, 1859-05-05

fofth.Western Baptist Convention.
CHICAGO May 15sa.
In pursuance waF eaHpublished for meet
ing Of Rsptists Of the Sotth-west, to "consder
the wb e"shbject It mi afeescal Seminary for
the Northwest. and to iniffstc such measures
as are deemed best adapted to accomplish this
noble object" large number met in 1st Bap-
tlst Church, in this city.
Ds. Woods, Of Alton, called the meeting to
order. The Rev. G. Clark, Of ILL.,, waa chosen
President, and 7. F. Griffith, Of Iowa, Secretary.
Rev. E. Going offered prayer. A Committee on
enrolment was appointed
On motion it was Resolved. That the present
organization be the permanent organization of
the Convention.
The Committee ou Enrolment reported in
part.
DR.. Woods, on behalf Of the several State
Committees, who had hnd a conference tho day
before, reported the following points for the
consideration Of the Convention:
l. Il there any occasion and demaod for The
ological instruction in the portion Of onr coun-
try commonly called the Northwest, May not
tue demand if i. exist, b. met by pastoral teach.
ing, or By institutions in the older eastern
States.
II. lit cannot be met in this way, it is desir-
able that there should be one and several insti-
tutious!
III. Should that one be attached to some one
Of the existing collegiate institutions, or univcr-
sites, or should location be sought for it inde-
pendent Of these institutions.
~, l, -
ed to cooperate in the endowment and the sup
portof one Theological Seminary,
T. When and where is it best to make the
first movement, looking in earnest toward this
enterpriset Shall the beginning be made in any
form before tue conventions and general associa~
tions Of the several churches have passed their
judgment upsn the undertaking.
:: Tho communication was referred to Dr..
Bailey, Of Ind, E. F. Platt, Of Ohio, Dr.. Stone
Of Mich. Dr.. Wood, of ILL.,, A. G. Eberhart, Iowa,
II. J. Parker, Of Wis.
The convention took recess to await the re-
| port of the committee.
The convention came to order and heard the
following report.
| The committee on the communication from
the conference of the State Committee. submit
the following:
| Rf*olrtd, That Theological education, with
Daptists especially in the West, demands great
er consideration and more ample facilities.
| Rtsolrtd, That it is expedient to establish ou-
II one Theological Seminary for tic Baptist de-
| nomination in the Northwestern States and Ter
| ritories.
Rtsolred, That this Convention concur in the
propriety Of adopting at the present time such
positive measures rs shall be deemed best adapt
ed to the early establishment Of one Thcologi-
cal Seminary for the entire Northwest.
| Pending the consideration Of the Cd resolu.
tion. the report of the committee was laid TEN.
porariy on the table.
a committee was appointed to recommend
hours Of meeting and adjournment, consisting
Of Messrs. Boone, Green md JoslyQ
The committee reported, recommending TINT
tile Convention assemble at !? A. H., 81 z. n.
and II in the evening, and adjourn II II. and 81
T. II. Adjourned to x T. II.
Re-asscmbled at IT r. n. Prayer by Rer. n
B. Miller.
Mr.. Turner presented from many brethren in
Wisconsin, Illinois. Indiana, Michigan aud Ohio
letters approbatory of the enterprise Of cs
tablishing Theological Seminary for the North
west.
! The meetin: then resumed the consideration
Of the report Of the committee, and after long
discussion the I'd resolutions was adopted.
Adjourned to II 2. II.
Prayer By Rev. II. Smith.
The third resolution was adopted.
The following was offered By Mr. Cole:
H+sofrt3. That VIC proceed to organize an Ed
ucational Society for the Northwest, to have il
charge the establishment Of the proposed Theo
logical Seminary.
Dr.. Boone offered the following:
Rtaolrei, Tint a Committee Of Correspon
dence, consisting Of onafrom each State, whose
duty it shall be- TO correspond with each church
within the State, asking, lst, Are ynu in fayo1
of the recommendation Of this Convention tha
one Theological Institution be established fol
the Northwest: I'd, What location do you pre-
fert
This resolution, after considerable discussion
was referred to committee Of four, to DO re
ported further upon to-day.
A Committee on forn1in. Constitution for III
Educational Society, consisting of Messrs. Cole
Burroughs, Child, Platt and Clark was up
pointed and the Convention adjourned until thi
morning at . o'clock,
D1sAsrnorS FIRE OK GR1swoLp STREET,
THREE DWELLINGS AND 4 planning Mill DE-
s7RorEp-Loss *s,5oo.-About half past fou
o'clock yesterday afternoon fire broke out il
the engine room Of the planning mill Of Eo1ne,
Rusco, on Gr1srold, near Twelfth street. Whe,
FIRST discovered, it had spread IRON, the shavin
bin in the boiler room, to the second story, an
Was already under such hcadway as to defy al
attempts at checking it, and, in fact, Eittl
Of tools, material, or finished stock could b
removed from the building, three story fran
structure, which. before the earliest engine
had reached the spot, was completely envelope
in flames.
houses OF Mr.. Russo, on the Griswold stree
front Of the same lots, occupied in the rear b
the planning mill, and these were speedily
flames. One Of them, the residence Of Mr. r
Was saved only after haying been damaged I
ncnrly tllree-fourth. of its value. The othel
with one story frame house next north, was d.
stroyed. The former was just being occupied b
new tenants whose names we did not learn. Tn
one story house was owned BY Messrs Wrich
Curricr, and was occupied by one Jcnn
Clark.
: The loss Of Mr.. Rusco, who is an indnstrior
and hard-working mechanic, is j most hear
, one, and cannot fall short Of 10000, on whic
he has $2ono insurance, in what Offices we Ii
not learn. 1t will cover less than one third
his sloss.
4 pile Of lumber forming part of the ne
structure for Lake street bridge was also con
sun'cd, as also quantity Of lumber piled on tn
lot west Of tue planning mill, owned By Me.sr
Eldred i Dalconl.
MELAxc1oL1 CASUALTY At CLARK STREET.
, AWoxAS KILLED WARsrSr.-A mo
melancholy accident took place last evening
t Clark~street bridge. resulting in the death Of
p. young Irish woman, named Esther OConnor,
: domestic at the boarding house Of Mrs. Scoyill