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EAST BALTIMORE CONFERENCE METHO-
DIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
IEMIsRuRG. Pa. March G. lS60.
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SINTH nav

Bishop Morris called the Conference to order at
81 O'clock and requested Rev. Jos. A. Ross to con-
duct the usual religious services. The minutes of
the previous day were read and approved The
court of trial in the case of Rev. P. Rescorl for
maladministration was ordered as follows :-Jno.
Miller, President; r. ID. Chambers, Secretary; H.
Furong, Jno. Brown, Joseph j. Lee, F. A. Macart-
ney, Amos Smith, r. S. Vinton, Allen Britain,
Jonathan Monroe, Ii. e. Dill, j. Forrest, A. A.
Eskridge.
S.. NJ Conser offered resolution that the
Conference advise the stewards or authorities of
the circuits to provide permanent homes for the
Junior preachers, which was advocated by Jos. A.
Ross, S. A. Wilson, Henry .Slicer, and adopted.
The election of seven delegates to the next Gene
raj Conference being the order of the day, was
taken up, and it was moved and carried that each
member vote as his name shall be called the roll
of the Conference
The President appointed G.. D. Chenowith, J. W.
Cullum and W. Harden tellers.
The first ballot was-whole number of votes cast
l6S. Necessary to a choice So. c. b. Tppett re-
ceived 126, Henry Slicer 124, Thompson Mitchell
120, T. 3. Sargent ITO, Geo. Guyer 103, George
Hildt 81, A. A. Reese rs, Jas. II. Brown rs, Jas.
Sanks IS, j. A. Gere 67, B. II. Crever so, Jno.
Miller AT, j. Nick. Reilly 10, and others scattering.
The President declared first five elected.
On the second ballot Geo. Hildt received 90, J.
H. Brown 3d. A. A. Reese 81, Jno. A. Gere 81, Jas.
Sanks 80, B. H. Crever l5
George Hdt was declared elected.
A third ballot was had and resulted as follaws:
James I'll. Brown 81, A. A. Reese AT, j. A. Gere is,
Sanks 7. James II. Brown having a majority was
declared elected as the seventh delegate.
On motion of H. Slicer, Conference then proceed
ed to vote for two reserved delegates, and the
1st ballot James Sanks and John Miller were
chosen.
Rev. Mr.. Conser presented the report on Tenn
perance.
A desultory conversation took place between
Henry Scer, T. Mitchell and P. Rescorl, in regard
to the trial of Mr.. R. for maadministration.
Conference adjourned with doxology and bene-
diction.
LEw1sBURG, Pa, March g., 1860.
Editors Daily Exchange
GENTLEMEN This is a moment of great excite
ment in the conference. The first vote for dele
gates to the next general conference has just been
cast and the tally is being taken. An election to
represent large and influential conference in their
highest legislative body is no small mark of re-
spect and confidence. 1t is position at this time,
fraught with more than ordinary responsibility.
1t will require of those who NAV be the fortu-
nate or unfortunate chosen the greatest pos
sible discretion, Cancellation and rmness, to guide
the Church through these vexatious times.
The great Methodist Episcopal Church has been
once rent on the perplexing question of African sla-
very; and it is feared there are men in the Church
still who ready to carry out their peculiar and
unreasonable views in regard to extirpaton even at
the hazard of again dividing the Church. The Bal
tmore, East Baltimore, Philadelphia, Western
Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, and Arkansas Con
the Northern section Of the great Methodist family,
are placed in trying and exposed position
Opposed according to their Discipline to slavery,
they yet advocate conservative measures against
rash and precptate legislation. They cannot al
low the introduction of a rule in the Discipline
constituting non-soveholding condition of Church
membership. 1t would be both unjust and mis-
chievous to the Church lying in slaveholding States
where members connected by ownership with
slavery by inheritance or marriage, &c. 1t is to
be devoutly hoped that the General Conference
will pass without the adoption of ultra measures,
this virus question in our social and ecclesiasti-
cal history.
very spirited meeting was held last evening in
the Methodist church, in behalf of the Preachers
Aid Society. Earnest and eloquent appeals were
made for the worn out ministers, the widows and
orphans of those who have died. by j. A. Wright
Esq, of Lewistown, Pa, Revs. James II. Brown.
r. II. Dashie and A. A. Reese. The sum of $3.50
was contributed to augment the fund.
Rev. Samuel keppler is to preach the annual
missionary sermon this evening at o'clock.
TACITUs.