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afnrk Twatn's Brother in Koot<uk, H., Put
Out Of tho Presbyterian Communion for
Iferrar,

asnrk Twatn's nrotlor in Kookuk, H., Put'
Out OF tho Presbyterian Communion for
IIcrusy.
Hprctas Dtepa'ca to 7As 7ttaune >.
KEoKug, la., afay 1l.-Osion Clomcns, .
brother Of " Atark Twatn," was publicly excom-
n,llnicatea from thu Westminster Preahytcrfan
CI!nrcl, Of thts CITY this morning, having been
tried atd convicted Ut the char0o Of lercsY. The
thnrgcs n'nl specifications were as follows:
metnb*r Of il,e First Westu,inatsr Presbyisrun
Church at Kcokuk, with having publicly delivered
@ T. .aisl ety. % on Monday evening, Msy !. ls7o.
affinity Of tho Christian religion, and attributed
itwh9ly t. nun. Specification !: In that hs d.
naiarai Ia tic Old Testament Scriptures. Srcctd.
church that t|ta Old Testament jcrlptarea ars tho
g. That tho said Orion Clemens has avoned sen.
iiglen!. Contrary to !hs fuadanvn1.l doetflnes OF
ntsa ths dislptty ot our Lord a.d Savior 10 JesSs
Chrlst. Specification z: III that he has denied
publicly thu sauetlty Of thu 6sbuath day.
Thu LECTURE In question wns delivered to =
suta!l audiences iu thls city last Monday evening
under tila title. "slan tho Architect Of Our
kcligson." In It Mr. Clsnlen. Inserted tlls LUST
six commandments In tho Dcsuiugue to bo
moral rules always pfacticed by mankind, the
acttl.g Of which In 4 lurn Of words WIS like
simply higher Development of thought III
special direction, or Is dFcaln: That tt.ern 10
nothing In the Uld Testament Indicating belief
OF Its writer's ,llat anything thought, said, or
tloue In tha life would aiItct thu condition Ut
tl,c Bou, ,n the li(e to come; that
ABRAHAM WAS 4 BUN AMI FlNH woAsMlpHN,
nlorl,g tAo CanaanItEsll gods At Cauaaut.iah
places, III CAuaautish ways; that helchiseluk
1ak u EauaatljtisA priest nntl King, and a rrest
ol tl4s sun, III thu god mcaut by "the Most
High fiod"; thut tho smoking furnace un,l
burnlug lutnp described In aouos!s, xy,, II, wrto
symbols of three gods, tho sun, thu trao, und
thu plunut VenM.; that Aosal,atu's saeritlee,
described tn uenes.s, xy., was offered to the sun.
tlse tres, and the Eoldesa OF love and beauty;
that the tuetle-aoye was symbol OF luvs aud
bpautY, and sprit.g, md that It's young pigeon
wns symbol Ut tAe lllegylis powuEs OF na-
tuIe, aud the !!fe'gtrlng generosity OF thsF
nAtuTt.
THE ACcusHn
appeared before the Session Of The church, Ia
hIs lceturc, asll expressed hls Willingness tlat
it should be submitted Us ryldepce under Tho
specifications. Up0n this aud other evidence tho
Session found htn guilty Of tbs charRa Of hereay.
order was carried snto execution ut tlle vloae ot
thr regular service tht4 morning. Tha
Eastor, thu ltsv. 1)r. Craig, pre4ched On
ah1e and eloquent serA'on trosa ltomaus, ~, 81:
"ile stag gxe.cd 1os @ a. uo p!o1nlso Of uod
giylnE glory to l0d, and oelng tullr persuaded
that what he had promised hs wAs able to per-
foriu.h In the co1rso ot llS remarks tho
speaker warned lts hearers aRr!ust tho fatal
At ths CONCLUSION Of Ass sermon he read tho
order Of ule 6ess!oa, aua proceeded to formally
excoMuuaicats sao secuted
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will be allowed TO 20 to tho devil. Wo Gun
nfOr1f 10 gh 10 The people on tic jssllc II tti.
President vctncs The bill. For my OWN part,
would stand ont forever before voting Tor tic
army Appropriation bill. Wo hare given u,e
Ptesstlent ovcrr chance, nrn], II he chooses not
to take advantage Of the opportunity,
If IL NOT our FAuET.h
"but whit will yon do with reference to
tho Legislative, Executive, and judicial Appro-
priAtton bitil'
SWELL" sntd be, 1--WE will [}rnt pass II
through both HOUSES, md then senl It to tho
President. II the President vetocs It, which Ia
likely, We will tnnke bill covering tho Mammals
and Supervisors, and pa8s that. This will un-
doubtcdly 10 vetoed. Then nc will mike
another bill, repeating tho test oath for Jurors,
o'Ha thta the President will sign. Then No will
pass tic Legislative bill, a,,d 90 homc."
"But The Army blt will not bo passcd!'
"You tnny be auro we will 60 to the people
on tho Issues raised by TINT bill. and nc shall
Nin."
RHcgss on NO REcRss.
II tho Democrats should carry ont Tie pro.
Erntnmc Of the House brunch Of the Dctnocrntfc
Committee Of safctY, nnl adjourn or tnko 4
rccess without pnsslng thu Army bill, 1t Is
ccrtuin t',at the President will conyone Congress
here fu anothcr extra session, and It would not
matter whether the Democrats shall hive tnkon
recess or formally adjourned. The President
has already obtained careful legal attvicc on
that question, and has decided tlnit he has the
constitutional power to ca1l Cnngrrss at any
time in u cnse Of emergency, whether tic Con-
gross hus adjourned or II iu recess. Another e1.
trn session could not bo avoided, therefore, by
resortlng to thu trick Of taking a recess, and,
II second extra session should be necessary
on account OF the failure OF the Army I'll, It
Is quito certain tllat IL would not be called ur1.
til near tie end OF tho fiscal year, or about July
!, and the President would then hays the aid Of
THE taTnnsH SUMMER HEAT
Of this torid climate to force the carly passage
Of the Army b!t1 and the final adjournment,
The Congressional bullJozera would find 1t no
chlll's play to sit hero wrang'lng ovnr IN Ap-
preparation bll1 in July whom there Is no neccssi
IT, for 1t.
will introduce tomorrow, Under cali OF The
States, m Army Appropriation bill, ind ask tt
reference TO the Committee On Appropriations.
1t will be au exact copy Of the bill which was
sent to the President, except In the political
SECTIONS md those reIRtlng to promotions. This
will place the Appropriations Committee in tho
position Of having the subject fully bafofo them
, 1879-05-12

NEW YoRS, Nav 1.-the anniversary Of the
American lizard Of Commissioners fqF Furetgn
stiasiops WAS held to.ujght In broadway J'ater-
nncle. Tho church was crowded, u.ui addresses
wero mRdo BY tho Rev. George ". lIcrrIcit, tbs
Koy, Dr.. Mark Hopkins, and tho licy. Dr. q. +.
Dilsh. All tho speakers referred to tle recuAt
bcquest to the dosietY OF 81 i,00Q 0D, They ar
future.
Tile anniversary Of tho Presbyterian boarl Of
F0reiEu Missions was celebrated fortnight III
Memorial Church, the Roy. Z. y. Rnblnaon Pre-.
the past year, ed37, 200; Expenditures, t443 U00;
in.rbtcdncsa OF thu toanl, ~, n,0. Tbs ser.
mon was preached bS slle Roy. DR.. L. I.
Nicoils, of 6t. Louis.
, 1879-05-12
WHISKY,
TnA "sKcoNp l,ArCu.n

Special Dtxs,a'ca to 7ne 7ftbun&
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 11.-Dr. Rush, Of
thu Chicago "sccond batcl,," arrived here this
morning, bringing with him the petition In the
matter ut the second-batctl" casc, to which
reference has been made In the Chicago prcse.
IIe Is unaceompanind BY lawyers, und t,nattend-
cd By CouErtssmeu. lie llus howovcr, visited
the Chtc.,ru delegation today, and stated the
obtects of the petition, Representative Aldrich
IL not In The city. Representative Barbor SAYS,
Of course, they would not show the petition to
lin. MIR. i,arbcr evidently lights little shy OF
Chfcngo whisky news since the oYtnts Of last De-
cembor. Mo thinks ho had his day III court then,
and docs note to know anything mora about It.
Dr. Jlusl,. llowcyer, evidently hopes tn SECURE
the support 0I Tie Chicago Congressman tn hta
scheme, but it fs probable that
NO ACTION
will l,o taken hy tho delegation. unless they
ngreo to work tognthtr az unit. The petition
which DR.. Rush brings With him fs signed by II
great many merchants, boardof-Trude men,
bankers, alul sotne pcrs0ns connected with Tho
Chicago preas. A ntiyats letter Is als0 aaid to
llayc been written IN HE Interests OF theso rem
tte,nun to Tho President bI gentleman tn CHI
tho White House. Dr. Rutls frlends think
tlnt Secretary Sherman will bs disposed to re-
ceive tl,rlr applicatl0n With more consideration
than he hitherto has shown them. WhAt haaIs
tnefe ~ Tor TINS eMFp0Hlt'0H uoee hot Yet ap'
pear, unless 1t be tlie expectation that
THE A7TonxEY.axXEnALl is sAT1srIRD,
from the reports received from Chicago. that II
would bc useless tn attefupt to collect uUy Ut
tho Judgments, On aeroul,t OF the financial Ina
lilftY Ut thu ''second-hatch men to pay tho
smo.lht. DR.. NusII, whtn here. will Nalso en-
dtayor to all in the passase OF bill III rctatton
to tho present requirements OF THO Raycnlio
law ~ to tho t1pottutlon 1f spitlsa. When
whisktea are delivered to tho Uniictl Htatei NJ
ilccrs IN Chicago for export tbey nro gagged
aud, II there Ii icakage In transit, the dlstlller
10 lieyurthutesa taxed Tor It, Wills liz IL NOT cred
lied with any. surplus which the sscclnl EalIglns
ilaY show. The dtstlllnsa clatal tat tlisy ought
Congress Is 10 be asked to Icyislato 20 as to re-
licye them OF thts liability,
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TIE VETO,
IT WILL. COME AGAIN.

EptedI Etlpo!ch 10 TAt IF9bnnh
wA.u,snTon. n. C.. Nav 11.-Tbc vcto of
.,,. ~, .s,s.,sI =. lii @ ,.,.a.,..a 49,
wv w 1u.atl"b " ".'t'tals 'n'ctistensc a. '.o
polls Is substantially anfshedt n'ld Will be ready
to send to tho House tomorrow afternoon. 1t
Is shorter paper than the message on the Army
hn,ronriot,or nm 1,ha ,vo motn ,,rounas ~
tha vot, o,o that thc I'M r,nsol, ~ ra,tor mi.
1Io. for iii d,va ~ garoroi cr .nacIof ato,tfona
.'"'e, ~ a. ua'e - ns'A. ~ st'a' o'sss.oae
III several otascs, laws ot E1ca1 'mpoftaueo
which confer tic rlght upon The President to
use the 1pilltia. army. mud navy In enforcing the
laws ant1 nrcteryfnr tbc neaco, Tl,o nart,et1ar
s.,. =. ,,ns ~ ~. .tas. ~ 100 t-1l. 4oor 1sau
usss nusn a!u a. ."'ss ~ ~, A'e''t 4o'' 4o'''
, 1879-05-12
A METEOR,

Sioux ClrY, H., Muy 1l.-A remarkable mo
tcor appeared In tho sky yesterday At i AS .. NJ,
Vlle sun was shining brightly ut tbs ttulc. 1t
sppeuresi a. lang stream OF b!ue and yellow
lame. descending rapidly. exploding before
reaching this horizou. 4 trail Of smoke Mrs
seen Tor several tnInutea RftrrWurd. 1t was suel,
ut storm La kc, anl q double explosion heard
a,.d housoa iu the town shaken.
Hr+ PAUL, 1tnn.. May 11.-A meteor q foot III
diameter, With blaxlng train, fell at Worthtng-
tou, in shts State, to-day, exploding iuat teioFr
reachtHg the earth, With noiAs that shook u4p
buildlugs.x-
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ATGUANISTAN.

LoNpoN, May 11.-A dispatch from Gunda-
,n,k rcporta that ut Ills first formal interview
with Yakoob Khan, Thursday, Mat. CayaEna.i
presented |ctter from tho VIccroy Of 1ndla at
crctlit[ng him ns ii nccotintor. Tho lctter is im-
portant, rs It Is addressed "To the Anccs,'
thereby acknowledging YabooD Kbau as dc facto
ruler ot Afghaulstau.
, 1879-05-12
JOURNALISTIC.

& dp<adt DtteatcA 10 1hs 7f1o4Hk
RoquxtIs, ILL.,, May ll.-Raoalsa's Green
oaeksr has been sold out to the Hon. j. M. King,
the standing candidate for GFeenhack honors.
The future OF Rspalee IL unknown. King will
commence publication sometime next mouth
, 1879-05-12
RUSSIA,


Moscow, May 1I-Orllcrs hare been pub-
list.et i,cre relative to tho possession OF arms
sj,nfiar to those ISSUED ut ct. Petersburg.
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EGYPT.

WANTS NO ouT51pERa.
LONDON, May 1.-THE 0ose7er's correspond
ent d. Cairo says 1t is reported TINT the Khclye
still refuses 10 appoint European Mintstera, but
oiEors to appoint Europeans to assist the Gov
nEuort ot pruYlnges.
, 1879-05-12

CoHFrAHT1NorLr, May 1.-THE Mohau,me
daps In Alrsanoplc arc plunlcflng shops On nc
cnuut oil hunger.
, 1879-05-12
SPAIN.

ALroNso's DETnornAI.
MAunrD, May 1l.-rhe E3xea says Alfouso's
approaching marriage with the Austrian Princess
IL we'll received in Spain aud by the Powers.
WHEAT,
Notwithstanding, fresh arrivals Of breadstutls
at Bilbao aud Malugu, t4e prlcu Of wlca! is still
rising.
, 1879-05-12
GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON, May 11.-Franc!s Saunders T. Co.,
merchants, Of London and Bsh'a, havo failed.
LonILLAMDts HORSES.
The Sporfuuan says Lortflard's colt Uncas ap-
pears not to have done well since ho last run,
aud need not be thought OF for moment In
connection with the Derby.
THE OAnBMKN-
NEwoAsTlE-or-TrsB, Mny 1t.-Odds Of
two to one on HanIan arc still plentifully forth
cotnlug,
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B1'FTEN By a DOG.

EDtesdi 0tkpdtca TO The Irfana&
ADRIAN, Mirh., May 10.-Ex-Ald. ". T
Lawrrucc, gentleman prominently known iu !.
Contral New York, Michigan, anil Chicago, had
h4uu bully bttten BY tiog to-day.
, 1879-05-12
CASUALTIES.
Great Excitement at tho Scene OF
the Canadian Smash'up.
Tic Unfortunate Victims All Very
Prominent Is1en.
Probability that the Blame Will Be Placed
Where It Belongs

TORONTO, Ont, May 1l.-1he 8Ccnd Of tho
ra!Iwny accident at Carleton was visited BY 1atRa
thronvs Of utixcns to-day. The wreck presents
sad spectacle. Tile engine, after having the
tlrAnd Trunk trnck to 20 On the Credit Valley
stt1I,Ig, encountered closed gate, which Waa
shattered from Its fastenlntgs 40 II It had been
paper. On striking TIE car It aboved It along
tile trark for uDout ttty yards The cur then
left The ttack. The cncino firmly wedged Ia
one end Of 1t, ami both we're n complete wreck.
11lc marvel Is thut all tue pasacugers on board
were not killed outright.
The engineer Of the locomotive which caused.
The accident stntcs that be understood be Wal,
to pick up tue Credit Valley car ut the sta ton
beyond Carleton, uud was hurryt1g along to per
form this task.
The Credit Valley switebman saw the engine
coming, md set hia switch, thinking thu en-
ginccr would s1ackcn speed before taking tho
Credit Valley siding.
4 rigid investigation viii take place, but 1t
present the Grand Trunk people appear to be at
fault.
Tile following is complete l1st Of the in-J
jurcd:
James Gooderhan,, both legs crushed.
T. d. Cougcr, ribs broken md right eldo par- J
alyzed.
Samuel Beatty, leg broken.
Ex-Mayor Morrison, Injured in the buck.
John McNahb, Gu. In the head aud spioo hurt.
". J. Faiconbridge, barrstcr, injured inter-
nally.
Dacy Boultou. harrsstcr, injured in tho body.
C. j. Campbell, bunker, seriously wounded In
the hack.
John Gardncr, Customs Department, badly
cut In the fucc, head. and body.
T. IT. Cooper, Assistant Superintendent Of tie
rmssHfe Rail aNteI A{dtr NJ md
face bruised.
AID. Scarth, hurt In tie head and face
Aid. Dtevlngs right knee cut
j. Sucking, Secretary Of tho Credit Valley
Railrond. wounded in tic bead.
W Houston. editor OF the 0ott, wounded In
ulc head, ind legs bruised.
Jntnes Leys nnd Aid. Baxter were not among
those hurt, Us first reported.
Mr. 0oodcrhan fingered till midnight, when
he brcathcd his laat. An effort was modo to
rally him sufficiently to make bis will, but 1t waa
useless.
Mr. Couger was toscnable most Of the night,
but this e.unlng Is slightly better.
Mr. Campbell, 1t Is feared, Is fatally Injured.
lie was struck by piccc Of timber in the back,
nnd terribly cut. Prayers for his recovery wero
said in the churches to-tlaY.
The excitement has been undated all day,
and the accident was referred to iu most Of tho
city churches.
An inquest will be hcld On the body Of Mr.
Hooderhan tomorrow morning.
DROWNED s'''
WATKnTowN, N. r., May 11.--This afternoon
Robert Harris and Doll Shaw, while attempting
10 cross the Hack River III q row. boat, short
distance above Big FaIist were carried over, aud
drowned.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-11-08
Our Boston Letter.
The Massachusetts, Campaign-How 1t
Was Conducted-The Course of the
Globe-Blaine's Reception in the State.
Boston. NoY. ). 1879.

Boston, Nov. ., 1879.
The Republican victory is complete. No,
will not say the Republican victory, but rather
the anti-Butler victory because many Demo-
Gratis united in overthrowing the arch dema-
gogue. Massachusetts, is saved once more from
disgrace, for Ben Butler elected Governor
would be an everlasting disgrace. The guber-
material chair has never yet been dishonored
by even an indescrbable character, and
really believe that it will be some time before
it is. Had the full Republican vote been
polled Butler would have been $4,000 behind
Long, but it was not. The Republican cam
paien was not we'll managed. Thousands Of
voters were not got out The State central
committee issued innumerable circulars, some
wise but more unwise, but of real downright
"work' there was little or none. In many
places no actual canvass was made. In Lynn,
Buffers stronghold, the Republicans worked
like beavers, and as a result Buffers plurality
is reduced. In Salem, no work was done and
no canvass made, and Talbot's plurality of 722
was narrowed to Longs ia. On examining
the returns of the latter city find that 400
Republicans d id not vote. Suppose this had
been the case all over the State we should
have been obliged to listen to "By his excel
lency the Governor, b. f. Butler, God save
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Michael
f. Donahoe Secretary of State" This is one
of the things which should not be repeated.
Another was sending men of such limited cal
ibre and abundance of abusiveness on to the
stump as Beard and others. The campaign on
Buffers side has been of a most degrading and
disgraceful nature. Buffers own language
was far beyond the pale of decency, while the
campaign falsehoods of the Globe have excelled
anything in the history of campaign literature
in this country. The elimination was the
charge on Monday morning that John D. Long
wrote copper-head letter to the Maine DEM
ocrat" in 1861. He never wrote any such
letter, and the Globe knew it. Mr. Long
promptly denied the charge, and then the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-11-08

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THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER s

We do not read anonymous letters and eommuni-
cations. The name and address of the writer are III
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for pupnca-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve coin-
muncations that are not used.
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A Virginia ChOllop.

Dickens, in the tbirty-third chapter Oh
Martin Chuzzlewit, portrays the Southern
Democratic editor in the pe4son OF Hannlpai
Challop. Mr.. Chollop carried DoWle
knife and pistol which he called ripper
and '"tickler'' He was a great lover OF I'D
erty-from the Democratic standpoint--alld
used his weapons as readily as Gully OF
Barksdale in favor of liberty and law. The
article elsewhere reprinted from the Virginia
State, has all the marks of Chollop. The
same brazen assumption and pretence OF
superiority that has always distinguished the
slave-holding element of this country, is ap-
parent. There is a reason, Of course, for
this. The Chollops of the South are per-
haps to be excused. They have formed
their opinions Of the North from an assocla-
ton with the Northern Democrats, who
have always fawned upon them, ready for
any seryile, dirty work assigned them by
their slave-holding, rebel masters.
To such an extent has this faWning been
carried that the Southern Democracy have
Judged the whole North to be Of the same
stuff. Mark the way this Southern Pillsbury
speaks of men who have acquired property
IN the North. Read his sneers at Grant,
Sherman and Phil Sheridan, who are self
made men that condescended to thrash these
Southern shabby genteel statesmen into sub
mission. The allusion to ancestry is pecu-
liarly impudent when We remember how
MANY Southern escutcheons are crossed by
the bars of Newgate. The entire article
from the State is Kissing with the Southern
''Sahw
The description of the Democratic party
as having ''its headquarters in the South
with the larger portion of its adherents,
while only here and there a forlorn hope is
scattered throughout the North" is very
good picture of the old camping ground,
though the forlorn hope has been, since the
Virginia paper was printed, scattered" be-
yond all hope of gathering again. The talk
of "slums" and ''stews" reveals an intimate
knowledge of the recruiting ground of the
Democratic party.
The Virginia Chollop admits the true rea-
son of Southern hate at the North. The
South has never yet been able to bring it
self to acknowledge equal rights or the fun
damental proposition of the Declaration OF
independence, and the position in which it
puts its political allies of the North is hu
initiating in the extreme. Truly the North
ern Democratic ass has got a hard rider.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-11-08

THERE is an importunate demand on the
part of Democrats for a new and horrible
kind of oath, to be used exclusively on cleo
ton nights. They are now studying up in
the Zulu and other barbarian tongues. The
resources of the Hebrew have been eX-
hausted Even the Argus has ceased to
swear by Obadiah
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-11-08

TIE New York scratchers are giving both
time and thought to the problem, how to
prove the election of Mr.. Cornell rebuke
to Mr.. Cornell. Ii is harder than the old
and equally useless attempt to reconcile free
will and fore-knoMledge absolute.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-11-08

THE Eureka Sentinel proposes standing
match as a novelty, and says it can find
some talented ISLANDERS in Eureka who will
contest for the gate-money. 1t regards
them as formidable competitors. Maybe;
but they wouldn't stand the scintillation OF
shadow of chance when brought into
competition with the loungers before Port
land hotels. Send on the belt, and let's
have no more words about it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-11-08

HERE are two statements in one column
of the Springfield Republican: SIT was a
lugubrious gathering at the Butler head
quarters.'' ''At the Butler headquarters
good humor prevailed" Which assertion
are we to believe? This looks like indepen-
dence-of the truth.