The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-10-22
NEW, YORK cTTIY., :.
b, Court Martial at West Point. q
.Rtgrt fNEw YoRK, October 81,

A Court Martial assembled at West
Point yesterday for the trial Of Cadets
Smith, Wilson and Davies. The mem.
bers of Tho Court are rs follows: Brigadicr
General D. o. Howard; Lieutenant Colo!
mel ThoS. @. Dening; Lieutenant Colonel
j. Il. Dexter; Assistant Medical PurVey0r,
Major ,TAOs. J. Haincs;, Commissary Of
Subsistence, Major Louis II. 'PelOqsu; AS.
sistaut Adiutant General, Captain A. G.
Bainbridge OF 9th Artillery; Captain II.
". Sheridan OF 7th Cavalry, and Major W..
Winthrop, Judge Advocate Of the Court,
Cadet Smith Is tho colored boy whose
presence at the Academy has excited SO
much comment He and Cadet WI Wilson'
arc arraigned upon charges preferred by.
Lieut.. Col, Upton, commandant, for Great,
ing d disturbance in camp and coming to
blows with q fellow Cadet. Lieut.. Col.
Parsons has volunteered to act as counsel
Tor Smith. This officer has from the first
manifested IN especial interest int Smith,
during the period OF his academical pro.
baton. The court isexpected to continue
In session ior q week or so. ,jala2HdE
lar ,alse g All BOSh.'' 4,rai i a-g
The story about an arrangement or r.se4
cret. understanding, between the French
Government and the United States Gov
crnmeht, by which the future sdle Of the
French West Indies to the United States
Is provided ior, Is 'all hosh! 4 Thereihas
been no such understanding NOR anyitalk
about,it, nor any prospectof such thing.
Tie steamship Union, Of the Bremen
lihe;willlea port tomorrow, unless lor.
ders tor her depa rture are c0untermanded!
She will carry very few passengers, but
will have GiulI cargo, principally Of tobac:
co and SOME cotton. The Rhine and
Deutschland are on their way over and
are fully laden with valuable clrgoes!u q
( A, committee of the Council Of the city,
of Philadelphia visit this city to-day TOR
the purpose oil examining the workings OF
the fire department. N's '.',.lt T. , iliI .,,i ~
National Unitarian Conference. y
Tho National Unitarian Conference
continued in session to-day. The debate
was resumed upon tue Ninth, Article Of
tho Constitution. Rev. Mr.. Kcpworth
advocated the following substitute: Re-
affirming our allegiance ID the Gospel Of
Jesus Christ, and desiring to secure the
largest unity of spirit, il and the widest
practical cooperation, we invite TO our
Fellowship all who wish 10 be followers
Of Christ! After a lengthy discussion the
substitute was adopted. Tile announce
ment,was received with tumultuoua aDs
4ThS Rev MI. Vickatnss,i si'i Il Cini Cincinnati, ID i
rose to bis feet and extending his hands in
a melo.dfamatic manner, announced that
the, article adopted was worse than aRyl-
'labus from Rome. ,. ~ ,,t.r,,,.,y
Rev. Frothingham PRESENTED q series Of
twelve articles containing doctrines Not
faith, and moved theirreference to a COM
intttee oC,seven 10. report at the Confer
ence Of 1872. Adopted. ..,.,t ,.it. ..,.f i.
President Kosmcr, Of Antioch College,
reported that institution as now larger and
moro prosperous than ever, having q per.
Ilhanent fund Of $103, 900; increase of stu
dents from last year, IS, and q regular
Sunday congregation Of 275 students and
citizensy. 5fll. i1a 'R ~ si2+i
Rev! S;tH. TAFT, grand agent Of Huns
boldt College, Humboldt county, Iowa,
read a report concerning the stale OF edu.
cationaT institutions. This college was
conceived onlyia year ago land Ia now In
d fairstate of progression.l w .gH!9t {
Mir. Hale read a resolution to the effect
that tthis college Is one that has the int.
lest OF every true Unitarian, land that all
oG'that denomination will give it their