, 1874-02-25

It will be remembered that the roycrond gon-
t1eman announced Tuesday ogouing, at tho
meeting Of the members Of the church, that On
tho following night ho would bo at home
in his church. md would preach to
such as came. Accordingly. at tho hour mp
pointed, considerable crowd assembled with
tho expectation Of piuking up some crumbs Of
grace or fcasting on further scandal. al the caHo
may be. Whom the reporter arrived
UPON TIE GROUND
ho found tho zealous flock gathered on the out
side Of the walls Of tho church, aud suffering
somewhat from outward cold, but burning with
inward xoal, and anxious to get in, which they
couldn't, Of tho doors were locked and barri-
caded against them. In order to bc auro Of this
although ho could move tug door sufficiently
open at his repeated efforts. Ho
concluded, therefore, that thoro was
some one inside, or else that they woro barrod
By temporary barriers.
TlsYlSa TO GET IN.
Tho congregation joined In these attempts to
got in, and prowled about tho building trying all
on tho outskirts OF tho crowd watched tho pro-
ceediugs with much interest, and occasionally
made romarks that showed 1ttlo voneration tor
tho sauctites Of Tho OCCASION.
At about quarter to o'clock Mr.. MCCARTHY
himself mado bis appearance, and after taking
in tho state Of affairs went to tue house OF Dca-
con Dur.is, which il just opposite, and after
short consultation iusido with his primo adyisors,
came out
ON TIE noon.BTEp
| and stnted briefly that aB the church waa locked
| thero would be no prnaching and tho assembly
| might diBporso. Further notlco would bo giyon
Of resumption Of services e.:'
Upon stating lis mission, the reporter was al
lowed ontrauce into tho house whoro the little
band a,M their lcadcr had takcn reiugo. It was
not Unlike hostile camp, tor nomentarl1y somo
| mesEongar arriyed with tho latest Intelligence
od rs to further action. The people III tho
BtreotB although it WAS exceedingly cold, still
remained, and gathered in knots discussing tho
ways aud means. There was probably 3 crowd
Of 100 outHiae. and they fingered on, hoping
against hope that Mr. Mccarthy would como
forth aud load them to batsle, for which their
murmurs plainly presaagca that they were roady.
MARE 'EM JINGLE.
| Presently tho Hon. john uoatlold camo In
with somewhat violent air, and Btatcd that If
he wore only q pewholder In that church ho
| would Just mako those Dcacons Jingle, which
was happily avortel, as he did not own sitting,
s @ to s that ho aa ast been
thy would preach Tomorrow st,re, aud as ho Ind
built tho church and knew nil about it, ho would
open tho doors IN splo Of Law or force. IIo
thon proceeded with aomo tMo-drawn distinc-
tionB as to tho rights Of property -ownosn, which
unfortunately escaped notation. It was thou
discovered that tho reverend gent1cmen had pro-
cured
LEGAL ADVICE
In tho poraon OF Mr.. J. ". Beach, and counael
was nov discussing tho legal status Of tho cnao
WAS, Tic lawyer replied TINT thoy lad not
| yet determined on n line Of action. Mr.
Mccarthy then romarkod that what ho
desired was a fair tslal. il thoro
we're any charges ngain9t him, aud
ought to have a Jury Of Baptist ministers, and
that ho should have the privilege Of solocting
ol,o-half Of them. They would DO choAon from
all parts OF the country, not n rtlou'ary from
Chicago. ThiH Was privilege h! continued, TINT
was not denied to tho most halaonod criminal,
q minister Of tho Gospel. Dlr. MeCartAy could
not conceal, however, that he waa
VERY MUCH DEPRESSED
by tho cyonts Of the evening, md stated after-
wards that ho would not mako any further attenpt
70 preach IL tho church, and TINT tho 'notico Of
aont!y bnnt upon taking some legal action, at
tho advice OF his counsel, but what it would bo
ho declined Or avoided saying. At about half
after Ae put On Ills oyercoat aud hat, and ro-
tlroo to lin homo. Tho throng outside also
gradually dlsperse1, and by 10 o'clock I'LL was
quiet. Whcthor tho DeaoonH stole forth from,
the losiogol church ut tho tlead hour of tight,
aud proceeded to gather supplies for further
HePa, IL not known, at tho woutller WAS ui4pro-
pillouh Tor midnight observations,
| TlE LAST MISFORTUNE,
Tho Rev Florence {cCarthy il rapidly discover
!ng the Had truth contained III that loely adAgo,
MiBfortutlea meyer como A!0no." IIo has boon
oviutel from lis church ho haB boom allowed
by Capt. 1alght to play spiritual billiards in hla
apartments on Weas Madison street; ho ..t
leeu refused admission to Tom Foloyn n,npii-
] tluAtro. on tho ground that 1H modo OF eYaukol-