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Nrw YoRK. MAY 8.-Edward PierpOnt will
defend Stokes who is despondent over his oe-
ing abandoned by counsel.
A. the Annual Conference of the New York
ASSOCIATION of Universalists report was read
.bo,ying the Church to be in a fourishing con-
d ition.
Judge Pierrepont declines TO undertake the
defence of Stokes.
In the Methodist General Conference to-day
the Bishops quadrennial message was read. II
directs special attention to the subject of dis
trct conference and claims that two sessions q
year are insufficient The church was congrat-
uIated on the increased usefulness of theological
institutions and recommend appropriate de-
nomnational programme for celebrating the
centennial of American Independence. The
address Of the fraternal greeting read from the
British Wesleyan Conference commends Its
delegates and expresses fervent hope for the
speedy peaceabe settlement of the threatened
misunderstanding between the two countries.
Rev. Luke H. Wiseman and Rev, Morley
Pisham, the delegates, delivered eloquent ad-
dresses, which were frequently applauded, in
which it was stated that in the past four years
over Il illlLOu uOltdES per dlllull was AdloCo III
Britain for Methodist church building and ex-
tension, and that hundred thousand persons
had been admitted to the church. 1t is also ex-
tending into Italy; 4 large block of property
has been purchased in the heart of Rome for
church, schools, &c.
The anniversary of the American Tract So
ciety was largely attended, including Father
Gavazzi. The annual report shows the receipts
of the year, from donations and legacies, to be
Sl2G,S S33, and from sales, S410,903i e1pendi-
tures, S537, 1874; balance in the treasury, 1888.
A resolution was adopted for the prosecution
of publishers and venders of obscene books and
pictures.
SAN FRANCIsco, May s.-The rebels are in
trenched at Pesquirs, whittier they were driven
after severe fighting, which is still progress
ing.
COLUMBUS, o., May 8-The Supreme Court
to-day refused to issue a school mandamus
against directors of sub-school districts in Nor
wich township, franklin county for the admis-
sion of colored children into schools for white
children as there is separate school in said
township for colored youths The Court sus-
taned the consttutionality of section 81 of the
common school laws of this State and held that
the organization of separate schools for colored
children is not in conflict with the provisions of
the 14th Amendment TO the Constitution of the
United States.
ALBANY, May S-The Assembly, after a
heated debate, adopted, by vote of &C to As,
the resolution removing Insurance Superin-
tendent Mills from Office
PHILADELPHIA, May S.-Seventy-th del
cgates attending the National Medical Conven-
tion and the Labor Reform Convention are here.
NJ. 2. Shell and Gov. James Thompson, of the
Supreme Court are here.
CONCORD. May 8.-The Republican Conven-
ton adopted resolutions favoring Grant and
Wilson.
The National Democratic Executive Com
mittee is in session at the Belmont House.
Twenty-eight States are represented.
The National Democratic Convention meets
in Baltimore July 9th
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May 8-Squeer'8
opera-house building and stone Touring mill
we're burned to-day.
Troy, May 8.-The Colored Republican State
Convention met to-day. They unanimously
pledged the colored voters of the State to sup
port the nominees of the Philadelphia Conven-
ton