The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-29
N0RTHVILLES. CHURCH WAR
LAWSUITS GROWING orr or THE BICK-
ERINGS or THO Parties.
4 Feud that Dates Hack to Andrew jack.
sons Time a New Organ Dcstroyed 4
Church Wurncd- Disposscssinu the Pastor.

Ing OF inc Worthwhile, l." L. CONGREGATIONAL
Church held On March 10. offered the followins;
wl,,,,, The church having t,cou. mil, convinced
ta' we so.hnn"uS reports "'cn n"ve '1nc i" W.
ume 70 ume ,'na' we nave upon our 'uur'n un"" az
member. win US the names" t''e per'ons VIII" ny
their acts have committed gross c1m's a-nn>td
NF"nF soci'N AZ lAH' nw against tn' ch"rch IN par
ncul"rl ar. no, without i"nnieu9n, a." .,..u.,.,
Wh"o". We. lcins iulv persuaded that Caleb allock
and Isaiah llaocA were directly concerned IN the de-
s;ro,us II our church organ. end in the attempt which
was mad, todestroy our house Worship therefore
R,4S,,s fhn, We hereby withhold our fellowship from
these parties until they make due cone sson AMI rcsiu
~ =.
Caleb and Isaiah llallork employed u. X.
PAYNE of Rverhead and District Attorney Wick
nam OF |u'Shosue' "hu uie '",'I urV" w 'Wo
complaints. one Tor ChleD anu ono ior lshl'h'
each charging David Hasey Hallock. Elisha
A'u''en VIM, ""e e"'u' ""u W.
resolution. Chaunccy L. Howell AMI Joshua
ha r,.1 In ~ clur,h ,,c,,iu,,,n fails. sean1ol.
We 'os" !" ."ui "" mems 49, !" '"'' "'.'''
Gus. and deiamatory libel The damage III
zach suit is laid at 10000. The defendants
s".,I,.a1 ~ VI crtnr.,,, p,yo,,,,od
einpioyeu 1. W ur'i''hs VI hNcInc"
Academy wh,re seryi,ss are conducted ON
s,,,.t,, ho,,,,., ,h, i.r,,o ond ban,so,,,
s sHnaSS pCcouso n no ,"5S % ana handsome
mos, nersnns I'm tho vicinity b,licvn m, tho i4th
-, ,n., Na,. pu, ,ha ,t,o',,I n,,on,,',
tn destroy the church referred 10 in
tho resolution occurred nine years NO.
Norihyille is situated on tho northern n1ke oi
81 Kiverheud. About MY white farm houses
bead tue highway for a distance OF four miles.
There is no store, no post Office aud no lawyer
in the place. The land is fertile aud the resi-
dents are well. to-do farmers. Many VI the
tinnshiS has thms been ,,ps,nilish"d IN The hiie
Isolated community, hut In spite Of this they
have been divided since the first election oi
Andrew Jackson to the Presidency hy u bitter
political feud. The bitterness was ~, atty in
tensifed by a circumstan rc that haupered IN the
war Of the rebellion. When Irosid, nt Lincoln
young men OF Worthwhile took occasion ~ ~ 90
Canada. Some Of them. it is said. started little
friends were tauntel with this 10y til" support
ers Of the war. Subsequently the Inter raised
a lib.rty pole. and having called a public meet.
ing, ran up the Stars ana Stripes. The" Cop
perheHds" rallied day Or I'VE afterwards md
hatred GREW IN INTENSIVE The neotio assembled
In Tho sho"l house To- eleci trustee. Int fnurht
80 that ali the windows and doors were brotcn.
Marty cot he ascendeney md mnde n ruling
..sfl ~ ,h,. n,her N.Y. , ,n ,r nS
e, sns H l.d ~ ~ nama r Fm,,sn iii
lock. said 10 be an ciucatci and acc"mplishcd
Isaiah MdiIoes: they are al bsasSsIai.; i
which he successful ssae OF the war r. 1gd con
,nunity and in he chmr,b tlo h.. vas loo H.
eTs IA HE In, Mi,, ne M,.s W.
Rv he minnYitv short I'm" nii,.r this In,
large organ which had been built up In tho niche
yrt,ati,,n VS. tt1nd m frn,,n,,nts ON ~, main
49, 7, h,I heen tii,nI fnrwarI from IT, ,,in'.a
IN ,,e ni,Is ma tIsn iuni'iei IN f,r,uno-t
nyar n -. gaiierv rnii im,n"Iin,elv ,fiaryynrd il
was discovered Tia, the sound end Of tho
ae $500, $500 l. ~ Ia -, hnr ~. u ,h,,',,h H.
siding aud Tia, by applying the nosiriis to the
~, H. raar ~ ~, ,,lior' h,ns, ,hsr,. ,r
,r,ntad ~ isrss Sn',,,r," ,vt,si'n s,,'mt v,kt,h
carrisd IN the w.sts water rom Tho kiirhnn
~ 'rbs n,,n.r mr.. ~ III. -unii, Nns ni,v ~
An evsn thnnph The botioin hoard was Wei
re weather. bonrdine of the house touched ali
srrunJ J''"'' 0'' - Wv vs.
~ ny r,ndinc Will hosvey shnw,.d nv cv
dence that an ATTEMPT had been mnde to set fre
10 H. Al Thai time Isaiah Haiiock was arrested
Tor DESTROYING tile organ and for attempting IN
destroy the Church. He was acnuitici on his
nomination and in turn he sued fur falac
further WIS done oflcially with reference 10
these crimes until Mr. David lIW,oy lIallo'k
1n asq W ns b ssG,goh qq4 ,l npg arnI
hy the Caleb and Isaiah HGlloci PARTY T. To-. due
OF tile church in last MAY.
The Caleb Hulock party succeeded in elect
Ing iheir candidate, NJ samuel Tuthiil, g. a
They were 50 well satisfied with this victory that
they did not greatly oppose the proposition to
call Mr.. Henry y. Wright 10 the pulpit. although
IL came from the David Halsey Halluck party
The church IL the offspring of u ncigh6nring
CONGREGATIONAL church. called the Church on
the Hill. but the daughter had outgruwn the
mother in wealth and iununnce. Some rnmity
existed between them. The pnstur Of tho
Church on the Hill hal prea he'd in the Younger
church several times In tho vacancy II it- pulpit
Nr. Wright was called to the pulpit. Tho Jas
Tor Of the church on the hin was unfrirndiy
70 him. Then a Roy. Mr. Moore. who had not
learned that the pulpit had been filled. applied
for the situation On learning who had cot IL
he wrote 10 Mr. Beach - the friends ~ Mr..
Wright say Of Harrisville. Lewis county y. "
10 learn about stories detrimental To- Mr.
Wright which he had heard were circulniln.
in that town. The replies lac received soon be-
came known TO many Of the CONGREGATIONS
Then a meeting on the Long Island Associa-
ton 81 CONGREGATIONAL churches was called.
through the special iu-tigaiion. as l. said II
Mr.. Moore andthe pastor 81 the mother church.
Tho association held what Mr.. Wright AYERS
Was an illegal meeting called without proper
notice to himself and passed a resolution pur-
porting TO exclude him from the as-oriation
This produced u sensation in tho parish Tho
church. however which was rich and strong
had never joined the association. and had re-
Inained indepcndcnt. A meeting WAS called
and the pustor was sustained Aftcrwarl trus.
tee Addison J. Wells. who IL Il relative uf the
pastor II the mother church. began t. collect
| stories adverse To Mr.. Wrghts reputation us u
| minister Twenty-four letters were received in