Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-28
FROM Esw YORK
The Quaker City Heavy Frauds Presby-
terian Conference Committees, etc.

! NEW York, May 27.-Itis stated
that Minister Thornton informed Sec
I retary Fish, yesterday, that the
( Of British subjects and was destined
for Jamaica and not Cuba, and there
was no reason why her clearaneeS
should not begranted. The Secretary
conferred with Secretary Boutwell,,
and the two agreed that it would be
best to let her sail; but, in the mean
time, information was received that
she had been libelled by the Spanish
Consul and seized. 1t was then de-
cided to let the matter be judiciously
settled by the courts.
Kate Fisher, the actress, was in
court yesterday on a charge of grand
larceny, preferred by Mrs. Bevells, of
Long Island, in having, it is alleged,
stolen watch worth two hundred
dollars. She denied the act, and the
case was postponed till Friday.
Scott & AIunson, the ascending
Wall street grain merchants, have
swindled to a larger extent than was
at first reported, their total fraudulent
transactions amounting TO S9l 900.
Thos. Selman, Non Nostrand, J. W.
Mott and the Guarantee Indemnity
Company are represented to he the
heaviest sufferers.
The Executive Committee of the
National Union League which met
here yesterday, adopted measures to
aid Union men in the elections to take
place in Virginia and other Southern
States, and adjourned until July.
The Presbyterian Conference Conn
mittee on Reunion reported the basis
Of reunion this morning, which is that
such reunion under the style of the
Presbyterian Church In the United
States shall be on a doctrinal and &C.
cIesiastical basis; and that the New
Testament be acknowledged as the
inspired word of God, and the only
infallible rule of faith and prac-
tice. The confession of faith to be
adopted as the system of doc
trine and discipline of the Church
shall be approved as containing
principles and rules of policy. The
basis of reunion is TO be submitted to
the several Presbyterians and their
| votes taken thereupOn shall be sent to
the next meeting of the two general
! assemblies, to meet in Pittsburg, the
I 1tNOAAA " NNAAN1liN III liFAl -NONtlli-
! Der, and if twO-thirds of them be
found favorable, then the two assem-
| blies shall act accordingly, consolidate
committees and take other action for
! the interest of the church. The sec
ond Sunday in September is recon-
mended as day of prayer for the
whole denomination.
In Old School Presbyterian Assem-
bly, to-day the Committee on Church
Union made a report, of which full
synopsis has been sent. a concurrent
declaration was also reported, which
gives all ministers and churches the
same standing in a united body, and
saws that all imperfectly organized
churches must become thoroughly
Presbyterian within five years.
Boundaries of Presbyterians are to be
adjusted by the United General As
sembly. An official record of the
two branches is to be pre-
served, but no rule or precedent
shall be of authority unless approved
by both bodies or established by
the united body unless it affects the
rights of property. The corporate
rights of the two Assemblies are to be
consolidated as far as practicable.
The several committees and boards
are consolidated impartially. The
Board Of Publication Of the United
Church is to revise the editors so as to
exclude invidious reflections.
The theological seminaries-now un-
der Assembly control may be trans
ferred to the care of one or more adj
jacent synods, and it shall be the duty
All sIlrflnatn.sses mi sufnrc orrA
pie OF the. united church to preserve
peace, and, as far as consistent with
convictions Of duty, conform practice
TO the general custom of the church
prior TO the controversies which re-
suited in separation.
The report was accepted.