, 1874-02-28

ing by outsiders. He Furthermore cl2imed that
Mr. Mccarthy WAS now Oh trial
Mr. Goraon-But ho denies it.
Nj. Thearle contemporary y-Didn't you hear
tho charges 1ead7 Can't you believe your
The Rev. John Gordon declined to answer such
q question.
COMMITTEE or CONFERENCE.
The amendment vas lost by q vote Of 10 for
and IA against, and Mr. Thear1e's resolution Was
adopted. The Char appointed as the Commit
tee Of Conference Messrs. Thcarle, Gordon,
Eberhardt, Goodspeed and Woodruff.
Tho Committee, the Deacons, and the Rev
Florence retired to tho lecture room to see if
they could come to m understanding. None Of
the Deacons carried canes, and Mr. MCCARTHY
did not wear specially ferocious aspect. They
disappeared about s o'clock, and we're absent
over four hours.
The good Indies OF the church (all OF them
ant-McCarthyitcs) had made calculations upon
long and tedious session. and, realizing that q
Baptist with full stomach il worth dozen
.hoy anSs h.d ones laid d 6onpps 6opts oGsps 9eoss
in the BASEMENT and to it they invited tho
delegates aud reporters. The way the turkey,
tongue, and coffee disappeared was terribly
suggestive OF Mr. McCarthy's fate in case the
| Council should conclude to "eat him up" In
aud palatable victuals, the lunch was an un.
questioned success. The "Clan Mccarthy"
were vigorously and pointedIy excluded from
this feast Of the faithful. and, for lack Of any.
thing more tangab}e to mnsticate, they chewed
The bitter and of discomfort upstairs.
Mrs. DR.. Briggs achieved triumph. She got
| Brother Brayman in q corner, whore theEc wa8
| no Chairman 70 call her to order, and most flu
emily indicated her views to tho Secretary OF the
! Council, greatly to the discontinue Of that con-
faasa61v rra5nficpf functj0nHfy- and EQIl1l1Y to
tho edihcation OF group Of Mr; McCarthys
| tezyal OF the Committees abseuce.
| RETURN OF THE COMMITTEE.
The Committee appointed to confer with tho
| tho Deacons and pastor returned at 9 o'clock,
i having been out nearly five hours.
| The Rev. .Mr. Woodruff, Chairman Of tho
| Committee, reported that inzsmuch as they
| for which they we're appointed, they bad there
| foro
I,e.olred, !: That this body adyiso tho church to
BEEN beiore Ills boy asaast the Re7 Flor
:. That Ibis Council adjourn for ono week. to give
s. That the action Of the church, in accordance with
this ADVICE, shall have the effect Of dissolv1ug this
| Council
EXPLANATIONS.
| After the report had beon rend, Mr.. Mccarthy
asked tho privilege OF explaining why no under
| standing could be arrived st. which request was
| not granted LILO secretary OIL luz Aoluul1ttcu
was then instructed to make tho explanation.
The explanations made we're as follows. the
figures relating to corresponding clauses IN Mr.
| McCarthy's proposed conditions, given above:
!. Agreed to all around
| 2. Altered by the Deacons SO as to make 1t op-
tional with tho Council whether they shall be
present or not-in which shape it was refused
| By Mr.. Mccarthy.
8, 4, 5, aud G. Rejected by the Deacons.
| 7. Modified BY the Deacons so az to dobar any
/ thar ~ fha Gnuncl from voting HuY
charge when he has been absent in trying one OF
the specifications. Accepted by Mr. Mccarthy.
| and 9. Rejected by the Deacona-
10. Modified 30 that the legal counsel Of the
accused shall be Baptist in good Btanding. Ao-
cepted BY Mr. Mccarthy.
| MATTERS NOT DETERMINED UPON.
Mr Thearle stated that the Committee was
| only advisory. Tue Council preserved the right
required, because it might become advisable
during the trial to close the doors. Brother
MCCARTHY had insisted that neither party should
bo ar1aigned until three weeks after the subnl,s-
| sion OF the specifications.
It was suggested that the pastor should re-
sign, then they would be Wiling to give him al
| tho time wanted.
Tho Rev DR.. Goodspeed stated that the
| Deacons we're willing to submit the whole matter
to the Council, but Brother MCCARTHY would not
| submit.
NE. Mccarthy OBJECTS.
| After some further explanation BY the Dea-
| cons, Mr.. MCCARTHY rose. and stated that he WIS
| not willing to give his reputation to Council
| TINT refused to give him fair show. Everybody
must admit that three weeks WAS not too much
time to prepare for trial Of such magnitude.
| The Rev. DR.. Goodspeed said that they should
give the widest possible liberty to Brother No.
| Earthy, Ho should not be cut short. Thoy did
not think threo weeks was too much time. They
| simply wanted to refer the mntter back to the
Council, and il the Council thought three weeks
was not too much time, they au would he eatis-
fed They wero not regular lawyers, and it
could not bo expected OF them to try 3 case
as it waa done in regulnr court pre-
sided over by Judge. They. merely
wanted to do Justice to the best OF their ability
But they found their hands tied on account OF
the stubboruness Of Brother MCCARTHY.
The Rev. John Gordon explained why they re-
fused to havo Witnesses sworu. It wns against
the laws of tho Baptist Church to awear any wit
nesses not members.
TIE REPORT ADOPTED.
The report was then unanimously adopted.
Tbs Chairman, in announcing the vote, stated
that by this action tho Council stood adjourned
until one week from date.
i After adjournment the Chairman announced
that tho Rev. DR.. Mitchell would preach in the
| church ne1t Sunday morning aud evening.
The Rev. Florence MCCARTHY requests his
friends to be present at tho buainoss meeting
|