The Presbyterian Semi-centennial

The Presbyterian Church oí thís city celebrated ita senii-centeuuial auniversary on Sunday and Monday. In the íorenoon of Sunday Rev. V. S. Curtís, second regular pa6tor o: the ohurch, - írora 1843 to 18ÖO,- now of Rockford, 111., preached to a large congregation Tlie Suuday School was held as usual at noou, and in the atteruoou the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered, all members of other churches being invited to particípate. In the evening, instead of a sermón, by Rev. W. J. ÏSrdman, as had beeu announced, brief addresses were made by Rev. S. W. Duffield, of Chicago, late pastor ; Rev. L. D. Chapin, of Le Roy, N. Y., pastor from 1867 to 1873 ; Rev. Calvin Clark, a State missionary who has labored in the church at different seasons ; Rev. Loorais Chandler, an early member of the church ; and the Rev. Mr. Curtís. Some interestod reininiscences, personal, social, and religious were brought out. At the request of Mr. Chandler for all preseut to rise who were members oí the church or congregation at the organization 50 year3 ago, six porsons stood up, Simon and Clanssa Mills, of K.alamazoo county ; Mrs. Deborah Farraud, of Detroit ; Mrs. Fannie Camp, of Grand Rapids ; Deacon Loren Mills aud Capt. Charles Thayer, of this At 4 1-2 o'clock Monday afternoon an elabórate history of the churoh and society was read by J. Q. A. Sessions, whioh was full of general as well as personal interest. After that came the well-spread banquet, to which tull justice was done, íully conürmiug the saying of the honest backwoodsman called upon to feed a company of Methodist ministers, " How these rehgions do eat." And after the eating, and address of welcome and oongratn lation by Mayor Kiuue, with short speeches by Prof. D'Ooge, Dr. Curtís, Prof. Spenoe, Dr. Chapiu, Bev. Calvin Ulark, Rev. S. W. Duifielcl, and others. Taken as a whole it was an anniversary long to be remembered. ïhere was the usual appendix to a Democratie meeting, at the close of the speaking, of street fightá and blood-letting. Iu some way the colored drummer of the Germán band was provoked by a crowd of rouihs from Northlield, and he proceeded to " lay them out." Three were struck over the head with a massive cane or club, and one was so badly mjured that his life was for a time despaired of. The darkey evaded the officers and left the town and country so far as known, for nothing can be seen or heard of him. The ñames oí the men who were hurt are : Chas. Cook, John Burk and John Gibney. The Demócrata are considerably excited over the affair, and will try to make poiltical capital out of it.- Detroit Tribune Correspondence. The Tribune would do well to empioy a verocious correspondent, or one who kuows a " street fi;ht " when he sees it. Now a more orderly meeting never convened than the one that the correspondent assumes to write about. There were no unseemly noises made by the participants in the torch-light processiou, do rowdyism or drunkenuess seen on the streets, and in the Opera House the large audience was only disturbed by the noise of boys going out and their unappreclated whistling in the way of applause. After the meeting the "colored drummer" in question, "provoked'' because some Ypsilauti colored men hal come up to atteud the meeting, evidently sought a "fight" by hurrahing for Hayes uear the enti'ance of the Opera House. One of the parties naraed above, Chas. Cook, responded " hurrah for straw," and that was all the provooation given for the blows which the Tribune reporter seems to exult in. Neither of the parties named had interfered with the u colored drummer" in any way, and to speak of them as " a orowd of roughs " is evidenoe of narrowness oa the part of the writer. Had as unprovoked an attack been made upon a colored man t wou ld have been heralded all over the country as an evidence of Democratie determination to " intimídate," of Democratie " ruffianism," etc, and all excluaively " loil ', Republicans would havo prayed for martia] law and the military. We are glad to know that at least soine of the better class of Republicaus condemn the demonstration made by the colored men in the evening, and made efforts in advance to preserve the peace and prevent au attack upon the colored men from Ypsilauti. " So passed the evemng, to close with the usual Dtíinocratic tights and blood-letting on the streets, and on the morrow the world resumed its usual activity." The Register, from which the above sontence ís quoted, may be the organ of " all the decenoy party," may rejoice m the fact that on show occasions " respectable looking " men, men " with clean faces" oceupy lts ssats of honor, may turn up its Corporation nose whenever it takes the wind of a Democratie body, but being and 'doing all this, it hasu't learued to teil the truth. There were no Democratie ñghts after the meeting of Friday evening, no Democratie brawling either. All blows struck, were struck by a colored citizeu, a genuino " black Republican," and without the least provocation ; and of course the " blood letting " was performed by Republicans, - a part of the " bloody shirt " programme, perhaps. If the Register is not more sparing of its lies it will exhaust even its abundant stock long betore olectiou. That is the plain English of it. Pole Raisinos- A. very fine hickory pole was raised by the Demócrata of the Fourth ward, in front of Agricultural Hall, ou Friday last, at 2 o'clock p. iL., and a Tilden and Hendricks banuer floats therefrom at an elevation of lüó feet. No speaking. A hickory was raised by the Fifth ward Democracy on Saturday evening, at the head of Wall strewt, 110 feet out of the ground. Several hundred citizens were present, and brief speeches were made by Messrs. C. H. Manly, 3. M. Ashley, Jr., W. D. Harriman, and R. E. Frazer. It was an enthusiastis gathering, and full of promise for the Fifth warders.