The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-25
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

meeting OF the creditors of Iairo Nourse was held
last evening at tho school of Professor Richards
OF New York and Fourteenth street There
nearly if not quite hundred of the sufferers pres
emit : and the meeting was organized by tho choice OF
Hon. Horato King president, and Mr.. Richard It.
Morsell secretary. Col John ii. Wheeler made
statement of the object for which the meeting had been
called The committee of investigation into the condi
ton of the affairs of Pao Nourse, which had been APP
pointed at previous meeting of the creditors had made
report, after the most stringent and searching inyest
CATION into all the books and accounts Of the rm that
their assets sufficient. properly managed TO pay all
the demands against them Nearly a year had elapsed
since that time, and only the first instament Of ten
per cent had been received and of the creditors
were beginning to think it rather whitewashing
committee than anything else, and the real condition of
the affairs of the firm not such it had been repre-
sented This produced uncasness among those in
erested, and the result had been correspondence be-
tween the committee of investigation and Messrs
Pairo & Nourse and Mr.. Edes, the trustee, and
these letters Colonel Wheeler proceeded to read
The firm had consented to give mp all their assets into
the hands of the creditors, provided all further claim
the firm should be released and Mr.. Edes compensated
for his past services This Col. w. thought fair
proposition and the meeting of the creditors had been
called to if they would accede to it, 1t likewise
stated that Mr.. Edes had now on hand about twelve
should have collected enough to pay second nsalment
OF ten per cent. This would require about eighteen
thousand dollars the total liabilities being about one
hundred and eighty thousand dollars. After dis
CUSTOM the majority of the creditors present gave their
assent to the proposed arrangement and signed paper
to that effect 1t stated that Mr. Edes the present
trustee, perfectly willing to resign his trust into the
hands of the creditors if he could BIO secured against all
future liability The meeting then elected Messrs VIM
Thomas and Bayard Smith trustees behalf of the
creditors to make the arrangement with Mr. Edes to
cee the assets from him and settle up the Indebtedness
in tho most satisfactory they could They were
also authorized and requested to procure the signatures
of tho absent creditors to the paper which those present
had signed whercupon the meeting adoulned
n. - saa KIN
| YOU'VE MEN's CHRISTIAN AssocIAroN--A meeting of
this society held last evening at the English Lutheran
Church, corner of ii and Eleventh streets. The
vices opened by the Rev. DR.. Gurey who read
passage from the Scriptures and invoked the Divine bless
ing. The hymn elbow 20 the trumpet, blow
then sung by the congregation and Rev. DR.. Sundcr-
land being introduced oceeded give account of
what no had seen and heard during his recent visit to
the North In the apostolic times, the brethren went
from place to place, and encouraged another with
variations of what they witnessed the hearts of Gods
people then thrilled with Joy and delight to hear
the dngs of the spread of the Gospel and it was now
the privilege of Christians to hear similar joyful tdings
in reference to the work Of grace which has been going
on during the past year throughout our whole land.
During his recent journey he had travelled with such
rapdity that he had no time to commit these facts
to writing and obliged to trust to his memory yet
they had become ndeliby impressed his mind that
he thought he could give faithful account of them AS
he looked back it seemed like vast moving panorama
of Gods grace. While absent, he in Philadelphia
about ten twelve days and he would give an account
of the in which they conduct their daily union
prayer meetings at Jaynes Hail. This is regarded the
great heart from whence go the moral power and spirit
ua influences that sustain this work which is now going
in all parts of that city Jayne's Hall is owned by
of large and liberal views and Christian charities
DIR. Jayne belonging to the Baptist Church /; and he
gives this hall free of charge for this purpose. It
is the largest hall in the city of Philadelphia hold
/ ing four five thousand people; and it is situated
Chestnut street. in the very heart of the business
community of that city just below the Girard House
The meetings are held from twelve to o'clock each
day under the direction of the Young Mems Christian
Association The prayers and cxhortatons limited
to three minutes EACH and time is lost everything
| moves on with perfect order and regularity These
meetings are led almost invariably by aymen, the mem
bers of the various churches advantageous day
| Baptist the next day Methodist, and then an
Episcopalan, or Presbyterian, or Lutheran and
and to give greater variety, the leaders of these meet
ings are from all the various walks OF lfc--some-
/ times merchant, sometimes lawyer, and some
| times mechanic 1t is necessary that the time
should be limited to three minutes, for, if longer
| time allowed many would be excluded who desire
to speak. During the whole summer when large nun
beers absent from the city there have been from fifteen
hundred to two thousand people present every day and
it expected the people back that the
hall would be crowded, as it during the earlier
months of the year. DR.. s. then gave Of the
manner in which this movement originated and traced
it to tho agency of young man. who belonged to tho
Young Mems Christian Association They had also
erected several monster tents capable of holding four
or five thousand people, which had the effect of bring
ing the Gospel before large class Of people who
go to church and the result was that several inf
dels had been converted The most interesting move
ment, however, among the firemen in Philadelphia.
There seventytwo fire companies in that city and in
Of these daily union prayer meetings held
under the direction and auspices of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association usually from five six o'clock in the
ernoon This work is going on and they think they win
be able to establish these prayer meetings. least
three times week. in every of these engine houses
The results of these meetings Ind been the conversion
| fifteen twenty, and sometimes many thirty or
forty individuals in single company converted fire.
man Is of the most gloro,s Christians that be
found anywhere he just goes right into the work of
God In the way that he goes into fire to put 1t
| Of and works with all his might and main
Dr. S expressed the belief that this work only just
begun and the Christians of Washington had peculiar
sponsbites resting upon them The eyes of the whole
country were upon them, and he hoped they would
labor and pray that the windows of Heaven might be
opened and pour out abundant blessing On the
clusion of his address, the congregation sung All bail
the power of Jesus to the good old tune of Cor
onation. Rev. Mr. Butler led in prayer; L. j. Magruder
made few remarks and after the singing OF the doxo
ogy the audience dismissed with benedction pro-
nouncod by Rev. Mr. Samson.