The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-12-01
c C.. CONFERENCE.

Iar-l}Ishop Ialhe PreSIdlhg. we pre-
nm, that for intelligence and ability this
rnf.,ence will bear a favorable compari-
IN with any in the United States. There
ar. several eminent Ministers in attendance,
,,,ensiyely known for their learning, elo-
,noDce and piety. As popular and enter
.,;ning orators, we view the majority of
u.,bo,li,t Ministers equal to the best pub
=. sneakers, and for industry and untiring
.rsr.v in promoting the interests of their
Church, they set an example worthy of
emulation.
Interesting religious services have been
.,r3ucted in the Methodist Church three
,:,oos each day, and in the Presbyterian
.l.rr.h at night and on Sabbath, as well as
in the Baptist church.
4 LARGE numbar of visiting Ministers and
i.aYJs from distance are in attendance,
AMI the Conference room has been crowded
daily 10y spectators.
On Saturday night the Annual Meeting
f the Con ference Missionary Society was
held in the Presbyterian Church, and adj
,lr.~,es made by Hon. J. d. Treadwell, of
cy'nrnbia, by Bishop Paine, and Revs.
v.--rs. Cross and Myers. Ten or fifteen
hundred dollars were collected, the greater
,art being subscribed by the Ministers
Themselves, several of them paying $40
,r the purpose of making ladies, with
whom they are stopping in Charlotte, life
members of the Society.
ON Sabbath afternoon the Rev. DR..
Cr.>S preached in the Presbyterian Church
+, probably the largest audience ever as
s,mbIed in Charlotte. We did not hear
the Rev. gentleman, but understand it was
quite an able discourse.
The Appointments will not be announc-
ell. probably, until Wednesday evening.
We are indebted to friend, a member
of the Conference, for the following sketch
Of proccedings:
The Rev. p. A. NJ. Williams was elected
Secretary, and Revs. A. G. Stacy, F. NJ.
Kennedy and F. A. Mood, Assistants.
The usual Committees on the superin-
:cndrnce of public worship, periodicals,
memoirs, etc, we're appointed. Reports
were presented and acted upon in refer
ence to the publishing interests of the
Church at Nashville, Richmond, Charleston
etc. showing that the Southern Methodist
Church Is fully prepared to supply both a
sacred and general literature of her own.
The following persons were admitted to
membership in the Conference, and elected
To- dcacom,' orders, viz: G.. X. Andrews,
W 5. Black, 4. j. Evans, S. j. Hill, j..
W. Murray, r. r. Pegues, and j. w.
Puett.
4 resolution of the Alabama Conference
recommending to the next General Con-
ference to expunge from the Discipline that
general rule which fCrbids the African
Slave trade, was acted upon and unani-
mously adopted. The Conference took
the ground that it is not the province of the
Church to meddle with political questions
therefore the expumging.
The following Ministers were elected
Delegates to the General Conference, to
meet in Nashville, Tenn, in May, 1855:
W. NJ. Wightman. ID. D., w. A. Game
well, y. NJ. Shipp, II. A. c. Walker, X. j.
Boyd. W. A. McSwain, y. Tally, j. w.
Kelly, James Stacy and c. Belts. Re
serve delegates: VIM. p. MOuzon, II. c.
Parsons.
The Committee on Education reported
in part, showing that the Literary interests
of the Conference are in high state OF
prosperity, and that the prospect in that
direction is still Frightening. Wotford
Male College, at Spartanburg, S. C., and
the Female College at that place, the
Cokesbury male School in Abbeville Dist
and the Carolina Female College at Anson-
vile, n. c., are all in successful operation.
The Davenport Female College, beauti-
fully located at Lenoir, Caldwell county,
NC, which is expected to go into opera
ton soon, was rendered to the Conference,
and accepted on the same terms as the
other literary Institutions of the Confer
ence. The following gentlemen were then
elected a Board of Trustees, viz: Revs. A
NJ. Ship, james S. Erwin. P. Ii. kistler,
H. IL. Durant' A. G. Stacy, the presiding
Elder of the Shelby District. and the Pastor
OF the Lenoir Circuit, together with John
Rutherford, JAS. Harper, j. c. Harper, Ed
mund Jones. s. Z. Dula, and Azor Schell
E>q'rs. The Trustees reported to the Con,
ference that the Rev. Ii. NJ. Mood had been
unanimously elected President, and his ap,
pointment to that position by the Bishop,
was requested.
a meeting of the Historical Society of the
Conference was held on Friday afternoon
The house was crowded by visitors, and al
elegant lecture was delivered by DIR. White
toord Smith, by previous appointment o
the Society.
Other business of Importance was har
moniously transacted; although spirited ant