, 1865-06-04
THE PR - I1y TEskEAE GEN.
EkA1. 4ASAk nj
Election Of Dircrfota for the Chicago
theological Semtnnry-% Sharp Eun.
tcAL and aul1.Sinvrry Victory

Correspondence Of the Ch,c,so Trihrne
11rTsnCA0 June !, 1865.
MEssIs. En17oEs: Tic stir that thing
will sometimes make Is not In proportion to
Its size, The Theological Scm!ua-y OF tao
old school Presbyterian Church III Chicago is
not very large Institution at present, vet.
ut odd spells, 1t has, during the last FEW days,
made quite sir in tic old school Plesbysc-
,.an General Assembly now in s. ssiou iu Ibis
city. It raised hlg ccmmotion in this
way: The committee to nominate D recto:s
ot the Seminary, in the places OF those who's.
terms Of otlice now expire, nominated the
following Wrstns: Rev. !. \. Canau d. D.,
Ray. join Felln;rg, Rev. ". S. Wilson, Rev.
J. W. Sterling. lev. Il. Il. Price and N.ssrs.
!. c. t;rtcr, Lincoln C!a.s, D. ). K:zk-ood
Joseph L. Williams aud Hwy, r..
Clarke. Elders. Also lev. !. r. $aiIonl D. H.,
In p,nee ot Rev. Il. L. Stanton D. D., resigned,
and William Sl,c.ts, Esq, In place Of john
Tcdd, Esq, declined.
AS amc Of the outgoing Dirc..
tcv,-anic1g whom were Rev, J..
N. Fa's, Of Chicago md Rey.
Josiah Milliyan, Of Friuc. tLn. Illinois, were
rot upon tl.is ticket, the minority Of the
Ccn,mitt.c nominated the following ticket !:
Ni.iatrs--9. NJ. Faris, JOSIAH Millisan, s,
McC. Arde,son, J. r. SaiIord. D, D.. j. N.
l'uclsna,. Edfrt--n. n. Csa,kc, Samu:l
Hanna. ]. c. Greer, y. j. Buel
und VIM. Shutc; also Rev. D. X
Junksn. D. H., In place Of Rev, Dr..
Stanton. RESIGNED, aud j. II. Mccamrbell in
r1acc Of DR.. Todd, dcc. as.d. Rey. F. T.
brown. D. D., Pastor Of the Central Prrsey-
tes!ar Church, Chicago: WAS nominated rs
l:s friend, Rcs: Dr. Wood. Subsequently,,
Drs. Jenkins and Brown Ne:r, BY agreement,
Hamilton, D. D., was substituted in their
ylace. And then the war went on, the con-
1cst being mainly ever Mr.. Mill1yau aad Me.
Farik, the latter Of whvm has been. for some
time, The financial agent Of the Seminary.
Two or th!ee wasm drha'ts we're hrld over
"Hgular" ti:ket being advocated By Rey.
nr. Slonfert, oi Cit,tinnatL and cd ;to' OF tae
Pr1bsffT, and Rev. Mr.. Srnpur, OF R.ck!ord,
ILL.,, Nl,lc Rev. Mr. Er~kiue mud Charles
Crosby, Esq, as warmly supported the
othr. II Was urged IN support CT the
should elcct mn known t. BE- cordi.
ally Ia harmony With Its recent del.verances
ald nrle upon The subject OF s'svcry, aud that
:he persons named ulh4n the ticket werr
kroWn 10 s,e 81. wbilc the statns Of Mssst<.
Fafis and Millisan was. ut Least. doubtful.
lu behalf Of thr second TICKET it Was urged
thu, Tie 1srs:us parcd were l. yal men-1ha:
Mtss +. Fais aud M.!l'gan werr 81, though
they night have questioned the wisdom OF
s. ne ti lhr recent acts OF the Assembly aud
The necessity forthtm-tbat thrY were active
friends Of the Summary, and tla: c 'uttcsy re-
qu;ted their rcenc.inn; that ha'many nov
1evaued in the d;rrctorshiI, and tnat
the Euhetitution OF others Id their Places
woulu irtr. Iucc discosu mt e!rlc ,rta. Eu' it
was in vain to try TO slLm III" popular cur
rent Late last rvrnlig The ASS ln1iy choktd
OF further dcbstt and caulc to y ya,c, rhc
first III ket vas IL cited hv u,-j n l, If al mi
fnty votes in " thin" Assembly. The names
uEou l4,th Tickets T, ccis.d i3,f vnsc-. The
VIII s ,vrr. md tbs NO Mns The sun shines
as brightly hs If noitlng uuu.ual ha'' hap.
pt.ed. S1AToR.