Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-03-11
REPORT

ofthe Committee appointed by the last Balti-
more Methodist Episcopal Conference on the
subject of a division of the baltimore Conference.
The committee consistedof Revs. C.B. TiPpct,
John A. Collins, Thomas B. Sargeans John Poi
sal, A. A Reese, John Miller, H. Goheen, E. T.
Phelps, S. " Blake, John 4, Martin and B. n.
Brown, After due deliberation and q careful exc
animation of all the greatiDtercstsinyolved, they
recommend: .......--...,s,s...,s,ssss=
L. That the next General conference be re-
spectfnlly requested by this body TO divide the
Baltimore Conference into two Conferences, 1y
a line commencing at the mouthof fatapseo NV
or, and extending up said river 70 the mouth Of
Jones Falls, thence through the city OF Baltl-
more by line running with Jones Falls to
Franklin street thence by the north side Of Frank
lin street to its intersection with the Calverton
road at the toll gate thence bya line to Fairview,
on the Frederick turnpike, thence by said turn
pike to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Elll-
COTS Mills, thence by said railroad TO the POINT
of Rocks, thence by the Potomac river, ana Win
the north branch of said river, to the western
boundary ofthe Conference. One of the Com
ferences to be called the Baltimore Conference,
the other the Baltimore East Conference.
O. The boundaries of the two conferences, re-
spectiYcly to be ss follows:
The baltimore Conference shall include all
! that part of Virginia, Maryland and of the city
of Baltimore, bounded by line commencing at
the mouth of the Patapsco river, running up SAID
river to the mouth of Jones Falls thence through
the city Of Baltimore, by line running with
Jones, Falls to franklin street, thence up the
north side Of franklin street to its Intersection
with the Calverten road at the toll gate, thence
by line to the Frederick turnpike at faIFylew,
| Including Western and Mount 0liyet cemeteries,
thence BY the Frederick turnpike to the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, including PatSpsco sta
ton and Patapsco circuit, thence by said railroad
| to the Point of Rocks, excepting that part Of
Frederick circuit living south of said railroad, IN
the Baltimore East Conference, thence up the
Potomac, excepting that part of East Hilisboro
Circuit, living cast Of the Potomac and south Of
| the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, )thenceupnorth
branch ofthe Potomac, excepting Piedmont, in
Virginia, embraced in the Westcrnport circuit,
in the Baltimore East Conference to the eastern
boundary of the Western Virginia Conference,
thence By the eastern and southern boundary OF
said Conference to New River, thence by New
River to the Blue Ridge, including Jacksonville
circuit, thence by Blue Ridge TO the head waters
| of the RappahannOck river, thence by said river
| to its mouth, Gncluding fredericksburg thence
| by the western shore of the Chesapeake bay tc
the place of bcginning.
| The Baltimore East Conference shall inclled
| all that part of the Western shore of Maryland
not embraced in Baltimore and Western Virgin
ia Conferences, and that part of the city OF Bal
timore lying north of Franklin street andleast O.
Jones Falls, including Piedmont in Virginia, and
that part of Pennsylvania lying east of the Ale
ghany Mountains, west of the Susquehanna river
including the BelIefont and North-bcrland dis:
tricts.
8. The statistics of the two Conferences based
upon the minutes of our last session, would be
respectively as follows:
The Committee annex to their report Stats
stical table of the two conferences when divided
! from which we abstract the fOllowing:-