The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-17

to win the election. This Is a tim
for plain talk, and we hope we hav
spoken intelligibly enough for thos
whom it most concerns to take GU
meaning.
The Herald says it has been de
cided to withdraw Seymour and Blair
and the nominations be given t.
Chase and John Quincy A dams. Bel
mont and other members Of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee, it says
will meet Seymour at Utica to-day.
All the Washington specials thi
morning state that there is a move
ment on foot to withdraw Seymot.
and Blair, and place Chase ant
Adams, or franklin, in nomination
by the Democrats.
A Lima, Peru, letter of September
i 18th, says that shocks of earthquake:
are still felt at Arequipa and AFRICA
but the cities are SO thoroughly
ruined that no further damage car
be inflicted.
A recurrence of the yellow fever
was apprehended at Lima and Callao
and strict sanitary measures have
already been introduced.
Balta had issued a proclamation
pardOning all the officers whom Can.
zeco had banished, and retU 1ing
them in their rank and giving them
| their, ba * pay. This includes, among
others, Prado, the deposed President.
who has been exiled in Chill since
the surrender of the garrison Of HUI
| malta.
There is nothing new from the seat
of war.
A Havana letter says that the Cap
tain General will not trust the Spanish
men -0f war any more than to let them
have one days rations at time, to
prevent their putting tossea, as they
might otherwise do, if they should
conclude to recognize the new Govern
ment at home.
Santa Anna had been ordered to
leave the Island, in consequence of
his Mexican complications A Jusrez
spy, having .unravelled all his plots,
he was given 80 days to leave, and is
so poor that his friends will have to
pay his passage.
A Valparaiso letter of September
10Th states that great fear prevailed
that a disastrous earthquake ike that
of August last is about to visit Chilli,
as the same circumstances that pre-
ceded that terrible calamity in Ecua-
dor had been observed for several days
The people of Valparaiso bad in con-
sequence voted, according to custom,
for Il patron saint, and had elected
the Savior.
Three hundred thousand dollars 10
gold was awarded to-day by the As
sistant Treasurer at 137 $4,000
135 71-100. There were bids for over
three millions.
Government stocks to-day were
very active and buoyant, with an ad
vance of one per cent. throughout the
whole list.
Both Warmald and O'Baldwin were
arrested early this morning as they
were about leaving for Ricker's Is
land to engage in their contemplated
prize fight.
New YoRK, October 16.-At the
Episcopal Convention to day, S. B.
Ruggles, of New York, offered reso-
luton proposing to ameud the second
article Of the Constitution by Re due
ing the number of Diocesans to pre-
sentation to the general committees
TO three instead Of five delegates.
He also advocated admitting a clause
providing that when more than 90
Dioceses are represented ia General
Convention, the representatiO ofeach
shall be reduced to two delegates.
This motion, he added, was made to
meet the anticipated increase of new
Dioceses under the iast proposed
canon. 1t was laid on the table
Rev. Mr.. Hedge offered resolution
to amend Canon IL, Title l, by adding
the following:
SEC. 3.-No minister of the church,
settled over any parish or congrcga-
ton. or In temporary charge thereof,
shall invite or permit any person not
having had Episcopal ordination, to
offic ate with him or In his place, on
any occasion of worship in the church
or congregation over which he is so
settled or in charge
SEC. 4.2No minister shall invite or
permit to Officiate as aforesaid, any
minister ordained by a Bishop not IN
communion with this church, unless
such person shall have been received
as a minister of this church, under
Canon 9 of the Title. Referred to the
Committee on Canons.
Ambrose Todd, Of Kansas, offered
the following resolution:
ReSo' ICED, That it be referred to the
Committee on Prayer Book, the ex-
pediency of erasing from the Com
munion by a Bishop to a Presbyter,
the following prayer in service for
the ordaining OF Presbyters the
words: Whose sins Thou dost for
give they are forgiven, and whose
sins Thou dost retain, they are re-
tained"
This resolution awoke a wide dis
cussion, and was finally laid on the
table by a heavy vote.
Rev. VIM. Adams, of Wisconsin,
offered a resolution asking the iom-
mittee on Uanons to present. for the
information of the House Bishops,
the phrase g Presiding Bishop. of
their Church, ,''Sas it occurs In Canon
9, Section 3,Title 2, aud to report to
the next Convention their decision on
its precise meaning.
A motion to lay it on the table was
lost.
Hamilton Fish. of New York, Of
fered a substitute, as follows:
Resolved, That the Committee on
Canons be directed to inquire as to
the expediency of striking out the
words "of this Church F" after the
words Presiding Bishop -
The substitute was adopted.
Rev. B IL. Paddock, of Michigan,
was granted a few days absence to
visit his sick family.
Rev. o. N. Littlejohn, of New
York, offered a resolution to amend
Article 3 of the Constitution of the
Board of Missions, by substituting
the words lat least equal in number
to four times the number of diOceses,"
in place of the words, " four in
number from each diocese" Adopted.