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BROOKLYN BRIDGE.

The Board OF Apportion ment had again under con.
sheraton yesterday the question tho propriety
OF appropriating any more money TO tho Brooklyn
BrJgc Messrs william II. Arnoux, A. u. Miller
ana Samuel McElroy delivered speeches In
opposition TO the completion OF tho struc.
turc. Mr. Miller made a statement in
which he remarked that II was tor the
bridge constructed, if at all. not to obstruct
the pro srcss OF vessels through tho East River The
gentleman called attention to tho incident OF the
uncc states ship Minnesota losing her spnrs by
Ing IN contsct WAN OF tho cables. He also con-
tended That tho bridge built In defiance o: tho
laws authorizing ITS construction.
Mr.. Arn0ux asked that no more money be given by
tho city Of New York untii positive evidence fur-
nishud that the bridge would be completed Tor tho
amount named 10 The act Of 1870, S. 100000. There
nothing then before tho Board prove that tho
bridge would not cost $4,000 900 before completion.
Mr. Arnoux argued that the structure was tndoubt-
edly an obslrue.ioD 10 navigation within the meaning
OF Inc laws OF Congress
Mr. McEiroy, IN answer TO Comptroller Kelly, gave
as the OPINION VI some engineers that tho question
OF tho instability OF the bridge open one, md
yet decided. lilo understood tho engineer OF tho
bridge to say that u IL necessary to meet all the
That might DO made upon VI would DO rcqui-
site 10 provide new structure.
Mr.. william IL. Webb, who represented himself as n
CITY taxpayer, requested That a certain time speci-
fed ~ winch ctizens generally might be heard as TO
the propricty Of issuing more bonds for the compile
tiun OF the bridge.
Ihis request was granted, and at two o'clock on
Monday next the Board Will mold another session
the subject. Mcssrs Henry q. Murphy, John r..
stranahan and other Bfooklynitcs were present at
yesterdays discussion.
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Americans today far greater advantages 10
tho Canadians than they did when they were 50 ready
ana 90 oager 10 continue the arrangement Of 1891.
VALUE or ISsHoRE FISHING.
The returns oil custom receipts Tor four full years
1879 70 1877 since the treaty tor the free importation
Of nsh from Canada has force. shows mat our
government has RENTED duties 10 the CANADIAN fish,
snnum Unaer a.. Haias award as our
now called upon TO pay nearly $500 900 more per an
nun Tor these years. making an aggregate OF rem,s,
per snnum in gold coin for the PRIV
ilege Of insnoro fisheries. the enJoymens
OF which does not, according the most reliable sta
tistics add s25 900 per to the profits OF Amer
lean fishermen
INJUSTICE THE AWARDS
The committee concluded u foilows:--
N. Se n,a pass we w0nd ss In the event
minds Of tho British ana oansdisn Governments as
possible Impression that the United States the American
as Of TT the Waa. Of 'S tie
n wsis ne as
the q lh states and the Of the
hlmly and decidedly protest, and they do protest
Du sn q ef Ai asas y h
lions with ENGLAND regarding trade and between
men Of the cnited states win the award Of
the Halifax Commission A. In any sensea just measure Of
Noar committee recommend that ITS views
rss % resolution 'hs b passed BY the ssnse
mted aud Your COMMITTEES further nd tha, the
ksssu.ve Department Of the United states should
ss,r.:poaSsnss Win psSS sovs!nnssi i cT.ss
without further Communication with Congress
deem that payment shall be demanded honor
and good faith oil the naion in OF that
conclusion the award shah DO paid that the President
shall thereafter lay the
with tho British relating thereto before Com
gres unless in his opinion 10 should BIZ with
the pubic interest so to do
or TiE
A bill providing for the the award by
the Fisheries Commission Halifax under tho
WAshinson:-
coin be the Is hereby appropriated OF
money in the treasury otherwise propratcd and
placed under the direction the President Of tho United
states with which the OF Her Brit
mic Majesty the Fisheries Commits
sion late assembled at Halifax in pursuance OF the Treaty
VI Washington IT. ater spvndynce with the British
tho President sna Is his dnty mako
the payment without further unicAtion with
Congress
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Concurrent relating award made by tho
Fisheries Commission at Haax:
Resolved by Senate che House OF Rcprescnta
concurringi That the views recommendations
brHced In the the senate committee Foreign
Relations touching award made by Fisheries Com.
mission at Laifax are hereby approved.
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DOCKING HORSES TAILS.

Superintendent Hatfield, OF the Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals, accompanied by
Dr. Coleman and Ocor Evans, visited tho stables at
tached to the polo grounds Jerome Park yestor.
day aud arrested the trainer, Jamos Fraser, on q
charge OF cruelty to animals. II appears that the
previous day Fraser had performed the process
termed docking" upon tho tail OF beautiful marc
belonging OF members oil the club, and Mr..
Bcrgh claims that this ''pandcrng to tushion
style" q needless mutation and q
gratuitous cruelty 10 tho animal The marc
was examined BY Dr. Coleman, who found Jour OF tho
OF the taii amputagcd then no OF 0pin-
Ion that the animal had thereby suffered great and
unjusnablo pam. aud that no useful purpose could
be subscrved by such operation. Tho appearance
Of the officers upon the grounds with the warrants OF
search aud caused quite STIR among the road
sters sabiemen. Fraser claims no performed tho
operation because no PAID for II by tho OF
horses who "fapcicd the styc.n
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sMUGGLED SILK.

Tho days Of March fast hurryIng into tho past
when Mr.. Powelson OF Detroit Mich. and Mr. Cooper,
OF London, Ont determined 10 travel IN company in
Germany, and unite in effort to secure certain
Photographic patent rights for United State Being
In the Photographic line and taking dcep interest," in
all the branches oil tho reproductive arr they tarred
alter Including their business. and visited the gal
and museums OF the Fatherand to contcm plat
the works OF the great masters Returning home
they purchased Two pieces OF black silk, and
owing 10 tho peculiar manner in which
they landed It these sbores they APP
peared before United States Commissioner
Shields yesterday. The story then developed
seems as ioows:--Mr. Powelson went TO the Ameri-
District Telegraph Company's ofhcc, thirty ninth
street and Broadway, ard sent boy TO No 396 West
street 10 get bundle (Which contained the silk in
question: Mr.. Cordcs, the proprietor OF tho prcmi-
ses IN west street, gave the boy tho bundle, and the
United states officials overhauet him aud took tho
silk away. Cordes was arrested aud told that ono
Dan McNckle officer on the Brilanuic, in which
rowslson ana Cooper vera passengers, had left IL
with him. Cordcs and Powclson were released and u
TO the marshais to apprehend Mr.. Dan
NcNickle. The silk has boon forfeited TO The govern
menf
Captain Bcnsel, Of the night watch Of the customs
inspectors, Whine duty Monday night, found man
the dock o the White Star line acting rather sus
piciousy. He took him into The office Of the COM
pany. where he foIni on him two bolts OF very nne
SILK which had attempted to snuggie ashore from
the steamer Britannia rnc smugger oscuped, but
the goods were sent 10 tho Custom House.
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FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPOND EMIT

wAsHIsoroy. May 90 1878.
CONDITION OF THE APPROPRIATION FILLS.
The condition OF the several Appropriation bills is
% foilows:-
Tho Special, Deficiency, Fertilization, Naval ana In
dian Appropriation bills have become law. The
Consular, Pension, Military Academy and Post
Office bills have passed both Houses, and tho
in conicrcnce committees. The Legislation, River
and Harbor and Army bills have passed the House.
aud are pending In tho Senate, leaving only tho
Deficiency and Sundry CIvil Appropriation bills to be
reported TO tho House by the Appropriation CON-
mtiec and tho fishery awards appropriation to be
maoc.
THE INDIAN TERRITORY -oProsIrroN TO A
TERRITORIAL FORM OF covERNMIxr-
WISHES OF TIE CIVILIZED TRIBES TO DE
AscERrAINED By A VISIT OF THE COMMIT
TEE.
Tho House Committee on Indian Affairs to-day do.
eded that bill TO territoralizo the Indian Terri.
tory could possibly DO passed at this session, and
adoptcd a resolution which dcfcrs tho question
until next session Of Congress. Tho preamble sets
forth that tho deIceatcs OF the nvo civilized tribes
now in Wash ngton ars opposed TO a Territorial
form OF government, and desire tbat mttiee be
tent to inquire into tho condition OF affairs In the
Territory and the needs OF he Indians. rhc rcsou.
tion directs the chairman and five other members Of
thc committee TO proceed TO the Indian Territory and
make sach general investigation into tho affairs u the
civilized tribes aud the other Indians reservations
os will enable them report 70 Congress, Mt It's next
session, tho various subjects upon which legislation
may be desirable. Tho subcommittee Is given
power TO examine witnesses under oath and $4,000
is apart from the contingent fund Of the House to
pay tho expenses OF tho investigation. The commit
sce had virtually agreed TO report favorsbly tho
Dki homa bill, but. after thoroughly canvassing tho
pubject, II was concluded that such bill can pass
ant IL can be SHOWN by actual inquiry that the In
dams want and that will be TO their Interest," Tho
calculation Is that the subcommittee Will mako tho
trip during the vacation OF Congress.
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ARMY INTELLIGENCE.
THE CASE OF GENERAL KAUIz-A VERDICT OF
AcoUIrTAL-coMMENrs OF GENERAL sHER-

wAsHxGroS, May %, 1873
The findings OF tho court martial recently engaged
In tho trial OF General August " Kautz charged with
appending an adverse criticism TO the report OF the
Judge Advocate General Of the Army upon the Of
Captain Charles IL. Campbell, OF tho Sixth cavalry.
made TO the Secretary OF War and approved by tho
Executive ana publishing and circulating tho Same
In the army, published In General Orders No. 20
headquarters Of the army.
COMMENTS GENERAL SHERMAN
In approving tho verdict oil acquittal given by tho
court General sherman says
Tho proceedings aud findings OF the general court
martial IN The foregoing OF Colonel and Brevet
Major General A. V. Kautz are approved. Colonel
Ksutz stands acquitted and Will resume command Of
hts regiment.
the somewhat indefinite findings of tho court give
proper occasion for the General 10 announce
the honor and dignity OF tho army, OF the
nation, and which this importsnt trial may
for the lawful decisions OF the constituted autnor-
tics, from the highest to tho lowest, Is not
only duty enforced by penalties but should DO the
OF pride 10 every Cfcer and s02isr The army.
When sucn decisions are made and announced by the
proper officials cheerful obedience Is all that Is lett
IN the officer and the higher hts rank aud Office tho
more important example. THIS is not the obcdi-
cEco OF tho slave, but Of the knight, truo 70 his
soveregn-in our Cause.-The law.
Tue progress OF the world and OF science may intro.
duce into practice new methods, which will In due
time solve wisely and satisfactorily every question,
6uCu as arose IN Cosc-VtL AZ 10 tue IexAllty
acts done by department commander, outside the
limits or his terrtory, by means o tns telegraph bu
muAnliIne tho decision Of the Executive on ths and
all kindred subjecls DO accepted as binding in
law and IN honor. Any discussion IN the Journals
OF the day Of matters adJudicated is wrong the
party In interest may address any rcspect al
communication or opinion to his immediate com.
mander, who required by existing regulations and
usage 10 forward the same TO tho very highest
authority In the land, where Il viii always receive
tho most careful attention. Newspapers ana printed
pamphlets not tho media VI icatIon 10
nntr ,nfta ea INT thn maj and tn
Therefore, although tho general court mariiai in tho
case OF Colonel Kauz hrds mo crimin aity, IN his
publication the General Is constrained to say that
was more than irregular, VT was improper and
must not bo taken authorized precedent.
rHE CAVALRY RECRUITING DuREAu.
A general order from the War Depar. mont trans
fers tho Csvsiry Recruiting Bureau from tho 81
LOUIS depot to Jcfcrsou Barracks. and the post vii
hereafter DO known tho Cavalry Depot ~ Jefferson
Barracks.
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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, May %, 1873
Mr.. HAMLy, (rcp.) OF Me-, from tho Committee on
Foreign Relations, TO which referred the cssago
OF the President of the United States and commune
cation OF tho Secretary OF State IN reference TO tho
deliberations OF the Fishery Commission submitted
lengthy report on that subject, together with con-
current resolution 'rhat the views ana recommends.
tions embraced in tho report or the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations touching tho award by
the Fishery Commission AT Halifax arc hereby ap.
proved and placed on the calendar"
Mr.. HAMLIS also reported from that committee a
bin providing Tor the payment OF tho award made by
the Fishery Commission Halifax under tho Treaty
oil Washington. Placed on the oiIendar
THE RETIREMENT OF LEGAL TENDERS.
AT the expiration OF tho morning hour the Senate
proceeded with tho consideration OF tho House bill to
forbid tho further retirement OF United states legal
tender notes.
Mr. BAYAnD tdcm.) OF Del, submitted an amend.
nv United states notes NAV 10 ar
into tho Treasury under any law they shall be
celIcd, &c, rs iollows:-
Provided that the said notes when reissued shall be
receivable for ali United excepting dn.
ties on import, anu ~ " ~ legal ene and
Mr FkRnY, trep.) OF Mich, in charge Of tho bill,
appealed TO All 10 favor OF the bill to 1t Ii
came from tho House OF Roprcscniativ Without
regard the constitutIonalty Of the Legal Tender
u must be admitted that these notes constituted
the great volume oil our currency and therefore, he
hoped there would BIO no amendment TO tho House
bill
Alter further discussion the amendment or Mr..
Baynrd was reJected--ycas is, nays 42-as fouows:-
YrAs-Messrs Anthony Bay ard. Burnside. Butler Conk.
ling Eaton. IIamln iIonr Herman. Lamar. Mcphcrson
NORTH. Eabdoipb. Rollins Sargent. salisbury. Waae gh,
aud Wnyte Is
NAYS -Messrs Allison, Armstrong, Bailey Beck Blaine
Booth Cameron OF ronnsylvania Cameron OF Wisconsin.
chrstiancy. Coekre Cvne Davis OF Illinois, Dennis Dor
ssy, Ferry, uordon. Grover aris. Hereford; Howe, In
gals, Johnston krKwood. McCrcery Mcdonald, Mcmillan,
Matthews MaScv. Mernmon Mitchell, Morgan Ualeshy,
Paddock, Ransom. Saunders. SPENCER Teller Thurman
voorhees,. Wallace. Window and wnhcrs-i2.
Mcssrs. Dawes and Edmunds, who would have
voted III the affirmative, were paired with Mcssrs.
Eustis and Plumb, who would have voted in the
negative.
inc bill. having been considered In Committee OF
the Whole, was reportcdto the Senate, read third
time, and passed-yeas Al, nays is, as ioiIows:-
yRAs-Messrs. Allison Armstrong. bailey, BECK blaine
Cameron cameron Ut Wisconsin, Goes,
re Cokc Uonvyer DAVIS IL Iiinois Dennis Ferry
dcn Gruver harris, Hereford. Hill ingalls,, Johnston,
jones ~ Florida kc.ics. kfkwooi, Mctrcer,. MeDon.
Ugc,by. Paddock. Lsnsom Saunders. spencer. Tcliei
Thurman Voorhees,, Wallace, Winaom aud Wftners-fI.
NAYs-htessrs. Anthony, Barnum, Bayard, Barnside
Butler. Chrstancy, ConkiiDg Eaton. Ioar. love. ker
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THE SMITH HOMICIDE.

began Inquest into tho case OF james Smith, OF No
81 Graham street, who died from tho effects OF
blow the head received on tho 10Th
inst. Detective Price, OF the Fourth precinct
testified that hc called at Smiths residence on
the day OF the assault aud found dccoas sod
IN bed and his clothing bloody. Deceased said no
had been assaulted b. three men, ana Ia IL gene raj
light which epsued had been struck the head with
stone or BRICK by ono Of the party; he SAID no
thought 'the man who wore thc light coat" was ins
who threw tho stone witness said that he after
ward arrested Michael Fnncrty the charge OF
mttng tho ASSAULT when taken 10 the station house
tho prisoner mad no coat on, and when was sent
to tho statio1 house for him Is u light one, nd
had blood spots IL was sait that alter tho ht
Finnerty made the remark that Tho had laid smith
ouIn The Inquest will DO res umcd this morning,
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THE FISHERIES QUESTION.

REPORT or THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
FOREIGN RELATroSs- CRITICISM or THE
AwARD-DrLL APPRoPRIATINa THE AMOUNT
NECESSARY Fon PAYMENT.
WASHINGTON, May %, 1873
The report the subject OF the fishery award
which was submitted TO tho Senate TO-DAY by Senator
Hamiin, from tho Committee Foreign Relations
gives brief history oil the commission which Ms
scmoIcd at Halifax in 1877, 10 pursuance Of the Treaty
OF Washington They say It was 10 determine single
question, a question OF importance to the United
States and the government Of Great Britain. and Of
epccis significant weight to tho governments ana
the people OF tho Dominion oil Canada That qucs-
ton. 10 state IL paioly and tcrscy possible was
TO determine how much the privilege of the insnorc
fisheries OF tho Gulf OF st. Lawrence was worth to
tho American fishermen over and above wha, the
American market Tor nsh. irec OF duty or tax was
wortn to the madam fishermen. IL was simply a
question Tree fishing all Canadian waters to tho
American aud OF ircc fishing IN all American waters
TO the Canadian with tho right Of frco fishing to the
Canadian In American inshors waters as specified IN
tho treaty, both for tho term Of twelve years. tho
simple and single point Mt issue how much is the
privilege accorded TO tho American above that
wnich Is granted TO the Canadian.
FAVOR PAYING.
Amer hearing all tho evidence aud plcaiings in tho
,nc United States or $500 600 nearly $500 900 Der
annum Tor the twelve years covered by tho treaty.
The committee say
However much they regard the award made Hall.
fax u excessively infant possibly beyond me
legal proper OF those making IT, they would not
recommend that tho government OF tho United states
disregard " the government Of Her Britanc Maesy
null review Of tue iscs circumstances Of
be lawfully and bonorsbiy due. II the unlaiI.
Ing power % self interest may be feared as force
tending obscure the Of the British government a.
essential Justice of the opposing side, must
member that In the other direction nation ~ uors
vital, interested than treat Britain in uphoJinr and
maintaining the principle and practice of international
arbitration and the intelligence virtue Of tho Brtsn
be retained fixed mods OF adjusting intefnaons
pntes by las efficiency ethod secur
lag Justice thus assuring that O.
without winch awards and vcrdics Tor
mischief.
THE QUESTION or HunAxiry.
The first point claiming attention and discussed py
the committee ~ that tho award made by only
two OF The comm ssi0ners--M sssra Gait ana Del.
iosse-the;Amcrcan commissioner, Mr.. Kellogg enter
ing his emphatic dissent from tho cxsrcis. OF *.
elusive and penary power on tho part OF tho other
two commissioners
Tue committee think II Is but last 10 say
and 10 say with emphasis that during
tho twcnty.ionr years The RECIPROCITY
treat was negotiated, the nshorcs have not i'm.
proved ia their resources, whereas the markets in
tue United states have greatly increased In their
the Canadians In exchange for Tree nsbing 70 the
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GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

WASHINGTON, May %, 1878.
THE ELECTORAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
KEY TO THE rEopLE or THE sourH--A DE-
FENCE OF THE TITLE OF HIS CHIEF sTRoSa
APPEAL TO RESIST THE MOVEMENT OF THE
s'REvoLuTIoSIsrs."
In lieu OF personal answer to many letters received
from friends In the South dlscaimirg sympathy
with any effort uuseat President Hayes, Postmaster
General Key has written TIE following open letter TO
Inc people Of the South
WASHINGTON, May rs, 1878
Tho circumstances attending the passage OF the
Potter resolution 10 investigate the alleged frauds In
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WEDDING BELLS.

MARRIAGE OF LIEUTENANT n. L. HoxIP, OF
THE ARMY, TO MISS WINNIE REAM-AN
EVENT IN ARMY clrCLEs-HYMN BY
ALBERT PIKE.
WASHINGTON, May 2s, 1873
Tho marriage Of Lieutenant X. l.. Hoxir. 81 tho
army 10 Miss Winnie Roam took place this evening AZ
the Ascension Church. Tho ceremony was performed
by Bishop Pinckney. The attendance very large,
ana many persons unable to gain sdmttancc.
HYMN By PIKE
feature OF the event was the singing OF n marriage
hymn composed by General Albert Pike for the
sion. Tho bride gwen away by General Sherman,
vino, like other army officers present incIuaing tho
groom, IN iul uniioru, fLe altar aud walls OF
the church were prolusciy decorated with n,wcrs
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FAAIISHED AND FATHERIES SIS.

Mary McKcnpa, of No. Essex Market place, camo
20 the Jefferson Market Court yesterday with three
ntlo ones aged respectively three years. two ycors
four months, whom she desired he city 10 provide
for She IS The WIDOW OF tho man who was kllicd
lately on the elevated railroad. she sa!d she had
applied for hclp 10 the company, bad becu denied u.
aud, sooner than nave her vnaren stsfvc before her
eyes, nad determined TO appeal TO inc Court Tor tho
shelter aud maintenance public charity supplies Tue
Mercy.
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CAPTAIN BoGARDUs IN BROOKLYN.

Captain Bogardus Will mako his last appearance,
prior to leaving Tor England and France. at tho
Brooklyn Dsiving Park to-day. He will shoot 100
good birds under tho same rules and conditions as
viii govern his European match OF s2,0oo-nvc
traps, i've yards apart thirty yards risc, oil the
London Gun CLUB. Master Eugene Bogardus viii
also exhibit his skiil with The gun, and there will o
sweepslske shooting AZ glass balls. The sport begins
at two Il. III.
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Yaoht Genia, Aye, W. T. Il. Fish. from wee
Brook, Com, passed tho HxalLp Telegraph static,
q, whnes,oue yesterday afternoon, bound Tor Ncv
York.
schooner yachts Intrepid. Ny.Y.C., Mr.. Llovs
Phmnix, and Sea Witch. bl.C, Mr.. n. Stott. sailed
from Newport for the eastward vss,ssdav
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

wAsnIsGroY. May IS, 1878.
Commander Albert S. Barker and Master Henry
McCrea ordered to torpedo service at Newport IL.
l.. ana Ensign Milton 5. schwonk 10 duty on tho
coast survey.
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QUEEN CITY JOCKEY CLUB.


CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nay %, 1878
The spring meeting OF tho Queen C,ty Jockey Club,
a, Chester Park, which commences on Thursday next
and continues for six days. promises TO bs tho most
successful ever given by the club, There nos
some sevcbty-hvc horses at tho track ana nity NOR
will reach here from Louisville IN the morning.
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suited as iolows:-Prcsidcnt, Mr.. Henry RICE ire
elected by accamation); Henry l.. Allen, nrst vice
eIected); N. Rindskopi, treasurer; Isaac Hoffman,
honorary secretary.
Resolutions OF coincidence on tho death OF the lato
Rev. ). NJ Isaacs were adopted, and after the
action OF routine business tho meeting adjourned.