, 1874-02-27

Ihe charges we're presented 10 A1- MCCARTHY
about o'clock yesterday afternoon, by Deacon
Merrill, Fho informed him at the Same time that
the Council would meet at o'clock this after
noon, at the church. Acting under the adyice
OF his lawyer, Mr.. Mccarthy at first declined to
furnish copy Of the charges to the press,
though he himself thought it would be better
that they should be published
They are not addressed to Mr. Mccarthy, but
to the Council, and are divided into ten different
heads, which purport to be specifications Of one
general charge: .'Unclu1stian conduct. degrad-
ing to the ministry" In amount, they. cover
Mr: Mr. Mccarthy stasfes, sre loosely drawn
indefinite, and vituperntive. They mako
OF adultery and fo1nication, though these words
are not used anywhere in the document. The
only specific charge is that OF preaching two i'm
proper and ecanda1ous sermons, namely, those
Of the 1st and 9Th Of February. In none Of tho
others srs times, places, parsons, words, or acts
specified, nor are the names Of any witnesses
given all There is nothing to give the slight
est clue to tho line Of proof intended to be adopt
cd, nor Whit is intended to DO proven. They
Deacons.
According to the statement Of Mr. Mccarthy,
the charges are in substance as follows: First,
there ia charge OF habitual, Intentional and
slanderous falsehood. The next three are near
" exactly similar, being, in effect, that he is OBJ
scene in his conversation, using, language and
telling anecdotes unfit for either. the bar
room or the b1othe1; that ho Is sport
and loafer: Ths 49, ne1t f<s y is j.. charge
<shn have rrlea 10 expose bis sinful conduct.
Next that he hns threatened to ruin tho Union
Park Baptist Church.: remaining there and
preaching until it was torn to pieces Then
there is charge that he has beon guilty Of
horrible blasphemy in calling down aud threat
ening blindness; and sickness to his enemies.
Ihen there is = charge that he is immoral, in
that he suffers himself to ne led away BY the
preaching improper and scandalous sermons on
the 1st and 8th Of February.
1Ir. Mccarthy was in = very perturbed state.
notwithstanding certain air Of bravado with
He uas evidently desirous Of throwing = sop to
Mr. Wilkie, in the hope Of being let or easy in
the Times, and, therefore, gave = copy
Of the charges in e1tenso to the re-
porter OF tint p paper s, IN H. 1per tie presence
papers. He reluctantly gave the foregoing
summary OF the charges to the 1Atter, but to
what extent they are exact representations Of
the actual charges cannot be stated, as only close
questioning olcited some Of the most important
facts and in no case did he give any Of the
specifications unless particularly questioned.
In relation to his form Of defense, he stated
that be should hold that tho Council vas not la-
gally called, and, hence, could not act upon the
charges. Moreover, he wanted more time to
xlesd :; several months would not be too much.
The DeaconR had endeavored to call q Council
about.two months since. but the ministers, when
assembled, refused to consider the oharges- He
thought the same woald be done in this case.
Deacon T. J. Reed was also visited during the
afternoon In relation to the cali, he said that
the Deacons would present to the Council the
charges, and the call TOR the Council signed by
over seventy-flye church members above the age
Of 18 years: He said further that, when Mt. Nc
Carthy made it requisite to attend four church
services in avery month for three months before
voting at a business meeting. he was building q
ga1lowB to hang himsalt, since none Of his sup
porterH had attended services for three Sundays,
and, consequently, would not be allowed to yote
at the next business meeting. Indeed, Mr. he
Carthy admitted as much. !:
The Council which wss called last January
never conyened, and consequently did not, as
stated BY LII. Mccarthy, refuse to act upon the
case. On assembling previous to the time for
which they had been called. the DeaconB thought
best net to make any breach just then, and the
Council did not meet.
To-day the Council meets at o'clock, and it is
not likely that any charges will be Withdrawn,
OF the pastor allowed TO escape trial :