New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-20

Rev. 4 r. Morehonso pastor OF the church; the
Rev f. w. b. Wood the Rev. Thomas q. Vsitch
aud the Rev. j. c. daggand. DIR. Vincenrs sup]cct
waa "Thr usefulness of Sunday-sehoOls ana the
scope Of their work. At the close Nr Morenouse
made sta ernent Of the financial condition Of the
church. and asked that the generous aSsisIAhee
gwen in the past mighr be contlnued. ,
In the afternoon there were service or song anu
a reunion OF tie officers teaebegs ami sehoiars ot
former superintendents and teachers. OllYer iioyt
and X. r. sinclair presided. In the evening tuere
were prayer meeting and reVVal meeuns'
DIR. SLADE yINDIC ATING HIMSELF.
Dr. Slade, the well-known medium" Yesterday
appeared before the SDrituaiistIc Conference Wnich
meets at the Harvard Rooms at Sl1fh-ave. Sn1
FOrty-second st., ard delivered an address lniehded
10 he ylndIcatOrv OF MS al BeIiye, Cahada,
last summer. lie said that he mad been caught
in n trap b. the chef of police of Bell
ylle and the people with him Ihey got
him confused with druggod wine aud then
took him 80 u room, the doors and windows Oh whch
they tast ned aud told him tnat II ne dld nor con
less that be- was an inpOstor they would arrest nI.
Seeing That lao was IN tight place. be SAID tbat MS
slate-wCtiug was only sleght-oi-hanii- ahu so cs-
capped. Dr. Sado who IS a large heavily -oulit Hal,
was neatly dressed in back, ana snoWer
au ey raOrdlnary amount OF collar ana cum
HIS cuffs constant source OF annoy tnce W
hun. tie gestlculated Wildly. and III tDe mos, oi
some of his most frantic moments the Guns "vutu
get over he OutSide OF his coat sleeve una rouuco
him to the necessity Of readjustng them AZ sucn
tunes there was ALWAYS DreathlesS nusn III t sme
audience Tor the doctor looked as II proI1pe
spirit was about TO take possession OF MN Ing
dOcTOr posed as martyr; ana very HVel ana
energetic martyr he appeared as he stOrIned aIOuiu
the PLATFORM swinging ais arms, ana sbohtl1z ouV
the story of ms alleged W ongs lie closed MS an-
dress " 18th a glowing trI butte 10 himself.
Then the Chairman or he Ireeung called TOT eX,
prcssr0us Of opinion spiritual affairs from any OF
the 5eiIeveTsn present. In reply To inns IN VIA.
ton an old man rose aud SAID that he believed tiat
if Dr. SIade hah not been drunk he "Oula nave
suffered martyrdOm rather than nave sSiu
that as spirI-wrltnG was sl'ight-Of-hand NO,
! would NOT, sang ont Dr. Slade from across tIe
hall; mo, on any account" his did not az all
dlsc0nccrt the man. who reiterated la was his hrm
bell ftnat he doctor nj scd oppOrtunit yofb
Ing martyr by getungdrunk. lie next SPEAKER was
a uiau with hair long and curling at the sde Oh hls
mead and thin and plastered uto queer knots on top
Iii, derp-set eyes and heavy mus iche Conpihcd
with ms traglc manner and STOPPING shonlderS 10
give hin tho appearance oil the Crushed Iftge-
dlan" After lndu ging ia lew blOod-curullhS
"reminiscences of q medium WHO used to make parai-
nue hands ne oegan to qu .stOn DR.. Slade about
some of the particulars OF the Be.lVIls si4&n
saving that there were two sides 10 eVerV
question. He had rot IN one or
two very wkward questions ben woman III tho
back of rhe hall 10 ne doctors rescue py teu
In4 tho speaker very empnaticaly Lat they hau
beard he other side Of The question and now wan ca
hear DR.. Sade', side. nc exercises c.Osed WIN
a general gloFllicatiOn of DR.. ,I1de.