New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-01

| NEW YORK. May 3l.-Cardinal McC ClOskey
was present at the dedication of St. Bernard
Church. Bishop McQuade, of Rochester
preached the dedicatory sermon.
| Convention Of American Israelites.
The annual convention OF the board OF
| delegates of the American Israelites as.
| sembled yesterday afternoon, Judge j. p
Joachimse presiding. The executive com
mittee reported tavorably ON the condition
of lsraelites in Palestine and the state OF
the Jews in ROumania. The following Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Hon. j. p. Joachimse; vice presi.
dents, Hon. S. Wolf, of Washington; Isidore
Bennenger, of Philadelphia; treasurer, Leo
pold Bamberger. of New York.
Presbyterian A Assembly nt Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, May 3l-The Presbyterian
General Assembly adopted cvertures al
lowing churches to elect temporary elders.
Presbyterian Assembly at st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, May 3l.-In the Presby terian
General Assembly to- day, on motion, the
headquarters of the committee of foreign
missions was transferred from Columbia,
South Carolina, to Baltimore. An eff ort to
change the seat of the committee on sus-
tentatiOn from Columbia to Baltimore
failed.
DR.. Girardeau was unanimously elected
to the chair of didactic and polemic theology
at the Theological Seminary at Columbia,
South Carolina. The doctor made feeling
address in acknowledgment, and asked for
time to consider the matter before accent
ing or declining the position.
DIR. Lefevre and Judge 1ngles were ap.
pointed delegates to the general assemblies
of the Cumberland Presbyterian and the
Reformed Churches.
DR.. Stuart Robinson offered resolution,
that committee be appointed to communi,
cate with other Presbyterian churches about
the international assembly of Presbyterians
to meet IN London next July, and to CON
slider the question of sending delegates to
the assembly.
DR.. Girardeau opposed the resolution,
and made quite lengthy speech. He
thought this assembly should not take any
part in an assembly convened for the
organization of confederation of
the Presbyterian churches. The new
organization would undoubtedly exercise a
moral. advisory and executive power over
the various churches to the usurpation of
their individual powers. He was not will
ing to become factor in the organization
OF body which may do things contrary to
true principles of the Southern Presbyterian
Church, and thus become in part RESPONSE
bic for such unorthodox proceedings. He |
believed that by entering the confedera-
ton along with the Northern Presbvte |
rlanS inc assembly would virtually 20 |
back on their late action in reference to |
relations with that church. Sew.
eral speeches were made in favor of the !
resolution, the principal one of which was
delivered by DR.. MARYLAND, who said that
cvertures had bess!. received from four of
the principal presbyteres of the church,
favoring the sending of delegates, and he
thought they should receive proper consid-
sration. He believed the assemblies
were not infal!ible, and that an in
assembly composed of the
most learned men in the different churches
would be less likely to commit
ollies and errors than any assembly repre-
enting only members of one Church. He
believed in the interchange of opinion, and
hought that the Southern Presbyterians
hould not be behind in the great work of
the unity of the Church Of
God. He desired to be more closely united
With the Presbyter churches OF England,
Ireland, Holland, France and
canada. Reports from the committees on