The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-05-24
Me,hedi.t cener., Conf.reuce.

sists of one from each Conference, and ws
organized by the appointment of Rev. D
Raymond, of New England, chairman, an
;. Rev. D. Wiser of Providence, secretar,
y These appointments may indicate the polio
Q of the committee, but may not.
MONDAY, May 5.-The Governor of tn
3 3 State, Governor Wright, was introduced t
9 the Conference, and took a seat on the pla,
: form with the bishops, and the British re
representatives..
| Squire Grey-eyes was introduced to tn
Conference, and took seat on the platform
He is venerable Indian chief of the Wyan
dotte tribe, and was one of the first fruits o
our mission among the Indians at Sandusky
Grey-eyes and his tribe have removed t.
Kansas, and he now comes from that distan
land to meet with this general Conference
He is remarkable man, and an ordained
minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church
] "WEDNESDAY, May 7.-At IL o'clock, Rev
John A. Collins. Of Baltimore, offered the
following resolutions
/. Resoload By the Conference of the
| Methodist Episcopal Church in General Con-
ference assembled, that the Committee on
Slavery aid the Committee ON Itineracy be
requested to mature their action on Slavery,
on the Presiding Elder question, and on the
proposition to continue preachers on circuits
and stations for a longer period than two
years, and to report at as early peri>d as
uOSSihle during it's session.
g. Rssolrs1, That when the report comes
in on slavery, on the Presiding Elder ques-
ton, or on the extension Of the time Of
! ministers, that the report shall be the order
OF the day, and remain so until disposed of
that is, whichever Of the above subjects is
firs:. reported to this body shall be and le.
main ,..afore the Conference until final action
il had t,:ereon-and then the next shall
come up, ana so on.
3. R.solued. That said committee be in
structed to include in their report tie num-
Der and sex of the sigEers ot memorials on
these subjects.
MIR. Collins said he offered these resolu-
tions for reasons obvious to all. He wished
the subject Of slavery to come up ana be dis
posed of before they should be pressed for
time and overwhelmed with other business.
He was prepared to meet it and the other
questions mentioned in the resolutions, and
he hoped and believed the brethren all were.
lie wanted them introduced early, that they
might be carefully and prayerfully consi-
dered and he prayed God that they might
be settled in such way as to rebound to
His glory and the good of the Methodist
Church.
Norval Wilson, of Baltimore, spoke in
favor of the solutions.
A. G. Button, of Vermont, moved to lay
the second resolution on the table. Lost.
Mr.. Porter of New England, was in favor
Of settling this question, and settling it
fairly, and the sooner they had the report
the better but he was opposed to binding
themselves or tying up their hands as was
proposed in The second resolution. He was
in favor of leaving the Conference at liberty
to take up such report as they might see fit.
Rev. Henry Slicer favored the resolu-
tions. He saw no trap in them. If Con-
ference tied its own hands it could easily
unite them again.
Hiram Mattston, of Black River Confer
ence, DR.. Bowen, of Genesee Conference,
MIR. Parks and athers, participated in this
lebatc.
The resolutions were finally carried by a
vote of ayes lO2, nays 81.
100000 Bail In the Washington Shooting
| Case.
WASHINGTON, May l2-Judge Crawford
gave his decision this morning in the Her
bert ha5sas corpus case, saying among Other
things In any view in which jury CT n
take of the evidence in this case, under
proper instructions from the court as to the
law, it is quite clear that conviction for
| murder shonld not take place. If the evil
lence had left room for debate whether the
prisoner was guilty of murder or man.
slaughter, or was entitled to an acquittal, al
though the ground for such debate might
hs.e c 55een Sight, should have remanded
| tliiE W piioOi' LII ICidtioi W ehC wv i""'
branches of the inquiry just stated, viz.
whether the charge Of manslarghter can be
maintained, or the defendant should be dis
charged, there is contradictory testimony.
and not only contradictory but utterly IRE
concilable, and it is not for the court but for
jury to say what part of that testimony
they will credit, and what the weight o
evidence which may be adduced on trial
shall be. When matter of fact is involved
the court should bail or remand. To dis
charge would be for the court to try and de-
eide upon the truth of fact, for which 8
person may be remitted instead of the jury
The order of the court is that the prisoner
enter into recognizances of 500 900 for his
appearance at the June term of the Crimi
nal Court to answer the charge of man
slaughter. Joseph a. Parotte and James
Owner entered bonds for that amount, ant
the prisoner was released.
American apples are now exported t.
British India, and are sold at Calcutta from
, the ice in which they are shipped.
q MAINE FOR FREMoNT.-The delegate
) from Maine to the Republican National Con
: vention are known to be for Fremont as
fsrst cho;ror