Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-05-29

SoIu, besides all lhelr equipace. Seventeen Gill
GERS were taken prisoners, and hundreds Of men.
An exchange Of prisoners has been made, and
our officers and men whom they took in previ-
Gus affair are now restored 20 US. Henry Gre
get and yonr friends were in tie action, and b.
haved like men, Piper was net in the ACTON,
and is almost crazy abou, il. | am safe an.
sound, although when tbini, ever what have
gone through involunlarly shudGer al my IS
cape. Gen. Taylor has gone up Ia the army To dav
and We Start 10 morrow. We brought The wound
ed down here. Several OF our officers were kil :
ed, and large number wounded bu. nothing in
comparison 10 the enemy"
THE GENERAL CONFERENCE
Oh the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
closed lis first proraced H. Interesting session at
Petersburg, last Saturday night. Weare several
days behind with lis proceedings and propose 10
lay before clr readers a general summary Of it
acts. II is long, but As many of our Subscribers
have desired a report Of this important meeting,
we could not make shorter Moreover lis length
will, We hope, be excused, as it closes the matter.
On Tuesday, May l9;h, discussion arose on
: report OF the Finance Committee as 10 The con-
dilion Of the religious papers. MT McFerrin said
that there we're some 20 or 10000 dollars OWN.
The Office of the S. w. Christian Advocate Mr..
Lee stated The balances due the Richmond Chris.
lian Advocate TO be 10 or II, 900 dollars. A mo-
tion TO amend the report By striking oui that pa,l
allowing commissions for receiving money ard
Obtaining new subscribers, was J,i-36 10 81
The proposition made b. Mr.. Wishiman last
evening coming up, The discussion was continued
by Messrs. Early and Pitts, when Or. Boring
moved as substitute, the following:
Rtscirsd, That Slavery, as il exists in these
| United States, being civil institution as sci forth
IN The plan oil organization OF Inc NJ. + Church,
South, is not proper subject OF ecclesiastical le-
| gislation.
DR.. Boring, however Withdrew his substitute.
stating that he offered it 10 sop discussion.
The debate was continued hy Drs. Smith. Wi
mans, L. Pierce, Messis Parks, G. F. Pierce.
Wilson OF Texas, ard Walker If S. c.
Dr. Smith proposed as :. substitute, that the
Committee on the Pastoral Address te requested
10 prepare in that paper complete exposition Of
The l0.h section OF the Book Of Discipline, which
was lost.
The Conference refused TO append lie expana-
tory notes 10 The l0h section
D:-L- A-L-sw ut,'d- --......i..i --'.ish
he eXhor,ed The brethren 10 unity OF action, ant
10 put away from Them this desire Tor change
which was contrary 10 the promises made By The
annual conferences. and not in accordance with
the professions OF Methodist preachers "They
can be united Let 10 man say they cannot =
THE Bishops remarks were deeply affecting,
and there was scarcely dry eye in The house
either on the floor or among the spectators, when
he closed.l
The report OF the Committee on Finance in re-
laton 10 the Book Concern was then taken up
and Bishop Soule addressed The Conference until
the hour of adjournment. The Bishop took The
ground, that the plans OF the Finance Committee
were entirely too extensive in The preseht coGdi-
lion Of the Nj. +. Church, South, and that The ac-
ton hitherto had on this subject had been with
out that consideration which was due 10 the sub
jeci.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Bishop Capers in the Chair.
Mr. Byant offered an amendment 10 The report
Of The Committee on Boundaries in relation 10
| the line Of boundaries between The North and
| South Carolina Conferences, which was sdopied;
but reconsideration was moved, and Conference
adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, May 20.
Dr.. L. Pierce, from the Committee ION the BIZ
Bile Cause" presented report, closing with re-
solution pledging The General Conference 10 the
support Of The American Bible Society, and re-
commencing that the Methods, Church, Souih,
in all its departments, do patronize ha in>iiiu-
lion. The report was received, adopted. and or
dered 10 be printed in the papers Of The Church.
Souh.
MIR. Bryants amendment as to the boundary Of
the North ana South Carolina Conferences was
lost.
| The repor, Of the Committee on Finance in re-
/ lation to the Book Concern was now taken ~
I The report was amended by striking out lha, nor
ton of The report calling for assistant agents al
tho two divisions of Tho pS: al HI Shnpnt
Dr. Pierce had i plan 10 propose, an on mo-
ton 10 reconsider very lengthy debate ensued
on the subject Of The Book Concern, and whether
il was proper TO have one or not.
Before coming 10 vote, Conference adjourned
with the tenediciion Of Bishop Paine.
AFTrRSoo. SESSION.
Conference met according 10 adjournment
Bishop Capcrs ii the chair. Mr.. Parks leading
in the exercises.
The motion 10 reconsider the votes taken on
portions OF The report ot The Committee on Fl
nance in relation to the Book Concern, (penGng
at The time Of adjournment in the morning was
pu, and lost.
The Conference then proceeded 10 act upon The
items OF the report.
An amendment was offered by Mr. Parks, pro-
hbiug The Book Agents from printing any work
until 1850, which was laid on The table-42 10 &c
An amendment offered by Mr.. Evans 10 amend
by taking The appointment OF an agent necessary
al Richmond from the Virginia and North Caro-
lima Conferences, and giving the appointment 10
the South Carolina and Georgia Conferences,
was voted down.
An amendment, providing for Quarterly
Review 10 be published al Louisville, Kentucky,
offered by Mi j. B. McFerrin, was adopted
MIR. E. w. Sehon resigned The Office Of Mis-
sionary Secretary to the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South.
Before concluding action on the report, Confer
ence adjourned with the benediclion Of Bishop
Capers.
TnURspaY, May 81, 1876.
Conference met as usual. Samuel w. Capers
conducted the religious exercises of The morning
Bishop Andrew in The Char.
DR.. Bascom presented a report from The Com
m,ttee on Literary Institutions: in relation 10
Transatlantic University. The report recon-.
mends by resolution the nomination oi George
F. Pierce, d. D., and John Barker, A. NJ, 10 such
chairs as may be agreed upon By those having
charge oil the University.
The third aud fourth resolutions read as fol-
lows:
Pesolrcd Thatthe action OF this body in reorgan-
izins the Faculty of Arts Of Transyranla Uni
versiiy proceeds upon The principle that each sec
lion OF The South should be represented in The
| University, and The conviction that The interests
Of The church require that our Literary lnsliiu.
lions be supplied when il is practicable. with lay
men. and local rather than travelling ministers,
and Ina, such action is not to be understood as in
any way rejecting Upon the character or quail
fcalions OF The present incnmbens in Ttansylva-
MIA.
Rcsolped. That should The Board Of CuraoTs
deem it necessary, any one ofthc Bishops OF The
| NJ. E. Church, South, is authorized and request
cd. 10 appoint, upon nomination Of The Curaors,
in behalf ofthe church, general Agen, OF Tran