The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-08

Lard quiet at SIS. .C95Ss. Cd.
LIvERPooL PRODUCE MAnKET.-sugar was quiet bu
firm Coffee was quiet Rice firm. Rosin dull a.
As Id Cd4s. I'd. Spirits Turpentine dull at 35s
LONDON MARKETs.-The money market was unchanged
and closed easy. Bullion had increased at the Bank
England 100000.
THE LATEST
LIVERPOOL, Saturday to-day of 900 bales o
Cotton the market closing firm
Consols closed at London at 94SG95.
The Quadrennial Methodist Conference.
BUFFALO, May 5.-The Conference met at the
usual hour, Bishop Morris in the chair.
The list of conferences was called for the presen
tation of petitions, &C. The burden of the prayers
to-day, as heretofore was for change of the rule
on slavery.
resolution was offered by Mr.. Hill, of Erie
for the appointment by the bishops of a commit
tee of fifteen, to try the appeal Of Alva Wright o
Ohio.
An amendment was offered by Mr. Cowes, Of
Mississippi, that the General Conference, by de!e
cations, appoint all committees on appeals, in or.
der to relieve the bishops of all liability to the
charge of exercising undue influence. as has
hitherto often been the case. Mr.. Cowles meant
no reflection the bishops he simply desired
to avoid the possibility of any such imputations
being cast upon them by the enemies of the
Church.
Bishop Simpson said the amendment would
relieve the bishops very materially, and he hoped
general Court of Appeals would be appointed
to try all cases. The bishops had conferred on
this subject and were anxious to be relieved of this
duty.
An amendment was finally adopted that the
Committee on Episcopacy appoint the committee
asked for, subject to the ratification Of the Confer.
ence.
Bishop Simpson rose to question of privilege.
As an officer of the Church, he was somewhat SEN
sitive of his official character The bishops had
been charged with corruption. If such a charge
had really been made, he hoped it might be nvesti-
gated.
Mr. Cowes had no recollection of saying that
tha hichnpc bodb baan oh hDt
the Northern independent newspapers had charged
that the bishops exercised an undue influence over
the delibera tions of the Conference.
Progress in the Sunday School cause has been
very satisfactory In lS49, the figures stood thus:
Sunday Schools in operation n............... lO,46s
Officers and Teachers .1l3, l59
scholars:
In 1859, the figures stood thus:
Sunday Schools in operation. 1,755
o1hcers and Teachers.
The influence which over one hundred and thirty
nine thousand Sunday School teachers, uniting
every Sabbath with over seven hundred and thirty
two thousand pupils must have, is incalculable.
The system should be cherished and fostered al
every sacrifice
The General Conference of 1856 submitted two
questions to the Annual Conferences, viz Those
of the lay delegation and the slavery amendment
Neither of them were endorsed by consti stitutiona
majority of votes. Two things were to be consid
cred to lay delegations, viz: they practical
and would they be useful. The bishops considered
that The only manner in which lavmen should be
admitted to Conference was by the organization oi
a separate House to act in conjunction with the
Clerical Conference in the same manner as a Sen
ate and House of Representatives. This suggestion
was thrown out to those who were desirous of hav
ing lay delegations.
The rest of the proceedings were of an uninter-
esting nature.
Marine Disasters.
New 1oRK, May THE ship Switzerland, be-
4o-n ,ta1 h,,., A,a1 ooh, tool had
bales of cotton ON board, insured in Europe. The
vessel was valued at Sc, $780, and Insured here.
The schooner Charles Smith, from Charleston,
put into Wilmington yesterday, with loss of deck
load of cotton.
NORFOLK, May THE schooner Matchless, hence
for Jamaica, put back here to-day, with loss o
deck load and jibboOm.
The schooner Wave, of Bentley, New York, from
Stony Point, with cargo of lime, bound to james
river is ashore.
Arrived in Hampton Roads to-day Philadelphia
ship, Banca or Career, dismantled and leaking.
Sad Disa saster---Drowning of Twenty-nin,
Children.
AUGUSTA, GA, May Tt it reported here, an(
believed to be correct, that twenty-nine boy
and girls, on picnic fishing party, were drowned
in Bugkins Mill pond, near Camden, in South Caro-
lina on Saturday. The boat sunk in the midd
of the pond. The water was drawn of, and nine
teen bodies were found. No names have yet beel
received.
Escape of n Slave from Charleston.
BosToN, May THE steamer Spaulding, will
the Massachusetts delegation to the Charleston
Convention, arrived here to-day.
Yesterday negro named VIM. Brock, crawleC
from the coal hunks of the steamer in search o
food and water. He said he was free, but th
captain doubling his statement, altered his course
and intercepting the steamer BENJAMIN Deford
bound to Baltimore, transferred the fugitive t.
that vessel.
Twenty-eight Horses Burnt
PHILADELPHIA, May 7.-B. d. Stetson's latter
sail stables Fibert street, below Thirteenth
were entirely destroyed by fire this afternoon ant
twenty weight horses were burnt. One was valued
at ST 500, and another at ST 900. All were of val
liable stock The adjoining buildings were par
TALLY burnt. Loss estimated at S25 000 insured fo
only $4,000. The origin of the fire was accidental
National Democratic Meeting at New York
NEW YORK, May IA meeting of National De
| mocrats took place at the Metropolitan Hotel to
night, Ex-Mayor Mickle presiding. Stron
| Houston resolutions adopted, and great Ell
| thusiasm prevailed. A committee to get up
mass meeting was appointed
| New York Bank Statement
| New YORK, May THE weekly statement o
| the city banks shows increase in loans q
S2l4 900; S93s, 900 in specie; 5000 900 in crcula
ton, and $50, 900 in deposits.
| Arrival of the steamer City of Washington
| NEW YoRK, May THE steamer City of Wash
| ington, with Liverpool advices to the 25th ult
anticipated, has arrived.
Death of Ex-Governor Tazeweu of Virgins
| NORFOLK, May THE venerable Littleton Wa
| ter Tazewell, formerly United States Senator, ant
an Ex-Governor of Virginia, died here on Sur
day, at the age of S5 years.