Show ay y j telegraph 0 1 t ar no a h I 1 to A ml E R 1 CA 74 1 cd ed ST sr lous 24 th the 0 court was 11 jn in 0 opened today until 11 oy clock thi t cj judge being pra in finish ln tic tho ibo charge to the jury As soon soom re the roll of was called judi judil to dillon reau react the instruction instructions why whid tw were very long including in v vat vai 14 fh ous eus groups the telegraphs ced in evidence evide ilce itce many of the lel lei 1 3 were introduced and alar ous extracts from the tivit deposition at the outset judd judge V dillon said that in all the pro lions he had to make he lie nad bad tk V concurrence ce of his associate ag 0 the bench judae treat treal he bial to the jury the af f the ase case and i he the reasons had made it necessary to keep shelor so isolated A high I 1 paid the counsel for their mana genCe ent of the case cameon on both sides aching the issues judge dillon saied salee n ex that two main questions arose oath as to the existence of a and the second as to the of the defend defendant ani with it the bbate flate question required little attention W as the arguments of the counsel rov both sides seemed to accept the elwi istance of a con eon conspiracy spira cy as the second question the connof connes connee i i tion lion of the defendant deien dant with tiie tile corpac piracy was taken up were cautioned at some length alth be on their guard against the lepo lipo enee ence of popular clamor they also reminded that the govern owed a duty to its ita citizens ai as to its revenue and it lay in province of 0 the jury to acquit lrea well as to convict the had presented no evidence to shoto that the defendant had ever derev de mared dared his connection with conspiracy or that he be had bad a direct admission of this conned co 1 tion the law however di dh dil I dot not J require this it was a case of apoi cum evidence it was for them to consider the tile the dependant defendant the government a alleged I 1 as the only mot notivene ivEne that th at of pecuniary gain the ev eabe dence deuce of everest who mailed tiit tont letter in which he be thought josaku put a bill and the evidence 01 magill who testified to taki takis r from the letter box a similar lettes 01 and returning it to joyce venie considered and the question of crewe dibi lity was teft left to the jury thi telegrams and letters and the ra lions of the presidents bearing on the death of collected collect All 1 ford and the appointment of f hiie bahl successor were read two qua quesa ca dons the court considered arosen the of ford flar whether the defendant sought tig tik fluence influence in the president on the so and second whether liia did this in the interest of the COD coa sp iracy having knowledge of thirn 1 conspiracy judge dillon then reaia resi all the di dispatches patches of the spring dyll dyrl r 1874 relating to joyces joycea visit to sira Exan ejan cisco and douglass per mitar other reve revo revenue nue agents to go out elt eit their districts a ii judge dillon the the 01 1 of his charge and the jury j ury 1 rew few minutes past one L C washington 24 the commit 81 tee of ways waya and means today to day ll 11 in a vote of 6 to 4 agreed to re report re h wili bill to carry into effect the fit 1 wallan wailan treaty the yeas were fenn fern fei fet nando wood of new york hai has cock of texas hill of georgia Georg iii blaine of maine garneld garfield of ohi obi 0 and burchard of illinois and ir ibler dayi were morrison of kelley of pennsylvania Tho thony of Missouri and tucker or of the bill was reported to the housti hous tb by wood and t mado made a special orda ordel for thursday next nest and und from day daj ajr B 0 o day until disposed dispo ed bed of i attorney general pierrepont 1 quoted aa as authority for the r state 0 ment that there is absolu absolutely tel tei y i lilt 0 o foundation for the stories of in the cabinet for his own saty saw satu faction he interviewed Pre preside grant and from him learned thit he ha has at no time contemplate calling for bristowe Bris towa resignation y the house committee on foreia affairs considered the report of thin tk sub committee commit tee teo on the correspond eneo enco furnished by the state depart r ment meat including the com eom communion munia muniO eions from minister schenck B uh which he says lie he invested in ea eis g a ma mine stock but it was a speculation for which he cited art dents ce he did hot see how tbt transaction could concern the pub lie he ivas was not ashamed of what ht e had bad done at the suggestion of theal th president how however ever evor owing to the tb scandal he resigned as director 0 1 the company the full committee t roughly ly discussed the subject in rani gaDi animated mated manner mauner but reached y conclusion an ani ani 1 adjourned till pro pra orrow borrow representative depre tentative banning present j to the bays ways and hud indans means colm coin corn tee today to day the protest of the beer br brewers e aers agn against the rule of odthe the internal Inter lial rial avenue ere eve nue nuo bureau requiring brewers tc produce a barrei barret of beer from tiro TO and a half bushels of malt ae lie matter has been referred to the committee subcommittee nib sub NF new sew NEW w YORK 24 the railroad bill nill introduced by lay hamilton provides that whenever moses mosea taylor r wm m E dodged J J cisco samuel sloan iloan john JL barnes DA D A mc lV Vi lliams illiams J P lloyd and henry I 3 marquand Maryu and of new now york thos illen allen and S SH H laffin of missouri nd W J hutchins hutch in 3 A groesbeck Groes buck r T D giddings and others of texas r their successors shall be created i body politic auder the sty ie of the central texas aud and el paso railroad company orn pany or become owners of an listing charter they shall be aud and to build and maintain a ail all road from the western terminus f any rail rall road load now completed in lexas fexas at san sab antonio austin waco to el paso and the bridge ver the rio graude grande at any point within flenty miles ralles of that aee ace the bill also aiso al 0 pro pio provides vides that f by that noc no nog alifornia California corm corn aby liny any has bulit built a arpad to a point miles of the rio grande graude gradde ae he above named dartle jar tle be em cowered to build to meet he california road and au d bijoy the fexas pacific company jand rant for that portion df of theline tholine jut jul ait iii if the california com company pany eaches caches the rio grande sties have constructed 0 a point miles east of that iver the california company is to rass it and build eastward on the exas ex asand and aud pacific land grant to tea a auction arrangements have toily to ily cly been nor for fona fora a ion lon uon concert cert eert tour in cal fornia by P S gilmore lied by fifty performers among thomm thorn are several artists of Q f aromi lence the visit to calif california i ruia rula will ein ie eln in april and preparations look ng dg to one of the greatest musical ever known oil on the pacific mst am aro actively making the night session of the advisory anncil lint ilat at plymouth church commenced at 8 oclo ocio cb the galleries tere were filled and there was scarcely um room for the council in the tho aisle so nany many people came who sho had to be all Be beechers echers Bee chers chera mily were in the church and all ae be noteworthy people of the congregation and horatio C king uld lad the rev halliday were busy procuring front seats for distinguished visitors the report of the council was then read in relation to the first tta questions the report says a adnel falong other things that a case may occur that a member should openly ud nd notoriously abandon all communion with a church and also be barged with a scandalous of fence by specific legation arid and that in such a case he church may arold greater scan dal and use a vise wise discretion in se leo lec tinz lins ai barense which it shall separate 2 him frn fin from its fellowship add and d discharge idge itself from all further risibility for fur his conduct and character in respect to ruie rule no 7 of ply mouth chirch wo we suggest that it il ia deficient in not providing that dolice colice should be given when practicable ti in the ordinary practice church the council so far as advised find nothing to condemn teare gratified that thai measures are ir progress to a change in ID the Arase of this and other rules ic as to recognize and enforce dial dw the principle affirmed the church asks the council what surfeit nurse it ought to adopt in respect to aire five classes of members to the irit list four tho the council would make mako he to following reply the reasons up posed dosed to be given ly by tho the per pir atna asna described for deliberate and eun tun enn anent absence from the servi cbs ces ce and meetings of fhe the church chu rehi refi without asking tasking for lettera of ari are in our P opi nien nten entirely schismatic nud aud lan ian i lu and the example is fe sf f all church organ if ha a dembei insofar la fo f o far dissatisfied with e of cf the church that he enot share in its Us fellowship lie he hould at onee once onafra ask ayk k foe roe in t orderly way if herpels he feels bound to emain in fellowship for the pui pur cee fee of bringing its to a etter mind 2 he him elf loyal to its atit alit authority hority as an cs sn r condition condit fi prosecuting ot u the ork to which lawm he may max y thinly hla hia his i 1 A aryit 5 si li master faster has haa called him the conceit that thab lie he may protest more effectually against the supposed errors of the church by withdrawing partially from its fellowship we regard as dangerous and 1 z ilaw liaw tho ease case isas is as follows chiena members who are generally believed to have made a charge or insinuations of cross gross immorality against other members of the church and who decline either to affirm or deny the truth of such auch reports or of sueh such charges when properly questioned by suitable brethren for the sake of the purity and peace of the church ll 11 the report says the fifth casa stands by itself and admits of only one possible answer A person who is convicted of the off mense offense described and can find no reasonable explanation of his conduct ought if i he be persists to be cast out ef of the fellowship of the tho church while we assert these principles we would advise auy any church in time of excitement that it should use great for bearance with persons who have withdrawn themselves from its fellowship from a mistaken theory as to their rights and duties as members of the tho church of christ 11 As to the fourth question we reply that the church is tho the tribunal appointed by christ forthe for the investigation of the offenses onne offe uses of its members A mutual council cannot in such buch sucha sueha a case exist kinles i they thes are to be parties one of which is aggrieved in the case supposed a council cannot properly be called unless the aggrieved person has speciale specific charges against the pastor and can furnish ji prima rinza facie evidence that he can make them good we utterly and emphatically repudiate the doctrine that because a church member finds himself in twe the minority even though his opinion relates to the integrity and christian character of his pastor he thereby has any claim upon tho the church 0 to o unite with him in cain calling a mutual council we regret that mrs representative did not substitute two other c churches for those object ed to and thus gratify the expressed desire of Mrs Moulton for fora a mutual council question or 6 HO plymouth church in the principles and rules which X it has bas provided for the main maid tal nence of order and the administration of discipline or oz in any known cases of its administration under those principles and rules gone beyond its rights as a church of christ so as justly to forfeit its claim to the confidence e and fellowship of congregational churches 9 in reference to this question the council says that the part which relates to the rules of the church has already been answered answerer dand tand and the question alon aion of their application to this case was decided by the tho former council they regret that some one had not sought from the pastor himself the grounds of the tho slaw blan slanderous slanderers slander derous ors ers reports according to matthew is 18 if it this had been done and the pastor was guilty he lie would have terl left the ministry if innocent he would have been restored to confidence wa ve nind find no reason to call in question tho the method by which the committee was constituted which invest investigated the vie charges against C the pastor dr bacen bacon then declared the coune council i ll 11 dissolved 1 bowen declines to give the text of his statement to the newspapers and tho the Ply plymouth mruth church com committee mit say they thes will not the eagle reporters called upon bowen aud and the members of the com to day but they were all firm the sub substance subrane sane sanc e of th the statement how bow ever has been alcert tined lined mr bowen does not claim to have any 1 knowledge bowled g e of guilt on Be echers part tut lut but ho he sasa sash says pays ho he believes hita illin t to be g guilty illy llly beca because of what lie he ha ba A from divers parties ata atria hir largely sely gely attended meeting of tha chamber of bf commerce to today r resolutions were adopted in favor of the resumption of specie payments on jany lat 1879 KT 71 loum lonis 24 at twenty nive five minutes past palt three the jury bent cent word that they had found a verdict and they were immediately bushared into court on taking their thein seats the foreman fureman handed the verdict to the elerk clerk who read it aa as follows we the jury nind find tho the 1 defendant I e re jdant not guilty 11 homede some de of the de fenian was quick ly y topped there was a general alting however and general babco ciz elz cl crossed over oven to the jury and most heartily i and feelingly hoalt th hand band juryman a and ud thanked atheni hem J zi fhi fbi verd verdict lit tee the ie general Wi eral U D i laft left thet t cour cout tor their hotel on Q ia tit if reaching tho street the party war waa wai heartily cheered by a great crowd congregated in front of the custom Houf hous seand almost everybody y seemed well pleased at the result ever since general babcocki Bab cocks discharge by the court his hotel has been crowded with the most prominent citizens of st SL louis to extend their congratulations on the result of the trial about 1 9 this evening the off meers officers of the arsenal accompanied by the tho band gave tue tuo general a serenade colonel watch hatch made a brief speech iu hr which he be congratulated babcock and said that the verdict was wits another eviden evidence ee of the closing of the g rap gap ap between the north and the south and the restoration of peace and fraternal feelings ings he called on the band to play dixie which was done general babcock was then loudly called for and responded in about the follo following vylus words 0 gentlemen of st louis lonis I 1 thank you for all your youn expressions gol gor fol ns of kind klud kindness ness towards me my heart beart is too full for me to make a speech to you to night even if I 1 could do so under other circumstances but I 1 must thank all most deeply he then introduced Mr ilir Storrs who made a few remarks DES MOINES resolution providing for fuff suffrage rage amendment to the constitution passed the house this pm by a vote of 54 t to 40 sioux CITY la ia 24 gordon who had bad the pioneer pui put ty of miners that built the stockade nar custer city in the winter of 1874 5 leaves here tomorrow to morrow to establish for the sioux city and black rills hills transportation company a stage line from this place to the hills |