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riders and shots 10 the troope, composed LARGELY
Of raw material. the Government ctnDot fail
to utiiis this knowledge so dearly obtained .and
At least an equal mum Der Of soldiers must here
after oppose the Sioux the otrhtne, with lie
worthless spfiuV FL ctor, be altered and the
enniovment Of artillery, not IN gHrfiaon, mt In
the field. rs heretofore inehectuaiiv urged ami
recommended by prominent Offuers Of the OK
perit ion, receive the ronsider sion 10 merits. IL
might nave proved invaluable With Custer, ON
the Rosebud, and at the capture OF American
H1rhe's VII 90. a dozen hand grenades would
have q lickly dlslodeed this chief, wis, shai-
tered IN an no jcining rnvine nred such unerriDg
aud fatal sbota. Generally, ~ may a. well tie
CoDccLcd, unless they aie sul 'risad or choose
TO stand, the Sioux. mounted upon their 1eet
pnbtes. r. ~ defy ue In a chase.
NOtwithsi auding the resl Onsc OF Spotted Toll
and Red Cloud TO the iruposltiOn OF the Peace
Commissioners % surrender their arms anu pc
MES, remove to the Indian Territory. and te-
come n hard-wurking, self supporting people, IL
IN ) uuhesitauuglY he predicted that the Min
neconjOux viii not accept terms 80 diametri-
cally opposed TO thelr nature and pr ictice. As
vol might We suggest me pfupItety OF their
cr Wing one by one Into Herr Krupp's chef
WuUtre and benp blown into tue middle Of their
h ppy hunuig RrOnudsl Their possession OF
treech oaders viii, IN the end. accomplish tneir
de4truCtiOO, since, II proper precautions be
adop Ell aud exercised, their supply Of liked am
uuniiioD must become exDHusted. Their dis
lrmiug must pe accomplished forcioly, " At all
first AZ the agencies and finally N TIC Held
und however unnecessary and cruel TINS ir
with when we nave diagraced our centennial
wear, these measures sbOJld 10 inn '1tatciy M
stituted for the sake Of the country. the INDIANS,
sud If humanity.
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DIED.

,,coNNELLY.1,;At his residence. SOL Greenwich Of.
Bernard Connolly. In The 4pth year % his age.
Relatives aud friends OF the family are requested to
attend his funeral on "Wednesday, Nov Lat ~ o'clock.
NoTIcK--Ihe members VI the Young MEMS Father
Josephs Temperance Society are requested to attend
HAKDLEY.-Oct. 90 Ezita Morris Hardley, infant
daughter Of Franz anu Louisa Hardley aged years,
10 months aud days.
Funeral at o'clock to-day from the residence OF her
parents, 10 Corne Ia Vt.
MllLER.-On Monday, Oct. 80, George J. Miller, In
the Goth year Of his age.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
MocoPPIN, lon SUNDAY evening. Oct. 30. George Nc
Coppin, sgeo "a wears,
The relatives and frienos OF the family arc respect
fully Invited to attend tue funeral on "Wednesday, Sov
1. at O'Clock p. NJ. from the Methodist Epi copal
Church, Perry St. between Washington aud Greenwich
SITS.
wHITE-on Monday. Oct 80. at the residence OF her
son, A. q. Southward. 1872 Grfnth st., Jersey CITY
Heights, Jane White aged ~ years.
The funeral VIII take place al st, Lukes Church. Gem
tral av, corner south st.. on wednesday, Nov. at
o clOck.
WALTER. Saturday. Oct 2S, James c. Waiter.
Funeral Tuesday afternoon, Oct 81, at $780, from
Church Of Holy Trinity, 9th av, corner OF l25th ~.
WALTER Summons - Brethren; You hereby
sumu oned 10 attend AN urgent communication OF
Gave Lodge NO. 7OJ F. and A. NJ at It's 1874
It,. Tuesday afternoon Oct 81 at 1890, sharp 10 pay
last tribute Of respect to worthy Brother Jaues {.
ternslly invite JOHN H. HOLMES NJ:
OSCAR EVERETT, Sec'y.
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SHaFED BT 4 MIDMAN.


Paul Haas barber, quit the barber
shop " N. Merchants Hotel In this city In
August. lie was offered an increase OF pay, "
he would remain. Bat, hoping that he might
earn much more a. an independent barber In a
Jersey town, ana so I've enabled TO marry Miss
Brewer, Of ia l. It Sixtv-oighth street, to
whom he mad been long attached, he declined
the offer. lie hired the basement shop at Main
and lhidre streets. IN Someryie, n. j., engaged
an assistant, John Hgs-. and was soon PROSPER
ing lut his busino,s did not develop AS rapidly
az ne had desired. and he was occasionally de-
spOndont A nervous disorder also dep essed his
mind, On Fittay tveiing he hurried out of
his shoN. aftet he had '1cacd himself In for the
night. and rnil through the streets, shreking.
Murder, Are !" lie exclaimed tnat he thought
that his shop was surrounded by rufhans, who
intended to break inDnc drag him out to glib.
bet. Ca saturday AFTERNOON Haas began To
shave NJ. Brown, customer, ana then to whet
tne razor. Then be stepped back a pace fro m
the CHAIR, and ipping the razor into his throat
ueariy beneath ms right ear, drew II with his
leif haud, deeply, to tIs ieft ear. Inc razor fell,
aud Haas staggered around the room and Tell
dead,
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The favorite actress Charlotte Thomp-
son WAS welcomed by on unusually large aud
fashionable audience at he Brooklyn Theatre
last evening, IN uer charming impersonatiou of
J1no Ere. Miss 1homDsoD is 80 Thoroughly
Identified with Jane Eyre that it is necessary
only ~ say that she appeared especially well on
This occasion, aud was heartily auplauded al all
the points. Miss Maud Harrison essayed the
ungrsCiou- G,pryiHd Tor the li-t time, and IN ice
n pronounced hit - : hign spirited, naughty,
di,sRreeGbie society lady. careless Of others,
tut remarkably colsidsra'e Of herself Mrs
Fnrreu, MSS .hcrpe, Mr.. Williams, 'iiss GOur-
lev. and HattY y nor were IA tue A., and. u
Clur.e, did we'll ar. " l.. Sneridans Rochester
Is the bcst we have seen better than Robin
sons, una that Is high praise. He thoroughly
understands the character, and doesn't over
draw II ~ the least. Nj Willie seymour and
Nr. Ned Lamb cpDyblsed the house. la hue.
the plfy was ssuccess and viii hold the stag
for The week,
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State bonds remained steady. with sales OF Masout
o. long bonds ~ lO!S North Carolina o.. old Janu-
airy and jay, IL, and Louisiana 6s consolidated a. 90
Railroad securities were stronger aud more active
The principal transactions were fOllows Chesapeake
aud OHIO lsts, coupon 80, N. j. Central cow *
MI aud s. Paul lsts La Crosse division, 1O3 Chicago
and Northwestern lists, 1OBlpi do sinking fund, 10
wn,na and st. ,ul 2ds, 10 Central Pscihc lets San
Joaqul1 branci, o. Union Pacific lss, 1O5X Paclnc
end ChicagO is 10 DO 2ds 115 G. q. and l. c. 1sts
afFysiNi A,toh anu lerIe h,,ute COS prelerreu sOi
Louis ana Iron Mountain 1sts, 1905 Delaware ana Hud
bonds 'pi, 1Os Louisville end Nashville con
pS, p2lsi MIL ana st. Paul 1870, COW, g9i CHICAGO
and Northwestern cOnsO coupon gold bonds, 0hA
Ere 2ds 102lt; Cedar f. lis and NJ r., W; North Mis-
souri, lstsL 49, Ioi.de, reor,s ana wsrsaw. Western
Western Union Tei,Uapn reg, 1900 1884 Great
Western Ids $50; Union PsCiir, snkng fund, 91+ /;
Central facibc Euld bundk iIOi P4cIhc Railroad Of
Missouri ists IS Greet We.ten lists; 80 95It Csnada
Southern 1st, coupon on. JSJe HANNIBAL ST. Joseph
y, con- $685. Nil. aud ST. Paul con einklng fund,
o., 49, 1O5.
The opening. highest, lowest, and r. N. CLOSING
prices OF stocks TO-DAY were.
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f1b se9o0 gold balances o. o0e 800, and currency
balances, 81 $50 FOL. The SUB treasury redeemed tl2
600 IN called honda snu paid out 10 coin interest
the pdbc debt eco 900.
The days business the Unned States Sub Treasury
Gold receIpts, eO36 SIR 7Oi gOu payments t57,-
e93 guild balance, t50eOi 0OS76 currency receipts,
balance, ti5050o4. Customs, tt54.oOO -.
The bullion IN the Bank Of EngianI was decreased
fplOOO. The Internal receipts at Washington
to-day were t9OO0OOi for the mon ~ dste o. $780,
ana Tor the hsca year 20 date fvS 100000 The omi
receipts were s3J0000j for the month o date t1060O.
yOO Tor the hsca year TO date, S47 0OJ,OO0. The
roasury 81 WASHINGTON received 81 100000 in national
bank aOtes for redemption.
Inc earnings OF the 10 and Mississippi Railroad for
INC thd Neck IN October show increase OF b1SS 90
roreign OK honge reelected hrmer tone, with an ad
vance 10 the rates TO "a S2< and "a az for and
demand drafts restiyely the market closing steady at
Money ruled easy on call at 9se9 y cent. on pledge
paper was In request Mt iaB,
an, ne uemand tyr Goyernnent bonds more marked
n"u prccs closed strong at ADVANCE of AdA
r,9 WIN Saturdays figures. Coupon 1sJfs IN large
iis9 rcg sV,a ~ Id coupon 1865, old il3A and
ana SoupSn do ii6N me following were lie r. NJ
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THE CANAL SUITS.
A Perempfory Mandamus against the Audit or
in Favor Of "a Contractor.

Albany, oct 30.-In March last argu-
ment WAS made before Justice westorook on an
application for peremptory mandamus TO the
defendant In the case Of the People ex rel VIII
liam w sson agi. George W. Schuyler, Auditor
OF the Canal Department. The court then took
the papers under Amusement, and to-day Justice
westbrook rendered decision that the peremp-
tory writ OF mandamus, as applied for, must
issue. In 1is decision Justice MestbroOk says (:
Upon the present motion in to the facts here.
nDcfOre stated, have only tnin allegation IN the ai-
divt of III present Auditor George W. Schuyler that
a. the aNnt Il Informed and be ovos the award stated
Ia the moving papers void Oh the ground OF COLLISION
and fraud between the appraisers aud Voorhees, and
that can be esiaoshcd upon the trial OF Issue Of
facts 70 that eject. Not single fact ,tsed upon
which the judgment OF the court be exercised
eveu IL there the general statement OF fraud anu cOlu.
sion made upon any personai knowledge nor even IL
the source OF information stated. In the absence
any such statement, the court will not subject ewlrn
Sae ofhci.A 60 the alputaion OF official Corruption,
claimants to thu cost and delay Of trial,
Ing the wat In IN alternative form.
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I'M UsEM ENTS.
The New ballet ~ kitio's-A Sew star on
'tbe boa rds.

The new ballet introduced In Mack 8
"BAta" at Niolo's last evening deserve men
ti1r 1f.t, because Of lie intrinsic meflt and
mar, .ilous beauty; and secono, because II
served az a medium for the preseutaion Of an
artist descrvedlv renowned in Europe. To the
uuiniidod q dance is a dance, but IN these days
OF gymnastic perform lnccs a weIl-trained, thor
oughbfed danseuse whosa motion has "a method
and whose steps are something more than tho
clever time-kcepinc OF cloggi-t, there are nisuy
men and more women who know the difference
between premiere and an extra ballet girl, aud
aupreciate IL as well. As is thu custom IN all
great ballets, the one ~ NtDlo's hhs Its sub
divisions. rhe first Ia called Z" Lss Odaiieq ues
du scrail." and ~ xiv u IN tue second aseDe Of
the drst pct II the uuries que.
l. Grand hntlee. All toe rrin cipals and cory
Dheer ate UL IN tue scene, winch Coaststs o. a
klleidossopickY In and out aud around and
aoout--not exactly march nor yet medley.
kicn IN costume, eXtrdvagant IN cecOr ltion,
brilliant ~ ensemble. tLe larry gro pings dsz&Ied
the eye, and kent la line like veterans.
2 solo. Nle. NrlSina. very pronounced
typo OF Italian grace aud energy, drew me D. G
of the gallery, and in1de MaIetzek aud his
merry men work Ike be tvprs.
g. Variations. Miss Ida DeNerc "a not pcw
face. nor novel dancer. but sbe II An hrtlste Of
merit, and was tho ou9nly az h.me IN q veiy
T. L. Grace. This introduced the new star.
SignOfa Antonino. formerly u Soda at Milan.
She's tall large. dark. and worry dlstinguished IN
ApltuduCe. Sue - not Ryiundst. she ~ an
artistic. Every step means something. Every
pose carries ITS suggestion. Sac mad great
his, ana was recalled lime and again.
b. Grand Pas de Deux. Ire McnZ II Sisters
we're put to tncir trumps by the uet.lesomc
ness II tneir new rival, and OBVIOUSLY deter
niu.d Ia 4 TO he uutdone. They went At their
pas nip ana tuck. Sometimes mp WAS ahe. d
rOmetl.ues tuck. lhey went through their ar
tistic mu~culdiitlrs In good form, :nd wound
~ IN Uljzt OF terpslchOrean glory. aided and
abettcd oy the entire group o. principals aud
rNpnees.
INC second ballet. "Les Amours des Diables,
ia tae last scene OF the frat SCI. Is also a very
beautifully planned series OF solos, duus, and
ensembles, In Which AaIvonia. DE We're, Anto
iiuO. and the Aenzeils participated, with the
backZrOundcd assistance Of tue tremendous
troupe. The march hitherto describ "a remains
entertainment
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Police OFFICERS CLUB.
The Examination Of tho Bov who was
knocked Down in the City Hall Park.


Knocked Down In the City Hall Park.
William Murphy, the youth whom a
police officer knocked down 10 the City Hall
Park on Sunday, wss just high enough to rest
his chin on Justice Duny's desk In the Tombs
Police Court room yesterday.
"william," said his Honor, ibid you upset
the peanut standf'
~ pushed the woman and she fell over it,"
muttered the boy.
do you 20 to school7"
ayes, siri"
To verify this answer Justice Duty COM
mcnced an examination that proved the boy not
alone to have told the truth, but also to be a
very bright boy, and after q reprimand from the
Justice and a promise to continue going to
school he wes DISCHARGED.
In the Oak street station the veteran Sergeant
Kelly said yesterday: "I am the last one to
shield an officer when know no IL IN the wrong,
but think the boy WIS playlnR on Ohicer
| theodore Moriz Wouldn't hurt a kitten; he
swung MIS- Clue anu must have hit the boy,
| should think, about the heels, and when the
| boy found that the big crowd svmpathized with
| him he gave them "a stall aud made out that
| he WAS badly hurt. had police surgeon called
| at once to examine Tho boys tack, out he was
| unable to ind any marks on the skin indicating
| that he had been struck. still the boy was as
timber as q rag, aud couldn't stand on his legs.
then thought the little fellow was pipipg me
on and told an oficer to get on his Civilian
clothes anu watch tho hoy whom ne came out.
| sent for the boy aud told HIM to get out AZ
| quick IA possible, but ne didn't seem to under
st'nd the thing at all. Yet ne crIwled to the
door, getting better and better as he came into
| the street, and finally, when he was some dis
lance away, and had looked at the station over
his shoulder, he bounced away at a brisk walk,
| Capt. Murray a,tcsted to Officer Mortz's good
conduct, aud said he shared the opinion that
the boy bad been touched oy the officers baton,
which he swinging by the thong, but that
bis being badly hurt was a sham.
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New YORK Mnrkets.

MONDAY, Oct. 3O.-FLouR AND MBAL-There
very S s sDe po 10 Saed s9d rs Sa.Sns
%e., eqS''@ S5en sa. state State & ea
.SS e. sd xs1: SSi;' las ss! ss
I ' n5a brandt, sd:ra
e sSsfsl9i brapay si1s sss5%.sio; Rye no9rIsH:
s sssS "'OS'SlO BueA"Ae" d0u' i'' N'' $500
,eSrTos.;spO, o,S were quis,, but again ,iec.
fSTrss seys ,Sa ieS2e higher sass 81 900 oass,
i d tGu p ne 70, i S,rS ssnqs p,
S ana ~ nise ios NIX LIVERPOOL market hrmer mid
- ~ 81 's;:
the ,hfss winter uonihs the bios we're S ,S
'aSoG rs coy C Ss pssd %
bellies At @s9%e. lard was rather stesdisr aad mod
ana ,SsSs;i6 Tor prime yssieru $sa Tor future %:
ss.o for Jnn9ass ssa sSg1S or feGTparg Dressed
sfse. ststs pin. 70 chs e aS t ee i t,r hqs
eooa. eas3oc.i Western prime 10 choice. 2sS54c
sso qai sl.te iaStoris, ssisisc; Se.lsra do, 80
lSc. Lsgs rrn iresl, Tes29c.; i.med, lgd22e.
nrasT, sale, 800 eS,s a. siSStlS iS[ iaterloT Cd
ior lanada r.i siatef in boad q ESQ sc ioT
,S5 SsP 80 E A o1 K's,s - 81 pt eoT zee
sn pSs n ssS.i Rs Ss s %SS aC oas to s
acc for mixed and S5Uc for white Western and state
inciuiug grAucdHt Altfc. Tor No whlte, 3oisc for
No All.e, s3Ae Tor DO mixed. and SHE. Tor 30.
mixed Corn hrmer and moderately actNe sales W. 900
bush at 5d1sc for Western mixed, including No and
kansas, o03IOlec.; sail mixed and No. Chicago At
5plsc.i steamer mixed bs.sc. also. wlnte Western.
coke; and yellow 5026lc.
srSpnIIs-Naysl Store. were higher, nrp. aud con.
sequenty quiet spirits turpentne 3da4 d57c iconnon
10 good strained rosin, t2St2i0 Pero cum was dul
and nominal Al l2c for cru4e, Ia bulk aud 2uc for
fined. In b0ls. Ocean treiyhts were generally quiet.
and aot oyer ana shove steady though without shsnge
sail 9s 0d pea. to London, by sail 7Ad grain to Cork
foT orders. o.. lbad ar do 70 OpOrto, IL, case oil
from Pnilsdephi, to Gibraltar for orders, zoe Whs-
Key sold TO the ex ont OF l76 bis. al 1874 Tslow
quiet at 6jslspc stearine quiei at l00.c. Tor prime
GHocEnEs hio coffee Was Arm And more sctlvs {;
saes of lslo1 bags part At l5le2Oc gold the whole
range extended to e0bec., god. Mid grades were
Qur and unchanged at 1oslsc. for MaracuiOO anu Fl
Gse3c for Java. MOiasses quiet and nOmnally
shanged ior foreign new crop New Orleans, however,
WAS lower under more liberal Offerings QUO ed al Is >
zoe. Rice fairy sctiye and steady 3Gs6ec for do.
nestle Raw sugars Aria AID moderately acf We; Cuba
refining, fair to good RSeyas sales OF 1855 hhds
tHc. for centrifugal, aud 7i6 boxes claye at ysic;
refine nrm and IN demand at llSGllAc. for hards,
and lOfsltllC. for IA"
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4 BLIND MANS TROUBLES.
sent IL the Almsh"use at His Own Request
Alihou1d severely MaItreated.

His age was 10 tho sight was evidently
gone from one eve; he tottered as he made his
wa To the clerks desk in tho Washington
Place Police Court. ana In feeble quayerng
vol asked T. be sent to tho almshousa on
Bia, hWelis Island. Not That he wished To 20,
DO raid, tor when he Wa, there before they beat
and abused MN; but n WIS that or starvation.
He gave lis Hattie a. conrad Heidi and added
that ne had worked -eycnt-en years for I'm my
q co.. but on account of the disabilities Of age
10 quit then about 49,. A commttal for SIX
months ia the dlmshO $50 was made out III az
coidante WITH hls request.
Nuru tsSrd ABOUT hi- maltreatment on Black
wells Island, i've sH4d IN mixture of English
aud COinidai " lho first time We Were standing
ia I'VE hhts, really GO iuarrh TO dinner, and
put Dut ny hands ana wont so undulging IN "A
pioi ,nEcd pawn with hia al ms aktmbOl, and the
keensr strGch mo on the head and face with a
ciGo sod shocked n,e down"
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me ooNsPIRaCY ~ LOUISIANA.
A Plot to Disfrn nchise Parishes that mr.,
strongly Democratic.


CLINTON, La, oct. 20.-I have barely
time TO describe IN advance the programme of
Kellogg and his crowd to defeat the will OF the
people again In this unhappy and Inundated
State. In many parishes OF this Systematically
East and West Fecana, East Baton Rouge, and
several others-there has been a complete revul-
sion OF feeling among tue coiored voters against
the Republican party Every srtince has been
adopted to impose upon the coored voters I;
troops have been stationed in positions OF con-
venient access TO the prominent polling places,
and yet II has been most satisfactorily demon
itratsd that the colored vote Is going almost
solid for the Democrats. So well recognized
has this fact been tnut In this parish. East F,li-
eiana, every white Republican has particio Dated
In the Democratic primary elections, piedgiiIg
himself 10 support the local nominees. Iuers
Is no local Republican ticket in the field. There
IL htle dlyisios OF sentiment among our people,
white aud Ulack.
In order TO Illustrate the will Of tho people
thus united for this first time, the Registrar. one
Anderson, appointed from New Orleans, ana u
stranger In our midst, coucOcted a plan TO have
several blank shots fired al him az he was trav-
cling the road from Clinton to jackson, the
TWO towns IN our parish. Inc plan wotuliv mis-
carried. The artiuce was 20 plain that Capt.
Rogers, OF the rmreen'n Infantry, CON.
manding the post. VIII N ediateiS invest gated
the facts, pronounced IL "a fraud. Anderson,
feieninR intimidat left his post, but his tails
was so bunglingly constructed that the Netr or
fused 70 puniish IL. hut the practical effect Is
TO deprive us Of registration, and there are WE'LL
grounded reasons to believe THAI the plan Is to
give us no reRistr tion. no one to superintend
the election, and thus defraud US OF our voice
In the state, district, and national election. inis
suppostion Is supported by the fact that the
radical votes OF TINS parish are being exported
to New Orleans, where they will be used IN d.
setting the DEMOCRATIC majority In That PARISH,
wbich Will be no loss to the Republican party
here, AZ the Returning Board is expected to
throw out this parish and others with a negro
la ~ Ia
tions based on the census.
write u "A great METROPOLITAN Journal To give
notice IN advance OF tue plain fact which Is in
credible to people who have been educated in
the atmosphere Of American freemen. II Lou
isiana elections are to be determined by the
census, ana II Radical agents are 10 make thu
census, the ballot box Is IA fraud, and IL would
save us and the whole people much trouble If II
ID ~ dociared. Win United states soldiers at
every poll, guarding the rights OF the culOre 4
voters, II seems probable that their sufr, ge can
be cast In absolute security, and all we ask IL
that when the votes are thrcwn they can be
counted. X. A. CROSS,
Candidate for Elector, Sixth Congress District
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THE VOICE OF THE CLERGY.
$40 @ EsTIONs ny norm METHoDIsTs
AND BdPTISTs.
Let Christians Take Part In Politics, and
thus Reform it-Let the Ministers Preach
for Reform in the Priseus-A New Text.

Let CHRISTIANS Take Part In Politics, and
thus Reform it-bct the Minister. Preach
for Reform in the Prisens-A New Text.
DIR. Patton, editor Of the Baptist Weekly,
read an essay Yesterday before the baptist min
| listers conference, on the relations Of Church
and State. He enumerated the many sdvan-
tages that the State obtained from the religious
| culture Of the people. IL was essential to the
welfare and life OF a Government that II should
be based on Christionity. In ancient Greece,
where intellectual pursuits we're at a nigh state
| Of perfection, the moral instincts were almost
totally wanting, and the nation crumbled to
ruin. In France. when religion was dethroned,
anarchy aud bioodshed reiRned.
Brother Boyne Of Cold Springs objected to
close union. He had preached In his church by
the wish Of the congregation, but against the
permission OF the trustees. They had him ar
rested and confined In jail, and in court the law
sustained them. The law permitted trustees to
sell church against the wishes OF both congre-
Brother EDDY said that even Frothnghsm
C could no, write letter WITHOUT recognizing
Brother 0illett said II was q shame that the
law should sustain that clause in stephen Oh
rard's Will which excludes ministers OF tue Ros-
pei from the Girard College grounds.
Brother HeddeD thought that ministers and
voice In the selection Of good Candidates for
ofiln-.
The Rev. W. Llovd rond bis essay on "Tho
Unconscious Prophecies Of Hsatnsnism az In
terDreted by Christianity" to crowded meet
ing ~ the Methodist ministers yesterday, and
received their unanimous thanks.
Dr. trOokes, late editor OF the Methodist,
moved " Mt we, az pastors, commend to the
consd GRAFTON OF our people the proposed smend-
nent Of the Constitution OF THIS State In rela-
tiOn to the Sd ministraion OF our 81 itc prisons"
The resolution was warmly supported by Dr.
Curry, who said tn at the custodiaps OF criminals
being potbouse politicians. the work Of reform
In the prisons OF this state had reirORraded a
quarter Of a century. The prisons" DIR. Curry
continued. "have fallen uni corruptiug In
stead Of reforming influences, aud we must take
them away from them. by all means make that
resolution known through tue press; you have
no better gospel to preach next sunday than