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Show I'rayiue For MorUu. Richmond, Iud., 2. This morn ii'g the Rev. F. C. llolliday- and the Rev. Dr. liny lea , old personal friends of Senator Morton !a and leading niiu-I niiu-I ioters of tho Melho.hst church, this state, called upon the senator iu obedience obe-dience to instructions from the suulueaitem Indiaua conference and presented him with a series of reeolutions passed by the conference confer-ence at their scs-ion yesterday, together to-gether with a letter iroin Bishop Haven. The first resuhuiun declares that the conference regards the senator's sena-tor's condition as an event of so much grave importance as to de mand from it formal recognition. Tho second puts upon record their high appreciation of the eminent services the senator . has rendered the state and nation, both during and since the war, which commanded their high respect and prompted the wish that hia life may I be spared. The third declares that itlui calamity that has overtaken him Is one before which the clamor ot parties Bhould be hushed by the voice ol patriotic prayer. The fourth and filth, that Bishop Haven lead the conference m prayer to God that Seniitor Morion may be spared and that two persons accompany the bishop and present thet'e resolutions resolu-tions to the ueuat ir in person. The bishop's arrangement!) prnyeut bis accompanying, but he sent an autograph auto-graph letter, expressing deep regret at ' his illness and the hope lor his speedy recovery. ' The committee informed in-formed the senator that the conference confer-ence lias requested that Rev. J. P. Newman of Washington, D. C, who was in attenJance upon Ine conference, confer-ence, address the senator a letter expressing the teeling3 of the church at his aflliction. The interview between the senator and the committee was very affecting, and the senator assured the committee commit-tee that nothing in hiB personal history his-tory gave him more pleasure or greater gratification thau to receive their resolutions; and visit. |