Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-12
Murdero,us Assault.

in his immediate background representa-
ton of negroes being hanged and houses
burned by a mob. $50 zrr4- --e
Murderous Assault.
Mrs. Bridget Walker made statement
at a Brooklyn station house Yesterday to
the effect that her husband, John Walker.
No. 4 Rivington street, New York, had as
saulted her with murderous intent at
Coney Island, yesterday. He took her to
an unoccupied shanty on the beach and
shot her three times with revolver, and
then withdrew, locking the wounded wo-
man in. She got out through the fan
light, however, and escaped, although he
fired two more shots after her. He is still
at large. Mrs. Walker has been taken to
the city hospital. E
Siabbing.
A strange stabbing case is reported. An
officer saw man holding up a woman in
front of a dance house, on Mercer street, at
! late hour on Thursday night, and on in
quiring was told by the mrn that the wo-
man was drunk and he was trying to get
her home. A close scrutiny, however. dis
closed the fact that the woman had been
severely stabbed. The man, whose name is
Boyd, was arrested, and the woman was
taken to Bellevue hospital.
Judge Chase.
1t is stated that Judge Chase yesterday
denied announcing himself favorable to
Grants election, he considering it due to
his official position to stand aloof from the
present political struggle.
Sailed.
The Rev. L. B. Partridge aud wife. the
Rev. Il. II. Van Dyke and wife, and Lieut..
Commander D w. Mullen, sailed in the
Alaska yesterday for China. Among the
Alaska's passengers for California are the
Rev. E. P. Gray and family, M. G. Bate
man, wife, seven children and nurse, the
Rev. Thomas Brady and ten sisters ofchar-
ity, the Rev. w. B. O'Connor. the Rev. A.
| Guerriaza, and Com. w. R. Franklin.
| The steamships City of Paris and Europa
sailed to-day for England. They took 20
specie.
Ice formed on the marshes in the suburbs
| last night.
Procession.
| A large number of Irish temperance So
cieties were in procession to-day, celebrat-
ing Father Matthews birthday.
Episcopal Convention.
In the Episcopal Convention, Nebraska
was admitted unconditionally. Tie dep
uties were called and took their seats.
| Mr.. w. III. Battle offered an amendment
to the Constitution that the following be
added to canon II:
That member of church removing
from one parish to another shall be amen
able to the jurisdiction and subject to the
pastoral care of the parish to which he re-
moves.
| Referred to committee on Canons.
The Rev. DIR. Goodwin, of Pennsylvania,
presented the following memorial:
To the House of Bishops and House of
Clerical and Lay Delegates &C., &C.:
The undersigned, ministers and laymen
of the Protestant Episcopal Church. would
respectfully submit to your venerable body
| the following statement and petition:
| There is a construction of section g.
canon u, title l, which forbids officiating
ministers of our church in any way, or un-
der any circumstances, officiating in GER
tain territorial limits OF parishes other than
their own, with the permission of the min
| lister of the parish or majority if there be
more than one. According to this min
lister of our church is forbidden to officiate
within such territory even in places OF
worship belonging to other christian
bodies. Without such permission he is
forbidden to officiate for his own par
ishioners within such limits, and he is for
bfdden, although he be the agent for some
ISL, to officate within such
limits even at the invitation
of the minister of the church in which he
is requested to do so, if there be more than
one minister In the city, until he shall re-
ceive the express permission of a majority
of such ministers. To the question wheth-
er this is the true construction, your petit
TONERS would express no opinion, but SIM
ply stating their conviction that the can
on is inconsistent, at least in some OF its
applications, with the reasonable liberties
OF the clergy of your church, would re-
spectfully ask that it may be repealed, or
SO modified. to apply only to unauthorze1
attempts for the formation of new parish
es and the intrusions upon the actual, ac-
knowledged and enrolled parishioners of
other ministers of this church.
WA Wm. A: Muhlenberg; D. D.. John Cotton
Smith, D. D.. Edward A. Washington, d.
D., A. H. Vinten, d. D., II. Dyer. d. D.,
LII. D., Henry Montgomery, d. d LII. d !,
r. Bethel Clayton, d. D., Clement NJ.
Butler. d. D., Richard Newton, d. D.. Rev.
r. T. Paroine, Rev. A. M. Morrison, Ste
phen II. Tying, d. D., and others.
Referred to the committee on Canons.
The Rev. DR.. Goodwin presented another
memorial, signed ia the main by the same
parties, reciting that it appeared that can
on II, title l, is differently understood in
our church. On one hand it is claimed that
it was originally intended to apply only to
those falsely representing themselves as
ministers; on the other it is claimed that it
is intended to apply as well to ministers of
Christian bodies in regard to the question
of construction. Your petitioners would
! express no opinion, but in view of the Iii
| versity of Interpretation and the difficulty
arising from its literal application TO Law
readers, of the absence of any necessity
which may formerly have existed of legis-