to call for another bout to decide
tho match. not
JA)urX?In this both wero very cautious, Mr. Den- but
ton making play lor the body and Ills opponent watchIng
lor countnrs on the head. Ttuio was called alter pU(1
three minute* aud ten seconds of sharp work, und the ul(,
bout and match was decided in favor ol Mr. Riggs. ?nri
A?Vaulting (one hand, Messrs. Dull, '76; l.athnm,
'77; Thayer, '78; Martin, 77. At o leot 2 inches all two
tailed and tho prizo was given to Mr. Thayer at 6 W)V
loci. any
4.?Vuuliing (bolU bands)?Messrs. Llvormore, *75; m't
Walker, '77; Hull, *70; Thayer, '78; Maruu, '77. Uirt
ileginuing ?l 5 tout all cleared the bar up to 0 loot 2 poc
Inches, when Thayer an<l Murtln went out At (1 feet 5 W|t!
Inches Hall ami Walker lulled and tho vault was luado resi
by .Mr. Livermorc, who vrou. to s
5. Hoary Weight Wrestling?Messrs. Leeds, '77, and p0s
lluhbard, '79. Mr. Loads gained the llr.it (all in 'Jos. Sllc
In tho second bout both went dow n lour times, '*uo ,qln
lull" being called eudli tuue. Mr. Leeds Dually got a girt
side lock and threw bis eotn|>clltor u hip Inll in 8m. 40s. j j,?
0. Light We.ght Sparring?Messrs. Weld, '79, and mii
Mudge, '74, tcOK three ruuiuis lo decide. The sparring her
was careless on boih sides, both hitting round arm tlni
blows. The third Ixiut closed with an Inside counter (r0|
for both uud was decided in lavor ol Mr. Weld, who was 0t |
declared lo bo the winner ol the match. tior
7. Middle Weight Wrestling?Messrs. Kesslor, '78; tlvc
Brownlow, '78; Thayer, '78; l'erkins, L.S.S.; Sea- pro
mans, '77; Cnshing, '77. tlor
Firtt Mout? Ko?*ier uud Thayer, was won easily by
the lormor in two quick lulls
Jceond lioiU?Cushing and Heamans, both members
of the tootball team and splendidly matched. Twice In
their llrsl round "No lull" had to be called. Seumans To
at last go; an under hold and throw his tnun. Tho j;
second round was equally tierce and exciting, eudiug in ..
Seumans' lavor, after a sharp struggle of oni. ks. 0 1
7 Atrd Hunt?l'erkins and itrowuluw. l'erkins gained Hoi
tho tlrst tall lu tin. los. acd the second, alter four "No W|n
lulls," In 4m. lis.
The Urst pair to wrestle ofT the Hcm wore Messrs. I'er- 08 1
kins aud Kessler, the hitter getting a lull in '.'OS. In rlgl
their second came a hard struggle, neither being able [irr.
to win a lull, alibuugh Ihey went down live tithes. .
Alter wrestling lor Bin. Has. Mr. l'erkins strained his "?"
side in grappling lor a hold and was lorced lo withdraw. Jv
Afier an intei mission of live ininuies Messrs. Kesslor
and Scumaus stood ii|> lu wroslle off the lost no. In 8<"
the first bout Kessler wou a lull in 4m. 50s. lu the lna
second, alter wrestling for ten minutes, time was
called. In the third ibev ugaiu worked lor live nun- *'e
utcs, neither man getting n tall, and then the reiereo, mn
culling time, by their consent stood them up at "back cj1'
looks," and allor u sharp, Uorco tussle .Soumans went "
down a lair hack lull, and Mr. Kessler won the match.
Hm.li duve ol this meeting have been very successful. cin
President Knot wus among Hie spoclalors lliis morning, P01
and showed great interest In tno contests, especially no
the wrostling, In which he was much pleased by iho eM
good humor exhibited by iho coulestaius. The relereu c?'
was the Kev. Frederick 1'almcr, ol Kevere, Mass., a ?"
graduutc 01 the college and an outhusiostlc gymnast,
who conies over to Cambridge twice a weok and outsnips
any undergradunto la his louts on tbo rings and
horizontal bar. cal
The association will hold Its spring outdoor meeting *?
In May, on Jarvls Field, when prizes will be given iu J''1
walking, running. Jumping and similar contests.
THE CENTENNIAL EIFLE MATCH. BUJ
REPLY TO SIB HENRY HALFORD?THE CREEDMOOR
RANC1E TO BE OPENED TO-MOBROW. To
The Kxccullvo Cominilleo ot tho National itllle Asso- 1
elation held a meeting yesterday afternoon in their 'or
rooms at No. 93 Nassuit Street, Bennett Building, with ^
General Alexander Whaler In the chair. Tbo principal vo
business done was tho agrocmont on a reply to Sir
Henry Uallord, whose letter to tho association was or
recently printed In tho Herai.d. It was decided tp ""
oi>cn the Crocdmoor range on tho 15th Inst, (to-mor- jj*
row). The association's reply to Sir Henry Haiford Is nai
as follows:? ih<
Nkw York, March 13, 187B. do
Sir IIksry llALfoRD, Member 0( Council National Hifle *'?
Association and Captain of tho British Teamcrl
liSAU Sir?Your letter ot February 14 cauie duly to ou
hand. I delayed answering In order to bring It before
our Board ol Directors, nl their regular meeting ot tho
present inoniu, and write under their Instructions, ??
which 1 anw have tho honor to da In
Your association will belter comprehend the position Ai
of our Board and the reasons why wo cannot properly
adopt your suggestion hb to the courso we suould tnk'o "
in reference to teams from the British Isles, outside of Wl
England, when I state tho origin ol the pro|iosed In- oc
toriial'onul maicn, ana uncnv can your uiieuiion 10
tho action taken by our Board in fiirlbornni-c thereof
up to the present tunc. It Was the tlesirn of the
United Status Centennial Commission to make a rifle P'1
tournament ono o! (ho feature* ?t the Kxhibition, and ""
our association was requested to undertake its manago- "
menu Accordingly, at a regular meeting of our Board an
tho following resolutions were adopted:?
I'esolred, That in furtherance nl (be st ps already taken
fur a grand international competition on the occasion of the
rentennlai anniversary of American independence, and lor
a proper observance of such anniversary on the part of
this association, a series of rifle matches be iuautru- '
rated, to take place during the summer or aulnmn ol 187(1. _
und a general invitation ba and hereby is extended to riflemen
of all cuuulriea to parlicipato. Ju
Unsolved. That the president and secretary he anlhorlsed
and requested to noltl'y, in the name of tnls association,
riflemen of Kngland, Irelmd Scotland, France (iermsny, Til
Austria, the Dominiou ol Canadu, the Houtb American Sp
Stales, and all countries having rifle associations or rlubs, (;h
of tho oppnrtnuily preaented to tlicm to participate io the eri
competitions instituted.
Our president and secretary complied with the request
contained in the foregoing resolution Iry sending
u copy 01 tno same to every ruie association una rill i
club whoso address roulil be obtained, throughout tbo
world, regardloss of nationality or territorial location. cil
These resolutions were accompanied by an official letter,
signed by our provident ami nonrotary, cordially ''
transmuting the aarne, and stating, in substance, tbat ari
while tbcro would bo tnatcbos at abort dia- aQ
lances lor military and other arms, the principal
match "would bo for the championship
or Ibe world, at long range, open to
i teams of elgbt Irom each country.'' Wo must, there- "
fore, assume that ibe official communication described jln
above la now in the possession of every known nllo ...
association or club. A strictly technical consirnction
of the lorcgoing conditions?viz., "open to learns of cn
eight Irom each country"?would undoubtedly rcquiro *'
Great llriiuln and Ireland and the English Provinces to *'
be represented in the match in quest.on by one teum {'
only. This was not our Intention. Wo Intended tho
match to be Irco to all, In the broadest sense. Wo tpf
mentiouod particularly England, Ireland. ."colluDd
and ihe liominion of Canada, that each might have an
opportunity to send a team In adopting this courso
we had Ireland especially in mind. Kenicmtienug our I
contests with her iu 1874 aud 1876, and the pleasant jn,
Intercourse they uflorded: aud being also aware ol tbo
fu< t that Ireland, iu holding the Elcho shield, stands
lorlh at present M champion of the British Isles, wo tlv
did not think we could with propriety?and we know Vc
we could not in justice to our own leellngs?tlx such prl
conditions as would necessarily exclude hor from rep- lm
rese illation.
Cur telegram to you of January 18?"Any team you
organize w ill be accepted?English, ricotch, Irish or
mixed"?was liol intended lo give you tho option of
sending either one or ihroc teams irom England, Ire- jjj
iund and Scotland, but was intended to give you, as tho
deputed representative ol the National Kiflo Assocla- I>''
lion, ibe privilege ol bringing over a team of any char- lu<
acter you cfeooM to organize, leaving Scotland and Ireland
to accept or decline onr Invitation as llicy might
elect. No inrthcr or other action in the premises than
as above appears lias been taken by "ur association.
If brotiatid and Ireland, or either of them, are not R*1
disposed to accede to the propositions of yutir
National Klfle Association, we do not see what actum
we could properly lako that would force llieir compliance.
It is obvious that at this late day we cannot
recall our invitations, nor can we change tho con
Uitions ol the match, ccolland and the Dominion ol 7*
...... tv, \ J " v?
England does not also accept on tier Own tiehalf. and w?
afford iis the ptcasuro of un otiug upon uur grounds a ho
purely English tenm. Our Invitation was not ti
uentgned to hear In inr aspect the appear- ne
aoco of a .challenge. We organize a match, wi
provide a anllable tropny, invite all to come and ront- w>
polo and propone to cail tbc winning team rhampiona
or the world. It t* our Judgment that a Dingle team
from England, Scotland and Ireland combined would
Increase the chanres for American success, Dimply hecause
there would he two Iras teamn in the field Our
dentre, however, to roc a largo number of competitors
evceeded our desire to win. Nevertheless, if England,
Scotland and Ireland ahould agree together to aend yf
over an imperial toatn, wc snail cordially welcome them M
to the malcn.
Please pardon the length of my communication, and
f be assured ol my high esteem and regard. cll
Yours, very truly,
OKoKOK S. 8CHKRM KKHORN, Jr.,
Secretary National Utfle Association.
MUSIC AT 'TIIE CENTENNIAL. r'
~ i Jl
PBti.APKLPniA, March 0, 1474.
Ana t.lan nr nrolnct frtr ifldlfiiy In lltn inlnratl of (!ia A'
Centcnnlid Celebration crowds ?? close upon another
that tome of thoao best worth knowing are crowded
into the background. Noticeably la thla no In ttao case
of the great choral fcotlval propose*! by the Welali "
people In tbclr ancceasful national Kiateddfod, hold at ri
Hyde I'ark laat aummcr. While the choral aocletiea at
among the minora havo atood ready to do their part
there hat been, until within the last few daya, too little "
Interest shown by tho wealthier members of tho Welch t<
nationality aeattercd ttiroiigbont the I'nton, and ew 11
pcclally to thla city, although usually thoy arc onthual lt
, aatlc to a proverb wherever their prldo of race la con j
SHEET.
aed. A fresh spirit, however, trcmi to he aroused
>ng them by the recent mooting at I ho rooms ot the
ibrisn i<ncieiy, whou they decided thai the Inled
celebration aliould be earned out, end appointed
immitteo to organize plana lor the saute mud secure
neceaitary funds.
our correspondent was one of the few "Kngllsh
eking" people Irom a distance who attended the
lease Catherine at llvde i'ark last aetiLotiibcr. and
rd the five great Wi Ish chmrx compete in lh<' singof
Handel's "L?l I'l Break Their Bonds Axnnder"
Mendelssohn's "Kise Up, Anno," wholly unsualed
by any orrbosirn, rendering them in a style
ch was pronounced by Mr. Carl '/errahn, of Boston,
ny Mr. James S. Pearee, of your city, wholly tin
el led by any choral stugiug they hud ever heard In
erica, on the Confluent of Kurope, or in England.
1 only choir (hey had ever listened to that could
ipele w nh these was that of their ow n nationality
uh Canning had led up to Loudou ut the tiiue ol the
l yreul-World's Kxposltion.
; would lie u thousand pities that the proposed comilion
should fail of absolute success. It Is one in
ich not ouly all people musically inclined must take
p Interest, and es|M'Clally those muaiclans ol great
lure who urn endeavoring to awaken and tram a
lonal taste and appreciation for the highest music,
it should hold no less powerful attraction for the
dent of social science desirous ol asoorianung and
owing out ihe best means for tho elevation of the
>rer laboring classes. It is to be remembered that
men and women Who compose these great.choirs?
i there wore not leas than 1.000 participants in the
gmflceiilly rendered classical music during those
i days nl Hydo I'nrk?are all coal miners, or their
es and children. Thev have no opportunity to bo
thing else than poor, and the present suspension
hat very part of the coat field in which they live?
scily around and above Scranlon? must inako thetn
irer. So it is to be hoped that public interest enough
I be felt among the wealthier classes of their people
ideul in other Stales and localities to induce them
ubscrihe with lilierality sulflcient to muko the proud
unique and Interesting competition one of the most
ces-'tul features ot next summer's celebration. Tho
irs promise to give not only some of the best clasil
music, bulspccimcnsof theiruucicn! national airs,
music of the lutrds who in their day rivalled tho
istrels ol Provence. The Kislcddloil of last Seplomwns
opened by tho roudition of one of these nainl
songs with chorus, nud later, a Welsh brass hand
II Plymouth gave another, "The March ot the Men
larloch." If tho two he fnir specimens, their nolal
music will form by no means Ihe least altruci
feature ot their nrogrammo, a programme which
mises to equal In interest unv other single attracI
promised lor thoCeniennlal summer.
A CENTENNIAL CANVASS.
tub Rditor or tun Ukrai.d:?
ow, while iho people ol this country, Irrespective
I'urly, ntaad abashed at the awful, sorrowful revelais
brought to light in tho case ot General Belknap,
i) whs a trusted and, as the people supposed, an honfaithlul
public oiUcer, 1 think it in order, and a
lit they possess, for tho people, through the public
ss, to present ihoir Ideas and offer some remedy and
ding Imlins for public peculation. While tho ship
stale is heaving and pitching to and fro through
disturbed sea of party politics let there ho
nothing to calm tho storm. Therefore I nomto
William M. Kvarts, Now York's popular
i, lor tho Couteuniul candidate for President,
needs no introduction by tho Hkkai.u to its
ny readers or to Iho Amertcau people. Honest,
table, a man of the people, respected by them, he
aids lo-day as ono of the host representatives
true stntosmaush p. 11 tho republican party at I'idnati,
on the 17th day of Juno next, will drive tho
llticians to tho wallthrust out every mau who is
w manipulating Mate delegations in hU own inter,
and place WilUum M. Kvarts upon its ticket as its
idldate, the whole world will applaud its action, and
conservative men, independent of parly, in every
ite in this Union, will say, "This is a man whom wo
i and will support." Like wildllro would his n.uiie
ze all over this country, lor with Mr. Kvarts as tho
uld triumphantly elect him. Selected as He Ceninial
orator, let him be selected as the Centennial
jslduntial candidate, and let the pcoplo now, at the
(inning ot our new national history, demand that
:U men as ho shall be placed in otllce.
sew Yokk, March 8, 1S76. CENTENNIAL.
Pit it. a dkt.ru t a, March 4, 1876.
thb Editor or the Hkrai.d:?
Vill you allow mo to suggest a new and grand field
your paper?
'his year, of all others, the pcoplo should bare a
ice In naming tbo Presidential candidates. The pocat
rakes aro about to give us a Morton, or lilitno,
Hendricks?their choice. When Co*, of Ohio, saw
> tendencies of the administration, did he whitewash
corruption. Nominate him and follow it up with
hogging vigor, or sink your prejudices ami let his
ine be Charles Francis Adams. Hrlslow would charm
s popular car, which Is essential. Than it would do
wn with ibis cursed crew, who do politics as a
ascl suekH an egg. You explore loretgn zones; rou
ished (irant's third tertn projects, nttd now, wiieu
r land aud us form ol government uro on the brink
rulu, you can do nothing.
Wo, the people, are waiting?oh, most anxiously?lor
me movement of this nature. Can you not take the
illative steps? Tho Springfield Uepubliran, Huston
ivertiier, New York Trifruin, livening /W, Cincinitl
Commercial, Chicago Timet, tit. Louis llefiubliran,
"etlliche Pott, with many otl.or influential journals,
mid unite with you upon some good man It be was
it taken up by one of tho regular convent ions, we can
unt upon great aid trom ibo destiuod split in the
mocrutic party.
rills is not a Quixotic scheme. You have accomished
more diliieiill objects. And now name and
ike the next President. Let him lie such a man that
the world may gaze upon one who is an ornament
d defence to hit country and our country. Yours,
W. 8., Filbert streoi, Philadelphia.
THE SPANISH ENGINEERS.
rho detachment of Spanish engineers, which has been
this city several days uuder command of Colonel
an Marin, left tbo Grund Central Depot at half-past
ran o'clock yosterduv morning for Philadelphia,
e detachment was accompanied by Hon Juan Murphy,
antsh Consul at Philadelphia, Colonel Lopes Kahra,
let of the Spanish Centennial Commission, and tovil
of our Spanish citizens.
THE RAID ON HACKMEN.
A most unrelenting war Is Doing waged by tho Jersey
;y police on New York backmcn who cross on the
rvboals to solicit passengers. Fran* Cusack waa
ru'stod yesterday morning, taken bcioro Justice Davit
d flncd $20.
A RAILROAD THIEF.
Timothy Sbeehan, ono ot the gang of thieves who
vo been operating on the Krio Kaiiway In Jersey
y, was brought belore Justice Dav's yesterday mod
(irgod with tirraklng and entering '.he sho|M at tlie
ist end ol the Hereon Tunnel, lie was also charged
th committing an assault and battery on Oeorge
udden, the night watchman, who delected bim in
e act of carrying ofl a bag ol tools. He was coiumuI
tor trial.
ANOTHER CENTENARIAN GONE.
Martha McUuirk, aged 100 years, died on the 11th
it. at St. Joseph's llotno lor the Aged, on fifteenth
eet near Seventh avenue. The deceased was a nae
ol Ireland uud had been In the United Stales forty
ars. Up to within two weeks of licr death hor genii
health was lair and her laculties were but little
paired by her extreme age.
A CLEVER CAPTURE.
Yesterday morning I'ollce Officer Nash, of Union
II, New Jersey, cnpiured James Day, alias I'oodle"
y, lute of New Orleans, who was indicted eighteen
>nihs ago by tho Oram! Jury ol Hudson county tor
atrocious assault on Alexander Francis, a saloon
ei?er on I'aterson av.. West Hobokcn. He will be
Ill for trial. Thomas O'llrlen, an accomplice of
oodlc" In tho assault in tiooeiion, In now nerving bia
mcnco of three years in tbo State I'ricon at Trenton.
STRUCK RY LIGHTNING.
During a heavy thunder shower about flvo o'clock
sterday morning, a largo barn belonging to a Mr.
etsgaber, at Rochella Park, on the .Midland Itallroad,
m struck by lightning and destroyed by fire. A
irae, two wagons and a lot of grain were destroyed.
ie tut il loss is about $l,0uQ. A large tree aiandlng
ar the barn was shivered Into splinters. The rain
ta very heevy In the neighborhood, and the lightning
is terrific. _
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
ENGAGED.
NrMlMtK?Farm*.? Brrsiiardt NrssBtm to 8arar
malt, oldest daughter of H. Feder, of this city. No.
rds.
ccoKiri.n? SritfLT** ?Mtaa Jcstisk Pcortai.d. ol
eatcbester, to Mr. 8 com Sciin.tz?, of New York
f
DIED.
Bakkr. ?On Monday. March 1.1, Jon* FRsnrRirn,
>onge*t eon ol .lames H. and Sarah K. (taker, aged 4
nra, I month end 3 days.
Funeral on Wednesday, at one P. M., from residence,
4 Fast 37lli at
Baska?At Yonkers, on March 13, A*?a, Infant
lughter or Warren and Mnry A Hanks.
Funeral services from the residence of her parents,
i Ashiiurton avenue, on Wednesday, lSlli met., at
i rea P. M.
IIyrss.? March 12, of conaumptton, William H.
truss, aged 27 years, 3 months and 12 days.
Itelatives and friends are invited to attend the fun*1,
(rom the residence ol bia parents. 337 Fast 12th
on Tuesday, the I4lb inst., at two o'clock.
CAt r.riKi.ii?on March 1.1. HJtt, Own Cat'i.rtai.n, a
attvd ol l.iirkucld, county laingiord. Ireland.
Relatives anu Iriemis ol the family are invited to at
nd the iuner.it, from his late resident*. Xo. 219 Weal
llh at., on Wednesday, at two o'clock P. M.
Class. -On Sunday, March 12, llssar J. Clare, la
to 33d year of bis age.
The relatives and tricnda of tbo faintly, also the mem
3
hers of Hoboken I.odfte, No 3ft, P. sad A. M .ire respect
fully invited to attend the funeral on Tuesday,March 14,
1876, at two o'clock, P. M., (rout his lato ro.si<louce, No.
265 Washington sk. Iloboken, N. J.
Crakhikao.?At Aiken, 8. C., March 13, Henna A.
C? A l(i ll? AO.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
1?aly.? Patkuh Daj.t, a native of Kini?s eeunt j Iro
land, at his late residence, corner of 2d uv. and 80tli st.,
ugfmi *? ? j rai m.
Hi* remains will bo Interred ut two o'clock Tuesday,
14tli iDlt. Hie friends uro respectlully Invited to attend
tils Mineral. He leaven a wile and two children.
Ookvn.?On Sunday evening, March 12, of diphtheria,
J khsik I>oa a a, aged 10 years and 10 mouths, at the
residence of her parents, 164th bt. and Gerard av., Morrlsauia.
The friends and acquaintance* of the tamilv are In
vlted lo aiteud the Juneral, on Wednesday, March 15,
ul one P. M.
11< ut an*.?March 12, of pneumonia, Jkssk Cohan,
sued 11 years.
The relatives and Iriends of tho family are respectfully
requested to attend hi* funeral, ou Wednesday, the
16tD. at twelve o'clock, Iroin Ins late resldenco, Klta
su. West Morrisanla.
Fi.anaiian. ?On monthly, March 13, Mart, tho beloved
wife o( Thomas Flanagan and daughter of Michael
Cusack, in the 32d year of her ago.
The relatives and Iriouds of the family are Invited to
attend the liiuoral, Iroin her late residence, No. 7 Broudway,
ou Thursday, at one o'clock.
(>kmhari>. ?Ou Monday, March 13, at *1* o'clock P.
M., Ansa M\kia, oldest daughter of Frederick and
Kalliariuo tiubtiurd, aged 14 years, 10 months and 11
days.
Notice of tuneral hereafter.
Gi.adswish?In Brooklyn, March 12, of diphtheria,
Susan Brack, daughter or w. K. and Susan Gladwisb,
aged 8 yours, 8 mouths and 5 days.
Relatives and friends arc iuvitod to attend tho funeral
at the residence ot her parents, 3.5-i I'mon BL,
Brooklyn, on Tuesday, Otolith iubu, at half-past thro?
P. M.
Hai.i.RTT.?In Kotno, Italy, on the lllh of February,
187ti, Bachki. Bay, relict of the late William l'asson
liallett, ol tho city of New York, iu the 79th year ol
Hai.kt.?March 13. 1H7A, Mary Hai.kt, n native ol
the parish of Alrauialisb, county Slum, Ireland, in tba
02(1 yo.tr of her uge.
Tlio relatives and friends of tho fondly and those ol
bor brother Thomas, also her nephew Owen, arc re.
spectlully Invited to attend the funeral, from Iter lata
residence, 130 Leonard at., on Wednesday, March 16, al
two P. M.
Hai.imn.?In Brooklyn, 13th Inst., Chorus H. Halms,
aped 70 years, 6 months and 20 days.
Funeral from the residence ol his son-in-law, Mr. W.
Forris, 344 13lh St., Brooklyn, ou Wednesday, 15th
Inst., at two o'clock P. M.
Hart.?March 2, at twenty minutes past four A M.t
ai tho residence of his slster-ln law, sirs Margaret
Hart, No. 22 North Strieker St., of pneumonia, Marx
M. Hart, in his tilth year, a native ol Knitiand, but for
the last twenty-six years a resident of Baltimore.
Hawkkhworth.?i)n Monday, March 13, of pneumouia,
Edith Clair, inlant daughter of James A. uud
Ella l>. Hawlceswortb.
Relatives and Irlends are invited touttoud the lunera)
servicos, ou Wednesday, March IS, at tbroo o'clock 1*.
M., ul tlio Church of the Holy Saviour, Fast 25th St.,
near Madisou av.
Hovf.?In New York, on Sunday, March 12, Kmjm
L. Ct'UTis, wile of W. 11. Hoyt, uged 24 years.
Relatives aud friends aro respectfully Invited to tli*
fuueral services, on Tuesday, March 14, at eight P. 11.,
at 130 West loth st. Interment at Alhaiiv.
Kkarst,?At Saugerties, ou Saturday, March 11,
Fats a A. ' Kkakmkv, daughter of the lato John W.
Kearny, of Saugerties, N. Y.
The funeral will take place at two o'clock on Tuesday,
tho 14th lust
KKKXAKD.?un nonuay, jtiurcu in, uecii. .sssmrT,
youngest child ot William J. ana Surah Kcunard, to
the 4th your ol Ins aire.
The relatives and Irienda aro respectfully invited to
attend tlio funeral services, irum the residcnco of his
parents, Treinont, N. Y., at live o'clock I'. M. A train
leaves Forty-second street depot at 4 :()."> 1'. M.
Kixo.?Suddenly, at 010 Lexington uv.t Lkocold
Kmu.
Notlco of fuueral hereafter.
Kins.?Ou Sunday, March 12, aftor a short Illness,
Math.da Uki.ua, wife Of Michael Kuhn, aged 60 yeari
and 10 mouths.
Tlrts relatives and frtonds of the family nro respectfully
invited to attend the funeral, ou Tuesday, Marct
14, "from her late residence, 472 nth av., at ten A. M.
Lkwis.?On the l.'Kh nisi., of acarlot (over, Ai.riiso
Mkkkmtii, only son of Alfred N. and the late Auua M.
Lewis, aged it yours, 0 mouths and 20 days.
The relatives and Irieuds of tno family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral, from tho resilience
ot his grand lather, John M. Dawson, No. IBS 10th av.,
on Wednesday morning, at nine o'clock. The rciuaiui
will he taken to irvlngton. N. J., lor intermont.
Masmos. ? At l'orl Chester, March 12, 1870, Jolts P.
Maxmox, of consumption, in tho 4hd year of his ago.
Funeral at St. I'cter's church, Fort ('hosier, on Wednesday,
March 16, at twclvo o'clock M. Interment at
Mamnroncck.
Kuchestor, N. II., papers please copy.
Mkrkitt.?Sunday, March 12, of diphtheria, Loria
Moktimrk, son o Mortimer and Carrie Mcrrltt, agod
8 years and 0 months.
Funeral on Tuesday, 14th, from rcsideneo of parents,
Fulton av., near 7th *t., Morrisnnia, three o'clock 1'. M.
Mac-Ukidk.?On Sunday evening, 12th lost., afters
lingering Illness, Aiiram MacBkiiik, Jr , son ot Abram
and Matilda MucBride, in the 47th year of his age.
Fuueral services on Tuesday, 14th, at eight 1'. it., at
his late residence, 5( 9 West 22d St. Koinains will b?
taken to Yonkers for Interment
Mi-Coiimai k?on Sundav, March 12, of scarlet fever,
Gkorok Wiiittakkr, son or William U. and Mary A.
McCormuck, aged 3 years and !> months.
Funeral Irom residence of his parents, 629 6th av.,
to-day, at twelve o'clock.
McUowax.?./arks McOowax, native of Klnlougb,
county Lellhrltn, aged 06 years.
Relatives and iriouas ui 1110 lainiiy win mieno iuv
funeral, from his lule residence, 202 West 21st St., on
Tuesday, at half past ono o'clock.
McI.kunu?March 13, at the resldenco of Mr.
Thomas Adams, 507 West 3.3d at., Hrnry McI.klx.mi, ol
tho coumy l.onih. Ireland.
Dalillii and Belfast papers please copy.
Nitsciike. -On Sunday, March I J, Frederick
Willi in Nitsciikh, aged 77 years.
The friends ol tho futnily are Invited to attend the
funeral, on Wednesday, March 15 at two o'clock 1*.
M., Ir?m his late residence, No. 237 East 28th at.
O'Nkill.?On Sunday, March 12, 1875, Pamei
O'Nkii.l, eldest son of liernard O'Neill, In his tweulyfirst
tear.
The relatives nnd friends of tho family are respect,
folly Invited to attend the lunernl, from tho residence
of his parents, No. 322 East 28lh St., on Tuosday, at
one P. M.
linens.?On Sunday, March 12, 1871, F.llex, widow
of the lalo David Roche, a native of the parish of
Freemount, county Cork, Ireland, in the 70th year of
her ago.
Tho relatives and friends of tho family are respectfully
inritod to attend hor funeral, irom her late residence,
313 East 3wth St., on Tuesday, the 14th Inst., at
one P. M., fsnm thence toCalvery Cemetery for Interment.
Rookrs.?On Sunday morning, or pneumonia, Ella,
only child of Mary Agnes and tho late J. W. Rogers, In
the* 18th year of her age.
Funeral from the residence of her uncle, Jatnos 0,
Knrr, <35 7th st.. on Wednesday, 15th Inst., at one P. M.,
to which tho relatives and friends are invited.
Rollwaokx.?On Friday, March 10, Frederics
Rollwacirs, Jr., eldest son of Frederick Roll wagon,
deceased, alter a short lllnoss, In the 42d year of hit
age.
Tho relatives and friends ol the family, also th<
members of Charter Oak Lodge, No. 240, E. and A. m.,
and the members of the New Vork Produce Exchange,
are respoctlully invited lo attend tho luneral. on Tues.
day. March 14, 1870, at one o'clock, from his late residence
No. 32 East 3d si. Tlio remains will be taken to
Greenwood Cemetery for inierincnt.
.- itii.?On Sunday, March 12, at the late residence
of her father, at Good Ground. !? I., of pneumonia,
.Sarah J . wilo of Wm. James Smith, aged 41 years, if
months and 10 days.
4 !..??/ Af thfl fminllv nlan mflmlmri rtl
IVIfiil > HUU II ICIIVH v. ...?
Victory Council, No. 12,0. U. A. M., are respectfully
invited to attend tho tuucral, from the South Third
street Methodist Episcopal church, corner of Cnioi
av and South 3d st., Williamsburg, on Tuesday, Marcl
14, at too o'clock P. M.
Sprir. ?On Sunday, March 12. Wim.ia* Spkir.
The relatives and friends of tho faintly are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral, irotn his late restdeuce,
12 Lalrilaw av., Jersey City Heights, on Tuesday,
14lh Inst, at half-past two o'clock P. M.
Svarr ?On Monday, March 13, Sura* UoTrnstsn,
wile of Dr. W. W. Starr, In tho 60th year ol her age.
The relativcaand irionds ol the lamiiy aro Invited to
attend tho luneral, on Wednesday afternoon, at fbui
o'clock, frotn her late residence, No, S>4 Java at.,
Brooklyn, E. f>. The remains will Ih> taken to Ansonla,
Conn., for Interment on Thursday morning.
Taylor,?tn Jersey City, on Sunday, March 12, INTO,
after a lingering Illness, Mary Asst., wllo ot David Taylor,
aged 67 years.
The relatives nnd friends of tho latnlly aro, without
further notice, invited to attend her funeral, irotn her
late tesidenoe, No. 12 Sussex place, Jersey City, on
Tuesday afternoon, March 14. at hall-oast one o'clock.
Thriiix*.? At Hackcusack, N. J., March 12, Jons W.
Tkruckr.
Funeral on Wednesday, nt two o'clock P. M., at First
Methodist church.
Tscnsprn.?Cin Sunday evening, March 12, after ?
short but nainlul illne-s. Aori.*. a#ed 13 mouths,
daughter of Adolph aail Mary Tachenpe.
Kclativea and Iricnd* of the family nro respectfully
Invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, Mar< b 14.
at two o'clock, from the residence of the parent*, 171
Kasl flUtli at.
TrttNKiL?On Monday, March 13. 1*71, of pneumonia,
at No. &l West atiih au. Maiit Clark, relict of tiio Uto
Duncan Turner, aged 70 year*.
Hor relative* and tricoda, and those ot her eons, ,
Malroin, Tliomna, J* met, Robert, Archibald and
f.eorge M. Turner, are invited lo attend the luneral, at
Mi. Timothy'* church, A7th *L, midway between 8tt
and 9th ava, on Wednesday, March 15, at ten o'clock.
Buffalo and San Francisco papers copy,
Wai.i.acr.?On Monday, March Id, Kdward Wai.lac*,
In the mth year of hi* a/e.
Funeral wi l lake place on Wedneaday, at Cohoeo,
N. Y.
W.tiT*r*i,o*R, ?On Monday morning, at four o'clock,
MtrtrtRi. Wait/i'ki.drr, after a week'a nckness, In tho
6l*t year of hla ago.
Keliitlve* and frienda of the family, aa also the mem>
her* of the Cotton Mcbange, are re*i>ectlally Invited to
itfn<1 the lunrrai, on Wednfaday morning, the l.'ith
mac, at ti n o'clock, Irotn ib? lata rraidence of the
drccaaod, No. CO Weal iVJil at.
Wn*it*t* ?Ciiahlottk K. Wii.MRnra, aged TO year!
an 1 i month*.
| funeral will ink* place from the Memorial dhur.-h,
rorm r of Weat lltn hi. and Watrerley plaoa, on WodnoH'lny,
at on* P. M.
Woodward. ? In Brooklyn, March IS, Parkin H.,
I youngest daughter of Ooorgo W. and MarU K. Woodward,
aged 7 yarn.
Notice of funeral hereafter.