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Presbyterian General Assembly.
IHEroRTrD r0R THE RErUBLiC,l
Etuai 1,Jto,,,p,,,uf

Final Adjournment.
The General Assembly Of the Presbyterian
Church Of tho United States which convened in
the Ninth street Presbyterian church Of this city
on the 10th of May. after a laborious and harino.
NOUS session, concluded liz business and finally
adjourned at abou, | O'Clock on Monday evening
last.
The Assembly having met AT O'Clock D. m o.,
VIC give the following as among iis concluding
proceedings:
Tho third article of the report of the Com.
mlttco on Church Extension, providing for tn,
publication OF " Doctrinal Tructs," was taken
up, and tho blanks in it filed by selecting
Philadelphia as the place OF publication; and the
appointment Of supervisory committee Of nine
whose unanimous assent shall be necessary TO any
publication, consisting of the following named
gentlemen: Rev Drs Brainard. Gilbert, A.
Barnes, Rev. George Dufrcd, IT,, s. r. Bardine
esq, of Philadelphia; Rev. Drs. Skinner, A. ID
smith, Stonrncs, Of Now York; and Elder Judge
Darling, of Reading, Pa The article wns adopt
cd.
Fifteen hundred copies of the proceedings of tn,
Assembly were ordered to DO printed
Rev, Mr.. Hewlcy called up bis resolution, do
claring the crscinding act of 1897 as unconstitu
tionnl, and that tho act Of union Of 1901 has eve
been, and still is. in full force and of binding Of
feet.
Rev. p. H. Fowler moved its indefinite postpone.
mont.
A debate arose, in which Judges Darling and
Jcssup Rev Drs. Duflield. Bernan Campbell
Lyon, Rcvs. y. II. Fowler, A. II Psrmolco, II. A
Mls, Charles G.. Clark, and A. ID. Pollock part.
cipatod
The resolution was ultimately adopted
report from the Committee on Church Polii =
was taken up, and the following recoumendn lions
adopted Relative 10 the admission of testimony ir
the trial Of certain onscs authorizing withdraw al
from tho ministry without impeachment Of rcli
Rious principles and declining TO interfere with
the relationship OF churches practising upon either
perpetual or limited cdorsbipr
The report OF n committee TO whom had been
referred memorials respecting slavery recon.
mcnding that the hsscmbly do not take action in
regard 10 The subject, wns called up
Rev. Mr. Shaw, Of the Cleveland Prcabytcry, Of
lrfcd substitute, embracing substantially tho 70
communication Of the committee.
Rev. J. c. Ford, of Athens, moved the whole
subject be indefinitely postponed; which motion
nit'r some suHRcstions, was carried with great
uunnimity.
The thanks If the Assembly wcro rendered 10
the Moderator pro TIM for tho efficient mud impair.
iiel manner IN which he had discharged the duties
oi hl1 Oillcc and n rcspousc made thereto
The business Of The Assembly having been fin.
iehod, the Moderator. with prayer and apostolic
benodiction, declared tho body dissolved and IL
accordingly adjourned snc de.
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Democratic Convention rt Baltimore.

We lay before our readers N another column
an account Of the proceedings Of this body,
which assembled at Baltimore yesterday at
noon.
The assembled wisdom Of the party appear
TO have commenced their deliberations amidst
scenes which cast all old IDEAS Of "noise and
confusion" completely in the shade Our re-.
porters' words fccbly Indicate the crowdlnp
and excitement and contention that heraldcd
into being the body called together to construct
the Democratic platform for the coming contest.
\ hasty glance would suggest the belief that
the movers in the affair had attempted TO r..
solve Democracy once more into its elements.
and 10 bring into that single hall the massca
rather than tho representatives Of the party.
Lord WIARNcLIfFE, who is said 10 have
been amongst the spectators, will carry Ia
England a funny notion Of the way in which
things ARE managed. The sight WAS excellent
Iy calculated to school him in the philosophy
Of numbers applied 10 the elementary
branches of American Democratic politics.
Virginia ~ reported to have contributed a
large proportion of the crowd A hundred or
hundred aud fhy delegates arc pretty well
for one State and 50 are forty odd. coming all
the way from Mississippi. With these a. sam
pies, % is not wonderful that Ohio feels in dan.
ger Of being swampcd
" ~ crcdltable 10 the industry aud ingenuity
ct the managers, that \ show of order was even.
tually evolved from chaos; and that the dele.
gates were set to work under very sound Nd
wee As 10 the necessity Of harmony and concli
! alton. Al the latest date, however. there was
still a fearful cry fof seats
The Committee on Organization reported in
| favor OF JoHT w. DAVIS. OF Indiana. Tor prcs,-
dent of The convention, aud also IN favor or the
adoption Of the Two thirds rule Our oycning
despatch - somewhat vague ia regard to the
action upon these matters; but the fact that a
motion to table motion 10 reconsider vote On
the Two thirds role was carried by 2s3 10 II
| leaves no room to doubt that the commute,
were, will be, sustained on both propositions
The double delegations from Georgia are
| likely 20 give some trouble. The Southern
Rights delegates were FIRST elocl,d. while tho
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Case or the Suretics or VIM. L.. Chaplin

Uniisd State. VI. Sei1y Parker ct al. "1stiss 5
I'm. l., Chopin. In The Criminal Court ID. g.
March r., 1851
On the 2Sth of August, 1850, Judge CRAscH, in
pursuance of the act OF Sd March. 1901, SO, q
Stat. L., ll6,) and in compliance with requisi.
ton from the Governor of Maryland Issued his
warrant, commanding the marshal Of the District
OF Columbia to deliver William L. Chaplin, "a fug
tive from justice, to the agent of the State Of Ma
ry'and, ~ he bo not detained for any other cause"
Chaplin was then in the jail of Washington coun-
ty on charges OF stealing, 60, slave of Robert
Toombs and IA slave of Alexander H. Stephens
On the 18th of September. 1850, Chaplin appear
ed on a habcas corpus before Judge Cranch, and,
with tho defendants as his suretics, gave bail in
the sum of six thousand dollars for his appearance
at the next term of the criminal court of the d. c.
to answer the charges against him, which term
began on the first Monday of December in tina,
year. Chaplin was then, in the presence Of the de
PENDANTS, and without objection their part,
delivered over by the marshal to the agent of the
State Of Maryland, and by the agent removed 10
the jurisdiction Of Maryland.
On the 3lst Of January, 1851, Chaplin's rccog
nizancc for his appearance at the criminal court
of the District of Columbia was called, and he not
appearing, forfeited. Writs Of scire facias
were subsequently sued out against Chaplin and
his sureues The suretcs pleaded in substance,
first, that Chaplin had never been delivered TO
them as his bail, and never in their custody;
and secondly. that they prevented from OBJ
tanning custody of him and surrcndcring him, by
the act of the United States themselves, who, i'm.
mediately on the execution OF the rccognizance,
sent him out Of the jurisdiction of the criminal
court of the District of Columbia into the jurisdc-
ton Of Mnrylan where he was indicted, impris-
oned and detained To these plena thu JJnited
States replied specially, and the defendants do
INJURED to the replication On the 25th of May last
the demurrer was argued by Mcssrs. MANN and
BRADLEY in support of il; and against il by Mr..
WALTER s. Cox, behalf of tho levy court;
and by tho DIsrRIor ATTORNEY for the United
States
On the 10Th Of May the Court (Judge CRAw-
roRp) delivered its opinion, everything tho demur-
rer; and, on the 3lst Of May. gave judgment for
the United States against the defendants, the ball.
and also against Chaplin. the principal
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[ COyrGsp0ndsEcc Of The BaItimore Sun.

WAsHINoToS, May 81 1882.
The Democratic Convention Obser pafions on che
Prospect-Ihe Prospects Of he Candidate The
Chances al R0und-Ihs Too Sets of Georgia
Dciegdtss, &c.
Awful notes of preparation sounding In every
direction, and hostile armies moving 10 meet
each other on tho battle ground Each clan ia fol-
lowing the sound of the buglc Of hs Icadcr but 40
yet the assurance Of victory is not seated on the
brow of any The race ia not nl~ avs to the
swift nor the battle to the strong; and those armies
which show the largest front not always the
deepest in the centre, equally guarded al the
wings.
The friends OF Mr.. Buchanan show considerab le
strength in Virgina North Carolina, and Alabama;
General Cass il strong in Louisiana, nryland,
Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee. The Geor.
gia delegates 1.-TWO scts) have not yet come to any
definite agreement as To the manner in which their
vote shall be cast and will leave this in all proba
bility, To the convention. The Union Democrats
VIII not accept css than hall tho votes Of the States
Mississippi is yet divided, but the vote of the
two scts may be cast: four for Buchanan. threc
for Cas- Mr. Douglas has n great many friends
IN that delegation, and tho vote my eventually bs
cast for him
In tho North, General Cnss IL mos, decidedly
ahead, filling the centre He has msj ority Of the
delegates from Ohio, Indiana, WISCONSIN, Iowa. (it
"a believed.) and some fourteen from New York.
and mjorities IN every New England State.
As Informed you yesterday, Judge Douglas 10.
beyond doubt, the strongest man, after Mcssrs.
Case and Buchanan; so that matter how the thing
may appear TO the eye. every new additional can
didste is only increasing his siren 9Th The proba-
bity Ia TINT the selection OF the succcsoiul candi
date will be made from the two strongest men,
and that each OF these will epdcayor to draw
strength from the volunteers. X.
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ANorHEn "ILLusTRioUs EXILE" CoMIro One Of
the foreign journals received by the Arctic Chic
fourriu du Hdvre) hne THE announcement!
sit Ia positively stated that NJ Proudbon, having
obtained from the President the remission of his
punishment, has arrived here. and IL About TO en-
bark for the United States IL is II IL said on con.
dtion OF his quitting France that he set at lib
crty."
This 10 the same Proudhon whose nam. fiRur ed
sn conspcuously in the insurrcctionary broils in
Paris mud elsewhere in Francc, which paved tho
way and gave a plausible preie1t for the present
~ a kind Of pcrsonal combination of Communism,
Socialism, and Terrorism; model modern philo-
gopher, who believes, and trics 10 make other pco-
pie believe, that Property Is Robbery" The So
cialis journal We have In this city will uuquosiion
ably endcnvor 10 beat up some sympathy Tor him.
on the score Of hs being an exile; but our people,
we apprebcnd, will not be deceived Unfit TO run
at large In France, lac was thrown into prison and
from prison, II ia now seen, he IL 20 come here.
II was just such mischevous nadmcn IA this
Pfoujhon that ruined in france whatever of rcpub.
ltcnnsm was beginning to develop itself before tho
cKccsscs OF Socialism invited military dcspotism
to establish and ontrcnch Itself in Paris. In some
respects We do not regret that these "philorophers
do come TO the United States; for they will see In
The bret place, that the sort OF philosophy aud
pubcanism they teach finds no favor here; and, in
the next place, n lew ycors stay among us, wit
messing the peaceful and harmonious operation Of
Our insttutions-civil, religious, and social-msy
give them an experience that will prove Of incsti
Unable value 20 them whenever next they cssny n
revolution at homo.-Neic York EIpr,r.
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THIRTY SECOND CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
TUESDAY, June |, 1852.
The ssSArs did not sit TO day,


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
The Secretary of the Senate brought down tn,
Deficiency bill, with amendments,
Mr.. HOUSTON moved 10 refer to the Committee
of Ways and Means the bill and amendments, and
that they be printed.
MIR. HALL chairman Of the Committee on Pub
lie Lands. reported certain bills; among which was
that extending the time for locating the Virginia
military land warrants. ..v.
Mr.. MlLLSON alluded to n published speech OF
one Of the members from Ohio, who had been lin
tied to ten minutee, but who had published an ex-
tended speech; which, when the proper time arriv'
cd. he said he should show was founded in mistake
Mr.. STANTON, OF OHIO, explained. and said
he should be able to prove, that if there were mis-
takes In his speech they were founded official
data and should be disappointed II he did not show
that the Virginia military land warrants bad been
fully satisfied.
After some further explanations from Mr. MILL
SON and Mr.. STANTON, in which Mr.. STANLY
joined, in reply to an allusion made by the former
gentleman, TO the printing of ten thousand copies
II n report, he said he did not wish il To be in
fcrrcd that the printing Of large number Of re-
ports was to be construed into approval Of their
tenor.
The bill then referred TO the Committee OF
the w hole on the state O! the Union.
Mr.. COBB and Mr.. HEM reported from the
same committee.
Mr.. COBB proposed, the morning hour having
expired, to proceed with such reports as would not
be objected TO-
MIR HALL sad ne should not object TO that
course provided the Committee on Public Lands
were to be again called upon when the House
should be full as there several important bills
which the committee wish reported when members
are present
Objection being made TO Mr.. CoBB's proposal
Mr. JONES, of Tennessee, moved, that IA there
was quorum present, the House adjourn; which
motion was ncgauyCd.
Mr. HALL moved point OF order. and con
tended that, IA there was no quorum present, II
was incompetent for the House to proceed with
business.
Mr. SACkETT moved call Of the House A
motion again made to adjourn, and the yeas
and naya having been ordered, it agreed to
yeas 81, nays IS.
The Houso then adjourned till Friday next.
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ALrxArDRrh lTsMe -- Notices put up IN diff
icreht places at the depot Of tho Orange and Alcr-
dria Railroad, warning persons of the danger Of
crossing the raoks, aud especially csutioning pm
rents aRninst letting their childrcn play about
there when the cars coming IN or poiuR out.
II IL feared that. unless attention ia paid 10 theso
notices, some accident may happen.
the Mechanical Artillery Company Of this place
will commence tho erection, shortly of a hand
some new gun-hUuso the pnrt Of tho cuuft-
house lot lately appropriated to their usc The
Legislature has appropriated nine hundred dollars
for tho purpose.
a man living on tho Washington road was shot
nj md badly wounded yesterday afternoon Ivy
some boys, who had been Mt his place gathering
gtrnwbcuies Some arrests have been made
Gdzsie of yssfuday
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Our bulletins.

We have made arrangements 10 receive bull
Icius of tho proceedings of the Democratic
National Convention from time to time
throughout each day, whenever any thing OF
Importance transplres. transcripts Of these
bulletins wore yesterday, and will be- to day,
placed upon the bulletin board in front Of our
Office, for the convenience Of the public. In
addition TO which, we shall publish every morn
Ing a complete account Of the previous day 8
IransariInna
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Tho foIlowinR rceipc. u.od By a Froneh phy.i.

Tho following recipe. used by French phys-
clan, IL said to bc preventive of hydrophobia
"Takc two table spoonful Of fresh chloride Of
lime In powder. mix II with half pint Of water and
with this wash keep tho wound constantly bathcd
and frequently renewed Tho chlorine gas pos
scsscs sbe power Of dcromposnr The tremendous
poison aud renders mild md berrulcs, that venom
against whose rcsistless attack the artillery Of
science has been 40 long directed in vain. II 10 I'M
necessary TO add that this wash should be applied
ms soon ne possibo nitcr the nficiop of the bite.
From 1910 10 1924 the number of porsors admitted
into Broslau Hospital wos 1874, OF whom only two
died; from 1883 TO 1894, into the Hospital Of Zurich,
223 persons woro bitten by different animals, (ls2
10y dogs,) OF whom only four died"
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but the Floods OF Twickenham are not the
Hoods OF the Atlantic. Pixies predatory powAs
upon the regulations and standing OF his contem-
poraries don't come up to his own ideus Of perfec.
ton in ierocity and rapacity He is, after all. bu /
finite tish and, in view Of the ultimate and full
development OF his race, we would recommend a
copjugnl connection with Mrs. Swisshelm, in case
ehe should ever become widow. Another gene
ration from such stock, might realize the fullest
aspirations OF Pike
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Tvs PRssiDssov AND THg UrioN The New
York Jin,s and me,,cnger, referring 10 tho contest
for WhiR candidate for the Presidency, snys.
1--WE look upon the struggle "a principally i'm
pOftant IN TIA reference 30 the stability Of tho Union
It's absurd 20 soy, a. some viii persist in saying,
That there cnn come no danger Ia the Union by the
rcOpcning Of the great md delicate question which,
two ycuts ago, ngiatcd the country from north to
south, md from cast 10 wost. That struggle wac
one Of lie and death, We vorily believed, md st
believe, and the result was ono OF the most foftu
mate incidents Tho history Of the Republic. 1t
was brought about Wy the concurrence and the
Junt Efforts Of Influential leading men Of both the
gfcnt political parties, without regard TO scction
and u wa- opposed. at the fret and eill IL opposed
ony Ivy thosc who, having their own private cnds
to answer, nrc net ashamed 60 peril the safety
honor, and welfare 81 their country to secure thoio
ends. Whoever may succccd, Of whiCbsocvcr
party, tior Mt such n crisis psrtisanship should
yield TO potrioism,) icrvcntly hope the rtsult
OF The approaching election mny be to rcaiIirm, be-
y2hd All future cevil, The measures That have been
nqop'd ior thc peace ~ the country the salvation
Of tho Union
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The senate dad not SIT yesterday.
IN the House OF Representatives the Def
cIcucy bill was received from the Secretary Of
the Senate. and referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means. After sundry explanations
N regard TO the order Of business, there being
no quorum present. the House adjourned TIL
Friday
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| Union delegates claim more truly to represent
rights before the committee of the convention,
with little prospect Of an amlcnbe adjustment.
| Governor LumPRIN, member Of the Union
| delegation, is strong CAss man.
The opposite delegations from Mississippi
have arranged their difficulty in quiet
The friends of the various candidates are re-.
ported to be pressing their protenslons with
undated ardor. The CAss men from New
York fired we know not how many cannon,
probably to typiiy the Generals preference for
powder rs the arblter Of the contest. II is
waggishly whispered that the cannon were
loaded with powder only, and that. under Cap
tain RyNpERs's command. the battle is very
likely TO end in smoke.
Maryland. hitherto relied upon for CAss, is
suspected of coquetting with DOUGLAS, whose
chances are held to be buoyan,. The eleva-
ton Of JoHN w, DAVIS to the chair of the con
mark. Whether his elevation to that position
is Intended 10 operate as "a sop" to the DoUG-
LAS section, or as tribute to it's strength, re-
oalns TO be determined. Indiana. though nomi-
nally for LANE, is viewed as really sure for
DOUGLAS.
The probability Of union between the CAss
and BucnANAN delegates becomes less and
less. General BUFFERS friends may help
CAss, but they will hardly suffice 10 check the
overwhelming majority that appears in support
Of the two-thlrds rule.
however. the odds still run in favor of some
great unknown"
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WnsrSoroS, DIT, May 81 Yesterday after
noon y pnilbont on Chrisinnn creek, containing sx
persons three young lads and three young ladies
wos by sudden flaw Of wind upsc, Mics Hack
ri', young lady about sixteen years OF nFe, 10y
somc means, M IL aupposed, got ontanRled IN the
soil md WINS drowned Another young lady was
almost dopd when rescued, mud died the morning
Tho others made n very narrow esrhpe with their
lives they bring almost exhausted whom rescued.
Tic body Of Mice Racket has not got been re-
covered.
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T II & X E 2 u B Lie.
w ASH N G TON:
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1882.

"a crisis is approaching that must, if il cannot
= be arrcstcd, soon decide whether order and good
government shall be preserved, or anarchy and
confusion cnsuc. can most religiously aver
have no wish that IL incompatible with the dig
nifty, happiness, and true interest of the people of
tins country. My ardent desire ia, and my nj i'm
has been, as far as depended upon the Executive
Department, to comply strictly with all
gagcmcpts, foreign and domestic; but to keep the
United Statcs free from political come 1ions with
every other country, to see them independent
OF all and under the influence of none. In word
Europe may be convinced we act for our seiuss,
and not Tor others This, in my lud gmcnt ID the
only way to be respected abroad and happy ut
home and not, by becoming the partisans of G rcat
Britain or France, create dissensions, disturb the
public anquillity and destroy, perhaps forever,
the cement which binds the Union"
GEORGE w AsHIsGToN, 1875.
"R~oigsd That We regard tho series of acts
known as the Adjustment measures Ms forming
in their mutual dependence and come Iiou n sys
Tern OF compromise the most conciliatory and the
best for the entire country that could be obtained
from conflicting sectional interests aud opinions
aud that, therefore, they ought to be adhered "a
aud carried into faithful execution, . n final act
tiemont IN principle and substance of the danger
QUE and exciting subjects which they embrace. .
Resolution Of Hing Cougrc,,oaol Caucus, Deccm
bcr /. 1881,
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Change of Wing Nominations In Missouri.
We learn from the st Louis Intelligencer
| that in consequences Of Colonel DoNIpHAn's
| declining TO undertake the canvass as candi-
| date for Governor Of the State Of Missouri, the
Wing Central Committee Of that Stale have
exercised the power conferred upon them by
the late State Convention in supplying the va
| cancy, and have nominated JAMES Winston
for Governor, aud ANDREW KING for Lieu
| tenant Governor.
| That journal comments on these nominations
as follows:
$50 far as Mr.. Winston Is concerned il Ia I'M
necessary for us 10 say word about the action of
| the committee His letter of acc ptance of an in
fcrior nomination has been before our readers and
the lofty soul of true. born Wbig was so con
spicuous in every line of that noble product ton
that we believe him to DO now, at least, the first
choice Of every Wing in the State for tho position
to which he is called lie is already known to
ALL and needs no introduction whatever from
"Mr. King is little less generally known than
his leader; having been for some time n State Sen
ator. in which capacity he disng ushed for
sound and uniiinching adherence to Wing princi
pies and strong and discriminating judgment
lie Ia self made man plain mechanic in carly
life, he has by the force of hs talents and per
ecvering industry won his way TO dsting uishcd
position among his fellow citzens and is certainly
destined to n yet higher one. The placing of his
name upon our ticket is sufficient guaranty that
| he will make himself personally known in every
county in the State, before the election, able.
industrious, and effective canvasscr. With such
M Winton and King III the field, already claim
the victory in advance. Who disputes it with ust''