Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-18
PreSbytery Of the Chesapeake.

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Presbytery Of the Chesapeake.
TO the editor Of the Alera,sdria Guzstts:
My brlet uotlce OF the action of this Presby-
terry in relation to the Pan Presbyterian ALI.
ance and Fraternal r Istops with the North.
ern Assembly, has led many to c)aclule tHat
Presbytery was hostile to the action Of tie
General Assembly 90 these two subjects. This
conclusion, thiuk, is DOT warranted by fac:s
Il should be promised that the Southern Gen.
| eral Assembly, at its recent session, appointed
delegates to what is knowu as the Pau. Pr.s.y
| teriau Alliance and voted in favor of trairrla
relations win the Northcrn u neral Assembly
| Against this action The delegates IRON, m,
Presbytcry, Rev. DR.. Waite aa1 X Y. Mr,
| Branch, spoke and voted. |, WAS uoie1s,on,
that our PresDytcry would adj yurn attcr th ;,
O'Clock recess On Thurs lay AFTERNOON. rnr
Northeru train left abou ) o'clock and oay
40 hour aud i half Vas LEI, to complete ths
business OF the session. 1t was alter this !e.
cess that DIR. Bullock, resolution. Approylr.
| aud cDmmcaIlug the ac lou OF the II curIai A..
scmbly, was introduced. The Doc " mad. I
few explanatory remarks. Dr.. White. who
considered his :urse In the A-s!npt r"f cr"d
upou by the resolution, rcphcG, aud lhtm.iud
desire for further discussion, and ieg zen.
tlcman, u member ot Tho Prcsbycrt. sid h.
wou'i ike to make speech Ut fur az Ert
hours upon the question. 1t thus became 80.
dent that if the discus iou went Oh he ) ,s>,or
of the Prcsbytery must be prolonged. Al thu
lime resolution to lay gu the table was maize
and carried by large ma5rlly, aud The Pies.
| ,Ibo, IA T.,
might have been the result after full aud i,cr
discussion Oh the points Involved, OF ur-y
am unable t. say, but my opinion Is that the
Pr"sbytcry would have approved the action oi
the Assembly. The vote TO lay on thr tai"
was not. in any sense, tru: indie tt',n at lie
mind Of the Presbyt"ry. REPORTER.
THEODORE TlLToN'S ADVENTURE ~ :
SLEEPING CAR About W, O'Clock Saturday
IN ,ruDg, young man, whose name is said to
be Wood, boarded the first Atlantic cxp;es.
car on the Hudson river road, at Il Is, Albany,
and asked the porter il u lady whom be dc
scrbed WIS on the car. The stranger said tina!
the lazy wa hi wife, and that he had cJwG
from New York to meet her. The porter gave
the stranger the numbcr OF the lady berth an
the sleeping Car Plattsburg, and entering tn"
car, which Was dlmjy ightad, Wood rrorcd
his way along till lie came TO ire berth lndl.
Gated, and drawing aside the curtains, put h!>
hands iu to awak u his wife They, however.
struck man. aud the stranger thinking III"
porter might have made a mistake, hurrcG
back to him, aud told him there was mas n
tina; berth instead OF woman. The porter
said there was wOman 10 thu berth when he
left the car, and then the TWO Went lack. The
stranger found his wife in the berth, but 1t l.
alleged that he also found Theodore Hilton
there.
\ scene followed, the stranger threatened to
shoot iiltoo. Mr.. TiItoD motoned hun away,
aud excused his predc iment by saying thai he
had been very sleepy, and having occasion 10
leave his berth must have got 1910 thc ~ions
berth on his return by mistake. Sud icny IA"
HUSBAND Of the woman struck Tltou bic"
10 the face, and then a brakemar lntcrirr Il,
and parted the two men, and llon got into ne
upper berth, the husband slttlug on tIc clte
of the lower one. All of the partits concrrOrt
came on TO this city, and parted at tn Gra"d
Central depot, Mr.. Wood walking away arn u
arm With bis wife, Mr.. Iiton, it Is SAID 0liIU-
them polite good morning.
A Times reporter called upon Mr.. Futon Al
his residence in Brooklyn Saturday AID a>k,l
il he desired to maxi any statement contra nc
tory OF the charge made against sim or tSpia',
atory of IT, 81 am very much obliged tOyou,
said Mr.. TlIlon in reply, "lor aftDrilng m III
opportunity Of speaking. but prefer not t.
speak. particularly request that you -
AJAX tn" Sllghtc>, effort to interview me. y