, 1874-05-10

tos!o e4s!el' A!e sonetlne5 we'll Nigh amusing
Although not fenrfnl Of tho result 9fid not. dis:
posed to sTarye hairs bre1ut}1 from,tho' posi-
tions be has taken, and SUR Qdadsd,by hosts ot
friends, both in the Presbytery and out of it
it is easy to peceiSe. thaf ah this. show
and .parade, and notoriety ane oxceednEly
dreadful 6ora III ,sin 6o Is happy IS t1 ,prison:
ef just rclcased-from long durance when IT il
over Or hfa deheanor as DIRTY. to. the! trial,
and tho most deeply interested N it ut is im!,os.
sable to say any thing, from thotfact that be man:
ue5ts little interest, and docs not appear to have
any more connection with it tah tic most idisin-
terestcd visitor. n fact, during tie hrger part
OF tie trial. 8 stranger<Wonid ta se takon him for
casual passerby who had ,atYofea in'' out pf
cunosltT, and was .rather diE$us:ed: .N1th: tho
trusts much to hia frienos, satistied that. Id i,
case is in good hands. That lo will be acquitted
does uot admit OF g. do.lbt but if the case ia
carried up, and another hearing is ordered, there
is little prospect that Prof. Patton viii win any
new laurets. fin his rresent teniper: Prof:
Swing will not be tried again. He~5H11t :ouietly
step out aud Patton will 1f1fd himself. before tho
SErod With no ono to 1,rpsc:utn, unles5:-Iike tho
SCORPION. ho tugns end stinGs himself: :, ::
TIE REV. .oEon6G c: f6YEs,
8 minister from Esansson, Is the Counsel Tor
Prof. Swing. In wotdy vcrnachlar, be. would bo
best described as fair Square. man, aud his H.
bor for Lis c!icnt is both ea1nost and honest. un
'is lot hair-splitter' like the prosecutor, He
has no SPECIAL bFltiancy. in Pleading and lit lis
questionable whether lie las advised his cliaut as,
much as his Glen: has advised him.. He is sIoy
IN speech, but his very eapdor OF expression car
ries conviction with it. He is *upninlsteriai in
his appearance, angular End awkward ia his
manner. 1s loosely put-tosether, ard when he
rises to speak seemingly rls7sa piece at a,time,
and is long timo putting hinsGf together. .He
speaks II very slog, .1,onotoMnous n q b, and jerky
manner, as if he were puuPibg,u up his words
from very deep well, and hfseonmsnd OF En-
gish does not 'dieploy that. rhetorical finish
and flourish characteristic of the prosecutor !
but what he says when it is said, is solid If not
elegant. and directly to the point: 'Ho evidently
feels his responsibility aud Is striving to fulfil
it in manly, straigh :aud conesa ,wau
TIE MoDEnAToR, - = =.
the Res. Arthur Mitchell, pastor of fths First Pres
bytarlan Church. looks Ike q '1man Wild will be
when be no longer has to settle points of order
and decide parliamentary rulings, with yhich'le
is not as familiar as he is with the Westminster
Confession. As most Of ths P1esbyters ure
in the same distressed condition as himself. his
poa.tlon is often t1ylngS but TINS far Little
caption has been TAKEN to- his ~dec;sions, Tho
only trouble he has bad has been Tlth TIE III o.
ecutor himself, who has more than-ouce &felt7 it
lis duty to reply to questions put to the 'Modot-
ator, aud to anticipate his decisions on .Eexod
is evidently vcxa:ious to the in:
pnlsiva prosecutor, Int there are not !
wanting numerous ~P1esbytcrs who taks a |
special delight in innoeently. ipQuiring ii Prot.
apologies from him. He follows tie Proceedings
eery closely, and sometimes WITH sven q painrui !
legree Of attention, as is evidenced by the |
Knitting Of his brow when Prof. Patton. throws
,ut stern hne andto,ys the Presbytery ofr:into /
he desp watets OF theology, where be Is most st /
lone. He does not br,ng tho irapressiyeuess OF
tge or the dignity Of gray hairs TO- BIS position, t
,ut still manages to command 'she res.,ect 81 tile !
'resbyters, and insure tns restraint, Of, the.
within the limils q pafliamcnta7y.
minated. Like many others il tue gathering.
e does not aayor Of the pulpit In his personal
xperience. Ho ia-Youug. 41nall;- dark-com-
lexonod, with slight goatec sand mustache,
nd gives indlcations- Of being cold in TEN
Ilg1d III purpose, 4and an. .in1ax4b1e
dherent Of orthodox, doctrine, according to +.
he Presbyterian standard, aud. ready. to accept
ny results to Which it NAV lead him, howayer,i
ntiqnated or inconsistent. they may appear in
onttast with the prevailing sentiment OF the
is flock whoEe iancies may now and then lightly
;ray to the pleasures OF the world would hardly |
erive much comfort from his mipistrations, |
I'D, afIer going to tho opera CT the German on
a.urday ulght, would undoubtedly discpyeE the.
sxt day that they had BEEN ensings aud dancing
emseiyes along towards very warm. and un=
,slrable locality, where all lreoola Who GU totho
3eFa and the German erentually y,tlald, that l.
cahty in which Socrat ~ >aod Penelope, and ;
'hn Stuart Mill are at pre:ens, according to the
:oaccutOr. . ,
TIE uEv. Ro1EnT PATTERSON
undoubtedly the strongest man on the floor,
he is the oldest Chicago PresbItarlau: He,is
rtaally, although not officially, the counsel of
of. swing His calmness ot Judgment. direct !
SO OF purpose, imrartiaity Of opinion, and !;
light to his oplnious. eud no Other man on tho :
or is lstcned to with 80 much respect. Even
3 prosecutor treats hi,n'Wiih~ distinguished =
favor il it can be called a
FOR. Which he accords 70 no one else. He ia +
yer OF strength, and, although his syrnp7thics i
4 convictions ara al. upon tho side OF y
Of: Swing, there is, probably, hardly n .
esbytsrian who has attended these 'ges- !,
rs who would not gladly bo accounted =
hereto il Robert Patterson is one: Ills d
1t it hardly needs description. His tall, mas Il
Q frame, broad chest, -stoopiug shoulders,
diy, genlai face, always as pleasant SUM Il
rs morning, nre knowu to every. ode. His
in}ess life, hs moral dignity. his manly bear r,
:, and his great service and yeluab!e counsel 81
ing the last thirty years OF his ministry in this Fl
', hare occurred for him universal respect. His r.
hcrliness has combined love with that respect. Il
ere are Older men in the Presbyterr than be; b
re are more acute wranglars; there arc fls: q
le more solidly grounded. Ho stands among Ct
rest like an old oak, with Its roofs clinching r.
everlasting rocks, conscious Of bis strength Il
nntnoTod By such little gusts as are now er
wing. n
10 hnvo now exhausted the list Of the repre- m
tatire men in the Pre5bytary. There are, til
'erer, some -'-"< Of
saiA1LEn 1umxAn1Es h1 h,
, deserve, perhaps, passing notice. Among | dc
n ere the following: The Rev. William Bat
IL, Bfotston. or Brobston--no one seems to
w how to spell bis nnmc-a withered IittIe be
man, whose mission seems to bo to keep the nc
OF the Presbytery straight on the book, and lid
periodically pops up like q jack-in-thc-box nc
r time he thinks Prof. Patton OF the book is
singer, much to the chag-in OF the Professor vi
disgust Of the Moderator, and the amuse- ot]
t Of the Presbyters; tho Rev. ]. II. Faris, fre
Financial Agent Of the Seminary, who is ou
picst when tho wind blows from tho direction it
1cCormicks reaper factory, who every day an
, through tho farce of seeking to impress an
] the P1esbytary tho fact thas ho is unpEeju- abI
and must have nll possible light thrown
] him so that he can see to act lntelligently,
who ia therefore strong on points
order and q Huekler for forms; the
Abbott E. KittredSe, litHo, round
with spectacles aud aieex eide-whiskers. :7ho
! rector,sh look about him, sits On tho Swing
and Patton side alternately, and seems to
; tho show and to be ye.y happy swinging OIL
ence; tho Rev. g. E. S. Ely, pastor OF the
o Presbyterian Church, who has been four