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SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN.
FIGth Day OF the General AssembI,

SAN-A OtEtEdk Assembly. Y.
COLUMBUS, Miss, May 26.-Rev. DIR.
Plumer, chairman, presented the report of
the committee on the subject of a general
Federative Presbyterian Council. The re-
port recommends that the Assembly coop
crate in the formation of a general advise
~ council.
Rev. DR.. Marshall presented report on
Evangelical labor, showing that our whole
territory is one vast field for this kind OF
labor. The contributions are less than
$1,000 an average of six and One-half cents
per member.
Rev. 4. T. Stewart, of the Reformed
Church, was heard as delegate from that
Church. He said: The general outlook to
me is that all barriers will be removed,
and churches will become one. We can
wait for this union. 1t is too good and
glorious TO be spoiled by haste. Our stand
ards aud yours emanated from the same
SOurce-the Word of God. The union will
be the outgrowth of love founded on truth.
DR.. Giradeau responded in happy man
neT. cordially reciprocating all expressions
of love and homer.
Rez. J. W. Pratt presented the report on
theological seminaTies. \ very earnest de-
bate arose on the minority report of the
committee in regard 10 Columbia Semina-
". The minority recommend the repeal
of the regulation requiring students to
attend services every morning. The
students have complained of this, and
some have left the Seminary claiming the
right to worship God where they desired.
A vote had not been made at the hour OF
adjournment. Nearly all the speakers
seemed to favor a repeal Of the rule. A
meeting in behalf Of Foreign Missions will
be held tonight.
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BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
The Civil Rights Bill and the NASH
willie SchOOIs-AbOut SPrinkling
Streets establishments Of n Board
of Health

of Health.
The Board of Aldermen met in regular
session yesterday afternoon, President Nc
Crea in the chair.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
Before proceeding with the regular busi-
ness. Alderman McGayOck moved to sus-
pend the rules in order to pass the follow
ing:
Whereas, the civil rights bill having
passed the Senate of the United States, and
will, in all probability, pass the House and
become one of the laws Of our country; and
whereas, it is generally believed and con-
ceded that it will materially interfere, if
not entirely destroy our system Of public
schools; therefore be it
Resolved, by the Mayor and City COun-
ell of Nashville, that the School Comm tee
is hereby directed to Immediately suspend
further work upon the new school building
now in process of erection upon the Hume
lot, corner of Broad and Spruce streets
until further advised by the City Council
of Nashville.
The motion to snpend the rules was
agreed to, and Aid. McGayOck moved
the adoption OF the resolution.
Aid. Eakin thought the Board should not
DE alaIlltu NANAA bAAA - -
had not yet become the law. The con-
tracts for the erection Of said school build
ing have been awarded, and the city will
have to foot the bill finally.
President McCrea said that Mr.. Cald-
well. Superintendent Of the Public Schools
of the city, had expressed TO him wish
that the City Council take no action with
regard TO the civil rights bill at present, as
such action would have a demoralizi3g et-
feet upon the pupils of the school.
Aid. McGavock said that if the School
Committee found, after conference with
the contractors now building the school
house, that the city would be bound for
the am0unt appropriated, then the resolu-
ton should be held void, or the City COun-
Gil could take such action as il deemed
proper. .
Mayor Kercheval stated that the eoptra
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METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Close of the Southern General
Conference.
Thanks to Commodore Vanderbilt
Resolutions for FraternaI Relations
with the Northern Church.

Thanks to Commodore Vanderbilt
Resolutions for FrafernaI Relations
with the Northern Church.
LOUISVILLE, Nav 26.-The General
Conference adjourned to-day, after naming
Atlanta, Ca, as the next place of meeting,
four years hence. The following, among
other resolutions, were adopted in relation
TO the donation of Commodore Vanderbilt
10 endOw the Vanderbilt University at
Nashville. Tenn:
Whereas, We have nearu with Measure of
the munificent gift Of Mr.. Cornelius Van
derbilt, Of New Y ork, of over half mil
lion dollars TO build and endOW universi-
ty under the control of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, therefore be it
Resolved, that We are thankful to God.
from whom is every good gift, every perfect
gift for this instance of enlarged be-
nehcence; that we tender to Mr.. Vanderbilt
the expression of our appreciation of his
noble generosity, and we viii ever pray that
the richest blessings of heaven may rest
upon him.
The following in regard to establishing
fraternal relations with the Northern
Church, was adopted:
Resolved, l. That upon the subject of
fraternal relations with the Methodist Epis-
copal Church upon proper basis, this Con-
ference is unit.
2. That We are also unit upon the pro-
priety OF appointing commission, empow--
cred to meet a like commission from the
Methodist Episcopal Church, to settle all
questions Of difficulty between us, and that
such settlement is essential to complete fra
terD!ty.
3. That the only points of difference be
tween us on this whole subject are the best
methods Of accomplishing this desired end.
The benedictiOn was pronounced by
Bishop Paine, and thus closed the 7th
session of the General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, which
has in some respects been one of the most
important ever held by the Church.
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CHA.

NEW Y oRK, May ga Havana letter
says the fate of the American, T. A. Dock
cry, who was arrested at Neuyitas, April 8,
is still uncertain. The authorities, repre-
sented by Gen. Porillo, ordered his re-
mOVal to Puerto Principe for trial. 1t is
expected from the hesitation shown to pro-
ceed to extreme measures, that Dockery's
life may yet be spared, but the entire mat
ter rests with the Captain General. Dock
cry has been heard fnOmup 10 the 4th inst,
aud is in good spirits, Notwithstanding the
rigOr Of his confinement, which has. by
reason Of poor food and water, rough ac-
commOdatiOns and heat, somewhat affected
his health, and reduced his weight some
little.
HAVANA, May ga stone building on
DuranOna's plantation was destroyed BY a
whirlwind yesterday. Five laborers were
killed and twenty injured by the falling
walls.
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NORTHERN PRESBYTERIAN.
The consolidation

The Consolidation of Church Boards.
ST. LOUIS, May 26.-The General As
sembly this morning resumed debate on
tie consolidation Of the Chnrch Boards
Rev. L. p. Hunt, of Lackawanna, the old
apostle OF temperance, pitched into every
body. lie Was against. consolidation fol
the reason that if any board had enough 10
do now it would be overwOTked, even with
the addition of a single board. The rem
edy against friction was already provided.
1t was in the Iresbyter.es
DR.. j. G. ReaseT, of Topeka, Kansas, was
in favor of the amendment, and spoke elo-
quently ofthe early settlement of the Pres
Oyterian Church in Kansas. There was no
friction in any department there.
Mr.. Adams (colored), from South Caro-
L., l-~T,~S he -e--es-l ----- - r.lAaefia
who were present would be heard.
DR.. Wm. L. Breckenridge said it was in
decent for US men who had occupied most
of the time of the Assembly to attempt TO
cut off debate by vote at 2:}0.
Judge Drake didn't think il becoming
in DIR. Breckinridge TO say what he did.
The ModeratOr-'I must call Judge
Drake to order. There must be no person.
alifies."
Judge Drake replied he had served in the
highest legislative body in the country and
knew what personality was. He would
net be personal, but he didn't think it be-
coming in any man TO characterize mo-
Jion touching the business of the bSay as
indecent.
DR.. Breckinndge was sorry, but he did
not mean the word in any sense other than
as Unkind or unbecoming.
Rev. S. J. Wilson, Moderator, at this
point, delivered touching address of well
come to the delegates from Scotland and
Ireland, presenting them with the minutes
Of the Assembly of 1873.
The @EverIaSting'' Question.
In the course of debate, DR.. Garnett said
he did not for a moment admit that the
Freedmen's Committee originated in the
spirit of caste, for there was no caste in
Presbyterian Church, so far as he could see,
and he had been 4 minister thirty years.
The committee started from the necessities
of the times, just as the FTeedmen's Bureau
did, and ought to be abolished as the latter
had been, its usefulness being at an end.
The cOlOred people were arxiOus to forget
they had beenslayes and TO forgive those who
kept them in slavery. They wanted the
idea Of a freedman'S mission obliterated,
so they could show they possessed a desire
to keep themselves.
Rev. John Quincy Adams, of South Caro-
Tina, another cOlored delegate, also spoke
on the same question, taking the same
view. lie pronounced in favor of the ma
jority report on consolidation.
Adjourned till tomorrow.
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for the building Of the school house had
been signed and could not be set aside by
| a resolution, and that if the work is now
suspended, the city would have damage
suit to fight.
Aid. Cheatham moved to refer the res
oluti,,n to the School Committee with in
structions to report at a special meeting of
the Board next Thursday. He fully en-
dorsed The spirit of the resolution, provided
the civil right bill finally passes and be-
comes the law of the land.
Aid. McGavock accepted the amend
ment Of Aid. Cheatham, and the resc-
lut. on was referred to the School Commit
tee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The bill providing for a release from
taxation of hotels with less than ten
rooms, passed third reading.
The bill to protect the public prOvender
at the City Work-hOuse, passed third read
ing.
The bill amendatory Of the law in rela-
ton to assessing the water tax, passed.
second reading.
The bill providing for repairing the
streets in Ewings addition, passed third
reading.
The bill appropriating s., 600 for laying
water pipe in the Seventh ward, as amend
ed by the Committee CT Improvements
and Expenditures, reducing the amount to
about 81, 300, passed second reading.
The bill appropTiating 1929 to repairing
McGavock street, in West Nashville, was
returned by the Committee on Improve
ments and Expenditures, with recon-
mendation that the S2,929 be stricken out,
4 Il, = ha nornn hr- tho Street na-
partment. Passed third reading IS amended.
The bill establishing a Board Of Health,
consisting of the Mayor and four physi-
clans, passed second reading, and upon the
rules being suspended, passed third read
ing
The resolution instructing the City As
SCISSOR to proceed to assess the property in
what Is known as "Free Territory" and
also requesting the City Attorney to at once
test the question as to whether said taxes
can be collected, was cOncuTed in.
NEW BUSINESS.
A petition from the business men of Mar
ket street, between Broad and Church,
praying for the privilege of employing
whom they please to do the spIingling on
that street, claiming that the present con-
tractor, Mr.. ]. W. Carpenter, does not do
the work satisfactorily, was read.
Aid. Cheafham moved that the prayer Of
the petitioners be granted, and that Mr..
Carpenter be thrown overheard. Agreed TO.
BY Aid. PentecOst-Bill apprOpriating
$3.50 to pay for broken stone used by the
Street Department during the months Of
March and April. The Presidentruled the
bill out Of Order,as the same matter had been
referred to the Street Committee al the last
meeting Of the Board, and the Committee
had failed to present report thereon. The
bill was withdrawn, with the understand
ing that the Street Committee would pre-
sent report Thursday.
Adjourned till P. NJ. Thursday night,
for the purpose of electing Fire Commis-
sioner and Board of Health.
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CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN.
Yesterdays Proceedings in the Gen.
tral Assembly.

ST. LOUIS, lay 26.-In the Cumberland
Presbyterian Assembly,, in session at Spring
field, No, tO-da-, Rev. J. Il. Bussman and
J. r. Brown Wee appointed delegates to
the Presbyterian Church of the United
States. a committee was appointed to
confer regarding the General Council of
PreSbyterians, wit the committee appoint
ed by the General Assembly in session at
st. Louis.
The afternoon sesion was mainly occu-
pied in the recept2n of Scottish dele
gates from the Evangelical Union,
Rev. Jas. Morrison and +. Il. Equson.
These delegates reptt their Church is in
doctrinal sympathy WI the Cumberland
Church. They expres9d hope that the
day would soon come hen the Cumber-
land as we'll as their On Church would
be in organic unity witt the Presbyterian
Church
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The value of the fruit crop of Califor-
MIA last year, may be estimated in round
numbers at two millions Of dollars. From
the tenor of the reports from all portions of
the State, the fruit crop of 1874 will ex-
ceed that of last year BY about fifty per
cent, and as the largely increased demand
for packing will keep up the price, its value
NAV be estimated fairly at three millions OF
dollars
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for impeachment, but he knew of no law
by which the House. could kick an official,
Pull His Ear,

Pull His Ear,
or pronounce him rascal.
Mr.. Beck reminded Mr. Eldridge that the
question before the House was The question
Of repeating the law aIinulling these COLI
tracts. When the Question OF Impeachment
or censure came up the speech of the gen
tleman from Wisconsin would fit very we'll.
he declared his beliefin Secretary Richard
sons honesty; but all his acts showed him
to be incapable, to be unfit for his place,
and to deserve severe eensure.
AT close Of Mr.. Beck's speech, the pre-
vious question was ordered, and the matter
went over till tomorrow.
Tariff and Revenue Amendments.
The House went into committee Of the
whole, Mr.. Tyner in the chair, on the bill
to amend the existing customs and internal
revenue laws.
Mr.. Dawes opened the debate. He con-
graduated the House on the gradual ex-
tinction of the deficit of S11,000,0OO,
which appeared at the opening of the ses-
sion, and stated that at the end of the fiscal
year there would be five, six or seven mil
fund. The pending bill made no material
change. Altogether the aggregate of re-
suits was as near to nothing as could be
arranged. 1t disturbed values as little as
possible.
Without making much progress the COM
mittee rose.
The Pay Of Deceased Members.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, introduced
Joint resolution relative to the compensa-
tion of representatives Congress, which
was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
1t provides that in case of the death of a
member his compensation shall be paid to
his widow or representatives up to the
election of his successor, and the pay of
the successor shall commence from his
election.
Funeral Of David Ii. MelIish.
The House then took a recess for the
preparation of the hall for the obsequies of
Mr.. Mellish. The funeral services were
solemn and impressive. The widow and
two other ladies, relatives of Mr.. Mellish,
with his three little children, occupied
seats on the other side. The coffin was
carried in by four of the capitol police and
placed on bier in the centre of the area
The religious ceremonies were conducted
by the chaplains of the two houses.
The seat and desk of the deceased men,
Der were draped all day, and an Offering of
flowers placed upon the desk. At the con-
elusion Of the funeral services the House
adjourned. The body with the officers,
mourners and committees, is to leave for
New York tonight.
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No. 7,s5O.I
IIs ChG1Rcery at .T'aShriEse,

CTATE OF TENNESSEE, OFFICE CLT RK
- and Master Chaneery Court, Nashville, lay
the i4th, 1S74-GeO. j. Sru0biefeld, Admir-, etc,
OF Geo. A Allen, deed. Complainant, VS.. n. L
Greenfield and others. Defendants
Il appearing from affidavit hled in this cause
that the defendants, +. ". Morton, Addie G.
Morton. L. W. Morton, Guard an Of Rebecca
Allen; Virginia Allen, RescSca AIM, Virginia
Allen, Marie Allen, samuel B. Sluder, Martha
Y. Siuder. p. +. Norton, Lille Norton, Minerva
Roberts, Laura s Fowler. ard i. "A. Fowler,
are all nOn-resilents Of the state OF Tennessee,
that the ordinary PROCESS Of law cannot be
served upon them: II is therefore ordered that
said defendants enter their appearance herein
before or within the first three days OF the next
term Of said Court, TO be held on the first Mon
dav in October next, (Is5D and plead, answer,
or demur 10 cOmplaInaEts bin, or the sane will
be taken for confessed as TO them anee SIT lor
hearing ex parte, and that a copy of this O. q =
be published for four consecutive weeks n the
Nashville Union and American.
A copy-Attcst-
NATHANIEL BAXTER, ia,
Clerk and Master,
Edward H. East, Solicitor Tor Complalnanf.
myl5 doaw 4t
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"HoTEL proprietors" says the Home
Journal, SHOULD pay their walters and
servants. AT some houses this is not done;
the only wages they receive is what they
beg from their guests We know Of GER
tain landlords who even divide with their
employees. This is nearly as bad as the
English method, where servants in hotels
and restaurants often have to pay for their
places"
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meath OF "A Shrey1,or, Hero

New ORLEANS, May 6.-Rev. Father
Charles Feree, aged "a, ne of the Wears
Of the Cathedral was drC-ned yesterday
evening in Lake Ponchartrnat Milneburg
while bathing. rather -'erec went to
Shreveport duringthe epide ic and was the
only priest that recovered TIN an attack of
fever there,
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nScRIRNER,s MoNruLY,, di.

"SCRIBNER's MONTHLY discusses the
important question, '.In walking, which
arm should gentleman give lady ?T 1t
decided in favor Of the left arm, and thinks
''the habit Of changing arms, so as to place
the lady on the inside, is awkward and alb
surd." But if young man is still in
doubt let him extend both arms wide open
to the lady, and give her the full benefit of
the doubt, as the lawyers say.
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THE sensation this morning is .


THE sensation this morning is e
ehfeadbare one-the ever-inpending
retirement of Secretary Richardson
from the Treasury Department. The
story has been repeated so often that one
might be tempted to attribute the Wash.
angton gossip of yesterday, solely to
the terrible arraignment Of his weak
ness and incompetency made by Beck
IN the House. All parties agree as to
his unhtness for the Office. Yet, with
censure and even impeachment hanging
over his head, it seems as though
Richardson waits for supersedure rather
than resign.
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FOREIGN.
The Case of DOckery i'm Cuba.
Caleb Gushing Again Heard from.
The Italian Cabinet Meets An
other Defeat.
SPAIN.

LONDON, MAY 26.-Several Madrid
newspapers are accusing Gushing, the
American Minister, of being present at a
banquet given by the opposition deputies,
including Figeraus and CASTELAR,. The ed
itors suggest that Cushing must be igno
rant of European diplomatic usages as vel
as the significance of certain names.
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WE hope the papers will stop trying to
make fun of Colyar. They amt treating
him right. Because man has been po-
litical granny, as well as failure all his life,
is no reason for exposing him to public rid
icule. Let justice be done, though the
heavens fall.-GdLldtiR TeRneSseedR.
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Notice is Hereby Given to All
Whom il May Concern:

That the funds set ont below to the credit of the
various cases specified have been on hand for
several years without being claimed.
These funds are now in nv hands and ready
70 be paid over TO the proper parties upon
prompt application, and if not applied for with
TO law.
NATHANIEL BAXTER. JR.,
Clerk and Master.
MAY g. 1871
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KATE FIELD, in her letters about Spain,
gives us the following moral reflection as
the result of her study of Spanish human
nature: ''It is great mistake to think
that good people are the most light-hearted
and cOntented. They are bothered by con-
science and worried about everlasting sal
vafioD .
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NJ. GUIZoT recently sold for S24,000
Murlllo.s 'Infant Shepherd" which he bad
received as a present from the Queen of
spain at the marriage of the Duke de Mont
pensler. The venerable ex-minister dis
posed Of the picture in order that he might
be able torefund to the ex-Empress Eugene
the 10000 his son accepted without his
knowledge from Napoleon III.
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THE following verse is said to be the
flight which prompted TennysOn to call
.Ioaoujn Americas greatest poet:

Alone and sad sat me down
To read on ROusseau'S narrow Isle,
Below Geneva. Mile on mile,
And set with MANY a shining town,
Tow'red Dent du Midi danced the wave
ReDeafh the moon. Winds went and came,
And famed the stars into a fame.
on Rousseau's Isle, in ROuSSeau's shade,
Tao pink and spicy drinks were nadei
D. classic shade, on classic ground,
We stirred two cocktails round and round,
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A NEWPORT paper says the story that
one or two cottages have been let in New
port for 5000 for the coming season is a
myth told for effect. Rents have not gone
up in Newport, nor have they materially
declined since last summer.
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A MODERN satirist says that an indoient
man, who has oyerspent his income andliv
ON the principal, is like Heine'smOnkey,w who
was found one day hilariOusly seated by
the FIRE and cooking his own tail in cop
per kettle for dinner.
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ITALY

ROME, May .26.-The Italian Govern
ment met with another defeat to-day in the
Chamber of Deputies.
The Pope has nearly recovered from his
recent illness.
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A MARRIAGE between the Grand
Duke Alexis and the Princess Beatrice
Is being talked of. Queen Victoria is
an admirable matchmaker. and if she
succeeds in this she will clearly have
achieved the great ambition of her life
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NOTICE.

pURSUANT To \ DECREE or THE
4 Chaneery Court at Nashville, rendered az
the april term, 1874, in the case OF
WIN. g. Massey, Admir-, etc, OF John
L Gleayes, deed, vs.. Manila l..
Gieaves and Others,
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Absolutely Pitiable

for man to be at the head of great de-
partment of the Government pleading in
fancy and imbecility as an excuse for all
his acts. The Assistant Treasurer had
stood by and backed his superior, each try
ing to throw the blame on the solicitor and
make him appear the guilty man, and that
the Solicitor on the contrary had showed
that he had but obeyed the orders of his
superiors.
Mr.. Eldridge remarked that Mr.. Beck
had charged and sustained the charge that
the Secretary of the Treasury had been
guilty of an impeachable offense. If that
was so, the Committee on Ways and Means
would not have done it's whole duty until
it presented 10 the House resolution Of
impeachment, The Constitution provided